A TRIED METHOD OF Catechising BEING An ABSTRACT of the Bishop of CORKE's Shorter Notes on the Church-Catechism With the Scripture-Proofs of them as far as Necessary And DIRECTIONS for the Use of the Abstract to Advantage Feed my Lambs John XXI 15. LONDON Printed for Benj. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleet-street 1698. The Use of this Abstract is as follows LET Children or like Persons when they are perfect in rehearsing the Catechism be set to learn without Book the several Explanatory Propositions here drawn out of the Notes on each Question and Answer as many Propositions at a time as may be a Task suitable to their Capacity When they are able to repeat such a Portion readily let them in their Examination at Church or elsewhere after any Question or Answer in the Catechism have the Question contained in each Proposition belonging thereto put to them and they will scarce fail to give it the proper Answer For that each Question is repeated almost expresly in the Answer Then let them be asked How they prove that Answer And they will be ready to give the Words of Scripture set down which prove it By the next Lord's Day or next Holy-day let them have another like Portion of the Propositions ready and let them then as before be examined in them together with their Catechism and so till the whole be dispatched For Example Quest What is it to Catechise Ans To Catechise is to instruct in Religion by often repeating the first certain and most necessary Points of it Quest How prove you that Ans By Luke 1.3 4. It seemed good to me to write that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed Greek Catechised And here will be the chief need for the Catechist to exercise his Skill in shewing how the proof belongs to and explains or concludes the Proposition or sometimes to what part of the Proposition such or such a Proof belongs so that the Hearers generally may understand the whole Proposition and that it is sufficiently proved As in the foreinstanced Proof It is plain from St. Luke may the Catechist say That in the Primitive Church there were several ways or kinds of Instruction according to the different Capacities of those who were to receive Instruction Now it is said That Theophilus to whom St. Luke writes had been already instructed in some things And St. Luke writes and sends to him this Book that he might further and more fully know the certainty of those things wherein he had been instructed or as in the Original wherein he had been Catechised Therefore Catechising is to instruct in Religion by often plain going over again or repeating the first and most necessary Points of it Thus again in Prop. VIII under Answ 6. without some gloss it will not at first sight appear how the Text cited proves the Proposition The Proposition or Definition is To Create is to make a thing at first out of nothing The proof is Gen. 1.1 In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth Let it be supposed as is usual both in Scripture and in the first Article of our Creeds by Heaven and Earth is meant the Sum of all Created Beings visible and invisible Now it is said by the Holy Ghost In the beginning that is of things and time when there were yet no Created Beings existent or nothing made God made Heaven and Earth that is all things But there was then existent no Created Being out of which he might make them For then it could not have been truly said In the beginning or at First For that Matter or whatsover we will call it out of which Heaven and Earth might be pleaded to be made must have been or have a Being before Heaven and Earth could be made out of it And then I say it could not truly have been said In the beginning or at first forasmuch as there was Matter before that Therefore it appears hence That when God is said to have created Heaven and Earth he made them out of nothing which is the pretended Notion or Meaning of Creation This Course is only for the Weaker or Younger Sort and to begin with But when such Persons are a little exercised in this Method and have gone through the whole Catechism let the Notes either the shorter or the larger be put into their Hands and if they be in any tolerable way industrious they will be able to understand and give a fuller Account as well of what is contained in this Abstract as of what is omitted here but contained in the Notes particularly touching their Christian Name touching Godfathers and Godmothers c. which things it is not so necessary to trouble them with till they understand the Matters which are more Essential to Religion But though any should miss of the Notes if the Propositions and their Proofs be used as is directed and the Persons so Catechised taught to Read and turn their Bibles it may be hoped by these means through God's Blessing on a little use they will understand by degrees the Body of Plain Christianity and how to prove it out of the Holy Scripture so as not to be easily shaken in it afterwards This is enough to explain the Use of the Abstract And so God bless my poor Endeavours and together all who use them E. Corke Rosse A Paraphrase on the Apostles Creed Article I THere is from ever was and for ever shall be an All-Wise and All-Powerful Mind of most Infinite Perfection and Goodness depending on none but all things both seen and unseen made subsisting and governed by him called therefore generally the Father of all but in a peculiar Sense the Father of his only begotten Son Article II Which Son because the Internal Word or the Wisdom of God the Father and so being of him as to have been one with him before the World was is therefore necessarily of the same Substance with his Father Yet that he might become unto Mankind Jesus Christ an anointed Saviour a Prophet Priest and King and in that quality for the good of Mankind receive all Power in Heaven and in Earth Article III He the same Son of God had a Body such as ours framed him by the Holy Spirit of the Substance of the Virgin Mary which together with a Soul such as ours but without Sin he took upon him and became truly Man being born as an Infant into the World Article IV When he was grown up after a most Holy Life he was notwithstanding accused and first secretly condemned to Death by the Jews then solemnly arraigned and condemned by a Roman Governor called Pontius Pilate most abominably mocked and abused by the Rabble and Roman Soldiers scourged crowned with Thorns and in the end nailed to a Cross and set up hanging thereon till his Soul really departed from his Body And after some time he was laid in a Grave as the manner of the Jews was and continued
either of ripe Years as Jews Turks Heathens when converted to the Christian Faith together with all unbaptised Persons who have lived in the Church or else the Infants of Chistian Parents at least by one side 1 Cor. 7.14 The unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband Else were your children unclean but now they are holy On Ans 19. Proposi ∣ tion I Repentance is the forsaking all kinds of Sin Ezek 18.21 If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed and keep all my statutes See an Example of such Repentance Judges 10.13 and 16. compared Ye have forsaken me and served other gods And they put away the strange gods from amongst them Proposi ∣ tion II Acts of Sin are forsaken by sorrowing for them and doing so no more Matth. 26.75 Peter went out and wept bitterly John 5.14 Sin no more lest a worse thing come unto thee Habits or a use of any Sin by breaking our selves of that ill Use or Custom and of all love and inclination to it Gal. 5.24 They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts Proposi ∣ tion III Only that Belief is stedfast which sets us on performing the Condition of God's Promises namely good Works or doing our duty Jam. 2.17 18. Faith if it hath not works is dead being alone Shew me thy faith without thy works and I will shew thee my faith by my works Proposi ∣ tion IV A dependance on God in a way of well-doing with due regard to God's Promises in Christ Jesus is most certainly a saving Faith Proved from Heb. 11. the whole Chapter especially verses 8 10 11 17 18 19. On Ans 20. Proposition Christian Infants are within the Covenant and therefore may not be denied Baptism which is only the first Seal of the Covenant Deut. 29.10 11 12. Ye stand here this day all of you before the Lord all ye men of Israel your little ones and your wives that you should enter into covenant with the Lord your God and into his Oath which he maketh with thee this day On Ans 21. Proposi ∣ tion I A Sacrifice strictly is a Religious Offering made to God commonly of some living Creature slain by the hands of a Priest according to God's appointment as an Act of outward Worship and an acknowledgment that we our selves have deserved to die Levit. 1.25 Ye shall bring your offering of the cattle even of the herd and of the flock And he that is the Priest shall kill the bullock before the Lord c. Proposi ∣ tion II Christ Jesus by his death became a true Sacrifice or Offering for Sin to make peace for us Isa 53.10 Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin Heb. 9.26 Now once in the end of the world hath he Christ appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself Ephes 2.14 He is our peace On Ans 23. Proposi ∣ tion I By the Body and Blood of Christ we mean only Christ's Sacrifice of himself for Remission of Sin Matth. 26.28 This is my blood which is shed for the remission of sin Proposi ∣ tion II The Faithful verily and indeed in the Lord's Supper by Faith partake of the Sacrifice of Christ's Death that is All the Benefits of his Death and Sufferings are truly from God conveyed and sealed to them 1 Cor. 10.16 The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the blood of Christ the bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ On Ans 24. Proposi ∣ tion I Our Souls in the Sacrament are strengthned by the Spirit of God conveyed to us as a fruit of Christ's Death 1 Cor. 12.13 We have been all made to drink into one spirit Namely into that Spirit of which our Lord spake John 6.63 It is the spirit which quickneth And which he promised John 15.26 to send from his Father after his departure Proposi ∣ tion II Our Souls are refreshed in the Sacrament by the apprehension and assurance hereby raised both of our pardon of Sin and right to Heaven through the Sufferings of Christ for us 2 Cor. 1.22 He hath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts On Ans 25. Proposi ∣ tion I The chief Steps of truly repenting our selves of our former Sins are 1. Examination of our selves what Sins we have been guilty of 2. Confession of them before God and 3. Resolution against them or stedfast Purposes of a New Life 1. Hag. 1.5 Consider your ways Psal 119.59 I thought on my ways and turned my feet unto thy testimonies 2. Levit. 5.5 When he shall be guilty in one of these things he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing 3. Hos 14.8 Ephraim shall say What have I to do any more with Idols Psal 101.2 3. I will behave my self wisely in a perfect way I will walk with a perfect heart I will set no wicked thing before my eyes Proposi ∣ tion II In repenting of Sins against our Neighbours we are to make due amends for the wrong done and reconcile our selves to them Matt. 5.23 24. If thou bring thy gift to the Altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee Leave there thy gift before the Altar and go thy way first be thou reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift Proposi ∣ tion III A lively Faith here is The actual casting our selves after all our Repentance on God's Mercy through the Sacrifice of Christ or acting such a dependance on God through Christ as before described Proposi ∣ tion IV We can only approve our thankful remembrance of Christ's death by endeavouring a constant sense of his Infinite Love in dying to redeem us and of the infinite Benefits we receive thereby And therefore by giving our selves up to obey him who has thus bought us Soul and Body to himself 1 Cor. 6.19 20. Ye are not your own for ye are bought with a price Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's Proposi ∣ tion V To be in charity with all men is to bear good will to all People whether Friends Enemies or Strangers forgiving all who have wronged us and being ready to do all good Offices in our power to any Persons living Matth. 5.44 45. Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despightfully use you and persecute you that you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven For he maketh his Sun to rise upon the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust Levit. 19.18 Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self I am the Lord. Luke 10.29 Who is my
17. Cease to do evil Learn to do well To walk in the same all the days of our Life is daily to proceed or grow in obedience and to our death to continue so doing Luke 1.75 To serve him in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life The sum or short of our Baptismal Vow is Repentance from dead Works Faith and a growing lasting Obedience On Qu. and Answer 4. All Christian Children when come to years of discretion are bound to own the Vow made in their name and to do all that was promised for them therein Or else by not owning it they renounce all claim and title to God's Grace to Pardon and to inheriting Heaven Each of us necessarily must chuse life or death Read Deut. 30.15 to the end We must promise nothing in our own strength that is without God helping us James 4.15 Ye ought to say If the Lord will we will live and do this or that John 15.5 Without me ye can do nothing Salvation signifies being saved from Hell 1 Thess 1. last Delivered from the wrath to come Hell is a State and Place of Everlasting Punishment after Death Matt. 25.46 The wicked go into everlasting punishment Luke 16.28 they come into this place of torment A State of Salvation commonly is no more than being of the Church Acts 2. v. last The Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved For those who are in the Church are in a fair way to Salvation as having the means to obtain it Deut. 30.15 See I have set before thee this day life and good That is Good as the way to Life We are called into this State by being baptised and brought into the Church Gal. 3.27 28 29. As many of you as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ are all one in Christ and heirs according to promise Grace signifies God's help or a strength above what we have by Nature given us freely by God for enabling us to do his Will 2 Cor. 12.9 My grace is sufficient for thee Phil. 4.13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me The Explication of the Creed is omitted here any farther than the Catechism explains it On Answ 6. To believe in God is to be persuaded there is a God and that all which he has said is true 2 Chron. 20.20 Believe in the Lord your God so shall you be established believe his Prophets so shall ye prosper God is an Eternal and infinitely Perfect Spirit or Mind who is of himself and cannot but be who has made upholds rules and has a right to all things and all Persons Proved in all parts following but first opened Eternal is without beginning or end of time Heb. 7.3 Having neither beginning of days nor end of life Psal 90.2 From everlasting to everlasting A Spirit is such a Being as the Soul of Man is without his Body Eccles 12.7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was and the spirit return unto God who gave it The Soul of Man is that unseen part of him by which the Body lives moves hears sees and the Man thinks judges resolves and does all he does Gen. 2.7 The Lord God formed man that is his lifeless Body out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils or into the Body now formed the breath of life And man became a living soul Matth. 15.19 Out of the heart or Soul proceed evil thoughts c. Infinitely perfect is that to which nothing that is good can be added and which is above the power of all evil Or that which is All Wise All Powerful All Holy and Gracious and which always will be so Proofs of the II d Proposition in all its Parts God is a spirit John 4.24 Eternal Isa 40.28 The everlasting God Infinitely Perfect Rom. 11.35 Who hath first given to him Is of himself and cannot but be Exod. 3. I am that I am or I will be what I will be Thou shalt say to the children of Israel I am or I will be hath sent me Hath made and upholds all things and Persons Isa 40.28 29. The Lord JEHOVAH the Creator of the ends of the earth He giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he increaseth strength He rules all Psal 135.5 6. The Lord is great and above all gods Whatsoever the Lord pleased that did he in heaven and in earth in the seas and in all deep places Has a right to all Things and Persons 1 Chron. 29.14 16. All things came of thee and of thine own we give thee All is thine own God the Father is the great Creator of all 1 Cor. 8.6 The Father of whom are all things To Create is to make a thing at first out of nothing Gen. 1.1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth 1. The only begotten Son of God the Father 2. is called Jesus Christ who 3. is God Eternal 4. one with his Father but 5. was in time made Man 1. There is an only begotten Son of God John 3.8 He that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God 2. Matth. 1.21 Thou shalt call his name Jesus And v. 1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ 3. Rom. 9.5 Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came who is over all God blessed for ever 4. Joh. 10.30 I and my Father are one 5. Joh. 1.14 The word was made flesh Gal. 4.4 In the fulness of time God sent forth his Son made of a woman Jesus signifies a Saviour Christ Anointed To redeem is to deliver out of Slavery by paying a Price or Ransome Deut. 13.5 The Lord hath redeemed you out of the house of bondage 1 Pet. 18.19 Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb without blemish and without spot All Mankind by Nature are 1. Slaves to Sin and 2. Captives to the Devil And so 3. liable and as it were bound over to Death Temporal and Eternal 1. Rom. 6.17 Ye were the servants of sin such Servants as wanted to be made free v. 18. that is slaves See both the proof and explication of this Slavery v. 16. 2. 2 Tim. 2.26 If God will give them repentance that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil taken captive by him at his will 3. Rom. 5.12 As by one man sin entred into the world and death by sin so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Christ that he might save us has redeemed or bought us out of all this Slavery and from all this Punishment by giving his Life a Ransome for us Matth. 20.28 The son of man came to give his life a ransome for many Gal. 3.13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us Christ by his
Rom. 8.17 And if children then heirs heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ that we may be also glorified together To be a Member of Christ is to be a Member of the Church whereof Christ is the Head Ephes 5.30 Members of his body which is the Church And v. 23. Christ is the head of the Church To be a Child of God is to be put into the Condition of a Child or into an Estate of God's Fatherly favour 1 Cor. 12.13 We are baptised into one body by one spirit Namely Rom. 8.15 The spirit of adoption by which we cry Abba Father that is truly call God Father and may come to him as a Father with humble boldness Ephes 2.18 and 3.12 To be an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven here is to have a right to inherit it For in this Life we can only have a right Revel 22.14 That they may have a right to enter in through the gates into the city Heaven is a State and Place of Everlasting Happiness or Bliss after Death 1 Pet. 1.4 An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for you By the Kingdom of Heaven is meant the Glory and greatness of that Happy State with God and Christ in Heaven Coloss We shall appear with him in glory Rom. 8.17 Be glorified together On Answ 3. To vow is to make a solemn Promise to God as strong as an Oath Psal 132.2 He sware unto the Lord and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob. The Vow which we made to God in Baptism consists of three things 1. Repentance or foregoing all wicked Life in renouncing the Devil and all his works the Pomps c. 2. Faith in believing all the Articles of the Christian Faith 3. Obedience growth and continuance therein in keeping God's holy Will and Commandments and walking c. proved by the form of Baptism To renounce is to disclaim disown or vow against Devils are Angels fallen from Heaven into an Estate of most malicious Sinning and most dreadful Torments Jude 6. The Angels which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day Angels are such Beings as our Souls are without Bodies but exceedingly much more knowing and powerful Psal 103.20 Ye Angels that excel in strength that do his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word All manner of Sin may be called the work of the Devil 1 John 3.8 He that committeth sin is of the Devil for the Devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he may destroy the works of the Devil But especially seeking to the Devil or to those who are believed to deal with him Levit. 20.27 A man or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a wizard shall surely be put to death they shall stone them with stones 1 Chron. 10.13 Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit to enquire of it As also all Pride Envy Malice Murther Lying False accusing Temping others and Falling off from God Pride which is commonly believed one of the Sins by which Angels fell to be Devils Isa 14.12 13 14. How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer c. Envy or Malice Jam. 3.14 15. If ye have bitter envyings or strife in your hearts this wisdom is earthly sensual devilish Lying and Murther John 8.44 Ye are of your father the Devil and the lusts of your father ye will do He was a murtherer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him When he speaketh a lye he speaketh of his own for he is a lyar and the father of it False Accusing Revel 12.10 The accuser of our brethren which accused them before God day and night Corrupting or temping others to sin 1 Thess 3.5 The tempter hath tempted you Apostacy or falling from God Jude 6. The Angels which left their first estate The Pomps and Vanities of this wicked World are all lewd Shews and Sights provoking lust in our selves or others As also all remains of Heathenish Customs yet visible amongst us All other Customs contrary to Christ's Laws as is any making a sport of Sin And finally all wild Revelling Riot Luxury wanton Apparel and Habit above our Quality Lewd Shews and Sights provoking Lust Ezek. 23.14 15 16. She increased in her whoredoms for when she saw men pourtrayed on the walls exceeding in dyed or party-colour'd attire on their heads after the manner of the Babylonians she doted on them 1 John 2.16 All that is in the world the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but of the world Remains of Heathenish Customs 1 Cor. 10.20 21. The things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to Devils and not to God and I would not that ye should have fellowship with Devils Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of Devils Ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table and of the table of Devils Customs contrary to Christ's Law Rom. 12.2 Be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God Making a sport of Sin Prov. 14.9 Fools make a mock at sin Wild Revelling and Riot c. 2 Thess 3.6 We command you brethren in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw your selves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which he received of us Habit above our Quality 1 Pet. 3.3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel Lust signifies an earnest desire commonly in some evil way The Flesh signifies the outward Natural Man as generally corrupt with all its Senses and Faculties Gal. 5.19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness The desires of the Flesh are sinful when they offend against the Christian Law That is when they are either of things evil and forbidden 1 Cor. 10.6 We should not lust after evil things as they also lusted Or of the unseasonable or immoderate use of things allowed Such was the Israelites lusting after Flesh in the Wilderness Psal 78.20 29 30. The Articles of our Christian Faith are the several parts of the Belief To believe these is to be so heartily persuaded of the truth of them as thereby to stir up our selves to the performance of our duty Acts 24.14 Believing all things which are written in the Law and the Prophets Gal. 5.6 Faith worketh by love To keep God's holy Will and Commandments is to do what he has bid us to do and to avoid what he has forbidden 1 Pet. 3. Eschew evil and do good Isa 1.16
unjustly or without his consent but thou shalt be contented with thine own Condition putting away all irksome Cares and depending upon God for meet Supplies by a blessing upon thy honest Labours On Answ 9. The four first Commandments which we commonly call the First Table teach us our duty to God the six last or Second Table our duty to our Neighbours and our selves On Answ 11. Picking signifies lesser Acts of Thieving with which Malefactors commonly begin On Qu. 12. Special Grace is particular Assistance given to each Person for every good Act. 2 Cor. 12.9 My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness On Qu. 12. Proposition The Lord's Prayer ought to be used as a Prayer and not only as a Pattern of making Prayers by it Luk. 11.2 When ye pray say Our Father c. On Ans 12. Proposit I God is our Father by Creating Maintaining and Redeeming us Acts 17.28 In him we have our being for we are his offspring Psal 68.5 He is a Father of the fatherless viz. By providing for them Isa 63.16 Thou O Lord art our Father our Redeemer Proposit II His being in Heaven notes his Infinite Majesty and Power Eccles 5.2 He is in heaven and thou upon earth Proposit III His being our Father notes his kind affection care and providence over all Psal 103.13 Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him Proposit IV The Name of God here signifieth himself as known to us Psal 20.1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble the name of the God of Jacob defend thee Proposit V Hallowed here is as much as thought of entertained and mentioned with all holy awe and honour 1 Pet. 3.15 Sanctify or hallow the Lord in your hearts Proposit VI God has a double Kingdom one here in the Souls of Men when all their Affections Purposes and Actions are subject and obedient to his Law Col. 3.15 Let the peace of God rule in your hearts Which may be explained by 2 Cor. 10.15 When even imaginations or all Reasonings and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God is cast down and every thought brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ The other hereafter when all such holy Persons shall reign with him in Heaven everlastingly Revel 2.5 They shall reign for ever and ever 2 Pet. 1.11 An entrance shall be ministred unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Proposit VII The Angels do the Will of God in Heaven and that most cheerfully diligently speedily and impartially Psal 103.20 21. Bless the Lord ye his Angels that do his commandments hearkening to the voice of his word ye ministers of his that do his pleasure Proposit VIII The Will of God on Earth may be done not only by us but also upon us Acts 21.14 The will of the Lord be done Proposit IX Daily Bread signifies all the Necessaries of Life as God sees them good for us Prov. 30.8 Give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with food convenient for me Proposit X To forgive our Trespasses is for God to free us from all punishment both here and more especially hereafter due to us for sin Psal 99.8 Thou wast a God that forgavest them though thou tookest vengeance on their inventions Proposit XI To tempt is to try especially either by enticing into Sin or affrighting from Duty Jam. 1.13 God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempteth he any man Temptation is such being tried that is enticed or affrighted as before Proposit XII God is said to lead into temptation when he justly withdraws his Grace which we have neglected or abused and leaves us to our selves Psal 51.11 Take not thy holy spirit from me Proposit XIII Evil here signifies either the evil and hurt of the Temptation or the Evil One that is the Devil our chief Tempter Thus Matt. 13.38 The children of the wicked or evil one On Qu. 14. Proposition Sacraments in a very large sense signifies any holy Rights or Ceremonies to be used in the Worship of God to the end of the World On Ans 14. Proposi ∣ tion I Generally necessary is as much as necessary to the Salvation of all People saved in the common way Proposi ∣ tion II A Sacrament in the strict sense is a Seal of the Christian Covenant and so a means to make us Partakers of the Benefits of that Covenant Rom. 4.11 A seal of the righteousness of faith viz. by virtue of the Covenant made with Abraham Proposi ∣ tion III There are but two such Sacraments and both of them are generally or ordinarily necessary to Salvation 1 Cor. 12.13 By one Spirit we are all baptized into one Body and have been all made to drink into one Spirit Proposi ∣ tion IV Receiving the outward parts of the Sacraments alone when we by our unfitness hinder God from bestowing the inward Grace does no good but many times much harm Acts 8.13 21 23. Simon the Sorcerer was baptised yet had neither part nor lot in this matter for his heart was not right before God He was in the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity 1 Cor. 11.29 He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself On Ans 16. Proposition An inward Spiritual Grace here is some unseen gift of God bestowed upon us as the fruit of the Covenant Namely as before has been declared either Grace Pardon or Comfort in a Right and Title to Heaven On Ans 17. Proposition To be Baptised in or into the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost is by being baptised to be given up most intirely to believe and obey the Father Son and Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 1.13 14 15. Were ye baptised in or into the name of Paul On Ans 18. Proposi ∣ tion I To be dead unto Sin is to be freed from being under the power of Sin Rom. 6.7 He that is dead is freed from sin Proposi ∣ tion II To be new born unto Righteousness is to be by God indued with Dispositions to Righteousness and every way ingaged and assisted to live righteously And thus are all Baptised Persons Rom. 6.3 4 5 6. Know ye not c. Read all the four Verses Proposi ∣ tion III By Nature born in Sin and Children of Wrath is being of our selves or by common course of Birth and Education corrupt sinful and under the Curse of Sin Psal 51.5 I was shapen or born in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Eph. 2.3 Being by nature children of wrath Proposi ∣ tion IV Made Children of Grace is being put into a state of Grace that is as before has been said under the means of God's Blessing and Favour for obtaining all the benefits of the Covenant Proved under Quest and Answ 4. On Qu. 19. Proposition Persons to be baptised are