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The sweet milke of Christian doctrine in a plaine and naturall method, by question and answere, for their better vnderstanding, for whom it is chiefly written.
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Sym, John.
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gaine 1. Tim. 6.6 Now the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout and I pray God your whole spirit and soule 1. Thes 5.23 and bodie be preserued blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ AMEN Your louing and carefull Minister and Pastor IOHN SYME A PRAYER WEe doe humbly thanke thee O Lord our God and heauenly Father for thy manifold and gracious mercies continually bestowed vpon vs for the good both of our soules and bodies whereof we doe humbly confesse our selues to bee most vnworthy in regard of our vnthankfulnes and manifold and grieuous sinnes whereby we doe alwaies offend thy sacred Maiesty and vexe thy holy Spirit but thou O Lord who art the infinite fountaine of mercy haue pitty and compassion vpon vs poore sinners to illuminate the blind eyes of our minds that wee may see our sinnes and wretched estate so soften our flinty hard hearts that wee may therefore relent and melt before thee vnder the sense and féeling of the grieuousnesse of the same and so to frame our affections that wée may euer loath and abhorre them And gracious Father of heauen forgiue and pardon vnto vs our sinnes saue and deliuer vs from this our miserable condition through the onely merit and mediation of thy Sonne our Sauiour IESVS CHRIST And grant vnto vs a true and sauing faith to beleeue in him that we may thereby be grafted into him and may be by his bloud washed from all our sinnes and cloathed with his righteousnesse that so wee may haue in our consciences the swéete testimony and assurance of thy loue and fauour in him and giue vnto vs thy holy Spirit wherby in the vertue of Christ Iesus wee may growe vp in newnesse of life that wee may thereby glorifie thée For this purpose Lord blesse vnto vs al good means that we may know thy wil that we may remember it that wee may loue it and delight in it and giue vs grace so to expresse the power of it in our liues in all godly wisdome and discretion that wée may euer keepe the faith and a good conscience to the end Lord preserue and keepe vs from all dangers of soule and body prouide and blesse for vs al things needfull and grant vs comfortably to be contented therewith Lord fit vs for our callings make vs faithfull in them and blesse our trauels and labors therin Giue vs grace euer to haue our conuersation with thée in heauen for the which Lord keep vs and prepare vs and bring vs thereunto in thy good time that so we may raigne with thée for euer in happinesse through Iesus Christ our Lord and onely Sauiour To whom with thee and thy holy Spirit be all honour glory and prayse for euer and euer AMEN THE SWEETE milke of Christian doctrine in a plaine and naturall method by Question and Answere Question WHat is the chiefe and principall end of our being and of the whole course of our liues whereat we ought alwaies to ayme in euery thing which we do or vndertake Answere That wee may glorifie God 1. Cor. 10 31. Eph. 1.6 Phil. 2.12 and worke out our saluation in feare and trembling Q. What sure light and vnfallible rule are wee to obserue and follow for our certaine direction and guide in our choise and vse of that course meanes whereby wee may verily attaine and come to that our entended purpose and end A. The diuine and sacred word of God only 2. Pet. 1.19 2. Tim. 3.15 16 17. contained in the holy Scripture of the olde and new Testament containing perfectly and plainely all things néedefull to make the man of God perfect Q. What things are necessary for vs that wee may thereby indeed glorifie God and work out our owne saluation A. Sound knowledge and holy obedience Ioh. 13.17 Q. What things are we principally to know A. God Ioh. 17.3 2. Cor. 13.5 Iohn 1.18 and our selues Q. How are we to know God A. As he hath reuealed himselfe vnto vs. Q. How hath he reucaled himselfe vnto vs A. Hee hath reuealed himselfe vnto vs Rom. 1.19 20. Iohn 5.39 Heb. 1.3 Ioh. 14.9 first by his works secondly by his word thirdly in his Sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ Q. What is God A. Hée is a Spirit Ioh. 4.24 1. Tim. 6.16 Rom. 11.35 Iob. 11.7 Exo. 34.6 infinite hauing his being of himselfe in whom is infinit perfection and happinesse and from whom all things doe flow and procéed and in him and for him haue their being he is one in essence three in persons Iam. 1.17 Rō 11.36 Mat. 10.29 1. Tim. 2.5 1. Iohn 5.7 1. Cor. 15.47 Father Sonne and holy Ghost Q. How are we to know our seluess A. We are to know our selues both as we be of our owne natures and also as we be by the speciall sauing grace of God Q. How are we to know our selues as we be of our owne natures A. We are to know our selues Eccles 7.29 as we be of our owne natures both as we were by nature vncorrupt in the estate of innocencie and as we are by nature corrupt in the estate of miserie Q. What were wee by nature vncorrupt in the estate of innocencie A. In the estate of innocencie or nature vncorrupt wee were created by God male female consisting of soule and bodie in Adam and Eue perfect according to the Image of God in wisedome righteousnesse and true holinesse enioying all things needful for our happinesse in that estate Gen. 2.7 Eccl. 7.29 Gen. 1.27 Col. 3.10 Eph. 4.24 Psal 8.4 in which condition we were able alwaies so to haue continued but changeable according to our owne mutable free-will either to stand or fall as we should choose Q. What are we now by nature corrupt in the estate of miserie A. We are the children of wrath and disobedience cast out of Gods fauour and protection through our transgression in our first parents Adam and Eue who did Ephes 2.3 Esay 59.2 Rom. 5.18 19. Gen. 3.6 Rom. 2.5 contrary to Gods command eate of the forbidden fruit at the diuels perswasion which miserable condition we haue euer since by our personall and actuall sins confirmed and augmented Q. What things doe make vs in this corrupt estate to be so miserable A. Our sinne Esay 6.5 Pro. 11.21 Rom. 5.12 and the punishment of our sinne Q. What is sinne A. Sinne is the transgression of the Lawe of God Q. Which be the parts of sin A. The corruption and guilt thereof Q. What kinds of sinne are we defiled with and guilty of A. Wee are both defiled with 1. Ioh. 3.4 Rom. 5.14 Rom. 3.23 and guilty of Originall and Actuall sinne Q. What is Originall sinne A. Originall sinne is the common sinne of our nature corrupt which wee haue from our first conception in and through our sinfull Parents by natural propagation and discent which consisteth first Psal 51.5 Rom. 5.19 Iob. 14.4 Rom. 3.10 11
A. A man may know that hee hath true faith Mark 9.24 first by the habite and internall act thereof by beleeuing knowing himselfe to beleeue Secondly by the inward testimonie of Gods Spirit to our spirits according to the outward testimony of his word Rom. 8.16 Thirdly by the inward sincere disposition and affection of our hearts to goodnesse and against euill Psal 139.21 22. Fourthly by the good fruites of our faith in a conscionable practise of al holy duties in the whole course of our liues Iam. 2.17 18. Q. What benefit and vse are wee to make of this sauing faith A. We are therby by beléeuing in our Sauior Iesus Christ to liue in the happy estate of regeneration in righteousnes Rom. 1.17 Gal. 3.11 Q. Which is that righteousnes wherin we are to liue by faith A. It is the righteousnesse both of iustification and sanctification Rom. 4.5 Tit. 2.12 Q. Wherein doth the righteousnesse of Iustification consist A. It doth consist in the forgiuenesse of our sins Rom. 4.7 8. 1. Cor. 1.30 Phil. 3.9 and in the imputation of Christs righteousnesse Q. Wherein doth the righteousnesse of sanctification consist A. It consisteth in the renewing of vs in all our actions dispositions faculties and powers of soule and bodie Col. 3.10 1. Thes 5.23 Rom. 8.2 sincerely in som measure by the vertue of the holy Spirit in the death and resurrection of our Sauiour Iesus Christ powerfully working in vs. Rom. 6.4 5.6 Eph. 4.22.23.24 Q. What is true repentance which is the second part of the obedience of the Gospell A. It is a true change of the whole man from all his former wicked disposition Ier. 31.19 2. Tim. 2.25 2. Cor. 7.10 Acts 2.37 1. Ioh. 1.9 Ezek. 18.27.28 Iude 23. Esay 59.2 purposes and sins with godly sorrow of heart for them confessing and forsaking them with vnreconcilable hatred of them especially for that they are offensiue to our gracious God and doe make diuision between him and vs. Q. What is our Legall obedience commanded in the Law Iā 2.8.10 Exod. 20. Psa 34.14 1. The. 2.12 A. It is the conscionable performance of all that which we are commanded by the Morall Law of God briefly comprised in the tenne Commandements the perfect rule of our sanctification wherby carefully auoiding all euil forbidden and doing all duties commanded wee manifest and retaine in faith and loue the grace and vertues of God receiued Q. Into how many tables is this Law of the ten Commandements diuided A. Into two Exod. 34.1 Q. What things doth the first Table containe A. Our duty to God in the first foure Commandements Thou shalt haue no other Gods before me Mat. 22.38 Q. What is the briefe sum of all our dutie to God A. The sum of our dutie to the Lord our God is that wee loue him with all our heart with all our soule Mat. 22.37 and with all our mind Q. What things doth the second Table containe A. It doth coutaine our duty to our neighbour in the sixe last Commandements Honour thy Father and Mother Thou shalt not kill c. Q. What is the briefe summe of our dutie to our neighbour A. That wee doe loue him as our selues Mat. 22.39 Q. After what manner should we do all these duties commanded in the Morall Law A. Wee are to labour to doe them in number Iam. 2.10 Mat. 5.48 Rom. 14.23 and euery one of them in degree of perfection of faith and loue in obedience to God and care of his glory Q. Hauing hitherto spoken of actiue obedience what is now our passiue obedience which wee are likewise to performe A. It is a patient and chéereful yéelding of our selues Rom. 5.3 Iam. 1.2 Psal 39.9 1. Pet. 2.20 Heb. 12.5 6 7.11 2. Cor. 1.8 1. Pet. 3.14 17. 2. Tim. 3.12 without discontent and murmuring to endure and make good vse of whatsoeuer afflictions it shal please God for his glory and our tryall or chastisement to lay vpon vs either immediatly by himselfe or mediatly by any other meanes how great or vniust and iniurious soeuer it may seem to vs. Q. Touching this course of our Christian obedience what dangers are we especially to take heed of A. Wee should most carefully take heed that after we that haue begun in this course we do not either againe by the deceitfulnesse of our owne hearts and temptations of sinne the diuell and the world make apostacie and fall away to sinne 2. Pet. 2.20 21 22. Ier. 17.9 2. Tim. 3.7 or els through our naturall security and sloth not grow vp and goe forwarde towardes perfection in that course of obedience and grace Q. By what meanes then may wee both stand firme and grow vp in the estate of grace and obedience A. By the conscionable and continuall vse and helpe of the word of God the Sacraments prayer and discipline Q. How are wee to vse the Word of God that we may thereby both be kept and built vp 1. Tim. 4.13 Heb. 2.11 Deut. 6.7 Psal 1.2 Iam. 1.22 Isay 66.2 2. King 22.19 He. 4.2 2. The. 2.10 A. We are duely to read it heare it confer of it and to meditate vpon it with a reuerent and conscionable regard thereof in beleeuing and embracing the same in loue and obedience Q. How do the Sacraments stay and strengthen vs in this gracious estate A. They doe it by a more sensible affectuall and particular signifying applying and sealing vp vnto vs by conuenient and fit visible and earthly elements Rom. 4.11 our Sauiour Iesus Christ with his benefits thereby represented and offered by his owne ordinance in the due administration thereof than it can bee done by the word alone Q. VVhat things doe make a Sacrament to be really a Sacrament A. The words of the institution and the consecrated elements 1. Cor. 11.23 24. conioined in the administration of a Sacrament doe make it to be indeed a Sacrament Q. Which are the substantiall parts of euery Sacrament which wee are to receiue A. They are the earthly visible elements the signes and seales and Iesus Christ with his graces signifie inuisibly and spiritually offered and sealed vp vnto vs. 1. Cor. 10.16 Q. Which be these Sacraments A. They are Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Mat. 28.19 Mat. 26.26 Q. What is Baptisme A. It is the Sacrament of our regeneration or new-birth in the due administration therof representing offering and sealing vp vnto vs by the outward washing of water purifying the bodie the spiritual purifying of the whol man by Iesus Christ Tit. 3.5 1. Pet. 3.21 Heb. 10.22 his blood shed for vs sprinkled vpon our consciences by faith Q. What is the Supper of our Lord A. It is the Sacrament of our spirituall nourishment in the lawfull administration therof representing offering and sealing vp vnto vs by the eating and drinking of bread and wine which doth