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spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	trinity_n	7,211	5	10.1332	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37186	Feed my lambs, or, A small systeme of divinity minced into a catechism and fitted for the instruction of children and young beginners in Christianity it may serve also for an exposition of the catechism in the liturgy of our church, the greatest part thereof, being as it falleth into the method, with some little variation, taken into it / by J.D., M. of A.	J. D.	1686 (1686)	Wing D34; ESTC R40375	8,369	17

Feed my Lambs OR A Small Systeme of Divinity Minced into a CATECHISM AND Fitted for the Instruction of Children and young Beginners in Christianity It may serve also for an Exposition of the Catechism in the Liturgy of our Church the greatest part thereof being as it falleth into the Method with some little Variation taken into it By J. D. M. of A. This is life eternal that they might know thee the onely true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent John 17.3 LONDON Printed by J. H. for Samuel Richards Bookseller in Nottingham and sold by Luke Meredith at the Kings-Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCLXXXVI IMPRIMATUR Ex Aed Lambeth Nov. 19. A. D. 1685. Guil. Needham R mo in Christo P. ac D.D. Wilhelmo Archiep. Cant. a Sacr. Domest THere is now in the Press a Book intituled Rest for the Heavy-laden promised by our onely Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to all sincere Believers practically discoursed upon Written by Clement Elis Rector of Kirkby in Nottinghamshire Printed for Luke Meredith at the Kings-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard To the Honourable George Lord Hastings Son to the Right Honourable Theophilus Earl of Huntingdon My Lord THat which amongst the many composures of this nature can with the greatest advantage recommend this unto your Lordship is that being little it contains much in that little is both short and full methodical in its connexion and perspicuous in its brevity And that your Lordship may perceive how easie it is upon these accounts both to be learned and remembred let but a few of the questions herein be asked the answers thereto given and a few more added upon every repetition and the profit thereof will be found sweetly mixed with a speedy pleasant and happy progress I need not tell the world of your Lordships greatness the Nobility of your birth and early hopes have done that so much already that all that is now necessary is onely to propound a way for its confirmation And s●rely there is no better foundation for the support of Greatness than that of Religion nor can that be better laid than by an early instruction in the true principles thereof this being the training up a child in the way that he should goe Prov. 22.6 That your Lordship therefore may by such training become an experienc'd and truly valiant Souldier of Jesus Christ the great Captain of your Salvation and be both as great an Example of goodness your self and as great an Encourager of it in others as any of your Noble Predecessors have been is as the desire and design of your great Parent so in an humble compliance with them the hearty Prayers and as far as this may be assistant to you therein the earnest endeavour of Your Lordship's Most Humble Servant J. D. A Short Summ of Christian Doctrines and Principles Q Vestion Who caused you to be Answer God Q. Why or to what end did God cause you to be A. To serve him Q. How will God be served A. According to his word Q. Wherein is God's word contained A. In the Bible or Cononical Books of the Old and New Testament Q. How do you prove that the word of God is contained in those Books A. By the Testimony of the Spirit the Church and word it self or by the Doctrine Efficacy and Harmony of it Q. What doth the Bible teach you A. The knowledge of God and Jesus Christ Q. What is God A. A Spirit of infinite perfections Q. How many Gods be there A. One God Q. How is this one God distinguished A. Into three Persons or into a Trinity of Persons Q. Which be they A The Father or 1st the Son or 2d the Holy Ghost or 3d. Q. How do you prove that there is a God A. By his Attributes or infinite perfections discovered in his word and works Q In what works especially are those perfections discovered A. In his works of Creation and Providence Q. What is creation A. God's making all things of nothing Q. What is his Providence A. His preserving and governing all things made Q. Which are the special Creatures made preserved and governed by God A. Angels and men Q. What was the state of man by creation A. Very good Q. Did man continue in that good Estate A. No but he fell from it by Sin Q. What is fin A. A breach of God's law Q. What was mans first Sin A. Eating the forbidden Fruit. Q. What fruit was that A. The fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil Q. Who was it that did eat of that fruit A. Adam Q. Did all Mankind sin in Adam A. Yes for we were all in his Loynes Q. What is the Estate of all men by reason of Adams Fall A. A state of bondage Q. How doth that appear A. From the corruption of our natures Q. What is that Corruption commonly called A. Original sin Q. Wherein doth Original sin consist A. In an averseness to good and proneness to evil Q. What other sins do proceed from Original sin A. All actual sins Q. What punishments are due to man for these sins A. All woe and misery temporal spiritual and eternal Q. Being by nature in this state of misery how may we get out of it and recover happiness A. Onely by Jesus Christ Q. What is Jesus Christ A. The eternal Son of God and Saviour of man Q. How many things are we to consider in Christ A. Two his Person and his Office Q. What is his Person A. God and Man united in one Person Q. Being God before all time how could he be made Man A. By being conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary Q. Why was he God A. That he might bear the weight of God's wrath Q. Why was he Man A. That he might be capable of dying for us Q. What was Christ's office A. To be a Mediatour to reconcile God and Man Q. How did he that A. By his active obedience or fulfilling the law and by his passive or sufferings Q. By what sufferings especially A. By his suffering death upon the Cross Q. How are we made partakers of the benefits of Christ's sufferings A. By our Faith in him Q. What is Faith A. A receiving Christ upon his own terms for Salvation Q. What are those terms of Salvation upon which Christ is by Faith to be received A. A Repentance and Obedience Q. What is Repentance A. A Grace by which upon a due sight of and sorrow for sin we are turned from it to God both in heart and life Q. What is Obedience A. A sincere and faithfull performance of God's Commandments Q. How is that Faith by which we receive Christ upon these terms wrought in us A. Outwardly by the preaching of the word and inwardly by the spirit Q. How is it encreased A. By the same word preached and also by praying as the ordinary means thereof Q. What is Prayer A. It is a coming to and calling upon God in