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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17478	A briefe and necessarie catechisme, concerning the principall poynts of our Christian religion Written for the good of all such as seeke after consolation in Christ. By R.C.	R. C., fl. 1602.; Greenham, Richard, attributed name. aut	1574 (1574)	STC 4296; ESTC S115042	20,180	63

A Briefe and necessarie Catechisme concerning the principall poynts of our Christian Religion Written for the good of all such as seeke after consòlation in Christ. By R. C. 1. Pet. 3. 15. Sanctifie the Lord God in your harts and be readie alwaies to giue an aunswere to euerie man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you AT LONDON Printed for Edward VVhite and are to be solde at the little North doore of Paules Church at the signe of the Gun. 1602. ¶ A briefe and necessarie Catechisme concerning the principall points of our Christian Religion Question WHereas all men desire to bee blessed and most men are deceiued in seeking that blessednesse tell me which is the true way thereto Aunswere To know God to be my Father in Iesus Christ and therefore to serue him according to his will and to set foorth his glorie beleeuing that I shall want nothing that is good for me in this life and that I shall enioy euerlasting blessednes in the world to come How know you this By the working of the holy ghost and by the meanes of his word What call you his Word The reuealed will of GOD set foorth vnto vs in the holy Scriptures Which doe you call the holy scriptures The bookes of the olde and newe Testament commonly called Canonicall Are all things that are necessarie for vs to know contained in them Yea for GOD beeing full of all wisdome and goodnes would leaue out nothing that was requisite for vs to know Is it lawfull to adde to or take anie thing there-from No for GOD hath flatly forbidden it and hath pronounced grieuous curses vppon those that doe so Why is it so grieuous a sin Because it is a great sin to alter the last will of a mortall man therefore much more to change the last Testament of eternall God. Why is it requisite that the will of God should be set forth vnto vs That wee might haue pure rules of his worship and sure grounds of our saluation Is it not lawfull to repose any part of Gods worship or our saluation in the doctrines and dooings of men No for all men by nature are liars and defiled with sinne wherof it followeth that all mens doctrines and dooings are mingled with lies and corruptions How far are we bound to their doctrine and dooings So farre forth as they are agreeable to Gods word May all reade the Scriptures Yea all that be of age able to discerne betweene good euill ought to increase in knowledge for their furtherance in saluation as they doe in yeeres VVhy must all such reade the Scriptures 1. Because euerie one must be able to proue and try himselfe whether he be in the faith or no. 2. Because euerie one must be able to prooue and examine mens doctrines and dooings by the Scriptures that they be not thereby in their saluation deceiued 3. Because euerie one must be able as his calling requireth to teach admonish exhort and comfort one another 4. Because euerie one must be able to make an account of the faith hope that is in him But what if men cannot reade Then they must vse the helpe of others that can Is it enough to read the Scriptures priuately or with others No for God hath also commaunded to heare thē read publiquely in the Church And is that enough No for he also hath ordained preaching Why must preaching be ioyned vvith reading Because it is the most principall and proper meanes to beget faith in vs. Why must faith be mixed with the word read and preached Because otherwise the Word profiteth vs nothing How many things are requisite to be in euery one that wil come to heare the word read and preached Amongst other foure are necessarie 1. A trembling feare of the Maiestie of God. 2. An assured faith in Christ. 3. An earnest endeuor to frame our liues therafter 4. To pray for the holy Ghost to be giuen vs to enlighten our mindes and write all these things in our harts Which be the principall parts of Gods word The Law and the Gospell What call you the Law It is that part of the word that commandeth all good and forbiddeth all euill What if we could keepe the Law Then we should be blessed What if we breake the Law Then are we subiect to the curse of God and so to death and damnation What call you the Gospell It is that part of the word which containeth the free promises of God made vnto vs in Iesus Christ without any respect of our deseruings What doth it worke in vs A true and liuely fayth in Iesus Christ whereby we lay hold of the free remission of our sinnes in him and come by true repentance of them VVhat must wee learne by the vvhole word of God. Two things First to make a right and sounde entrance into our saluation Secondlie how to increase and continue the same vnto the end What is required for our right sound entrance to our saluation Thrée things First to know and be perswaded of the greatnes of my sinnes and the miserie due to the same Secondly to know howe wee may be deliuered from them Thirdly to knowe what thanks we owe to the Lord for our deliuerance How shall wee come to aright fight of our sinnes a sound perswasion of them By the Spirit of GOD leading vs to the true vnderstanding of the Law and a due examination of our selues thereby Where is the Law set downe It is written in many places of the scripture but the summe thereof is contained in the ten commaundements Rehearse them I am the Lord thy God thou shalt haue no other Gods but me c. How are they deuided Into two principall heads or Tables What doth the first Table teach vs Our duetie towards GOD and is contained in the foure first Commaundements What learne we by the second Table Our dutie towards our neighbour and is contained in the latter sixe Commandements VVhy are the duties towards GOD set downe before our duties towards our neighbour Because the loue of GOD is the ground of the loue of our neighbor wherof it followeth that none can rightly loue his neighbour except hee first loue GOD. Why are the duties towards our neighbour ioyned to our dutie towards God Because the loue of our neighbour is the proofe and triall of our loue towards god Whence it followeth againe that none can loue God aright except he also loue his neighbour VVhy are the Commaundements set downe in tenne parts and not in generall Because God is not pleased with dooing our duties in generall or in some part but hee will be wholy serued in all and euerie one of his Commandements VVhy are they set downe singulerly or to euery one Because euerie one must doe his owne duetie though none goe before him whence it followeth That euerie one must beare his owne burden and none shall haue excuse by others example Are there not some rules which serue

you by beleeuing all these articles The drift of all this that being iustified by faith I am made righteous before God. Which be the seuerall fruits 1 I am at peace with God although in my selfe for my outward sins which I daily commit and my inward conception which remaineth I am accused 2 I get strength to fight against my outward sinnes to subdue my outwarde corruption to do outward good works and to delight in the law of God in my inner man. 3 I haue an interest in all Gods creatures so that the vse and want of them shal turn to the furtherance of my saluatiō 4 I am assured of the glorification of my soule and bodie in the heauens because I am made an heire of euerlasting life Why is this giuen wholy only to faith Not because faith doth deserue it but because the merits of Christ can be laid hold on and applied to my selfe by no other meanes but by faith alone Cannot good works in some part iustisie vs. No For righteousnes which is able to stand before God must be perfect Are not our workes so No For many waies we sinne all besides the best works we do are defiled with sinne and therefore can deserue nothing at the hand of God. vvhy then doth God promise a reward to them That is not for the desert of works but of Gods grace and mercy Then this doctrine will make men carelesse for well doing No For they that be ingrafied into Christ must néeds bring forth good works vvhy is it needful they should doe good works 1 That wee may by them shew our selues thankefull to God for all his benefits 2 That we be assured of faith and election by good works 3 That by them we may ediffe others and that will be 1. By incouraging and strengthening those that are good 2 By winning those that are not yet come to God. 3 By stopping the mouthes of the wicked 4 That God may be glorified therby Are good works so needful that we cannot be saued without them Yea For although they worke not our saluation in any part yet for that they that are iustified are also sanctified they that doe no good works declare they are neyther iustified nor sanctified and therefore cannot be saued Then they must much more be condemned which commit sinne and lie in it Yea For such are not onely pronounced accursed by the law but also the Gospell hath denounced that they shall not enter into the kingdome of heauen Can euerie one doe good workes No None but such as are borne againe that is that they haue receiued Christ as he is offered to vs of God the Father to be our wisedome holines righteousnes and redemption vvho then doe good works They that are thus borne againe and carry in them the image of God haue repentance wrought in them from whence good works do procéede What is repentance It is a turning of our selues to God whereby we crucifie and kill the corruption of our nature reforme our selues in the inner man according to Gods will. What is it to crucifie the corruption of nature It is truly and with all my hart to be sory that I haue offended God with it and my other sinnes and euery day more and more to hate it and them and flie from them How is this sorrow wrought Partly by the threatnings of the law and the feare of Gods iudgements but especially increased by séeing Christs death wherby I haue power to hate sinne and ll●aue it How is this reformation of our selues wrought in vs. Onely by the promises of the Gospell whereby we feele the fruit of the rising againe of Christ. What insueth hereof Héerby we are raysed vp into a new life hauing the Law written in our hearts and so reforme our selues Heereby it appeareth that none can repent of themselues or when they will. True For it was said before that it is the gift of God giuen vnto them that are borne againe By this also it is euident that Gods children stand in need of repentance so long as they liue Yea For there is none of the Saints of God but carrying alwaies this corruption about them sometime fall and are farre from that perfection of godlines which the Lord requireth Why then saith our Sauiour Christ that the Angels of God reioyce more ouer one sinner that repenteth then ouer 99. who need no repentance Our Sauiour speaketh of repentance from dead works and grosse sins whereof the righteous doe not stand in néed and yet they are daily to repent of their errours and infirmities Seeing it was said before that good works proceed from repentance what properties are required of works 1 That they be such as God hath commaunded in his law 2 That they which doe them be ingrafted into Christ and doe continue in him What say you then of their good works which are not in Christ. They doe no good works because they neyther are as yet members of Christ neyther do they offer them in his name 3 That they be done to glorifie God and assure vs of saluation Is it not lawfull to seeke our owne praise or merit by our good works No For all our good works are imperfect and saluation is onely merited by the death of Christ. VVe haue heard that the Law worketh knowledge of our sinnes and feeling of our miserie what meanes hath God ordained to worke faith in vs. These fiue The Gospell Prayer Sacraments discipline and affliction How many kinds of faith be there 1 Two Generall whereby I beléeue God to be true in all his words 2 Special whereby eyther I beléeue God to be iust in his threatnings and so am made penitent or else whereby I beléeue that he is mercifull in his promises and so come to repentance vvhat difference is there betweene penitence and repentance Penitence is a sorrow for sin wrought by the Law. Repentance is a remoouing our selues from sinne wrought by the Gospell Is there such difference betweene the Law and the Gospell Yea They differ in foure things 1 The Law reueileth sinne rebuketh vs for it and leaueth vs in it The Gospell reueileth vnto vs the remission of sinnes and freeth from the punishments belonging thereunto 2 The Law commaundeth to do good and giueth no strength but the Gospell inableth vs to doe good the holy Ghost writing the Law in our harts and assuring vs of the promise 3 The Law is the ministerie of wrath death and condemnation but the Gospell is the ministerie of grace iustification and life 4 In many poynts the Law may be conceiued by reason but the Gospell cannot being far aboue mans reason vvherein doe they agree In this that they be both of God and declare one kinde of righteousnes though they differ in offering it vnto vs. What is that one kinde of righteousnesse The perfect loue of God and of our neighbour What insueth heereof That the seuere Law pronounceth all the faithfull righteous because they