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A75818	The Parliaments rules and directions concerning sacramentall knowledge contained in an ordinance of the Lords and Commons of the 20th of October 1645. Drawn into questions and answers: (which answers in the bigger character are the ordinance it self in the words of it.) With an addition of Scripture-proofs: and some brief directions for self-examination. By Robert Austin, D.D. For the use of the place where he himself is pastour; and the benefit of such other people, as stand in need of the like help.	Austin, Robert, b. 1592 or 3.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1647 (1647)	Wing A4255; Thomason E1186_6; ESTC R204927	6,025	19

THE PARLIAMENTS RULES AND DIRECTIONS concerning Sacramentall knowledge Contained in an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons of the 20th of October 1645. Drawn into Questions and Answers which Answers in the bigger Character are the Ordinance it self in the words of it With an Addition of Scripture-proofs and some brief Directions for self-EXAMINATION BY ROBERT AUSTIN D.D. For the use of the place where he himself is Pastour and the benefit of such other people as stand in need of the like help LONDON Printed by J. M. for John Bellamie and are to be sold at his shop at the three golden Lyons neer the Royall Exchange 1647. Rules and Directions concerning Suspention from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of Ignorance 1. Of one God in three persons ALL such persons who shal be admitted to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ought to know that there is a God that there is but one ever-living and true God maker of Heaven and Earth and Governor of all things That this only true God is the God whom we worship That this God is but one yet three distinct Persons the Father Son and Holy Ghost all equally God 2. Of mans creation and fall That God created man after his own Image in knowledge righteousness and true holiness That by one man sin entred into the World and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned That thereby they are all dead in trespasses and sins and are by nature the children of wrath and so lyable to eternal death the wages of every sin 3. Of CHRIST That there is but one Mediator between God and man the ma● Christ Jesus who is also over all God blessed for ever neither is there salvation in any other That he was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary That he dyed upon the Cross to save his people from their sins That he rose again the third day from the dead ascended into Heaven sits at the right hand of God and makes continual intercession for us of whose fulness wee receive all grace necessary to salvation 4. Of Faith Repentance and holy Life That Christ and his benefits are applyed only by Faith That faith is the gift of God and that we have it not of our selves but it is wrought in us by the Word and Spirit of God That faith is that grace whereby we beleeve and trust in Christ for remission of sins life everlasting according to the promise of the Gospel that whosoever beleeves not on the Son of God shal not see life but shal perish eternally That they who truly repent of their sins do see them sorrow for them and turn from them to the Lord and 〈◊〉 except men repent they shall surely perish That a godly life is conscionably ordered according to the Word of God in Holiness and Righteousness without which no man shal see God 5. Of the Sacraments That the Sacraments are seals of the Covenant of Grace in the blood of Christ That the Sacraments of the New Testament are Baptisme and the Lords Supper that the outward Elements in the Lords Supper are Bread and Wine and do signifie the Body and Blood of Christ Crucified which the worthy Receiver by Faith doth partake of in this Sacrament which Christ hath likewise Ordained for the remembrance of his death that whosoever eats and drinks unworthily is guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord and therefore that every one is to examine himself least he eat and drink judgement to himself not discerning the Lords Body 6. Of the souls and bodies of men after death That the Souls of the faithful after death do immediately live with Christ in Blessedness and that the Souls of the wicked do immediately go into Hel torments That there shal be a Resurrection or the bodies both of the just and unjust at the last Day at which time all shal appear before the judgement Seat of Christ to receive according to what they have done in the body whether it be good or evil And that the righteous shal go into life eternal and the wicked into everlasting punishment And it is further Ordained by the Lords and Commons That those who have a competent measure of understanding concerning the matters contained in these Articles shal not be kept back from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper for Ignorance And that the Examination and Judgment of such Persons as shal for their ignorance of the aforesaid points of Religion not to be admitted to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is to be in the power of the Eldership of every Congregation THE PARLIAMENTS RULES AND DIRECTIONS concerning Sacramentall knowledge drawn into QUESTIONS ANSWERS Which Answers are the Ordinance it self in the words of it With an Addition of Scripture-proofs and some brief Directions for self-EXAMINATION BY ROBERT AUSTIN D.D. For the use of the place where he himself is Pastour and the help of such other places as stand in need of the like help LONDON Printed by J. M. for John Bellamie and are to be sold at his shop at the three golden Lyons neer the Royall Exchange 1647. The Parliaments Rules and directions concerning Sacramentall knowledge drawn into questions and answers with an addition of Scripture-proofs and some briefe Directions for self-examination I. Of one God in three persons Q. WHether do you beleeve that there is a God A. Yes and I know there is ACT. 17.28 ROM 1.19 20 21. Q. How many Gods do you beleeve there are A. Onely one ever-living and true God 1 COR. 8.4 2 TIM 6.17 JER 10.10 Q. Is not the Father God the Son God the Holy Ghost God A. Yes Q. How then do you say that there is but one God A. There is but one God in respect of divine essence yet there are three distinct persons all equally God MAT. 28.19 1 JOHN 5.7 Q. Who is this one everliving true God A. The maker of heaven and earth and governour of all things whom I alone do worship JONAH 1.9 II. Of Mans Creation and fall Q Did this God create man holy or sinful A. God treated man holy after his own image in righteousness and true holiness ECCLE 7.31 COL 3.10 Q. How came all men then to be sinfull A. By one man Adam sin entred into the world and death by sin in whom all have sinned as being all in his loynes ROM 5.12 Q. What follows from hence A. That by means of Adams sin and the corruption we draw from him all men are dead in trespasses and sins and are by nature the children of wrath and so lyable to eternall death ROM 5.15 EPH. 2.1 III. Of Christ Q. How then do you hope to be saved A. By the onely mediation of Jesus Christ ACT. 15.11 Q. Are there no more Mediatours then one A. No but one Mediatour between God and man the Man Christ Jesus who●s over all God blessed for ever neither is there salvation in any

other 1 TIM 2.5 ROM 9.5 ACT. 4.12 Q. What is Christ A. He is both the eternall (a) ROM 1.3.4 Son of God and the Son of man (b) MAT. 1.8 and as man he was conceived of the holy ghost (c) MAT. 1.25 born of the Virgin Mary (d) GAL. 3.13 who also dyed upon the crosse to save his people from their sins and rose again (e) LUK. 24.21 the third day from the dead (f) REV. 8.3 4. ascended up in to heaven and now siteth at the right hand of God and makes intercession for us (g) JOH 1.16 of whose fulnesse we receive all grace necessary to Salvation Q. Shall all men be saved by Christ A. No onely they who are true and living members of his body for Christ is the Saviour onely of his own body Ephe. 5.23 IIII. Of Faith Repentance holy life Q. How do men come to be living members of Christs body A. Onely by faith whereby we become in grafted into him GAL. 2.20 JOH 15.5 Q. Have we faith of our selves A. No it is the (a) EPH. 2.8 gift of God and wrought in us (b) JOH 6.44.45 by his Word and Spirit Q. What is faith A. It is that grace whereby we beleeve and trust in Christ for remission of sins and life everlasting according to the promise of the gospell JOH 3.16 ACT. 16.31 Q. Shall none then be saved but those that thus beleeve in Christ A. No whosoever beleeves not in the Son of God shall not see life but shall perish everlastingly JOH 3.18.36 Q. How may we know whether we have this true faith A. By our repentance and godly life ACT. 3.19 GAL. 5.6 Q. What is Repentance A. It is a seeing of our sins and sorrowing for them and turning from them to God ACT. 3.19 Q. Is this repentance necessary to salvation A. Yes for except men repent they shall surely perish Luke 13.3 Q. What is a godly life A. A life conscionably ordered according to the Word of God in holiness and righteousnesse PSAL. 119.9 LUKE 1.75 Q. Is a godly life also necessary to Salvation A. Yes for without holiness and righteousness no man shall see God HEB. 12.14 V. Of the Sacraments Q. You said a little before that faith is wrought in us by Gods Word and Spirit To what end then serve the Sacraments A. The Sacraments are seals of the Covenant of grace made in the blood of Christ namely that in him and by him we should be blessed ROM 4.11 GEN. 22.17 18. Q. How many Sacraments are there in the New Testament A. Two Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Q. What is the outward Element in Baptism A. Water wherein the party Baptised is dipped or sprinckled in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost MAT. 20.19 Q. What doth the washing of the water signifie A. The washing away of our sins in the blood of Christ ACT. 22.16 Q. What are the outward Elements in the Lords Supper A. Bread and wine Q. What do these signifie A. The body and blood of Christ crucified which the worthy receiver by faith doth partake of in this Sacrament 1 COR. 11.24 25. Q. Why did Christ Ordain this Sacrament A. One main end was for the remembrance of his death 1 COR. 11.24 25. that is that we might remember what he hath done for us and we again owe to him by way of thankfulness even all love and obedience unto the death 2 COR. 5.15 a second was that by feeding on Christs body and blood we might thereby be enabled to dye to sin and live to God ROM 6.11 Q. What is the danger of unworthy receiving A. 1. They are guilty of a hainous sin namely of prophaning the body and blood of Christ 2. They eate and drink judgement to themselves that is to say the cause of many judgements as not discerning the Lords body 1 COR. 11.27 and 29. Q. What is the way to come worthily A. To examine our selves before we come 1 COR. 11.28 VI. Of the Souls and bodies of men after death Q. What becomes of the souls of men after death A. The (a) PHIL. 1.23 souls of the faithfull immediately live with Christ in blessednesse and the (b) LUKE 16.23 souls of the wicked immediately go into hell torments Q. Whether shall mens bodies rise again A. Yes both of just and unjust at the day of judgement (a) 2 COR. 5.10 at which time all shall appear before the judgement seat of Christ to receive according to what they have done in the body whether it be good or evill (b) MAT. 25.16.34.41 and the righteous shall go into life eternall and the wicked into everlasting punishment Directions for the Examination of our selves before we come to the Lords Supper added by the Author Q. YOu said even now that we must examine our selves before we come to Gods table tell me how must we examine our selves A. The word examine in the Originall signifies to prove and try as the gold smith doth his gold which he doth we know two wayes 1. By his touchstone whether it be tiue or counterfei● 2. By the ballance whether it be weight or how much to ligh● So must we try our selves by the touchstone and ballance of Gods Word 1. Whether we be Christians (a) REV. 3.1 only in name (b) 2 COR 13.5 or in deed and it truth 2. If in truth then how we come short of what we should be More plainly we must examine our selves 1. concerning our graces and 2. concerning our sins Q. Of what graces must we examine our selves A. More especially of those which more immediatly concern our coming to Gods Table as 1 Of our knowledge which is the eye of the soul to discern what we eat 2 Of our faith which is as the hand of the soul to receive Christ and all his merits as the chief nourishment of our souls 3 Of our repentance which is as a sallet of sowre herbs to provoke our dul appetite to these heavenly dai●●ies 4 Of our love which is as the heat of the stomack to digest Christ and to convey him into all his members 5 Of our reverence and godly fear of that divine majesty before whom we come and of the heavenly instructions we come about 6 Of our thankfulnesse to the matter of the feast who hath made us thus a feast of the flesh and blood of his own and only son Q. Wherein consists this examination of our selves concerning these A. According to the scriptures manner of speaking which under words of knowledge comprehends affections and practise sutable it consists in three things 1 In an impartial search whether we have these graces of which is made up our wedding garment which is a vesture of gold wrought about with divers colours PSAL. 45.10 that is to say the garment of faith interwoven with divers other graces 1 PET. 1.7 COL 1.3.12 13 14. 2 If we find we have those graces then the second thing is to prepare our selves that is to say to stir them up and put them on as the b●●de her ornaments against our coming for it is not the bare having but the having on our wedding garment that makes us welcome guests MAT. 22.12 it is not the bare having of grace but the present exercise thereof that makes us worthy receivers The Corinthians had all graces 1 COR. 1.4 5 7. but (a) 1 COR. 11.28.21.29 because they came not in the exercise of them as of their love and godly fear they were judged of God as unworthy receivers as not discerning the Lords body we must therefore quicken and revive our graces before we come and so put on our wedding garment 3 If we fear we have not these graces then the third and last thing is to bewail our wants and to fly unto God and to beg them of him by hearty prayers JAMES 1.5 And finding our selves thus groaning under the sense of our wants and hungring and thirsting after Gods grace we may boldly come for Christ (c) MAT. 11.28 cals all such to come and promises (d) MAT. 5.6 they shal be filled Q. You said we must also examine our selves concerning our sins of what sins especially must we examine our selves A. 1. Of scandalous sins whereby we have not only offended God and wounded our own souls but also scandalized our brother that is to say grieved the stronger and occasioned the weaker to sin by our example 2. Of our wilful defects and decays in grace arising either from our neglect of the means or not using them so frequently and conscionably as we ought or not approving the occasions of grace and our former experience attained unto Q. Wherein consists this examination of our sins A. According to the former use of the Word it consists 1. In a careful and faithful searching out our sins with all their aggravations as with how high a hand we have offended against what light we have sinned what offence to God and man we have incurred and what wounds have followed on our own souls thereby 2. In a diligent enquiry how we stand affected to our sins As 1. Whether we judge our selves for them and grieve especially that we have offended God grieved his good spirit scandalized our brethren and wounded our own souls 2. Whether we earnestly desire to be freed not only from the punishment but also from the power of sin and to be reconciled unto God 3. Whether to this end we fly unto Christ that he may thus save us from our sins and make our peace with God 4. Whether we resolve fully with our selves to leave by Gods grace our sins for the time to come and to lead new lives and to this end to use all means appointed by God and to use them frequently and conscionably as we ought and to improve all holy opportunities And they again who find it thus with them they may come with comfort but as for those who are neither troubled with the want of Gods grace nor with the burden of their sins and coming to Gods Table have no sense of what they come about nor prepare their hearts to seek the Lord 2 CHRON. 30.18 19. such cannot be but unworthy receivers and so eat judgement to themselves as not discerning the Lords body FINIS