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A20194 A plaine exposition of the articles of our faith, by short questions and answeres for the vnderstanding of the simple gathered by A[rt]thur Dent ... ; especially for the benefit of his owne flocke, who hauing taught his people these points, is carefull that they may learne them ; to this end, that euerie of them of his charge, may be able to giue a reason of their faith. Dent, Arthur, d. 1607. 1589 (1589) STC 6625.3; ESTC S4599 15,750 54

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in denouncing Gods wrath against the rebellious people Mal. 4.1 Zeph. 3.1 Fourthly in foretelling thinges to come Esa 7.8 Zach. 14.4 20. Q. Hath Christ answered to al these A. Yea. Q. Shew where Hee hath expounded the law most sincerely Matth. 5.28 Hee hath preached the couenant of grace Matth. 11.28 Hee hath threatned the iudgements against the wicked Matth. 23.33 Hee hath foretold of thinges to come Matth. 24.2.29 Q. Let vs goe forward why is Christ said to be a Lord A. Because hee hath dominion ouer men and Angels Ephe. 1.21 Phil. 2.9 Q. Doo you beleeue that Christ was conceiued by the holy Ghost A. Yea most constantly Q. What proofe haue you for it A. The first of Luke where it is written that the holy Ghost should come vpon the virgin Mary and the power of the most high should ouershaddow her and so she should conceiue and beare a child Q. Was it of necessitie that hee should be conceiued by the holy Ghost A. Yea for if hee had been conceiued after the common course of nature then he should haue béen conceiued and borne in sinne because the séede of man was wholly defiled in Adam Psalme 51.5 Ioh. 3.6 Q. And what then A. Then hee could not haue saued vs béeing himselfe sinfull for hee shoulde haue needed a sauiour for himselfe Heb. 7.26 Q. VVhat other reason haue you to shewe that Christ must needs be without sinne A. Because otherwise the most glorious Godhead could not bee coupled with sinfull flesh to make one person Col. 1.19 Col. 2.9 Q. Was this perfect holinesse of Christ shadowed in the lawe A. Yea by the paschall lambe which therefore must bee without blemish by the Passouer Breade which might not bee sowred with any leauen and by all the sacrifices which must bee of cleane and sounde beastes Exodus 12.5.15 Leuit. 4 28. Mal. 1.8 Q. What good haue we by this A. Hereby we are assured that our mediator is perfectly able to saue all those which come vnto him And againe that the same spirit which sanctified the conception of the virgin is able also to sanctifie our mortall bodies Heb. 7.25 Q. Tell me further doo you beleeue that Christ was borne of rhe virgin Mary A. I doo Q. What reason is there that he should be borne of a virgin A. This that the scriptures did so foretell Esa 7.14 Q. Are you perswaded that hee tooke verie flesh of the virgin A. Yea for the scripture saieth he was made flesh and that his body was of flesh Iohn 1.14 Col. 1.22 Q. Some haue held that his bodie was of the aire others that it was an imaginarie bodie and some againe that hee tooke no flesh of the virgin but passed through her as water through a condiut pipe A. True but the holy Ghost saith hée was made of the séede of Dauid and hee was made of a woman Ro. 1.3 Gal. 4.4 Q. Then you are perswaded that hee had the verie powers of a humaine body the actions and the senses A. I am so Q. And are you likewise perswaded that he had the infirmities of the same as wearinesse hunger thirst c A. Yea also for the scriptures saieth it Iohn 4.6 Matth. 4.2 Iohn 19.28 Q. Doo you also beleeue that he had a verie humaine soule with the powres thereof as will reason affections A. I doo so beléeue Q. And are you perswaded that hee had the infirmities of a humaine soule A. Yea for it is written hee increased in wisdome and againe not my will but thy will bee done Luke 2.52 Matth. 26.39 Q. VVell I see that you are strongly perswaded of the manhood of Christ are you not likewise also perswaded of his Godhead A. Yea altogether as much for the word was God Ioh. 1.1 Q. VVas hee then both GOD and man A. He was both Zach. 13.7 Q. VVas he then two Christs or two persons A. No but the two natures of God and man were knit together in one person Christ Esa 7.14 Q. Shew this more plainely A. Euen as the soule and bodie of man although they bee of diuerse natures yet make but one person so the nature of God and of man although they bee diuerse make but one Christ Q. VVas then the Godhead turned into the manhood or the manhood into the Godhead A. Neither but both did retaine their seuerall properties without any confusion Q. VVhether was hee our mediatour as hee was man or as hee was God A. Neither as he was man alone nor as he was GOD alone but as hee was Christ that is both GOD and man 1. Tim. 2.5 Q. VVas it then necessarie that hee should be both God and man A. Yea altogether Q. VVhy was it necessarie that hee should be God A. Because otherwise he had not béen able to saue vs. Heb. 7.25 26. Q. VVhy was it necessarie that hee should be man A. Because it was the wil of GOD that that which was lost in the nature of man should bee recouered in the nature of man Genesis 3.15 Hebrues 2.16 Q. What other reason haue you A. Because otherwise wee could haue no accesse to the father Ioh. 14.6 Q. VVell let vs goe on what was Pontius Pilate A. An heathen iudge the gouernour of Iudea Q. VVhy is there mention made of him A. To shew that the Iewes were now subiect to a forraine power according to olde Iacobs prophesie Gen. 49.10 Q. Did Pilate giue sentence of condemnation against Christ A. Yea as appeareth Luk. 23.24 Q. But he seemed often to cleare him and to pronounce him innocent as when hee washed his hands before the multitude saying I am innocent of the bloud of this iust man looke you to it Matth. 27.24 A. True but therein he plaied the hipocrit But in very déed it was the prouidence of the father to auouch the innocencie of his sonne that he should iustifie him which did condemne him Q. Was the sentence of Pilate ratified by God A. Yea and the outward condemnation of Christ before Pontius Pilate was a patterne of his condemnation before his father withall our sinnes vpon him Act. 4.28 Q. What did Christ suffer vnder Pontius Pilate A. The curse of God the wrath of his father all torments due vnto our sinnes 1. Pet. 2.24 Gal. 3.13 Esa 53.5 Q. If he suffered all torments due vnto our sinnes then he suffered eternal condemnation A. What of that Q. Why was hee not then finally condemned for euer A. Because he was God and therefore could not bee ouercome of death nor the diuell Heb. 2.14 1. Cor. 15.55 Q. Why was Christ content thus to be condemned before Pontius Pilate as an open malefactor A. That he might cleare vs before the iudgement seat of his father 2. Cor. 5.2 Esa 53.8 Q. Did our Lord Iesus suffer willingly that which he suffered A. Yea for he saieth I lay downe my life of my self that I might take it againe Iohn 10.17 Q. What dooth the word crusifie signifie A. A nailing to the crosse
because Christ was fastened with nailes through the handes and féete to a crosse péece of wood Q Was that a more shamefull kind of death than anie other A. Yea amongst the Iewes it was counted most odious and reproachfull Deut. 21.23 Phil. 2.8 Q. What do you beleeue touching this that he was dead A. I doe beléeue that hee was wracked and tormented vnto death and vntill the kall of his hart burst and hee gaue vp the Ghost Ihon. 19.30 Q. What did followe Christs giuing vppe the Ghost A. Verie fearefull things for the vaile of the temple rent the earth did quake the stones did cleaue the graues did open the bodies of the saintes did arise and appéere to manie Mat. 27.51 Q. And what more A. The Centurion others were constrained to confesse him to bee a iust man and the Sonne of GOD. Luke 23.47 Matth. 27.54 Q. Doo you beleeue that Christ was laid in a graue and buried A. Yea for the Scripture saith hee was laid in a new sepulcher wherein neuer man was laid before Iohn 19.41 Q. By whom was he buried A. By two worthie persons Nicodemus and Ioseph of Arimathea Iohn 19.38 39. Q. Why was he buried A. For the greater certaintie of the matter for otherwise they might haue said after his resurrection that his bodie was neuer laid in the graue Q. What is the meaning of this that he descended into hell A. That hee suffered not onely in his bodie but also in his soule all punishments due to our soules Esay 53.10 11. Mar. 14.33 34. Q. VVhere did hee suffer these torments A. Vpon the Crosse for the Scripture saith all was dispatched done vpon the crosse Col. 2.14 15. Col. 1.20 Q. When did hee suffer these horrors of death and condemnation A. Before his death in the garden Gethsemane Matth. 26.36 Q. What signes were there of his suffering condemnation and the verie hellish torments in his soule A. His strong cries and teares vnto his father his sweating as it were drops of bloud his praying that if it were possible the cup might passe Heb. 5.7 Luke 22.44 Matth. 26.39 Q. Was it not for feare of bodily death that our Lord Iesus did thus crie out A. No for it were against all reason to think that the sonne of God could bee so shaken with any feare of naturall death Q. VVhat was it then A. Surely as hath béen said before it was the vntollerable wrath of his father and the vnspeakeable torments of condemnation due to our sinnes which caused him which had al fulnesse and perfection of faith to crie out as a man condemned and forsaken Q. You said euen now that he suffered al vpon the crosse did hee then suffer nothing after his death A. Nothing truely Q. How prooue you that A. Because hee said before hee gaue vp the Ghost that all was finished meaning the work of our redemption and to what end then should he suffer any more Iohn 19.30 Q. Did not his soule goe downe to the place of the damned A. No for his soule went to Paradise but Paradise is not the place of the damned therefore his soule came not there Luk. 23.43 Q. Yea but this word of Descending dooth seeme to importe that hee went downe some whether after his death A. The word of desending dooth not imploye any mutation of place in body or soule but of state and condition Ioh. 3.13 Q. It may be further obiected that this word hel doth note the place of the damned therefore Christs soule was in hell A. The word hel dooth not alwaies in the Scripture note the place of the damned but sometimes the graue and sometimes extremitie of afflictions Gen. 42.38 Psal 6.5 Psal 86.13 Ion. 2.2 Q. VVell but Saint Peter saith that Christ in his spirit went and preached to the spirites that are in prison therefore Christs soule was in hel amōg the damned 1. Pet. 3.19 A. Saint Peter in that place dooth not meane by the word spirit his humane soule but his Godhead Q. VVhat reason can you alledge for that A. This Christ went and preached in the same spirit wherein he was raised vp from the dead but he was not raised vp from the dead by the power of his humane soule but by the power of his Godhead therefore he went and preached not in his humane soule but in the power of his Godhead Q. How prooue you that he went and preached to the spirites in prison in the same spirit wherein he was raised vp A. The verie text saith that he was put to death as concerning the flesh but was quickened or raised vp in the spirit by the which spirite hee went and preached c. 1. Pet. 3.19 Q. I pray you then tell me what is the meaning of Saint Peter in that place A. Saint Peters meaning is this that Christ by the power of his Godhead and diuine spirit in Noah and not in his own humane flesh did preach to the old world who woulde neither heare nor obey the warning of Noah and therefore are now in hell fire because of their disobedience Q. You say well but I haue not yet done For it is written in the sixteenth Psalme Thou wilt not leaue my soule in hell c. Therefore Christs soule was in hell A. The Holie Ghost himselfe by the mouth of his Apostles Peter and Paule dooth expound that place as a prophecie of the resurrection of Christ Actes 2.31 Act 13.37 A. How then must the words bee interprered A. Thus thou wilt not leaue my soule that is my dead bodie in hell that is in the graue for so it should be translated Q. Where doo you reade in the scriptures that the word soule is put for a dead bodie A. In the second of Leuiticus and very often in the scriptures it is put for the bodie and the whole person Iosua 10.30 1. Pet. 3.20 Q. Some hold that Christ went downe after his death to Lembus Patrum that is as they say the brimme of hel to fetch our fathers from thence and I pray you what say you to that A. I say they erre not knowing the scriptures Q. Why A. For there is no such place neither were our forefathers euer in any such place and therefore how could Christ fetch them out where they neuer were Q. How prooue you that our forefathers were neuer in any such place A. Because they were saued by the ●romised séed as we are Ihon. 8.56 Heb. ● 15. Q. How could they be saued by Christ before he suffered A. Because the sauing power of his death was from the beginning Heb 13.8 1. Pet. 1.20 Apoc. 13.8 Q. Nowe tell mee one thing further whether did Christ suffer these foresaide tormentes in his Godhead or in his manhood A. In his manhood for his Godhead could not suffer but did as it were hide it selfe in the time of his suffering Phi. 2.7 Q. How then was he our mediator according to both natures A. Yes verie wel notwithstanding