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A41788	St. Paul's catechism, or, A brief and plain explication of the six principles of the Christian religion, as recorded Heb. 6., 1,2 with some considerations of the principles of natural and universal religion, as previous, and yet subservient to the rules of revealed and positive relgion: containing also, the duties of children to their superiors, written chiefly for the instruction of young Christians, children and servants in all Christian families / by Tho. Grantham.	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.	1687 (1687)	Wing G1545; ESTC R39432	35,919	64

that he might be Lord both of the Dead a●d L●ving Rom. 14. 9. He gave himself a Ransom for all ● Ti● 2. 6. He tasted Death for every Man Heb. 2. ●9 〈◊〉 bought them that deny him and bring upon themselv●● 〈◊〉 destruction 2 Pet. 2. 1. S. These things cannot be spoken against But 〈◊〉 Christ die as he was God or as he was Man only F. Not as God for if God should die nothi●● could live Man cannot kill the Soul of Man muc● less the Divine Nature of Christ our Saviour was 〈◊〉 to death in the Flesh 1 Pet. 3. 18. He died through wea●ness 2 Cor. 13. 4. He was made Lower than the Angel that he might suffer Death Heb. 2. 9. It was sufficient that an holy Man perfectly jus● without Sin should die for the unjust that he mig●● bring us to God. S. To strengthen my Faith I desire to know som● clear Grounds or Evidence that the holy Spirit is God. F. 1. Because he is called the eternal Spirit Heb. ● 14. and is present in every place Psal 39. 7. He is e●presly called God Act. 5. 3 4 9. 2. We are baptised into his Name Mat. 28. But we are not to be baptised into the name of a Created Spirit 3. The Work of Creation is ascribed to him and he hath his procedure from the Father and the Son and is one with them Gen. 1. 1 2 3. Psal 104. 30. John 15. 26. S. I am well satisfied that the Righteousness of Faith is a grea● 〈◊〉 I desire to learn the Righteousness of Practice● F. Practical Righteousness is a holy walking with God in obedience to all his Commands to the best of our k●owledg and ability 1 John 2. 4 5 6. For the Gosp●● of the Grace of God teacheth us to deny all Vngodlyne●● and worldly Lusts and to live soberly righteously and g●dly on this present Life Tit. 2. 11 12. Christians are ●●rictly obliged to observe all things whatsoever Christ comm●●ded Ma● 28. 19. For they are God's workmanship 〈◊〉 in Christ Jesus unto good Works which God hath 〈◊〉 ordained that they should walk in them Ephes 2. 10 Christians are bo●●d to hear Christ their great Prophet ●n whatsoever 〈◊〉 shall say Nor are they his true Friends unless the● do to their best whatsoever he commands them Act. 3. 22. John 15. 14. S. Will not Faith save us without Works F. Altho we are not saved by Works yet we are not saved without Works For what doth it profit if a Man say he hath Faith and have not Works can Faith save him Jam. 2. 14. As the Body without the Spirit is dead so Faith without Works is dead also S. What shall I do that I may work the Work of God F. 1. This is the Work of God that you believe on him whom he hath sent John 6. 29. This Faith must be put into act else it is not the Work of Faith with Power 2 Thes 1. 9. Gal. 5. 6. Jam. 2. 22 24. 2. True Faith overcometh the World to wit 〈◊〉 Lusts of the Flesh the Lust of the Eyes and the Prid● of Life For this is the victory which overcometh the World even our Faith 1 John. 5. 4 5. and 2. 15 16. This Faith purifieth the Heart in obeying the Truth through the Spirit and leads to every good Work Act. 15. 9. 1 Pet. 1. 22. Philip. 2. 12 13. Colos 〈◊〉 10. S. Is this Faith in the act the Gift of God or the Work of Man F. With the Heart Man believeth and it is Man that worketh Good Rom. 10. 10. Rom. 2. 10. But the preparation of the Heart in Man to these things is of the Lord Prov. 16. 1. 1 Cor. 4. 7. 2 Cor. 3. 5. Isa 10. 23. S. Does God work this preparation in Man's Heart irresistibly F. In some special Case it may be so Gen. 20. 6. But God ordinarily works upon the Heart or Understandings of Men by his Works 〈◊〉 4. 13. Isa ●0 26. And by his Word Rom. 1. 16 17 18 And by the motions of his Spirit ministerially and graciously 1 Thes 1. 5. Against which Men may ●nd often do make resistance to their own destruction Psal 88. 8. This whole Psalm shews much of this to be too common and so does Act. 7. 51. S. I desire a short view of this excellent Grace of Faith. F. 1. It is an hearty and universal Credence of the Truth of God as revealed or made known to Man in the Scriptures or otherwise Luk. 24. 25. Deut. 1. 32. Rom. 1. 19 20 21 22. 2. A cleaving to God and his Truth as made known to us in sincere Love Psalm 119. 31. 1 Thes 1. 5 6. 2 Thes 1. 10. 3. A Shewing the Fruit of Faith by a ready obeying the Truth and suffering for it when called thereunto James 2. 28. 1 Pet. 3. 14 15. 4. An holy dependance upon God for the fulfilling all his Promises for his Grace and Help in this World and for Glory in the World to come 1 Pet. 1. 3. Heb. 10. 35 to the end Rom. 2. 7 10 11. S. I can say in some measure I believe and pray that God may help against my unbelief What I pray is the next Principle which belongs to a beginning Christian F. The next Principle is the Doctrine of Baptisms Of which we shall treat briefly Of the Third Principle of St. Paul's CATECHISM Or The Doct●ine of Baptisms Son. WHy is the word BAPTISMS used in this place Are there more Baptisms than one pertaining to Christians Father Yes there are three distinct Baptisms pertaining to the Christian Man. The first is the Baptism of Repentance for remission of Sins This was of divine Original it came from Heaven and was first administred by that great Prophet and Messenger of Christ John the Baptist Mat. 21. 25. The second is the pouring out of the Spirit of promise and in the ordinary way of its reception follows the Baptism of Repentance for the remission of Sins Act. 1. 5. 2. 38. 19. 5 6. Ephes 1. 13. The third is the Afflictions which attend Christians for the Gospel's-sake Luk. 12. 50. Mat. 20. 22. S. How is it said there is but one Baptism seeing it's evident there are three F. That is a gross mistake It is not said Ephes 4. 5. there is but one Baptism 't is said there is one and yet Paul speaks of two of these Baptisms in that very place as vers 4. There is one Body and one Spirit as ye are called in one hope of your Calling And the Ephesians had received both the Baptism of Repentance for remission of Sins in the Name of the Lord Jesus and also the Baptism of the Spirit afterward as is undeniable Act. 19. 5 6. So that Paul should have spoken false if he had said there is but one Baptism and also must have contradicted himself in his Epistle to the Hebrews where he speaks of Baptisms in the plural Number S. I confess the mistake of

Jesus which God forbid S. I desire you therefore to shew me this great Mystery of the Gospel which guides poor Sinners to the true Cause of Justification from the guilt and condemning Nature of Sin. F. That I will endeavour to do in our con●ideration of the second Principle of Christ's Doctrine to wit Of Faith towards God or towards our Lord Jesu● Christ Heb. 6. 1. Acts 20. 21. The Second Principle of St. Paul's CATECHISM Or Of Faith towards God. Son. I de●ire first to have a true definition of Faith that is I desire to know what Faith is Father St. Paul defines Faith thus Heb. 11. 1. Now Faith is the substance of Things hoped for the evidence of things not seen It is also truly defined of a firm belief of the Truth of God as made known in the Scriptures and particula●ly concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord John 20. 31. 1 John 5. 10 11. S. I perceive that the main design of the Holy Scriptures is to direct us to Jesus Christ I do therefore desire to know what Record God hath given of his Son F. This is the Record which God hath given of his Son That God hath given to us eternal Life and that this Life is in his Son. 1 John 5. 11. with John 1. 4. and 6. 51. S. Was the Son of God ordained to procure the Light of saving Life to the whole World F. Yes God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting Life And the reason why many shall not see Eternal Life is because they believe not on the Name of the only begotten Son of God John 3. 16 17 18. S. But how can they be saved by Christ who never heard of him F. Christ is the Lamb of God slain in the design of God to take away the Sin of the World John 1. 29. In whom God hath offered such means of Light as to him seemed convenient Act. 17. 26 27. that all might seek him and be reconciled to him 2 Cor. 5. 14 18 19. And according to the due use or wilful abuse of his Mercy so offered you shall all be acquitted or condemned in the day when God shall judg the Secrets of Men according to the Gospel Rom. 2. 14 15 16. Now the Gospel shews that God is not an hard Master he only expects improvement of what he gives he will not reap where he hath not Sown 2 Cor. 8. 12. Dying Infants never heard of Christ yet they shall be saved Mat. 19. 14. S. By this I perceive all Men are under the Mercy of God as well as under his Justice and that none shall therefore perish for want of Mercy but because they turn the Grace of God into wantonness Shew me therefore what we who have the holy Scriptures are bound to believe concerning God and Jesus Christ whom he hath Sent. F. We are firmly to believe that God is Heb. 11. 6. and that there 's no other God but one Mark 12. 32 34. This one God is made known to us by three Denominations especially The Father the Son and the Holy Ghost Mat. 28. 19. 1 John 5. 7. 1 Tim. 3. 16. John 1. 14. And that thou mayest know how this Great Mystery was understood by the Ancient Church about 1400 Years ago I will here shew thee their Confession of Faith published by a very great Council of the Christians in those daies wherein were 318 Pastors of the Church who thus profess their Faith. The Nicene Creed I Believe in one God the Almighty Father maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God Begotten of the Father before all Worlds God of God Light of Light Very God of very God begotten not made of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made Who for us Men and for our Salvation descended from the Heavens and was incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became Man. Crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate Suffered and was buried And rose again the third day according to the Scriptures And ascended into Heaven and sits at the right Hand of God. And is to come again with Glory to judg the Living and the Dead and of whose Kingdom there shall be no end And in the holy Spirit the quickening Lord who proceeds from the Father and the Son and in like manner is adored and g●●rifyed with the Fathe● and the Son and who spake by the Prophets And I believe one holy Catholick and Apostolical Church I confess one Baptism f●r remission of Sins And I look for the Resurr●ction of the Dead And the Life in the World to come S. I much reverence this ancient Confession of Faith for it 's excellent Brevity and especially for the solidity of the Matter But I desire you to shew me what Scripture-Evidence we have for some things contained in the second Article where it says The Son of God was begotten before all Worlds F. In Heb. 1. 5. the Son of God is called the First-Begotten and vers 2. 't is said The Worlds that is all Worlds were made by him and vers 10. Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the Foundation of the Earth and the Heavens are the Works of thy Hands John 1. 1 2 3. is full evidence of the same thing And Colos 1. 17. He is before all things and by him all things consist S. But how is it said the Son is God of God Light of Light c. F. 1. The same Testimonies which prove He was God and that he was before all things proves that he was God of God because there was but one God nor as yet any other Essence but God. The Son w●s therefore begotten not made because all things were made by him which was made and sure he that made all things was not made himself 2. In 1 John. 5. 20. The Son is expresly called Very God and seeing there is but one God he must needs be very God of very God. 3. And for the same reason he is Light of Light for God is that Light in whom is no Darkness 1 ●ohn 1. ● and so is Christ John 1. 5 7 8 9. See also Rev. 21. 2● Heb. 1. 3. S. It seems the great Council did not want Scri●ture-evidence to confirm this great Article o●●he pr●existence of the Son of God. I pray explain the thi●d Article where the Son of God is said to be incarnate of of the Virgin Mary by the Holy ●●ost and became Man. F. It pleased the Father Almighty that his Son who being in the form of God and thought it not robbery to be equal with God should take upon him the form of a Servant and be found in the habit of Man Col. 2. 6 7. And in this state He that was above all Angels Heb. 1. 5. was now made a little lower than the Angels for the suffering

of Death Heb. 2. 9. For he took not on him the Nature of Angels but he took on him the Seed of Abraham Heb. 2. 16. And in this respect both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one that is one Flesh for which cause he is not ashamed to call them Brethren And as Children are partakers of Flesh and Blood he also himself likewise took part of the same that by means of Death he might destroy him that had the Power of Death that is the Devil Heb. 2. S. This a great Mystery indeed I desire to know how and when this was fulfilled or accomplished F. The Lord Christ was born of the Virgin Mary in the time of Augustus Caesar about the Year of the World 3962. And his Birth was thus effected by the most High God. His Power overshadowed the Virgin and by the Holy Ghost coming upon her she conceived and was with Child Luk. 1. 35. Mat. 1. 18. And at Bethlehem she brought forth her Son and as the Angel had commanded called his Name Jesus which signifies a Saviour the same is called Christ Mat. 1. 21. Luk. 2. 7. as it was foretold by the Prophets Isa 7. 14. Mich. 5. 2. S. Do's any Testimony appear in humane Histories respecting the Time of the Birth and Death of our Lord Christ F. Our Faith must only rest upon the Authority of the Scriptures in these things nevertheless there is som● things remarkable found in the Histories of those Times Learn saith a Learned Writer the Time according to the Prophecy of Daniel when Christ should co●e is now exactly fulfilled 〈◊〉 from the 2d Year of Darius Longamanus when the Ki●●s Commandment went forth to bring the People to b●ild Jerusalem Ezra 4. 24. Hag. 1. 1. to the beginning of Alexander's Monarchy were 144 Years according to the account of Metasthenus the Persian From thence to the Incarnation of Christ was 309 Years by the judgment of Josephus And from Christ's Incarnation to his Baptism was about 30 Years Luke 2. 23. Then count the Prophecy of Daniel 9. 25. After 70 weeks a week containing 7 Years that is 483 Years then shall the Messiah be cut off viz. two Years and an half after his Baptism S. I understand that Christ is the true Messiah of whom Moses and the Prophets did write John 1. 41 45. Deut. 18. 18. Isa 7. 14. I desire therefore to know what I a● farther to believe concerning him that I may be saved F. Thou must with the Heart believe unto Righteousness and with the Mouth make confession unto Salvation Rom. 10. 10. S. What do you mean by believing unto Righteousness F. There is a two-fold Righteousness which true Faith will lead thee unto The one is Imputative the other is Practical The first is called the Righteousness of God Mat. 6. 33. or God's Righteousness Rom. 10. 3. This Righteousness is revealed by the Gospel Rom. 1. 17 18. It is a Righteousness to us without the Law and yet witnessed by the Law and the Prophets Rom. 3. 21 It is the Righteousness of Christ who is the Lord our Righteousness Isa 45. 24 25. Christ made of God un●● us Righteousness 1 Cor. 1. 30. S. I desire to understand this more plainly F. 1. God having made a Righteous Law it must be fulfilled and none was able to do ●his but Christ and he did fulfil it in our behalf Heb. 10. 5 6 7 8 9 10. Psal 4. 5 6 7. and thus the Rig●teousness of the Law is fulfilled in the Children of God because Christ's Righteousness is made theirs through believing Rom. 10 3 4. Phil. 3. 9. And they are made the Righteousness of God in Him 2 Cor. 5. 21. that is a Righteous People to God. 2. The Justice of God cried against us for Sin committed and Sin must be purged by the Blood of Christ He bare our sins that is the punishment of our Sins in his own Body on the Tree 1 Pet. 2. 24. And thus we are justified by his Death and saved by his Life Rom. 5. 9 10. He died for our Sins and rose again for our Justification Rom. 4. 25. S. Where do's God say that Righteousness is a thing imputed to Man F. Rom. 4. 6. David describeth the blessedness of the Man unto whom God imputeth Righteousness without Works saith the Apostle Abraham being fully perswaded that what God had promised he was able to perform It was imputed to him for Righteousness Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed unto him But for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on him that raised up Jesus Christ from the Dead Rom. 4. 21 22 23 24. S. And is this wonderful Grace held forth to all Men in Christ F. Yes The Righteousness of God without the Law is manifested or published being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets even the Righteousness of God which is by Faith of Jesus Christ VNTO ALL and upon all that believe for there is N● difference For ALL have sinned and come short of the ●lory of God Being justified freely by his Grace through the ●edemption that is in Christ Jesus Whom God hath set forth 〈◊〉 be a propitiation for our sins and not for ours only bu● also for the sins of the whole World 1 John 2. 2. throug● Faith in his Blood to declare his Righteousness for the re●ission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God. To declare I say at this time his Righteousness that ●e might be just and the justifier of him that believeth in Je●us Rom. 3. 21 to 27. S. It appears plainly that the Righteousness of Christ in and by Christ is free for all but yet it is received by Faith. But does God require all Men to be●●eve this F. Yes Christ with all his Benefits was tendred to ●he Jews but they being ignorant of God's Righteousness ●nd going about to establish their own Righteousness have not ●●bmitted themselves to the Righteousness of God Rom. 10. 1 2 ● So they would not come to Christ that they might ●ave Life John 5. 40. 2. All are commanded to believe the Gospel which ●eveals this Righteousness of God as the main of it under pain of damnation Mark 16. 15 16. All Me● are therefore to believe that God has Mercy and Grac● and Glory in store for them all 1 Tim. 2. 4 5 6. S. I desire you to give me the sum of the Gospel 〈◊〉 few words F. This Gospel is briefly comprehended in this sa●ing Christ died for our Sins and rose again for 〈◊〉 Justification 1 Cor. 15. 3 4. Which is further e●plained 2 Cor. 5. 18 19 20 21. And the great Hol●ness which it teacheth is set down with the Glory co●sequent to it Tit. 2. 11 12 13 14 15. 1 Pet. 1. 4 ● S. Did Christ our Lord die and rise again for all Me● without exception F. Yes he did For for this cause Christ both die● ro●● and revived