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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
12. Gen. 8.21 Gen. 6.5 in the guilt of the our rebellious act in Adam secōdly in corruptiō thence lineally deriued in ful want of al sauing grace deprauation of all the faculties and powers of soule body and pronenesse of the same to all euill continually Q. What is actuall sinne A. Actuall sin is our owne personall transgression continually issuing out of the liuing spring of our originall sinne Iam. 1.14 Mat. 15.19 Rom. 1.32 Luk. 12.47 1. Cor. 13.3 and doth consist in doing that which is forbidden and in omitting or doing amisse what is commanded Q. What is the reward and punishment due to vs for these our sinnes A. The certain wages due to vs for our sins Ephe. 5.9 Isay 59.2 Rom. 1.24 Heb. 3.11 Deu. 28.15 Tit. 1.15 Rom. 2.8 Reue. 21.8 Mat 25.41 Reu. 18.6 is to be forsaken giuen ouer of God to be vtterly depriued of grace and happines and to be wholly in euery respect subiect to the vengeance and curse of God both in this life present also in the life to com to the suffering both of the first second death in manner and measure according to the number and nature of our sinnes Q. What vse ought we to make of the knowledge of this our miserable estate A. We ought by the knowlege therof first to rouze vp our selues out of our carnall securitie and throughly to haue our hearts affected with déep humilitie and contrition in detestation and loathing of our selues in this wretched condition secondly Ephe. 5.14 Isa 66.2 Rom. 7.24 Acts 2.37 Iob. 42.6 to stir vp our selues most earnestly to endeuour how we may bee deliuered out of this estate and bee brought into the speciall grace and fauour of God againe Q. What are wee by the speciall sauing grace of God A. We are the children of God and heires of heauen by the frée mercy of God Rom. 8.16 17. Ephe. 1.5 2. Tim. 1.9 1. Pet. 2.9 Rom. 5.20 2. Cor. 4.6 chosen and called out of our estate of misery into the estate of grace and fauor of God so made now by the infinite mercy of God bringing good out of euil more happy then euer we were before Q. By whom are wee brought into this so gracious an estate A. By our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ onely Gal. 1.4 Ephe. 1.11 Q. What things chiefly are wee to know touching Iesus Christ A. We are to know his Person and his Office Ioh. 17.3 Phil 3.8 1. Cor. 2.2 Q. What maner of person is Iesus Christ A. Hee is God the Sonne the second person of the Trinity become man for vs by an vnseparable and vnfused vnion of his diuine and humane natures Rom. 9.5 Mat. 2.17 Ioh. 1.14 and properties and so is both God and man in one person Q. Why was it needefull that Iesus Christ should be man A. It was needful that Iesus Christ should be man Heb. 10.5 first that he might haue a body of the same nature that had sinned to offer vp in satisfaction for sinne Secondly Col. 1.21.22 that in that body he might doe and suffer all things needful for our redemption Thirdly that we may lawfully claim 1. Cor. 1.30 Ioh. 1.12 and apprehend the benefit of all his merits done in that body which hee hath common with vs in nature as personally our owne Q. Why is it needfull that our Sauiour should be God A. It is néedfull that our Sauiour shold be God first that he might be able to ouercome the powerful enemies Col. 2.15 fully finish the great work of our saluation Secondly that the personall vnion of the God head with his humanity might so dignifie the same that it might be a sufficient and worthy sacrifice for all our sins and make all the actions and sufferings of that person who is God Heb. 7.26 28. Act 20 28.2 Cor. 5.19 Ioh. 6.63 to be of infinite desert and value Thirdly that he may euer by his eternall Spirit communicate and apply himselfe and his graces vnto vs that they may truely be counted ours indéed Rom. 8.15 Q. VVhat is the office of our Sauior Iesus Christ A. The office of our Sauiour Iesns Christ is to be the redeemer and head of vs poore sinners 1. Tim. 1.15 Acts 4.12 Col. 1.18 his Elect and chosen people his Church Q. VVhat duties doth our Sauiour Christ performe for the due executing of that his office A. He doth execute the dutie Heb. 1.1 Luke 1.73 first of a Prophet teaching vs in his truth Secondly Heb. 4.14 the dutie of a Priest by the sacrifice of himselfe reconciling vs vnto his Father Thirdly Mat. 2.2 Psalme 2. the duty of a King by ruling and defending of vs by the power of his might and Spirit Q. How may our knowledge of these and all other good things be profitable vnto vs A. By adding vnto our knowledge holy obedience Ioh. 13.17 Q. Wherein doth this holy obedience consist A. It doth stand in a voluntary yéelding and giuing vp of our selues to be ordered in all things by Gods holy wil Mat. 6.10 Gal. 1.16 without further reasoning with flesh and blood Q. VVhat kinds of obedience are we to performe A. We are to perform both actiue obedience by our doing of his will Act. 10.35 1. Pet. 2.20 and also passiue obedience by suffering his will to be done vpon vs. Q. Which be the kinds of our actiue obedience which we are to performe A. Our actiue is both Euangelicall commanded in the Gospell for vs to do for the attaining of Grace which we wāt Ioh. 3.18 Ioh. 6.40 Iam. 2.8 And also Legall commanded in the Law which we are to do that we may manifest and continue in vs the Grace of God receiued Q. Which be the parts of Euangelicall or the obedience of the Gospell A. Faith and Repentance Mark 1.15 Mat. 3.2 Q. What is true sauing faith A. It is a true knowing sincere approuing Ioh. 6.69 Phil. 1.10 Heb. 10.22 Acts 4.12 and certaine relying vpon the gracious promises of GOD in Iesus Christ only for saluation and happines Q. Where is the summe of that doctrine briefly contained which wee are necessarily to beleeue A. In the Créede commonly called the Apostles Creeds Q. How many Articles doth that Creed consist of A. It consisteth of twelue Articles according to the number of the Apostls the supposed makers thereof Q. What is the subiect matter of the contents of them Articles A. It is first of God the Father in these words I beleeue in God the Father Almightie c. Secondly of the Sonne beginning at these words and in Iesus Christ his only begotten Sonne c. Thirdly of the holy Ghost in these words I beleeue in the holy Ghost Fourthly of the Church beginning at these words the holy Catholike Church c. to the end Q. By what notes may a man certainly know that he hath true sauing faith