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A09077	A double catechisme one more large, following the order of the common authorized catechisme, and an exposition thereof: now this second time published: the other shorter for the weaker sort: both set forth for the benefit of Christian friends and wel-willers. By Richard Bernard, Master of Arts, and preacher of Gods word at Worsop in Nottingham-shire.; Large catechisme	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1607 (1607)	STC 1936; ESTC S113787	23,289	50

state of damnation A. No indeed albeit both before the conuersion and also after they be called they falling by infirmitie and lying a time in their sinne may appeare in shew to the Church to be none of the elect yet can they not fall away wholy nor finally Q. May not men then liue as they list sithence he being a reprobate cannot be saued or an elect he cannot be damned A. Not so for that one elected cannot but vse the meanes which are ordained for him to walke in to make his election sure to himselfe which whoso doth not cannot be saued Q. VVhat beleeue you concerning God the Son A. That he is God the second Person in the Trinitie Christ Iesus the onely naturall Sonne begotten of the Father our Lord made man cōceiued and sanctified by the holy Ghost ioyning two natures into one person borne according to the promise of the Virgin Marie who perfectly fulfilled the lawe humbled and suffered vnder Pontius Pylate was crucified bearing vpon him Gods curse and hellish torments who died and was buried and being a while held captiue of death in the graue he was exalted and victoriously rose againe the third day and is ascended vp into heauen and there he sits on the right hand of God his Father hauing all power in heauen and earth to rule and gouerne his Church where his manhood doth and shall at all times though in his Godhead he be present with me euer remaine vntill he shall come from thence to iudge vs all here on earth both quicke and dead at the last day which day cannot be nowe farre off Q. VVhy should he neede to be both God and man A. That he might be the onely Mediator betwixt God and man to satisfie for sinne which neither the manhood by deseruing nor Godhead by dying alone could do Q. VVhy is he called Christ A. To declare that he was the promised Messias and to signifie his offices that he was annointed not with materiall oyle but with the gift of the spirit without measure to be our King Priest and Prophet from which name we are called Christians and are by him Kings Priests and Prophets Q. Hovv is Christ a King A. He is King not onely as God but as hee is the head gouerning the Church without any generall Vicar vnder him by his word and spirit immediatly making lawes and ordeining Ministers to the gathering together and preseruation thereof 2. By destroying Sathan his Angels vnbeleeuers idolaters heretickes Antichrist and the whole kingdome of darknesse Q. Hovv is Christ a priest A. 1. By satisfying for all the sinnes of the elect by his passion and fulfilling of the lawe 2. For that he maketh prayer continually to God for them Q. Hovv is Christ a Prophet A. By immediatly reuealing from his Father his word and meanes of saluation contained in the same Q. VVhy is he called Iesus A. To signifie that he is a Sauiour to euery true beleeuer neither is there any other meanes of ourselues or by any orher either in part or whole to obtaine saluation but onely by him alone Q. VVhy is he called Lord A. Because we owe all homage and dutie in ioue to him for our redemption Q. VVhat beleeue you concerning the holy Ghost A. That he is God the third person in the Trinitie proceeding from the Father and the Sonne who spake by the Prophets dwelling in the faithfull sanctifying them in part in this life working by the word and holy motions an vtter loathing of sinne and a heartie loue of righteousnesse leading them into all truth perswading them of Gods fauour teaching them in prayer bearing them vp in temptation quickening renewing and increasing his gifts in them that they may know beleeue loue and do that which is good which he will perfect fully in the life to come Q. VVhy did this God thus make redeeme sanctifie and hereto preserue you A. That I might prayse his name in liuing godly righteously and soberly according to all his commandements in my calling in all things whatsoeuer my estate be in this present world Q. VVhat do you beleeue concerning the Church A. That it is but one mysticall bodie whether militant or triumphant visible or invisible in heauen or in earth being a companie of the Lords elect holy by Christ catholike gathered of the dispersed abroad and hauing speciall prerogatiues aboue the rest of mankind communion with Christ and one with another by the bond of the spirit the forgiuenesse of all sinnes the ioyfull resurrection of the bodie and life euerlasting wherof I beleeue my selfe to be one and therfore that the same things belong also vnto me Q. VVhat are the markes of the true Church here on earth A. Inwardly faith and loue outwardly besides the vncertaine notes of vniuersalitie antiquitie and consent these two Christs word truly preached his Sacraments rightly administred whereto adde faithfull prayer and holy discipline Q. Js the Church of Rome a true Church of Christ A. No but of Antichrist the Pope the chiefe teacher of the doctrine of diuels Q. VVhat reason haue you to disallovv that religion A. For that it is a false religion I. The author is the diuell II. The meanes vsed to vphold it are vnlawfull 1. deceiued Councels 2. vnwritten verities and forged authors 3. falsifying the Fathers 4. corrupting Scripture by adding thereto 5. by taking from it by false interpreting 6. reteyning the people in ignorance by forbidding to studie the word and teaching it in an vnknowne tongue 7. pretending reuelations and shewing lying miracles 8. counterfeit holinesse 9. bloudie persecution III. The matter of their religion is vntruthes idolatrie heresie and nouelties inuented by man IV. The forme in the seruice ridiculous by foolish gestures carnall by fleshly pompes and delights their worship is by hypocrisie V. The end to aduance men by worshipping of Saints and extolling mans power and merits VI. The benefite gotten therby is nothing because it keepes a man in the estate of damnation and alloweth the breach of all the ten Commaundements 1. To feare God by mens doctrines 2. To worship Images 3. Magicke and coniuring 4. Idol-seruice 5. Treason against Christian Princes 6. Assoyles for murtherers 7. Stewes and restraint of mariage 8. Wages for no lawfull labour to Masse-mongers and for deceites 9. To breake an oath to a Christian made lawfully 10. That concupiscence is no sinne 7. Gods iudgements against many of the most fierie professours thereof which is neuer seene to happen to zealous and constant professours of the truth Q. VVhat must be done to maintaine the Church and to ouerthrovv heresie that destroyes the foundation errours corrupting religion scismes breaking the peace of the Church and vices stayning our profession A. 1. To cleaue onely to the written word which is both in time before and in authoritie aboue the Church to iudge all controuersies in religion 2. To call sufficient men and ordaine them Ministers to teach allowing necessarie maintenance but suffering no

vnderstand the doctrine gathered and in heart to affect the vse made after I haue either read or heard it 5. Conference by asking of superiours and Ministers by reasoning with equals and teaching inferiours all in reuerence and humilitie to vnderstand that I know not to be resolued in that I doubt of and to call to memorie what I haue forgotten 6. Continuall prayer with practise of it in my particular calling Q. Do you thinke you are thus bound to forsake the diuell the vvorld and the flesh to beleeue in God to learne to knovv and do his vvill as they haue promised for you A. Yes verily and by Gods helpe so will I indeauour to do or else were I vnthankfull to God my Father that hath called me into the state of saluation making me his child and also vnmindfull of my sureties that haue so bound themselues for me Q. But tell me if any vndergo such a charge hovv can any be suretie to God for you that you should doe as they haue promised for you A. Being assured by faith that the seed of the faithfull are blessed they iudging me charitably to bee one of them did promise by the grace of God belonging vnto me in Christ and the meanes which they would vse J should performe the same Q. VVhat are the meanes vvhich they haue premised to vse A. That I should be taught so soone as I shall be able to learne what a solemne vow promise and profession I. haue made by them II. That they will exhort me to heare sermons and to learn all things which a Christian ought to know for his soules health but especially the principles of religion conteined in these foure the Creed the Lords prayer the ten Commaundements and the doctrine of the Sacraments The second part Q. Let vs then see vvhether they haue vsed those meanes and hovv you haue profited rehearse the articles of your beleefe A. I beleeue in God the Father almightie c. Q. VVhat do you chiefly learne out of these articles of your Christian faith A. 1. J learne to beleeue that there is a God to beleeue God and also in him 2. That he is but one in substance yet distinguished into three the Father Sonne and holy Ghost which distinction is in person propertie and manner of working 3. That this God hath a Church to which onely he is truly knowne and by the same sincerely worshipped Q Hovv can you be persvvaded that there is a God A. 1. By his created workes declaring 2. by my conscience accusing 3. by iudgements terrifying 4. by order obserued in all things 5. by heathen authors consenting 6. By the Scripture confidently auouching the same Q. VVhat is God vve cannot tell ther fore tell me vvhat a one he is A. A spirituall substance most holy and of glorious maiestie infinite in his being as euery where present in wisedome foreseeing rightly disposing all things in power doing what he list in iustice punishing whom he will iustly and in mercie to saue whom he pleaseth Q. Hovv do you behold and conceiue of this God A. Not by any bodily shape but spiritually by his word as he hath therein manifested himselfe and by his workes of creation preseruation and gouerning euery thing according to his foreknowledge and appointment therein to his owne glorie Q. VVhat beleeue you concerning God the Father A. That he is God Almightie in order the first person in the Trinitie begetting the Sonne from euerlasting of his whole substance maker of heauen and earth men and Angels and all things else very good onely by his word of nothing at the beginning in sixe dayes and still by his prouidence preserues the same for my benefite Q. VVhat vvas man especially made of A. Man consists of bodie and soule the first mans bodie was made of the dust of the earth but our bodies come by generation and are with his mortall and both his and all our soules by inspiration and are immortall Q. VVhat estate good man in by creation and vvhat a one did God make him A. In the estate of innocencie void of all sin free from any punishment and was made after Gods image that is holy and righteous hauing perfect knowledge of God and his will as much as was needfull for him and also readinesse of will in heartie affection with bodily strength to fulfill the same and had withall the rule of all Gods creatures made for his benefite Q. Hovv then came you into this vvretched estate A. By the fall of Adam and Eue my first parents who wilfully disobeyed God by the diuels enticement infidelitie and pride possessing their hearts and who stood and fell in the roome of all mankind Q. Hovv can our soules be sinfull that come not by propagation but by inspiration A. 1. For that his soule was deputie for all soules of men naturally begotten 2. Because man sinned and man is not man before body soule be knit together which being conioyned become together as man partaker of mans fal corruptiō Q. Doth any thing of that image of God remaine yet in vs A. Yes 1. In the mind a certaine generall corrupt knowledge of nature concerning good and euill to make vs inexcusable before God 2. In the conscience a power to reproue and represse in part vnbridled affections 3. In will though a free yet a weake choice in euery naturall and ciuill action Q. VVhat euils do vve receiue by this fall A. 1. In the mind ignorance of heauenly things vnaptnesse to learne them or to iudge of them aright but apt to learne euill and to inuent the same 2. In conscience impurenesse to excuse sin not to accuse beeing dead or benummed and to accuse for well or ill doing 3. In will want of power to will any true good but to resist it and onely to will that which is euill 4. In affection to hate good and runne after ill 5. In bodie fitnesse to begin sinne by receiuing outward obiects and occasions theteof by the senses and also to execute the same when the heart hath conceiued it in word and deed and this is called Originall sinne which is in euery man Q. Do all men continue in this sinfull and cursed estate for euer A. No but onely the reprobate whome God hath not decreed to saue to manifest his iustice for the elect being predestinate to eternall life are in this world in their appointed time called effectually through Gods word and his spirit iustified and sanctified and so shall continue in this estate of grace to be glorified for that God will also shew his mercie and all for his owne glorie Q. Are none of the reprobate euor in the estate of grace and Gods fauour A. No verily though many of them endued with the common gifts of the spirit may in outward appearance for a time seeme to be of the elect in the iudgement of the Church Q. Can any of the elect then be euer before God in the