one another as also God in Christ hath pardoned you Ephes ch 4. v. 32. Q. What vertue is opposite to Anger A Patience which suppresseth in us all passion and desire of revenge Q. How prove you the necessity and force of patience A. Out of Heb. ch 10. v. 36. Patience is necessary for you that doing the will of God you may partake the promise Sloth expounded Q. WHat is Sloth A. A lazinesse of mind neglecting to begin or prosecute good things Q. How prove you Sloth to be a deadly sinne A. Out of Apoc. ch 3. v. 15. Because thou art neither cold nor hot but luke-warme I will begin to cast thee out of my mouth Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of S. Matth. ch 25. v. 30. And the unprofitable servant cast yee forth into exteriour darkenesse Q. When is Sloth mortall A. As often as by it we break any Commandement of God or his Church Q. What are the daughters of Sloth A. Tepidity Pusillanimity Indevotion Wearinesse of life Aversion from spirituall things and distrust of Gods mercy Q. What are the remedies of Sloth A. To remember that of Ieremy the 48. Cursed be he that doth the work of God negligently And to consider with what diligence men doe worldly businesses Q. VVhat is the vertue opposite to Sloth A. Diligence which maketh us carefull and zealous in performing our duties both to God and man Take heed saith our Lord watch and pray for you know not when the time is strive to enter by the narrow gate for many I say to you shall seeke to enter and shall not enter S. Mark ch 19. v. 33. 35. CHAP. XIX The sinnes against the Holy Ghost expounded Q. HOw many are the sinnes against the Holy Ghost A. Six Despaire of Salvation Presumption of Gods mercy To impugne the knowne truth envy at anothers spirituall good obstinacy in sin and finall impenitence Q. What is despaire of salvation A. It is a diffidence in the mercies power of God as also in the merits of Jesus Christ as if they were not of force enough to save us This was the sinne of Cain when he said my sinne is greater then that I can deserve pardon Gen. ch 4. v. 13. And of Iudas when casting downe the silver peeces in the temple he went and hanged himselfe S. Matth. ch 26. v. 4. 5. Q. What is presumption of Gods mercy A. A foolish confidence of salvation without good life or any care to keepe the Commandements such as they have who will be saved by faith onely without good works Q. What is it to impugne the knowne truth A. To argue obstinately against knowne points of Faith or to pervert the way of our Lord by forgeing lies and slanders as Heretikes doe when they teach the ignorant people that Catholikes worship Images as Gods and give Angells and Saints the honour which is due to God or that the Pope for a little money giveth us pardons to commit what sins we please Then all which greater falshoods cannot he invented Q. What is Envy at anothers spirituall good A. A sadnesse or repineing at anothers growth in vertue and perfection such as Sectaries seem to have when they scoffe and are troubled at the frequent Fasts Prayers Feasts Pilgrimages Almes-deeds Vowes and Religious Orders of the Catholike Church calling them Superstitions and Fooleries because they have not in their Churches any such practices of piety Q. What is obstinacy in sin A. A wilfull persisting in wickednesse and running on from sin to sin after sufficient instruction and admonition Q. How shew you the gravity of this sin A. Out of Heb. ch 10. v. 26. If we sin willingly after the knowledge of the truth received now there is not left an Host for sins but a certaine terrible expectation of judgement Q. What other proof have you A. Out of 2 S. Pet. ch 2. v. 21. It was better for them saith he not to know the way of Iustice then after the knowledge to turn back from that holy Commandement which was given them Q. What is finall impenitence A. To die without either confession or contrition for our sinnes as those doe of whom it is said With a hard necke and with uncircumcised eares you have alwaies resisted the Holy Ghost Acts ch 7. v. 51. And in the person of whom Iob speaketh saying Depart thou from us and we will not have the knowledge of thy wayes Iob ch 21. v. 14. Q. Why is it said that these sins shall never be forgiven neither in this world nor in the world to come A. Not because there is not a power in God or in the Sacraments to remit them if we confesse them and be sorry for them excepting onely finall impenitence of which we read There is a sinne unto death for that I say not that any man aske 1 S. Ioh ch 5. v. 16. but because men very seldome doe hearty penance for them Q. How prove you that A. Out of 1 S. Ioh. ch 1. v. 2. If we confesse our sinnes he is faithfull and just for to forgive us our sinnes and cleanse us from all iniquity CHAP. XX. The sinnes that cry to heaven for vengeance expounded Q. HOw many such sinnes are there A. Foure Q. What is the first of them A. Wilfull Murther which is a voluntary and unjust taking away of anothers life Q. How shew you the gravity of this sinne A. Out of Gen. ch 4. v. 10. where it is said to Caine What hast thou done The voice of the blood of thy brother cryeth to me from the earth now therefore shalt thou be cursed upon the earth And out of S. Mat. ch 26. v. 52. All that take the sword shall perish with the sword Q. What is the second A. Sin of Sodome or Carnall sin against nature which is a voluntary shedding of the seed of nature out of the due use of Marriage or lust with an undue Sex or kind Q. What have you against this A. Out of Gen. ch 19. v. 13. where we read of the Sodomites their sin We will destroy this place because the cry of them hath increased before our Lord who hath sent us to destroy them and they were burnt with fire from heaven Q. What is the third A. Oppression of the poore which is a cruell tyrannicall and unjust dealing with inferiours Q. What have you against that A. Out of Exod. ch 22. v. 21. Ye shall not hurt the widdow and the fatherlesse if you do hurt them they will cry unto me and I will heare their cry and my fury shall take indignation and I will strike you with the sword And out of Esa ch 10. v. 1. Woe to them that make unjust Lawes that they might oppresse the poore in judgment and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people Q. What is the fourth A. To defraud Workmen of their wages which is to lessen or detain it from them Q. What have you against that A.
Q. Why is that necessary A. That as Christ was openly rejected so he may there be openly acknowledged to the great joy and glory of his friends as also to the confusion of his enemies Q. How prove you that in this Judgment all men shall receive according to their works A. Out of 2 Cor. ch 5. v. 10. We must all be manifested saith S. Paul before the judgment-seat of Christ that every one may receive the proper things of the body according as he hath done whether good or evill Q. What other proof have you A. Out of S. Matth. ch 16. v. 27. The Sonne of Man saith our Lord shall come in the Glory of his Father with his Angells and then he will render to every one according to his works Q. Is there any merit in our good works A. There is according to Apoc. ch 22. v. 12. Behold I come quickly saith our Lord and my reward is with me to render to every man according to his works Q. In what place shall this Judgment be made A. In the valley of Iehosaphat betwixt Hierusalem and Mount Olivet Q. What signe shall go before it A. The Sun and Moone shall lose their light there shall be Warres Plagues Famines and Earthquakes in many places Q. In what manner shall Christ come unto it A. In great power and Majesty begirt with Legions of Angels Q. Who are they that shall be judged A. The whole Race and Progenie of man Q. What are the things that shall be judged A. Our thoughts words and works even to the secrets of our soules Q. Who will accuse us A. The Devills our own guilty consciences and above all the Books of life and death in which all our actions are recorded and shall be then laid open to the whole world Q. How shall the just and reprobate be placed A. The just shall be on the right the reprobate on the left hand of the Judge Q. What shall be the sentence of the just A. Come ô ye blessed of my Father and receive ye the Kingdome which is prepared for you for I was hungry and ye gave me to eat I was thirsty and ye gave me to drink c. S. Matth. ch 25. v. 35 36. Q. What shall be the sentence of the reprobate A. Goe ye accursed into eternall fire which hath been prepared for the Devill and his Angells for I was hungry and ye gave me not to eat I was thirsty and ye gave me not to drink c. the same chap. v. 41 42 43. You see of what weight good works will be at that day Q. Why is it added The quick and the dead A. To signifie that Christ shall judge not onely such as are living at the time of his coming but likewise all such as have been dead from the Creation of the World as also by the quick are understood Angells and Saints by the dead the Devills and the damned soules The eighth Article Q. What is the eighth Article A. I believe in the Holy Ghost Q. Of what treateth this Article A. Of the third Person of the B. Trinity in whom we also believe and put our trust who proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne and is the self-same God with them distinct in nothing but in person Q. How prove you that A. Out of 1 S. John ch 5. v. 7. There be three saith he which give testimony in Heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three be one Q. Why is the Name of Holy Ghost appropriated to the third Person since Angells are also Spirits and holy A. Because he is such by excellency and by essence they onely by participation Q. At least why should it not be common to the other two Persons A. Because they are knowne by the proper Names of Father and Sonne but we have not any proper Name for the Holy Ghost Q. In what formes hath the Holy Ghost appeared unto men A. In the forme of a Dove to signifie the purity and innocence which hee causeth in our soules in a bright Cloud and fiery Tongues to signifie the fire of Charity which he produceth in our hearts as also the gift of Tongues and hence it is he is painted in these formes The ninth Article Q. WHat is the ninth Article A. I believe in the holy Catholike Church the Communion of Saints Q. What understand you by this Article A. I understand that Christ hath a Church upon earth which he established in his own Blood and that he hath commanded us to believe that Church in all things appertaining unto Faith Q. What kind of Faith must we believe her with A. With the same Faith that we believe her Spouse the Sonne of God that is with divine Faith but with this difference that wee believe in God though we onely believe the Church but not in her Q. What is the Church A. It is the Congregation of all the faithfull under Christ Iesus their invisible head and his Vicar upon earth the Pope Q. What are the essentiall parts of the Church A. A Pope or Supreme head Bishops Pastors and the Laity Q. How prove you that Bishops are of divine Institution A. Out of Act. ch 20. v. 28. where we read take heed unto your selves and to the flock wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you Bishops to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his owne blood Q. How prove you S. Peter and the Pope his Successor to be the visible Head of the Church A. Out of S. John ch 21. v. 16 17 18. where Christ for a reward of his speciall faith and love gave S. Peter absolute power to feed and governe his whole flock saying feed my Lambs feed Lambs feed my Sheep therefore the rest of the Apostles were his sheep and he their Head or Pastor Q. What other proof have you A. Out of S. Mat. ch 16. v. 18. where Christ saith thou art Peter and upon this Rocke will I build my Church Therefore the rest of the Apostles were built on him and hence also it is that as often as they are named in Scripture S. Peter is still named first Q. What are the markes of the true Church A. Unity Visibility Sanctity Universality and Infallibility Q. How declare you its Unity A. Because all the members of it make but one mysticall body and are governed by one Supreme Head Q. How prove you that A. Out of 1 Cor. ch 10. v. 18. being many saith S. Paul we are one bread one body all that participate of one bread Q. What other proofe have you A Because all the members of it live under one Law obey the same Magistrates professe the same faith even to the least Article and use the same Sacraments and Sacrifice Q. Why may not a well meaning man be saved in any Religion A. Because there is but one God one Faith one Baptisme Eph. ch 4. v. 5. And without that one Faith it is impossible to please God
other is not edified you see in it selfe the thing is good for he giveth thanks well Q. What other yet A. Out of S. Matth. ch 21. v. 19. where it is recorded that the Hebrew Childrens song of Osanna to the Sonne of David pleased God although they understood it not Q. What meaneth the Apostle when he exhorteth us to pray alwayes 1 Thes ch 5. A. He meaneth that we should daily spend some time in prayer according to that Pray for one another that you may be saved for the daily prayer of a just man availeth much S. I am ch 5. v. 17. Q. Is it possible to pray alwaies A. In some sense it is namely by offering up all our actions to Gods honour Q. In what place is Prayer best A. In Churches because those are places consecrated and deputed to prayer and there our prayers are elevated by the common spirit of the Church and the peculiar presence of God Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Mat. ch 18. v. 20. Where there be two or three gathered together in my Name saith our Lord there I am in the middest of them Q. How prove you that materiall Churches are of Gods appointment A. Because God commanded Solomon to build him a Temple and dedicate it to his service 2 Par 〈…〉 lip ch 7. Q. What other proof have you A. Out of S. Luk. ch 19. v. 45 46. where Christ calleth the materiall Temple his house casting the Buyers and the Sellers out of it My House saith he is the House of Prayer but ye have made it a Den of Theeves Q. What other yet A. Out of S. Luk. ch 18. v. 10. 14. where the Publican is commended for ascending to the Temple to pray and descended into his house justified Q. How do you prove it lawfull to dedicate or consecrate materiall Temples A. Out of the 2. of Paralip above-cited ch 7. and out of S. Joh. ch 10. v. 22. where it is recorded That Christ himselfe kept the dedication of the Temple in Hierusalem instituted by Iudas Machabeus Mac. ch 4. v. 56. 59. Q. How do you prove it lawfull to adorn Churches with Tapestry Pictures and the like A. Out of S. Mark ch 14. v. 15. Where Christ commanded a great Chamber adorned to be prepared for his last Supper Q. What proofe have you for the order and number of the Canonicall houres A. For Mattins Lauds and Prime that of the 53. Psal Early in the morning will I stand up to thee early in the morning wilt thou heare my voice Q. What for the third sixth and ninth houre A. For the third out of Acts ch 2. v. 16. where we read that at the third houre the Holy Ghost descended on the Apostles for the sixth out of Acts ch 10. v. 9. where we read that Peter and Iohn went up into the higher parts to pray about the sixth houre and for the ninth out of Acts ch 3. v. 1. where we read and at the ninth houre Peter and Iohn went up into the Temple to pray Q. What for the Evensong and Complin A. That of the Psalmist Morning and Evening will I declare the works of our Lord and againe The lifting up of my hands is as an Evening Sacrifice Q. Is it good to use outward Ceremonies in time of Prayer as kneeling knocking of the breast and such like A. It is for they declare the inward reverence and devotion of the heart and Christ himselfe prostrated when he prayed in the garden S. Matth. ch 26. v. 39. and the poore Publican beat his brest and cast downe his eyes in that prayer by which he merited to descend justified S. Luk. ch 18. v. 13. Q. Why is the morning so fit a time for prayer A. To open the windowes of the soule unto the light of divine Grace and offer up the workes of the whole day unto Gods honour Q. Why is the evening also A. To shut the windowes of the soule against the darknesse of sin and the illusions of the Devill as also to render thanks for all the benefits of the day past Q. What things ought we to pray for A. For all good things both spirituall and temporall and to be free from all evill for so our Lord hath taught us by his Prayer CHAP. V. The Pater Noster Expounded Q. WHat is the Pater Noster A. It is the most holy Prayer that ever was Q. Who made it A. Christ our Lord the eternall wisdome of his Father S. Mat. ch 6. v. 9 10. Q. Why did he make it A. To teach us a set forme of Prayer and how we ought to pray Q. Why did he make it in so short and plaine a way A. That all men might be capable of it Q. What doth it containe A. All those chiefe things which we can aske or hope for of God Q. How many Petitions hath it A. Seven Q. What understand you by those words which are prefixed to the Petitions Our Father which art in Heaven A. I understand that God is our Father both by Creation and Adoption and therefore we may confidently come unto him and beg all blessings of him Q. How prove you that A. Out of 1. S. Joh. ch 3. v. 1. See saith he what manner of charity the Father hath given us that we should be named and be the Sonnes of God Q. Why doe we say our Father and not my Father A. Because God is the common Father of all and all good Christians must pray for one another according to that the Communion of Saints Q. What understand you by the words which art in heaven A. I understand that God who filleth heaven and earth and is in all things times and places is in heaven in a peculiar manner declaring and manifesting his glory to the blessed and therefore when we pray we must lift up our minds to him in heaven and keep them fixed upon heavenly things Q. How prove you that A. Out of Jer. ch 48. where we read Cursed be he that doth the work of God negligently The first Petition Q. WHat is the first Petition A. Hallowed be thy Name Q. What doe we beg by this Petition A. That God may be knowne by the whole world and that he may be worthily praised served and honoured by all his creatures which cannot be effected but by his gift of Grace Q. Who are those that say this Petition ill A. Such as dishonour and teare the Name of God by blaspheming swearing iying cursing and scurrilous discourses The second Petition Q. WHat is the second Petition A. Thy Kingdome come Q. What do we beg of God by this Petition A. We beg that our miseries and afflictions in this life may be ended and that we may be made partakers of his joyfull and heavenly Kingdome Q. What else doe we beg A. That Christ may reigne in us in this life by Grace and in the next by Glory presenting us a Kingdome to his Father Q. Who say this
time in a particular manner Q. How declare you that A. Because the Father was with her as with his Spouse the Son was with her as with his Mother the Holy Ghost was with her as with his choicest Tabernacle Q. Are they now also with her A. They are in glory and will be so for all eternity The second part of the Haile Mary Q. WHat is the second part of it A. Blessed art thou amongst women blessed is the fruit of thy wombe Jesus Q. Who made this part A. S. Elizabeth being inspired by the Holy Ghost S. Luk. ch 1. v. 42. Q. What understand you by blessed art thou amongst women A. I understand that she alone was chosen out amongst all women to be the mother of God and therefore ought to be blessed and praised by all women Q. Why by married women A. Because their children are made the Sonnes of God by the nativity and merits of her Son for whom she also daily beggeth blessings Q. Why by Virgins A. Because she is their Queen and chiefest Patronesse and doth obtaine for them of her Son Jesus the gift of Chastity Q. Why by Widdowes A. Because she is their best example and Advocate unto their Spouse her Son Q. What meaneth blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus A. It meaneth that Jesus is her true and naturall Sonne and that in him she is the Author of all our blessings and to be blessed both by men and Angells Q. Why are we Catholikes such great honourers of the Name Jesus A. Because it is a name above all names as you have heard in the Creed and S. Paul exhorteth saying all whatsoever ye doe in word or worke do all in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks to God the Father by him Col. ch 3. v. 17. The third part of the Haile Mary Q. WHat is the third part of the Haile Mary A. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the houre of our death Amen Q. Who made this part A. The holy Catholique Church in the Councell of Ephesus the year of our Lord 43 1. Pope Celestine presiding against Nestor the Heretique who denied our Blessed Lady to be the Mother of God and would have her onely called the Mother of Christ See Baronius Tom. 5. An. 431. Q. What meaneth Pray for us sinners now A. It meaneth that we need divine assistance every moment Q. What meaneth and at the hour of our death A. It meaneth that we then especially shall need the aid of blessed Mary and her Son Jesus and therefore do now daily beg it the word Amen signifieth let it be done or so be it CHAP. VII Charity expounded Q. WHat is Charity A. It is the gift of God or a supernaturall quality infused by God into the soul of man by which we love God above all things and our neighbour as our selves Q. Why is it called supernaturall A. Because it is not in the power of nature to obtaine but by the speciall grace and gift of God Q. Is Charity imputed onely as Protestants would have it or is a quality truly inherent in the soule A. It is truly inherent in the soul as wisdome is inherent in a soule that is wise and love in a soule that loveth Q. How prove you that A. Out of Rom. ch 5. v. 5. where we read the charity of God which is powred out in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given us Q. What other proof have you A. Out of Dan. ch 6. v. 22. before him i. God saith hee justice hath been found in me Q. What other yet A. Out of Eph. ch 3. v. 17. 18. where S. Paul prayeth for his Bretheren that Christ may dwell in their hearts by Faith rooted and founded in Charity Q. What is it to love God above all things A. To be willing to lose all things rather then the Grace and Love of God by mortall sinne Q. Who are they which have this love A. They who keep the Commandements of God according to that this is the charity of God that we keep his Commandements and his Commandements are not heavy 1 of S. Joh. ch 4. v. 20. Q. Hath not he charity then that breaketh any of the Commandements A. He hath not for he that saith he knoweth God and doth not keep his Commandements he is a lyer and the truth is not in him 1 of S. Joh. ch 4. v. 20. Q. What is it to love our neighbour as our selves A. To wish him as much good as we wish unto our selves and to do him no wrong Q. Who is our neighbour A. All men women and children and especially Catholikes Q. Why so A. Because they are the Images of God and redeemed with the blood of Christ Q. Why especially Catholikes A. Because they are all Members of the mysticall body of Christ which is the Church Q. Whence ariseth the obligation of loving our neighbour A. Because God hath commanded it and if any one shall say I love God and hateth his brother he is a lyer 1 S. Joh. ch 4. v. 20. Q. Are we not also bound to love our enemies A. We are according to that It was said of old Thou shalt not kill but I say unto you love your enemies S. Mat. ch 5. v. 44. Q. What kind of love are we bound to shew unto our enemies A. We are bound to use a civill carriage towards them to pray for them in generall and to be in preparation of mind to doe any charitable office for them when their extreme or morall necessity shall require it Q. What is the highest act of Charity A. To give our life for Gods honour or the salvation of our neighbour Q. Why is Charity the greatest and most excellent of vertues A. Because it is the Queen and life of all the rest Faith without Charity is dead S. Jam. ch 2. v. 22. Q. What state of life doe you conceive to be of greatest perfection A. That which of its own nature and proper institution obligeth to the highest and greatest Churity for Charity is perfection such is the state not only of Bishops but also of Pastors which have the charge of souls Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Joh. ch 15. where we read Greater Charity then this no man hath that a man yeeld his life for his friends which is the proper Obligation of every Parish Priest according to that the good Pastor giveth his life for his Sheep S. Joh. ch 10. v. 11. Q. How prove you the necessity of Charity A. Out of 1. S. Ioh. ch 4. v. 17. where we read He that remaineth in Charity remaineth in God and God in him and ch 13. v. 14. He that loveth not remaineth in death Q. What are the effects of Charitie A. It remitteth all sinne charity covereth a multitude of sinnes Rom. ch 5. v. 5. and giveth spirituall life unto the soule In this we know saith S. Iohn that we are
He that hath determined in his heart being setled not having necessity but having power of his owne will and hath judged in his heart to keep his Virgin doth well you see man hath power of his own will and in Phil. ch 4. I can do all things saith S. Paul in him that strengthneth me Q. Doth not the efficacy of Gods grace hinder and hurt the freedome of our will A. No it perfecteth it according to 1 Cor. ch 15. v. 10 11. I have laboured more abundantly saith S. Paul then all they yet not I but the grace of God with me you heare the grace of God did not hinder but perfect his working Q. How is Actuall Sinne divided A. Into mortall and veniall Q. What is mortall sinne A. Any great offence against the charity of God or our neighbour and it is so called because it killeth the soule and robbeth it of the spirituall life of grace Q. What is veniall sinne A. A small and very pardonable offence against God or our neighbour Q. How prove you that some sinnes are mortall A. Out of Rom. ch 6. v. 23. For the stipend of sin is death And v. 21. What fruit therefore had you then in those things for which now your are ashamed For the end of them is death Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of Wisdome ch 16. v. 14. For a man by malice killeth his owne soule And out of Ezek. ch 18. v. 4. The soule which sinneth she shall die Q. How prove you that some sinnes are onely veniall A. Out of 1 S. John ch 1. v. 8. where speaking of such as walk in the light and are cleansed from all mortall sin by the blood of Christ he addeth If we shall say we have no sin we seduce our selves and the truth is not in us Q. What other proofe have you A. In many things we all offend S. Iames ch 3. v. 2. and in Prov. 24. v. 16. The just man falleth seven times not mortally for then he were no longer just therefore venially Q. What other yet A. Out of S. Mat. ch 12. v. 37. But I say unto you every idle word which men shall speake they shall render an account for at the day of Judgement now God forbid that every idle word should be a mortall Sin Q. What are the effects of veniall Sinne A. It doth not rob the soule of life as Mortall doth but only weakneth the fervour of Charity and by degrees disposeth unto Mortall Q. Why are we bound to shun not onely mortall but also veniall Sinnes A. Because he that despiseth small things shall by little and little fall away Eccles ch 19. v. 3. Q. What other proofe have you A. Because no polluted thing shall enter into the heavenly Hierusalem Apoc. ch 21. v. 27. be it with mortall or veniall sin Q. How shall wee be able to know when any sin is mortall and when but veniall A. By this Because to any mortall sinne it is required both that it be deliberate and perfectly voluntary and also that it be in a matter of weight against the Law of God one or both of which conditions is alwayes wanting in a veniall sin Q. How is Mortall Sinne remitted A. By heartie penance and contrition Q. How is Veniall Sinne remitted A. By all the Sacraments by holy Water devout Prayer and the like Q. Whether goe such as die in Mortall Sin A. To hell for all eternity as you have heard in the Creed Q. Whether goe such as die in Veniall Sin or not having fully satisfied for the temporall punishments due to their mortall sinnes which are forgiven them A. To Purgatory till they have made full satisfaction for them and then to heaven Q. How prove you that there is Purgatory or a penall place where soules are purged after death A. Out of 1 S. Pet. ch 3. v. 18. 19. 20. where we read That Christ being dead for our sins came in spirit and preached to them also that were in prison which had been incredulous in the daies of Noah when the Arke was a building Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of 1 Cor. ch 3. v. 13 14 15. The worke of every man shall be manifest for the day of our Lord will declare it because it shall be revealed in fire and the worke of every one of what kind it is the fire shall try if any mans worke abide as theirs doth who have deserved no Purgatory he shall receive a reward if any mans worke burne as theirs doth who goe to Purgatory he shall suffer detriment but himselfe shall be saved yet so as by fire Q. What besides A. Out of S. Matth. ch 4. v. 27. Be thou at agreement with thy adversary betimes whilest thou art in the way with him that is in this life least perhaps the Adversary deliver thee to the Judge and the Iudge deliver thee to the Officer and thou be cast into prison Purgatory Amen I say unto thee thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing Q. What other yet A. Out of S. Mat. ch 12. v. 32. where we read That some Sins shalâ— neither be forgiven in this world nor in the world to come therefore there is a place of purging and pardoning sins after this life Q. How is a man made guilty or said to co-operate to the sinnes of other men A. As often as he is an effectuall cause of sin in others by any of these nine meanes following 1. By counsell 2. By command 3. By consent 4. By provocation 5. By praise or flattery 6. By silence 7. By connivence 8. By participation or 9. By defence of the ill done CHAP. XVIII The seven deadly Sinnes Expounded Q. HOw call you the seven deadly Sinnes A. Pride Covetousnesse Lechery Anger Gluttony Envy and Sloth Q. What is Pride A. It is an inordinate desire of our owne excellency or esteeme Q. Why is Pride called a Capitall sinne A. Because it is the head or fountaine of many other sinnes Q. What for example A. Vaine-Glory Boasting Hypocrisy Ambition Arrogancy Presumption and contempt of others Q. What is Vaine-Glory A. An inordinate desire of humane praise Q. What is Boasting A. A foolish cracking of our selves Q. What is Hypoerisie A. A counterfeiting of more piety and vertue then we have Q. What is Ambition A. An inordinate desire of honour Q. What is Arrogancy A. A high contempt of others joyned with insolency and rashnesse Q. What is Presumption A. An attempting of things above our strength Q. What is contempt of others A. A disdainfull preferring of our selves before others Q. What other daughters hath Pride A. Pertinacy discord disobedience and in gratitude Q. What is pertinacy A. A wilfull sticking to our owne opinions contrary to the judgement of our betters Q. What is discord A. A wrangling in words with such as we ought to assent and yeeld unto Q. What is disobedience A. A refractorinesse to Parents and Superiours Q.