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A scripture-catechisme towards the confutation of sundry errours, some of them of the present times / by Thomas Hodges.
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Hodges, Thomas, d. 1688.
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a common stocks must not Mine and Thine cease in the Church and Common-wealth A. Act. 5.4 Whiles it remained was it not thine own and after it was sold was it not in thine own power 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Now concerning the collection for the Saints upon the first day of the weeek let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him Q. May a godly man he that is an heir of heaven purchase land upon earth A. Gen. 23.20 And the field and the cave that is therein were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth. Q. May a Christian buy or sell with or for money A. James 4.13 15. Goe to now ye that say To day or to morrow we will goe into such a city and continue there a yeer and buy and sell and get gain For that ye ought to say If the Lord will we shall live and doe this or that Luk. 22.36 John 4.8 compared with John 13.29 Q. May we say Sr or L d to any man and especially to a Minister A. Gen. 23.14 15. And Ephron answered Abraham saying unto him my Ld hearkē unto me Joh. 20.15 She supposing him to be the gardiner sayth unto him Sir if thou have born him hence tell me c. Act. 27 10. Sirs I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt c. Q. May Saints give the title of Sirs to Idolaters A. Act. 14.15 Sirs why doe ye these things we also are men of like passions with you and preach unto you that ye should turne from these vanities unto the living God c. Q. May we say Honourable or write Most excellent to any A. 1 Sam. 9.6 And he said unto him Behold now there is in this city a man of God and he is an honourable man all that he sayth cometh surely to passe Act. 1.3 It seemed good to me also c. to write unto thee in order most excellent Theophilus Q. May a Minister or private Christian say or write to any man your servant in the Lord A. 2 Cor. 4.5 For we preach not our selves but Christ Jesus the Lord and our selves your servants for Jesus sake Q. May we say good morrow good even or I wish you good speed A. Ruth 2.4 And behold Boaz came from Bethlehem and said unto the Reapers the Lord be with you and they answered him the Lord blesse thee Psal 129.8 Neither doe they which goe by say The blessing of the Lord be upon you we blesse you in the name of the Lord. 2 Joh. 10 11. If there come any unto you bring not this Doctrin receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evill deeds Q. May we crave a blessing or as we call it give thanks for our meat and drink A. 1 Tim. 4.4 5. For every creature of God is Good nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer Joh. 6.11 And Jesus took the loaves and when he had given thanks he distributed to the Disciples c. Q. May a Christian bear the office of a civill Magistrate A. Ro. 13.1 2 3 4. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers for there is no power but of God The powers that be are ordained of God whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation For Rulers are not a terrour to good works but to the evill c. For he is the minister of God to thee for good c. Q. May Christians lawfully live under any King but Christ A. Rom. 13.5 6 7. Wherefore ye must needs be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake for for this cause pay you tribute also for they are God's ministers c. Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custome to whom custome fear to whom feare honour to whom honour 1 Pet. 2.13 14. Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake whether it be to the King as supreame or unto Governours as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evill doers and for the praise of them that doe well Q. Is it lawfull to pay tribute custom A. Rom. 13.7 Render therefore to all their dues Tribute to whom tribute is due Custome to whom custome Q. Is it lawfull to salute honour and bow down before men A. Gen. 23.12 And Abraham bowed down himselfe before the people of the land Mat. 5.47 And if ye salute your brethren only what doe you more than others doe not even the Publicans so c. 10.12 And when you come into an house salute it 1 Sam. 10.4 And they will salute thee and give thee c. Q. What say you to 2 King 4.29 salute him not And Luk. 10.4 salute no man by the way A. When the Prophet Elisha's servant Gehazi was sent upon life and death as we say it was no time then to stay or hinder his businesse in giving or taking courtesyes our Lord would not have his disciples distracted or hindered in their worke with civilities and besides the lesse they courted the world with comity and as we say complementing the more was God's power seen in making way yet for their entertainment and yet civility was not altogether forbidden them vers 5. Into whatsoever house ye enter first say peace be to this house Q. May we write books inscribing the name of any particular person especially in the beginning A. Luk. 1.3 It seemed good to me also having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first to write unto thee in order most Excellent Theophilus Q. Are some persons honourable and more honourable than others A. Luk. 14.8 When thou art bidden of any Man to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him Q. May we call those Noble or most Noble of whose Religion or godlinesse we have small evidence A. Act. 26.25 I am not mad most Noble Festus Q. May Women be stiled Honourable A. Act. 17.12 Therefore many of them believed also of honourable Women which were Greeks and of men not a few Q. May a Christian be a servant to any man seeing he is the Lord's servant yea the Lord's free-man A. 1 Cor. 7.21 Art thou called being a Servant care not for it but if thou mayest be made free use it rather 1 Tim. 6.1 2. Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own Masters worthy of all honour And they that have believing Masters let them not despise them because they are brethren c. Obj. 1 Cor. 7.23 Ye are bought with a price be not ye the servants of men A. Christians should not when they are free chuse to serve Idolatrous Masters lest that should prove a snare
A SCRIPTVRE-Catechisme Towards the confutation OF Sundry ERROVRS Some of them of the present times By THOMAS HODGES B. D. Rector of Soulderne in Oxford-shire Mat. 22.29 Yee doe erre not kowing the Scriptures OXFORD Printed by H. HALL Printer to the University For T. ROBINSON 1658. To my very much Honoured Friend JOHN NORTON of Cotherstock in the County of Northampton Esq Sr A double account may possibly be expected from me namely of the following Treatise and of the present Application A threefold exception may perhaps be made to that that t is a Catechisme that t is an Elenchtical Catechism or a Catechetical confutation of Errors and that 't is such a Scripture Catechisme or the Answers to the Questions mostly the very letter of the Scripture If any blame me saying 't is below a Preacher to publish a Catechisme now in these dayes wherein even some of the people are got up above the highest Ordinances My Answer is that as I have not been ashamed to practise the despised duty of Catechizing at home in my own Congregation so I shall not blush to countenance and avouch it to the world I know and consider that our Lord and Master the great Shepheard and Bishop of soules gave in charge to the Apostle Peter to feed his Lambes as well as his sheep and that 't is the part of a faithfull Steward or dispencer in God's family not as the Papists say to dispense with but to dispense or administer the Ordinances of God and to provide for every one of the family his portion in due season to see that the Babes have Milk as well as Strong men Meat I doe not here set before Christ's little ones whole sheep or whole joints as is done in large Tracts or Volumes of such subjects but these dishes cut up and carv'd out and it may be minc'd too that very children or Babes in knowledge may feed themselves Besides I dare say that there is even in these times but need of Catechizing for want of laying this Foundation how many foolish Builders have fondly built Castles in the aire to no purpose for want of this Ballast how many have been tossed to and fro with every wind of Doctrine And now if we would Regulate mens foolish high-towring fancies one way sure is to lay not to raze Foundations If we would make an everlasting Separation 'twixt these fond lovers and their new-fangled Errours one way is to Reconcile and bring them home againe to and in love with their old first and best Principles For the second exception that 't is a Catecheticall confutation of Errours I say such an Enemy as Error is may lawfully be driven out any way and that 't is but reasonable to use the same method to confute error that others have done to confirme it I shall herein imitate the skillfull Physitian who endeavours to expell the poyson out of the body the same way by which it was first taken in And now if any be dissatisfied that 't is a Scripture-Catechisme I say the Enemy hath in a sort compelled us have they Scripture in their Catechismes seemingly for them so have we really for us have they appealed unto Scripture unto Scripture shall they goe They say the Scriptures are theirs and we say nay but the Scriptures are ours what then is the Scripture neither ours nor theirs but is it divided partly for us and partly for them or have we ten parts in it and they two I answer No in no wise ther 's no such matter It is all ours it is our owne and not Strangers not our enemies with us I confesse such hath been the Injustice and violence of erroneous Persons as to take away sundry Scriptures by force to put them upon the racke and torture them and lay to their charge things they know not to make them confesse against themselves and the truth and us But if this witnesse may be permitted to speak for it selfe to speak freely and fully to speak out to speak all it will say it will testify only to the truth and when the Scripture hath so spoken Errour must either stop it's eares or stop it's mouth For the Scriptures may then say as Paul we can doe nothing against the truth but for the truth or that may be the language of the written word which was of the Essentiall Word of God I came to beare witnesse of the Truth Now if it was an honourable atchievement in Abraham to rescue his Nephew Lot and in David to rescue the men of Ziklag out of the hands of them who had carried them captive I hope such an Attempt as this to rescue so many Scriptures out of the hands of them who have carried them captive and spoiled them and set them some of them in the front of the battell against the truth and us shall have the countenance good-will and good wishes of them that love the truth For my part whether the world smile or frown commend or condemne I resolve to goe out against set upon and grapple with this great Goliah of Errour I desire to goe out against him in the name of the Lord of Hosts endeavouring to sling these smooth stones chosen out of this christall brook the holy Scriptures so as to smite this Philistine in the forehead and cause him to fall And Sr if I may be a champion for truth and by the sword of the Spirit defend the crowne upon the head of it against that Arch Rebel and Traytor Error which would depose it from it's throne and Soveraignty I shall I hope therein rejoyce and triumph although the world should laugh at and trample upon the undertaking I doe not professe my selfe the first or only discoverer of these Monsters D. Owen D. Bailye nor that dared to fight with these beasts I have two eminent Captaines and Champions who have gone before and entred the lists one in a like and the other in the same quarrel to both which I acknowledge my selfe indebted and although I doe not pay the one in the same coine his Treatise being latine yet I hope in plaine English in part at least to satisfie my engagement to them both For as one well saith the Scriptures are a Mine where there will be ever found some oare so long as there is any to digge or like the Widdow's oyle which never ceased running so long as there was ever an empty vessell to receive it I dare not say I have found out any new truths yet perhaps have made some further hue and cry after new Errors And if 't is a commendable thing to discover a new Island or Continent let me not be censured if I point out other Rocks shelves or Sands togeither with a passage to avoid them I mean new found Errors so as to prevent my own others making shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience by them Now if in any place I have given in answer to an objection from Scripture another text