give our lives for him as often as his Honour shall require it Q. In what doth the Faith and Law of Christ chiefly consist A. In two principall Mysteries namely the Vnity and Trinity of God the Incarnation and death of our Saviour Q. What meaneth the Vnity and Trinity of God A. It meaneth that in God there is but one onely divine Nature or Essence although there bee three Persons the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost Q. How shew you that A. Out of the 1. of S. John ch 5. v. 7. there be three which give testimony in heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three be one Q. Why are there but three Persons only A. Because the Father hath no beginning nor proceedeth from any other Person the Son proceedeth from the Father the Holy Ghost proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne Q. Why are these three Persons but one God A. Because they have but one and the same Essence one and the same Power one and the same Wisdome one and the same Goodnesse Q. What meaneth the Incarnation and death of our Saviour A. It meaneth that the second Person of the Blessed Trinity was made man and died upon a Crosse to save us Q. In what are these two Mysteries contained A. In the signe of the Crosse as it is made by Catholikes Q. How declare you that A. Because when we put our right hand to our head saying In the Name we signifie Vnity and when we make the signe of the Crosse faying of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost we signifie Trinity Q. How doth the signe of the Crosse represent the Incarnation and death of our Saviour A. By putting us in mind that he was made man to die upon the Crosse for us CAP. II. Faith explicated Q. WHat is Faith A. It is the gift of God or a supernaturall quality infused by God into the Soule by which we firmely believe all those things which he hath revealed any way unto us Q. Why is Faith necessary to Salvation A. Because without Faith it is impossible to please God Heb. ch 11. v. 6. Q. What other proofe have you A. Because he that believeth and shall be baptized he shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be condemned S. Mark c. 16. v. the last Q. Why must we believe matters of Faith so firmely A. Because God hath revealed them who neither can deceive nor be deceived Q. If a man should deny or obstinately doubt of some one Point of Faith would he thereby lose his whole Faith A. Yes he would because true Faith must alwayes be entire and he that faileth in one is made guilty of all by discrediting the Authority of God revealing it Q. Is it not enough to believe all that is written in the Bible A. No it is not for we must also believe all Apostolicall Traditions Q. How prove you that A. Out of 2 Thes c. 2. v. 15. Therefore Brethren stand ye fast saith S. Paul and hold ye the Traditions which ye have learned whether by word or by our Epistle Q. What other proof have you A. The Apostles Creed which all are bound to believe although it be not in the Scripture Q. Is Faith onely as excluding good works sufficient to salvation A. No it is not according to S. James his Epist c. 2. v. 24. you see then Brethren how that by workes a man is justified and not by faith onely Q. What other proof have you A. The 1 Cor. ch 13. where S. Paul saith If a man have all faith so as to remove Mountaines and have not charity he is nothing and if hee distribute his goods unto the poore and give his body so that it burne and have not charity it profiteth nothing Q. What faith will suffice to justifie A. A Faith working by Charity in Jesus Christ Gal. ch 5. v. 6. Q. What vice is opposite to Faith A. Heresie Q. What is Heresie A. It is an obstinate Errour in things that of Faith Q. Is it a grievous sin A. A very grievous one because it wholly divides a man from God and leads to infidelity Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Matth. ch 18. v. 18. where Christ saith If he will not hear the Church let him be unto thee as a Heathen or a Publican CHAP. III. The Creed Expounded Q. WHat is the Creed A. It is the sum of our Beliefe Q. Who made it A. The twelve Apostles Q. At what time did they make iâ— A. Before they divided themselves into the severall Countryes of the world Q. For what end did they make it A. That so they might be able to teach one and the same Doctrine in all places Q. What doth the Creed containe A. All those chiefe things which we are bound to believe concerning God and his Church Q. What is the first Article of the Creed A. I believe in God the Father Almighty Creatour of Heaven and Earth Q. What signifieth I believe A. It signifieth as much as I most firmly and undoubtedly hold Q. What means I believe in God A. It meaneth not onely that there is a God and that all is truth which he teacheth but also that we move unto him by Faith Hope and Charity Q. What signifieth the word Father A. It signifieth the first Person of the most Blessed Trinity who is by nature the Father of but one onely Son who is by Adoption the Father of all Christians who is by Creation the Father of all Creatures Q. What meaneth the word Almighty A. It meaneth that God is able to doe all things as he pleaseth that he seeth all things knoweth all things and governeth all things Q. Why is he called Almighty in this place A. That we might doubt of nothing which followeth Q. What signifie those words Creatour of Heaven and Earth A. They signifie that God created Heaven and Earth and all the creatures in them out of nothing by his sole Word Gen. ch 1. Q. What moved him to make them A. His own meer goodnesse that so he might communicate himselfe to Angells and to men for whom he made all other creatures Q. When did God create the Angells A. When he created Heaven which was on the first day for hee made that full of Angells Q. For what end did he create them A. To be partakers of his glory and our Guardians Q. How prove you by Scripture that they be our Guardians A. Out of S. Matth. ch 18. v. 10. where Christ saith See yee that ye destise not any one of these little ones For their Angells which are in Heaven alwayes see the face of my Father which is in heaven Q. Doe the Angells know our necessities and heare our Prayers A. Doubtlesse they doe since God hath deputed them to be our Guardians Q. How else prove you it A. Out of Zachary ch 1. where an Angell prayeth for two whole Cities the words are Then the Angell of the
Lord answered and said O Lord of Hosts how long wilt thou not have mâ—rcy on the City of Judah and Hierusalem against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten yeares Q. What Scripture have you for praying to Angells A. The 48. ch of Gen. v. 16. where Jacob on his death-bed prayed to an Angell for Ephraim and Manasses saying The Angell of the Lord that delivered me from all evill blesse these Children Q. How did Lucifer and his fellow Angells fall from their Dignity in Heaven A. By a rebellious sin of Pride Q. With what shall their ruines be repaired A. With holy men Q. When and to what likenesse did God create man A. On the sixth day and to his own image and likenesse Gen. 1. Q. In what doth that similitude consist A. In this that man is in his Soule an incorporeall intellectuall and immortall Spirit as God is Q. In what besides A. In this that as in God there is but one most simple divine Nature or Essence and yet three distinct Persons so in man there is but one indivisible Soule and yet in that Soule three distinct powers of Will Memory and Vnderstanding Q. How do you prove the Soule to be immortall A. Out of S. Matth. C. 10. V. 28. where Christ saith Feare not them that kill the body and cannot kill the soule Q. What other proof have you A. Out of the 12. Ch. of Eccles where we read That at our death the dust returneth to the earth from whence it was and the spirit to God who gave it Q. In what state did God create man A. In the state of originall justice and perfection of all naturall gifts Q. Do we owe much to God for our creation A. Very much seeing he made us in such a perfect state creating us for himself and all things else for us Q. How did we lose originall Justice A. By Adams disobedience to God in eating the forbidden fruit Q. In what state are we now borne A. In state of originall sin and prone to actuall sin subject to death Q. How prove you that A. Out of Rom. ch 6. v. 12. where we read That by one man sin entred into this world and by sin death and so unto all men death did passe in whom all have sinned Q. Had man ever died if he had never sinned A. No he had not but had been conserved by the Tree of Life and been translated alive into the fellowship of the Angels The second Article Q. SAy the second Article A. And in Iesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord. Q. Of what treateth this Article A. Of the second Person of the B. Trinity in whom we also believe and put our trust Q. What is the second Person A. He is true God and true Man in one Person Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Iohns Gospell ch 1. where we read In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God c. And the Word was made Flesh and dwelt in us Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of Philip. C. 2. V. 6 7. where S. Paul saith That Christ when he was in the forme of God thought it no robbery to be equall to God but he hath lessened himselfe taking the forme of a servant made unto the likenesse of men and found in habit as a man Q. Why would God be made man A. To redeeem and save lost man Q. Was his Incarnation necessary for that end A. It was because our offences against God were in some sort infinite as being against his infinite goodnesse and therefore required an infinite satisfaction which none could make but God and he made man Q. What other proof have you for the necessity of the Incarnation A. Because God is in himselfe so spirituall sublime and abstract a thing that if he had not in his mercy attempred his owne inscrutable greatnesse unto the littlenesse of our sensible capacity by being made man scarce one of a thousand and those great Clerks only would ever have been able to know every thing to the purpose of him or consequently to love and serve him as they ought which is the necessary means of our salvation seeing that nothing is efficaciously willed which is not first well understood Q. What benefit have we by the knowledge of God made Man A. It much inflameth us with the love of God who could not more have dignified mans nature or shewed more love unto the world then to send down his onely Sonne to redeem it in our flesh Q. What signifieth the Name Iesus A. It signifieth a Saviour S. Mat. C. 1. V. 21. Q. Is any speciall honour due unto that Name A. There is because it is the highest Title of God made man Q. How prove you that A. Out of Philip. ch 2. ver 9. where wee read That God the Father hath given unto Christ because hee humbled himselfe unto the death of the Crosse a Name which is above all names the Name Jesus Q. What other proofe have you A. Because there is no other name under Heaven given unto men in which wee must bee saved Act. 4. v. 12. Q. How do you prove that we must bow at this name A. Out of the said Philip. ch 2. v. 10. At the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow of Celestialls Terrestrialls and Infernalls Q. What signifies the Name Christ A. It signifieth Annoynted Q. Why was he called Annoynted A. Because he was a Priest a Prophet and a King to all which unction appertaineth Q. With what was Christ Annoynted A. With all the plenitude of divine grace Q. What meane the words his only Son A. They meane that God hath but one onely Son by nature co-equall to himselfe begotten of himselfe without a Mother though by Adoption he have many Sonnes to wit all Christians Q. What understand you by the word Our Lord A. I understand that Christ hath all power given him in heaven and earth and that he hath bought us with his precious blood and therefore we are all his slaves The third Article Q. WHat is the third Article A. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary A. What meaneth who was conceived by the Holy Ghost A. It meaneth that the second Person of the Blessed Trinitie tooke flesh of the Virgin Mary not by humane generation but by the worke of the Holy Ghost Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Luke Ch. 1. V. 25. Behold saith the Angell thou shalt conceive and beare a Sonne c. the Holy Ghost shall come downe upon thee and the vertue of the Highest shall over-shadow thee Q. What understand you by the words borne of the Virgin Mary A. I understand that Christ was borne of her at midnight and in a poor Stable at Bethlehem betwixt an Oxe and an Asse Q. Why at midnight A. To signifie that he came to take away the darknesse of our sinnes Q. Why in Bethlehem A.
it numbered in the Deealouge which are the Commandements of God and of the Law of Nature A. Because the substance or chief part of it namely That a day be set apart for the service of God is of divine Right and of the Law of Nature though the determinating of this particular Day Sunday rather then Saturday be a Church Ordinance and Precept Q. Did not Christ when he confirmed the rest confirme also this Commandement A. Inasmuch as it belonged to the Law of Nature he did but not as it belonged to the Ceremoniall Law of the Iewes and was affixed to Saturday therefore now we are not bound to keep the Saturday Q. Why so I pray you A. Because that particular Day was a Command of the Ceremoniall Law of the Jewes which was abrogated and ceased to oblige after the death of Christ. Q. To what are we obliged by this Precept A. To spend the Sunday in Prayer and Divine Service Q. What is the best meanes to sanctifie the Sunday A. By hearing of Masse confessing our sinnes communicating hearing Sermons and reading good Books Q. What is forbidden by this Precept A. All prophane imployments and servile labours excepting such as are of necessity as dressing meat serving cattell c. or such as appertaine to Piety and the Works of Mercy Q. Who are they that break this Commandement A. Such as without necessity spend any considerable part of the Sunday in servile labours Q. How els is the Sunday prophaned A. By spending all the morning in lazy lying in bed or vaine attiring our selves by missing Divine Service when we may heare it or spending the greatest part of the day in drinking gaming dancing or the like Q. Is there any thing now in this first Table of the Law impossible to be observed A. No certainly for nothing can be more easie and delightfull to the true lover of God then to doe all things that are here commanded The second Table of the Law The fourth Commandement Expounded Q. WHat is the fourth Commandement A. Honour thy Father and thy Mother Q. What are we commanded by this Precept A. To love reverence obey and relieve our Parents in their wants Q. Why to love them A. Because under God they are the chiefe causes of our very Life and being and doe not only bring us forth with much griefe and paine but also bring us up with much love labour and solicitude Q. How are we bound to reverence them A. Not only inwardly in our hearts but also outwardly in our carriage and comportment Q. Why to obey them A. Because they are Gods Vicegerents and have received power from him from whom is all Paternity in Heaven and Earth both to direct us instruct us and correct us Q. In what things are we bound to obey our Parents A. In all that is not sinne according to that Children obey your Parents in all things for that is well pleasing unto God Col. c. 3. v. 21. Q. What is prohibited by this Precept A. All sowernesse stubbornnesse and disobedience to Parents Q. What is the reward of dutifull children A. A long and happy life good children if they marry and a good death Q. What is the reward of undutifull ones A. A short and sinfull life accompanied with an untimely death witnesse the example of Absolon 2 King ch 18. v. 14. Q. What other proofe have you A. That of the Proverbs The eye which lowres on parents shall be pluckt out with Crowes and Eagles Q. What signifies the word Father A. It signifies not onely our corporall Parents but also our Ghostly Fathers and all lawfull Superiours Q. What do we owe to Ghostly Fathers A. Love reverence obedience and sustenance Q. Why love A. Because they are the Fathers and Feeders of our soules and under God and his Saints the instrumentall causes of all our spirituall goods According to the flesh saith S. Paul you have many fathers but in the Gospell I have begotten you Q. Why reverence A. Because they are Gods Anointed and represent the person of Christ Q. Why obedience A. Because God hath appointed them to be our spirituall Pastors Guides and Governours Q. In what are we bound to obey them A. In all things belonging to Faith and Doctrine and the government of our soules Q. Is any great honour due to Priests and Ghostly Fathers A. There is according to that of S. Paul The Priests that rule well let them be deemed worthy of double honour especially they that labour in the Word and Doctrine 1 Tim. ch 5. v. 17. Q. How may wee sin against Priests and Ghostly Fathers A. By disobeying or detracting them or believing slanderous reports against them upon meer hear-say or the testimony of insufficient witnesses or without witnesse Q. What testimony is sufficient against a Priest A. I will tell you out of S. Pauls mouth Against a Priest saith he to Timothy the Bishop of Ephesus receive not an accusation under two or three witnesses 1 Tim. ch 5. v. 19. And v. the 21. I testifie before God and Iesus Christ that thou keepe these things without prejudice and do nothing by declining to the one part Q. Is it convenient to ask a Blessing of Priests A. It is because they give it in the name and Person of Christ Q. What warrant have you for it A. Out of S. Mark ch 10. v. 17. where Christ laying his hands upon the Children blessed them Q. What other proof have you A. The example of Melchizedek blessing Abraham upon which S. Paul saith For without all contradiction that which is lesse is blessed of the better Heb. ch 7. v. 6. Q. What Scripture have you for obedience to Priests A. Heb. the last ch v. 17. where we read Obey the Prelates and be subject to them for they watch as being to render an account for the soules And in the old Law disobedience to the Priest was punished with death Deut. ch 17. v. 12. Q. In what are we bound under sin to obey Princes and temporall Magistrates A. In all things which are not sin belonging to the good and peace of the Kingdom or Common-wealth Q. How prove you that A. Out of Rom. ch 13. v. 12. where we read Let every soule be subject to the higher Powers for there is no Power but of God he therefore that resisteth Power resisteth the Ordinance of God Q. What other proof have you A. Out of 1 S. Pet. ch 2. v. 14 15. Be ye subject saith he to every creature for God whether to the King as excelling or to Magistrates as sent by him to the revenge of Malefactors Q. What if Kings or Magistrates command us to do sin or things against our consciences A. Then we must answer them with the Apostles we must obey God rather then men Act. ch 5. v. 25. Q. In what are Servants bound to obey their Masters A. In all things that are not sin belonging to their charge Q. How prove you that A. Out
CHAP. XI Of the Sacraments in generall Q. HOw many Sacraments be there A. Seven Q. How call you them A. Baptisme Confirmation Eucharist Penance Extreme Vnction Holy Order and Matrimony See the Councell of Trent Sess 7. Cannon 1. Q. How prove you the necessity of 7. Sacraments neither more nor fewer A. Out of the proportion which is betwixt spirituall and corporall life Q. In what consisteth that proportion A. In this that as in corporall and naturall life there be seven principall or chief necessities so be there likewise in spirituall to which the seven Sacraments do correspond Q. What is our first corporall necessity A. To be born into this world And to this Baptisme correspondeth by which we are regenerate to God and borne the Heires of God Coheires of Christ Q. What is the second corporall necessity A. To be confirmed in our strength and growth without which we can never be made men And to this answereth Confirmation by which we are made strong and perfect Christians able to professe our Faith before our enemies Q. What is our third corporall necessity A. That being now made men we have a competence of daily food and sustenance To which the B. Eucharist correspondeth by which our soules are fed with divine grace as often as we worthily receive it or offer it with the Priest upon the Altar Q. What is our fourth necessity of the Body A. That we have Physicke when we are sick and wounded And to this answereth the Sacrament of Penance by which our maladies and sores of sin are healed Q. What is our fifth necessity of the Body A. That we have Cordialls and Restoratives against the agonizing fits and pangs of death And to this correspondeth Extreme Vnction by which our soule is strengthened in her last agony against the violent onsets of the Devill Q. What is the sixth corporall necessity A. That we be governed by Lawes and Magistrates so to avoid iustice and confusion And to this correspondeth holy Order by which we are provided of spirituall Magistrates to guide and governe us Q. What is the seventh corporall necessity A. That we be multiplied in a lawfull manner And to this correspondeth Matrimony by which we are not only multiplied in a naturall but in a holy and Sacramentall way Q. What is a Sacrament in generall A. It is a visible signe of invisible grace divinely instituted by Christ for our sanctification Q. How doe you prove that Christ ordained them all A. Because it is not in the power of any pure creature to give infallible vertue to cause grace to sensible and materiall things such as the Sacraments are According to the Councell of Trent Sess 7. Can. 1. Q. From what have the Sacraments their force and efficacy A. From the Bloud and Passion of Christ which they apply unto our Soules Q. How prove you that A. Out of Rom. ch 6. v. 3. Are you ignorant saith S. Paul that all we which are baptized in Christ Iesus in his death we are baptized Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of Rom ch 5. v. 9. Much more therefore now saith he being justified in his bloud shall we be saved from wrath in him Q. For what end did Christ ordaine the Sacraments A. To be externall and visible marks and professions of his holy Faith by which the faithfull might be known from Infidells and Heretikes Q. For what other end A. To be effectuall meanes of our salvation and certaine remedies against sinne Q. What things are essentiall to a Sacrament A. Matter and forme Q. Doe all the seven Sacraments give grace A. They doe according to the Councell of Trent Sess the. 7. Q. What is grace A. It is a certain speciall participation of the divine Nature by which we are made like to God in some degree as Iron is made like to fire by heat Q. How many of the Sacraments give a Character A. Three Baptisme Confirmation and Holy Order Q. What is a Sacramentall Character Q. It is a spirituall marke in the Soule by which we are marked for the servants of God which can never be blotted out Q. In what manner doe the Saoraments give and cause Grace A. Instrumentally onely for God is alwaies the principall cause thereof Q. Who is the ordinary Minister of a Sacrament A. A Priest excepting Holy Order and Confirmation which are reserved unto Bishops only Q. Why did Christ tie the administrations of the Sacraments to the Hierarchie and to Priests only A. To give them a super-eminent Power Credit and Authority with the people Q. Why was that necessary A. Because if the Clergy be not held in great reverence by the Laiety it cannot cause that effect in them for which it chiefly was ordained to wit credulity in things above Nature together with a prompt obedience to hazard lives and fortunes when they shall say the Law of God requires it And if this be not done the Law of Christ will not be kept nor can Salvation be had Q. Is the intention of the Minister to doe what Christ ordained a condition without which the Sacrament subsisteth not A. It is as also the intention of the receiver to receive what Christ ordained if he be at yeares of understanding Q. Why said you If he be at yeares of understanding A. Because for Infants in the Sacrament of Baptisme the intention of the Church and of their Godfathers and Godmothers sufficeth Baptisme Expounded Q. WHy is Baptisme the first Sacrament A. Because before it a man is not capable of any other Q. What is Baptisme A. It is an exteriour ablution or washing of the body under a set forme of words Q. What is the necessary matter of Baptisme A. Naturall water only for artificiall water will not suffice Q. What is the forme of it A. I Baptize thee N. N. in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost Q. What if a man leave out the word I Baptize or any one of the three Persons A. Then the Baptisme is invalid Q. Where did Christ expresse the forme of Baptisme and give us a command to Baptize A. In S. Math. ch 28. v. 19. Going therefore saith he teach ye all Nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost Q. Can a man be saved without Baptisme A. He cannot unlesse he have it either actually or in desire with contrition or be baptized in his owne Blood as the Holy Innocents were which suffered for Christ Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Iohn ch 3. v. 5. Vnlesse any one be borne againe of Water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdome of God Q. Can no man but a Priest baptize A. Yes in case of necessity any Lay-man or woman may doe it but not otherwise Q. What is a case of necessity A. When a child is in danger of death and a Priest cannot be had Q. What are the effects of Baptisme
these words Those that have been baptized must after Baptisme receive the most holy Chrisome and be made partakers of the heavenly Kingdome Q. What other proofe have you A. The Authority of S. Thomas who in the Sacrament of Confirmation affirmeth that it is a dangerous thing to die without it Adde unto this That without Confirmation according to all the Fathers we are not perfect Christians Q. What thinke you then of those who for particular and private ends sleight this Sacrament and reach the Laity not to receive it when they may have it A. Truly I think they sleight the mission of the Holy Ghost for this Sacrament is a continuance of that mission unto us and are great enemies of Christianity Q. What sin is it not to receive it when we may have it A. Mortall sinne if it be done out of contempt or any grosse neglect especially in a place of persecution as England is Q. How prove you that A. Because by so doing we expose our selves to great danger of denying our Faith against which danger it was peculiarly ordained by Christ our Lord. Q. At what age is Confirmation now commonly received A. At seven years old Q. Why no sooner A. That so we may be able to prepare our selves for it and remember that we have received it for it cannot be twice given Q. Why is a little blow given on the cheek to him that is confirmed A. To signifie that he is there made the Souldier of Christ and must be ready to suffer stripes and buflets for his sake Q. Must we have any Godfather in Confirmation A. One Godfather or one Godmother at the most Q. Must it be received fasting A. That is expedient for so the Apostles received it but not necessary The Eucharist Expounded Q. WHat is the third Sacrament A. The blessed Eucharist or the Sacrament of the Body and Bloud of Christ Q. By what was this Sacrament prefigured in the old Law A. By the Tree of Life the Burning Bush Melchisedeks Bread and Wine the Paschall Lamb the Heavenly Manna and the Arke of the League Q. How prove you that A. Because all things happened unto them in a Figure according to S. Paul Q. Doth the Blessed Eucharist excell all these in dignity A. It doth as farre as a substantiall body excells a shadow Q. What signifies the name Eucharist A. It signifieth good Grace or Thanksgiving because it containeth the Author and Fountaine of all Grace and the greatest Gift of God to man Q. When did Christ ordaine the Blessed Eucharist A. At his last Supper Q. Why so A. To leave it to his Church as the last and greatest pledge of his love Q. What is the Blessed Eucharist A. It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ true God and true Man whole Christ under the outward formes of Bread and Wine Q. In what manner is Christ present under those Forms A. By the true and reall presence of his divine and humane nature not figuratively only as some would have it Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Matth. ch 26. v. 26 27 28. where we read that Christ at his last Supper tooke bread blessed it brake it and gave it to his Disciples saying Take ye and eat this is my Body and he also blessed the cup saying This is my blood of the New Testament which shall be shed for many to the remission of sins Q. What other proof have you A. Out of S. Mark ch 14 v. 22 23 24. were we read the selfe-san words Q. VVhat besides A. Out of S. Luke ch 22. v. 19. 20. where we read This is my body which is given for you this is the Chalice the New Testament in my blood which shall be shed for you Q. VVhat other A. S. Joh. c. 6. v. 52 53 55. The bread which I will give is my flesh for the life of the world my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drinke indeed unlesse ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drinke his bloud you shall have no life in you Q. VVhat other yet A. Out of 1 Cor. ch 11. v. 23. where S. Paul tells us that he received from our Lord viz. by speciall revelation that at his last Supper he blessed bread saying Take ye and eat this is my body which shall be delivered for you this Chalice is the New â—estament in my bloud Q. By what meanes is the whole substance of the Bread and Wine transubstantiated or changed into the whole substance of the body and blood of Christ A. By the most holy and powerfull words of Consecration instituted by Christ and spoken by the Priest Q. VVhat is the White which we see remaining after Consecration A. The outward species or accidents of Bread under which the body and bloud of Christ is Q. VVhat meane you by those species or accidents A. The colour savour and quantity of bread Q. Is the Body of Christ hurt or broken when we divide or break the Sacrament A. It is not for he is now immortall and impassible he cannot die nor suffer any more Rom. ch 6. v. 9. Q. What other reason have you A. Because Christ is whole in the whole Hoast and whole in every particle thereof if you divide or break it seeing that wheresoever there would have been bread before consecration there must needs be the whole Body and Blood of Christ after consecration Q. What example have you for that A. The soule of a man which is whole in the whole body and whole in every part of the body as learned Protestants do not nor cannot deny Q. How can the same thing be in many severall places at once A. By the omnipotent power of God by which he himselfe is in all and every one of his creatures at one and the same instant Q. What example have you for that A. A word which being one yet is in many hundred of eares at once Q. What other proofe have you A. Out of Acts ch 9. v. 4. and 5. Where we read that Christ who is alwaies sitting at the right hand of his Father in heaven as we willingly admit with Protestants appeared notwithstanding and discoursed with S. Paul on earth saying Saul Saul Why doest thou persecute me and when S. Paul replied who art thou Lord he answered I am Jesus whomthou doest persecute Therefore he was then in two places at once Q. What is the necessary matter of the Eucharist A. Wheaten and unleavened Bread and Wine of the Grape Q. What is the essentiall forme of it A. This is my Body this is my Blood Q. Why is a little water mingled with the Wine in the Chalice A. To signifie the blood and water flowing from the side of Christ as also the union of the faithfull with Christ by vertue of this Sacrament Q. What disposition is required in him that will receive the Blessed Eucharist A. That he hath first confessed his sinnes and be in state of