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A31334	Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.	Norton, John, 1606-1663.	1680 (1680)	Wing C1480; ESTC R9600	51,156	148

let us now speak of that which is for the saving of Converts who by Repentance have their Sins forgiven and are become the Children of God What is God's Work by Jesus Christ for the saving of these A. The Work of God by Jesus Christ for the saving of his Children is that whereby God bringeth them unto Glory by Jesus Christ Heb. 2.10 For it became him God for whom are all things and by whom are all things in bringing many Sons unto Glory to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through Sufferings Q. Wherein does this Work consist A. God's Work by Jesus Christ of bringing his Children unto Glory consisteth in preparing them for Glory and possessing them with it Rom. 9.23 Q. How does God by Jesus Christ prepare them for Glory A. God does this by creating them in Christ Jesus unto good Works and by confirming them therein unto the end Ephes 2.10 We are God's Workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good Works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them 1 Cor. 1.8 9. Who God shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ God is faithful by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ 1 Thes 5.23 24. And the very God of Peace sanctify you wholly And I pray God your whole Spirit and Soul and Body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Faithful is be that calleth you who also will do it Heb. 13.20 21. Now the God of Peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus that great Shepherd of the Sheep through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant make you perfect in every good Work to do his Will working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be Glory for ever and ever Amen Q. But how does God thus sanctify Believers A. God does this by his Spirit which he gives to Believers and by which he works in them for their Sanctification and all this thorow Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1.2 Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the Father thorow sanctification of the Spirit unto Obedience and sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ Ephes 1.13 In whom which Christ also after that ye believed ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of Promise Tit. 3.5 c. God our Saviour saved us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour c. See Joh. 3.5 Ezek. 36.25 c. Q. What is that which God worketh in Believers by his Spirit that they may be confirmed unto the end A. God by his Spirit does enlighten them concerning his Will and does strengthen them that they may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing in all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness Ephes 1.17 18. 3.14 c. Col. 1.9 10 11. Q. Is there nothing by which God and Christ do through the Spirit sanctify Believers A. Yes for the Word of the Gospel is us'd for their Sanctification and sometimes Chastisement For the Word of the Gospel see Rom. 1.16 Ephes 5.26 For Chastisement see Heb. 12.5 c. Rev. 3.19 Q. Is there nothing that God by Jesus Christ worketh out of Believers for their Sanctification A. Yes And among other things God will not suffer them to be tempted above that they are able but will with the Temptation also make a way to escape that they may be able to bear it 1 Cor. 10.13 Q. What in this Work of Sanctification is peculiar to Christ A. He gave himself for the Church that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of Water by the Word And he ever liveth to make intercession for us Ephes 5.25 26. Heb. 7.25 Q. What must Believers do that they may be Holy and confirmed unto the end A. They must cleanse themselves from all filthiness of Flesh and Spirit perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God 2 Cor. 7.1 Q. Can you set forth this more particularly A. Yes after this manner They building up themselves in their most Holy Faith praying in the Holy Ghost must keep themselves in the Love of God looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto Eternal Life Jud. 20 21. Q. I would hear something from you touching the particulars of your Answer Wherefore I ask you in the first place this Question What is it for Believers to build up themselves in their most Holy Faith A. Believers may be then said to build up themselves in their most Holy Faith when they rightly endeavour by the means God vouchsafeth them both in private and in publick to encrease in the knowledg and belief of the Doctrine of Christ Col. 2.7 2 Pet. 3.18 2 Tim. 2.7 Eph. 4.11 c. 1 Pet. 2.1 2. Q. What is it for Believers to pray in the Holy Ghost A. Believers may be then said to pray in the Holy Ghost when according to the Will of God made known by the Holy Ghost they make known their Requests unto God by Prayer and Supplication with Thanksgiving both in private and publick as they have opportunity Phil. 4.6 1 Joh. 5.14 Matth. 6.5 c. 1 Cor. 14.14 c. Q. What general Direction have Believers for Prayer and Thanksgiving A. That which our Saviour gave to his Apostles in Mat. 6.5 c. add thereto that of our Saviour afterwards in Joh. 16.23 24. Verily verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name he will give it you Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name Ask and ye shall receive that your joy may be full Add that of the Apostle Ephes 5.20 Give thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ Q. But what is it to pray and give thanks in the Name of Jesus Christ A. To pray and give thanks in the Name of Jesus Christ is to draw nigh to God therein with confidence because Jesus Christ is our High Priest that maketh intercession for us Heb. 4.14 15 16. 1 Pet. 2.5 Heb. 13.15 Q. What have you learnt concerning that Cup of Blessing or Thanksgiving which the Apostle speaketh of in 1 Cor. 10.16 A. I have learned That the Apostle there speaketh of the Lord's Supper which is to be used with Thanksgiving in the Churches of Christ Q. What mean you by the Lord's Supper A. I mean A certain use of Bread and a Cup which Christ our Lord hath appointed for a remembrance of him For as often as we eat this Bread and drink this Cup we shew the Lord's Death till he come Mat. 26.26 c. Mark 14.22 c. Luk. 22.19 c. 1 Cor. 11.23 c. Q. Now tell me What is it for Believers to keep themselves in the Love of God A. Believers may be then said to keep themselves in the Love of God when they so use their Knowledg or

thy Might Deut. 6.4 5. Mat. 12.29 30. Knowledg puffeth up but Love edifieth And if any Man think that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know But if any Man love God the same is known of him 1 Cor. 8.1 2 3. see 1 John 4.7 8. Quest How does our love to God manifest and discover it self Answ Our Love to God discovers it self by our keeping the Commandments of God which require us to trust in him and live to him as the only true God Deut. 10.12 And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and with all thy Soul 1 John 5.3 This is the love of God that we keep his Commandments 1 John 4.20 If a Man say I love God and hateth his Brother he is a liar Quest How do you prove from Scripture that we must not only know him whom God hath sent but also love him as such Answ I prove it from John 8.42 Jesus said unto them If God were your Father ye would love me for I proceeded forth and came from God neither came I of my self but he sent me Quest How does our love to him whom God hath sent manifest and discover it self Answ Our love to him whom God hath sent discovers it self in our keeping his Commandments which require us to trust in him and live to him as one whom God hath sent to be the Saviour of the World John 14.15 If ye love me keep my Commandments Vers 21. He that hath my Commandments and keepeth them he it is that loveth me Vers 23. If a Man love me he will keep my Words Vers 24. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings the Word which ye hear is not mine but my Fathers which sent me 1 John 2.3 c. And hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his Commandments He that saith I know him and keepeth not his Commandments is a liar and the Truth is not in him But whoso keepeth his Word in him verily is the love of God perfected Hereby know we that we are in him Quest Tell me now what you intend by the Acknowledgment of God and of Christ which you have mentioned Answ By the Acknowledgment of God and Christ I intend nothing else but that Love now spoken of as manifested by the keeping of God's Commandments Quest Why do you call this an Acknowledgment of God and of Christ Answ I so call it because they who thus keep the Commandments of God do indeed acknowledg and confess That he who sent Jesus Christ is the only true God and that Jesus Christ is he whom God hath sent Quest Does the Holy Scripture express it in the same way and manner Answ Yes and in many places Col. 1.10 Ephes 4.13 Col. 2.2 1 Tim. 2.4 Ch. 4.3 2 Tim. 2.25 Tit. 1.1 2 Pet. 1.2 3. Prov. 3.6 2 Cor. 1.13 1 Joh. 2.23 Rom. 10.9 10. 1 King 8.33 Mat. 10.32 1 Tit. 1.16 Heb. 3.1 Ch. 4.14 Ch. 10.23 Quest You said as I remember in your first Answer That the best and chiefest thing we are to learn is the Doctrine that teacheth us to know God and Jesus Christ But why said you so Answ I said that the Doctrine which teacheth us to know God and Jesus Christ is the best and chiefest thing we are to learn for this Reason Because this Doctrine which is Truth revealeth to us the Promise of Eternal Life and directeth us in the way and means of obtaining this Eternal Life Quest How prove you this Answ I prove it from the words of our Saviour which we have now been discoursing of namely This is Eternal Life that Men may know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent Quest What do you gather from these words Answ First I gather from them that the Doctrine of Christ is a Doctrine concerning Eternal Life * Secondly That to know the Father the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent is that which is required of us for obtaining Eternal Life ‑ These things are clearly and plentifully witnessed in the Holy Scriptures * 1 John 5.11 And this is the Record that God hath given to us Eternal Life and this Life is in his Son John 12.50 And I know that his Commandment is Life Everlasting John 6.68 Then Simon Peter answered him Lord to whom shall we go Thou hast the words of Eternal Life 2 Tim. 1.10 Our Saviour Jesus Christ hath abolished Death and hath brought Life and Immortality to light through the Gospel ‑ 1 John 2.24 25. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you ye shall continue in the Son and in the Father And this is the Promise that he hath promised us even Eternal Life James 1.12 Blessed is the Man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the Crown of Life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him 1 Cor. 2.9 10. Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard neither have entered into the Heart of Man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit 1 Pet. 1.8 9. Whom to wit Jesus Christ having not seen ye love in whom though now ye see him not yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory receiving the end of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls 1 Cor. 16.22 If any Man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha 1 Thess 1.8 The Lord Jesus shall take vengeance of them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 1.2 Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledg or acknowledgment of God and of Jesus our Lord. Quest What do you conclude of hence Answ I hence conclude That there is nothing in the World we should so esteem of and glory in as the knowledg of God and of Christ Jer. 9.23 24. Thus saith the Lord Let not the wise Man glory in his Wisdom neither let the mighty Man glory in his Might let not the rich Man glory in his Riches but let him that glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord which exercise Loving-kindness Judgment and Righteousness in the Earth for in these things I delight saith the Lord. Phil. 3.7 8. What things were gain to me those I counted loss for Christ yea doubtless I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledg of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ c. The Second Part. Treating of Religion in the General and more particularly of the