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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04689	The foundation of Christian religion, gathered into six principles. And it is to be learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to heare sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Shelton, Thomas, 1601-1650?	1660 (1660)	Wing P1566B; ESTC R215935	19,838	53

none other God but one He is Creator of all things In the beginning God created the heaven Gen. 1. 1. and the earth Through faith we understand that the Heb. 11. 3. world was ordained by the Word of God so that the things which we see are not made of things which did appeare 4. He is Governour of all things The eyes of the Lord in every place behold Prov. 15. 3. the evil and the good Yea and all the haires of your heads are Mat. 10. 30. numbred 5. Distinguished into the Father the Son and holy Ghost And Jesus when he was baptized came Mat. 3. 16. straight out of the water and loe the heavens were opened unto him and John saw the Spirit of God descending like a Dove and lighting upon him And loe a voice came from heaven saying Ven. 17. This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased For there are three that bare record in Joh. 5. 7. Heaven the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one The second Principle Q. What doest thou believe concerning man and concerning thine own self A. All men are wholly corrupted with sin through Adams fall and so are become slaves of Satan and guilty of eternal damnation 1. All men are corrupted with sin As it is written There is none righteous Rom. 3. 10. no not one 2. They are wholly corrupted Now the very God of peace sanctifie you 1 Thes 5. 23. throughout and I pray God that your whole spirit and soul and body may be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ This I say therefore and testifie in the Eph. 4. 17. Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minds Having their cogitations darkned and being Verse 18. strangers from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the hardness of their hearts When the Lord saw that the wickedness Gen. 6. 5. of man was great in the earth and all the imaginations of the thoughts of his heart were onely evil continually 3. Through Adams fall Wherefore as by one man sin entred into the world and death by sin and so death Rom. 5. 12. went over all men for so much as all men have sinned 4. And so are become slaves of Satan Wherein in times past ye walked according Eph. 2. 2. to the course of the world and after the Prince that ruleth in the air even the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience For as much then as the children were Heb. 2. 14. partakers of flesh and blood he also himself likewise took part with them that he might destroy through death him that had the power of death that is the devil In whom the God of this world hath 2 Chr. 4. 4. blinded the mindes that is of Infidels that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ which is the Image of God should not shine unto them 5. And guilty of eternal damnation For as many as are of the works of the Gal. 3. 10. Law are under the curse for it is written Cursed is every man that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the Law to do them Likewise then as by the offence of one the fault came on all men to condemnation so by the justifying of one the benefit abounded towards all men to the justification of life The third Principle Q. VVhat means is there for thee to escape this damnable estate A. Jesus Christ the eternal Son of God being made man by his death upon the Cross and by his righteousness hath perfectly alone by himself accomplished all things that are needful for the salvation of man-kind 1. Christ Jesus the eternal Son of God And the Word was made flesh and dwelt Joh. 1. 14. among us and we saw the glory thereof as the glory of the onely begotten Son of the Father full of grace and truth 2. Being made man For he in no sort took the Angels but Heb. 2. 16. he took the seed of Abraham 3. By his death upon the Cross But he was wounded for our transgressions Isa 53. 5. he was broken for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed 4. And by his righteousness For as by one mans disobedience many Rom. 5. 19. were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous For he hath made him to be sin for us 2 Cor. 5. 21. which knew no sin that we should be made the righteousness of God in him 5. Hath perfectly Wherefore he is able also perfectly to save them that come unto God by him Heb. 7. 25. seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them 6. Alone by himself Neither is there salvation in any other Act 4. 12. for among men there is given none other name under Heaven whereby we must be saved 7. Accomplished all things needful for the Salvation of mankind And he is the reconciliation for our 1 Joh. 2. 2. sins and not for ours onely but also for the sins of the whole World The fourth Principle Q. But how mayest thou be made partaker of Christ and his benefits A. A man of a contrite and humble spirit by Faith alone apprehending applying Christ with all his merits unto himself is justified before God and sanctified 1. A man of a contrite and humble spirit For thus saith he that is high and excellent Isa 57. 15. he that inhabiteth eternity whose name is the Holy One I dwell in the high and holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to give life to them that are of a contrite heart The sacrifices of God are a contrite spirit Ps 51. 17. a contrite and a broken heart O God thou wilt not despise 2. By faith alone As soon as Jesus heard that word spoken Mar. 5. 36. he said unto the Ruler of the Synagogue Be not afraid onely believe So Moses made a Serpent of brass and Num. 21. 9. set it up for a sign and when a Serpent had bitten any man then he looked to the Serpent of brass and lived And as Moses lifted up the Serpent in Joh. 3. 14. the wilderness so must the Son of man be lifted up That who soever believeth in him should Vers 15. not perish but have eternal life 3. Apprehending and applying Christ with all his merits unto himself But as many as received him to them he Joh. ● 12. gave power to be the sons of God to them that believe in his name And Jesus said unto them I am the bread of life he that Joh. 6. 35. cometh to me shall not hunger and he that believeth in me shall never thirst 4. Is justified before God

For what saith the Scripture Abraham Rom. 4. 3. believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness Even as David declareth the blessedness of the man unto whom God emputeth Vers 6. righteousness without works saying Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Vers 7. and whose sins are covered 5. And sanctified And he put no difference between us and Acts 15. 19. them after that by faith he had purified their hearts But ye are of him in Christ Jesus who of Cor. 1. 30. God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption The fifth Principle Q. VVhat are the ordinary or usual means for obtaining of faith A. Faith cometh onely by the preaching of the VVord and increaseth daily by it as also by the administration of the S●craments and Prayer 1. Faith cometh onely by the preaching of the Word and increaseth daily by it But how shall they call on him in whom Rom. 10. 14. they have not believed and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard and how shall they hear without a Preacher Where there is no vision the people decay but he that keepeth the Law is blessed Prov. 29. 19. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge Hos 4. 6. because thou hast refused knowledge I will also refuse thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me and seeing thou hast for gotten the Law of thy God I will also forget thy children 2. As also by the administration of the Sacraments After he received the sign of circumcision Rom. 4. 31. as the seal of the righteousness of faith which he had when he was uncircumcised that he should be the father of all them that believe not being circumcised that righteousness might be imputed to them also Moreover brethren I would not that 1 Cor. 10. 1. ye should be ignorant that all our fathers were under the cloud and all passed through the Sea c. 3. And Prayer For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved The sixth Principle Q. What is the state of all men after death A. All men shall rise again with their own bodies to the last judgement which being ended the godly shall possess the kingdom of Heaven but unbelievers and reprobates shall be in hell tormented with the devil and his angels for ever 1. All men shall rise again with their own bodies Marvel not at this for the hour shall Joh. 5. 28. come in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice And they shall come forth that have done Vers 29. good unto the resurrection of life but they that have done evil unto the resurrection of condemnation 2. To the last Judgement For God will bring every work unto judgement with every secret thing whether Eccl. 12. 14. it be good or evil But I say unto you that of every idle M●t. 12. 36. word that men shall speak they shall give an account thereof at the day of Judgment 3. Which being ended the godly c. And del vered just Lot vexed with the unclean conversation of the wicked And the Lord said unto him Go through Ezek. 9. 4. the midst of the City even through the midst of the City even through the midst of Jerusalem and set a mark upon the foreheads of them that mourn and cry out for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof 4. Shall possess the Kingdom of God Then shall the King say to them on the Mat. 25. 34. right hand Come ye blessed of my Father inherit ye the Kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world 5. But unbelievers and reprobates shall be in hell tormented with the devil and his angels Then shall he say unto them on the left Vers 41. hand Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels The Scriptures for proof were onely quoted by the Author to move thee to search them the words themselves I have expressed at the earnest request of many that thou mayest more easily learn them if yet thou wilt be ignorant thy malice is evident if thou gainest knowledge give God the glory in doing of his will Thine T. S. THE EXPOSITION OF THE SIX PRINCIPLES The first Principle expounded Question WHat is God A. God is a Joh. 4. 24. a Spirit or spiritual substance most wise most holy eternal infinite Q. How do you perswade your self that there is a God A. Besides the Testimony of the Scripture plain reason will shew it Q. What is one reason A. When I consider b Rom. 1. 20. Acts 14. 17. the wonderful frame of the world me thinks the silly creatures that be in it could never make it neither could it make it self and therefore besides all these the Maker of it must needs be God Even as when a man comes into a strange country and sees fair and sumptuous buildings and yet finds no living creatures there besides birds and beasts he wil not imagine that either birds or beasts reared those buildings but he presently conceives that some men either are or have been there Q. What other reason have you A. c Rom. 2. 15. Gen. 3. 8 10. 12. 24. A man that commits any sin as murther fornication adultery blasphemy c. albeit he doth so conceal the matter that no man living know of it yet oftentimes he hath a griping in his conscience and feels the very flashing of hell fire which is a strong reason to shew that there is a God before whose Judgement seat he must answer for his fact Q. How many Gods are there A. No d 1 Cor. 8. 6. more but one Q. How do you conceive this one God in your minde A. Not e Deut. 4. 16. Amos 4. 13. by framing any image of him in my minde as ignorant folk do that think him to be an old man sitting in heaven but I conceive him by his properties and works Q. What be his chief properties A. First he is f Job 2. 13. most wise understanding all things aright and knowing the reason of them Secondly he is g Isa 6. 3. Exod. 20. 5 6. most holy which appeareth in that he is most just and merciful unto his creatures Thirdly he is h Isa 41. 4. eternal without either beginning or end of days Lastly he is i Psal 139. 12. infinite both because he is present in all places and because he is of power sufficient to do whatsoever he k Job 9. 4. Deu. 10. 17. will Q. What be works of God A. l Jer. 10. 12. Psal 33. 6. The creation of the world and of every thing therein and the preservation of them being created by his special providence Q. How know you that God governeth every particular thing in the world by his special providence A. To omit the m

A. A death upon the Cross peculiar to him alone z Esa 53. 5. Joh. 12. 27. Rev. 19. 15. Luk. 22. 44. for besides the separation of body and soul he felt also the pangs of hell in that the whole wrath of God due to the sin of man was poured forth upon him Q. What profit cometh by his sacrifice A. Gods a Heb. 9. 26. wrath is appeased by it Q. Could the sufferings of Christ which were but for a short time countervail everlasting damnation and so appease Gods wrath A. Yea for seeing Christ suffered God b Acts 20. 28. 2 Cor. 5. 15. suffered though not in his Godhead and that is more then if all the men in the world had suffered for ever and ever Q. Now tell me the other means of satisfaction A. It is the perfect fulfilling of the Law Q. How did he fulfil the Law A. By his c 1 Cor. 1. 30. Rom. 3. 25. 2 Cor. 5. 2● perfect righteousness which consists of two parts the first the integrity and pureness of his humane nature the other d Rom. 5. 19 Rom. 4. 1. his obedience in performing all that the Law requireth Q. You have shewed how Christ doth make satisfaction tell me likewise how doth he make intercession A. He doth alone continually d Rom. 8. 34. 1 Pet. 2. 5. appear before his Father in Heaven making the faithful and all their prayers acceptable unto him by applying of the merits of his own perfect satisfaction to them Q. Why is Christ a Prophet A. To e Joh. 6. 45. Mat. 3. 17. reveal unto his Church the way and means of salvation and this he doth outwardly by the Ministery of his Word and inwardly by the teaching of his holy Spirit Q. Why is he also a King A. That f Isa 9. 7. he might bountifully bestow upon us and convey unto us all the aforesaid means of salvation Q. How doth he shew himself to be a King A. In g Act. 10. 40. Eph. 4. 8. Act. 1. 9. that being dead and buried he rose from the grave quickned his dead body ascended into heaven and now sitteth at the right hand of his Father with full power and glory in heaven Q. How else A. In h Isa 9. 7. 30. 21. that he doth continually inspire and direct his servants by the divine power of his holy Spirit according to his holy Word Q. But to whom will this blessed King communicate all these means of salvation A. He i Mat. 20. 16. Joh. 〈…〉 1 Joh. 2. 3. G●l 3. 27. Col. 2. 12. offereth them to many and they are sufficient to save all mankinde but all shall not be saved thereby because by faith they will not receive them The fourth Principle expounded Q. What is Faith A. Faith is k Joh. 1. 12. 6. 35. G●l 3. 27. Col. 2. 12. a wonderful grace of God by which a man doth apprehend and apply Christ and all his benefits unto himself Q. How doth a man apply Christ unto himself seeing we are on earth and Christ in heaven A. This l 2 Cor. 1. 21 22. Rom. 8. 16. applying is done by assurance when a man is verily perswaded by the holy Spirit of Gods favor towards himself particularly and of the forgiveness of his own sins Q. How doth God bring men truly to believe in Christ A. First he prepareth their hearts that they might be capable of faith and then worketh faith in them Q. How doth God prepare mens hearts A. m Ezek. 11. 19. Hos 6. 1 2. By bruising them as if one would break an hard stone to powder and this is done by humbling them Q. How doth God humble a man A. By working in him a sight of his sins and a sorrow for them Q. How is the sight of sin wrought A. By the a Rom. 3. 20. 7. 7. moral Law the sum whereof is the ten Commandments Q. What sins may I finde in my self by them A. Ten. Q. What is the first A. b Com. I. To make something thy God which is not God by fearing it loving it and so trusting in it more then in the true God Q. What is the second A. c II. To worship false gods or the true God in a false maner Q. What is the third A. d III. To dishonor God in abusing his titles words and works Q. What is the fourth A e IV. To break the Sabbath in doing the works of thy calling and of the flesh and in leaving undone the works of the Spirit Q. What be the six latter A. To do any thing that may hinder thy neighbors f V. dignity g VI. life h VII chastity h VIII wealth i IX good name k X. though it be but in the secret thoughts and motions of the heart unto which thou givest no liking or consent Q. What is sorrow for sin A. It is l Act. 3. 37 38. when a mans conscience is touched with a lively feeling of Gods displeasure for any of these sins m 1 Tim. 1. 5. Luk. 15. 21. Ezra 9. 6 7. in such wise that he utterly despairs of salvation in regard of any thing in himself acknowledging that he hath deserved shame and confusion eternally Q. How doth God work this sorrow A. By the terrible curse of the Law Q. What is that A. He n Gal. 3. 10. which breaks but one of the Commandments of God though it be but once in all his life time and that onely in one thought is subject to and in danger of eternal damnation thereby Q. When mens hearts are thus prepared how doth God ingraft faith in them A. By working certain inward motions in the heart which are the seeds of faith out of which it breedeth Q. What is the first of them A. When a man humbled under the burthen of his sins o Esa 55. 2. Joh. 7. 27. Luk. 1. 53. doth acknowledge and feel that he stands in great need of Christ Q. What is the second A. An p Mat. 5. 4. hungring desire and a longing to be made partaker of Christ and all his merits Q. What is the third A. A q Heb. 4. 16. flying to the Throne of Grace from the sentence of the Law pricking the conscience Q. How is it done A. By r Luke 15. 18 19. Mat. 15. 21. 23 c. Act. 8. 22. 2 Cor. 12. 8. praying with sending up loud cries for Gods favor in Christ in the pardoning of sin and with fervent perseverance herein till the desire of the heart be granted Q. What followeth after this A. God then s Mat. 7. 7. Esa 65. 24. Job 33. 26. according to his merciful promise le ts the poor sinner feel the assurance of his love wherewith he loveth him in Christ which assurance is a lively faith Q. Are there divers degrees and measures of true faith A. t Rom. 2. 1. 7. Luk.