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B07429	A candle lighted at the lampe of sacred scriptures. Or, A catechisme conteining all truths fundamentall, and none but fundamentalls. By Richard Bifield, minister of Gods word, and pastor in Long Dutton..	Byfield, Richard, 1598?-1664.	1627 (1627)	STC 4237.5; ESTC S91269	24,615	54

thus sit A He must raigne till the Father 1. Cor. 15. 15. hath put all his enemies vnder his feet Q. What is his speciall worke now at the right hand of his Father A. He euer liueth there to make Heb. 7. 25. 26. request for us Q. For whom maketh he request A. Not for the world but the elect Ioh 17 9. only Q. Doe not Angels and Saints make intercession for vs A. Abraham is ignorant of vs and Israell knoweth vs not Esa 63 16 Q. How long must the heauens receiue our Sauiour A. Vntill the time of the restitution of all things Act 3 21. Q. When shall that be A. At the day of iudgment Q. Shall their be such a day A. Yea God hath appointed a day in the which hee will judge the world Act 17 31 in righteousnesse Q. When shall this be A. Of that day and houre knoweth no man but it shall be in the end Mar 13 32 Mat 13 40 Ioh 6 44. Rev. 10 6. of the world at the last day in the last time when time shall be no more Q. Who shall be iudge A. Iesus Christ as he is the sonne of man whō we shall see come in like Ioh 5 22. 27. Act 1 11. manner as the disciples saw him goe vp into Heauen Q. Who shall be iudged A. All both iust and vniust small 2 Tim 4 1 Reu 20. 12 13. Rome 14 12. and great quicke and dead euery one shall giue account of himselfe to God Q. Of what shall they be iudged A. Of all they haue done in their bodyes that is while they liued in 2 Cor 5. 10. Eccles 12 14 Mat 10. 36 their bodies euen euery secret thing euery idle word the hid things of darkenesse and the counsell of their harts Q. How shall men receiue their iudgment A. According to that they haue done whether good or bad 2 Cor. 5 10. Q. Well is it with them that are in Christ for to them is no condemnation who are in him A. They that haue the Spirit of Rom. 81. 9. Christ Q. What is this Spirit A. The Holy Ghost who proceedeth Ioh. 15. 26. Act. 5. 3 4. Mar. 3. 19. from the Father the Sonne and is God equall with the father and the Sonne Q. Where might wee pertake of this spirit A. In the word whereby he worketh still as once he spake by the Prophets Esa 59. 21. and Apostles Q. What is his speciall and peculiar worke in them that shall be saued A. The new birth for hee is the sanctifier of the Church Io● 3. 5. Q. What else doth he A Hee preserueth vs in the estate of ho●ines for euer Q. How A. By leading vs into all trueth by Ioh. 14. 26. 1 Ioh. 2. 27 Rom 8. 14 Z●● 12. 10. Ephe. 4. 30. bringing all things to our rememb●ance by being in vs a spirit of adoption of prayer of counsell of truth sealing vs vp to the day of redemption Q. What is sanct●fication A. To die to ●in and to rise againe Rom 6. 4. 8. 10 1 per 2. 24. to newn●sse of life Q. Is this of absolute necessity A. Else we shall neuer see God Heb 12 14 Math. 5. 8. Q. Are any perfectly holy in this life A. Noe we know in part and beleeue 1 Cor 13. 9. 10. in part Q. May one then haue a good hart to God who is of an euill life A. Those that are sanctified are 1 Thes 5. 23. sanctified throughout both in soule and body and spirit Q. Can such sinne to death A. He that is borne of God cannot 1 Ioh. 3. 9. 5. 16. 17. 18. sinne because his seed abideth in him Q What is the chiefe grace of the spirit in our new birth A. Faith which purifieth the heart 2 Cor. 4. 13. Act 15. 9. Gal 5. 6. and worketh by loue Q. What is faith A. The beleife of the truth or the 2 The 2. 13 Iohn 1. 12. receiuing of Christ as he is offered in the promises of the gospell Q. How doth the Holy Ghost work this faith in vs A. By hearing the word preached Rom 10. 14 Q. In whom is this sanctification of the spirit and beleife of the truth wrought A. In those only whom God hath from the beginning chosen to saluation 2 The 2. 13 Act 13. 48. And praedestinated to the adoption of children by Iesus christ to himselfe Eph. 1. 4 5. Q. Is faith a common guift A. No all men hath not faith therfore it is called the faith of Gods elect 2 Thes ● 2. Tit. 1. 1. Q. What moued God to chuse some passe by others A. The good pleasure of his owne Ephe. 1. 5. 6. will to the praise of the glorie of his grace Q. How doth he bring his chosen to saluation A. Whome he foreknew them he predestinated to be conformed to the Rom. 8. 29 30. image of his sonne whom he predestinated them he calleth whom he calleth them he iustifieth and whom he iustifieth them he glorifieth Q. What are those his chosen called A. The Church because they are Ioh. 17. 14. a company called out of the world by the voyce of Gods cryers his ministers Q. Was there euer a church of God vpon earth and shall there bee so to the end A. Yes the foundation of Gods election remaineth sure and Christ 2 Tim. 2. 19. is the rocke on which it is builded so that the gates of hell shall not preuaile Mat. 16. 1● against it Q. How is this Church noted out A. Shee is holy Ephe. 5. 2● 27. Q. How else A. Shee is catholique for in euerie Act. 10. 34. 35. nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousnes is accepted of him Q. Who is the head of this Church A. Iesus Christ alone Ephe. 1. 22. 23. Col. 1. 18. Q. What is the condition of the Church in this life A. Shee is militant subiect to crosses Mat. 16. 24. 25. Ephe. 6. 12. afflictions temptations and persecutions of all sorts Q. Doth the benefit of Christ death resurrection belong to all A. No they belong onely to the Ephe. 5. 25. Church Q. Where is this Church to be found A. Where the word of God is sencerely preached and embraced and Ephe. 5. 26. Mat. 28. 19 20. the Sacraments according to Christs institution administred there the Lord hath his Church Q. What is the signe of a true visible Church A. That shee bee Apostolique that is built on the foundation of the Prophets Ephe. 2. 19 20 22. and Apostles doctrine Q. Is there not vnity in the Church A. There is but one body one spirit one hope of your calling one Ephe 4. 4. 5. 6. Lord one faith one Baptisme one God and Father of all who is aboue all through all and in them all Q. What ariseth hence A. The

A CANDLE LIGHTED AT THE LAMPE OF SACRED SCRIPTVRES Or A Catechisme conteining all truths fundamentall and none but fundamentalls By Richard Bifield Minister of Gods word and Pastor in Long Ditton 2 Tim 3. 15. From a Ch●ld thou hast knowen the Holy Scripture● which a●e able to m●k● th●e w●se to salua●io● 〈…〉 is i● Christ Iesus 〈◊〉 no● Argumen●o Ambrose de Spir●●u sancto l. 3. c. 11. I leaue to the simplicity of Scripture not the sub●●●●y of argument Imprinted at LONDON 1627. A Precept to Parents These words which I commande thee this day shall be in thine heart and thou shalt teach them diligently vnto thy childrē and shalt talke of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and whē thou lyest downe and when thou risest vp Deut. 6. 6. 7. To children and seruants Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and bee readie alwayes to giue an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekne●●e and feare 1 peter 3. 15. TO THE CHILDREN AND youth of Long-Ditton Kingston vpon Thames and East Molsey Grace be vnto you and peace from him which was and which is which is to come LIttle children and youth I am debter to you als● and am taught by Iohn 1 Ioh 2 12 13. the Disciple whom our Saviour loved to pay this debt by writing I Dedicate therefore this little booke to you ioyntly where in you my little babes may see the mercies of God in forgiuing your sinnes for Christs name sake and may learne euen in the milke to know and knowing to call God Father Wherein likewise you young men may as out of the Lords armory haue weapons ready fitted to your hand vse wherewith ye shall overcome that wicked one And if ye receiue by faith this doctrine and let it abide in you to loue it to obey it you shall encrease your strength and the better with stand future assaults in all of them being more then Conquerours For in the first part yee haue orderly framed in words of Stripture the whole body of divinitie which we are to beleeue concern●g the Gospell of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ after a familiar way of Cat●chising no one matter of opinion mixed therewith but onely fundamentall truthes layd downe so that all Heresies-now being or formerly rooted or that may hereafter spring vp as tares amongst the wheate are cut off not by humaine wi●t and Schoole distincti●ns but by divine word holy writ here you haue much yea all in a little yet without obscurity Here ye have that faith which ever was held professed vniversally in the Church as will be manifest to the iudicious that are acquaint●d with Scripture with Councels with the authen●iq●e Creeds with the publike confessions of christian m●n Churches The truth I dare boldly ●ay the enemies themselues being iudges In a word yee haue here the heads of Doctrine which in euery particular in the audience of the Congregation of Kingston vpon Thames was with feare and trembling being part of full three years laboures their discoursed off at larg● shewing in all and every point the Harmony of both Testaments the vntiyng of difficulties and knots in them by way of explication the wiles of Satha● and the flesh begui●ing vs of the fruite of such knowledge and beleife in deeds while our mouthes professed the same in words the conclusions profitable and famous which depend upon such prime truthes And lastly the Instr●ctions consolations and reproofes which these doctrines afford us for the reformation of heart and life In the second part I present you with the rules of holy life whereby you are taught as the truth is in Iesus to put off concerning the the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitfull lusts and being renewed in the spirit of your minde to put on the new man which after God is created in righteovsnes and true holinesse Here I haue diuided the precepts of the Gospell from those of the Law to avoyd confusion that they are distinct is a thing not hitherto heeded yet as to them will appeare that consider it without preiudice most certaine The words of Christ haue as much force to bind as the words of the Decalogue or ten commandements Likewise the voyce of Repentance is no voyce of the Law and so of the rest That I haue cast them into ten is not out of any superstition of the number nor any conceit of mine that there are iust ten but onely to help memory they also fitly arising to that number and ●or ought I see the whole comprehended I haue in the margent set two different marks upon certaine answers or phrases in those answers by which I would haue you to take notice of your estate before God If those or any one of those graces or priviledges bee manifest vpon your hearts wrought by the word which are signed with this signe * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being that Angelicall mark Ezek. 9. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they proue you actually the children of God If the sinnes or kind of offending be yet found in you which is marked with that marke * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the first letter in the word Letzim P●●l 1. 1. signifying scorners 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you are unregenerated and wicked sinners and remaine s●ch till you wash them away by true repentance and Faith in the Lord Iesus Take these digest them thoroughly yea eate them up as reached forth to you from God tho●gh by the unworthy hands of a meane Labourer in Gods V●nyard whose pray●r is that you may increase in wisdome and stature and in favour with God and man Richard Bifield A CANDLE LIGHTed at the Lampe of Sacred Scriptures The first part conteining the grounds of Faith WHere may wee learne that knowledge which will make a man wise to his salvation Answer In the holy scripture 2. Tim. 3. 15 16. 17. Iohn 5. 37. Quest How was all Scripture of the old and new Testament given A. By inspiration of God for the 2 tim 3. 16 2 Pet. 1 20 21. holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost Q. Hath God revealed all things therein necessary to salvation A. Yes no man may adde thereto Deut. 12 32. Prou. 30. 6. or take there from Q. May a simple man learne so much by them Psal 119 130. 2. Cor. 4. 4. A. The entrance into Gods word giueth light it giueth vnderstanding vnto the simple Q. Seeing they are so plaine in all necessary truthes tell me what they teach you concerning God A. That there is but one God an Idol is nothing in the world 1 Cor. 8. 4. Q. What else A. That their are three that beare record in heaven the Father the word 1 Ioh. 5. 7. and the Holy Ghost and these three are one Q What is this