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B07429	A candle lighted at the lampe of sacred scriptures. Or, A catechisme conteining all truths fundamentall, and none but fundamentalls. By Richard Bifield, minister of Gods word, and pastor in Long Dutton..	Byfield, Richard, 1598?-1664.	1627 (1627)	STC 4237.5; ESTC S91269	24,615	54

communion and fellowship of all the Saints who are copartners 1 Cor. 12. 14. 25. 26. 27. in all good things Q. What speciall benefit is purchased by Christ and conferred on his Church in this life A. Forgiuenes of sinnes Ephe. 1. 7. Q. But the Church is holy A. True but by vertue of forgiunesse of sinnes for seeing in this life none is without sinne therefore the Psal 32. 1. Church cannot consist here without forgiuenes every day Q. Must every member of the Church know that he is a sinner A. Every one must feelingly know what neede he hath of forgiuenes in 1 Iohn 1. 8 10. Psal 32. 3. 4. 5. Psal 18. 23. respect both of his corruption of nature transgressions of heart and life and the personall sinnes to which he is more inclined Q. What is this forgiuenes A. It is when the Lord esteemeth Psal 32. 1 Mic. 7. 18. 19. our sinnes as if they had never beene comitted so that he will neither punish vs for them in this world nor the world to come Q. May these that haue their sinnes forgiuen liue as they list A. No indeed forgiuenes is granted Luke 13. 3 only to them that truely repent bring forth fruits worthy amendment of life Q. What is in man to moue God to forgiue A. It is only Gods free grace and Rom. 3. 24. nothing in man Q. Can this stand with his iustice to account a sinner righteous he being yet a sinner A. Christs righteousnes is given of 1 Cor. 1. 30 2 Cor. 5. 21. God to be ours and our sinnes are forgiven through the death and bloud shedding of Christ wherby the iustice of God is fully satisfied Q. How are we made partakers of this righteousnes of Christ A. By faith only Rom. 3. 25 28. Q. Doth not God iustifie vs for our works A. By the works of the Law no flesh can be iustified in the sight of God Rom. 3. 20. Q. What is the fruite of this iustification by faith A. Being iustified by faith we haue Rom. 5. 1. peace with God Q Who are appoynted of God to dispense this grace A. The Ministers of the gospell so that whose sinnes soever they remitt Ioh. 20. 23. Mat. 16. 18. according to this word they are remitted and whose sinnes they retaine according to the same gospell they are retayned Q. What benefite do we beleeue we shall receiue from Christ in another world A. The resurrection of our bodies now layd in the dust in which resurrection Iob. 19. 25 26 2● Act. 24. 15. Ioh. 5. 28 29. both iust vniust shall be raised those that haue done evill to the Resurrection of condemnation and those that haue done well to the Resurrection of life Q. Is life eternall the wages of righteousnes as death is the wages of sinne A. Noe it is the end of an holy life but altogether the guift of God Rom. 6. 22. 23. through Iesus Christ our Lord. Q. How hath God confirmed to vs this mercy and redemption wrought by Iesus Christ for the strengthning of our faith A. By word by oath and by his Heb. 6. 17 18. seales Q. What are those Seales A. His two Sacraments Baptisme and the Lords supper Q. What is a Sacrament A. A signe giuen of God to bee a Rom. 4. 11. Seale of rhe righteousnesse of faith Q. What is this righteousnesse of faith A. The righteousnesse of Iesus Christ brought in by his obedience to the death which is made ours by faith onely Q. How are the Sacraments to be vsed by vs. A. As bonds and vowes and solemne professions of our desires and Rom. 6. 3. indeauors after the beginning and finishing of our faith and repentance Q. What is the outward signe in Baptisme A. The ministers washing or sprinkling Mat. 28. 19. the beleeuer with wa●er in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost Q. What is signifyed and sealed hereby to the beleeuing penitent A. The washing of the new birth Tit 3. 5. Heb. 9. 13. 1 Pet. 1. 2. by the spirit of Christ and the purging of the conscience from dead workes by the sprinkling of Christs blood thereupon by the same spirit of faith Q. What else doth baptisme assure vs of A. Of our adoption our ingrafting Gal. 3. 27. Col. 2. 11. 12. Rom. 6. 5. Math. 3. 7. 1 Pet. 3. 17 18. Gal. 3 27. 1 Cor. 12. 13. 15. 29. Rom. 6. 8. into Christ our deliuer●nce from Gods wrath the forgiuenesse of our sins the communion with the saints and the resurrection of our bodies to life eternall Q. What is the outward signe in the Lordes supper A. Bread and wine blessed broken Mat. 26. 26 27. powred out and giuen by the minister and receiued eaten and drunke by the faithfull Q. What is signifyed sealed hereby A. The body and blood of Christ crucifyed and shed on the Crosse for 1. Cor. 11. 24 25. the remission of our sinnes which is offered by Christ in the word of promise and verely and indeed receiued by the beleeuer in this sacrament Q. Is it enough to receiue the bread and wine A. No for we may eate and drinke 1. Cor. 11. 27. 29. our owne damnation if wee discerne not the Lords body Q. What is then to be done before we come A. We must examine our selues and iudge our selues for our sins and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 11. 28. 31. 1. Cor. 5. 7. must purge out the old leauen of hypocrisy false doctrine malice and wickednesse Q. And what are you to do in receiuing A. To keepe a solemne rememberance of Christs death for my sinnes and to eate this Lambe with the sower 1 Cor. 11. 25. 26. Exod 12. 8. hearbs of godly sorrow Q. How ought you to bee affected towards the godly A. With the affections of brotherly loue as being one bread and one body cleauing to their fellowship and forsaking all idolatrous and wicked societie 1 Cor. 10. 16. 17. 21. Psal 26. 4. 5 6. Q. What is to be done after you haue receiued A. To liue all our dayes in holy ioy keeping the feast in vnleauened bread of sincerity and truth and neuer to entertaine the leauen of our former 1. Cor. 5. ● sinnes Q. How must our thirst after this Sacrament bee raised in vs A. By weighing the multitude of our sinnes and the necessity of being 1 Tim. 1. 15. Ioh 6. 53. made partakers of Christs death that they might be forgiuen vs together with the force of this ordinance to make vs partakers thereof Q. What is the force of it A. In the right vse of it it is the communion of Christs body blood 1 Cor. 10. 16. Mat. 26. 26. 28. it is his body and blood crucified on the Crosse for vs. Q. What els might excite this thirstin vs A. The command of Christ who saith

A CANDLE LIGHTED AT THE LAMPE OF SACRED SCRIPTVRES Or A Catechisme conteining all truths fundamentall and none but fundamentalls By Richard Bifield Minister of Gods word and Pastor in Long Ditton 2 Tim 3. 15. From a Ch●ld thou hast knowen the Holy Scripture● which a●e able to m●k● th●e w●se to salua●io● 〈…〉 is i● Christ Iesus 〈◊〉 no● Argumen●o Ambrose de Spir●●u sancto l. 3. c. 11. I leaue to the simplicity of Scripture not the sub●●●●y of argument Imprinted at LONDON 1627. A Precept to Parents These words which I commande thee this day shall be in thine heart and thou shalt teach them diligently vnto thy childrē and shalt talke of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and whē thou lyest downe and when thou risest vp Deut. 6. 6. 7. To children and seruants Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and bee readie alwayes to giue an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekne●●e and feare 1 peter 3. 15. TO THE CHILDREN AND youth of Long-Ditton Kingston vpon Thames and East Molsey Grace be vnto you and peace from him which was and which is which is to come LIttle children and youth I am debter to you als● and am taught by Iohn 1 Ioh 2 12 13. the Disciple whom our Saviour loved to pay this debt by writing I Dedicate therefore this little booke to you ioyntly where in you my little babes may see the mercies of God in forgiuing your sinnes for Christs name sake and may learne euen in the milke to know and knowing to call God Father Wherein likewise you young men may as out of the Lords armory haue weapons ready fitted to your hand vse wherewith ye shall overcome that wicked one And if ye receiue by faith this doctrine and let it abide in you to loue it to obey it you shall encrease your strength and the better with stand future assaults in all of them being more then Conquerours For in the first part yee haue orderly framed in words of Stripture the whole body of divinitie which we are to beleeue concern●g the Gospell of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ after a familiar way of Cat●chising no one matter of opinion mixed therewith but onely fundamentall truthes layd downe so that all Heresies-now being or formerly rooted or that may hereafter spring vp as tares amongst the wheate are cut off not by humaine wi●t and Schoole distincti●ns but by divine word holy writ here you haue much yea all in a little yet without obscurity Here ye have that faith which ever was held professed vniversally in the Church as will be manifest to the iudicious that are acquaint●d with Scripture with Councels with the authen●iq●e Creeds with the publike confessions of christian m●n Churches The truth I dare boldly ●ay the enemies themselues being iudges In a word yee haue here the heads of Doctrine which in euery particular in the audience of the Congregation of Kingston vpon Thames was with feare and trembling being part of full three years laboures their discoursed off at larg● shewing in all and every point the Harmony of both Testaments the vntiyng of difficulties and knots in them by way of explication the wiles of Satha● and the flesh begui●ing vs of the fruite of such knowledge and beleife in deeds while our mouthes professed the same in words the conclusions profitable and famous which depend upon such prime truthes And lastly the Instr●ctions consolations and reproofes which these doctrines afford us for the reformation of heart and life In the second part I present you with the rules of holy life whereby you are taught as the truth is in Iesus to put off concerning the the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitfull lusts and being renewed in the spirit of your minde to put on the new man which after God is created in righteovsnes and true holinesse Here I haue diuided the precepts of the Gospell from those of the Law to avoyd confusion that they are distinct is a thing not hitherto heeded yet as to them will appeare that consider it without preiudice most certaine The words of Christ haue as much force to bind as the words of the Decalogue or ten commandements Likewise the voyce of Repentance is no voyce of the Law and so of the rest That I haue cast them into ten is not out of any superstition of the number nor any conceit of mine that there are iust ten but onely to help memory they also fitly arising to that number and ●or ought I see the whole comprehended I haue in the margent set two different marks upon certaine answers or phrases in those answers by which I would haue you to take notice of your estate before God If those or any one of those graces or priviledges bee manifest vpon your hearts wrought by the word which are signed with this signe * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being that Angelicall mark Ezek. 9. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they proue you actually the children of God If the sinnes or kind of offending be yet found in you which is marked with that marke * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the first letter in the word Letzim P●●l 1. 1. signifying scorners 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you are unregenerated and wicked sinners and remaine s●ch till you wash them away by true repentance and Faith in the Lord Iesus Take these digest them thoroughly yea eate them up as reached forth to you from God tho●gh by the unworthy hands of a meane Labourer in Gods V●nyard whose pray●r is that you may increase in wisdome and stature and in favour with God and man Richard Bifield A CANDLE LIGHTed at the Lampe of Sacred Scriptures The first part conteining the grounds of Faith WHere may wee learne that knowledge which will make a man wise to his salvation Answer In the holy scripture 2. Tim. 3. 15 16. 17. Iohn 5. 37. Quest How was all Scripture of the old and new Testament given A. By inspiration of God for the 2 tim 3. 16 2 Pet. 1 20 21. holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost Q. Hath God revealed all things therein necessary to salvation A. Yes no man may adde thereto Deut. 12 32. Prou. 30. 6. or take there from Q. May a simple man learne so much by them Psal 119 130. 2. Cor. 4. 4. A. The entrance into Gods word giueth light it giueth vnderstanding vnto the simple Q. Seeing they are so plaine in all necessary truthes tell me what they teach you concerning God A. That there is but one God an Idol is nothing in the world 1 Cor. 8. 4. Q. What else A. That their are three that beare record in heaven the Father the word 1 Ioh. 5. 7. and the Holy Ghost and these three are one Q What is this