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A09219 Iosuahs godly resolution in conference with Caleb, touching houshold gouernement for well ordering a familie With a twofold catechisme for instruction of youth; the first short, for the weaker sort, set forth in sixe principall points; the latter large for other of greater growth, and followeth the order of the common authorized catechisme, and is an explanation thereof: both set forth for the benefit of his Christian friends and wel-willers. by Richard Bernard preacher of Gods word, at Woorksoppe in Nottingam-shire. Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.; Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. Large catechisme.; Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. Double catechisme. 1612 (1612) STC 1953; ESTC S113310 37,811 96

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desires onely The third part Q. You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you shold keep Gods cōmandements tel me how many there be A. Ten and are diuided into 2. Tables Q. What doth the first Table teach you A. The duty which I owe vnto God in holinesse whom I must loue with all my heart with all my mind and with all my soule and with all my strength set downe in the foure first commandements containing the matter manner end and time of Gods worship Q. What doth the second Table teach you A. The duty which I owe vnto my neighbour which is euery one in righteousnesse whom I must loue as my selfe set downe in the sixe last Commandements containing his dignitie life body goods credit and more spiritually all of them Q. Which be the Commaundements A. The same which God spake in the 20. of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage which is no commandement but the preface vnto them Q. What is the first commaundement A. Thou shalt haue none other Gods but me Q. What doth this commaundement teach you A. To make choice of one and the true God to be my God and not to take that for God which is not God by nature the occasion whereof was the lusting after strange gods Q. What are the things for bidden by this commaundement A. Ignorance of God the truth not to pray distrust of God impatiency to feare loue or ioy in the creature more then in the Creatour to deny God or his word power presence iustice or mercy openly or secretly in heart security without feare of God The contrarie is commanded Q. What is the second commandement A. Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image c. Q. What doth this commandement teach you A. I must neither worship false gods nor this true God with selfe worship but in spirit truth as his word onely teacheth The occasion of this commandement was a foolish desire of a carnall worship and a false conceipt to be able to prescribe a manner of worship to God of our selues Q. What things are hereby forbidden A. Idolatry picturing of God or Christ Papistry wil-worship good intents without warrant our owne fantasies mens traditions worship of images pilgrimages not to destroy errors heresies and monuments of idolatry The contrary is commaunded Q. What is the third commandement A. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine c. Q. What doth this cōmandement teach you A. Not to bereaue God of his honour that is due vnto him but in all things to giue him his due glory The occasion of this commandement was our readines to abuse God his name word and workes Q. What things are hereby forbidden A. To thinke or speake of God of his word or works lightly or contemptuously without reuerence to sweare by any thing but by God or by him without a calling in our ordinary talke where neither Gods glory our brothers saluatiō nor magistrate requireth it to sweare falsely So blasphemy witchcraft coniuring and cursing to deny the known truth to professe piety liue wickedly The cōtrary is commanded Q. What is the fourth commandement A. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day c. Q. What doth this cōmandement teach you A. That euery day in the weeke I prepare my selfe to keep the Lords day holy that when it comes it bee not prophaned nor the publike worship of God letted but furthered by me mine The occasion of this commandement was our aptnes to fal from God without daily meanes be vsed Q. What things are hereby forbidden A. To do vnnecessary labours without godlinesse and charity Faires iourneies or vaine sports eating and drinking that may hinder deuotion not to heare Gods word preached or to heare carelesly sleepily with wearinesse or without purpose to amend To omit meditation and conferēce For Ministers to omit ordinarily the preaching of the word to preach in a straunge language vain-gloriously falsely hypocritically flatteringly or by constraint without chearefulnes for any to absent themselues negligently or wilfully from the Sacrament the contrary is commanded Q. What is the fifth commandement A. Honor thy father thy mother c. Q. What doth this cōmandement teach you A. To preserue the dignity of euery one by all meanes that is any way to be preferred either by his place age or gifts that no waies I diminish the same The occasion of this commandement was our proud enuious nature that cānot abide to be vnder gouernmēt nor to giue men their due Q. What things are hereby forbidden A. Contempt of our betters vnreuerent behauiour towards them by word or deede to disobey their lawfull commandements counsels or aduice All treason and rebellion the contrary is commanded Q. What is the sixt commandement A. Thou shalt do no murther Q. What doth this cōmandement teach you A. I must neither hurt nor hinder either mine own life or my neighbors life but by al meanes preserue the same The occasion of this commaundement was our impatience and vncharitable desire of reuenge Q. What things are hereby forbidden A. Want of loue anger malice enuy grudging a frowning countenance desire of reuenge contention railing quarelling mocking offensiue ieasting oppressiō fighting murther bodily hurt to neglect to vse means of health or to hinder the same to bee contentious and not to seeke after peace The contrary is commanded Q. What is the seauenth commandement A. Thou shalt not commit adultery Q. What doth this cōmandement teach you A. I must not any way hurt or impaire the chastity of my neighbour but euery way seeke to preserue the same The occasion of this commandement was our lustfull and fleshly nature Q. What things are hereby forbidden A. Lustfull desires fornication adultery with all occasions hereunto idlenesse wanton attire a rolling eye corrupt and vnhonest talke wanton songs lasciuious pictures vnchaste plaies mixt dauncing of men and women vnseemely gestures and acts and companying with wantons The contrary is commanded Q. What is the eight commandement A. Thou shalt not steale Q. doth this commandement teach you A. That I must not any way hinder or diminish my neighbours goods but by all meanes preserue increase the same The occasion hereof was our couetous nature discontent euer with our present estate Q. What things are hereby forbidden A. Pilfering and robbery any way to take or keep that which is not ours vnlawfully all theft with al occasions thereunto Not to restore things found borrowed or left only to be kept in trust to giue what is not thine either whole or part Not to liue contentedly all couetous desires idlenesse out of calling or lithernesse in it The contrary is commanded Q. What is the ninth commandement A. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour Q. What doth this commandement teach you A.
holy practise to the praise of the God of Israel that we may be found the Israel of God in the last day Amen FINIS The Catechisme Question HOw many things are needfull for you to vnderstand that you may know both God and your selfe A. These sixe things I. rightly to conceiue of God what he is by his word and workes II. to vnderstand the creation III. mans miserie by the fall IV. our redemption V. our sanctification VI. the certaintie of our glorification Of God Q. Who made you A. God Esa 42. 5. Gen. 1. 26 27. Q. What a one is God A. God is a spirit Ioh. 4. 24. holy Exod. 15. 11. Iust 2. Chron. 12. 6. and mercifull Exod. 34. 6. Q. How many Gods are there A. But onely one God Deut. 6. 4. yet three persons Mat. 3. 16. 1. Ioh. 5. 7. Q. Which are the three Persons A. The Father begetting the Son begotten and the holy Ghost proceeding 2. Cor. 13. 13. Mat. 28. 19. and these three are God Ioh. 1. 1. 1. Ioh. 5. 7. Act. 5. 3. 4. Q. Which of these three became man A. The second Person Iesus Christ both God and man Esa 9. 6. Heb. 2. 17. Of our Creation Q. Of what did God make man A. His bodie was of dust the woman of Adams ribbe Gen. 2. 7. 22. Q. What a one did God make them A. He made them both good Gen. 1. 31. holy and righteous Gen. 1. 26. Eph. 4. 24. Colos 3. 10. Q. What was then mans estate and happinesse A. It was the state of innocencie without sinne or miserie and to God was he acceptable Gen. 1. 27. 31. 2. 25. 1. 28. Of mans fall and miserie Q. Are you now such a one by birth as he was by creation A. Alas no I am by nature full of sin Psal 51. 5. Iob 25. 4 5 6. Rom. 3. from vers 9. to 19. And so most miserable Iob 14. 1. 2. Rom. 5. 14. Eph. 2. 1 2 3. Rom. 3. 23. 2. 8. 9. And to God detestable Psalm 11. 5. Gal. 3. 10. Mat. 7. 23. 25. 41. Q. What is sinne A. The breaking of Gods commandements by thought word or deed 1. Iob. 3. 4. Q. How many commandements are there A. Tenne Deut. 10. 4. diuided into two Tables Deut. 4. 13. Q. Which be the Commaundements A. I am the Lord thy God c. Exod. 20. Deut. 5. 6. Q. Doe these tenne commaund or forbid no more but onely what there is set downe in shew A. Yes they command or forbidde all the kindes contained vnder the sameth●ng mentioned and all the causes with occasions thereunto 1. Ioh. 3. 15. Mat. 5. 28. 32. Q. Are they a prayer A. No nor so to bee vsed they are a rule for me to liue after and doe teach mee my duty to God and my neighbour Deut. 6. 31. 12. Psalm 119. 105. Eccles 12. 13. Mat. 22. 37. 39. Q. What is your duty towards God A. My duty towards God is to beleeue in him to feare him and to loue him c. 2. Chro. 20. 20. Eccl. 12. 13. Mat. 22. 27. Q. What is your duty toward your neighbour A. It is to loue my neighbour as my selfe c. Mat. 22. 39. Rom. 13 9. Q. Can you keepe the Commaundements and not offend God or your neighbour A. No I breake them euery day in thought word deed hating both God and my neighbour by nature Psal 14. 1 2 3. Rom. 8. 7. 1. 30. 2. Cor. 3. 5. Tit. 3. 3 Q. What is then now your estate and what deserue you by thus offending God A. I am in the state of corruption and doe deserue Gods curse which is eternall destruction of body and soule Deu. 27. 26. Mat. 25. 41. 46. Gal. 3. 10. Of mans redemption Q. What are you in this case to doe A. To cry vnto God for mercy seeke for deliuerance Luk. 15. 17. Ps 51. 1. 2. c. Q. Are you of your selfe able or is there any good in you to mooue God to set you free A. No indeed Rom. 3. 10. 7. 18. Luk. 17. 10. 2. Cor. 4. 4. Ephe. 2. 8 9. Q. Then who doth redeeme you A. Onely Iesus Christ Rom. 7. 25. 2. Cor. 5. 21. Rom. 5. 19. Gal. 2. 20. 3. 13. Q. What is Iesus Christ A. He is the eternal Sonne of God Mat. 17. 5. Heb. 1. 23 a King to gouerne vs Psa 2. 6. Mat. 28. 18. a Priest to offer for vs Ps 110. 4. a Prophet to teach vs Deut. 18. 18. Esa 51. 1. Mat. 17. 5. Q. What beleeue you concerning him in the Articles of the Creede A. I doe beleeue that he was conceiued by the holy Ghost c. Q. What is this to you A. I do perswade my selfe hereby that his puritie is for my corruption his obedience for my transgression his death for my debt and his ascension for my eternall saluation 1. Cor. 1. 30. Phil. 3. 20. Q. But as God made all will so Iesus Christ also saue all A. No verily many shall bee damned few shall be saued Mat. 7. 13. 14. Onely the elect which take hold of Christ by a liuely faith Ioh. 3. 16. 36. Mar. 16. 16. Q. What is this liuely faith A. It is a true perswasion of my heart grounded vpon Gods promises Eph. 3. 17 Rom. 4. 21. that Iesus Christ is giuen to me Ioh. 3. 16. and the merits of his death and passion are as truly mine as if I my self had wrought them 2. Cor. 5. 21. Rom. 8. 1. Q. How come you by this faith A. From my effectuall calling by the word preached the worke of Gods spirit Act. 13. 48. Rom. 10. 14 15. Eph. 1. 13. Q. Where is set downe the summe of your beleefe A. In my Creed I beleeue in God the Father almightie c. Q. Are these a prayer or so to be vsed A. No it teacheth me what to beleeue concerning God and his Church Q. What good hath Gods Church the true beleeuers aboue the rest of mankinde A. They are in the state of grace they haue communion with Christ one with another the forgiuenes of sinnes the glorious resurrection of the body and life euerlasting Of Sanctification Q. How may it appeare that you haue this faith and also these benefits A. By my sanctification Q. Who doth sanctifie you A. The holy Ghost Rom. 15. 16. Q And what is sanctification A. It is a making new of the whole man whereby he daily dieth to sin and increaseth in holinesse and righteousnesse Eph. 4. 23. 24 Gal. 5. 24. 1. Thess 4. 1. Q. What grace proceeds from this sanctification A. True repentance leauing that which is ill with hatred and performing new obedience with gladnesse of heart continually Ier. 31. 19. Act. 26. 20. Psal 119. 10. 14. 34. 35. 44. 113. 115. 136. Q. What estate stand you in beeing sanctified and penitent A. I am in the blessed estate of grace wherein if I continue I shal inherit eternall life Tit.
How can our soules be sinfull that come not by propagation but by inspiration A. 1. For that his soule was deputy for all soules of men naturally begotten 2. Because man sinned and man is not man before body and soule bee knit togither which being conioyned become togither as man partaker of mans fall and corruption Q. Doth any thing of that Image of God remaine yet in vs A. Yes 1. In the minde a certaine generall corrupt knowledge of nature concerning good and euill to make vs inexcusable before God 2. In the conscience a power to reprooue and represse in part vnbridled affections 3. In will though a free yet a weake choice in euery naturall and ciuill action Q. What euils doe we receiue by this fall A. 1. In the mind ignorance of heauenly things vnaptnesse to learne them or to iudge of them aright but apt to learn euill and to inuent the same 2. In conscience impurenesse to excuse sinne not to accuse beeing dead or benummed and to accuse for well or ill doing 3. In will want of power to will any true good but to resist it and only to will that which is euill 4. In affection to hate good and runne after ill 5. In body fitnesse to begin sinne by receiuing outward obiects and occasions thereof by the senses and also to execute the same when the heart hath conceiued it in word and deed and this is called originall sinne which is in euery man Q. Doe all men continue in this sinfull and cursed estate for euer A. No but onely the reprobate whom God hath not decreed to saue to manifest his iustice for the elect beeing predestinate to eternall life are in this world in their appointed time called effectually through Gods word and his spirit iustified and sanctified and so shall continue in this estate of grace to bee glorified for that God will also shew his mercy and all for his owne glory Q. Are none of the reprobate euer in the estate of grace and Gods fauour A. No verily though many of them indued with the common gifts of the Spirit may in outward appearance for a time seeme to be of the elect in the iudgement of the Church Q. Can any of the elect then be euer before God in the state of damnation A. No indeed albeit both before their conuersion and also after they bee called they falling by infirmity and lying a time in their sinne may appeare in shew to the Church to be none of the elect yet can they not fall away wholly or finally Q. May not men then liue as they list sithence he beeing a reprobate cannot be saued or an elect cannot be damned A. Not so for that one elect cannot but vse the means which are ordained for him to walke to make his election sure to himself which who so doth not cānot be saued Q. What beleeue you concerning God the Sonne A. That he is God the second person in the Trinity Christ Iesus the only naturall Son begotten of the Father our Lord made man conceiued sanctified by the holy Ghost ioyning two natures into one person borne according to the promise of the virgin Mary who perfectly fulfilled the law humbled suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified bearing vpon him Gods curse and hellish torments who died and was buried and being a while held captiue of death in the graue hee was exalted and victoriously rose againe the third day and is ascended vp into heauen and there he sits on the right hand of God his Father hauing all power in heauen and earth to rule and gouerne his Church where his manhood doth and shall at all times remaine though in his godhead he be present with me euer vntil he shal come from thence to iudge vs all here on earth both quicke and dead at the last day which day cannot be now farre of Q. Why should he neede to be both God and man A. That he might be the only Mediatour betwixt God and man to satisfie for sinne which neither the manhood by deseruing nor godhead by dying alone could doe Q. Why is he called Christ A. To declare that he was the promised Messias and to signifie his offices that he was annointed not with material oyle but with the gift of the spirit without measure to be our King Priest and Prophet from which name we are called Christians and are by him Kings Priests and Prophets Q. How is Christ a King A. I. He is King not onely as God but because he is the head gouerning the Church without any general Vicar vnder him by his word and spirit immediately making lawes and ordaining Ministers to the gathering together and preseruation thereof II. By destroying Sathan his angels vnbeleeuers idolaters heretikes antichrist and the whole kingdome of darkenesse Q. How is Christ a Priest A. I. By satisfying for all the sinnes of the elect by his passion and fulfilling of the law II. For that he maketh prayer continually to God for them Q. How is Christ a Prophet A. By immediatly reuealing from his father his word and meanes of saluation contained in the same Q. Why is he called Iesus A. To signifie that he is a Sauiour to euery true beleeuer neither is there any other meanes of our selues or by any other either in part or whole to obtaine saluation but onely by him alone Q. Why is he called Lord A. Because we owe all homage and duty in loue to him for our redemption Q. What beleeue you concerning the holy Ghost A. That he is God the third person in the Trinity proceeding frō the Father the Son who spake by the Prophets dwelling in the faithfull sanctifying them in part in this life working by the word and holy motions an vtter loathing of sinne and a heartie loue of righteousnesse leading them into all truth perswading them of Gods fauour teaching them in prayer bearing them vp in temptation quickening renewing and increasing his gifts in them that they may know beleeue loue and doe that which is good which he will perfect fully in the life to come Q. Why did this God thus make redeeme sanctifie and hitherto preserue you A. That I might praise his name in liuing godly righteously and soberly according to all his commandements in my calling in all things whatsoeuer my estate be in this present world Q. What doe you beleeue concerning the Church A. That it is but one mystical body whether militant or triumphant visible or inuisible in heauē or in earth being a cōpany of the Lords elect holy by Christ Catholike gathered of the dispersed abroad hauing speciall prerogatiues aboue the rest of mankind cōmunion with Christ one with another by the bond of the spirit the forgiuenes of al sins the ioyful resurrectiō of the body life euerlasting wherof I beleeue my selfe to be one therefore that the same things belong also vnto me Q. What are the markes of the true Church here on earth A.