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The principles of religion by Edward Boughen.
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Boughen, Edward, 1587?-1660?
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Q. What doest thou believe in this Article A. That the body and soule of Christ ascended together into Heaven the highest place of blisse where they never were before and Å¿ Te Deum at that time he opened the Kingdome of Heaven to all believers Q. Doest thou understand these words in the litterall sense A. I doe so Q. Can we say according to the Letter that God hath a right hand A. No we cannot But both Scripture and Creed in this phrase or manner of speech stoop to the capacity of man and expresse unto us hereby that height of glory which is otherwise unexpressible to our understanding For it is that glory which no other eye hath seene nor care hath heard neither hath it enter'd into the heart of man to conceive And how can the tongue utter what the heart hath not conceived what is unconceivable is unutterable Q. Thou believest then that he is ascended into the highest place of glory A. I doe so and that not only in place but in power for t S. Mat. 28.18 to him is all power given both in Heaven and in Earth And yet in this height of glory he is in himselfe so humble and to us so gracious that u Ro. 8.34 he makes continuall intercession for us Q. What is the seaventh Article A. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead Q. Is this certaine A. As certain as he is God And herein is a main comfort for us that he who suffered for us and died for us and continually prayes for us shall be our Iudge Q. Shall he judge us as he is man A. He shall for * S. Io. 5.27 the Father hath given him Power and Authority to execute judgement BECAVSE HE IS THE SONNE OF MAN And as man x Heb. 4.15 he is touched with the feeling of our infirmities y Heb. 5.2 that so he may have compassion upon us weake wandring silly men and apt to be deceived For z Heb. 4.15 16. in all poynts he was tempted like as we are yet without sinne Let us therefore come boldly unto the Throne of Grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need Q. The eight Article A. I believe in the Holy Ghost a Nic. Creed the Lord and giver of life who proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne who with the Father and the Sonne together is worshipped and glorified who spake by the Prophets These are three Persons and but one God Thus b Athan. Creed we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Vnity neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance Q. We may not indeed say there be three Gods but may we not say there are three Lords A. We may not for though c Ib. we be compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by himselfe to be God and Lord yet we are forbidden by the Catholike Religion to say there be three Gods or three Lords Q. Why so A. Because Lord in respect of the three persons is a name of substance not of relation or property And in God there is but one Substance though threerelations Q. What meanest thou by relations A. God is called Father with relation to his Sonne or because he hath a Sonne The second person is called the Sonne because he hath a Father And the Holy Ghost is called so with relation to them both because he is the Spirit both of the Father and the Sonne for he proceeds from both Q. We have now the three Persons in the Trinity doe we not ascribe to every one of these a severall worke concerning man A. We doe so to the Father we ascribe our Creation to the Sonne our redemption and to the Holy Ghost our Sanctification As the Father created all so the Sonne redeemed all and the Holy Ghost sanctified me and all the elect people of God Q. Why to the Father is ascribed the Creation A. Because though the other two persons did joyntly and equally create with the Father yet the originall of that power is in and from him And yet d Athan. Creed none is afore or after other none is greater or lesse then another Q. Why to the Sonne our Redemption A. Because by his blood we are redeemed from death and Hell Q. Why to the Holy Ghost our sanctification A. Because it is his speciall worke to e 1. S. Pet. 1.2 Sanctify us by his guifts and graces Hence is it that we call him the holy Spirit because he is the Spirit that makes us holy Q. We acknowledge that the Sonne of God redeemed all mankind why doe we not also confesse that the Holy Ghost Sanctifies all mankind but the elect people of God A. Because Christ redeemes all that they may be sanctified but the Holy Ghost Sanctifies only those that believe in Christ or are baptised into Christ that so they may be his elect For we are f 1. S. Pet. 1.2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Iesus Christ So both these workes must concurre to our election Q. Which is the ninth Article A. I believe the Catholike Church the Communion of Saints Or g Nic. Creed I believe one Catholike and Apostolike Church Catholike for time and place Apostolike for faith and government Q. Why call you this Church a Communion of Saints A. Because it is a society of men that are Sanctified in Baptisme by Faith in Christ through the operation of the Spirit Q. What is a Church A. h Art 19. The visible Church of Christ is a Congregation of faithfull men in the which the pure word of God is preached and the Sacraments be duely ministred according to Christs Ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same Q. What doest thou collect from hence A. These three things 1. That the Church consists of Faithfull men that is of such who professe the Christian faith 2. The word of God must be sincerely Preached And thirdly The Sacraments must be duely ministred to the Congregation according to Christ's Ordinance Q. Js it lawfull for every Christian that will to preach the word and administer the Sacraments A. No i Art 23. it is not lawfull for any man to do so unlesse he be lawfully called and sent to execute the same Q. Whom judge you to be lawfully called and sent A. All those k Ibid. who be chosen and called to this work by men who have publike authority given unto them in the Congregation to call and send Ministers into the Lords Vineyard Q. Who have publike authority given them to call and send Ministers into the Lords Vineyard A. Onely Bishops in the Church of England as is to be seen Article 36. and in the Book of Ordination Q. Why doth this Church allow no other but Bishops to give
11.1 according to Saint Pauls rule imitate the Apostles knowing that they were guided by the Spirit of God The Apostles began to keep this day the first day of the week and the Church of God hath done so ever since The practice of the Apostles is a sufficient warrant Q. Is it lawfull to doe no manner of worke on this day A. Not the workes of our trade or vocation to make a gaine thereby But upon that day we may doe workes of necessity and workes of charity Q. How prove you this A. By our Saviours Doctrine and practice 1. By his doctrine for c S. Mat. 12.1 3. c. he justified by Scripture that it was lawfull for his Disciples on the Sabbath day to gather eares of Corne and eate them And that it is as d S. Luc. 14.5 lawfull for us to pull our oxe or asse out of a ditch on the Sabbath day This for workes of necessity And for workes of charity or mercy he justifies them by his owne practice e S. Mat. 12.13 On the Sabbath day he healed the withered hand as also f S. Luc. 14.4 the man sick of the Palsie g S. Ioh. 9.14 On this day he opened the eyes of the blind And not only so but he gives us directions for the future assuring us that * S. Marc. 2.27 The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath Q. Which is the fifth Commandement A. Honour thy father and mother c. Q. Who are meant by Father and Mother A. I. Our naturall Parents II. The King and his Ministers that is all such as are placed in authority by the King III. All my governours teachers spirituall Pastors and Masters And in the last place all my betters Q. Of naturall Parents there 's no question but is the King my Father A. The Kings stile hath ever been h Pater Patriae the Father of his Country to put us in mind of our filiall duty and him of the Fatherly and tender affection he ought to bare to his Subjects And are not i Es 49.23 Kings and Queenes called the nursing Fathers and nursing Mothers of the Church To signifie to us who are the Sonnes of the Church what they are to us and how we ought to behave our selves towards them Q. How ought we to honour the King A. As Gods substitute and immediare Vicegerent for k 2. Chron 9.8 on the Lords throne he sits to be King for the Lord thy God So then he is next to God and lesse then God only Q. Wherein doth this honour consist A. l Pro. 2◠〈◊〉 v. 24.21 In fearing to displease him m 1. S. Pet. 2.13 in obeying him in reverencing and loving him o Rom. 13.6 7. in giving him what ever is due to him by the Law of nature the Law of God and the Law of the Land Q. How farre forth must we obey the King A. So farre forth as he commands nothing that is contrary to the Law of nature or the Law of God Q. May the King command what is evil A. He ought not If he doe p Act. 5.29 we must obey God and not man But though he may not command us to doe that which in it selfe is evill or unlawfull yet he may prohibite some things that in themselves are lawfull and honest though they seeme necessary for the preservation of a Common-wealth And this prohibition we are bound to obey Q. How prove you this A. q Jer. 35.6 7. Jonadab commanded the Rechabites his sonnes that neither they nor their Children should 1. drink wine for ever And that they should neither 2. build house nor 3. sow seed nor 4. plant Vineyard nor 5. have any We know that in themselves all these things are lawfull and honest and yet r Ib. v. 8. they obeyed the voyce of their Father Jonadab in forbearing these And God commends them and rewards them for it for his promise to them is this ſ Ib. v. 19.20 Because yee have obeyed the commandement of Jonadab your Father and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he hath commanded you Jonadab the Sonne of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever And the King hath an higher power over us then our Parents have Q. Are you sure of this A. This is learned by daily experience If my Father command me one way and the Kings Officer another I must obey the Kings Officer and not my Father The reason is because as I am subject to my Father so is my Father subject to the King The King therefore may punish my Father for his countermand and me for obeying it Indeed my Father is but the Father of a Family but the King is the Father of all his Country that is of all the Families in His Dominions He hath therefore Power both over me and my Father Besides t Ro. 13.4 the King hath the Power of the Sword of life and death which a Father hath not For if my Father kill me the King ought to question him and to execute Iustice upon him for this wicked Fact Q. May no man controule or forbid what the King commands A. Surely no for u 1. S. Pet. 2.13 the King is Supreme the highest power under God All other Civill powers are to be obeyed so farre forth * Ib. v. 14. as they are sent by the King as they have Authority from him and no further To be otherwise taught is but to be trained up to Rebellion For the King is not only the Fountaine of Honour but the Fountaine of all Civill power within his owne Dominions as the Apostles justifie Rom. 13.1 S. Pet. 2.14 Q. But suppose the King command that which is utterly unlawfull and contrary to Gods word may we disobey A. Disobey him we may to obey God That is we must preferre Gods command before the Kings And this cannot justly be called disobedience but obedience since we x Ro. 13.1 obey the higher Powers namely God from whom he hath this Power Q. And may we resist in this or such like cases A. We may not since that God who hath charged obedience upon us y Ib. v. 2. Non resistit quod subiectum est Aug. de verâ Relig. c. 35. hath forbidden resistance upon paine of damnation Q. What is to be done in these streights A. When we may not submit to the command injoyned we must submit to the penalty inflicted Thus did the Apostles of Christ and thus must we Q. What if the King be a Tyrant or Persecuter of the Orthodoxe Faith A. * Magistratibus ex animo deferendus est honor etiam tyrannis Beza in Act. 23.5 Yet we must submit as is prescribed After this manner the Apostles and their Scholars submitted to Nero Domitian Julian c. Q. What is due to the King by the Law of God A. z Ro. 13.1 Subjection