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The principles of the true Christian religion breifelie selected, out of manie good bookes. first reade: and then iudge.
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Butterfield, Swithun, d. 1611.
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day and to rest from our labour in our calling on the same day and that our seruants may then also rest b Mark 2. 15 Iohn 7 22 13. Neuerthelesse in that day we may do any labour that may not well be done on another day The keeping holy of the Sabaoth day is thus c Acts 20. 7. and 16. 13. luke 4. 16 to 21. mar 6 2. Wee must assemble our selues together in one place with feare and reuerence to heare and lay vp in our heartes the worde of God preached vnto vs and then to confesse our sinnes vnto God d Mat. 18. 19. Phil. 4 6. 1. Cor. 16 2. And also to pray together with one consent for such thinges wee neede and to giue God thanks for the benefites wee haue receaued and to giue almes to our needie brethren e Acts â— 42. 1. cor 11. 33. and to vse the holy Sacraments in fayth and repentance This is the outward keeping holy of the Sabaoth day f Esa 56. 2. 58. 13. The inward keeping of it holy is to rest from our worldly businesse and refraine from our froward desires and so yeelde our selues wholy to Gods gouernance g Heb. 4 â— So shall our Sabaoth be a figure of the holy euerlasting rest h Mar. 2 27. 28. nom 15 32 to 36. mat 12 1 â—â— 9. col 2 16 17 Wee keepe not our Sabaoth literally as a ceremonie with straight Religion as the Iewes did For the ceremonie of the Sabaoth that wee shoulde not doe any maner of worke therein vppon paine of death but that onely which was appoynted to bee done by the lawe ended with Christ and is abrogated i 1. Cor. 14 26 40. But wee reteine the keeping holy of the Sabaoth day as a necessarie remedie to keepe order in the Church and that seruaunts may then rest from their labours and then learne to knowe God And also that our publike prayers almes and other good workes may be the better done of vs. k Rom. 14. 5 6 Col. 2. 16. â—gal 4. 9 10. 11. To make difference betweene day and day as though one were more holy in it selfe then an other Saint Paule hath taught vs that so doing is superstition or vaine Religion an honouring of that which shoulde not bee so honoured The causes why the Sabaoth was instituted was for the publike seruice and worship of God In which consisteth the studie of the knowledge of god of good works and of thankfulnesse vnto God for his good benefites giuen vnto vs. HOnour thy father and thy mother â— That thy dayes may bee long in the lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee a Leuit 19 3 32 col 3 20 22 23 and 4 1. matth 15 4 to 7. rom 13 1 2 3 7. tit 3 1. 2 9 10. 1 thes 5 12 13 heb 13 17 â—phe 6 9 mat 7 12. Here we are commaunded that wee should loue feare obey and releiue our parents And also all other that are vnto vs in their steade As our Prince and the rulers and our teachers and maisters And all superiours and powers which God hath constituted and set ouer vs. For they ought to be vnto vs in their offices as if wee were their children b Ephe. 6 1 2 3 mat 15 4 to 7 exo 20 12. 21 17 deut 27 16 prou 20 20. â—0 17. col 3 â—0 Honour in this commaundement signifieth outwarde reuerence obedience and loue We must honour our father and mother in esteeming and reuerencing of them To beare with them not to speak euill of them nor to curse them and to our power if they haue neede to releiue cherish and nourish them in all their necessities and to obey them and wish to them all prosperitie and health This is the duetie which wee owe to our father and mother And God here promiseth a blessing to those children that do honour their parents In this commaundement all particuler duties which are commanded to euery person in the holy Scripture are included and commanded That in this obedience God may be worshipped and the societie of mankind preserued THou shalt do no murther A In this commandement almightie Gen. 9 6 exo 21 12. deu 5 17 leuit 19 17. mat 5 22 44. 1. iohn 3 15 pro. 20. 22. rom 12 19 20. ephe 4 26 32 col 3 12 13 mat 7 12. iohn 13 34. God forbiddeth vs all killing fighting and quarelling all anger malice desire of reueÌ„ge And also al those things which tend to the destruction of the life of mankind We are here commanded to preserue the life of all mankinde by exercising the workes of mercie and loue Vnder the name of murther are all sinnes which accompanie it comprehended And all those things which tende to the safetie of our life and others commaunded Negatiues include affirmatiues Gal. 6. 10 rom 12 17 18. as Thou shalt doe no murther therefore thou shalt ayde and helpe thy neighbour B When God commandeth a man Nom 35 31 leuit 24 17. exo 21 12 c. to bee slaine then God himselfe putteth him to death by man vnto whome he giueth this charge For if murtherers theeues robbers such like should not be put to death The felowship of men should be destroyed Therfore God punisheth wheÌ„ the magistrat punisheth The ende of this commaundement is the preseruing of the life of mankinde and forbidding of all things which tend to the destruction of mankind THou shalt not commit adulterie a Rom. 13 9. 13. mat 5 28 32 leui 20. 10 c. deu 23 17 heb 13 14. 1 cor 5 11 6 9 15 c. eph 5 3 4. 5 18 col 3 5 1. thes 4 3 to 7. In this commandement we are forbidden all adulterie and fornication and all euill desires of the heart and all vncleannesse whatsoeuer which might intise vs to vnchast behauiour or allure vs to sinne The end of this commaundement is the preseruation of chastitie and the forbidding of all vices contrary to chastity Incest and adnlterie are much more heynous then theft and robberie For God appoynted Leu. 2010 c 18 29. death in Moyses lawe for the adulterers and incestuous persons but not so for theeues and robbers 8 THou shalt not steale a 1 Thes 4 6 leui 19 11 13 35 deut 24 14. to 16. iob 24. 2 esa 1 23 â—phe 4 28 2. thes 3 10. We are forbidden in this commandement all stealing and robbing in outward deedes And all desire of any mans goodes wrongfully by deceyte and wrongfull dealings The end of this commaundement is the preseruation of goodes or possessions which God giueth to euerie one for the maintenance of their life Thou shalt not steale that is thou shalt not couet or attempt by deceyt to conuey thy neighbours goodes to thee Therefore thou must defende and preserue them and giue thy neighbour his owne And liue of that which is
effect of this prayer In the first petition the Lord commandeth vs to desire the true knowledge and worship of God In the second That God woulde gouerne vs with his spirite and so continually preserue and confirme vs in this knowledge In the thirde That euery of vs by the helpe of his holy spirite and gouernment may doe and fulfill our duetie in our vocation that we may doe nothing against his will In the fourth That God would giue vs corporall blessings whereby euery of vs may doe his duetie In the fift That he would giue vs spirituall blessings in forgiuing vs our sinnes In the sixt and last That wee may bee vpholden by his grace that thereby we may bee deliuered from all euill And that so wee may bee able to hallow prayse and glorifie his name through Christ our Lord and Sauiour Before hath bene declared three parts of Religion fayth the lawe and praier nowe followeth the last part which is Sacraments Of Sacraments THe Sacraments which Mat. 28. 19. 20. Mark 16 16. Luk. 22. 19. 20. are to be vsed of vs Christians are onely those which our sauiour Christ did institute and command vs to vse Which are only twoo Baptisme and the Lords Supper which we commonly call the holy Communion These two Sacraments Baptisme and the holy Communion are holy signes ordeyned Gen. 17. 11. Rom. 4. 11. Exod. 12. 14. to be assured tokens and testimonies to me and all the faythfull of the mercie of God and forgiuenesse of sinnes for the merits death and passion of Christ Iesus my sauiour And with those holy Sacraments I receyue such grace and vertue from Christ the which my tongue cannot expresse And the holy Ghost by them doeth moue my heart to beleeue A Sacrament is a testimonie of Gods A Sacrament what it is fauour towardes vs confirmed by an outward signe Or a visible signe of inuisible grace There are three thinges in a Sacrament The first is the visible signe as in Baptisme water and in the holy Communion bread and wine The seconde is the wordes of the Lords ordinance And the third is The thing signified by them The thing signified is Christ for he is the substance of all Sacraments and they doe promise nothing without him For by Christ is the mercie of God and saluation giuen vnto vs. Our Sauiour Christ for the strengthening of our fayth hath ordeyned the preaching of the Gospell And for the further encreasing and confirming of our fayth hath instituted and left to be vsed of vs for euer so long as wee are in this world the twoo Sacraments aforesayde Baptisme and the holy Communion to be testimonies of his grace and saluation These are called the Sacraments of the newe Testament because Christ did institute them and left them to be vsed of all Christians And none other are to be vsed of vs as Sacraments but those onely The vse of our Sacraments are to be Why the Sacraments were ordeyned signes and testimonies of the eternal couenant of remission of sinnes or promise of saluation which God hath made to the faythfull in Christ And also serue to confirme our fayth for that they set before our eyes the good will of our heauenly father and leade vs vnto Christ to seeke our saluation onely in and by him And further by receyuing them wee testifie our profession before men that wee are Christians not Infidels Acts 10 47. And by them wee binde our selues to God to followe godlinesse in fayth and Rom. 6 3 4. Ephe 4 3 to 7. charitie and yeelde vnto God obedience prayse and thankes for our redemprion And in giuing vs these visible signes God testifyeth his benefites towardes vs. The Sacramentes before Christ Gen. 17 4 7 10 21. 1 Cor. 10 1 2 3 4. testified that Christ shoulde come for without Christ none was nor neuer shall be saued And the Sacraments which Christ hath left vs testifie that Christ is Mat. 28 19 20 1 Cor. â—1 26. come and are to vs signes of the couenant of saluation as aforesaid Christ teacheth and instructeth vs with his worde then strengtheneth our fayth with sacraments and by his holy spirite he openeth our hearts to receyue the word and sacraments which otherwise would nothing moue our inwarde parts So without the worke of the holy Ghost the sacraments doe nothing at all profite vs. It is the spirite of God which is the authour of the encrease of our fayth The office of the sacraments The office of the SacrameÌ„ts is to set forth Christ vnto vs and in him the treasures of heauenly grace And to confirme our fayth in setting before our eyes the good will of our heauenly father And by the healthfull working of the holy Ghost the faythfull do receyue with the sacraments such grace and vertue from Christ our sauiour the which we are not able to expresse And so that Note most learned man master Caluin writeth in his booke of institutions If any man aske me saith M Caluin what maner of presence of Christ is in the Lords supper I wil not be ashamed to confesse that it is a higher secret then that it can be either comprehended with my wit or vttered with my wordes And to speake it more plainly I rather feele it then I can vnderstand it Therefore I do here embrace the truth of God wherein I may safely rest With the holy sacraments Christ with his spirit discendeth to the faithful that he may truely quicken their soules Gal. 2. 20. Ephe. 3. 17. 2. Cor. 13. 5. 1. Cor. 6. 15 17. 19. 12. 13. Rom 8 9. 12 5. 1. Cor. 10. 17. Ephe. 5. 30. and dwell in them and they in him and they vnited to him and made members of his bodie he being their head and also members one of another by the wonderfull working of the holy Ghost This secret vniting of Christ with the godly is by nature impossible to bee comprehended For our instruction herein beholde Note the Sùnne shining forth his beames on the earth how it is one thing in the firmament yet all the worlde and euery thing is nourished and comforted with the light and heate thereof Much more and more then may bee expressed with our tongues or coÌ„ceyued in our minds doth the extending beames of the spirite of Christ discende to the faythfull to quicken comfort and defend them with the grace vertue and power that commeth from the bodie of our sauiour Christ Iesus whereby they hate the deuill and sinne and ouercome them Albeit the faythfull receyue the benefites Iohn 3. 18. 1. Pet. 3. 21. Acts 8. 13. 18. 20. 21. Ioh. 1 33 Rom 2. 29. 1. Cor. 10. 4 5. aforesayde with the holy Sacraments yet there is no such secret power knit and fastned to the Sacraments that they may of themselues giue vs the graces of the holy ghost The Sacraments doe not profite vs vnlesse the holy ghost ioyne with them