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A short catechisme wherein are briefely laid downe the fundamentall principles of Christian religion. Needfull to be knowne of all such as come to the Lords Table. Whereunto is added morning and euening prayer for a family.
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Gouge, William, 1578-1653.
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forth good things Question 40 Q. Whence ariseth repentance A. From a godly sorrow for sinne and from faith in the forgiuenesse of sinne Question 40 Godly sorrow worketh repentance God purifie their hearts by faith Iohn preached the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes Question 41 Q. VVhat are the parts of repentance A. 1. Mortification which is a ceasting to sinne 2. Viuification which is a liuing in true holinesse and righteousnesse Question 41 Our old man is crucified with Christ that the body of sinne might bee destroyed that henceforth wee should not serue sinne Yeeld your selues vnto God as those that are aliue from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousnesse vnto God Question 42 Q. VVhat meanes hath God ordained to breede and increase these graces in vs A. Three especially First the ministery of the word Secondly the participation of the Sacraments Thirdly Prayer Question 42 In whom ye trusted after that ye heard the word of truth Repent and be baptised euery on of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes and ye shal receiue the gift of the holy Ghost Aske and ye shall haue Your heauenly father will giue the holy spirit to them that aske him Question 43 Q. How is the ministery of the VVord made profitable vnto vs A. If it bee mixed with faith in them that heare it Question 43 The word preached did not profit them being not mixed with faith in them that heard it Question 44 Q. What is a Sacrament A. An ordinance of God wherein by outward signes Gods promises in Christ are sealed vp vnto vs and our faith and repentance is testified Question 44 Abraham receiued the signe of circumcision a seale of the righteousnesse of faith Iohn baptized with the baptisme of repentance saying vnto the people that they should beleeue on Iesus Christ Question 45 Q. How many Sacraments are there A. Two Baptisme and the Lords supper Question 45 Baptise them I haue receiued of the Lord that which also I deliuered to you that the Lord Iesus the same night in which he was betrai'd took bred c. Question 46 Q. What is Baptisme A. A Sacrament of Regeneration wherein by the outward washing of our bodies with water in the name of the Father the Son and the holy Ghost the inward clensing of our soules by the blood of Christ is represented and sealed vp vnto vs. Question 46 He saued vs by the washing of regeneration Baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Christ gaue himselfe for his Church that he might sanctifie and cleanse it by the washing of water by the word Question 47 Q. Why are the children of Christians baptised A. Because they are borne in the covenant the promises of God belonging to faith full parents and their seede Question 47 Your children are holy This is spoken in regard of Gods couenant vnder which the children of faithfull parents are borne otherwise being borne in sinne they are impure The promise is vnto you and to your children I will establish my couenant betweene me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an euerlasting couenant to bee a God vnto thee and to thy seed after thee Question 48 Q. VVhat is the Lords supper A. A Sacrament of our spirituall nourishment wherein by receiuing bread and wine according to Christs institution our communion with Christ is represented and sealed vp vnto vs. Question 48 Iesus tooke bread and blessed it and brake it and gaue it to his Disciples and said Take eate this is my body And he tooke the cup and gaue thankes and gaue it to them saying Drinke ye all of it c. The cuppe of blessing which wee blesse is it not the communion of the blood of Christ The bread which we breake is not the communion of the bodie of Christ Question 49 Q. VVhat must we doe to partake of this Supper aright A. Wee must examine our selues and come with knowledge faith repentance and * loue Question 49 Let a man examine hmselfe and so let him eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. When thou goest to the house of God be more ready to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles for they know not what they doe Examine your selues whether ye be in the faith The Apostle reproueth the Corinthians for comming to the Lords Table in their sinnes without repentance and in diuisions contentions without loue Question 50 Q. VVho pray aright A. They who pray to God in Christ his name from the heart in faith holinesse and loue Question 50 Whatsoeuer yee shall aske the Father in my name he will giue it you Powre out your hearts before the Lord. Aske in faith and wauer not Lift vp pure hauds without wrath Question 52 Q VVhat are the parts of prayer A. Petition thanksgiuing Question 52 Pray without ceasing In euery thing giue thankes Question 53 Q. What things are we to ask A. Such things as tend to Gods glory our owne good whether temporal or spiritual Question 53 The three first petititions of the Lords Prayer declare the things which tend to Gods glory and the three last declare the things which tend to our good Question 54 Q. For what things must wee be thankfull A. For all things whether they bee publique or priuate concerning bodie or soule our selues or others eyther receiued or promised Question 54 Giue thanks alwaies for all things St Paul gaue thanks for the building vp of Gods Church in all the world Hezechiah gaue thāks for the recouery of his health a particular blessing concerning his body Dauid gaue thankes for spirituall blessings concerning his soule Saint Paul giueth thankes for Gods mercy towards himselfe And hee exhorteth to giue thanks for others The Patriarchs receiued not the promises but saw them afar of belieued the receiued thē thankfully Question 54 Q. VVhat is the estate of the faithfull after death A. Their bodies sléepe exspecting the resurrection to life and their soules goe imediately to heauen where at the last iudgement their bodies shal be ioyned with their soules and both enioy euerlasting happinesse Question 54 Them that sleepe in Iesus will God bring with him c. The beggar died was caried by the Angels into Abrahams bosome To day shalt thou bee with me in Paradise The dead in Christ shal rise first then shall we which liue remaine be caught vp with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the aire thē shal we be euer with the Lord. Question 55 Q. VVhat
A short Catechisme wherein are briefely laid downe the fundamentall Principles of Christian RELIGION Needfull to be knowne of all such as come to the Lords Table Whereunto is added Morning and Euening Prayer for a Family The second Edition corrected and inlarged HEB. 5. 12. When for the time yee ought to bee teachers ye haue need againe that one teach you which be the first Principles of the Oracles of God LONDON Printed by Io. Beale 1616. ⧠The Printer to the Reader Good Reader THou hast here again these short Principles of Religion published for thy good I haue the opinion of others whose iudgements I haue iust cause to reuerence concerning the soundnes of them And I doubt not but thou thy selfe if thou shalt throughly obserue and weigh them wilt find abundance of matter couched in few wordes The fewer and briefer that the Principles bee the sooner are they learned by heart the more firmelie are they retained in memory They way easily be by word of mouth enlarged and amplified by any that hath anie competent measure of knowledge The texts of Scripture whereunto the Reader was referred before only by quotations in the margent are now expreslie set downe directlie against the wordes that thou maiest more readilie see the proofs and compare the Principles and proofes together There are also added two Praiers fit to bee vsed morning and euening in a familie by such as cannot pray without some such helps These formes of Praier were gathered out of such Praiers as the Authour of these Principles hath at diuers times vsed by one that hath oft heard him All âre published for thy good Farewell A SHORT Catachisme containing the fundamentall Principles of Christian Religion ¶ The places of Scripture for proofe of euery Answere Question 1 WHat is eueryone most bound to know Ans Euery one is bound to haue knowledge of God and of himselfe Question 1 They shall all know me from the least of them to the greatest of them This was one thing which God chiefly aimed at to make Iob know what man was compared vnto God Question 2 Q. Where is this knowledge to be had A. In the holy Scriptures contained in the old and new Testament Question 2 The Scriptures are able to make thee wise vnto saluation c. All Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine c. That the man of God may be perfect thorowly furnished vnto all good workes Question 3 Q. VVho is the author of the Scripture A. The holy spirit of God who inspired holy men to write them Question 3 Holy men spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost Question 4 Q. VVhy were they written A. For our learning Question 4 Whatsoeuer things were written afore time were writtē for our lerning Question 5 Q. What doe they teach concerning God A. That he is a Spirit of infinite perfection Question 5 God is a Spirit Gods infinite perfection is implied in these and such like phrases I am that I am I am the beginning and the ending God is light and in him is no darknes Question 6 Q. How many Gods are there A. Only one but distinguished into thrée persons the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost Question 6 There is none other God but one Teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost Question 7 Q. How is God further made knowne vnto vs. A. By his properties and by his workes Question 7 When God would make himselfe knowne vnto Moses hee declared his properties vnto him saying The Lord strong mercifull gratious c. The heauēs declare the glory of God The inuisible things of God from the creation of the world are cleerly seen being vnderstood by the things that are made euen his eternall power and God-head Question 8 Q. VVhat are the properties of God A. That hee is eternall almightie euery where present infinitelie wise iust mercifull c. Question 8 From euerlasting to euerlasting thou art God I am the almighty God Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him saith the Lord Doe not I fill heauen earth The onely wise God A God of truth without iniquitie iust and right is he The Lord God mercifull and gratious long suffering and abundant in goodnes truth keeping mercy for thousands forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne Q. What are the workes of God A. His decrée and the execution thereof Question 10 Q. VVhat beleeue you touching his decree A. That he ordained all things before all times according to his will Question 10 God worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will Question 11 Q. VVherein consisteth the execution of Gods decree A. In the making and gouerning of all things Question 11 By him were all things created According to his will hee worketh in the army of Heauen and among the inhabitants of the earth Question 12 Q. How did God make al things A. By his word of nothing in sixe daies verie good Question 12 He cōmanded they were made In the beginning God created the heauen and the earth In sixe daies the Lord made heauen and earth God sawe all that hee had made and behold it was verie good Question 13 Q. How doth God gouerne all things A. By his wise prouidence he preserueth all and disposeth them to his owne glory and his childrens good Question 13 He vpholdeth all things by the word of his power Of him and through him and to him are all things to whom bee glorie for euer All things worke together for good to them that loue God Question 14 Q. How may we come to the knowledge of our selues A. By considering the seuerall estates of man Question 15 Q. VVhich are they A. First that happy estate wherein man was made Secondly that miserable estate whereinto he fell Thirdly that renewd estate whereunto by grace hee is called Fourthly that glorious estate which is in heauen preserued for him Question 15 God made man vpright Man that is borne of a woman is full of trouble O wretched man that I am God hath begotten vs againe vnto a liuely hope c. We know that when Christ shall appeare wee shall bee like him Question 16 Q. Doe all men passe thorow all these estates A. Noe onely the elect of God the rest as they fell into miserie so in misery they lie Question 16 There is a remnant occording to the election of grace Thou after thine hardnes and impenitent hart treasurest vp vnto thy selfe wrath against the day of wrath Question 17 Q. Wherin especially did that happinesse consist in which