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A12162	A compendious form and summe of Christian doctrine, called The testimonie of a true faith meete for well disposed families, for the more knowledge [in] God, and better nourishing vp, and confirming of all such, as loue saluation in Iesus Christ. Gathered, corrected, and newly augmented, by Christopher Shutte, Maister of Arte, seene and allowed.	Shutte, Christopher, d. 1626.	1579 (1579)	STC 22468; ESTC S100084	27,860	76

with the good spirit of God that my whole delight may be reposed where true ioyes are to be sought that whan I shall finish this mortal race I may end the same in the faith and true profession of Iesus Christ my onely redeemer and sauiour To whom with the father and the holy ghost three distinct persons and one eternal God be al glorie praise for euer So be it A prayer to be sayde before the receiuing of the Lordes Supper O Most mercifull God whiche of thine euerlasting kindnesse haste wroght our redemption by the mediation of thy onely sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ and also sealed the same vnto vs for the more confirmation of our faith by the heauenly and misticall banquet of his last supper instituted and ordeined as a pledge of his endles loue towardes vs that we in vsing the same from tyme to time might keepe a continuall remembraunce of his death and passion and testifie our thankefulnesse for our redemption We most humbly beseeche thee in thy tender mercies to looke vpon vs and to pardon vs all our iniquities our incredulitie and hardnes of hart and to poure into vs thy heauenly grace that wee being watred with the same and purified by faith in thine euerlasting promises may be arayed and clothed with the excellent righteousnes of Iesus Christ to the end hauing vpon vs our wedding garment we may be welcome ghuests by thy grace to thy holy table Where our soules may be nourished with the precious merits of thy sonne our Sauiours death and passion and that we also through faith in the same by thy grace may be fedde vnto immortallitie and lyfe O Lorde wee beseech thee to nourish and sustaine our hungry soules with the spiritual graces of thy sōne quēch the thirst of our harts with the dew of thy holy spirit that we may feele our sinnes clearely to be forgiuen vs and our consciences assured by faith of all the benifites of thy sonnes suffrings euen so fully to be doone for vs as if wee had doon the same our selues Good Lord for his sake geue vs grace to proced from faith to faith and more and more to bee confirmed in the way of our saluation by the reuerent and godly vse of these thy holy misteries giue vs a right iudgment and vnderstanding thereof and euer hold vs from all Popish corruptions of the same vnite vs more and more through thy grace vnto thy Sonne that hee maye dwell in vs and wee in him that he may be one with vs we with him to the end that being graffed and planted in him we may be thankefull and bring foorth the fruites of all holines of lyfe to the honour and glory of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our lord So be it 1. Cor. 11.28 Let a man examen himselfe and so let him eate of this breade and drink of this Cuppe For he that eateth and drinketh vnwoorthily eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he discerneth not the Lordes body ¶ The forme of the confession of the Christian faith meete for all well goueruerned housholdes and necessarie for euery one to confesse which sincerely professe Christ and his truth I Beleeue and confesse my Lorde God the onely true eternal and almightie God incōprehensible infinit righteous and mercifull being but one in nature and substance but distinct in three persons the father sonne and holie Ghost Which God by his wisedome and almightie power made heauen and earth and all thinges therein and nowe by his fatherly prouidence gouerneth and preserueth the same I beleue confesse that Iesus Christ the sonne of God equall to the father and the holy Ghost at the time appointed of the father became perfect man yet without sinne borne of the virgin Mary the Godhead and manhood being vnited and ioyned together Who in mine owne nature sanctified by his grace fulfilled the Lawe of God for me and suffered in his body and soule the punishmentes due to my sinnes and made full satisfaction and payment for the same with his sacrifice vppon the crosse doone once for all And deliuered me from the curse of the Lawe from sinne hell death and damnation reconciled me to God the Father washed me from my sinnes cloathed me with his righteousnes and renued mee to righteousnes of lyfe And as by his death my sinnes are taken away and I set in the fauour God so by his resurrection death was conquered and righteousnesse restored vnto me wherein the victorie of my faith consisteth I beleeue and confesse that Iesus Christ ascended into heauen with my fleshe where he hath takē possessiō for me where he maketh intercession for me And yet neuerthelesse is present with me and all his elect by his spirit and grace and at the end of the world shall visibly come to iudgement I beleeue the holy Ghost equall with the father and the sōne who regenerateth and sanctifieth me from my vncleannes to liue holilie and righteously in this worlde assuring my conscience that I am the childe of God and heire with Iesus Christ of life euerlasting I beleeue and acknowledge the vniuersall Church of Christ euen al the companie of the elect agreeing together in the vnity of spirit and truth which church is not seene to the eyes of man but onely knowen to God of which number I am perswaded that I am one I acknowledge also a visible Church of God in this world wherein first the sacred woord of God is taught vnto his people being sufficient to instruct them in all thinges necessarie to saluation Wherwith together with the ministerie of the spirit he ruleth the same Secondly in this Church the two Sacramentes of Baptisme and the Lords Supper are rightly and sincerely ministred Wherin as by Baptisme I am regenerate and receiued into the houshold and felowship of Christians my sinnes being washed away through faith in Christes blood So by the Supper of the Lorde wherein spiritually by faith my soule is fed with the graces and benefits of Iesus Christ I am nourished and sustayned in the church being one with Christ and Christ with me dwelling also in him and hee in mee Thirdly there is in this Church due punishment and correction for offences the end whereof is excommunication by the consent of the Church Lastly I beleeue and confesse that onely in this Church there is saluation and free forgiuenes of sinnes to mee al the elect of God through faith in Christ by whose obedience we be made righteous and by whom we are chosen to an inheritance immortall and euerlasting in heauen Which I most humbly beseeche my Lord God to confirme and strengthen in me and shortly to make an ende of these sorrowful daies to translate me to euerlasting glory through Iesus Christ my redeemer and Sauiour Amen O Lorde increase our faith 1. Re. 2.1 Pro. 4.1 2. Re. 23.1 1. Luc. 214. Deut. 4.4 Psal. 89. 132. 1. Reg. 2.1 Fox Pag 125 Rom. 11.17 Eph.

straunge worship deuised by man all antichristian Decrees and whatsoeuer corrupteth the true seruice and spirituall woorship of God. 20. Question What is commaunded in the third Thou shalt not take c. Answeare Herein the Lord commaundeth a reuerend vse of his name truely to sweare and testifie the truth not onely in truth iudgement and righteousnesse but also for necessities sake especially when the glorie of God and the saluation of our brethren is sought requiring also herein a faithfull zeale and loue towardes his woord and Sacramentes and whatsoeuer may set foorth his glory forbidding the indiscrete and vnreuerende vse of his name in vaine and friuolous thinges all rash othes all othes made for fauour lucre and feare rather than for triall of truth all periury all othes made by Saintes Idolles meate or other creatures all coniurations Sorceries Charmings south sayings witchcraft cursing and banning all false doctrines and corruptions of true religion and whatsoeuer causeth the name of GOD to bee euyll spoken of 21. Question as they obey his woorde from whence when they decline they are no longer to be obeyed forbidding also all disobedience and ingratitude of children towardes their parentes all contempt and rebellion of subiectes against their Magistrates also to blaspheme them and to obey them in matters contrarie to the truth 24. Question What canst thou say of the sixt Thou shalt not kill Answeare God in this commaundeth faithfull loue mercie kindenesse compassion reconcilation and mutuall embracing one an other in peace aswell of our enimies as of those whiche loue vs forbidding all vnlawful murder and quarrelling outwardely all fained loue vnmercifulnesse hatred malice anger reproches tauntes slaundering murmuring contentions desire of vengeance and whatsoeuer is repugnant to Christian loue 25. Question Proceede to the seuenth Thou shalt not commit adulterie Answeare The Lorde commaundeth not onelie perfect chastitie both in soule and bodie whether it bee in marriage or in single life that all our parties may be sanctified vnto him but also he forbiddeth all manner of adulterie and fornication the restraining of lawfull mariage in anie calling and the rashe vowing of single life vnlawfulll lustes light behauiour and vnseemely adorning of the bodie filthie talke and idle pastimes dronkennesse minstrelsie daunsing and what besides tendeth to impuritie and lecherous lust 26. Question Declare the eight Thou shalt not steale Answeare Herein God commaundeth righteousnesse and true dealing in euerie calling and that euerie man be contente with his owne state geuing to euerie one what of right he ought to haue forbidding also all robbing and falsehoode couetuousnesse vsurie oppression bying and selling with false measures idle liuing vnhonest wasting of goodes or substance and what else doth sauoure of deceite the same is stealing 27. Question Shewe the sence and meaning of the neinth Thou shalt not beare false witnesse c. Answeare God commaundeth herein in courte and iudgement and in all our wordes and couenantes that trueth may florishe to saue our neighboures harmelesse forbidding wrong iudgement or anie respecte of persons therein the making of wicked lawes and decrees also false witnesse and lying tales flatterie suspitions false accusations and whatsoeuer impaireth the good name of our brethren 28. Question What saiest thou of the last Thou shalt not couet c Answeare In this the Lorde commaundeth the whole heart to be possessed with loue that whatsoeuer man doth wish or desire may bee free from lust and corrupt affections and serue to the glorie of God and profite of his neighboures forbidding hereby all wicked thoughtes and vnlawfull desires both of soule and bodie although our consent be not thereto all corruption of originall sinne by Adam all lacke of grace and whatsoeuer wanteth of the integritie perfection wherein man was made By all whiche preceptes it may appeare that nothing but true righteousnes and innocencie can please God. 29. Question By this I vnderstande that thou art not able of thy selfe because of thy sinnes to fulfil these lawes why therefore did God commaund that which thou canst not doo Answeare First hereby he declareth howe that his image in me is corrupted with sinne for nothing is here required which I coulde not haue done before my fall in Adam Secondly here is nothing commaunded which I am not bounde to do Thirdly he doeth not respect what I of my selfe can doe but what his iustice doth require Last of all it setteth foorth the wrath of God and bringeth me to the feeling of my sinnes 30. Question Why God is merciful to thousands will not surely punish sinne so sharply as thou thinkest Answeare God in deede is mercifull to them that loue him and truely repent but he is a iust iudge and a God of vengeance to punish the wickednesse of the vngodly which breake his commaundementes 31. Question By this I gather that many are in a wofull case Answeare Concerning the wicked whiche bee voide of faith and of the mercie of God the curse of the Lawe hangeth vppon them But touching the elect of which companie I am perswaded that I am one Iesus Christ the sonne of God in myne owne nature hath suffred to deliuer mee from sinne and the punishmentes thereof and hath brought me into fauour of God againe of whiche benefite I lay holde with a true faith which commeth by the preaching of the Gospell 32. Question What is the Gospell Answeare It is the doctrine of faith containing the promises of God vnto saluation to all which truely repent and lay holde of Christes merites by a sure trust in the same 33 Question Why callest thou the Gospell the doctrine of faith Answeare First because faith commeth and is nourished by the preaching of the Gospel Secondly because the promises thereof must be receiued onely by faith 34. Question What do the promises of the Gospell meane Answeare First they teach me that the Lawe of God is fulfilled for me by Christ by whō I haue my sinnes forgiuen and with whose righteousnesse I am clothed and may now boldely stand before the iudgement seate of God. Secondly that my saluation cōmeth onely of the free mercie of God without my merites or good deedes Thirdly although they be offred to all yet they take effect in none to saluation but onely in the elect whose hearts GOD lighteneth with faith 35. Question Shewe me what faith is Answeare There is a kinde of faith called a deade fayth beleeuing the woord of God to be true and all thinges therein conteined and goeth no farther but the true faith is the sure knowledge of the fatherly good will and mercy of God shewed towardes man in Christ and a sure trust in the same

prayer are also helpes to me for by them the Lorde helpeth mine infirmitie by outwarde signes representing to me spirituall graces 63. Question Doe the Sacramentes serue thee to anie other purpose Answeare They serue not onely to teache me heauenlie thinges but also to kindle a desire of Gods promises in my heart to stirre me vp to thankesgeuing for my redemption to knitte me in loue with the Godlie and as markes of religion to testifie howe I differ from the heathen and wicked Wherefore such as refuse to vse the same do not onlie denie God but are also arrogant and proude And therfore not to be accompted Christians because they refuse in vsing of the Sacramentes to make open profession thereof 64. Question What is a Sacrament Answeare It is an holy signe instituted of God to confirme my faith and to seale in my heart the promises of Gods mercie towards me for the forgiuenesse of my sinnes and saluation in Christ 65. Question Whether doe the Sacraments geue grace to the receiuer or no Answeare They neither of themselues nor in themselues include or geue grace for that is the gift of the holie Ghost but they be holy signes whereby as by an instrument God doth worke and seale grace in my heart by faith receiued and yet they bee not bare or naked signes but grace is truely present to my faith when I receiue the same aright 66. Question Who ought to minister the Sacramentes Answeare None but suche as be ministers too preach the woorde for these two offices in the scriptures concurre and goe together and therefore to none but to such as may lawfully minister the woorde apperteineth the ministring of the Sacramentes And hereby women are forbidden to minister baptisme 67 Question How manie Sacramentes be there Answeare Two the one is Baptisme wherewith I am receiued into Christs church The other is the Supper of the Lorde wherewith I am nourished in the same 68. Question What is Baptisme Answeare It is a Sacrament wherein as water washeth away the filthinesse of my body so the blood of Christ sprinkled vpon my soule by the hand of faith washeth away my sinnes and the punishment thereof whereby I am incorporate into his body and made partaker of his benefites to dye vnto sinne and to liue vnto righteousnesse and this is the right vse of baptisme that we be sure that our conscience be cleane and that we shewe it to others by our good woorkes in mortifying our affections in doing the will of God. 69. Question Why are children to be baptized Answeare Because by nature they be the children of wrath by Adams sinne to whom also the promise of Gods free mercy and fauour reacheth So that being inhetours of Gods free graces they must be baptized and whan they come to age be instructed what the meaning of baptisme is 70. Question What is the Lordes Supper Answeare It is a Sacrament of redemption dy the death of Christ wherein by the misticall receiuing of breade and wine thorow a true faith I am made pertaker of all the benefits of Christes passion for as bread broken doth feede and nourish my body and wine refresh my hart so the body of Christ was torne vpō the crosse and his blood shed to washe away my sinnes and to feede and refresh my soule to life euerlasting 71. Question Whether is the bread chaunged into the natural body of Christ or no Answeare The Sacramentes of bread and wyne remaine still in their former nature and substance neuerthelesse there is a greate chaunge for those thinges which before were but as common meates are nowe made the Sacramentes or holy signes of Christes bodye and blood b but so that we must seeke Christes body in heauen and not in the Sacrament 72. Question How doest thou eate Christes body or drinke his blood Answeare Spiritually by grace whilest I beleeue that he dyed for my sinnes and rose againe for my iustification for it is faith that maketh me pertaker of his benefits and goodnes which are sealed to me by his Sacraments And therefore by faith I am made one with him for by his spirit he dwelleth in me and is ioyned with me as the heade with the members So then by this coniunction I may be pertaker of his graces 73. Question Do all men which receiue this Sacrament receiue the spirituall grace alyke Answeare As in baptisme none but the faithfull receiue remission of their sinnes so in the Lords supper none but such are pertakers of the grace and benefittes of Christes death The wicked in deede receyue the outward elementes of breade and wine but because they lacke true faith they are not partakers of the spirituall grace 74. Question Whither must thou once a yeare as some doo of custome or often come to the Lordes supper Answeare Although the benefit rest not in the often but in the worthy receiuing thereof yet must I so often as I can conueniently do the same euer more and more to be thankefull for my redemption wrought by Christ 75. Question How must thou frame thy selfe to receiue this Sacrament worthily Answeare First I must consider the greeuousnesse of my sinnes from my hart vnfaynedly hate and detest the same and euer after geue my selfe to godlynesse and vertue Secondly I must try and examen my selfe whether I haue a true faith in the promises of Christ Thirdly I I must reconcile my selfe to all men and continue in Christian loue 76. Question What thing is required that thou mayest doo these thinges the better Answeare It is very expedient that as in the primitiue Church the woord of God was preached before the administratiō of the Sacramentes which thing is the life of the Sacrament and also an examination taken of the communicantes before the Lords supper was eaten So is it I say necessarie that the woorde bee preached and the people instructed in this mistery that they may shewe foorth the Lordes death vntill his comming againe 77. Question Nowe remaineth the other helpe geuen thee of God that is to say prayer Tell me what it is Answeare Prayer is the lifting vp of my hart to God and asking in Christes name of thinges needefull to mee and the whole Church with thankesgeuing for his benefites and goodnesse 77. Question To whome must thou pray Answeare To a God alone first because I b beleeue in him alone Secondly he alone knoweth my harte thirdly he will not geue his glory to any other and therefore I am forbidden to pray to Saintes 79. Question How canst thou which art a sinner pray to God that hateth sinne Answeare I pray not in trust of mine owne righteousnesse but in the name of Christ who is the way for me to come to the father who continueth my Mediatour at the righte hande of the Father loueth mee