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The Jews catechism Which was lately translated out of Hebrew into Latine. By the eminently learned Ludovicus de Compeigne de Veil.
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Jagel, Abraham ben Hananiah dei Galicchi, 16th/17th cent.; Compiègne de Veil, Louis de.
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book from the beginning to the end Then they shall perceive what it is to Fear and Love God then they shall arrive to a right understanding of the Doctrine delivered by Holy Men concerning a pure Virtuous Life finally then their Minds shall have a true comprehension of the Power of the Divine Law Now O Lord Our God Remember me for good according to the Goodness and Integrity of my Undertaking for so I shall never be put to shame and confusion in this World or in that which is to come But thou wilt give me my Portion with those that have turn'd many unto Righieousness For these are they that shall shine as the Brightness of the Firmament For ever and ever May this may this be thy Good Will and Pleasure THE JEWS Catechism Scholar GOD prosper you Master God be Gracious unto you But hear my Son who are you Sch. I am yours and I fear the Lord of all things the Maker of the Heavens and I thank him from the bottom of my Heart that he hath made me a Man and one of the Seed of Israel Mast God be Gracious unto thee my Son tell me now I pray thee to what end hath God made thee of so Excellent a Nature Sch. Surely he hath created all things for his own Glory He hath made me for this end that I should be the Instrument of his Honour that I should Worship and Revere his Godhead and that I should freely without a Servile Respect to any Reward perform all those Actions which are pleasing unto Him Though one day we shall receive a Reward when enjoying the Sight of God world without end we shall live such a Life as shall forever abound with the greatest and purest and indeed with the only True Delight and Satisfaction Mast Vpon what grounds shall Man that is born of a Woman aspire to that Tranquillity of Mind and the Possession of Eternal Felicity which is expected to be enjoy'd in the World to come Sch. If he will wholly Rely on God by a True Faith and sure Hope and take on him the Yoke of the Divine Law which Moses deliver'd to the Children of Israel This way he will become Just and Acceptable to God and at length obtain Eternal Life Mast What is the main Prop and Foundation of Faith and the Law Sch. That there is a God Infinite in Goodness and Infinite in Power and Majesty who Made the whole World of Nothing and made it for his own Pleasure and that there is none who can hinder God but that he may even now change eâ—ther all the parts of the World or some of its parts Mast Is there any thing amongst the Jews that may put us in mind of this Sch. Yes surely the Observation of the Sabbath This is a Sign or Token betwixt God and the Children of Israel whereby they are to call to mind that Heaven and Earth were made in Six Days and that God rested the Seventh Day and Hallowed it and so by the Sacred Rites of this Day consecrated the Children of Israel and set them apart to be his Peculiar People that he would have this to be the Pillar of the Israelites Faith that he has laid this as the Foundation of his Law Mast Explain to me now I pray thee what is that Faith of which thou hast here shewn me the Basis and Foundation Sch. Faith is the Gift of God whereby our minds are so affected that we sincerely Believe all things which God has taken care to Declare unto us by his Prophets Mast What are those which they have declar'd to be Believ'd by us Sch. Truly they are very many But there are Thirteen Articles which 't is necessary that every man should Believe that is joyn'd in communion with the Israelites Moreover 't is necessary that his Belief of these Articles be known and manifest to all men And whosoever shall deprave but one of them he is declar'd to have deserted the Synagogue and to have renounc'd his Religion neither shall he be any more called an Israelite Mast Recite these Thirteen Articles these Foundations of Pure Religion shew plainly what they are Sch. This is the First that we Believe that there is a God the First Efficient Cause And the Vltimate End of all things That All things high and low were Created and are continually Sustain'd By Him That All things have receiv'd their Being at his Pleasure Alone and at his Pleasure Alone they Perish And that the Divine Essence is not diminisht by their destruction nor in the least alter'd sith its Fulness and Perfection is of It self Alone neither has he need of any other Being For God Is Light Power and Eternal Life Dominion and Empire belongs to Him Alone because He Alone TRULY IS and enjoys Royal Honour and Majesty Another is this That this God who Made All things in Heaven above and in Earth beneath is ONE SIMPLE or UNCOMPOUNDED so that nothing can be found within nor without * That there were Many World 's created by God is an Assertion common amongst the Jewish Writers which our Author here layes down as a thing not to be doubted Annotante Ludovico de Compeigne de Veil any World which is SIMPLE or UNCOMPOUNDED in like manner as GOD hath the Attribute of SIMPLICITY This is that which we find written Deut. 6.4 Hear O Israel the LORD Our God is One LORD The Third Fundamental Article is That God being ONE whose Essence admits of no Kind of Multiplicity or Composition is neither a Body nor can be included within any Body Agreeable to this is that Saying which we find written Deut. 4.15 Ye saw no manner of Similitude The Fourth is That nothing could Be Before this GOD SIMPLE and INCORPOREAL But that He is the First and the Last as it is written Isa 44.6 I am the First and I am the Last and besides me there is no God which the Great Prophet thus expounds Deut. 33.27 The Eternal God is thy Refuge that is to say the Place of Refuge in which the Israelites should acquiesce and repose all their Hopes and all their Possessions is th' Eternal God whom nothing may be Compar'd or Lik'ned unto Hence the same Prophet presently after poures forth these words Happy art thou O Israel who is like unto thee O people saved by the LORD the Shield of thy Help The Fifth is That to th' Eternal God the only Creator of All things to Him Alone is Due Worship and Veneration and to none besides Him because All things were Created and He is the Creator That it is not Lawful to Pray for any thing to any Created Nature but we must still implore his Aid who has the Soveraign Power and Dominion over All things without exception Whosoever Honours as a God either by Sacrifices or any Sacred Rites or by Prayers and Supplications any King or Angel or any Power whether Caelestial or Terrestrial that he shall be accursed and given up to
us whether a small matter or a great it is appointed and determined by no other than the Great Ruler and Lord of All things And also that All our Hope is to be fix'd in God and that we have no Expectation from any other for if any ones Hope depends upon another he does as if he should trust with a double mind which surely is a very great wickedness because he joyns with the Aid or Assistance of Almighty God the Assistance of Man who first consists of Flesh and Bloud and after that is turned to Worms and Corruption Therefore it is written Jer. 17.25 Cursed be the man that trusteth in man and maketh Flesh his arm and whose heart departeth from the Lord. Moreover he must have a Mind Chast and Pure and firmly and constantly bent to do that which the Creator commands for the Honour of his Name and as earnestly resolv'd to avoid whatsoever he hath forbidden We who put our Confidence in God would have him to be Present with us and really to Assist us at all times and in all places 'T is therefore fit and just that we should addict our selves to do his Will as we are wont to do our own yea to renounce our own Will when it stands in competition with his Whosoever shall most diligently observe this course of Life God will give them all that they shall desire of him and whatsoever they would have he will bring it to pass But those who contemn the Word of God and are refractory to his Commands shall be branded with a Mark of Eternal Infamy For this is that which we find written Job 27.8 9. For what is the hope of the Hypocrite though he hath gained c. will God hear his Cry c. Lastly we must exercise the whole strength of our Soul in imploring the Help of God who never fails to assist them who call upon him if they call upon him from the bottom of their heart For this is the scope and drift of that saying of the Psalmist Ps 10.17 Thou wilt prepare their heart thou wilt cause thine ear to hear Three times in a day at least at Evening Morning and Noon with bended Knees with Hands lifted up to Heaven and high aspiring thoughts thou oughtest to make Prayers and Supplications unto God and before thou makest thy Prayers and Supplications to praise extoll and celebrate the Divine Majesty with Hymns and Odes and those Psalms which the most sweet Singer in Israel and those Men of the great Synagogue did compose Thou must not add any thing to them nor make the least alteration in those Forms of Prayer which have been constituted and appointed for our use by wise and holy Men for if here thy Tongue falter in any thing thou art involv'd in the guilt of a grievous error Now whatsoever shall befall thee whether it be Prosperity or Adversity receive it chearfully from thy Creator and give him thanks for the same and set forth his Praise and glorifie his Name according to that which we see written Psalm 116.13 I will take the Cup of Salvation and call upon the Name of the LORD Ver. 3 4. I found trouble and sorrow then called I upon the Name of the LORD Therefore let this be always in thy mouth Such is the Mercy of God towards us that whatsoever he doth unto us he doth it for our good And thou must give thanks to God always and in all places for all the Conveniences of this Life for thy Meat and Drink and for all things that thou enjoyest using those Forms of Thanksgiving which our Doctors have composed Mast Thou hast said enough touching the nature of Faith and Hope tell me now I pray thee what other thing is necessary for the conpleting of true Vertue by which our Souls may attain to the Fulness of Eternal Joy Sch. There is another Affection of the Mind this is called Love or Charity Mast How dost thou define or express the nature of this Affection Sch. Love is a Divine Gift or Endowment which when the LORD our God hath conferr'd on us we love him as it is most fit and just with a Love answerable to his Infinite Excellency and Perfection and to his exceeding great Mercy and Goodness towards us By this Affection we are engag'd to take the Yoke of the Law upon us and to observe all the Divine Precepts By this we are constrained to study the good of all men as Creatures made after the Image of God and to help them upon all occasions according to the utmost of our power for this is a great part of the Law Be sure thou never do to another what thou wouldest not that any man should do unto the. Mast But to love and to fear are two contrary things and repugnant to each other how can it be then that they who Fear God and stand in Awe of him should also love him Sch. When a man deeply considers and most seriously meditates on the Frame and Making of so many and so great and so admirable Creatures hereupon he presently apprehends that the Force and Efficacy of the Divine Wisdom is Infinite which he worshippeth praiseth magnifieth and so he vehemently desires to have some Inspection into the Divine Essence most Powerful and Excellent Those words of David that most Religious King have respect to this truth Psal 42.2 My Soul thirsteth for God for the living God therefore he applies his Mind to the thoughts of those things and presently he draws off his Mind from them he fears he trembles he perceives himself being of a Nature low vile obscure to force up his Understanding weak and imperfect to the ContemplatIon of a Mind most high and infinite in all Perfection of which very thing David speaketh thus Psal 8.3 4. When I consider thy Heavens the work of thy Fingers the Moon and the Stars which thou hast ordained What is Man that thou art mindful of him So it comes to pass that a man at once Fears and Loves the Divine Majesty and strictly observes those two things which the Law prescribes whereof one seems to be contrary to the other to wit this Deut. 6.5 Thou shalt Love the LORD thy God with all thy heart c. And that chap. 10. ver 20. Thou shalt Fear the LORD thy God him shalt thou serve and to him shalt thou cleave For this Fear mix'd with Love brings us to a syncere Union with God For by these Affections we are induc'd to imitate Gods way of dealing with his Creatures he shews himself in the Government of them full of Kindness and Benignity Just and Faithful but these varieties of Affections are onely in the effects for no Passion or Affection properly so call'd can be attributed unto God therefore we must endeavour most earnestly to have our Minds endued with the like disposition and by these steps to ascend to the true Holiness as it is written in the Law Lev. 19.2 Ye shall be holy