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A13949	Three small and plaine treatises 1. Of prayer or actiue 2. Of principles, or positiue 3. Resolutions, or oppositiue Diuinitie. Translated and collected out of the auncient writers for the priuate vse of a most noble ladie. By an old praebendary of the Church of Lincolne.	Williams, John, 1582-1650.	1620 (1620)	STC 24259; ESTC S102025	30,759	166

as certainely washed from your sinnes Original being an infant and actuall if you had beene of yeeres by the holy Ghost and the Blood of Christ as you were rinsed outwardly in body by this Element of Water Marke then these vses of Baptisme 1. It assures vs wee are washed from our sinnes by the Holy Ghost and the Blood of Christ 2. It keeps vs from despaire because it assures vs our sinnes are washed away 3. It keepes vs from sinne for it is a shame for one washed to soile himselfe againe 4. It giues an entrance into the Church 5. It hath a visible signe Water Grace inuisible Forgiuenesse of sinnes by the blood of Christ VII THe Lords Supper is a distribution of Bread and Wine which seales signes and exhibits or giues vnto you Christs true Body offered and his true Blood poured out vpon the Crosse for your sinnes as certainely as the Priests exhibite vnto your hands the Bread and the Wine And withall the Supper assures your heart that Christs Body and Blood nourish your soule to perpetual life as surely as Bread and Wine doth nourish your body to the offices of this temporall life Marke then the vses of this Sacrament of the Supper 1. It assures you of all the benefit that is to be expected from the Bodie and blood of Christ 2. It puts you continually in minde that Christ dyed for you 3. It strengthens and ascertaines your faith if it be receiued worthily And therefore you must not neglect twice in the yeere at the least to approch with all reuerence this heauenly Table VIII THat this Sacrament may be receiued worthily you must examin your selfe before the receiuing Pray vnto God for Faith in the receiuing and take heed of grosse and premeditated sinnes after the receiuing of this Sacrament IX BEfore the receiuing you must examine foure things 1. You must examin your knowledge 1. Whether you know how you ought to liue To this end read ouer the 10. Commandements 2. Whether you know how to beleeue Read ouer attentiuely your Creed 3. Whether you know how to Pray Say ouer aduisedly the Lords Prayer Without this little knowledge at the least you are not fit to Receiue 2. You must examine your faith Whether you are assured in your heart that Christ hath fully satisfied for your sins and perfectly reconciled you vnto God not others only but your selfe also Without this assurance in some measure you may not receiue 3. You must examine your Repentance 1. Whether you are sory for your sinnes 2. Whether you hate sinne 3. Whether you resolue to indeauour to sinne no more Without this Repentance you cannot receiue worthily 4. You must examine your Charitie 1. Whether you forgiue all the world 2. Whether you are free from malice and hatred When you haue examined these foure points you may receiue worthily X. NOw your faith in Christ which you haue gotten in Gods Church being thus hatched by the holy Ghost in your heart brought foorth by your hearing cherished by your reading of the word sealed by your Baptism and strongly confirmed and strengthened by your partaking of the blessed Sacrament of the Supper must be continually maintained and preserued by these two meanes Prayer vnto God him only And Good works or holines of life And this is the summe of all your notes which I recommend vnto you for this time 1. Saluation is only by faith in Christ 2. Faith onely in Gods Church 3. Where by the Word read or heard Faith is nourished 4. By the Sacrament of Baptisme assured 5. By the Sacrament of the Supper ratified and confirmed 6. By Prayer and Good workes for euer established A Prayer after the reading of these few Notes O Lord God that I may be partaker of thy couenant of Grace make me a beleeuing member of thy Church send thy holy Spirit into my heart to beget there a confidence and full assurance of the remission of all my sinnes in Christ Iesus let this assurance bee still nourished with my hearing and reading of the Word let it be sealed vnto mee by my Baptisme confirmed by the Sacrament of the Supper and fully established by my seruing of thee in Prayer and Good workes to the glory of thy Name and the endlesse comfort and saluation of mine owne soule through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ¶ A SHORT CATECHISME concerning Faith and good Workes to be read and meditated vpon once euery weeke at the least which may be well called The Catechisme of the Conscience Question WHy hath GOD made me a reasonable Creature and not as well hee might of a meaner kinde Answ That with your whole heart that is with your will and vnderstanding you might serue him and loue him which creatures only indued with reason can doe Q. How is God principally serued and loued of mee A. By your faith and good workes which God commaunds you in his Word And these good workes of yours are twofold Prayers to God Charitie to men Q. What is Faith A. A full beliefe assurance and perswasion of your heart whereby you are vnmoueably resolued of these three points 1. That there is one onely God one Essence three Persons The Father who created you Sonne who redeemed you Holy Ghost who sanctified you 2. That God the Sonne came into the world to doe all that was to bee performed and to suffer all that was to be endured by you for your sinnes actuall and originall And hereby obtained for you perfect forgiuenesse of all your sinnes and hath bestowed vpon you his owne perfect righteousnesse by the meanes whereof you stand iust and guiltlesse before the throne of God 3. That God hath prompted with his holy Spirit the Pen-men of the Scriptures to teach you all this faith and beleefe as also all the course of his worship And that euery thing contained in these Scriptures is true Q. Why doeth God so much require of mee Faith and beleefe A. Because without beleeuing in him you cannot loue him nor reuerence him As if you did not beleeue your father to be your father you would not loue him or reuerence him as your father Q. How is this Faith first wrought A. By your hearing of Gods word and vsing those two Sacraments appointed by Christ in his Church Baptisme and the Lordes Supper And withall by praying continually vnto God and doing of good workes Q. How shall I know that I beginne to haue Faith A. If you finde in your selfe these alterations 1. If you finde that you haue gotten more knowledge of God and of Religion are glad therof 2. If you doe desire more then you did to haue the Sonne of God to become your Sauiour and to stand betwixt you and Gods wrath for the sinnes you haue committed against God 3. If you take more delight then you did in Reading and hearing the Word of God Receiuing the Sacrament 4. If you finde doubtings in your minde and can pray vnto God to strengthen your

reward or punishment endlesse and eternall 8 That thou art a creature of an excellent worth and made to serue God 9 That thou hast no happinesse to the peace of Conscience 10 Thinke how good thy God hath bin vnto thee 11 Thinke of the Crosse and of Christ who there died for thee 12 Of examples of holy men and Saints who liued before thee Walke about your chamber a turne or two after your prayers and meditate vpon these points seriously and you shall finde that temptations to sinne will vanish away and leaue to assault you The 4. last things to bee first thought vpon by all good Christians Bern. Bonauent Dionys Carthus 1 The day of thy death thou knowest not how suddenly 2 The day of iudgement that will come certainely 3 The ioyes of heauen if thou liue religiously 4 The paines of hell if thou continuest to doe wickedly The end of Morning prayer Euening Prayer to bed-ward O Lord heare my prayer And let my cry come vnto thee Our Father which art c. A Prayer for Euening O LORD Carol●● Paschal I doe confesse to my shame and confusion that this day hath beene spent by me with lesse puritie and pietie then it should haue bin I haue augmented sithence this morning the score of my sinnes My thoughts haue beene polluted my wit prophane and vnsanctified my tongue more rash and vnbridled then became any one of that rancke and calling wherein thou hast set me I haue sinned through idlenesse ignorance slouthfulnesse and malice And this darknesse of the night puts mee in minde of that eternall darknesse my sinnes haue deserued Pardon and forgiue me all my transgressions Let this darkenesse bee a fit time vnto mee of rest and sleepe and no opportunitie of snares and temptations Send thy holy Ghost into my heart to free and purifie the same from all rolling motions and suggestions of Sathan and from the vsuall terrours and affrightments of the night Preserue this house in safety O Lord and all the people that are therein Let my prayer ascend vp vnto thy presence as the incense and let this lifting vp of mine hands be as an Euening sacrifice through Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour Amen Another HAuing spent the day Viues wee betake our selues to our repose in the night So after the troubles of this present life wee shall rest our selues in death Nothing doth more resemble our life then the day our death then sleepe our graue then the bed and our resurrection then our awaking in the morning Doe thou then O God my protectour and defender preserue me in my sleepe from the incursions and temptations of the diuell and in my death from the guilt and punishments of my sinnes I haue no strength to resist in the one nor merits of mine owne to display in the other Looke only vpon the merits of my Lord and Sauiour and giue mee a strong and stedfast faith to apply his righteousnesse to mine owne soule In confidence and full assurance of whose satisfactions for all my sins I doe for this night lie mee downe in peace and take my rest for it is that Lord onely that maketh mee to continue in safetie Amen Another ALmighty G. Cass and euerlasting God who makest the light to succeed the darknesse giue mee the grace to spend this night freed from the snares of sinne and Sathan and to bee here againe vpon my knees in the morning to giue thee thankes for the same through Iesus Christ my Lord and onely Sauiour Amen MEDITATIONS When your mayd is getting you to bed Viues HEe that willingly goes to bed should as willingly goe to his graue We willingly put off our cloathes being to put them on againe in the morning and should as willingly put off our bodies beeing to put them on againe in the Resurrection 2 After the troubles of the day comes the quietnes of the night Viues in the which the King and the swaine differ nothing so after this life comes death where poore and rich are alike and equall 3 Here is a fit time especially layd in your bed to fall to your Audite for the day past The practise of the Kings Maiesty as I haue heard What euill you haue committed by 1. Swearing 2. Lying 3. Taunting 4. Beeing too angry 5. Vaine talking especially of Religion 6. Exceeding in fare or apparell 7. Iniuring of another Repent of it Detest it Resolue to doe it no more What good you haue omitted as Saying grace when you eate Praying Releeuing of a poore bodie Respecting your husband parents Spending some time vpon Meditations Works of charitie Desire Gods grace to be more warie What good you haue performed If you haue learned any thing that day If you haue done any man good that day If you haue kept your priuate and publike prayers that day If you haue giuen any almes that day If you haue heard the Word or receiued the Sacrament that day If you haue spent any time vpon your Meditatiōs that day Reioyce in it and giue God thankes for it When you haue runne ouer these accompts and finde sleepe comming say Into thy hands I commit my Spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of truth Amen The end of Euening prayer Some other Collects For Faith MAn is blinded by sin Viues but thou O Christ by the goodnes and mercie of God the Father art become our guide in the way of saluation And yet such is our wretchednesse and miserie that we stagger for all this sometimes not vnderstanding sometimes not beleeuing many times not applying to our soules with a sure confidence thy promises of saluation set downe in the Gospell O miserably blind that we are that can neither see our selues nor beleeue our guider and instructer O thou eternall and pure veritie vouchsafe so to slide into our hearts that we may be more certainely perswaded of thee and thy Truth then of those things wee see with our eyes heare with our eares and handle with our handes the weake apprehensions of our bodily senses vpon which this flesh and blood doeth so much depend Appease and asswage those rolling thoughts and wandring motions of the flesh that make vs to doubt and stagger in those high mysteries of the which wee ought most firmely to bee fixed and resolued Faith is thy gift and therefore worke it by the holy Ghost in my heart that all my senses and imaginations may become slaues and captiues to the same Lord I beleeue helpe thou mine vnbeleefe O Lord increase my faith Amen MEDITATION Viues 1 How easily wee beleeue a lewd and lying man and yet how scrupulous we are to beleeue God himselfe 2 We beleeue a man in things which nothing concerne vs we beleeue not God in matters of our saluation Man is impotent God omnipotent 3 We beleeue our senses which often delude vs as in all trickes of Legeyr-demaine we distrust Christ who can