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A short catechisme wherein are briefely laid downe the fundamentall principles of Christian religion. Needfull to be knowne of all such as come to the Lords Table. Whereunto is added morning and euening prayer for a family.
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Gouge, William, 1578-1653.
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man was made A. In that hee was made after Gods image Question 17 God created man after his owne image Question 18 Q. In what respect is hee said to bee made after Gods image A. In that he was indued with perfect knowledge and true holinesse and righteousnesse Question 18 The news man is renewed in knowledge after the image of him which created him The new man is created after God in righteousnesse and holinesse of truth Question 19 Q. Doth man stil remaine in that happy estate wherein hee was made A. Noe hee is become most miserable Question 19 That which is borne of the flesh is flesh that is Euery one born of a woman is most filthy and wretched Question 20 Q. How fell man into miserie A. By sinne Question 20 Death entred into the world by sinne Question 21 Q. VVhat is sinne A. A breach of Gods commandement Question 21 Sinne is a transgression of the Lawe Question 22 Q. What be the kindes of sinne A. Originall and Actuall Question 23 Q What is originall sin A. That corruption of nature wherein all are conceiued and borne Question 23 I was shapen in iniquitie and in sinne did my mother conceiue Question 24 Q. How is the heinousnesse thereof discerned A. By three things First that it is the seede of all sinne Secondly that it hath defiled the whole man Thirdly that it neuer ceaseth to prouoke man to sinne so long as he liueth Question 24 The workes of the flesh are adulterie fornication c. The Apostle hauing reckoned vp many particulars addeth these words and such like whereby he implieth that all particular sinnes are fruits of the flesh Euery imagination of the thoughts of mans heart are onely euill continually When I would doe good euill is present with me Question 25 Q. What is actuall sinne A. The fruit of originall sinne in euill thoughts words and déeds Question 25 We all had our conuersation in times past in the lusts of our flesh fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the minde Their throat is an open sepulcher with their tongues they haue vsed deceit the poison of aspes is vnder their lips whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse The workes of the flesh are manifest Question 26 Q. How many waies is sinne committed A. Three waies 1. By omitting the good we should doe 2. By committing the euill we should not doe 3. By an euill performance of good Question 26 I was hungred and ye gaue mee no meate I was thirstie and ye gaue me no drinke c. They which commit such things are worthy of death He that killeth an oxe is as if he slew a man hee that sacrificeth a lamb as if he cut of a dogs neck c. Question 27 Q. What is the punishment due to sinne A. The curse of God which causeth all miseries in this life in the end death and after it eternall torment in hell Question 27 Cursed bee hee that confirmeth not all the words of this Lawe to doe them Cursed shalt thou be in the Citie and cursed in the field Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store c. Reade the other curses following in this place Death entered into the world by sinne These shall goe away into euerlasting punishment Question 28 Q. Is any man able to free himselfe out of this misery A. No for by nature wee are dead in sinne and so no more able to helpe our selues then dead men Question 28 You were dead in trespasses and sinnes Question 29 Q. Is there no meanes to deliuer vs A. Yes God himself hath giuen vnto vs a Sauiour Question 29 God so loued the world that he gaue his onely begotten sonne c. Question 30 Q. Who is that A. Iesus Christ both God and man Question 30 Vnto you is borne a Sauiour which is Christ the Lord. Question 31 Q. Was it necessary that our Sauiour should bee both God and man A. Yea because he was to make a reconciliation betweene God and man Question 31 There is one mediator betwixt God men the man Christ Iesus God hath reconciled vs vnto himselfe by Iesus Christ Question 32 Q. How did Christ work this reconciliation A. Both by fulfilling the righteousnesse of the Lawe whereunto wee were bound and also by bearing that punishment which wee by sinne had deserued Question 32 By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the lawe being made a curse for vs. Question 33 Q. How can those things which Christ did in his owne person be auaileable for vs A. By the power and vertue of faith Question 33 Christ dwelleth in our hearts by faith You are risen with Christ thorow faith Question 34 Q. What is faith A. A beleefe of the Gospel wherby Christ Iesus and all his benefits offered therein are receiued Question 34 The Gospell is the power of God vnto saluation to euery one that beleeueth As many as receiued him to them gaue he power to become the sonnes of God euen to them that beleeue on his name Question 35 Q. VVhat are the principall benefits which by faith we receiue from Christ A. In this life iustification and sanctification and in the life to come eternall saluation Question 35 Christ Iesus is made vnto vs righteonsnesse and sanctification Ye are sanctified and iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus The sonne of man must be lifted vp that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue eternall life Question 36 Q. Wherein consisteth our iustification A. In the full remission of all our sinnes and in the imputation of Christ his righteousnesse vnto vs. Question 36 Dauid describeth the blessednes of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes saying Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiuen c. By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Question 37 Q. Wherin consisteth our sanctification A. In inligtning our mind and in reforming our other parts Question 37 Be renewed in the spirit of your minde and put on that new man which after God is created in righteousnesse and holinesse Question 38 Q. VVhat is the illuminating of our minde A. A sauing knowledge of the misteries of godlinesse Question 38 Wee cease not to pray that yee may be filled with the knowledge of his will c. Question 39 Q What is reformation A. That which is commonly called Repentance which is such a change of the heart as causeth a new life Question 39 Repent Bring foorth fruit meete for repentance Make the tree good and his fruit good A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth
A short Catechisme wherein are briefely laid downe the fundamentall Principles of Christian RELIGION Needfull to be knowne of all such as come to the Lords Table Whereunto is added Morning and Euening Prayer for a Family The second Edition corrected and inlarged HEB. 5. 12. When for the time yee ought to bee teachers ye haue need againe that one teach you which be the first Principles of the Oracles of God LONDON Printed by Io. Beale 1616. ⧠The Printer to the Reader Good Reader THou hast here again these short Principles of Religion published for thy good I haue the opinion of others whose iudgements I haue iust cause to reuerence concerning the soundnes of them And I doubt not but thou thy selfe if thou shalt throughly obserue and weigh them wilt find abundance of matter couched in few wordes The fewer and briefer that the Principles bee the sooner are they learned by heart the more firmelie are they retained in memory They way easily be by word of mouth enlarged and amplified by any that hath anie competent measure of knowledge The texts of Scripture whereunto the Reader was referred before only by quotations in the margent are now expreslie set downe directlie against the wordes that thou maiest more readilie see the proofs and compare the Principles and proofes together There are also added two Praiers fit to bee vsed morning and euening in a familie by such as cannot pray without some such helps These formes of Praier were gathered out of such Praiers as the Authour of these Principles hath at diuers times vsed by one that hath oft heard him All âre published for thy good Farewell A SHORT Catachisme containing the fundamentall Principles of Christian Religion ¶ The places of Scripture for proofe of euery Answere Question 1 WHat is eueryone most bound to know Ans Euery one is bound to haue knowledge of God and of himselfe Question 1 They shall all know me from the least of them to the greatest of them This was one thing which God chiefly aimed at to make Iob know what man was compared vnto God Question 2 Q. Where is this knowledge to be had A. In the holy Scriptures contained in the old and new Testament Question 2 The Scriptures are able to make thee wise vnto saluation c. All Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine c. That the man of God may be perfect thorowly furnished vnto all good workes Question 3 Q. VVho is the author of the Scripture A. The holy spirit of God who inspired holy men to write them Question 3 Holy men spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost Question 4 Q. VVhy were they written A. For our learning Question 4 Whatsoeuer things were written afore time were writtē for our lerning Question 5 Q. What doe they teach concerning God A. That he is a Spirit of infinite perfection Question 5 God is a Spirit Gods infinite perfection is implied in these and such like phrases I am that I am I am the beginning and the ending God is light and in him is no darknes Question 6 Q. How many Gods are there A. Only one but distinguished into thrée persons the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost Question 6 There is none other God but one Teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Question 7 Q. How is God further made knowne vnto vs. A. By his properties and by his workes Question 7 When God would make himselfe knowne vnto Moses hee declared his properties vnto him saying The Lord strong mercifull gratious c. The heauēs declare the glory of God The inuisible things of God from the creation of the world are cleerly seen being vnderstood by the things that are made euen his eternall power and God-head Question 8 Q. VVhat are the properties of God A. That hee is eternall almightie euery where present infinitelie wise iust mercifull c. Question 8 From euerlasting to euerlasting thou art God I am the almighty God Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord Doe not I fill heauen earth The onely wise God A God of truth without iniquitie iust and right is he The Lord God mercifull and gratious long suffering and abundant in goodnes truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne Q. What are the workes of God A. His decrée and the execution thereof Question 10 Q. VVhat beleeue you touching his decree A. That he ordained all things before all times according to his will Question 10 God worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will Question 11 Q. VVherein consisteth the execution of Gods decree A. In the making and gouerning of all things Question 11 By him were all things created According to his will hee worketh in the army of Heauen and among the inhabitants of the earth Question 12 Q. How did God make al things A. By his word of nothing in sixe daies verie good Question 12 He cōmanded they were made In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth In sixe daies the Lord made heauen and earth God sawe all that hee had made and behold it was verie good Question 13 Q. How doth God gouerne all things A. By his wise prouidence he preserueth all and disposeth them to his owne glory and his childrens good Question 13 He vpholdeth all things by the word of his power Of him and through him and to him are all things to whom bee glorie for euer All things worke together for good to them that loue God Question 14 Q. How may we come to the knowledge of our selues A. By considering the seuerall estates of man Question 15 Q. VVhich are they A. First that happy estate wherein man was made Secondly that miserable estate whereinto he fell Thirdly that renewd estate whereunto by grace hee is called Fourthly that glorious estate which is in heauen preserued for him Question 15 God made man vpright Man that is borne of a woman is full of trouble O wretched man that I am God hath begotten vs againe vnto a liuely hope c. We know that when Christ shall appeare wee shall bee like him Question 16 Q. Doe all men passe thorow all these estates A. Noe onely the elect of God the rest as they fell into miserie so in misery they lie Question 16 There is a remnant occording to the election of grace Thou after thine hardnes and impenitent hart treasurest vp vnto thy selfe wrath against the day of wrath Question 17 Q. Wherin especially did that happinesse consist in which