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A73600	The beginning of the doctrine of Christ. Or A catalogue of sinnes shewing how a Christian may finde out the euils, hee must take notice of in his repentance. With rules, that shew a course, how any Christian may be deliuered from the guilt and power of all his sinnes. By N. Bifield preacher of Gods Word, at Isleworth in Middlesex.	Byfield, Nicholas, 1579-1622.	1619 (1619)	STC 4209.5; ESTC S124660	29,521	189

of Chap. 13. Hosh 14. 3. 4. 5. 6. Math. 5. 6. 1. Cor. 11. 31. 32. Iam. 4. 9. Now when thou hast written out these Promises and dost vnderstand the How these promises are to be vsed meaning of them then carrie them into Gods presence as thou diddest the Catalogue of sinnes and now beseech God for Iesus Christs sake to incline thy heart to beleeue these promises of Grace and to this end pray vnto God from time to time till the Lord be pleased to let thee feele life in the Promises or a cleere perswasion withal beseech God by the Spirit of Promise from Heauen to seale vp thy interest heerein and if thou feele the ioyes of the holy Ghost fall vpon thee in any of these Promises O happy man that euer thou wast born to such a rich estate I say the same of this sensible life in the promises that I did before of godly sorrow It may be the Lord will heare thee at the first if not persist thou to beg this grace till thou obtainest it Thou seest forgiuenesse of all thy sins which thou hast confessed is promised thee vrge the Lord with most humble deprecation to heare thee for the pardon and forgiuenesse of them for the mediation sake of Iesus Christ and his merits that sits at his right hand to make request for poor sinners that seek mercy Now when thou hast felt the Promises to be any of them spirit life to thee then hast thou done this most glorious exercise and thou hast cause to praise GOD all the daies of thy life what thou shouldest afterward doe the Treatises following will shew thee but for thy more cleare satisfaction I will answer a question Qu. Thou wilt say I could take comfort in this course hauing done these things but that I doubt whether my confession or sorrow be right or no. For I finde that wicked men in Scripture haue confessed their sinnes and mourned too An. Thou maist euidently try thy confession and sorrow by these signes of difference 1. Wicked men haue confessed their sins and sorrowed but both were compelled whereas thine is voluntarily and so a free-will offering 2. Caine and Iudas confessed sinne but it was not all sorts of sinnes but onely the capitall crimes known by them by which they had shamed and vndone themselues 3. The sorrowes of wicked men were more for the punishment then for the sinne No wicked man can bee sorry for sinne as it is sinne nor did they sorrow for all sorts of sinnes but for the sinnes before described 4. Their confession and sorrowes were not ioyned with an vnfeigned desire to forsake sin wheras this is an infallible signe of true repentāce when a man can as hartily desire that hee might neuer commit sinne as heartily I say desire it as he would that God shuld neuer impute it When a man can say before the Lord that there is no sinne but he doth as vnfeignedly desire God to giue him strength to leaue it and forsake it as he doth desire that God should forgiue him and not plague him for it I say this is such a signe as was neuer found in a wicked man in any age of the world 5. The confession sorrowes of the wicked were not ioyned with any perswasion of Gods goodnesse or any constant desire to find mercy with GOD in Iesus Christ Thus haue I shewed thee the directions which concerne this first and most weighty businesse that can concerne thee There are three sorts of This direction concernes 3. sorts of men men whom this direction concernes 1. Such as neuer repented 2. Such as though they haue repented yet haue not the comfort and assurance of their repentance who by following these directions may make all out of doubt 3. Such as after calling fall into grosse sinnes These haue neede to recouer themselues by the helpe of these directions The Catalogue following may serue for other vses besides Other vses of the Catalogue this of a mans practise in his repentance at his first conuersion or after Apostacie For 1. As in a small Map a man may heere see the sorts of sin and so may get knowledge quickly what euils to auoide which hitherto hee hath not taken notice of 2. It may serue before the Communion for such as would make a generall suruey of their sinnes in discharge of that examination which the Apostle mentioneth 1. Cor. 11. For howsoeuer this large Catalogue be not of necessity requisite to that examination yet vnto such as haue leisure and fitnesse it is profitable for their more aboundant satisfaction The misery of such as will not be aduised to take a sound course about their sinnes To conclude if any man that reades these presents and is guilty to himselfe that hee hath hitherto taken no sound course about his sinnes and yet will not bee perswaded to practise these directions Let him consider that so long as his sinnes bee vnrepented on his part and vnremitted on Gods part the pollution of all the sinnes hee euer committed still cleaues vnto him so as he may iustly with the Leper cry Vncleane vncleane yea all his sinnes are written as it were with a penne of iron in Gods Booke of remembrance that hee is a meere stranger from all Gods promises and liues without God and without Christ in the world and that all hee doth euen his best workes are abhominable to God and that seas of wrath hang ouer his head and vnspeakeable woe will be to him in the appearing of Iesus Christ if he preuent it not by sound and speedy repentance CHAP. III. The diuision of Sinnes and the Catalogue of Sinne against the whole Law ALl the sinnes mentioned and condemned in the Bible may bee cast into 4. rankes For they are 1. Eyther sins against the whole Law that is such as may be committed against any of the Commandements 2. Or sinnes against the first table of the Law 3. Or sinnes against the second table of the Law 4. Or sinnes against the Gospell 1. The first sort of sinnes are sins against the whole Law and thus he sinneth That is conceiued in sin Originall sinne Psal 51. 5. That allowes not the good he doth Rom. 7. 15. That doth the euill hee hates vers 15. That hath not goodnesse dwelling in him ver 18. That doth not the good he would ver 19. That hath euill present when he would do good vers 21. That hath a Law in his members rebelling against the law of his minde ver 23. That hath not knowledge Ignorāce to do good Ier. 4. 22. Hos 4 6. Isaiah 1. 3. This is aggrauated 1. If thou refuse knowledge and wilt not vnderstand Iob 21. 14. Ps 36. 4. 2. If thou walke not in the light whilest thou hast the light Iohn 12. 3. If thou hate him that instructeth thee Amos 3. 10. 4. If thou detaine the truth for the loue thou bearest to wickednesse Rom. 1.

with the things of this world Eph. 5. 5. 1. Tim. 6. 10. 1. Iohn 2. 15. The externall sins follow and so men offend both by Omission and Commission By Omission he offends That implies not the good things he hath Iam. 5. 2 3. That relieues not the poore and so with-holdeth the good from the owner thereof Prou. 3. 28. The aggrauations are To forsake the poore Iob 20. 19. To hide his eyes from the poore Prou. 28. 9. That brings not foorth his corne to sell Prou. 11. 26. That detaines wages Ier. 22. 23. Leuit. 19. 23. Iames 5. 4. That payes not what he hath borrowed Psal 37. 21. That is idle and neglects his calling Eccl. 4. 5. and of this sinne he is guilty also That with-draweth not his foote from his neighbours house Prou. 25. 17. 1. Tim. 5. 13. That is giuen to much sleepe Prou. 6. 9 10. That is stacke in busines Prou. 10. 4. 14. 13. That neglects the opportunities of his calling Pro. 10. 5. The aggrauations are To be pertinacious in the defence of it Prou. 26. 16. To be a busie-body in other folks matters 2. Thes 3. 11. That is slothfull in the busines of others Prou. 26. That prouides not for his family 1. Tim. 5. 8. Thus of sinnes of Omission By Commission hee offends That steales robs or pilfers which is the sin mentioned in the eighth commandement That steales by consequent as he doth That is an Vsurer Exod. 22. 25. Leuit. 25. 36. Deut. 23. 19. That is guilty of Oppression Iob 31. 38 39. Amos 4. 1. Prou. 4. 17. Esay 5. 8. 30. 12. especially hee that loues oppression Hos 12. 7. Micha 2. 9. That vseth fraud in buying and selling in mete-yard waight or measure Deutero 25. 13 14 15. and hee is guilty of this sinne also That selleth refuse Mi●ha 6. That makes aduantage of the pouerty of others Leuiticus 25. 39. c. Prou. 22. 22. That takes the mil-stone to pledge c. Deuteronomy 24. 6. 12. That beeing a buyer saith It is naught contrary to his owne iudgement and so likewise on the other side that beeing a seller doth commend it for good when he knowes it is not so Pro. 21. 14. That vseth any other fraud though it be not in buying or selling 1. Thes 4. 6. And this sinne of stealing is to be extended further also as 1. To lesser stealths as robbing of Vineyards or Orchards or corne in the field Deut. 23. 24 25. 2. To rash suretiship Prou. 6. 1 2. 22. 26. 3. To extreamities vsed in recouering our owne rights Iob. 24. 3 4 9 10. To not restoring of euill gotten goods Ez●●h 33. 15 5. To remouing of land-markes Deut. 19. 14. 6. To liuing in vnlawful callings such as begging is 2. Thes 3. 11. 7. To vnthriftinesse in following vaine persons or spending prodigally on pleasures or diet Prouerbs 12. 11. 21. 27. 22. 22. 23. 26. 8. To the concealing of Theft Prou. 29. 24. 9. To the Lordly vsage of the borrower Prouerbs 22. 7. The aggrauations of the sinne of stealing are To take from the poore Deuteronomy 24. 14. Iob 20. 19. To reproue it in others and yet commit it himselfe Romanes 2. 21. To do it vnder pretence of Religion 2. Corinth 11. 20. To oppresse strangers or widdowes or the fatherlesse Exodus 22. 21 22. To blesse the couetous Psal 10. 3. To commit it in the place of iudgement by peruerting of Iustice or by extortion Ezekiel 22. 12. or by bribery Amos 5. 12. Exodus 23. 8. or by refusing to to doe Iustice Prouerbs 21. 7. To steale thy Masters goods Tit. 2. To steale consecrated things by sacriledge or simony Mal. 3. 8. Acts 8. 18 20. To steale a man or maid Exod. 22. 16. CHAP. XII THus of the sinnes against mans goods The sinnes against mens good name follow and so men offend by Omission or by Commission By Omission hee offends That sets not forth righteousnesse Prou. 12. 9. That doth not cleere or deliuer the afflicted when he may Gen. 40. 23. That disgraceth others by forbearing their company without iust cause Iob 19. 3 19. Psal 58. 3. That is vnthankefull 1. Tim. 3. 2. By Commission men offend Internally or Externally Internally he offends That despiseth his neighbour in his thoughts Prou. 14. 21. That disdaines at the credit and praise of others as the Pharises did That thirsts after all occasions of the contempt of others Iob 34. 7. That is suspicious and thinketh euill 1. Cor. 12. 5. Externally men offend 1. In witnesse-bearing and so he offends That condemnes a man without witnesse Deut. 19. 15. That beares false witnesse That is fearefull to beare witnesse to the Truth Reu. 21. 8. That furthers the euill causes of wicked men Exo. 23. 1. 2. In lying Reuelat. 22. 15. and the blame of this sinne reacheth To such as vse dissimulation Gal. 2. 25. To such as speak vntruth for feare Gen. 38. 2. The aggrauations of lying are To loue lyes Reuclat 22. 15. Psal 52. 3. To hate those thou hast wronged with thy lyes Pro. 26. vlt. To breake promise 2. Tim. 3. 3. To preach falshoods 1. Cor. 15. 15. To say one hath no sin 1. Iohn 1. 8. To say to men in distress There is no helpe Psal 3. 2. Iob 13. 14. To colour sin with pretence of Religion Marke 12. 40. 3. In slandering and euill reports Ex. 23. 1. which is to be extended also to 1. Biting iests Ephes 5. 4. 2. To reuealing of secret infirmities Prou. 11. 13. 20. 19. 3. To the carying about of tales Leuit. 19. 16. Prou. 16. 28. 4. To the receiuing furthering of slanders Ier. 20. 10. 5. To the wresting of mens words or telling the truth of malice 1. Sam. 22. 9 10. Psal 52. 1 2. The aggrauations of slander are 1. To encourage themselues in an euill matter and to commune together about it Psal 64. 5. 2. To boast of his wickednesse therein Psalme 52. 1. 3. To slander the righteous and quiet of the land Psalme 31. 18. 59. 2. 102. 8. 35. 20. 83. 3 5. 4. 2. 4. To raise euill report of his parents Genesis 9. 22 5. To fill the eares of Princes with clamour Hos 3. 8. 6. To be a make-bate or a railer 1. Cor. 6. 9. 2. Tim. 3. 3. 4. In censuring iudging Iam. 2. 4. The aggrauations are To search and pry for faults in others that he might censure them Psal 64. 6. Prou. 16. 27. To doe it for things indifferent Rom. 14. To censure small faults in others and to be guilty of great offences himselfe Math. 7. 5. In vaine-glory and minding too much our owne praises And so also he offends That boasteth of a false gift Prou. 27. 1. That iustifieth himselfe ouer-much Iob 35. 2. That boasts of to morrow Prou. 17. 1. That measures himselfe by himselfe 2. Cor. 10. 12. 6. In flattery Psal 12. 3. Prou. 27. 14. 26. 26. 7. In iustifying the wicked Prouerbs 15. 15. 24. 24. CHAP. XIII HItherto of the sinnes with consent of the will The sinnes before consent of the will are 1. To want desire of the good and welfare eyther of himselfe or other men 2. To conceiue euill thoughts Math. 15. 19. or couet euill 3. To delight in the inward contemplation of euill whether in dreames or awake though it bee without purpose to act them outwardly Iude 8. Iam. 1. 14. Hitherto of the sinnes against the Law CHAP. XIIII Shewing how many waies men offend against the Gospell THe sinnes against the Gospell may be referred to foure heads as they are sinnes Against Christ Against Repentance Against Faith Against the graces of the Spirit 1. Hee sinnes against Christ That saith he is Christ Math. 24. That denyeth directly or by consequent that Christ is come in the flesh 1. Iohn 4 3. 2. 23. That hath base thoughts of Christ Esay 53. 3. That saith hee hath no sinne 1. Iohn 1. 7 8 10. That worships God without Christ Ioh. 17. 3. 1. Ioh. 2. 23. That vseth not Christ as his owne and only Aduocate 1. Iohn 2. 1. 2. Tim. 2. 5. That loues not the Lord Iesus Christ with inflamed affections 1. Corin. 16. 12. Ephes 6. 24. Phil. 3. 9. 2. The sins against repentance That confesseth not his sinnes without hiding distinctly Prou. 28. 13. Psalm 32. 5. That mournes not for his sinnes Ierem. 5. 2. That forsakes not his sinnes Prou. 28. 13. Yea hee sinnes against repentance That repents faynedly Ier. 3. 10. That repents desperately as Cain and Iudas That repents too late Iob 27. 9. That repents by halues and in some things onely as Ahab and Herod That falls away from his repentance 2. Pet. 2. 19 20. The aggrauations are To be wise to doe euill Ierem. 4. 22. To pursue euill Prouerbs 11. 9. To reioyce in doing euill and make a mocke of sinne Prou. 2. 14. 14. To bee without shame and to declare his sinne like the Sodomites Isaiah 5. 9. Ierem. 3. 3. To be incorrigible Ier. 5. 2. To frette because hee is croffed in sinne Prou. 19. 3. To blesse himself against the curses of the Law Deut. 29. 19. To freeze in security Zeph. 1. 12. To refuse to returne 3. Hee sinnes against Faith That beleeues not in Iesus Christ for his Iustification and saluation Iohn 3. 17. Yea he offends That is carelesse neglects the assurance of faith Hebr. 6. 12. Rom. 1. 16. That in affliction doubts of Gods fauour and goodnesse Esay 41. 49. 15. The aggrauations Not to seeke after God at all Zeph. 1. 6. Not to stir vp our selues to take hold on God when mercy is offered Esay 64. 7. Not to answere when God calls Esay 50. 2. To forsake our owne mercy or scoffe at the signes of it Ion. 2. 8. 4. He sinnes against the graces of the Spirit 1. That receiues the grace of God in vaine 2. Cor. 6. 5. 2. That turns the grace of God into wantonnesse Iude 3. 3. That falls away from the grace of God eyther wholly by forsaking the acknowledgement of the Truth 2. Pet. 2. 20. Or in the measure by losing his first loue Reuel 2. 4. That tempts grieues or quencheth the Spirit Ephes 4. 30. 1. Thes 1. 19. 5. That despights the Spirit of Grace and of malice persecutes the knowne truth which is the sinne against the holy Ghost Hebr. 10. 26. FINIS