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A19300	The English schoole-master teaching all his schollers, of what age soever, the most easie, short, and perfect order of distinct reading, and true writing our English-tongue, that hath euer yet beene knowne or published by any. And further also, teacheth a direct course, hovv any vnskilfull person may easily both vnderstand any hard English words, ... Deuised for thy sake that wantest any part of this skill, by Edward Coote, Master of the Free-schoole in Bury St. Edmond.; English schoole-maister.	Coote, Edmund, fl. 1597.	1630 (1630)	STC 5714; ESTC S113503	60,601	96

to the meanes of strengthening of faith as of the Sacraments and Prayer and first what is a Saorament A Sacrament is a Seale and a pledge of those benefits of my Saluation which I receiue by Christ How many Sacraments be there in the Church of God Two Which be they Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord Who ordained them The Lord Iesus To what end To strengthen our Faith and to further our Repentance How many things are to be considered in a Sacrament Two What be they The signe and the thing signified In Baptisme which is the signe signified Water What is the thing signified The washing away of my sinnes by the bloud of Christ How is your faith strengthenea by Baptisme By Baptisme I am receiued into the family and Congregation of the Lord and am thereby fully assured that both my sins are forgiuen me and the punishment due to the same What doe you professe in Baptisme To dye vnto sinne and to liue vnto Righteousnesse In the Supper of the Lord which bee the signes that may bee seene Bread and Wine What doe they signifie The body and bloud of Christ How is your faith strengthened by the Supper of the Lord By the Supper of the Lord my Faith is strengthened that as I receiue the Bread and Wine into my body to become mine so doth my Soule receiue withall Iesus Christ with all the benefits of his death to bee wholly mine Is the Bread and Wine turned into the naturall Body and Bloud of Christ flesh bloud and bone No the Bread and Wine of their owne nature are not changed but in vse they differ from other common Bread and Wine because they bee approued of the Lord to be signes of the Body and bloud of Christ Why then d●th Christ say This is my Body It is a figuratiue speech vsed in the Scripture as Circumcision is called the Couenant the Lambe is called the Passeouer and yet is not the Couenant nor the Passeouer but a signe of it How doe you eate Christs Body and drinke his Bloud Spiritually and by Faith Are all persons without exception to bee admitted to the Supper of the Lord No. Who are to be not admitted Children Fooles Madmen Ignorant persons knowne Heretiques open and notorious sinners not repenting What must he doe that will come worthily to the Supper of the Lord He must proue and examine himselfe Wherein must he examine himselfe Fi●st what knowledge he hath in the principles of Religion and specially in the matter of the Sacrament Secondly whether he hath true faith in Iesus Christ or no. Thirdly whether he be penitent and sorry for his sinnes past purposing to leaue them and to liue godly endeauouring himselfe to be in brotherly loue and charitie with all men Then it seenieth there be some who albeit they come yet they lose the benefit of this Communion in themselues Yea. Who be they Such as come not in Faith and are not grieued for their sinnes past as Hypoc●ites euill men Church-Papists priuate enemies to Gods word and so many of the godly as come not sufficiently prepared procure a punishment What is the other help● you haue to increase Faith Prayer W●at is Prayer Prayer is a spirituall action of Faith wherein we require of God in the name of Christ all things necessary to his glory and our comfort To whom must you pray To God onely In whose name In the name of Christ Then you may not pray to Saints or Angels or to God in the name of Saint or Angell No. Why Because there is neither Commandement promise nor example in the Scripture for it How must you pray As Christ hath taught me saying Our Father which art in Heauen hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdome come Th● will be done in earth as it is in Heauen Giue vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And lead vs n●● into temptation But deliner vs from euill for ●hine is the Kingdome the power and the glory for euer Amen How many Petitions be there in this Prayer Sixe Three concerning the glory of God and three our owne necessities What are these words Our Father which art in Heauen A Preface or Introduction to Prayer What are these words For thine is the Kingdome the power and the glory for euer The Conclusion of the Prayer What doe you owe to God for all his benefits Thankesgiuing Is it enough that you thanke him with your lips alone No But I must be obedient to his lawes and Commandements which grace the Lord grant me Amen Sundry necessary obseruations of a Christian 1 THat we keepe a narrow watch ouer our hearts words 1 and deed continually 2 That with all care the time bee redeemed which hath beene idlely carelesly and vnprofitably spent 3 That once in the day at the least priuate Prayer and meditation be vsed 4 That care be had to doe and receiue good in company 5 That our family be with diligence and regard instructed watched ouer and gouerned 6 That no more time or care be bestowed in matters of the world then must needs 7 That we stirre vp our selues to liberality to Gods Saints 8 That we giue not the least bridle to wandring Lusts and affections 9 That we prepare our selues to beare the Crosse by what meanes i● shall please God to exercise vs. 10 That w●● bestow some time not onely in mourning for our owne sinne but also for the sinnes of the time and age wherein we liue 11 That we looke dayly for the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ for our deliuerance out of this life 12 That we vse as wee shall haue opportunity at least as wee shall haue necessity to acquaint our selues with some godly and faithfull person with whom wee may conferre of our Christian estate and open our doubts to the quickening vp of Gods graces in vs. 13 That we obserue the Departure of men out of this life their mortality and vanity and alteration of things below the more to contemne the world and to continue our longing after the life to come And that we meditate and muse often of our owne death and going out of this life how wee must lye in the Graue and all our glory put off which will seru● to beat downe the pride of life that is in vs. 14 That wee read somewhat dayly in the holy Scriptures for the further increase of our knowledge 15 That we enter into Couenant with the Lord to striue against all sinne and especially against the speciall sinnes and corruptions of our hearts and liues wherein we haue most dishonoured the Lord and haue raised vp most guiltinesse to our owne Conscience and that we carefully see our Couenant bee kept and continued 16 That we marke how sinne dyeth and is weakened in vs

taught vs by God in the holy Scriptures What call you the holy Scriptures The word of God contained in the Bookes of the Old and New Testamen● Doth this Scripture or word of God containe in it all points of true religion and euerything necessary for the Saluation of a Christian Yea. Tell me then from this Scripture how many Gods there be One What is God An euerlasting Spirit Immortall Inuisible most strong and onely wise How many persons are there Three Which be they The Father the Sonne and the Holy G●ost How is God knowne By his Workes Word and Spirit Who created the World God Whereof did he create it Of nothing and that by his word Who made you God the Father How did he create you In Holinesse and Righteousnesse Why were you th●● created To glorifie God Are you able to doe this of your selfe No. Why so Because I am a sinner How come you to be a sinner seeing you were so perfectly created By the fall of Adam What was his sinne Disobedience against God in eating of the forbidden fruit How comes it to passe that you are become a sinner in Adam Because he was the Father of all Mankinde How doe you proue that you are a sinner By the Testimonie of mine owne Conscience and by the Law of God What is the Law of God A perfect rule of righteousnesse commanding good and forbidding euill the summe whereof is contained in the Commandetmens How many be there Tenne Rehearse them 1 Then God spake all these words and said I am the Lord thy God which hath brought thee out of the Land of Aegypt out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue no other Gods but mee 2 Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in Heauen aboue nor in the Earth beneath nor in the water vnder the Earth thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sinnes of the Fathers vpon the Children vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousands to them that loue me and keepe my Commandements 3 Thou shalt not take the Name of the LORD thy GOD in vaine for the Lord will not hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine 4 Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabbath day sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seauenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no manner of worke thou and thy Sonne and thy Daughter thy Man-seruant and thy Maid seruant thy Cattell and the stranger that is within thy Gates for in sixe dayes the Lord made Heauen and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seauenth day Wherefore the Lord blessed the seauenth day and hallowed it 5 Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy dayes may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giueth thee 6 Thou shalt doe no Murther 7 Thou shalt not commit Adulterie 8 Thou shalt not Steale 9 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neighbor 10 Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife nor his Seruant nor his Maid nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is his Are these words I am the Lord thy God c. a Commandement or Preface A Preface to the whole Law How be the Commandements diuided Into two Tables or Parts How many be there of the first Table Foure How many of the second Sixe What doe the Commandements of the first Table teach you My duty towards God What doe the Commandements of the second Table teach you My duty towards my neighbour Are you to vse the Commandements as Prayers No because they be no Petitions but Commandements Are you able to keepe them without breaking any one of them in thought word or deed No Why Because I am ready and disposed by nature to offend both God and my Neighbour To what end then serueth the Law To shew vs our miserie and to leade vs to Christ and to be a rule euer after for the well ordering of our liues What is the punishmant for the breach of the Law Eternall destruction both of body and Soule Js there no way to escape it and be saued Yes How By Iesus Christ Who is this Christ The Sonne of God perfect God and perfect Man Could there no other mean● or person bee found in Heauen or Earth to saue you but the Sonne of God must doe it No verily Must he needs be God and Man Yes Why First because he must dye for vs and God cannot dye therefore he must be Man Secondly hee must ouercome Death which being onely Man he could not therefore he must be also God did he saue vs As he was Man perfectly righteous hee performed the perfect obedience of the Law and satisfied the justice of God for me And as he was God he ouercame death and raised vp his body the third day Are all men partakers of this benefit of Redemption purchased ●y Christ No there are a number that shall haue their part in Hell with the Diuell and his Angels Who are they that shall haue their part in the death of Christ Onely such as truly beleeue What is Faith Faith is a full assurance of my saluation in Iesus Christ alone Hath euery man this faith in himselfe No● for it is the guift of God and not of nature How is faith gotten By the outward hearing of the Word of God Preached and the inward working of the Spirit How is it strongthened and increased in you By the same preaching of the Word and the vse of the Sacraments and Prayer How shall any man know whether hee haue this true and sauing faith or no By the fruits and markes thereof What be the fruits of faith A hatred of all sin a continuall care to please God in the duties commanded and vnfained loue to Gods word and to his people Rehearse the summe of your faith I beleeue in God the Father Almighty maker of Heauen and earth and in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the Holy Ghost borne of the virgin Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried hee descended into Hell the third day he rose againe from the dead he ascended into Heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence shall he come to judge the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting Amen How many parts be there of this Creed Two Which be they The first is of God the second is of the Church vs now come