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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

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