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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	earth_n	forgive_v	trespass_n	2,354	5	10.8516	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12162	A compendious form and summe of Christian doctrine, called The testimonie of a true faith meete for well disposed families, for the more knowledge [in] God, and better nourishing vp, and confirming of all such, as loue saluation in Iesus Christ. Gathered, corrected, and newly augmented, by Christopher Shutte, Maister of Arte, seene and allowed.	Shutte, Christopher, d. 1626.	1579 (1579)	STC 22468; ESTC S100084	27,860	76

and hath reconciled me to the Father and in whom the Father is well pleased 80. Question For whome must thou pray Answeare For all men liuing for kinges magistrates ministers yea and for my enimies but for the deade I haue no commaundement to pray neyther can I help them after they be gonne hence for as they be found at the day of their death so shall they rise againe onely this can I doe to geue God thankes for their deliuerance out of this world 81. Question How must thou prepare thy selfe to pray Answeare First I must be touched with the necessitie of those thinges which I pray for my minde must be deuout and not caryed to and fro with vaine thoughtes I must appeare before God in true repentaunce and fayth being at loue with all men framing my life ryghteously asking in such a tongue as I vnderstand acording to the will of God. 82. Question How must thou pray Answeare According to the forme prescribed of our Sauiour Christ in these woordes Our Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this day our dayly breade And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgeue thē that trespas against vs And lead vs not into temptation but deliuer vs from euill For thine is the kingdome the power and the glory for euer and euer So be it 83. Question What is the meaning of this praier Answeare We pray to God in the first petition that his glory may appeare and that our liues and conuersation may set foorth the same In the second we pray that God would gouerne the kingdome of his Church killing sinne and the lustes thereof in the same and to renue it to ryghteousnesse of lyfe That he would also treade downe Satan and al his power and that he would shortly accomplish the number of his elect and hasten the comming of Christ to iudgement In the thirde we pray that all our dooings may be agreeable to his will without contradiction or murmuring In the fourth we desire him to graunt vs what soeuer is needefull to the sustenance and preseruation of our lyfe and that all our dooinges may be to his glorye and the profit of our neighboures In the fifth wee praye for the forgiuenesse of our sinnes and the punishment therof for his mercies sake euen as we shall pardon others their offences doone to vs without bearing mallice or hatred towardes them In the last wee praye that God would guyde vs with his spirite that we may get the victorie ouer Sathan sinne and hell and be defended from all euills After we conclude with these woordes For thine is the kingdome c. To set foorth our desire to his glory his honour and prayse whose power is also infinite and therefore he can graunt our requestes We make an end with this woorde Amen both desiring that what wee haue asked may be fulfilled and also assuring our selues that our requestes shal be fulfilled accordingly as they bee agreeing to the will of God. 84. Question What if God do not graunt thy petitions at the first Answeare That may be either because I haue not asked in assurance of faith and according to the will of God or els by differring the graunt of my requestes he will trye and exercise my faith more in calling vpon him that I might continue in praier depend vpon his mercifull goodnes who notwithstanding at the first he dooth not graunt my requestes yet in his good tyme he will accomplish the same 85. Question Is there any helpe for thee to praye more deuoutly Answeare Yea truly fasting is a speciall preparatiue to the same 86. Question What is a Christian faste Answeare It is not onely an abstinence from meates and drinkes to chastice my body but also from sinne and the delights therof which hurte the soule to the end thorowe true repentance faith Godly praier and renouncing of euyll the Spirite may haue dominion in me 87. Question What is the right vse of fasting Answeare First to chastice my body and to bring it into subiection to the spirit Secondly to be a witnes of my true repentance and submission to the will of God. Thirdly that my spirit way be more ready to prayer 88. Question Is there any abuse in the exercise of fasting Answeare Yea many first to fast longer then the body may endure after to tare more deliciously Secondly to put holinesse in fasting one day more than an other or in abstayning from one meate more than from another Thirdly to thinke by fasting to purchase forgeuenes of sinnes whereas the same commeth onely of the free mercy of God in Christ without any mannes woorthinesse or deseruing Last of all in abstayning from meates not to abstaine from sinnes and all thinges which cause or nourish the same 89. Question Hitherto thou hast answeared verie well to all pointes of thy faith yet one thing further I desire to know which is why al men be not of this opinion in religion that thou art of Answeare Although there be but one true God and one perfect religion yet must you not thinke that all men will euer agree together in one religion for there is and hath bene alwaies a continuall hatred betweene Christ the seede of the woman and the seede of the serpent And therefore many are professed enemies to the way of truth 100. Question What way than thinkest thou best to winne such as be out of the way and to bring them to the imbracing of true religion Answeare As it is specially required in building of an house first to remoue away the impedimentes and than to lay a sure foundation and afterward to vphold the building likewise those thinges which tend not to the glory of God but which men haue abused must be rooted oute as all reliques of papistrie superstitiō in stead therof a good foundatiō layd by the word of God by which all reformation must be made Secondly it is specially required that a good and godlye preaching minister be placed in euery congregation for where such a one wanteth the people perish Thirdly that there be a right and perfect vse of ecclesiasticall censure and correction to the end the congregation may be better kept in awe of duetie and obedience so that the best may be affraid to offend 101. Question To be short doost thou thinke it sufficient onely to knowe these things aforesaid Answeare No but it is required that I ioyne good lyfe and conuersation with knowledge and therefore I pray daiely that I may haue grace geuen me that I maye liue godlily righteously and soberly in this worlde and so bee confirmed in the truth that I may proceede from faith to faith and be so comforted

number I beleeue that I am one 50. Question What is there no saluation without the Church Answeare No for as the branch except it abide in the Vine cannot bring foorth fruite but dyeth and withereth and so is cast into the fyre euen so except a man be graffed into the bodye of Christ which is the Church therein continue he can not be saued And therefore not euery religion shall saue the professour thereof but onely the truth of Iesus Christ 51. Question What be the markes thereof Answeare The sincere woord of God the right administration of the Sacraments and Ecclesiasticall discipline 52. Question Why is the Church called holy Answeare Because God will haue his people to liue holily soberly righteously in this world and not to greeue the holy Ghost by any vncleannesse by whom they bee sanctified and by whom whilest they suffer themselues to be led they cānot erre in matters of faith and saluation 53. Question I pray thee herein by the way what thinkest thou of the church of Rome whose doctrine hath bene receiued many yeares hath she erred and beene deceiued Answeare The Churche of Rome in the beginning and long after the Apostles time was a true Churche and so long as she followed the worde of God and suffered her selfe to be guided with his spirite shee was free from eroure in matters of faith But when she began to abounde in wealth she forgate hir former husband Christ Iesus and committed fornication with straunge Gods leauing the doctrine of Christ and his religion and deuising a new worshippe of her owne wherein according to the iust iudgement of God she florished a long time and therewithall polluted and made drounken the most part of the worlde whilest so many embraced her lawes and religion yea euen all those whiche were not chosen to saluation and sealed by the spirit of faith And of this her departing from the faith sprang that great darkenesse and ignoraunce of true religion in these latter dayes 54. Question What meaneth the communion of Saintes Answeare It signifieth the felowshippe which all the electe haue one with an other communicating according to the measure of faith all spirituall graces amongest themselues the studying to keep the vnitie of the spirit in the bound of peace 55. Question What beleeuest thou of the forgiuenesse of sinnes Answeare First I beleeue that before my sinnes be forgeuen me there is nothing in me but meere wickednesse Secondly I beleeue that al my sinnes and the punishment thereof bee taken away by Christes death and I made pertaker of his righteousnesse Thirdly I beleeue that faith alone without anie worthinesse of my selfe doth make me partaker of these graces and this my righteousnes before God. 56. Question What sayest thou of the rest the resurrectiō of the bodie life euerlasting Answeare I beleeue when this life is ended that my soule shall goe to God and my bodie to rest in the earth til the last day when they shall both ioyne together againe incorruptible and remaine with God for euer in the kingdome of heauen 57. Question Howe knowest thou that thou hast suche a faith as this Answeare First I knowe the same by the testimonie of the holie Ghost which assureth my conscience that I am the childe of God and whiche maketh me crie Abba father in ful and perfect assurance thereof Secondly I knowe by the workes and fruites of faith whiche Iesus Christ being vnited and ioyned vnto me bringeth forth in me by the vertue of his spirit killing my corrupt and sinfull nature and quickening me to righteousnesse of life 58. Question Than cannot such a faith as this bee fruitelesse and without good workes Answeare No but good workes doe follow faith as the testimonies and fruites of my thankfulnesse to God whereby my faith is knowne and approued of men wherefore it is called faith whiche worketh by loue 59. Question What workes must thou doe Answeare Suche as be commaunded me in the lawe of God whiche as they come of grace geuen me and not of mine owne power so must they needes be done for first God hath so commaunded Secondly his benefits bind me thereto Thirdly my baptisme doth teach me to die vnto sinne and liue vnto righteousnesse Fourthly I must glorifie God by my well doing Last of all I must make strong my faith and election and learne to auoyde the wrath of God. 60. Question What rewarde shalt thou haue for thy good deedes Answeare The woorkes whiche I doe before I be iustified before God by Christ can not please him because they be done without faith The workes which follow my regeneration doe please GOD not because of anie woorthinesse of mine in them but God accepteth them because of my faith in Christ through whom they are not done in vaine so that the rewarde which is geuen vnto them commeth onely of the free mercie and fauour of God whilest he rewardeth not my deserts but crowneth his giftes of grace in me 61. Question But the Scripture maketh mention often of rewarde to good woorkes Answeare It is true that my labour is not in vayne in the Lorde yet my good workes are not such that of themselues they can deserue any suche thing For there bee three thinges required to the nature of merites First that the good woorkes be mans owne for but to bestowe and repay agayne the same which he had lent him what rewarde can he haue But as for mans good workes they be not his own but the giftes of God lent him to vse he himselfe Gods instrument to occupie the same Secondly it is required that a man doe the worke of his owne accorde without constreint or respect of duetie for he that is bound to doe the same cannot wel pleade of merite for he doeth but what of duetie he oughte to doe But whatsoeuer the righteous doe it is of duetie for he is infinite wayes indebted vnto god Thirdly to the nature of deseruing it is required that there be a iust proportion betweene the thing giuen and the thing receiued but none of mans works are comparable to euerlasting life And therefore I confesse that I can not deserue any thing of the kingdome of heauen by mine owne works for the reward which God geueth vnto my woorkes is the free gift of grace giuen to me onely for my faithes sake in Christ in whome my workes please god Wherefore yf man be neuer so vertuous in the sighte of the world haue neuer so faire a shewe of good deedes and not being graffed by fayth on Iesus Christ they are altogeather vnfruitefull and vayne 62. Question With what helpes doeth God further thee to saluation Answeare Besides that the worde of God doth helpe to vphold my faith the sacraments and