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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64969	The principles of the doctrine of Christ, or, A catechism in which is contained the sum of the Christian religion, or what is necessary to be believed and done in order to salvation, the answers being but seventeen in number, and in very plain words easie to be understood : unto which is added A catechism for conscience, wherein the consciences of the ignorant, the grosly profane, the young, the meerely mortal, and the hypocrites are examined in order to their instruction and awakening, and the consciences of the sincere Christians are tried in order to their peace and comfort / by Nathanael Vincent.	Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697.; Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697. A catechism for conscience.	1691 (1691)	Wing V418; ESTC R25704	37,318	113

God exercised patience and did not presently punish the wicked man did he not hereupon imagine the Lord was altogether such an one as himself and because he loved his sin that God did not so much hate it And does it not follow Consider this ye that forget God lest I tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver Psal 50. 21 22. And may you not read in another place A brutish man knoweth not neither doth a fool understand this when the wicked spring as the grass and all the workers of iniquity flourish it is that they shall be destroyed for ever Psal 92. 6 7. A. You can talk to me of nothing but Destruction and that for ever Q. 8. Do I talk of Destruction to thee to any other end but to prevent thy being destroyed But pray let me ask thee Dost thou not believe that thou must die A. Yes and I am for a merry Life because I know not how short it may be Q. 9 But what is like to become of thy Soul after Death A. I never spake with any that came from the other World you talk of to inform me where the Souls of men do go Q. 10. Dost thou not believe the word of the God of Truth and what he says concerning the worth of thy Soul which thou so little mindest the irreparableness of its loss and what he tells thee concerning Hells Terrour and Heavens Glory A. I am certain of what is perceivable by my Senses therefore I pursue the good which my Senses are taken with and fly from the evil which distastes and dislikes them But as for things invisible as matters of Faith are I regard them not Q. 11. To mind only the things of sense is it not to play the bruit Dost thou not think thou art capable of an higher happiness and of greater misery than the beasts A. I must confess that if Souls at last should prove immortal and be found so precious and the things revealed in the Scriptures should be indeed realities I and such as I should be but in an ill case Q. 12. If there were but a probability of the Scriptures being the word of God and consequently the word of truth would it not be agreeable to prudence and right reason to be less concerned about things temporal and more about things that are Eternal But how much more when there is so great a certainty A. That certainty is not apparent unto me Q. 13. Was not the Gospel confirmed by the Miracles which Christ wrought and which he enabled his Apostles to work also And our Lord pretending to work Miracles and that openly if he had not indeed wrought them would his Doctrine have been at all received Would not he and his Doctrine have been derided especially since 't is so contrary to corrupt nature imposes such strict commands and requires self-denial and taking up the Cross also A. I must confess that the Gospel being so displeasing to mens fleshly and sensual inclinations would hardly have been embraced unless Christ who pretended to a power to do them had really done wonders to confirm the truth of it Q. 14. Besides Does not the Gospel shew it self to be of God by its effectual working at this day Does it not search the Heart and make the secrets of it manifest Does it not mortifie the strongest lusts does it not open the eyes of blind minds does it not change hearts that are hard as an Adamant and as foul as Hell into hearts clean and tender finally does it not raise them that are dead in sin and make them alive to God and to Righteousness A. I never felt this power of the Gospel which you speak of Q. 15. But have not many others A medicine that has cured multitudes dost thou not believe it a good one though thy self did never try it And let me further ask thee whether thou art now willing to feel this efficicacy of the Gospel A. It must be a powerful word indeed if it work upon such an heart as mine and turn such a Sinner such a Sot such a Devil incarnate into a Saint Q. 16. Is there any thing too hard for the Lord who is Almighty What gross sinners has his word been a means to convince and bring to Repentance A. Now my sinful delights and gains are represented to me as alluring and desirable and I cannot find in my heart to part with them Q. 17. The Rich man that lived in pleasure and fared sumptuously every day and was clothed in Purple which was the royal attire when he came to be tormented in Hell Flames did he then admire his former sensual happiness Nay did he not desire that his surviving Brethren might be warned not to take up with and be deceived still with such a poor felicity A. If I should change my course of life I should be derided and scorn'd and trampled on like dirt What Songs would my drunken Companions make of me Q. 18. Why should a man in his Wits be concerned to behold the mad Men in Bedlam laugh at him for his sober carriage And is it not better to break company with the wicked though they deride thee than to go along with them to that place of woe where their laughter will be at an end and end in eternal sorrow and mourning A. If I would be Religious I know not how to be so Q. 19. Art thou willing to be instructed Wilt thou cry to God for knowledge Wilt thou search into his Word where 't is to be found Wilt thou say to thy debauched Companions whether they laugh or chaff at thee Depart from me ye evil-doers for I will keep the commands of God A. All this you speak seems most truely for my good Q. 20. Wilt thou count that the time past of thy Life does more than suffice to have walked in lasciviousness lusts excess of Wine Revellings Banquettings and other abominable wickedness And wilt thou live the rest of thy time in the flesh to the will of God A. If I think seriously of Eternity I shall waste no more of my precious time of which perhaps there may be but very little remaining Q. 21. How hast thou been used to spend the Sabbath A. Alas that was a day always devoted to sins service in a special manner Upon other days I minded the work and business of my Calling but the Sabbath was wholly wasted in the works of wickedness I fear I have been guilty of more sin that day than upon all the six days of the Week besides Q 22. Is not thy sin exceedingly aggravated because then served most when God should have been served and worshipped Should it not trouble thee that none of thy time has yet been improved as it ought to have been but especially should it not afflict thee that Hallowed Time has been lavisht away most profanely A. This my way has been my folly and madness It were just with God speedily to put an end to

my days to grant me no more Sabbaths nor indeed any longer space for repentance Q. 23. Art thou now willing to sanctifie the Lords day to attend upon those Ministers that preach as being in good earnest that speak most to the Consciences of their Hearers and are desirous and wise to win Souls A. These above all I have hated but all the while I did so I now perceive I had no true love unto my self Q. 24. Dost thou consent to submit unto the easie yoak of Christs commands as well as desire pardon and reconciliation by his Blood And dost thou look upon it as unreasonable to hope to be saved by Christ if thou art resolved that Sin and the Devil shall still rule thee A. The wages of Sin is Death why should I serve such a Lord any longer Oh that I may become a Servant indeed to the best Lord of All. Q. 25. Art thou willing to be a true Convert unto God To have thy Eyes turned to look to him Thy Feet turned to walk in all his ways And thy Heart turned to love and fear and cleave unto Him A. Lord turn thou me and then I even I as bad as I have been shall indeed be turned The Conscience of the Young Man who is vain in his Youth is to be dealt with after this manner Q. 1. O young Man thou rejoicest in thy youth and seemest void of care and fear What is the ground of this thy joy A. I walk after the sight of my Eyes and in the way to which my heart is inclined and the fulfilling of my youthful Lusts is very pleasant Q. 2. But is not thy Creator to be remembred in the days of thy youth And is not his service infinitely better than to have thy Lusts thy Lords A. I reckon it time enough to think of God when I am old Q. 3. How dost thou know thou shalt live to be old A. I find Nature in me vigorous and strong And now what is gratifying to my Senses puts me into a transport of joy Mirth and Musick delight my Ear Meats and Drinks do please my apperite Brave Apparel is my Pride Sports and Recreations are my principal business and Amorous Thoughts and Desires are constant Guests which my heart entertains with wonderful complacency My mind aspires to worldly greatness and I hope to be somebody before I die Q. 4. Why dost thou not consider that the hour of Death may be near notwithstanding the strength of Nature and that many as young and lusty as thy self and who as confidently reckoned upon longer life have been by the small Pox or Feaver or some other malady or by unexpected accident suddenly sent unto their graves A. Pray don't talk of Death 't is a melancholick subject which I don't care to hear or think of Q. 5. But will the putting of Death out of thy mind be any defence against its stroke or keep Death off from thee A. To think much of Death would make life miserable it would be a torturing of ones self and a dying every day Q. 6. But if thou livest so as that to die will be gain to thee will the thoughts of Death be unpleasant then A. I have no inclination at all to change my course of life Q. 7. Why shouldst thou resolve to live a fool deceived and enslaved by thy lusts and pleasures and to venture dying miserably A. Pray let me alone I am not sensible of any bondage I am under I live a merry life and an ounce of mirth is better than a pound of sorrow Q. 8. If an ounce of carnal mirth which may so quickly end and end in endless sorrow be of so much account with thee what is a far more exceeding and eternal weight of joy and glory A. That joy is unsuitable to me That Man methinks spake very good sense who said Soul take thine ease eat drink and be merry thou hast Goods laid up for many years Q. 9. Does not God call that Man a Fool And did not Death which came to him many years sooner than he expected prove him to be both Fool and Wretched And did not Hell make him sensible of his folly when it was too late A. I dislike the thoughts of death but much more of what is to follow after Q. 10. Is it not a Lesson that the Wise man would teach the Young man Eccles 11. 9. But know that for all these things God will bring thee to Judgment A. I dread that day and cannot endure to think of the account I am then to give to Him that is to be my Judge Q. 11. Not thinking of Judgment does it not make thee secure and careless in making ready for it And hereupon will not thy account be with the greater grief and horrour A. I am sorry I have entred upon this discourse if once these things come to have a deep and abiding impression upon my heart I must bid farewel to all my joy and sorrow must fill up the remainder of my days Q. 12. Why dost thou suffer thy self to be deceived and abused Is not a greater joy to be preferr'd before a less A true and lasting joy before that which is but a shadow a dream and vanishes in a moment A. I cannot conceive that Religion should ever prove such a pleasant thing to me Q. 13. Why then does the Scripture speak of strong consolation Of a peace that passes all understanding Of a joy unexpressible and full of glory A. These strong comforts and joys seem to me to be but strong phancies and meer imaginations Q. 14. Hast thou not reason to say so of thy sinful Comforts But pray consider Is it not God the great Creator of all things which has put into the creatures that power they have to delight thy senses And cannot He himself infinitely more delight thy Soul A. Spiritual pleasures are things I do not understand I have had a deal of satisfaction in the delights that are fleshly Q. 15. Dost thou think the Holy Angels have no pleasure because they have no flesh How full of Torment are the Devils though they have no bodily senses to be tormented And have not the elect Angels though they have no bodies a far higher delight in God than a body is capable of A. I confess I have not minded my Soul which is a Spirit but have pleased my senses and my fancy as if there were no higher happiness Q. 16. While thou hast thus pleased thy bruitish part for Beasts have senses which they please hast thou not shewed thy self rather a Brute than either Saint or Man A. You intimate that to be a Saint is to act with the greatest reason But I would fain enjoy my sensual pleasures a little longer and afterwards I am for repenting and turning Saint indeed Q. 17. God who commands thy turning to him and turning Saint does he not command thee to do it presently Does not the Holy Ghost say To day if ye