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A14664	An exposition of the tvvo first verses of the sixt chapter to the Hebrewes in forme of a dialogue. Wherein you have a commendation of catechising, also a declaration of the sixe fundamentall principles wherein the Christians of the Primitiue Apostolicall church were catechised. By T.W. minister of the word.	Wilson, Thomas, 1563-1622.; Walkington, Thomas, d. 1621, attributed name.	1600 (1600)	STC 24966; ESTC S102108	79,110	106

as true fire is well discerned from painted fire by the heat it giues though ther be neither light nor flame so it may be as well knowne who be the children of God by the workes and fruits of the spirit as by the witnesse of the spirit they which want this latter may haue cause to be glad if they haue the former For the Apostle Peter in the first chapter of his second Epistle hauing exhorted the Christians to ioyne to their faith knowledge to knowledge vertue to vertue temperance to temperance patience to patience brotherly kindnesse to brotherly kindnesse loue he assureth them that if these things be in them and abound they should neuer fall but haue their election sure and haue an entrance made into the blessed kingdome of God And to conclude our Prophet in this Psalme vnto that question who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle makes this answere euen hee that deales vprightly toward God and man hee that liueth a iust life hee that thinketh the truth and speaketh as hee thinketh hee that hurteth not his neighbour in name bodie goods or soule he that neither spreadeth nor receiueth false report against his brother he that loueth godly men though they be hated in the world and flattereth not wicked men though they be honoured in the world hee that faithfully keepeth his promises euen to his owne damage and losse especially such promises as are confirmed with an oath hee that auoydeth vsurie and briberie and whether he lend of curtesie or iudge of dutie as led by loue and not by lucre hee hee whosoeuer he is rich or poore learned or simple high or low euen he that doth these things and all these things and not onely knoweth them and liketh them but doth them and performes them and doth them constantly and sincerely out of loue to God and men though weakely and vnperfectly and desireth in the doing of these things to aduance Gods glory being hartely sorry that he doth these things so faintly and feebly this is hee that may assure himselfe to be the person that now truely serueth God and hereafter shall remaine in heauen with him for euer FINIS Text. Interpretation of the vvords Beginnings Foundation ●●●fection ●●●ode or ●●alysis order and disposition of the Text. Summe collected Instructions First Instruct. Second inst● Antiquitie of Catechising a The learned ●hinke that this 〈◊〉 of teaching is meant by Paul in his patterne or forme 〈◊〉 vvholesome vvords vvhich he vvilleth Timothy to haue * 1 Tim. 4.13 〈…〉 noteth that the vvord in Deut. 5.7 ●●anslated Re●earse the law to ●hy Children ●●orts whet speech borrovved from vvarriours vvho sharpen their vveapons that they may better peirce tho●●vv so the doctrine is to bee propounded vvith such easinesse as it may ●est enter into ●●ch tender ●indes Beza authoritie of Catechisme 1 Tim. 3.16 All Scripture is inspired of God ●erse 17. To make perfect 〈◊〉 to furnish ●he man of God * Excellencie of Catechising d Paul is thought to haue done this office 〈…〉 Cor. 9.14 Marke did Catechise at Alexandria vvith great profit saith Eusebius 〈◊〉 is commanded to feed not the sheepe onely but the Lambs also the ●ather for 〈…〉 saith the increase of the flock 〈…〉 Profit of Catechising Heb. 6.1 e Clemens calleth catechisme a base of groūd plot Athanasius a Synopsis or first draught of a picture Rubbius saith it is an hedge to generall doctrine See Greenham No kingdome of note in the vvorld but by Catechising receiued the Gospell vvithin 40. yeares after Christs passion saith Aegisippus Necessitie of Catechising Cor. 3.2 Io● 5.12.13 f Seeing it hath god the author is commanded by him practised by the Church olde nevv vsed by the Apostles and Fathers also ignorance increaseth vvithout it knovvledge abounds by it many other good things come of it Papists nay Heathens haue allovved it see Greenham fol. 311. * Doctrines of Catechisme 〈◊〉 fundamentall doctrine vsed in the primitiue Church 〈◊〉 neither ●hrase nor ●●●pe nor cir●umstance hinder scripture is to be taken in the largest meaning h Hovv these doctrines be f●●damentall yet doctrines of perfection with milke and strong meat The same doctrine saith 〈◊〉 is both a ●●ord and gulfe according to the handling of it easily or 〈◊〉 First doctrine of the Catechisme Dead vvorks a Originall sin so called because it begun in our first parents and from them de●iued into all their posteritie in vvhom it is before their nevv-birth Actuall sinne Cogitata dicta facta contra ●egem August Dead vvorks Why sinnes so called b If all sins be dead vvorks vvhat becommeth of the distinction of mortall and veniall sinnes Creation of man in Gods Image Wha● is Gods image Righteousnesse 〈◊〉 holinesse of truth Ephes. 4.24 Mans fall Adam abusing 〈◊〉 free vvil 〈◊〉 himselfe 〈◊〉 it d Our first Parents after their 〈◊〉 had blindnesse in vnderstanding 〈◊〉 in their vvill feare in their consciēce ●ebellion in the whole man * This misery vvas eyther common to 〈◊〉 as curse of the creature ●●●●alitie de●●ction of the ●●●aturs eiecti●● out of 〈◊〉 or proper 〈◊〉 Adam 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 sorrovv in child birth ●●●ovv Adams●●ll ●●ll pertaines 〈◊〉 vs. e All men vvere 〈◊〉 stand or fall ●ith Adam he ●●●ng the head of our kinde by Gods ordinance had grace and blisse to keepe or to loose for himselfe and all others which came of him f Repentance vvhat it is Tvvo parts of repentance first ceasing from euill called mortification of the old man putting off 〈◊〉 ●ld man the body of sin Secondly doing good called putting on the nevv man 〈…〉 Titus 2. ver 1● Psal. 1. ● ● Works of God Summe of the Lavv. 1 Cor. 13.1.3 ● 1 Tim. ● 4 Diuision of the Lavv. A short exposition of the lavv The first table of the Lavv expounded The secōd table expounded Maxima debetur puero reuerentia Rules to guide the full exposition of the ten commandements A Synecdoche 〈◊〉 euery comm 〈◊〉 affirma●●●● comman●emen● hath a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 negatiue 〈◊〉 an ●●firmatiue * Rom 7.14 g Before the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 vve breake all after 〈◊〉 vve keepe all and euery part of the lavv 〈◊〉 imperfectly vvee haue a 〈◊〉 section of 〈◊〉 but not of measure The Lavv 〈◊〉 iustifie 〈◊〉 because of our disablenesse to fulfil it Rom. 8.2 Neyther doe wee seeke iustification from the lavv because vve haue it by grace Rom. 3. By vvhat degrees repentāce is vvrought Preparation to repentance * Thus far many reprobates goe in repentance 〈◊〉 come neuer so farre Grace of Repentance hovv effected i This is that is called Faith k Repentance legall vvhen a man hath no more but a knovvledge of his sin and danger vvith a grief and fear therof the Greeks call this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l Repentance euangelical vvhē one beleeuing his sin to be forgiuen him novv feares and flyes sin not onely for the danger of it but for the displeasure of his good God this 〈◊〉

Sam. 7. Fiftly hee was by repentance restored to God and to his Church and none can perish that truely repent Now that Salomon repented may appeare both by the title of his Booke called Ecclesiastes which is as much to say as a person vnited againe to the Church vpon his repentance done and published in the Church and by the argument of that Booke which is a large condemning of those vanities wherewith he had been ouer-taken and a plaine retractation of those follyes wherin hee had offended And if Salomon were not wholy remoued from God there is lesse doubt to be made of Dauid and Peter because neyther their fall was so grieuous for Salomon to other great sinnes added the grosse sinne of Idolatry and yet their repentance is more certainely reuealed the one in the 51. Psal. the other in the 27. Chapter of Mathew of whom it is truely said by one of the Fathers that faith did not faile in his heart when the confession of it failed in his mouth As for the remouings and fals of Esau Saul and Iudas they appertaine nothing to this purpose because they were but hypocrites and neuer the true worshippers of God and they fell onely from such gifts of the Spirit as were common both to the elect and reprobate The texts of Scripture that are brought in against this truth are these Heb. 6.4 Heb. 10.29 and Mat. 13. The words of Heb. 6. are these For it cannot be that they which were once lightened and haue tasted of the heauenly gifts and of the power of the power of the 〈◊〉 to come that they falling away should be renued by repentance c. To this I answere it is true such as tast onely may but the true beleeuer which eateth and digesteth and receiueth the word cannot fall away Now wheras the second text saith that they which be sanctified by the bloud of Christ may fall away The answere is this the sanctification which the Apostle here speaketh of is such a sanctification as standeth in profession onely and not in power and practise and worketh onely a light and slender change which may be lost againe and not an effectuall alteration of the minde and will which being begun in this life is perfected in the next and so endureth for euer And whereas the Apostle saith they receiue the truth hee meaneth that they receiue the knowledge of the truth by their iudgement and not by their affection into the braine and not into the heart Now as for the ioy spoken of in Mat. 13. it is not to be meant of the fruit of the spirit in a truely sanctified heart reioycing in the sense of Gods peculiar loue vnder the hope of his glory Rom. 5. 2. but a tickling of the mind delighted with knowledge of new strange things which may be in an hypocrite and be lost The shew of reason which is made against this doctrine of the vnmoueable estate of Gods children is this that such doctrine will breede in men securitie and carelesse liuing This is not so because the Scripture which teacheth their stedfastnesse doth also teach that their owne care watchfulnesse is required thereunto as in that saying of Paul let him that standeth take heede least hee fall 1. Cor. 10.12 and that in the 11. to the Romanes Be not high minded but feare also that in the Phil. 2.12 Worke out your saluation with feare and trembling vnto these wee may ioyne the counsel of our Sauiour vnto his Apostles that if they would be safe they must giue themselues to watch and pray Mat. 26. And finally the Apostle Iohn saith that they that be borne anew preserue themselues Iohn 5.18 that is to say they take all care and vse all good endeauour for their owne preseruation In all which places of Scripture it is manifest that whomsoeuer God hath purposed to keepe to himselfe vnmoueable in all them hee engendreth a great heedfulnesse to looke to themselues But such as perish they are giuen ouer to grosse and dead securitie not to feare any perill in the abundance of great sinnes It is now high time that wee come to the profit and vses that be to be made of this doctrine whereof the first is to stirre vp our hearts vnto a very earnest desire to be in such a permanent and stedfast condition In all other things wee doe loue certainties and cannot abide to be at vncertaintyes no Maister will keepe a seruant so as hauing him to day hee cannot be sure to haue him to morrow neyther wil any man hold a farme as tenant at will and look to be put out at an houres warning all men prefer a fee-simple before an annuitie and wish rather to haue a thing by perpetuitie then by tearme and why then should wee not in matter of religion rather desire to be true worshippers of God which shall abide for euer then Christians in name and profession onely which be alwayes at vncertaintie liuing in continuall hazard and exposed euery houre to some fearefull iudgement of God being in this behalfe like vnto a condemned person who hath receiued the sentence of death for high treason against his Prince howsoeuer such an one may be spared and respited by the fauour of his Prince yet he liueth at vncertainety and may looke euery houre when he shall be called forth to execution euen thus it standeth with all vnsound Christians Hypocrites and wicked men they are condemned persons both in gods decree in the testimonie of Scripture and in the witnesse of their owne conscience though they marke not the check of it and albeit the patience of God respite and spare them and his bountie prosper them that they be fat and well liking yet their state is vnsteddy euer subiect to a downefall hauing no other stay to vphold them but Gods lenitie and sufferance the time whereof when it is expired then sodainely in a moment they sincke into hell though they flourished like a greene Bay-tree and spread abroad then leaues yet they vanish quickly and their place is no more found whereas the godly are so established as that in death they are not remoued but be more firmely and nearely knit vnto God thereby with whom they enjoy a neuer withering blisse and glory How should this moue all men most egerly to desire to be in so firme certain estate and neuer to giue themselues rest vntill they know themselues to be entred into it that as Isaac in the 26. of Genesis hauing digged diuers wels to water his cattle which he could not keep because the people of that land stroue with him and tooke them from him one after another at the last digging a Well for which they did not striue but suffered him quietly to enjoy it hee found rest and was well satisfied and acknowledging the Lords goodnesse hee said Hee hath inlarged my roome and will make me fruitfull so we hauing lost much

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Signes of E●angelicall and ●hristian repen●●nce Second doctrin of the Cate●hisme That there is a God Of the essence of God a The essence of God is so vnsearchable as it is easier to say vvhat he is not then vvhat he is * Properties of God Psal. 94.1 ● From God 〈◊〉 1.16 There is nothing in God but it is God 〈◊〉 What God is Vnitie of God-head Trinitie of persons Actions of god invvard O●●vvard Decree Execution Decree vvhat 〈…〉 What manner 〈◊〉 it is Parts of his ●●cree b ●●cree hovv 〈◊〉 the act 〈◊〉 his decree 〈…〉 diuerse 〈…〉 consideration God decreeth 〈◊〉 doing of ●●od and suffe●●ng of euill for 〈◊〉 ends c 〈◊〉 sins had not 〈◊〉 ●onsidera●●●● of good they sh●●ld not be Though there 〈◊〉 extreame 〈◊〉 vvhich is so good as it 〈◊〉 no respect 〈◊〉 eui●● to vvit 〈◊〉 yet there 〈◊〉 extreame 〈◊〉 vvhich is 〈◊〉 as it is 〈◊〉 respect 〈◊〉 Predestination vvhat it is 2 Parts of predestination 1 Decree of Election 2. Decree of Reprobation Eph. 1.6.14 To the praise of the glory of his grace Hovv many be elected Whether Election may be knovvne d By the graces and fruits of the spirit of sanctification such as be reckoned vp Gal. 5.22 and 2 Pet. ● 5.6.7 Properties of Election ●●●cution of Gods decree Creation Within vvhich 〈◊〉 dayes vvee 〈◊〉 the An●●● as being ●is chiefe and ●hoice vvorke 〈◊〉 made 〈◊〉 ● 1 the ●hole armie of creatures made vvithin sixe dayes on ●hich day ●hey vvere ●●de vve 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 Scrip●●●● therein 〈◊〉 silent 〈◊〉 open enough at least to my vnderstanding f Gouernement called his temporall ●●idence to distinguish it from his fore-determination and eternall prouidence Parts of gouernment 1 Preseruation 2. Rule g In the ruling and preseruing of humane creatures God vseth kings and other Magistrates as his vicegerents of vvhose authoritie dignitie degrees office and commodities of their gouernement yee may read Psal. 82. Rom. 13. h Amongst the means Angels are principall seruing to the effecting of Gods decree in the greatest vvorks thereof the safetie of good men and destruction of the vvicked Heb. 1.14 Worke of Redemption Why greater then the vvork of Creation Acts 2● 24. i 〈…〉 these 〈◊〉 very elect 〈…〉 bondage 〈◊〉 prisoners 〈◊〉 their vvill ● Tim. 2.26 Christs life 〈◊〉 the ransome or price which brought 〈◊〉 to such ●s beleeue k 〈…〉 2.4 Who gaue him 〈◊〉 a ransome 〈◊〉 vvas paid ●o Gods iudgement vvhich ●●ing satisfied 〈…〉 lost his 〈◊〉 l Wee should 〈◊〉 ●iued in 〈…〉 subiect 〈◊〉 ●hange but 〈◊〉 Christ vvee 〈◊〉 stedfast and heauenly ●●ndition 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 God ●●ith ●s m From this 〈◊〉 of person 〈◊〉 c●mmeth to 〈◊〉 that in ●●●ipture that ●●hich is 〈◊〉 the one 〈◊〉 is assumed of the other as where it is said that God purchased the Church with his blood Act. 20.28 And the Lord of glory was crucified 1. Cor. 2. And hee that de●●ended is the selfe same that ascended Ephes. 4. where that which Christ did as man is ●●●●●buted to his Godhead by the vnitie of the person Hovv this vnion is vvrought Why needfull The God-head is impassible Meer man cannot merit of God n This required a mortall nature o This required an infinit povver p This vnion neuer dissolued not by his death vvherein his body separated from his soule but neyther body nor soule diuided from the person of the Sonne of God q Sin had made as Esay saith a separation betvveene God vs so as vve vver enimies Rom. 5.6.7 Christ a name o● his office as 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 prophet Our highpriest ●uke 1.35 ● Cor. 5. ●1 Our king 〈◊〉 of his ●ingdome Worke of his spirit Church poli●ie in lavves and officers ●ith their gifts 〈◊〉 ●●nctions all depending vpō the disposition 〈◊〉 this eternall ●ing Reu. 2.1 ●ph 4.7 8.9.10 Benefits from 〈◊〉 Redeemer 〈◊〉 a Sauiour o● giuer of saluation vvhich comprehends 〈◊〉 his benefits ●word named ●●●●soeuer els This gift being vnperfect in this life is therfore accompanied vvith a cōbat betvveene the old man the nevv vvherof Rom. 7 1● our spirituall armour being named Eph. 6 13.14.15.16 u The more and the more excellent vve see his benefits to be tovvard the more it inflameth our hart● vvith his loue 〈…〉 our con●●●●●tion vvith 〈◊〉 by Christ ●hrough faith in him God the Father is as the ●●●●●aine of 〈◊〉 Christ as 〈◊〉 conduit 〈◊〉 vvord as 〈◊〉 pipe our ●●●●●uing harts 〈◊〉 ●●sterne 〈◊〉 faith the 〈◊〉 parts o● it ●●ith vvhat it is This is the de●●●ition of a 〈◊〉 and a liuely ●●●tifying faith 〈◊〉 of other as historicall miraculous and ●●mporarie faith all vvhich may be in reprobates c Faith as it looketh to Christ the vvork of i● is to receiue him as it lookes to the Saints it vvorks by loue Gal. 5.6 d The robe of Christs iustice as a garment is vvithout vs inherent in Christs ovvne person till it b● put on vs by faith then it is ours ●●grees of ●●ith ●om 4.20 〈◊〉 ● 1 Those Catechismes vvhich generally 〈◊〉 faith to be 〈◊〉 assurance 〈◊〉 persvvasion ●●ey define not 〈◊〉 but one ●●●sure of faith 〈◊〉 vvi● the strong faith f Mark 9.24 ● Cor. 13.9.12 Seeing our knovvledge is ●mperfect so is ●he faith to for 〈◊〉 beleeue as 〈◊〉 knovv Faith as a mother begets vvorks they as a daughter strengthen their mother Marke of faith Fruits of faith Of good vvorks Which be good vvorks What required to good vvorks g They merit not and vvhy 1 They are not ours 2. A debt to God to vvhom vve ovve them 3. No proportion betvveene them heauen * Hovv good vvorks please God The chief 〈◊〉 of this 〈◊〉 in 〈…〉 com●●ny exhortations informa●●●●s and such 〈◊〉 vvorks as ●●●cerne the 〈◊〉 the rule 〈◊〉 guide these ●●orks ye haue 〈◊〉 Mat. 7.3.4 〈◊〉 Gal. 6.1 〈◊〉 18.15 〈…〉 5.1.2 〈…〉 spirit of 〈…〉 loue 〈◊〉 comp●ssion 〈◊〉 ●●y voyce be●●●eful in prai●● seeing it is a 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Kinds of praier That is not ●ppointed common for all to 〈◊〉 to 1 Deprecation 2 Intercession 3 Petition 4 Thanksgiuing i Graces needfull to true christian prayer Knovvledge 〈◊〉 direct vs to aske vvhat vve shold● humilitie by sight of our vilenesse and vnvvorthinesse compared vvith Gods maiestie zeale of Gods glory faith to beleeue the promise of being heard constancie to hold out if vve be not heard presently godly sorrovv for those sinnes vvhereof vve aske pardon and of those vvants vvhereof vvee aske forgiuenesse and supply spiritual ioy in the feeling of mercies already receiued and hope of more compassion of others sinnes and miseries for vvhom vvee pray sobrietie that the body being kept vnder by abstinence the spirit may be free to pray vvatchfulnesse in moderate sleepe of the body vigilancy of the minde singlenesse desiring things prayed for from our hearts not from our lips onely Christs 〈◊〉 Christ is that other Angels vvho