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A31334	Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.	Norton, John, 1606-1663.	1680 (1680)	Wing C1480; ESTC R9600	51,156	148

Belief of the Gospel and the Power they have received from God as to deny Ungodliness and worldly Lusts and to live soberly righteously and godly in this present World Tit. 2.11 c. Q. What is it for Believers to look for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto Eternal Life A. It is nothing else but to continue to the end in an expectation of that Reward of sincere and constant Obedience which Christ our Lord will at his coming give unto his faithful Servants 1 Pet. 1.13 c. Heb. 9.28 10.36 c. Tit. 2.13 Mat. 25.20 c. 2 Tim. 1.12 Q. You having now spoken of God's Work of preparing Believers for Glory it remains therefore that you speak of that Work of God which is for the possessing of Believers with this Glory by Jesus Christ What say you of it A. This may more conveniently be spoken of in the consideration of that second thing relating to God's Work of ruling among Men by Jesus Christ which I said is his Work of Judging the World by Jesus Christ CHAP. IX Of God's Work of Government in Judging the World by Jesus Christ Q. WEll then let us discourse of God's Work in judging the World by Jesus Christ What in the general have you learn'd concerning it A. This I have learned in general That God hath appointed a day in the which he will judg the World in Righteousness by that Man Jesus Christ whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all Men in that he hath raised him from the Dead Act. 17.31 Rom. 2.16 Q. What are we to understand by the Day which God hath appointed A. This Day is that time when Jesus shall come from Heaven in the Glory of his Father with his Angels Acts 1.11 1 Thess 4.16 Mat. 16.27 25.31 c. Q. But when shall this time be A. At the end of the World but the day and hour Jesus said No Man knoweth no not the Angels which are in Heaven neither the Son but the Father only Mat. 24.36 Mark 13.32 Q. What is it for God to judg the World by the Man Jesus Christ whom he hath ordained A. The meaning is That God although he be the Judg of all yet will not himself judg the World but by Jesus Christ to whom he hath committed all Judgment giving him Authority to execute the same having ordained him to be the Judg of Quick and Dead Heb. 12.2 3. Joh. 5.22 c. Rom. 2.16 Act. 10.42 Q. What did Jesus that God did thus exalt him A. He was obedient unto Death even the Death of the Cross Phil. 2.8 9 c. Rom. 14.9 Q. Whom will God judg by Jesus Christ A. God will by Jesus Christ judg the Angels that sinned and all Men both Quick and Dead at his Appearing and Kingdom 2 Pet. 2.4 Jud. 6. 1 Cor. 6.3 Jam. 2.19 Act. 10.42 2 Tim. 4.1 1 Pet. 4.5 Rom. 14.10 2 Cor. 5.10 Mat. 10.15 11.22 Q. What are we to understand by the Quick and Dead A. We are to understand by the Quick or Living all Men that shall be found alive at the coming of Christ and by the Dead all both good and bad that died before his coming Q. But how shall these be brought unto Judgment A. Thus all the Dead both the Just and Unjust shall be raised and then all Men shall by the Angels be gathered and brought before Christ sitting on the Throne of his Glory Acts 24.15 John 5.28 29. Mat. 25.31 32. Q. Is there any thing in special to be observed here concerning the Righteous A. Yes for we are taught That the Dead in Christ shall rise first and that they together with those Believers that shall be alive at the coming of Christ shall be caught up in the Clouds to meet the Lord in the Air. 1 Thess 4.13 c. But I would not have you to be ignorant Brethren concerning them which are asleep that is the Faithful which are Dead that ye sorrow not even as others which have no Hope For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him For this we say unto you by the Word of the Lord That we Believers which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent that is shall not come before them which are asleep For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout with the Voice of the Arch-Angel and with the Trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the Clouds to meet the Lord in the Air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. See also 1 Cor. 15.22 23 52. Q. Now tell me What is it for God to judg the World in Righteousness by Jesus Christ A. God by Jesus Christ will judg the World in Righteousness that is Righteously by rewarding every Man according to his Practice or Works whether Good or Evil for this Judgment is a Just or Righteous Judgment Matth. 16.27 Rom. 2.6 Rev. 2.23 1 Cor. 3.8 2 Cor. 5.10 11.15 Rev. 20.12 13. 22.12 Rom. 2.5 Joh. 5.30 Q. But what is it for God by Jesus Christ to judg every Man according to his Works A. Here are two things to be considered Q. What is the first A. The first is That God by Jesus Christ will judg every Man for all must stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ and give an account of themselves unto God Rom. 14.10 11 12. 1 Pet. 4.1 2 Pet. 2.9 2 Cor. 5.10 Jam. 2.12 Q. What is the Second A. The Second is That God by Jesus Christ will judg every Man according to his Works that is without respect of Persons and according to Truth and Right Rom. 2.11 1 Pet. 1.17 2 Chron. 19.7 Ephes 6.9 Col. 3.23 Rom. 2.2 Rev. 19.2 Deut. 32.4 Psal 96.13 Gen. 18.25 Psal 9.4 Isa 10.2 Job 34.23 2 Thess 1.5 6. 2 Tim. 4.8 Psal 45.6 Heb. 1.8 Q. Can you explain this in a special Application to Men whom God will justify and condemn by Jesus Christ at the last Day A. I can Q. How do you set it forth in reference to those whom God by Jesus Christ will justify at the last Day A. Thus it may be done God will render to every Man Eternal Life who according to the Truth manifested to him does by patient continuance in well-doing seek for Glory and Honour and Immortality and that God will make them to exceed those in Glory whom they exceed in Righteousness Rom. 2.6 7 10. 1 Cor. 15.41 Matth. 20.23 Dan. 12.3 1 Cor. 3.8 Phil. 4.17 Q. How do you set it forth in reference to them whom God by Jesus Christ will condemn at the last Day A. God will render Indignation and Wrath unto every one that is Contentious and does not obey the Truth as manifested either without the Law or under the Law or under the Gospel

thy Might Deut. 6.4 5. Mat. 12.29 30. Knowledg puffeth up but Love edifieth And if any Man think that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know But if any Man love God the same is known of him 1 Cor. 8.1 2 3. see 1 John 4.7 8. Quest How does our love to God manifest and discover it self Answ Our Love to God discovers it self by our keeping the Commandments of God which require us to trust in him and live to him as the only true God Deut. 10.12 And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord thy God to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy Heart and with all thy Soul 1 John 5.3 This is the love of God that we keep his Commandments 1 John 4.20 If a Man say I love God and hateth his Brother he is a liar Quest How do you prove from Scripture that we must not only know him whom God hath sent but also love him as such Answ I prove it from John 8.42 Jesus said unto them If God were your Father ye would love me for I proceeded forth and came from God neither came I of my self but he sent me Quest How does our love to him whom God hath sent manifest and discover it self Answ Our love to him whom God hath sent discovers it self in our keeping his Commandments which require us to trust in him and live to him as one whom God hath sent to be the Saviour of the World John 14.15 If ye love me keep my Commandments Vers 21. He that hath my Commandments and keepeth them he it is that loveth me Vers 23. If a Man love me he will keep my Words Vers 24. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings the Word which ye hear is not mine but my Fathers which sent me 1 John 2.3 c. And hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his Commandments He that saith I know him and keepeth not his Commandments is a liar and the Truth is not in him But whoso keepeth his Word in him verily is the love of God perfected Hereby know we that we are in him Quest Tell me now what you intend by the Acknowledgment of God and of Christ which you have mentioned Answ By the Acknowledgment of God and Christ I intend nothing else but that Love now spoken of as manifested by the keeping of God's Commandments Quest Why do you call this an Acknowledgment of God and of Christ Answ I so call it because they who thus keep the Commandments of God do indeed acknowledg and confess That he who sent Jesus Christ is the only true God and that Jesus Christ is he whom God hath sent Quest Does the Holy Scripture express it in the same way and manner Answ Yes and in many places Col. 1.10 Ephes 4.13 Col. 2.2 1 Tim. 2.4 Ch. 4.3 2 Tim. 2.25 Tit. 1.1 2 Pet. 1.2 3. Prov. 3.6 2 Cor. 1.13 1 Joh. 2.23 Rom. 10.9 10. 1 King 8.33 Mat. 10.32 1 Tit. 1.16 Heb. 3.1 Ch. 4.14 Ch. 10.23 Quest You said as I remember in your first Answer That the best and chiefest thing we are to learn is the Doctrine that teacheth us to know God and Jesus Christ But why said you so Answ I said that the Doctrine which teacheth us to know God and Jesus Christ is the best and chiefest thing we are to learn for this Reason Because this Doctrine which is Truth revealeth to us the Promise of Eternal Life and directeth us in the way and means of obtaining this Eternal Life Quest How prove you this Answ I prove it from the words of our Saviour which we have now been discoursing of namely This is Eternal Life that Men may know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent Quest What do you gather from these words Answ First I gather from them that the Doctrine of Christ is a Doctrine concerning Eternal Life * Secondly That to know the Father the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent is that which is required of us for obtaining Eternal Life ‑ These things are clearly and plentifully witnessed in the Holy Scriptures * 1 John 5.11 And this is the Record that God hath given to us Eternal Life and this Life is in his Son John 12.50 And I know that his Commandment is Life Everlasting John 6.68 Then Simon Peter answered him Lord to whom shall we go Thou hast the words of Eternal Life 2 Tim. 1.10 Our Saviour Jesus Christ hath abolished Death and hath brought Life and Immortality to light through the Gospel ‑ 1 John 2.24 25. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you ye shall continue in the Son and in the Father And this is the Promise that he hath promised us even Eternal Life James 1.12 Blessed is the Man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive the Crown of Life which the Lord hath promised to them that love him 1 Cor. 2.9 10. Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard neither have entered into the Heart of Man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit 1 Pet. 1.8 9. Whom to wit Jesus Christ having not seen ye love in whom though now ye see him not yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory receiving the end of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls 1 Cor. 16.22 If any Man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be Anathema Maranatha 1 Thess 1.8 The Lord Jesus shall take vengeance of them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 1.2 Grace and Peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledg or acknowledgment of God and of Jesus our Lord. Quest What do you conclude of hence Answ I hence conclude That there is nothing in the World we should so esteem of and glory in as the knowledg of God and of Christ Jer. 9.23 24. Thus saith the Lord Let not the wise Man glory in his Wisdom neither let the mighty Man glory in his Might let not the rich Man glory in his Riches but let him that glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me that I am the Lord which exercise Loving-kindness Judgment and Righteousness in the Earth for in these things I delight saith the Lord. Phil. 3.7 8. What things were gain to me those I counted loss for Christ yea doubtless I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledg of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung that I may win Christ c. The Second Part. Treating of Religion in the General and more particularly of the

may be unto us in some manner a Shadow of God It is necessary thus to conceive for otherwise the term Spirit would here signifie nothing at all for it cannot be taken in its proper signification here and can in no other be accepted but in that we call Metaphorical Q. Whence does it appear that God is more excellent than all things A. It appears that God is more excellent than all things First From his Almightiness Secondly From his Eternity Thirdly From his Happiness or Blessedness For the Scriptures declare him to be Almighty and to be Eternal and to be Happy or Blessed God is called by the Name of The Almighty Job 40.1 2. Moreover the Lord answered Job and said Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him He that reproveth God let him answer it Job 37.23 Touching the Almighty we cannot find him out he is excellent in Power and in Judgment and in plenty of Justice So elsewhere often He is also called The Almighty God Gen. 17.1 I am the Almighty God And elsewhere often also The Lord Almighty 2 Cor. 6.18 And I will be a Father unto you and ye shall be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord Almighty Also The Lord God Almighty Rev. 21.22 And I saw no Temple therein for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple of it He is called the Eternal God Deut. 33.27 and the Everlasting God Gen. 21.33 Rom. 16.26 See Isa 57.15 Both his Almightiness and Eternity are mentioned together Rev. 4.8 They said Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is and is to come Also in other places he is called The happy or blessed God 1 Tim. 1.11 The happy or blessed Potentate 1 Tim. 6.15 Q. What are we to conceive by this That God is Almighty A. By this that God is Almighty we are to conceive that God needeth not any thing that he can do every thing which is neither wicked nor unequal that he does whatsoever he pleaseth and is one of whom by whom and for whom are all things Acts 17.24 25. God that made the World and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of Heaven and Earth dwelleth not in Temples made with hands Neither is worshipped with Mens hands as though he needed any thing seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things Job 22.1 c. Can Man be profitable unto God c. Job 42.1 2. Then Job answered the Lord and said I know that thou canst do every thing and that no thought of thine can be hindred Matth. 3.9 God is able of these Stones to raise up Children unto Abraham Luke 1.37 With God nothing is impossible Mat. 19.26 With God all things are possible Here understand things that are not wicked nor unequal For it is impossible for God to lie Heb. 6.18 He cannot lie Tit. 1.2 He cannot deny himself 2 Tim. 2.13 Far be it from God that he should do wickedness and from the Almighty that he should commit Iniquity for the Work of a Man shall he render unto him and cause every Man to find according to his ways Yea surely God will not do wickedly neither will the Almighty pervert Judgment Job 34.10 11 12. God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempteth he any Man Jam. 1.13 see Psal 5.4 1 Chron. 29.17 God does whatsoever he pleaseth Psalm 115.3 Our God is in Heaven he hath done whatsoever he pleased Psal 135.6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased that did he in Heaven and in Earth and in the Seas and in all deep places Isa 46.10 My Counsel shall stand and I will do all my pleasure Isa 48.14 Hear the words of Nebuchadnezzar concerning God All the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing and the most High doth according to his Will in the Armies of Heaven and among the Inhabitants of the Earth and none can stay his hand or say unto him What dost thou Dan. 4.25 See Isa 55.11 God is he of whom by whom and for whom are all things Rom. 11.36 1 Cor. 11.12 2 Cor. 5.18 Heb. 2.10 Q. What are we to conceive by this That God is Eternal A. By this That God is Eternal we are to conceive that God is from everlasting to everlasting and always the same Psal 90.2 Before the Mountains were brought forth or ever thou hadst formed the Earth and the World even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God See Isa 43.10 44.6 48.12 and elsewhere He is from Everlasting or from Eternity or as we express it without beginning Psal 93.2 Thou art from Everlasting In this sense he is called The Everlasting God Isa 40.28 He is to Everlasting or to Eternity or as we express it without Ending He shall endure for ever Psalm 102.13 See Psal 92.8 Hence he is said to be Vncorruptible Rom. 1.23 Immortal 1 Tim. 1.17 and alone to have Immortality 1 Tim. 6.16 He is always the same Psal 102.26 27. Heb. 1.11 12. They shall perish but thou shalt endure yea all of them shall wax old like a Garment c. But thou art the same and thy Years shall have no end Jam. 1.17 With the Father of Lights is no variableness neither shadow of turning Mal. 3.6 I am the Lord I change not Q. What may we conceive by this That God is Happy or Blessed A. By this That God is Happy or Blessed we may conceive that God hath full and eternal Satisfaction Joy and Pleasure in his own Self and in his own Works Q. You having now spoken of the first Reason Why God is said to be a Spirit namely Because he is more excellent than all things it remains that you speak of the second Reason which was this Because the Spirit of Man may be unto us in some manner a shadow of God whence we may have somewhat a more particular conception of him Wherefore I now ask you In what the Spirit of Man may be unto us in some manner a shadow of God A. The Spirit of Man may be unto us in some manner a shadow of God in that we may thence conceive in some manner what God is not and what he is Q. What do you thence conceive That God is not A. I thence conceive That God is not more than One and that God is not visible for the Spirit of Man is but one and is not visible Concerning God as being but One we have already spoken He is not visible therefore called The Invisible God Col. 1.15 1 Tim. 1.17 His Eternal Power and Godhead are said to be the Invisible things of God Rom. 1.20 He is said to dwell in the Light which no Man can approach unto and to be one whom no Man hath seen nor can see 1 Tim. 6.16 It is said Heb. 11.27 That Moses saw him that was Invisible that is He saw God by the Eyes of his Mind who was not to be seen by the Eyes of his Body But it is said of some That they have seen God face to