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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	drink_v	eat_v	supper_n	10,350	5	9.1429	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78329	A brief and perspicuous manuduction to practical divinity, by way of question and answer wherein the chief principles of religion are so explained as to infer a good life from them.	B. C.	1670 (1670)	Wing C13A; ESTC R229568	14,880	42

the call and ordination and license of the Governours of the Christian Church impowred thereunto 2. Diligently to attend unto the substance of what is deliver'd rather than to the person the Oratory Wit or Phrases 3. To attribute so much to the authority of God's Ministers as to give belief and obedience to their declarations and directions where I have not assurance or strong grounds at least moving me to the contrary 4. Faithfully to apply the things spoken in the name of God unto my self and afterwards to call them again to remembrance and chew upon them and treasure them up in mind that I may cleanse my wayes by taking heed unto them accordingly And to this purpose Lastly To look upon the word preached as good seed sown in order to my return of a proportionable crop and therefore to take heed that the soil of my heart be prepar'd aright for the receiving rooting and cherishing of it until harvest Q. Consideration of our own doings What course are you to take in the consideration of your own doings A. I am impartially to reflect upon my thoughts and affections words and wayes to lay them to the rule of God's holy and righteous laws and so to pass censure and judgement on them as to their quality good or evil Q. And God's Providences What is the result of your observance of God's Providences to your self and others A. Not to determine by them nakedly the goodness or badness of principles and practices which the rules of right do not approve or condemn but on the one hand by God's mercies and benefits to be provoked to serve him with alacrity and gladness of heart and on the other hand by his judgements for sin to be deterr'd from it and by all his afflictions and chastisements to be humble● under his rod into a patient submission an● resignation to his disposal mortified to this uncertain and troublesome world and the things thereof and fitted for a better Q. Watchfulness What is Christian watchfulness A. The keeping of our thoughts in a wakeful posture lest temptations unto sin surprize us at any time unawares or the good motions of the holy Spirit pass unobserved and so unimproved by us Q. Prayer What is acceptible Prayer A. The sincere and fervent utterance of good desires penitent confessions and thankful acknowledgments to God with faith and reverence Q. What pattern and rule have you to pray by A. That perfect form of prayer which our blessed Saviour taught his disciples called the Lords Prayer Q. What other particular direction have you A. To offer up my prayers to God in the prevailing name of Jesus Christ looking for acceptance through him alone Q. But how then is the Lords Prayer a perfect Form to you since there is no mention of the name of Jesus Christ in it A. I do most effectually pray in the name of Jesus Christ when I prefer those very petitions to the Father which He my Advocate hath penned for me Q. Fasting What is Fasting in the Religious sense of the Word A. The moderate chast●ing and afflicting our selves by voluntary abstinence from meat and drink and bodily pleasures for religion sake Q. Why add you Fasting unto Prayer A. First because it is a fitting expression both of our deep humiliation acknowledging our selves unworthy to be sustained any longer in life and of our zealous desires of the things we ask of God preferring them before our daily food and secondly because it is also a sitting means to elevate our minds in Prayer and to subdue the flesh unto the Spirit Q. The H. Saeraments What mean you by the Sacraments A. I mean those two sacred rites an● ordinances of the new Testament Baptism and the Lords Supper prescribe● by Christ as the visible marks and badge of our Christian profession outward sign and seals of the Gospel Covenant an● real pledges and conveyances as well a pertinent and sensible representations o● spiritual grace where they are order●● administered and received Q. Baptism What is Baptism A. The Institution of Christ for the first admission of his disciples by his Ministers washing the party with water in the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Q. In the name of the sacred Trinity What means that phrase in the name which I have heard some read from the Greek into the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost A. Not onely that the person is baptized by authority and commission derived from the Father Son and Holy Ghost but principally and chiefly that He is now devoted a disciple and so engaged to the perpetual acknowledgment belief and obedience of this sacred Trinity God the Father God the Son and God the H. Ghost which three are yet but one God Q. But of what use may your Baptism be to you since you was baptized in your infancy A. Besides the benefit of regenerating and preventing grace then received for which I owe hearty thanks to Almighty God the consideration of it provokes me to newness of life several wayes First because outward washing signifies and betokens purity Secondly because my being baptized in or into that blessed name engageth me to own his doctrine and keep his laws Thirdly when I remember my Christian name was then given unto me and that I was as soon devoted unto God as of any name in the world I cannot but deem it a reproach to my good name should I do otherwise And Lastly The solemn vow and promise then made by my sureties which I have since taken upon my self requires as much of me Q. The Baptismal Vow What is that solemn vow and promise you speak of A. It consists of these three branches First that I should renounce the Devil and all his works the pomps and vanity of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian faith And Thirdly that I should keep Gods holy will and commandments and walk in the same all the dayes of my life And I am taught that the grounded hopes of each adult Christian● blessedness depend upon the sincere observance of these three points which were the express clauses of his indentures sealed at his entrance upon the profession of Christianity Q. The Lord's Supper What is the Lords Supper A. It is according to Christs institution bread consecrated broken and eaten wine consecrated powred forth and drank in an holy Communion for a resemblance of Christ whose body was broken with torments for us and blood shed for the remission of our sins It is the Christian Love-feast upon the memorials of the sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ Q. What intend you by the word consecrated applied to the Bread and Wine A. As much as if I had said sanctified set apart and blessed with prayer and the words of institution by a person ordained thereunto Q. How is this Sacrament

useful to provoke you unto newness of life A. Besides the secret influence and blessing of God accompanying of this Ordinance whilst the evil of sin for which Christ died and the love of Christ crucified is herein set before my eyes I am constrained to hate sin the cause of his death and to love and live to him who died for me embracing all men with an hearty charity for whom he died and those in particular who with me commemorate his death Q. I pray God that whensoever you receive you may but do all men reap this benefit thereby A. No they cannot who 1. understand not the ends of Christs death and this memorial of it Nor they 2. who desire not to enjoy them nor they 3. who prepare not themselves for coming worthily to the Sacrament Q. What preparation required to it How are you to prepare your self for this Sacrament A. The Apostle St. Paul saith Let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. Q. Self-examination What is that self-examination recommended by the Apostle A. The word imports 1. To tr● and prove and 2. thereupon to allo● and approve So that every communicant is hereby admonished beforehand to make a diligent scrutiny and enquiry into himself and pass a judgmen● of approbation and allowance of himself Q. But in what particulars ought h● thus to examine himself A. In these two 1. as to the common qualifications of a Christian 2. as to the more immediate qualifications of a Communicant that is Whether he be a Christian filty disposed for the worthy partaking of this blessed Sacrament Q What are the Qualifications of a Christian 1. As to the qualifications of a Christian A. Supposing him to be already ingrafted into Christ and admitted into his Church by Baptism That which bespeaks him a Christian is 1. Competent Knowledge and 2. Pious Resolutions directed thereby Q. What mean you by this Competent Knowledge A. I mean the knowledge in some measure of truths necessary to salvation such as the divine commands whereby he ought to rule his life the Articles of the Christian faith which he must believe the nature design and use of the Sacraments and the way of obtaining divine aid and assistance by Prayer with the sacred vow upon him to direct his practice accordingly which are the main branches of our Church Catechism Q. What are the pious resolutions you spake of A. Such sincere and hearty purposes as are professed by us in answer to that question of our Church Catechism Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and do as thy Godfathers and Godmothers promised for thee Q. Let me hear how you paraphrase upon that answer which you refer me to A. Thus I do verily think and judge that I am indispensably bound to make good my baptismal vow and I engage by God's help for the performance of it so I will and this I do not as one constrained thereto by any unworthy motives but as sensible that this is my great priviledge with thanksgiving to our heavenly Father that he hath ca●led me to this state of salvation by Jes●● Christ that he admits me upon so equ●● and easie terms to the hope and expectation of eternal bliss and glory and ye● knowing how insufficient I am of m● self for the discharge of this my vow resolution and promise I pray unto G●● to give me his grace that I may continue in the same unto my lifes end Q. I am satisfied in the description you have given me of a Christian by this competent knowledge and pious resolutions nor do I know what more ca● reasonably be required to bespeak a ma● such to the charity of others than this profession we have been train'd up unto by our Church Catechism which good profession every one is supposed publickly to have made at his confirmation or at least-wise ready and desirous so to do ● As to the more immediate qualifications of a worthy Communicant before he be admitted to the Holy Communion But tell me now What are the more immediate qualifications of a worthy Communicant A. They also are plainly and usefully set down in the last answer of our Church Catechism to be these four 1. A true repentance of all his former sins with a stedfast purpose to lead a new ●ife that is A sense of sorrow for confession and relinquishment of his most be●oved sins in order unto which must necessarily be presupposed a serious com●are of his thoughts affections words and wayes with Gods commands and laws that ●he may know his sins and the aggravations of them 2. A lively faith in Gods mercy through Christ viz. upon the account of his alsufficient sacrifice and oblation made for Sin Faith and that Faith lively that is active and working for faith without works is dead 3. A thankful remembrance of Christs death of his manifold sufferings for us and the love whence they proceeded and the fruits and benefits arising to us from and by them which will enflame our gratitude to Christ again And 4. Charity with all men Love without dissimulation the charity of forgiveness where others have offended us and seeking reconciliation where we have offended others The charity of good will and prayer for our very enemies but much more brotherly love to those that communicate with us and the charity of almes and offerings for the relief of the needs and necessities of the poor Th● are the graces which we are especia●● to excite and actuate in order to 〈◊〉 effectual and worthy participation of t●● Lords Supper Q. Well you have run through t●● chief of those good means we are to expect the blessing of God The danger and penalty of a careless and contemptuous neglect of these means and grace his Spirit in the use of but what now you should neglect these means and grieve and quench the Spirit A. I shew that I wofully undervalu● all that Christ hath done and suffered fo● me and provoke God to bring on me 〈◊〉 greater measure of his wrath for this my ingratitude and contempt than if I had never heard of a Saviour Q. Do you then believe God wil● bring this wrath on you if you thus behave your self A. Yes I verily believe God hath appointed a day Of future Judgement Heaven and Hell wherein he will judge the world in righteousness by this very Saviour before whose tribunal we must all appear and who will render to every man according to what he hath done in the body whether it be good or evil Q. What shall be the condition of all men in and after that great day of judgement A. To them who by patient continuance ●n well-doing seek for glory God will give ●ternal life the heavenly inheritance of ●ever-ending and unspeakable bliss but ●o them who obey not the truth and live in enrighteousness tribulation and anguish indignation and wrath the worm