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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50246	A catechisme, or, The grounds and principles of Christian religion set forth by way of question and answer wherein the summe of the doctrine of religion is comprised, familiarly opened, and clearly confirmed from the Holy Scriptures / by Richard Mather, teacher to the church at Dorchester in New England.	Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.	1650 (1650)	Wing M1268; ESTC R43433	66,565	136

as also by other titles importing the same thing Q. VVhat are those other titles A. He is called Counsellor b Messenger c Doctor or Master d Apostle e Speaker f the Shepheard and Bishop of our soules g the faithfull and true witnesse h Q VVhat is the work of Christ as a Prophet A. To reveale and make known to his people the counsell and will of God Deut. 18. 18. Iohn 1. 18. 4. 25. 15 15. Matth. 11. 27. Q How doth he this A. Outwardly by such means as he hath appointed and inwardly by the teaching and illumination of his holy Spirit Q. VVhat are the outward meanes A. They are divers and sundry according as it pleased him i but chiefly they are the holy Scriptures k and the ministery of men appointed to speak in his name l Q. What is the teaching of the holy Spirit A. It is that inward work of the holy Ghost upon the soule whereby the outward teaching is made efficacious and powerfull for opening the understanding and humbling the heart to embrace the truth and will of God Iohn 16. 13. 14. 26. 1 Iohn 2. 27 Q. When hath Christ performed his office and function of a Prophet unto his people A. Both when he was upon earth in his own person m and also in all times and ages of the Church both afore his incarnation n and since his Assention into heaven o Q. How much of the will of God doth this Prophet make known unto his people A. All that is requisite for our Salvation Iohn 15 15. 4. 25. 16. 13. Deut. 18. 18. Q. What then is to be thought of all Doctrines Traditions Revelations and Ordinances which he hath not appointed A. They are all to be rejected and accursed p as being injurious to the perfection and fulnesse of the Propheticall office of Christ CHAP. 17. Of the Priesthood of Christ Q. IS Christ also a Priest A. Yes and is frequently so called Psal. 110. 4. Heb. 2. 17. 3. 1. 4. 14 15. 5. 5 6 10. 8. 1. 9. 11. Q Was he a Priest after the order of Aaron A. No but after the order of Melchizedek Psa. 110. 4 Heb. 7. 11 21. Q. How may that appeare A. Aaron was of the Tribe of Levi but Christ was of the Tribe of Iudah a and whereas Aaron had father and mother Christ as he was man was without a father and as God without mother b Q. How else A. Aaron and his successors being sinners had need to offer sacrifice first for their owne sinnes and then for the peoples but Christ being altogether without sinne did offer sacrifice onely for the people Heb. 5. 3. 9. 7. 7. 26 27. Q. Is there not some difference between the Priesthood of Aaron and Christs Priesthood in respect of the manner of entrance in the same and continuance therein A. Yes for Aaron and his successors were ordained without an oath but Christ with an oath c And whereas the Priests of the law died and had successors Christ hath an unchangeable Priesthood continuing Priest for ever d Q. How doe these priesthoods differ in respect of the sacrifices offered thereby A. The one offered the bodyes and blood of beasts but Christ offered up himselfe and so was both Priest and Sacrifice Heb. 9. 12 14 26. Q. Is there not some difference in regard of the number of their Sacrifices A. The Sacrifices of the Law were many because of their imperfections but Christ hath offered up himselfe once for all Heb. 7. 27. 9. 25 26. 10. 12 14. Q. What are the workes performed by him as a Priest A. Oblation or offering a Sacrifice e and making request or intercession for his people f Q. What was the Sacrifice which he offered A. Himself as he is man g his humane soule h and body i Q. VVhat kind of Sacrifice was this A. It was bloody or by blood k it was spotlesse l and perfect m and most pleasing unto God n Q. VVhat Altar did he offer this Sacrifice upon A. The Altar must need be heavenly as the Priest and Sacrifice were and the use of an Altar being to sanctifie the gift and therefore greater then it w and therefore it was not the crosse of wood but the Godhead of Christ which was the Altar on which he sacrificed himselfe x Q. Whether is Christ the only Priest unto God in these daies or are there not others who are Priests also A. All Christians are called Priests to offer up unto God the spirituall Sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving and the like y but to be a Priest to offer up a Sacrifice propitiatory is proper and peculiar unto Christ onely z Q. What acts doth Christ perform in making intercession for his people A. He appeares in the presence of God for them a presenting before God the vertue and value of his death and bloodshedding b with some expression of his will before God for their good c Q. In what manner doth he make this intercession A. Not with teares and words and prostrating of his body as he did on earth but in such a manner as is suitable to his state of glory Q. What are the benefits of this intercession of Christ A. Forgivenesse of sinnes daily continued and applied d with continuance in Gods favour e and acceptance of our imperfect services f Q. What are the benefits of this intercession A. Hereby believers are defended and secured against the accusations of all their enemies g with certainty of salvation in Heaven h CHAP. 18. Of the Kingly office of Christ Q. HAth Christ also the office of a King A. Yes for he is often expresly so called a and hath the ornaments of a King Q. What are those ornaments A. To sit upon a Throne b to weare a Crown upon his head c and to have a Scepter in his hand d Q. How is he King of his people as God onely or as man also A. Not as God onely but as Mediator God and man in one person Q. How is that proved A. Because he that was born and given to us hath the government upon his shoulders e and he that was crucisied is made Lord and Christ f now to be born and given and crucified cannot be said of God onely Q. How else may it appeare that Christ is King not as God onely but as man also A. Because the time will come when he shall deliver up the Kingdome to the father g but as God he shall reign with the father unto all eternity Q. Is any work of Christ as King anywhere expresly ascribed unto him as man A. Yea authority to execute judgement as a Kingly work and this belongeth unto Christ as man Iohn 5. 27. Q. Over whom

if there were no men there would never be any ships upon the Sea Even so the preservation of the great ship of the world and the guidance of its motions doth evidently shew that there is a God by whom the same is preserved and guided Q. What else may be a further proofe that there is a God A. That there is a God is manifestly declared by the strange and wonderfull plagues and judgments that sometimes are inflicted upon notorious sinners upon earth Exod. 8. 19. 9. 16. Psal. 9. 16. 58. 10. 11 79 10. Q. What may be thought of those accusations and terrors of conscience that sometimes are found in men upon the committing of haynous sins though knowne to no man living but to the sinner himselfe A. This also is another testimony that there is a God before whose judgment seate a man must answer for his deedes for otherwise why should a man be afraid where no feare is Rom. 2. 15. Isa. 33. 14. Psal. 14. 5. 53. 5. Q. How many Gods are there A. No more but one Deut 4. 39 6. 4. Isa 44. 6. 8. 45. 5. 18. 1 Cor 8. 4. 6. Eph. 4. 6. Q. Why may there not be more Gods then one A. Because that is contrary to the nature of God which is to be infinite and everlasting that is the first and the last now there cannot be many infinites nor many firsts and lasts but one only Q. How else doth the nature of God shew that there can be no more but one God A. It is the nature of God to have his being of himselfe and so give being to whatsoever else hath being for so much is signified by the word Iehovah Exod. 3. 14. 6. 3. 15. 3. Q. And how doth this prove that there can be no more but one God A. Because if there were many Gods then either they must one give being to the other or each one have his being of himself both which are utterly impossible Q. Why might not one of them give being to the other A. Because then that other could not bee God as not having his being of himselfe Q. And why might they not be many Gods each one having his God-head of himselfe A. Because then none of them could be God as not giving being to all others which had being Q. Though there be but one God yet is there not more persons or subsistences in the Godhead then one A. Yes the Scriptures doe apparently witnesse that in the unity of the divine essence there is a plurality of the divine persons Gen. 1. 26. 3. 22. 11. 7. Isai. 6. 8. 41. 22 23. Q. How many are the Persons in the Godhead A. They are three the Father the Son and the Holy-Ghost Math. 3. 16 17. 28. 19. Ioh. 14. 16 17. 15. 26. 2 Cor. 13 14. Gal. 4. 6. 1 Ioh. 5. 7. Q. Whether are these three the Father the Son and the Holy-Ghost severall and distinct Persons or onely severall names and titles of one and the same person A. The Father is not the Sonne but another person a the Son is not the Father but another b and the Holy Ghost is neither the Father nor the Son but another c and therefore they are each distinct from other as severall and distinct Persons Q. What are the personall properties whereby each is distinguished from other A. The property of the Father is to beget the Son d the property of the Son to be begotten of the Father e the property of the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son f who is therefore called the spirit of the Father g and of the Son h Q. Are every one of these persons God A. Yea Of the Father there is lesse question and the Scriptures doe witnesse that the Son is God i and also that the Holy Ghost is God k Q. You have shewed that there is a God and and onely one God and three persons tell me now what God is A. God is so infinite and incomprehensible that no creature is able fully to comprehend or know him Exod. 33. 20. 23. Iob. 26. 14. 11. 7 8 9. 1 Tim. 6. 16. Q. How then may we conceive of him A. As he hath revealed himselfe to us l in his back parts m which are his divine attributes n and by his workes o Q. What are those Attributes or back parts of God A. Wisdome p Power q Goodnesse r Truth s Justice t Mercy u and the like in all which he is infinite w and everlasting x Q. What are the works of God A. They are three Decree Creation and Providence CHAP. 4. Of Gods Decree Q. WHat is Gods Decree A. That whereby he hath before determined and decreed with himselfe whatsoever shall come to passe Q. Doe you say that Gods decree reacheth to all things whatsoever cometh to passe in time A. Yea all things whatsoever have been are or that shall be hereafter were before decreed and determined by God Eph. 1. 11. Act. 15. 18. Q. What are some of the principall things that are so decreed A. Things that are most casuall a things that are most freely done by the creature b and things wherein the creature commits abundance of sin c Q. What else A. Such things as seeme small and little d are also great and speciall events Q. What are some of those great and speciall events that are decreed by the Lord A. The comming and death of Christ and all the workes of his mediatorship e the salvation of the Godly f the damnation of the wicked g the day of every mans particular death h and the day of the generall judgement i Q. When were all these things decreed by God A. Before the world was created even from everlasting 1 Cor. 2. 7. Eph. 1. 4. 3. 11. 1 Pet. 1. 20. 2 Tim. 1. 9. Q. What was the cause of Gods decrees A. The cause that moved him to decree was nothing foreseene in the creature but his own will and good pleasure Rom. 9. 11. 18. Matth. 11. 25. 26. But sith some are appointed by the decree of God to damnation if his will be the cause of that decree how is that just Yea it is most just and righteous notwitstanding Rom. 13 14. Q. How may that appeare A. Because the will of God is the rule of all righteousnesse k and because the Lord hath absolute power over all creatures as the Potter hath power over his clay l Q How else may the justice of the Lord in his decrees appeare A. Because what ever be the Lords decree there is no man actually condemned till he be first defiled with sinne Rom. 3. 9 19. 2. 6 9. Genes 4. 7. Q. VVhether is the decree of God certaine and immutable or such as may be changed and not take

he would therefore it had been no unrighteous thing if God had left him in that misery whereinto he had brought himselfe Pro. 1. 31. Q. Did the Lord worke the deliverance of man because man did importunately seek and sue unto him for the same A. Man did not seek and sue unto God at all but fled from him Gen 3. 8. Rom. 3. 11. And if he had sought unto God for helpe God was not bound to afford it and how much lesse when he sought it not Q. If God did not worke the deliverance of man because himselfe had need of it or because man did desire it what then was the cause that moved him to it A. Onely his free grace mercy and love Iohn 3. 16. Eph. 2. 4 5. Titus 3. 4 5. Q. What is the true way and means of deliverance A. Onely the Lord Jesus Christ Genes 3. 15. Acts 4. 12. 1 Iohn 5. 12. CHAP. 13. Of the person of Christ and his divine and humane nature Q. WHat things are to be known and believed concerning Christ A. His Person his Office his Actions the benefits that come by him and the means how we are made partakers of him and all his benefits Q. What is his person A. It is God and man united together in one person Q. How may it be proved that Christ is God A. By sundry places of Scripture wherein he is expresly so called Isa. 9. 6. Iohn 1. 1. Rom. 9. 5. Phil. 2. 6. 1 Iohn 5. 2● Q. How else A. Because Eternity a Omnipotency b Omniscience c and Omnipresence d which are properties peculiar to God are all of them ascribed unto Christ Q. How else may the Godhead of Christ be proved A. Because the creation of the world e the forgivenesse of sinnes f the working of miracles g which are workes that can be done by none but God are all of them ascribed to him as the authour of them and because he is made a lawfull object of divine worship h Q. Why was it requisite that Christ our Saviour should be God A. That he might beare the weight of Gods wrath without sinking under the same i that he might overcome death k and his sufferings might be of sufficient worth and value to satisfie the infinite justice of God l Q. Is Christ also truely partaker of the nature of man A. Yes for he is frequently called man and the sonne of man m and said to be made flesh n and partaker of flesh and blood o Q. Why was it requisite that he should be man A. That he might suffer death for us p sanctisie our nature q and that we might have accesse with boldnesse unto God r Q. But sith he was God from everlasting how came be to be man also A. When the fulnesse of time was come s he became man not after the ordinary and usuall way of generation by man and woman together but he was conceived by the holy Ghost in the womb of a Virgin without a father t Q. Sith there are two natures in Christ the Divine and humane whether is Christ then two persons A. By no means but one onely 1 Cor. 8. 6. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Q. But is not Christ a person in respect of his Godhead A. Yes the second person in the blessed Trinity Q. Is not another man who hath the whole nature of man in him both body and soule a perfect person A. Yes it is even so Q. Why then is not the humane nature in Christ a distinct person A. Because it never had subsisting and being of it selfe but in the person of the Son of God being assumed unto it from the first moment of its being Heb. 2. 16. Q. If both the humane and divine nature be in Christ and yet Christ but one person is then the Godhead become the manhood and the manhood the Godhead A. Not so this Union of two natures in one person doth not confound the two natures nor destroy the properties of either but these still remain unconfounded and distinct in that one person CHAP. 14. Of the Office of Christ to be a Mediator Q. HAving spoken of the person of Christ tell in the next place what is Christs Office A. His Office in the generall is to be a Mediator between God and man to worke reconciliation betwixt them 1 Tim. 25. 2 Cor. 5. 18 19. Q. What need was there of such a Mediator A. Very much need because by the sinne of man there was now grown enmity between them God being offended with man and man being enemy to God Rom. 5. 9 10. Col. 2. 21. Q. Is Christ the onely Mediator or are there not others that may be mediators also A. Properly there is no other mediator between God and man but Christ onely 1 Tim. 2. 5. Iohn 14. 6. Q. Who gave Christ a Commission or calling to the Office of a mediator A. As no man can lawfully intrude himselfe into any office without a lawfull calling no more did Christ intrude himselfe into the office of a Mediator but was lawfully called and authorized thereunto by the father Isa 42. 1 6. Iohn 6. 29. 10. 36. Heb. 5. 4 5. Q. How was he furnished with gifts and abilities for discharge of this office A. As God never calleth any to any office but he gives them gifts requisite thereto so Christ was furnished with all wisdom knowledge and other gifts of the spirit that might fully fit him for his office of Mediator Col. 2. 3. Isa. 11. 2. 61. 1. Heb. 1. 9. Iohn 3. 34. Q. Whether is Christ Mediator according to his humane nature or according to his divine A. The office of mediation belongeth to whole Christ as he is God and man and not in respect of either nature alone Q. How may that appeare A. A Mediator should be a fit and middle person to deale between two that are at variance but if our mediator be considered as God onely he should then be too high to treat with man and had he been man only he should have been too low for God Q. VVhat may be a further reason thereof A. If the acts of his mediation doe proceed from him being considered onely as God they then cannot be applicatory unto us and if they proceed from him onely as man they then cannot be of sufficient value to be satisfactory unto God Q. Doe you then think that in the execution of his office of mediator both the natures doe joyntly concurre A. It is even so indeed God-man whose Christ is our mediator Q. How long hath Christ had this office A. In respect of Gods decree he was appointed to it from eternity a in respect of vertue and efficacy he was mediator from the beginning of the world when need was b Q. But when was he manifested in the flesh A. In respect of his manifestation in the flesh he was given in the