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B04689	The foundation of Christian religion, gathered into six principles. And it is to be learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to heare sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?	1660 (1660)	Wing P1566B; ESTC R215935	19,838	53

Mat. 10. 30. Prov. 16. 13. Scriptures I see it by experience n Lev. 26. 26. Mat. 4. 4. Meat drink and cloathing being void of heat and life could not preserve the life of man unless there were a special providence of God to give vertue unto them Q. How is this one God distinguished A. Into the o John 5. 7. Mat. 3. 16 17. Father which begetteth the Son into the Son who is begotten of the Father into the p Joh. 15. 26. Holy Ghost who proceedeth from the Father and the Son The second Principle expounded Q. Let us now come to our selves first tell me what the natural estate of man is A. Every man by nature is q Eph. 2. 2. Tim. 5. 6. dead in sin as a loathsom carrion or as a dead corps lieth rotting and stinking in the grave having in him the seed of all sins Q. What is sin A. Any r 1 Joh. 3. Rom. 7. 4 7. Gal. 3. 10. breach of the law of God if it be no more but the least want of that which the Law requireth Q. How many sorts of sins are there A. Sin is s Col. 3. 9. Psal 51. 5. either the corruption of nature or any evil actions that proceed of it as fruits thereof Q. In whom is the corruption of nature A. In all men t Rom. 3. 10. none excepted Q. In what part of man is it A. In every u Gen. 6. 5. 1 Thes 5. 23. part both of body and soul like as a leprosie that runneth from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot Q. Shew me how every part of man is corrupted with sin A. First in the x 1 Cor. 2. 14. Rom. 8. 5. minde there is nothing but ignorance and blindness concerning heavenly matters Secondly the y Tit. 1. 15. Eph. 4. 18 19. Isa 57. 20. conscience is defiled being always either benummed with sin or else turmoiled with inward accusations and terrors Thirdly the z Phil. 2. 13. will of man onely willeth and lusteth after evil Fourthly the a Gal. 5. 24. affections of the heart as love joy hope desire c. are moved and stirred to that which is evil to embrace it and they are never stirred unto that which is good unless it be to eschew it Lastly the b Rom. 6. 19. members of the body are the instruments and tools of the minde for the execution of sin Q. What be those evil actions that are the fruits of this corruption A. Evil c Geu 6. 5. thoughts in the minde which come either by a mans own concerving or by suggection of the devil d Joh. 13. 2. Act. 5. 3. evil motions and lusts stirring in the heart and from these arise evil words and deeds when any occasion is given Q. How cometh it to pass that all men are thus defiled with sin A. By e Rom. 5. 12 18. 19. Gen. 3. 9. Adams infidelity and disobedience in eating the forbidden fruit even as we see great personages by treason do not onely hurt themselves but also stain their blood and disgrace their posterity Q. What hurt comes to a man by his sin A. f Gal. 3. 10. He is continually subject to the curse of God in his life time in the end of his life and after his life Q. What is the curse of God in this life A. In the g Deut. 28. 21 22 27 65 66 67. body diseases aches pains in the soul blindness hardness of heart horror of conscience in goods hinderances and losses in name ignominy and reproach Lastly in the whole man bondage under Satan the prince of darkness Q. What maner of bondage is this A. This h Heb. 2. 14. E. h. 1. 2. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Luk. 11. 14. bondage is when a man is the slave of the devil and hath him to reign in his heart as his god Q. How may a man know whether Satan be his god or not A. He may know it by this if he give obedience to him in his heart and express it in his conversation Q. And how shall a man perceive this obedience A. If he i Joh. 8. 44. Joh. 3. 8. take delight in the evil motions that Satan puts in his heart and doth fulfil the lusts of the devil Q. What is the curse due to man in the end of this life A. k Rom. 5. 12. Death whichis the separation of body and soul Q. What is the curse after this life A. l Gal. 3. 10. Eternal damnation in hell fire whereof every man is guilty and is in as great danger of it as the traitor apprehended is in danger of hanging draw●ng and quartering The third Principle expounded Q. If damnation be the reward of sin then is a man of all creatures most miserable A dog or a toad when they die all their misery is ended but when a man dieth there is the beginning of his woe A. It were so indeed if there were no means of deliverance but God hath shewed his mercy in giving a Savior to mankinde Q. How is this Savior called A. m Mat. 1. 21. Jesus Christ Q. What is Jesus Christ A. n Heb. 2. 16. Joh. 1. 14. The eternal Son of God made man in all things even o Heb. 5. 7. in his infirmities like other men save onely in sin Q. How was he made man void of sin A. He was p Mat. 1. 28. conceived in the womb of a Virgin and sanctified by the holy Ghost at his conception Q. Why must our Savior be both God and man A. He q 1 Tim. 2. 5 6. must be a man because man had sinned and therefore a man must die for sin to appease Gods wrath he must be God to sustain and uphold the manhood to overcome and vanquish death Q. What be the Offices of Christ to make him an all-sufficient Savior A. He r Psal 45. 7. Luk. 4. 18. Deut. 18. 15 18. Luk. 1. 33. Psal 110. is a Priest a Prophet a King Q. Why is he a Priest A. To work the means of salvation in the behalf of mankind Q. How doth he work the means of salvation A. s Mat. 10. 28 Heb. 7. 25 26. First by making satisfaction to his Father for the sin of man Secondly by making intercession Q. How doth he make satisfaction A. By two means and the first is by offering a sacrifice Q. What is the sacrifice A. t Isa 35. 10. Christ himself as he is a man consisting of body and soul Q. What is the u Apo. 8. 3. Heb. 13. 10. Altar A. Christ as he is God is the Altar on which he sacrificed himself Q. Who was the Priest A. None x Heb. 5. 5. 6 but Christ and that as he is both God and man Q. How oft did he sacrifice himself A. Never but y Heb. 9. 28. once Q. What death did he suffer when he sacrificed himself

For what saith the Scripture Abraham Rom. 4. 3. believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness Even as David declareth the blessedness of the man unto whom God emputeth Vers 6. righteousness without works saying Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Vers 7. and whose sins are covered 5. And sanctified And he put no difference between us and Acts 15. 19. them after that by faith he had purified their hearts But ye are of him in Christ Jesus who of Cor. 1. 30. God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption The fifth Principle Q. VVhat are the ordinary or usual means for obtaining of faith A. Faith cometh onely by the preaching of the VVord and increaseth daily by it as also by the administration of the S●craments and Prayer 1. Faith cometh onely by the preaching of the Word and increaseth daily by it But how shall they call on him in whom Rom. 10. 14. they have not believed and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard and how shall they hear without a Preacher Where there is no vision the people decay but he that keepeth the Law is blessed Prov. 29. 19. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge Hos 4. 6. because thou hast refused knowledge I will also refuse thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me and seeing thou hast for gotten the Law of thy God I will also forget thy children 2. As also by the administration of the Sacraments After he received the sign of circumcision Rom. 4. 31. as the seal of the righteousness of faith which he had when he was uncircumcised that he should be the father of all them that believe not being circumcised that righteousness might be imputed to them also Moreover brethren I would not that 1 Cor. 10. 1. ye should be ignorant that all our fathers were under the cloud and all passed through the Sea c. 3. And Prayer For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved The sixth Principle Q. What is the state of all men after death A. All men shall rise again with their own bodies to the last judgement which being ended the godly shall possess the kingdom of Heaven but unbelievers and reprobates shall be in hell tormented with the devil and his angels for ever 1. All men shall rise again with their own bodies Marvel not at this for the hour shall Joh. 5. 28. come in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice And they shall come forth that have done Vers 29. good unto the resurrection of life but they that have done evil unto the resurrection of condemnation 2. To the last Judgement For God will bring every work unto judgement with every secret thing whether Eccl. 12. 14. it be good or evil But I say unto you that of every idle M●t. 12. 36. word that men shall speak they shall give an account thereof at the day of Judgment 3. Which being ended the godly c. And del vered just Lot vexed with the unclean conversation of the wicked And the Lord said unto him Go through Ezek. 9. 4. the midst of the City even through the midst of the City even through the midst of Jerusalem and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and cry out for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof 4. Shall possess the Kingdom of God Then shall the King say to them on the Mat. 25. 34. right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit ye the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world 5. But unbelievers and reprobates shall be in hell tormented with the devil and his angels Then shall he say unto them on the left Vers 41. hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels The Scriptures for proof were onely quoted by the Author to move thee to search them the words themselves I have expressed at the earnest request of many that thou mayest more easily learn them if yet thou wilt be ignorant thy malice is evident if thou gainest knowledge give God the glory in doing of his will Thine T. S. THE EXPOSITION OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES The first Principle expounded Question WHat is God A. God is a Joh. 4. 24. a Spirit or spiritual substance most wise most holy eternal infinite Q. How do you perswade your self that there is a God A. Besides the Testimony of the Scripture plain reason will shew it Q. What is one reason A. When I consider b Rom. 1. 20. Acts 14. 17. the wonderful frame of the world me thinks the silly creatures that be in it could never make it neither could it make it self and therefore besides all these the Maker of it must needs be God Even as when a man comes into a strange country and sees fair and sumptuous buildings and yet finds no living creatures there besides birds and beasts he wil not imagine that either birds or beasts reared those buildings but he presently conceives that some men either are or have been there Q. What other reason have you A. c Rom. 2. 15. Gen. 3. 8 10. 12. 24. A man that commits any sin as murther fornication adultery blasphemy c. albeit he doth so conceal the matter that no man living know of it yet oftentimes he hath a griping in his conscience and feels the very flashing of hell fire which is a strong reason to shew that there is a God before whose Judgement seat he must answer for his fact Q. How many Gods are there A. No d 1 Cor. 8. 6. more but one Q. How do you conceive this one God in your minde A. Not e Deut. 4. 16. Amos 4. 13. by framing any image of him in my minde as ignorant folk do that think him to be an old man sitting in heaven but I conceive him by his properties and works Q. What be his chief properties A. First he is f Job 2. 13. most wise understanding all things aright and knowing the reason of them Secondly he is g Isa 6. 3. Exod. 20. 5 6. most holy which appeareth in that he is most just and merciful unto his creatures Thirdly he is h Isa 41. 4. eternal without either beginning or end of days Lastly he is i Psal 139. 12. infinite both because he is present in all places and because he is of power sufficient to do whatsoever he k Job 9. 4. Deu. 10. 17. will Q. What be works of God A. l Jer. 10. 12. Psal 33. 6. The creation of the world and of every thing therein and the preservation of them being created by his special providence Q. How know you that God governeth every particular thing in the world by his special providence A. To omit the m

17. ● Yea. Q. What is the least measure of true faith that any man can have A. When a man of an humble spirit by reason of the u Isa 42. 3. Mat. 17. 20. Luk. 17. 5. littleness of his faith doth not yet feel the assurance of the forgiveness of his sins and yet he is perswaded that they are pardonable and therefore desireth that they should be pardoned and with his heart prayeth to God to pardon them Q. How do you know that such a man hath faith A. These x Rom. 8. 23 26. Gal. 4. 6. Mat. 5. 6. Rom. 8. 9. desires and prayers are testimonies of the Spirit whose property it is to stir up a longing and a lusting after heavenly things with sighes and groans for Gods favor and mercy in Christ y Eph. 3. 7. Now where the Spirit of God is there is Christ dwelling and where Christ dwelleth there is true faith how weak soever it be Q. What is the greatest measure of faith A. When a man daily increasing in faith comes to be a Rom. 7. 38 39. Cant. 6. 7. fully perswaded of Gods love in Christ towards himself particularly and of the forgiveness of his own sins Q. When shall a Christians heart come to this full assurance A. Not b 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. Psal 23. 6. with 1 2 3 4. verses at the first but in some continuance of time when he hath been well practised in repentance and hath had divers experiences of Gods love to him in Christ then after them will appear in his heart the fulness of perswasion which is the ripeness c Ro. 4. 19 20 21. and strength of faith Q. What benefits doth a man receive by faith Christ A. Hereby d 8 Cor. 1. 30. Act. 15. 9. Rom. 4. 3. he is justified before God and sanctified Q. What is this to be justified before God A. e Rom. 8. 33. It comprehendeth two things the first to be cleared from the guiltiness and punishment of sin the second to be accepted as perfectly righteous before God Q. How is a man cleared from the guiltiness and punishment of his sins A. By Christs f Col. 1. 22. 1 Pet. 2. 24. 1 Joh. 17. 2. sufferings and death upon the Cross Q. How is he accepted for righteous before God A. By the g 2 Cor. 5. 21. righteousness of Christ imputed to him Q. What profit comes by being thus justified A. Hereby h and by no other means b Rom. 4. 17. Apo. 21. 17. in the world the believer shall be accepted before Gods Judgement-seat as worthy of eternal life by the merits of the same righteousness of Christ Q. Do not good works then make us worthy of eternal life A. No For God who is perfect righteousness it self will finde in the best works we do more matter of damnation then of salvation and therefore k Psal 143. Esa 64. 6. Job 9. 3. we must rather condemn our selves for our good works then look to be justified before God thereby Q. How may a man know that he is justified before God A. He need not ascend into Heaven to search the secret counsel of God l Rom. 8. 1. Joh. 3. 9. but rather descend into his own heart to search whether he be sanctified or not Q. VVhat is it to be sanctified A. It comprehendeth two things the first to be purged from the corruption of his own nature the second to be indued with inward righteousness Q. How is the corruption of sin purged A. By the m Rom. 6. 4. merits and power of Christs death which being by faith applyed is as a n 1 Pet. 4 1 2. corrasive to abate consume and weaken the power of sin Q. How is a man endued with inherent righteousness A. Through the m Rom. 6. 5 6. Phil. 3. 10. virtue of Christs resurrection which being applyed by faith is as a restorative to revive a man that is dead in sin ro newness of life Q. In what part of man is sanctification wrought A. In n 1 Thes 5. 23. every part of body and soul Q. In what time is it wrought A. It is o Rom. 8. 23. 2 Cor. 5. 2 3. begun in this life in which the faithful receive onely the first fruits of the Spirit and it is not finished before the end of this life Q. VVhat graces of the Spirit do usually shew themselves in the heart of a man sanctified A. The hatred p Psa 119. 113. and 40. 9. and 101. 3. Rom. 7. 22. of sin and the love of righteousness Q. VVhat proceeds of them A. Repentance which is q Psa 119. 2 57 113. a settled purpose in the heart with a careful endeavor to leave all his sins and to live a Christian life according to all Gods commandments Q. VVhat goeth with repentance A. r Gal. 5. 17. Eph. 6. 11 12. A continual fighting and strugling against the assaults of a mans own flesh against the motions of the de●il and the inticements of the world Q. What followeth after a man hath gotten the victory in any temptation or affliction A. Experience of t Rom. 5. 3 4. 2 Cor. 1. 5. Gods love in Christ and so increase of peace of conscience and joy in the holy Ghost Q. What followeth if in any temptation he be overcome and through infirmity fall A. After a while u 2 Cor. 7. 8 9. Mat. 26. 75. there will arise a godly sorrow which is when a man is grieved for no other cause in the world but for this onely that by his sin he hath displeased God who hath been unto him a most merciful and loving Father Q. What sign is there of this sorrow A. The true sign x 1 Pet. 2. 19. of it is this when a man can be grieved for the very disodebience to God in his will word or deed though he should never be punished and though there were neither Heaven nor Hell Q. What followeth after this sorrow A. Repentance y 2 Cor. 7. 11. renewed afresh Q. By what signs will this repentance appear A. By z 1 Cor. 7. 11. seven 1. A care to leave the sin into which he is faln 2. An utter condemning of himself for it with a craving of pardon 3. A great anger against himself for his carelesness 4. A fear lest he should fall into the same sin again 5. A desire ever after to please God 6. A zeal of the same 7. Revenge upon himself for his former offen●e The fifth Principle expounded Q. What outward means must we use to obtain faith and all the blessings of God which come by faith A. The preaching a Prov. 29. 18. Rom. 10. 14 Mat. 28. 19 20. 1 Tim. 3. 16. of Gods Word and the administration of the Sacraments and Prayer Q. Where is the Word of God to be found A. The whole Word of God needful to salvation is set down in the holy

Scriptures Q. How know you that the Scriptures are the Word of God and not mens policies A. I am assured of it first b Eph. 1. 13. because the Holy Ghost perswadeth my conscience that it is so secondly I see it by experience for the preaching of the c Heb. 4. 12 1 Cor. 14. 24 25. Scriptures have the power of God in them to humble a man when they are preached and to cast him down to hell and afterward to restore and raise him up again Q. VVhat is the use of the VVord of God preached A. First it d Rom. 1. 17. breedeth and then it increaseth faith in them which are chosen to salvation but unto them that perish it is by reason of their corruption an occasion of their further damnation Q. How must we hear Gods VVord that it may be effectual to our salvation A. VVe e Jam. 1. 10. Act. 16. 14. Heb. 4. 2. Esa 66. 2. Luk. 2. 51 Psal 119. 11. must come unto it with hunger-bitten hearts having an appetite to the VVord wt must mark it with attention receive it by faith submit our selves unto it with fear and trembling even then when our faults are reproved lastly we must hide it in the corners of our hearts that we may frame our lives and conversations by it Q. VVhat is a Sacrament A. f Rom. 4. 11. Gen. 17. 11. Gal. 3. 1. A sign to represent a seal to confirm an instrument to convey Christ and all his benefits to them that do believe in him Q. VVhy must a Sacrament represent the mercies of God before our eyes A. Because we are dull to conceive and to remember them Q. VVhy do the Sacraments seal unto us the mercies of God A. Because we are full of unbelief and doubting of them Q. VVhy is the Sacrament the instrument of the Spirit to convey the mercies of God into our hearts A. Because we are like Thomas we will not believe till we feel them in some measure in our hearts Q. How many Sacraments are there A. Two g 1 Cor. 10. 1 2 3. and no more Baptism by which we have our admission into the true Church of God and the Lords Supper by which we are nourished and preserved in the true Church after our admission Q. VVhat is done in Baptism A. h Act. 2. 38. Tit. 3. 5. Act. 22. 16. Mat. 20. 18 19. In the assembly of the Church the covenant of grace between God and the party baptized is solemnly confirmed and sealed Q. In this Covenant what doth God promise to the party baptized A. i Gal. 3. 27. 1 Pet. 3. 21. Christ with all the blessings that come by him Q. To what condition is the party baptized bound A. To k Mark 16. 16. receive Christ and to repent of his sins Q. What meaneth the sprinkling or dipping in water A. l 1 Pet. 1. 2. It seals unto us remission of sins and sanctification by the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Christ Q. How cometh it to pass that many after their Baptism for a long time feel not the effect and fruit of it and some never A. The fault is not in God who keeps his Covenant but the fault is in themselves in that they do not keep the condition of the Covenant to receive Christ by faith and to repent of all their sins Q. When shall a man then see the effect of his Baptism A. At m Heb. 10. 10. 1 Pet. 3. 21. what time soever he doth receive Christ by faith though it be many years after he shall then feel the power of God to regenerate him and to work all things in him which he offered in Baptism Q. How if a man never keep the Condition to which he bound himself in Baptism A. His l Deut. 23. 21 22. Eccles 4. 2. damnation shall be the greater because he breaketh his Vow made to God Q. What is done in the Lords Supper A. The former Covenant solemnly ratified in Baptism is renewed m 1 Cor. 1. 23 24 c. 12. 13. in the Lords Supper between the Lord himself and the receiver Q. Who is the receiver A. Every one n 1 Cor. 11. 28 31. Mat. 5. 23 24. Esa 66. 2 3. that hath been baptized and after his Baptism hath truely believed in Christ and repented of his sins from his heart Q. What meaneth the Bread and Wine the eating of the Bread and drinking of the Wine A. These outward actions o 1 Cor. 10 17 19. are a second seal set by the Lords own hand unto his Covenant And they do give every receiver to understand that as God doth bless the Bread and Wine to preserve and strengthen the body of the receiver so Christ apprehended and received by faith shall nourish him and preserve both body and soul unto eternal life Q. What shall a true receiver feel in himself after the receiving of the Sacrament A. p 1 Cor. 10. 16 17. 11. 24. The increase of his faith in Christ the increase of sanctification a greater measure of dying to sin a greater care to live in newness of life Q. VVhat if a man after the receiving of the Sacrament never finde any such thing in himself A. He may well suspect himself whether he did ever repent or not and thereupon is to use means to come to sound faith and repentance Q. VVhat is another means of increasing faith A. Prayer Q. VVhat is prayer A. A r Joh. 5. 14. familiar speech with God in the name of Christ s 1 Tim. 2. 1. Phil. 4. 6. in which either we crave things needful or give thanks for things received Q. In asking things needful what is required A. Two things an earnest desire and faith Q. t VVhat things must a Christian Mat. 11. 24. mans heart desire A. Six things especially Q. VVhat are they A. a Petition I. That he may glorifie God 2. That b II. God may reign his heart and not sin 3. That c III. he may do Gods will and not the lusts of the flesh 4. That d IV. he may relie himself on Gods Providence for all the means of this temporal life e V. That he may be justified and be at peace with God 6. f VI. That by the power of God he may be strengthened against ill temptations Q. What is faith A. A g Amen perswasion that those things which we truly desire God will grant them for Christs sake The sixth Principle expounded Q. After that a man hath led a short life in this world what followeth then A. Death which is the parting a funder of body and soul Q. VVhy do wicked men and unbelievers die A. That their bodies may go to the earth and their h Luke 16. 22 23. souls may be cast into hell fire Q. VVhy do the godly die seeing Christ by death hath overcome death A. They die for this end that