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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60361	The compleat Christian, and compleat armour and armoury of a Christian, fitting him with all necessary furniture for that his holy profession, or, The doctrine of salvation delivered in a plain and familiar explication of the common catechisme, for the benefit of the younger sort, and others : wherein summarily comprehended is generally represented the truly orthodox and constant doctrine of the Church of England, especially in all points necessary to salvation / by W.S., D.D.	Slatyer, William, 1587-1647.	1643 (1643)	Wing S3983; ESTC R38256	385,949	1,566

his truth if he bid thee so end thy forrowes he is a liar for it is to god from temporall to eternall sorrow if he say thou must commend thy soule to God and die so he is a liar and if it were good he would not tell thee so for it is to die in murder and going from God and a murder of soule and body and that everlastingly so only flie to Gods mercy and leave sin and Satan and if thou pray for this he cannot come nigh unto thee nor hurt thee 40. But some as Lucretia have been commended for it for preservation of chastity or vertue It may be so by heathens that know not God but not by Christians who know Gods Law and the damnablenesse of the crime and so Saint Augustine sheweth this Lucretia's vice in this though by the heathens commended for a vertue whose chastity was to be admired but selfe-murder to be discommended lib. de Civitate Dei 41. What sorts of selfe-murder Either 1. Body and life naturall by 1. Omission and neglecting of the means of life for niggardlinesse or starving through idlenesse or not using other lawfull means of preserving the same 2. Commission of ill in prejudice thereof by 1. Sins of drunkennes whoredome or excesse imparing health 2. Thrusting ones self in danger therewith quarrelling c. and 3. Contriving their owne death 1. Indirectly by cōmitting some capitall crime worthy death 2. Being their own butchers murderers 2. Soul by 1. Omission in the neglecting the means of salvation c. 2. Commission in 1. Making no conscience of sin but sinning against conscience and knowledge 2. Persisting in sin without grace or repentance 4. What opposite duty required Seeking all ordinary and honest means of preservation of life and health by moderate recreations of body or minde physicke and avoiding dangers or sins so distempering both body and soule and finally for the souls health seeking the means of salvation flying sin and praying and practising repentance 43. What in other murder else to be considered The person as well as the matter manner and punishment 44. What of the persons The 1. Murderer whether 1. Principall or 2. Accessory 2. Murdered whether 1. Stranger or near of kin 2. Private person or publick 3. Offender or innocent person whereby the guilt is diversly distinguished and so accepted extenuate or encreased 45. How the principall or accessory I. The principall as prime agent the deepest in offence II. The accessory also murderers if abettors or counsellours whether 1. Superiours by 1. Unjust command 2. Wrongfull sentence 3. Not punishing murder but co●niving at one to the perpetration of other 2. Any others by 1. Consent and abetting 2. Counsell or hiring 3. False testimon 4. Treachery c. 46. What the other respects As 1. the parricide or murderer of father brother or near kin more abominable then the ordinary homicide Secondly the regicide or murderer of superiours or them in authority as of servants their Masters or wives of husbands or private persons of publicke accounted treason or petty treason in the lowest degree more abominable then common murder Thirdly the murder of an innocent person more then of an offender and proscribed or condemned person who is yet to be put to death by the person and manner appointed by law and not at randon by any person which were murder but done according to law is not only not evill but good and just 47. How is it said to be good and just As warranted both by divine and humane law when bloud requiring bloud God commanding that who sheddeth mans bloud by man shall his bloud be shed and who so blasphemeth or obey not the Father Deut. 21. 8. 19. 20. or the voice of the Priest Dent. 17. 12. the Sabbath breaker adulterer ravisher and divers other in Gods Law and such exorbitant offences by humane lawes commanded to be punished by death and so the Magistrate beareth the sword not for naught Rom. 13. 4. 48. All taking away life is not then here forbidden No for hence are exempted and excepted all those persons and in all those cases where the Lord himselfe 1. Giveth the sword Of justice as the Magistrate who beareth it not for naught In lawfull battel as the souldier for their Prince or Countrey In just defence as of ones selfe against theeves robbers or other necessity 2. Offereth another as manslaughter by meere chance and not of any malice or anger for whom God provideth refuge of sanctuary Exod. 21. 13. Deut. 19. 4. 49. How of Moses Phinees and the like Of speciall instinct and commission from God in extraordinary manner and if private men yet of heroicall or divine zeale but Christians must follow ordinary rules and examples not speciall exceptions or imitations of extraordinary actions 50. What else of the matter or manner Murder or the taking away the life the greatest wrong that can be done to man and defacing of Gods image is either in respect of The 1. Meanes perpetrated 1. Directly by force and violence 2. Indirectly by Poyson Witchcraft or the like 2. Manner and motion 1. Ones owne accord and that of 1. Maliceprepensed 2. Blind zeale 3. Heat choler 4. Drunkenness or other passiō 2. Another as 1. Commanded 2. Counselled 3. Hired c. to doe it 51. What the punishment Bloud for bloud usually and in some fearfull manner also according to the aggravation of the offence so that who spilleth mans bloud by man shall his bloud be spilt it being a crying sinne as Cains murder Abels bloud crying to heaven for revenge Gods judgement shewing it selfe many times in extraordinary manner revealing the murderer and presenting him to be punished as by the dead body sometimes the bloud or the murderers owne conscience 52. Why so severe punishment Because it is even 1. A destruction of the little world the Microcosme of man 2. Defacing of Gods image betwixt which and clipping the Kings coin wherein is his image yet death for it there is no comparison 3. An encroaching upon Gods office whose onely right to call men when he please out of the world 4. The greatest sin against man that can be unlesse murder of his soul which also is punished like as this bloud for bloud soule for soule so the bloud of soules is required at their hands and lyes heavy in their heads that destroy them 53. How is soule murder understood Either in respect of the life I. Naturall an unjust grieving and vexing of a mans soule II. Spirituall by first omission of duties of 1. Governours Ministers Masters to whom belongeth the guiding care and 2. Instruction of others for their soules health and salvation Second commission in being cause of sinne and offence as by provocation counsell evill example c. 54. What duties opposite required Both preservation of life and preventing so much as possible all meanes of hurt both in ones selfe and others with helping and not hindering our owne and others

regard of his former estate a falling Angel 2. His height and pride Lucifer and son of the morning 3. His enmity to God the evill one 4. His enmity and malice to man Satan and the deceiver and destroyer 5. His antiquity of malice and subtilty the old serpent the old enemy 6. His cruelty the red Dragon and roaring Lyon seeking whom he may kill or devoure 7. His mischievous nature and condition the Divell 14. Whence his enmity to God Out of ingratitude and despaire without grace or hope ever to attaine his favour having had so glorious an estate and so contemptuously forsaken it as those falling Angels did and since accursed and reserved under chaines of Gods wrath to judgement thence even hating all goodnesse 15. Whence his enmity to man Out of inveterate malice and envy of his future happinesse as who shall by Gods appointment possesse the place of those forlorne and falling Angels so rather wishing them with him involved in Gods wrath and torments of hell then to attaine to heavenly blessednesse 15. How is he here and usually deciphered As the Author of all evill Sower of tares in Gods field Seducer of mankind 16. How the author of all evill As he first hatched sin in all places Both Heaven Paradise The Earth 17. How in heaven By his pride and disobedience to God the cause of his fall from thence 18. How in Paradise By his subtilty and temptation of our first parents to sin which bred the subversion of them us and all mankind 19. In what manner First tempting Eve the weaker vessel to the tasting of the forbidden fruit and so to disobedience setting her in the way to subvert Adam in whom we all sinned and dye 20. How the offence Disobedience to Gods command that proved his and all our ruine 21. How is it our ruine By originall guilt as we were in his loynes and in him sinned and in and with him all flesh and mankinde accursed 22. How author of sinne now on earth As at first the cause of that first fall and originall guilt whereby we all perish so still setting forward and provoking us to evill ever since 23. How so By his wicked motions and suggestions to sin within us By his wicked agents and instruments evill men without us 24. How his motions within us As the good Spirit of God moveth us to goodnesse and giveth grace this evill spirit taking occasion of our originall guilt and inclination to evill as a spirit working on our spirits if Gods good Spirit leaveth us never so little perswadeth our too yeelding hearts to evill 25. What are his suggestions All evill thoughts of sin and rebellion against God and his Commandements all prompting occasions and provocations to sin by his subtilty ministred God suffering him as the sight of the forbidden fruit the tempting and lying words in Paradise uttered his and sins deceitfulnesse ever since 26. What agents and instruments Within our selves our owne false hearts and lusts without us all evill men and leud company by evill words and examples enciting us to sin and perswading us to wickednesse which wee are by corrupted nature too prone to hearken unto and follow 27. How soweth he tares in Gods field By such meanes in the Church and members thereof either corrupting them by his suggestions leud agents and instruments and their wicked examples inciting them to evill or detaining them from doing good 28. How seduccth he mankind Adam in Paradise who fell by actuall disobedience and involved his posterity in originally diffused sin and all others ever since by his like practices and subtilties bringing that originall blot into actual and habituate offence and enmity with God 30. What are his workes Sinne in all the branches and kindes thereof whether of omission commission error ignorance presumption c. 31. How are they his workes God is the author of all goodnesse the world and all things therein created by him and every good grace thought word and work by his power produced so his workes accounted when on the contrary side all difficiency from goodnesse the worke and contriving of the Divell or a backsliding from God and goodnesse for such is the nature of sin 32. In what manner are they his workes As he is the first lyer and father of lyes for by his lying came error by error solly by that foolishnesse sin and disobedience so sin came from him and all error foolishnesse lying against God the truth and the like are his workes 33. What are the qualities of his workes Opposite to the works of God which are done in truth goodnesse and righteousnesse 34 As how 1. As they are found to be both false so error lyes foolishnesse hypocrisie and the like whereas the workes of God are true and stand fast for ever founded in verity and judgement 2. Ill as all sin and wickednesse but Gods good so all that he created was good 3. Unholy but Gods workes are holy and honoured for ever 4 Workes of darknesse shunning the light and flying from the sight of God But Gods works are true and righteous and just and holy and good in the light and perfect stable for ever 35. What are sins of omission As all sins are a blotting out of the Image of God in the soule and originall guilt is the want of originall Justice that should be in us as Saint Ansclme defines it or that inclination to ill that wee naturally drew from our first parents loines by ignorance in the mind and concupiscence in the flesh as Hugo speakes consisting in a pravity of nature in generall and subjection to punishment eternall and actuall sins thence budding are every action both internall and externall as thought wish word or deed against the law and will of God so sins of omission are the omitting of that good we ought and by that law that we are commanded to doe or the viclation of the affirmative part or commandements of that law 36. What are the sins of commission The committing of that evill that we are by the law forbidden to doe or the violation of the negative part and commandements of the same 37. What are sins of ignorance The perpetrating of that evill which we know not rightly or the qualifying of the offence and so much the more heinous as proceeding from grosse or affected ignorance 37. What are sins of malice Whatsoever wittingly and willingly is acted with knowledge of the mind and deliberate intention of the will as it were of prepensed malice and neere of kin or neere to sins of presumption 38. VVhat sins of weaknesse and infirmity Sins committed besides our full intention by impotency of affection or perturbation of mind as Peters deniall of his master and the Disciples flying 39. And what are sins of presumption Sins with a high hand of deliberate counsel and in contempt of God and his divine law 40 Are these the workes of the Divell They are as every good thought word and worke