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A18053 Winter-evenings communication with young novices in religion. Or Questions and answers about certaine chiefe grounds of Christian religion wherein every answer, rightly understood, hath the force of an oracle of God. By Iohn Carter, preacher of Gods Word. Carter, John, 1554-1635. 1628 (1628) STC 4696; ESTC S116222 12,994 42

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Winter-Evenings COMMVNICATION with Young Novices in RELIGION OR Questions and Answers about certaine chiefe Grounds of Christian RELIGION wherein every Answer rightly understood hath the force of an Oracle of GOD. By IOHN CARTER Preacher of Gods Word IOHN 5. 39. Search the Scriptures Printed by the Printers to the Vniversity of Cambridge And are to be sold at London by R. DANIEL at the Angel in Lumbard-Street 1628. Winter-Evenings COMMVNICATION with Young Novices in RELIGION Of the true Feare of God QVESTION OF what Religion are you Answer I feare the Lord the God of heaven who hath made the sea and the drie land Ionah 1. 9. Quest Many professe as much as you doe but who feare God in deed and in truth Ans He that walketh in his uprightnesse feareth the Lord Prov. 14. 2. Q. What is it to walk in uprightnesse A. To doe justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God Mich. 6. 8. Q. And who doe not feare the Lord but despise him A. He that is lewd in his waies despiseth him Prov. 14. 2. Q. Who is lewd in his waies A. Whosoever hateth to be reformed and casteth the words of God behinde him Psal 50. 17. Q. What reasons have you to moove you to the effectuall study and practise of the true feare of God A. God hath made all things for himselfe Prov 16. 4. Q. What other A. In his hand is my breath and all my waies Dan. 5. 23. Q. What other A. God is of purer eies then to behold iniquity Habac. 1. 13. Q. What other reasons have you A. God will bring every worke to judgement with every secret thing whether it be good or evill Eccles 12. 14. The Nature and Properties of GOD. Question OF what nature or substance is the Lord Ans He is a Spirit and must be worshiped in spirit and in truth Ioh. 4. 24. Q. What manner of spirit is God A. He is from everlasting to everlasting be filleth heaven and earth Psal 90. 2. Ier. 23. 24. Q. What properties or vertues in God are chiefly to be considered of us A. That power belongeth unto God and to thee O Lord mercy that thou rewardest every man according to his workes Psal 62. 11. 12. Exod. 34. 67. Q. God is indeed most mighty mercifull and just What use is to be made thereof A. Be not afraid of them that kill the body and after have no more that they can doe Luk. 12. 4. Q. Whom then shall we feare A. Feare him which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell Luk. 12. 5. Q. What other use is to be made A. To trust in him at all times to poure out our hearts before him Psal 62. 8. Creation Question HOw did God make all things at the begining A. Exceeding good Gen. 1. 31. Q. Whereof were all things made A. The worlds were framed by the word of God so that things which are seen were not made of things which doe appeare Heb. 11. 3. Q. How made he man A. In his owne Image Gen. 1. 26. Q. Wherein stood that Image A. In knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse Col. 1. 10. Ephes 4. 24. Q. Whereof was the body of man framed A. Of the dust of the ground Gen. 2. 7. Q. What instruction ariseth from thence A. Why is earth and ashes proud Ecclesiastic 10. 9. Gen. 18. 25. The Providence of GOD. Question VVHat have you learned concerning the divine Providence A. God worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will Ephes 1. 11. Q Worketh he so in the Church onely and not in the rest of the world A. The Lord looketh downe from heaven and beholdeth all the sonnes of men Psal 33. 13. Q. What manner of beholding is there spoken of A. He fashioneth their hearts every one and considereth all their workes Psal 33. 15. Q. God is in all mens bosomes and maketh their wretched inclinations and devises to serve his most holy ends But doth this providence reach no further then the children of God and the children of men A Yes one Sparrow whereof two are sold for a farthing shal not fall on the ground without your Father Mat. 10. 29. Q. And what saith the Lord yet further of those sparrows A. Not one of them is forgotten before God Luk. 12. 6. Q. What use is to be made hereof A. Even the very haires of your head are all numbred Feare not ye are of more value then many Sparrowes Luk. 12. 7. Q. Feare not any want of provision or protection But in a prosperous and wealthy estate what use is to be made of it A. Beware lest thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the Lord thy God saying My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth Deut. 8. 11. 14. 17. Q. What is then to be remembred of us A. Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth Vers 18. Q. But when we are under many and grievous temptations and are much exercised with losses and crosses what use are we then to make hereof A. I was dumb and opened not my mouth because thou didst it Psal 39. 10. Q. What further use A. Let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their soules to him in well doing as unto a faithfull Creator 1. Pet. 4. 19. Of Sinne and the bitter fruits of it Question HAve our first parents Adam and Eve with their posterity continued in their innocencie A. No all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God Rom. 3. 23. Q. What is sinne A. The transgression of Gods Law 1. Ioh. 3. 4. Q. What was the first transgression A. The eating of the tree whereof God commanded them that they should not eate Gen. 3. 11. Q. How were they brought to that A. The Serpent beguiled Eve by his subtilty 2. Cor. 11. 3. Q. Who put that into the Serpent A. The old Serpent the Devill who was a murtherer from the beginning Revel 12. 9. Ioh. 8. 44. Q. Was not he also made after Gods image at the first A. Yes but he abode not in the truth Ioh. 8. 44. Q. VVhat effect followed that fearefull fall of our first parents Adam and Eve A. By sinne death entred into the world and passed upon all men Rom. 5. 12. Q. What death A. They are dead in trespasses and sins Ephes 2. 1 2 3. Q. This is called spirituall death depriving men of the favour image and life of God Did not corporall death also follow A. Yes Dust thou art saith the Lord and to dust shalt thou returne Gen. 3. 19. Q. Is there not yet another death A. Yes eternall death to be cast into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched Mark 9. 45. Q. Doth not a naturall man by living in sinne make his state yet more grievous and intolerable A. He treasureth up to himselfe wrath against the day of wrath Rom. 2. 5. Q.
may without the word be won by our conversation 1. Pet. 3. 1. 2. Q. Be won to the love and admiration of the word and so be prepared to their conversion Is there any other use A. So is the will of God that by well-doing we may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men 1. Pet. 2. 15. Q. What speciall motive is there to stirre us up unto forwardnesse and fervency in the practise of good workes A. Christ gave himselfe for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity Tit. 2. 14. Q. And what more A. And purifie to himselfe a peculiar people zealous of good workes ibid. Q. What is the danger of not being zealous of good workes A. If we be luke-warme and neither cold nor hot the Lord will spew us out of his mouth Rev. 3. 16. Of the Law or ten Commandements Question IN the performance of good workes what guid are we to follow Will not the light of reason the precepts and examples of men accounted wise civill and honest serve the turne A. What is written in the Law saith Christ how readest thou Luk. 10. 26. Q. So indeed he answered a Lawyer who would needs know of him what he should doe And againe Mat. 19. 17. to a young man enquiring of him what good thing he should doe his answer was Keep the Commandements Teaching us plainely that a good worke is some good thing done in obedience to the Law or Commandements Which are those Commandements A. The ten Commandements which the Lord spake in the mount out of the mids of the fire Deut. 10. 4. Q. Why out of the mids of the fire and with thunders and lightnings c. A. That his feare may be before us that we sinne not Exod. 20. 20. Q. How came they to be written A. The Lord delivered them to Moses in two tables of stone written with his owne finger Deut. 9 10. Q. They were written by the immediate power of God What is the summe of the first Table or foure first Commandements A. The Lord our God is one Lord and Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy minde and with all thy strength Mar. 12. 29. 30. Q. What is the summe of the second Table or six last Commandements A. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy selfe Mark 1● 31. Q. Give me in like manner the short summe of every severall Commandement What is it of the first Thou shalt have none other Gods before mee A. Know God serve him with a perfect heart and willing minde cleave to him 1. Chron. 28. 9. Deut. 10. 20. Q. And they that know thy Name will trust in thee saith David Psal 9. 10. What of the second Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any graven image A. In Divine worship observe to doe whatsoever God commandeth adde nothing there-to nor diminish ought there-from Deut. 12. 30. 31. 32. Q. What of the third Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord c. A. Thou shalt sweare the Lord liveth in truth in judgement and in righteousnesse and every way else knowing God glorifie him as God Ier. 4. 2. Rom. 1. 21. Q. What of the fourth Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy A. Consecrate the Sabbath as glorious to the Lord and honour him not doing thine owne waies nor seeking thine owne pleasure nor speaking thine own words Esa 58. 13. Q. What of the fifth Honour thy father and thy mother A. Render to all their dues giving honour to every one as the Lord hath distributed to them as the Lord hath called Rom. 13. 7. 1. Cor. 7. 17. Q. Render to all their dues both to superiours as parents magistrates ministers aged c. and to inferiours according to their rank and the trust and charge committed to us What of the sixth Commandement Thou shalt not kill A. Put on the bowels of mercy kindenesse humblenesse of minde meeknesse long-suffering forbearing and forgiving one another Col. 3. 12. Q. What of the seventh Commandement Thou shalt not commit adultery A. Possesse thy vessell in holinesse and honour and not in lusts of concupiscence 1. Thes 4. 4. Q. What of the eighth Thou shalt not steale A. Let no man goe beyond or defraud his brother in any matter for God is an avenger of all such 1. Thess 4. 6. Q. What of the ninth Thou shalt not beare false witnesse A. Speake the truth in or from the heart Psal 15. 2. Q What of the tenth Thou shalt not covet A. In whatsoever state thou art therewith be thou content Phil. 4. 11. Q. Can you fulfill all these commandements A. No In many things we offend all Iam. 3. 2. Q. Why can you not fulfill them A. Because the Law is spirituall and I am carnall sold under sinne Rom. 7. 14. Q. What use is there then of the Law A. By the Law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 20. Q. To what end A. That it might be our School-master to bring us to Christ that we might be justified by faith Gal. 3. 24. Q. When the Law hath humbled us and brought us to Christ what use hath it then A. To be a lampe unto our feet and a light unto our paths Psal 119. 105. Of Praier Question BEsides the continuall exercise of the holy Scriptures and practise of good workes what speciall meanes have we to uphold our weak faith and to enflame our cold hearts unto more fervent charity and zeale A. Aske and it shall be given you seek and ye shall finde knock and it shall be opened unto you Mat. 7. 7. Q. What encouragement have we thereunto A For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh c. Vers 8. Q. Not onely the Apostles and the Saints that excell in vertue but every penitent petitioner none excepted What other encouragment have we A. Parents that are evill give good gifts unto their children how much more shall our heavenly Father give good gifts yea even the holy Ghost to us that desire him Mat. 7. 11. Luk. 11. 13. Q. How is praier limited A. If we aske any thing according to his will he heareth us 1. Ioh. 5. 14. Q. In whose name or mediation are we to aske A. Whatsoever you shall aske the Father in my Name saith Christ he will give it you Ioh. 16. 23. Q. What things are absolutely necessary in praier to make it avaleable A. To abide in Christ and to have his words abiding in us Ioh. 15. 7. Q. What else A. To aske in faith and waver not Iam. 1. 6. Q. What else A. To forgive if any offence be or else our heavenly Father will not forgive us Mark 11. 25. 26. Q. What else A. To be most humble with the poore Publicane lest we take the repulse with the proud Pharisee Luk. 18. 9. Q. What else A. To be fervent in praier and not faint Iam. 5. 16. Luk. 18. 1. Q. What say you of thankesgiving to God A.