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B01079
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A briefe instruction, collected for the exercise of youth, and simple sort of people. / By Thomas Cobhead preacher..
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Cobhead, Thomas.
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1579
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STC 5455; ESTC S96008
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⧠A BRIEFE Instruction Collected for the exercise of youth and sim ple sort of people ⧠By Thomas Cobhead Preacher Imprinted at London by Thomas Newton A briefe Instruction collected for the exercise of youth and simple sort of people Demaund HOw wast thou created Aunswer By the hande of God. Demaund â—herof wast thou created Aunswer Of the dust of the grounde Demaund What doest thou learne therby Aunswer That I should not waxe proude of the Image of God but that all vaine glory shoulde be cut away in mee c. For so much as I shall returne to the earth againe Demaund What is God Aunswer He is almightye creator of all things incomprehensible inuisible eternall preseruer and gouernour of heauen and earth c. Demaund Shewe wytnesse of the vnitie of God Aunswer Heare Israell thy Lorde God is one Lorde and againe I am the Lorde first and the last besyde mee there is no God. Demaund Howe many persons of the Godhead be there Aunswer There is only one godly substaÌ„ce but it is attributed vnto three persons that is to saye the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost which be of one substaunce lyke vnmeasurable and like euerlasting Demaund Howe prouest thou that there beâ— three persons Aunswer Christe commaunded all people to bee Baptised in the name of the Father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost Demaund What is the Father Aunswer He is the fyrst person of the godhead euerlasting vnmeasurable vnbegotten and hauing his being of no man. Demaund Who is the Sonne Aunswer He is the seconde person in godhead begotten of his father before the worlde Demaund What is the holy Ghost Aunswer He is the thyrde person in godhead lyke euerlasting and lyke in substaunce vnto the Father and the Sonne proceeding from them both Demaund Why dyd God create thee Anuswer To serue him Demaund What seruice requireth he of thee Aunswer To serue him in spirite trueth Demaund In howe many partes maye the seruice of God be deuided Aunswer Into sowre partes Demaund Which be they Aunswer Obedience to the worde of God to heare it and to keepe it The seconde part is prayer by the which we worshippe God and call vpon him for all things The thirde is the Sacrifyce of praise from a faithfull hart for the Lord requyreth nothing of vs for all his benefytes bestowed vppon vs but to be thankful calling vpon his name and obey his worde The fowrth parte of the seruice of God is the humble submission of the spyrite with saythfull reuerence and feare for there is neither true obedience true inuocation nor yet true Sacrifice of prayse where the submission of the spirite is wanting Demaund What are the Lawes of God Aunswer GOD spake all these words and sayde I am the Lorde thy God which haue brought thee out of the Land of Egipt out out of the house of bondage 1 Thou shalt haue none other Gods but mee Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image nor the lykenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath nor in the water vnder the earth thou shalt not bow downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a gelious God and visit the sinnes of the Fathers vpon the chyldren vnto the thyrde fourth generation of them that hate mee And shew mercie vnto thousands in them that loue mee and keepe my commaundements 3 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vaine For the Lord wyll not holde him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine 4 Remember thou keepe holy the Sabboth day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doo all that thou hast to doo But the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doo no manner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy Daughter thy man seruaunt and thy mayde seruaunt thy Cattell and the Straunger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth daye and hallowed it 5 Honour thy Father and Mother that thy dayes maye be long in the Lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee 6 Thou shalt do no murther 7 Thou shalt not committe adultrie 8 Thou shalt not steale 9 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neyghbour 10 Thou shalte not desyre thy neyghbours house thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours wyfe nor 〈◊〉 seruaunt nor his mayde nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is thy neyghbours Demaund Arte thou bounde to obserue these preceptes in thought worde and deede Aunswer Yea and if I breake but one of them in thought worde or deede once onely in all my lyfe I shall be guilty of eternall death Demaund Doest thou keepe them Aunswer No nor no man verely Demaund Then thou grauntest thy selfe all men worthy of Gods displeasure and eternall dampnation Aunswer Yea verely I feele Gods wrath and dampnation to be my reward Demaund Howe shalte thou escape Gods wrath and this dampnation Aunswer Onely by Iesus Christe Demaund Howe shall he saue thee Aunswer Because he being God and maÌ„ hath suffered all the punishment due for my sinnes and hath fulfylled the lawe Demaund Arte thou so freelye redeemed by Christe that thou needest do Sacrifysing Priest or ony other merite or meanes to helpe thee to saluation Aunswer Yea verelie for Christe was delyuered for my synne and rose againe for my iustificacion and hath freely payde my raunsome to his Father Demaund Shall all men be saued by Christe Aunswer No none but such as beleeue effectuallie in him and lyue therafter Demaund Who beleeueth thus in him Aunswer They onely that assure then selues that all his sufferinges was for them and so trauell mortifycation of the flesh Demaund Who worketh in thee this beleefe and this mortifycation Aunswer The holy ghost doth work it me by hearing the worde preached Demaund Maye euery one that beleeueth effectually and trauell to mortifie the fleshe by the helpe of the spyrite assure them selues of saluation Aunswer Yea verelie for Saint Paule sayth there is no dampnation to them that are in Christe Iesus Which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite Demaund Maye euerie man that trauell not mortifycation of the fleshe but lyueth in fylthy sinne assure him selfe of saluation Aunswer No not so For he is the enimie of Christe and doth crucifie the sonne of god c. Demaund That we maye the better vnderstande that thou art the chylde of God thorowe fayth in Iesus Christe declare the effect of thy beleefe Aunswer I beleeue in God the father almightie maker of heauen earth And in Iesus Christe his onely Sonne our Lord which was conceyued by the holy ghoste borne of the virgin Marie
He suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucifyed dead and buried hee descended into hell and the thirde day he rose againe from death He ascended into Heauen and sytteth on the ryght hande of God the Father almightie From thence shall he come to iudge bothe the quicke and the dead I beleeue in the holy Ghost The holy Catholike Church The Communion of Saints The forgeuenesse of sinnes The resurrection of the body And the lyfe euerlasting So be it Demaund Is thy fayth perfect assone as thou beleeuest Aunswer Not so but increaseth by hearing the word of God vsing praiers and Sacraments Demaund Thou sayest prayers is a helpe to increase thy fayth Aunswer Yea for it assures me that I shal haue all thinges that I aske for in Christes name agreeing to his wyll Demaund What thinges mayst thou pray for agrreeing to the wyll of God Aunswer For ioye and for the increase of loue betweene all degrees for heauenly wisedome for the holye ghoste To be delyuered from euyll in the tyme of temptation For to obtayne mercie of our heauenlye Father Demaund Is God content and pleased with euerie mans prayer Aunswer No for if we praye to him not agreeing to his wyll hee wyll â—oâ— heare vs. Demaund What thinges are not agreeing to his wyll that we maye not praye for Aunswer To praye to them that bee dead for any thing as to the virgin Marie or any other for any thing is not agreeing to his wyll For wee haue but onely one mediatour to praye for vs and that is Christ Demaund Doth them that bee deafe heare when they be prayed vnto Aunswer No for the Prophet Esay sayeth vnto the Lorde thou art our Father for Abraham knoweth vs not neyther is Israell acquainted with vs. Demaund Maye wee praye for them that be dead Aunswer No for it is not agreeing to the wil of god For Saint Iohn sayth there is a sinne vnto death I saye not that thou shouldest praye for it Demaund What sayest thou of them that liue in fylthie sinnes are their prayers heard Aunswer No for disobedience and wicked sinnes is the cause that God wyll not heare our prayers Demaund What is prayer Aunswer It is a peticion made vnto God for thinges that we haue neede of with the affection of the harte Demaund Howe many kynde of prayers be there Aunswer Two Inuocation and prayer Demaund What is Inuocation Aunswer It is wherby God is called vpon in any thing Demaund Howe many thinges be requyred in prayer Aunswer Fowre The commaundement of god The promise Fayth and the thinges desired Demaund What is the fyrst Aunswer The commaundement of GOD which commaundeth vs to pray and call vpon him and as it is sinne to sweare so it is synne not to praye Demaund What is the seconde Aunswer The promise of God which certifyeth vs that our prayers are heard in Christes name For Christe sayth whatsoeuer ye shal aske the Father in my name he wyll geue it you Demaund What is the thirde Aunswer Faith for we must beleeue that our sinnes are forgeuen vs when we pray with pensiue harts For Christe sayth what thing so euer when ye praye beleeue that ye receyue them and ye shal haue them Demaund What is the fowrth Aunswer The thing that is asked Demaund What things must we aske Aunswer For heauenly wisedome from aboue and we shall haue it In the tyme of trouble seeke for helpe from aboue and it shall be delyuered If any man be werie of the burden of sinne let him aske for mercie and he shall haue it Doth any man lacke loue from a pure hart toward God and man let him praye for it and God wyll geue it him Or whatsoeuer we haue neede of as we are taught in the Lordes prayer Demaund What is the Lordes prayer Aunswer It is a briefe forme of praying which Christ taught his disciples and all faithfull men saying When ye praye say thus OVr father which art in heauen Halowed be thy name Thy kingdome come Thy wyll be done in earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this day our dayly bread And forgeue vs our trespasses as we forgeue theÌ„ that trespasse against vs And leade vs not into temptation But delyuer vs from euyll For thine is the kingdome the power glorie nowe and for euer Amen Demaund How many Sacraments be there Aunswer Two the Lordes Supper and Baptisme Demaund What is a Sacrameâ—â— â–ª Aunswer It is a holy signe instituted of God to confyrme my fayth and to seale in my harte the promises of Gods mercie towardes mee for the forgeuenesse of my sinnes and saluation in Christe Demaund Wâ—â—â— are Sacramentes in geneâ—â—â—â— â–ª Aunswer They are visible signes whiche sygnifie vnto vs both grace and coniunction with Christe and seale vnto vs the promises of saluation for God delyuered vnto vs sacramentes as seales of his promises and when we haue receyued them they beare wytnesse that we belong vnto Christe Demaund Who gaue the sacraments Aunswer The author and geuer of the sacramentes is God the Father and his sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde Demaund Are there seuen sacramentes as the Bishop of Rome affyrmeth Aunswer No but two as we haue sayde before for the other sacramentes can be no sacraments because they want the manifest woordes of promise which shoulde by a visyble sygne be sealed and because there is no commaundement geuen of God wherby we are bounde to obserue them as sacraments Demaund What do you come to receyue Aunswer The holy sacrament of the body and blood of Christe Demaund Why doest thou come to receyue it Aunswer Because God hath commaunded mee saying doo this in remembrance of mee Demaund Of howe many partes consisteth a sacrament Aunswer Of two partes The outwarde Element being a visible signe and the inuisible grace Demaund What is the outwarde signe Aunswer Bread and Wine which the Lorde hath commaunded to be receyued Demaund What is the heauenly part Aunswer It is the body and blood of Christ which was broken for mee and shedde for mee which is eaten and dronken of the faythfull spirituallie Demaund Is the Breade and Wine chaunged into the bodye and blood of Christe Aunswer No for then the nature of the Sacrament were destroyed For God ordayned it to be receyued in the remembraunce of his death The breade sacramentally is the Lordes body and so lykewise the cuppe The cuppe naturallie is a cuppe of wine but sacramentally it is the cuppe of the Lordes blood newe Testament Christe called it his blood not that his blood shoulde be really in it but that it should be the Sacrament of his blood Demaund Was this Supper ordayned of Christe to be offered as a Sacrifice to God the Father for remission of sinnes Aunswer No truly for when Christe dyed vpon the Crosse he once fullye made that onely euerlasting