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A17053	The life of religion: or Short and sure directions teaching how to 1 beleeue aright. 2 Liue aright, & 3 pray aright. In the forme of exposition on 1 the Creed. 2 The ten Commandements. 3 The Lords Praier. Put into this kind of method, that it might the better 1. Informe the vnderstanding. 2. Affect the soule, and 3. Helpe the memory. Hereunto is added also a short treatise on the Lords Supper: with praiers to be vsed before, at, and after the communion. By R.B. minister of Gods Word.	Bruch, Richard, minister of Gods word.	1615 (1615)	STC 3927; ESTC S114246	69,848	288

in our 1. Persons 2. Goods and 3. Fame Because thou art so good vnto vs notwithstanding all our debt And leade vs not into temptati●n 1. Perkins Withdrawing thy grace assisting from vs. 2. Stirring vp stormes and warre against vs. 3. Laying baites and blockes before vs. For 1. Thereby we shall vngarded 2. Therewith wee may be ouer-whelmed 3. Thereat we may offend Vse 1. And then thy grace which did preuent vs that we might arise failing vs now standing we shall fall againe returning 1. To the vomit of our former euil opiniōs 2. To wallow in the mire of our former euill manners 3. To run yet further into farther mischiefe Our latte● end being worse then our beginning 2. And then our house smitten on the corners with the winde will be shaken 1. The roofe of our patience 2. The walles of our hope 3. The foundation of our faith Our hearts melting away for very feare dying within vs. 3. And then the deceiueablenes of sinne will bewitch vs and peruert our simple mindes making vs 1. To tast the forbidden fruite 2. To eate of wicked mens delicates 3. To swallow the hook with the baite Our soules inclining to wickednesse turning away after euill counsailes But deliuer vs from the euill 1. Of our owne concupiscence 2. Of that wicked aduersary 3. Of the examples of this naughty age For otherwise 1. We shall serue sinne in the lusts thereof 2. We shall be led captiue of the diuell after his will 3. We shall be caried away with the current of the times corruptions 1. Aug con Iulian. So shall that which cannot vtterly be consumed in vs in this life be daily more and more abated 1. Wrath out of our hearts 2. Malice out of our flesh 3. Euill desires out of our soules Til we at lēgth altogether be freed frō these workes of brick clay 2. So shall Satans worke be hindred and ouerthrowne which labors daily to subuert vs 1. Fighting violently and incessantly against vs. 2. Taking al aduantages of times Leo pap ser 8. natiuitatis meanes and places to annoy vs. 3. Sifting all our customes cares and affections to peruert vs do vs harm Till we haue at last escaped from this Pharaoh 3. So shall we be saued from this euill generation and from this present world without being 1. Defiled with the pitch of it Bern. in ser 2. Inwrapped in the bird-lime of it 3. Intangled with the snares of it Till we be at last deliuered out of Sodome For thine is the Kingdome the power and the glory 1. Ouer all excelling 2. All ruling and disposing 3. Alwaies brightly shining 1. Whereto none may be compared 2. Which cannot be vvithstood 3. Which shall not be obscured Vse 1. Therefore doe we thy subiects make request vnto thee in 1. Praier 2. Supplication with 3. Thankesgiuing Because thou art our King 2. Therefore are we perswaded of thy present helpe and succour in all our 1. Dangers 2. Necessities and 3. Tribulations Because thou art so mighty 3. Therefore doe wee ascribe all praise and honour to the 1. Father 2. Sonne 3. Holy Ghost Because it is thine of right and duety For euer 1. In all ages past 2. At this time present 3. In all times to come Amen So shall it be ● As thou hast said 2. As we haue praied 3. Hereupon our faith is staid We belieue Lord helpe our vnbeliefe euen so Lord Iesus Amen Amen FINIS A short and plaine treatise of our fit preparation to the Supper of the Lord and wholsome participation thereof 1. COR. 11.28 Let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of that bread and drinke of that Cup. AS Iacob blessing Asher Gen. 49.20 said his bred shall be fat and he shall yeeld royall dainties or giue pleasures for a king So may I say speaking of the fat things of this Table a little inuerting the words the King here giues vs his pleasures and feedes vs with his best things and roiall dainties Who am I saith Dauid vnto Saul 1. Sam. 18.18 that I should be sonne in law vnto a King and to Sauls seruants in the 23. verse Seemeth it a light thing vnto you to be a Kings sonne in law like question may wee all make vnto our soules concerning this table banquet who are we or seemeth it a light thing vnto vs that we are the inuited of a King If some great man should inuite vs to his Table how would wee study to compose our selues our apparell our behauiour that there might bee nothing in vs that might offēd so great a presence how much more ought wee thus to doe comming to the Lords Table whe●e we are to sit and eat of better foode then that of Angels and that also in the presence not of any earthly greatnes but of the heauenly maiesty That therefore we may come as fit and worthy guests wee must before hand prepare our selues For if the Virgines Hester 1. comming to King Ahashuerosh were to be purified sixe monthes and the people comming to receiue the Lawe of God three daies Exod. 19. how much more wee comming to this Table where the flesh of God is taken eaten ought to be purged purified in our hearts from dead workes and to bee prepared as fit guests for so heauenly a banquet This aboue al things euery one of vs that will come ro this Table well prepared must d●sire of God with ardent and ea●nest praiers that he would purge the chamber of our heart in which Christ will eate his Passeouer with vs. Now that we might fitly prepare and wholsomely participate of the Table of the Lord the Apostle hath set downe two things first what we must doe before wee come there namely examine c. 2. What wee must doe when we are there namely eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. If it be askt who must examine or who must be examined the Apostle resolues a man Who examine who examined or as Beza Quisque Euery man the examiner his owne soule and conscience his owne selfe for so saith the Apostle Let a man examine himselfe The touch-stone is for the mettals this triall is for our selues Euery man heere is of the Inquisition to examine whether his owne heart bee holie or hollow his loue false or vnfained his wares his workes good or adulterated his coine base or currant which that a man be able to doe it is necessary as Saint Peter requires that he be ready to render a reason of the faith and hope that is in him and how can he be ready to render a reason of his faith c. when he knowes not a reason of his faith how is it possible that a man should examine himselfe when he knowes not vpon what interrogatories he should examine himselfe The heart of man is deceitfull aboue all things how shall he be able to finde out the corruptions thereof that is not taught out

Article And in Iesus which saueth vs 1. From the guilt of sinne 2. From the punishment of sinne 3. From the power of sin and Satan For 1. He was made sin for vs. Gal. 3.13 2. He was made a curse for vs. Ga. 4.4 3. Hee appeared to loose the workes of the diuell Ioh. 16.54 Vse 1. Whereas therefore the law of God accusing me in my selfe I am but a lost creature and can find nothing in me but 1. A froward heart 2. A wicked life and 3. A defiled conscience I betake me to this saluation 2. Whereas wrath is here gone forth against me and hell else-where prouided that I may yet haue hope and safety 1. In life 2. In death 3. In iudgement I cleaue vnto this Iesus 3. Whereas solde vnder sinne a captiue to the Diuell I haue liued long in bondage that now I may be freed from such 1. Bad Masters 2. Heauy chains 3. Seruile labours I flie vnto this Sauiour Christ annointed vnto vs 1. A Prophet 2. A Priest 3. A King For he 1. Teacheth his people the will of his Father 2. Maketh atonement twixt them and their God 3. Doth mightily gouerne and defend his Church Vse 1. I therefore leaue all other teachers which speake not as the word of God to harken to this Prophet with whose 1. Threatnings I am terrified 2. Promises I am allured 3. To whose precepts I doe obey Because hee hath the words of truth and peace 2 I come vnto the father through him offering spirituall sacrifice trusting to be accepted and lay hold vpon his sacrifice which was 1. Priest 2. Altar 3. Sacrifice Because hee is the high and only sacrificer 3 I count me happy liuing in his gouernment and will shew me faithfull to him that so 1. Mightily ouer-rules and punisheth his enemies 2. Gratiously rules protects his subiects 3. Bountifully rewardeth all their seruices Because he is the King of p●ace righteousnesse His onely Sonne 1. Not by creation 2. Not by adoption 3. But by eternall generation For 1. So are oth●r men and Angels sonnes of God 2. So are sonnes all the chosen people of God 3. So is Iesus Christ himselfe alone Vse 1. These ot●er therefore men and Angels though they are called sonnes of God as being from him in the institution of their nature in whome 1. They liue 2. They moue 3. They haue their being Yet do they not partake of Gods own nature 2. These other Saints of God and chosen people ●hough they haue the honour to bee called the Sonnes of God because they are 1. Elect of him before all worlds 2. Begotten of his immortall seede the word 3. Borne againe of water and of the spirit Yet do they not communicate of Gods owne essence 3 But this his Sonne alone his vndefiled of-spring begotten of him before all worlds and deare to him that did beget him is rightly called his onely Sonne being 1. The bright image of his Father 2. Light of his light 3. Coaeternall to him and consubstantial Because hee alone communicates of the diuine nature and essence Our Lord 1. Potestas arrepta Accepta Not by a power vsurped and vniust 2. Not by a power borrowed and limitted I●genita de Soto 3. But by a power ingenit and lawfull purchase For 1. So are Lords also the tirants of the earth 2. So are Lords also those that raigne by him 3. So is he our Lord alone that is heire of all things Vse 1. Hence therfore am I quickened in my seruice to performe all due obedienc● and doe willingly resigne to him my body soule substance whom I serue Greg. li. 2. Morall 1. Out of the affection of charity 2. Out of the loue of iustice 3. Free from all seruile feare and terror Because his gouernment is so iust and equall 2. Hence draw I no small comfort both for the hope of the reward of my seruice and helpe in need and trouble as also from the dignity of this my calling that I serue a power 1. Whose ability is not poore to reward 2. Whose arme is not short to helpe 3. Whose will cannot bee crossed by a greater power Because he is chiefe Lord subordinate to none 3. Hence thinke I of the account that I am to make of my goods and tallent and withall referre all that I haue to his goodnesse and all that I speak think or do to his praise from whom I haue so much receiued and whose I am by right of 1. Creation 2. Redemption 3. Preseruation Because he is my true and naturall Lord. Vrfin in loco The third Article Which was conceiued by the Holy Ghost 1. After the will of God alone 2. After a manner vnspeakeable 3. After the prophecies that went before For 1. He decreed it thus to come to passe 2. Wee cannot conceiue nor vtter how 3. They spake thus of it long agoe A Virgin shall conceiue All which was done Vse 1. That he might be without all spot or blemish in his conception 1. The sourse of corruption being stopped in his mother 2. Purenesse infused into the masse wherof he was made 3. The humane nature vnited vnto the god-head That so his integrity might couer our defects 2. That we might know that by the same spirit Christ may be formed in our hearts ●ulgent li. de incarnatio August in Ps 17 by which he was conceiued in the wombe if we haue the virginity of the minde which is 1. Sound faith 2. Solid hope 3. Sincere charity That so a fit receptacle bee prouided for him in our soules 3. That we might be assured that nothing shal fall to the ground which the Lord hath spoken though it seeme as impossible to vs as a Virgin to conceiue a thing 1. Which is beyond the course of nature 2. Which hath not entred into the heart of man 3. Which hath not otherwise been hard of in the world That so our faith may bee confirmed in the promises Borne of the Virgin Mary A thing 1. In reason wonderfull 2. In example singular 3. In effect desirable For 1. Who can tell out of his generation 2. Who can euer instance in the like 3. Blessed and happy is the wombe that beares him Vse 1. I acknowledge herein therefore the great worke of God maruellous in our eies so strangely ioyning these three things together Bern. ser in vigil natiu 1. God and man 2. A mother and a maide 3. Faith of these things and the hart of man And magnifie his glorious name therefore 2. I regard herein the humility and loue of my Sauiour which being borne from euerlasting of the father God rich ouer all dwelling in the heauenly palaces came downe into this earth to be 1. Borne of his hand-maide 2. Wrapt in clouts 3. Laide in a manger And follow him in and loue him for these vertues 3. August I long to beare him blessedly in my heart as the mother of God did beare him