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A light vnto the vnlearned: or, The principles of the doctrine of Christ Set downe most briefely, for the use of yong and ignorant persons. To be learned and remembred, at all times: but specially, when they would come to the holy communion. Divided into eight sections.
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Inman, Francis, d. 1638.
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A LIGHT VNTO THE VNLEARNED OR THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST Set downe most briefely for the use of yong and ignorant Persons To be learned and remembred at all times but specially when they would come to the holy Communion Divided into eight Sections LONDON Printed by Iohn Legatt for George Lathum and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yard at the Signe of the Brasen Serpent 1622. TO THE CHRISTIAN READER I Propound Christian Reader in this most briefe Treatise the principall Grounds of our Religion in the most compendious manner The cause of my brevitie is this There be many poore servants and laborers many that are of trades and manuall Sciences many aged Persons of weake and decaied memories Of these some never learned so much as to reade some very little and the most of them haue or will have small leisure to learne long discourses the world or other vanities taking up their thoughts and cares Yet all these haue immortall soules to remaine after a few daies in eternall ioyes or in endlesse paines Of these care must be had and the rather because many of them haue little care of themselues To these the longest tractates being displeasing I direct the shortest For better a little well learned then a great deale not learned at all In which I comprehend much matter in few words and draw together into the narrowest space those things which I iudged most needfull for them to know unto salvation I haue confirmed the same in the margent with proofes of Scripture selected out of many which might be produced and for their greater ease and benefit I haue expressed the words themselues and where neede is as the streightnesse of roome would permit explaned them that they may see herein not man teaching them but God Jf they would take a little paines to learne these few points without booke they might haue matter of good meditation when they are about their workes and travailing in worldly affaires and so their earthly dealings should be more blessed Also they may receiue greater profite by the Scriptures they reade and Sermons they heare when they know to what head or ground of Doctrine to referre that which is delivered And may by this meanes come better prepared to the Lords Table Wherefore I earnestly exhort them as from my heart desiring their salvation to reteine the grounds of heavenly Doctrine in perfect memorie to labour to haue their hearts affected therewith and to manifest there knowledge by an holy conversation That living vertuously they may die comfortably and after this short and uncertaine life is ended come to blessed immortalitie Fran Inman THE PRINCIPLES of the DOCTRINE of CHRIST set downe most briefely Sect. 1. GOD is a 1 Ioh. 4.24 God is a Spirit Spiritual * This word essence signifieth a being God is the first and chiefest being He saith Exod. 3.14 I am implying his selfe-being And he giueth beeing to all other things Essence 2 Psal 90. verse 2. From everlasting to everlasting thou art God Ier. 23.24 I fill heauen and earth infinite and 3 Gen. 17.1 I am the Almightie God Almightie 4 Psal 147.5 His understanding is infinite most Wise and 5 Isa 6.3 Holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts most Holy 6 2. Cor. 1.3 The Father of mercies most Mercifull and 7 Psal 11.7 The just Lord loveth justice most Iust The Godhead is distinguished into 1 1. Ioh. 5.7 There are three that beare record in heauen the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one three divine Persons the Father who is of himselfe the Sonne who is of the Father the holy Ghost who is of them both All these three are one and the same God Sect. 2. This God the Father the Son the holy Ghost 2 Nehem. 9.6 Thou hast made heauen the heauen of heauens with all their hoste the earth and all things that are therein the seas and all that is therein and thou preservest them all created all things things invisible as Angels and visible as Men and other creatures And he gouerneth them all Sect. 3. God created our first parents in 3 Gen. 1.27 God created man in his owne image Man resembled his Creator in excellent gifts in soule in body in both blessed estate Hee adorned their soules with wise-dome and righteousnesse their bodies with beautie and glorie and both with immortalitie and dominion over other creatures But by the 4 Gen. 3.4 5. The serpent said unto the woman yee shall not surely die Yee shall be as Gods inticement of the Divell they 1 Gen. 3. â— When the woman saw that the tree was to bee desired to make one wise to wit in her seduced iudgement shee tooke of the fruite thereof and did eate and gaue also unto her husband fell willingly from God and 2 Rom. 5.19 By the disobedience of one man many were made sinners This man was Adam our first parent his fosleritie who are many which issue by generation from him are made sinners by imputation of his sinne wee their posterity fel with them Hereby our whole nature is corrupted and inclined to all evil Whereupon wee are 3 Deut. 27.26 and Gal. 3.10 Cursed is every one that continueth not in al things which are written in the booke of the law to doe them The curse of God containeth all troubles of this life and torment of the text subject to eternall miserie beginning in this life in manifold calamities and continuing after this life in unquenchable fire Sect. 4. 4 Gal 4.4 5. God sent forth his Sonne made under the law to redeeme them that were under the law To redeeme us out of this miserie and to bring us againe to felicitie God hath given to us a Sauiour His Sonne Iesus Christ Christ consisteth of 5 Ioh. 1.14 The word was made flesh That is the Sonne of God was made man and so is both the Sonne of God and the Sonne of man two natures a divine nature wherby he is perfect God and an humane nature whereby he is perfect man That being God he might be able to beare the punishment due to us and might make the obedience of his manhood of infinite value And being man sinne might be punished in that nature which sinned and in the same the righteousnesse of the law might be fulfilled He hath three offices Hee is a 1 Heb. 5.5 God glorified Christ to bee made an high Priest Priest a 2 Luk. 7.16 A great Prophet is risen up among us Prophet and a 3 Luk. 1.33 He shall reigne for ever over the house of Iacob That is over the whole Church of God which was first confined within Iacobs familie and now into it all beleevers are adopted King He is a Priest to make satisfaction intercession for us Hee maketh satisfaction by 4 1. Pet. 2.24 His owne selfe bare our
sinnes in his owne body on the tree suffering the punishment of our sinnes and by 5 Rom. 5.19 By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous This one is Christ the whole multitude of beleevers in him are made righteous by imputation of his righteousnesse fulfilling on our behalfe all the righteousnesse of the law He maketh intercession by 6 Heb. 9.24 Christ is entred into heauen to appeare in the presence of God for us His appearing hath the force of an intreating intreating God the Father to accept his satisfaction for us He is a Prophet 1 Ioh. 15.15 All things that I haue heard of my Father I haue made knowne unto you to teach us the will of God and the meanes of salvation He is a King to governe us and to 2 Ioh. 10.28 My sheepe shal never perish none shall pluck thē out of my hand keepe us in the way of salvation Sect. 5. Of this Saviour and of his salvation we are 3 Ioh. 3.36 He that beleeueth on the Sonne hath everlasting life partakers by faith in him Faith is a speciall grace of God whereby wee 4 Ioh. 1.12 To as many as received him he gave power to become the sons of God even to thē that beleeue on his name Here the receiving of Christ is the same with beleeving on Christ Therefore when hee is beleeved on he is received apply Christ to our selues and are 5 1. Ioh. 5.13 These things haue I writē unto you that beleeue on the name of the Son of God that yee may know that yee haue eternall life assured through his merits of our eternall salvation Sect. 6. They which beleeue in Christ are 6 Act. 13.39 By him all that beleeue are justified iustified and 7 Act. 15.9 By faith our hearts are purified sanctified and therefore endeavour to be 8 Ioh. 15.5 He that abideth in me bringeth foorth much fruite plentifull in all good workes Sect. 7. We must be carefull to use all good means that faith may be wrought and increased in us The principall meanes are three the hearing of the word of God the receiving of the Sacraments and Prayer Wee must heare the word of God with 1 Act. 15.14 The Lord opened the heart of Lydia that shee attended unto the things which were spoken diligent attention and keepe it in our hearts by 2 Psa 1.1 2. Blessed is the man that doth meditate in the law of the Lord day and night continuall meditation The Sacraments are holy 3 Rom. 4.11 Abraham received the signe of circumcision a seale of the righteousnes of faith As circumcision was a signe of the Covenant of Grace and a seale to assure the beleevers the remission of sinnes so are the other Sacraments signes and seales by which God declareth and sealeth for the satisfaction of Christ remission of sinnes and life everlasting to every beleever There be two Sacraments Baptisme and the Lords Supper Baptisme is a Sacrament whereby is sealed to us our 1 Circumcision sealed to the people of Israel that God for the merit of the promised seede would bee their God and Baptisme succeeding that Sacrament sealeth the same to us receiving into the Covenant of Grace our 2 Gal. 3.27 As many as haue beene baptized into Christ haue put on Christ ingrafting into Christ and our 3 Tit. 3.5 God saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the holy Ghost regeneration by the holy Ghost The Lords Supper is a Sacrament whereby is sealed to us the continuance and increasing of the benefits confirmed by Baptisme Namely our remaining in the Covenant of Grace our further ingrafting into Christ and regeneration by his Spirit and so our neerer union and communion with him Foure things are required to the receiving of the Lords Supper Knowledge of the Grounds of Religion 4 Exod. 12. The posts of every mans house were sprinkled with the blood of the Paschall Lambe So every man must haue the satisfaction of Christ by faith imputed to himselfe This faith must shew it selfe in the fruits thereof Faith in Christ Repentance for our sinnes Charitie to our neighbours Prayer is an 5 Psal 143.6 My soule thirsteth after thee as a thirsty land earnest desire of a 6 Prov. 28.9 He that turneth away his eare from hearing the law euen his prayer is abomination converted heart to God according to his 1 1. Ioh. 5.14 If wee aske any thing according to his will he heareth us will in the 2 Ioh. 16.26 Ye shall aske in my name name of Christ with 3 Mark 11.24 What things soever ye desire when ye pray beleeue that ye receiue them confidence to be heard Sect. 8. Having declared the estate of man in this life what it was in his innocencie and what it hath beene since his fall both by nature and by grace I will also shew his estate after this life THE estate of the dead is this The soules of the godly are in heauen in 4 Rev. 14 13. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord that they may rest from there labours blessed rest 5 Rev. 7.9 10. A great multitude stood before the throne and cryed-Salvation to our God and unto the Lambe praising God and 6 Rev. 6.9 10. The soules of them that were shine for the Word of God cried How long Lord doest thou not judge avenge our blood desiring their perfect felicitie The soules of the wicked are 7 1. Pet. 3.19 20. The spirits which were disobedient in the daies of Noah are in prison So are the soules of all that haue died in their sinnes imprisoned in hell feeling the 8 Luk. 16.23 24. The rich man in hell being in torments cried I am tormented in this flame horrour thereof in dreadfull expectation of the ful measure of their torments Thus both remaine till the last judgement Then the dead shall 1 Ioh. 5.28 29. All that are in the graues shal come forth rise with their 2 Iob 19.26 27. In my flesh shall I see God Mine eyes shall behold him own bodies The living shall be 3 1. Cor. 15.51 Wee shall not all sleepe but wee shall all bee changed changed And all shal 4 2. Cor. 5.10 Wee must all appeare before the judgement seat of Christ that every one may receiue according to that hee hath done appeare before Christ and be judged according to their workes After which the godly shall 5 Math. 25.34 Come yee blessed inherite the kingdome prepared for you Then they shall bee Kings inherite the kingdome of heauen They shall haue 6 Rev. 21.3 God will dwell with men ful communion with Christ and with the Father and the holy Ghost There soules shall be indued with the 7 1. Cor. 13.12 We shall see face to face Evidently and clearely The morall law now impossible to our fallen nature shall then be perfectly fulfilled perfect knowledge and loue of God Their bodies shall bee 8 Phil. 3.21 Christ will change our vile body that it may bee fashioned like unto his glorious body like the glorious body of Christ And all shall haue 9 Psal 16.11 In thy presence is fulnesse of joy fulnesse of ioy for ever But the wicked shall be cast 1 Luk. 13.27 Depart from me all yee workers of iniquitie from God into 2 Iude vers 13. The blacknesse of darkenesse The greatest and thickest darkenesse extreame darkenesse and 3 Dan. 12.2 Shame and everlasting contempt utter confusion tormented in soule and body in a 4 Rev. 21.8 The fearefull and unbeleeving and adhominable shall haue there part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone lake burning with fire and brimstone for 5 Math. 25.46 They shall goe into everlasting punishment ever FINIS