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spirit_n	church_n	father_n	holy_a	7,801	5	5.1099	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15827	A short and briefe summe of saving knowledge consisting of the creed, ten Commandements, Lords prayer and the sacraments. And is made profitable introduction to the larger art of divinitie, composed by the methodicall tables of A.R. and published by I.Y.	Yates, John, d. ca. 1660.	1621 (1621)	STC 26088; ESTC S113976	8,831	32

by nature and by counsell redeemes mankind Q. What is the relatiue propertie of the sonne A. To be begotten Heb. 1.5 Q. What is his manner of subsisting A. To be the second person in order not in nature for the begotten in relation is naturally as soone as the begetter Q. What is his worke A. Redemption Ephes 1.7 Q. What is Redemption A. It is a satisfaction made to the Iustice of God the Father for Man by a Redéemer Q. Who is the Redeemer A. Iesus Christ his onely sonne our Lord. Q. Why call you him Iesus A. Because he is a Saviour of his people from their sianes Math. 1.21 Q. Why Christ A. In regard of his offices as he is anointed our King Priest and Prophet Psal 45.7 Luke 4.18 Act. 4.27 and 10.38 Q. Why his onely Sonne A. Because the Father can haue no more sonnes by nature but one Q. Why our Lord A. By the right of Redemption Rom. 14 9. Q. How is our Redemption wrought A. By the humiliation and exaltation of the Sonne of God Luke 24.26 Q. What be the seuerall degrees of his humiliation A. Seven there be some others left out of the Créed but these expressed are the principall Q. What are they A. 1. His conception 2. his nativitie 3. his passion vnder Pilate 4. his crucifying 5. his dying 6. his buriall 7. his descent into hell Q. What are meant by all these A. That Christ must not onely satisfie in generall but that he must passe through the degrees of our sorrowes and beare our afflictions Isa 53.4.5 Q. What be the seuerall degrees of his exaltation A. Foure which are his Resurrection Ascension Sitting at Gods right hand and returne to Iudgement As in his humiliation he tooke our receits and tasted the bitter potion for vs so all physicke being ended of that kinde hee giues vs his receits of Redemption Ephe. 1.7 Iustification Rom. 3.24 Reconciliation Colos 1.20 Sanctification 1. Pet. 1.2 Entrance into glory Heb. 10.19 these are Cordials for vs and for him after all his penall receits Q. What is the third person A. The holy Spirit who by nature proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne and by counsell applyeth Christ to the Church and euery member thereof the Father being the first person elects the Sonne redeemes and the Spirit sanctifies Ioh. 14.26 and 15.26 Rom. 8.16 1. Cor. 2.12 Iohn 3.5 2. Cor. 1.21 Rom. 8.23 Q. What is his Relatiue propertie A. To Proceede Vnderstanding begets an Image of it selfe and loues it and so from the best vnderstanding to the best obiect of it proceedes a mutuall loue The begetter loues the begotten and the begotten loues the begetter and their loue is equall to themselues and proceedes from them both and to vs. The will of the Father by the wisedome of his Sonne and power of his good Spirit is sayd to doe all Q. What is his manner of subsisting A. To be the third person in order for proceeding from two hee must needes bee the third and yet in nature as soone as either of them for the louers and the loued are Relatiues and therefore together in nature Q. What is his worke A. Application or Sanctification Ephe. 5.26.27 The Sonne hauing prepared the remedy leaues it to be applyed by the Spirit Iohn 16.7 CHAP. II. Of the faith of the Church Hitherto of Faith in God Q. What is the faith of the Church A. Whereby beleeuing in God we also beleeue that wee are of the Church and made partakers of all good things promised vnto it Q. What is the Church A. The number of all those that are applyed to Christ by the spirit New as this Vnion is made by Faith it is called the militant Church as by vision the triumphant Q. Why is it called holy A. Because it is an holy Societie of Saints in regard of the Spirits worke 1. Pet. 2.9 Reu. 11.2 and 21.29 Q. Why Catholicke A. Because it is vniuersall in respect of all times persons and places a familie both in heauen and earth Math. 26.13 Ephes 3.15 1. Iohn 2.1 Reue. 7.9 Q. What are the benefits God bestoweth vpon it A. Two in this life as the communion of Saints and remission of sinnes and two in the life to come as the resurrection of the body and life euerlasting Lam. 3.23 Psal 68.19 Col. 1.5 and 3.3.4 1. Iohn 3.2 Q. What is the communion of Saints A. It is our communicating with God and the godly both in grace and glory or that fellowship that wee haue with Christ our head and all his members Psal 16.5 and 73.26 Isay 55.1 Act. 4.32 Gal. 6.10 Ephes 4.3.4.5.6 Heb. 10.24 Phil. 2.1.2 1. Cor. 10.16 Reue. 3.18 and 6.20 Q. What is remission of Sinne A. It is a worke of mercy whereby the Father being offended and reconciled by his Sonne doth witnesse to our consciences by his holy Spirit that all our sinnes are discharged and that wee are graciously receiued againe into his fauour Iob 33.27.28 1. King 8.47 Hos 14.2 Isa 33.24 and 62.11 God in forgiuing our sinnes doth both couer and cure them 1. Iohn 1.9 Q. What is the resurrection of the body A. It is a standing vp from the dead by the power of Christs resurrection whereby our corruptible bodies are made incorruptible and filled with all glory and erceliency Iob 19.25.26 Iohn 5.28 Act. 3.19 1. Cor. 15.42.43 2. Cor. 5.1 Heb. 11.35 Q. What meane you by life Euerlasting A. That most blessed and happy estate in which all the Elect of God shall reigne with Christ their head in the thirde heauen after this life and after the day of iudgement and that both in body and soule for euer and euer Psal 16.11 Isa 64.4 Iohn 17.20.21 1. Cor. 2.9 and 13.12 and 15.28 2 Cor. 12.4 Phil. 3.21 Reue. 21.22 and 22.2 CHAP. III. Of good workes Q. Hitherto of faith what are the workes of Faith A. That ready act of Faith to doe as we are bidden Rom. 6.16.1 Sam. 12.25 Iam. 2.14 17. Iohn 14.15.1 Thess 1.3 Tit. 3.1.8 Q. How are these workes deuided A. They are either our walking with God or conferring with him or receiuing from him 2. Cor. 7.1 Phil. 1.6 2. Thess 1.11 heb 6.17.18 Faith bids the cleansed goe away and sinne no more but walke after the Spirit it prouokes to prayer and giues vs full confirmation of Gods loue Q. What is our walking with God A. It is our due obseruation of his lawes in all our wayes Psal 119.6 Q. What is the law of God A. The rule that God hath prescribed vs for the holy performance of all our actions Isa 8.20 Rom. 2.15 and 7.7 Q. How is the law distributed A. It is either concerning the worship of God or loue of our neighbour Marke 12.29.30.31 Q. What is the first Commandement concerning the worship of God A. Thou shalt haue no other Gods before my face Gen. 39.9 Iob 31.23.24 Psal I 12.1 Pro. 3.5 Isay 8.13 and 51.12 Haback 1.16 Luke 12.45 Phil. 3.19