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A60088 Short principles of religion 1644 (1644) Wing S3612; ESTC R214772 4,826 17

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SHORT PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION LONDON Printed by T. B. for Samuel Enderby and are to be sold at his Shop at the signe of the Star in Popes-head-Alley 1644. Question WHat is God A. God is a pure and an incomprehensible spirit Joh. 4.24 having his being of himselfe Exod. 3.14 Q. How many Gods are there A. No moe but one 1 Cor. 8.6 Q. How many Persons are there in that one God-head A. Thrée the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost 1 John 5.7 Q. How are we to conceive of God A. Not as of any bodily substance but onely as he hath revealed himselfe in his works and word namely to he a spirit of infinite power wisdome holinesse c. and our mercifull Father in Iesus Christ Deut. 4.16 John 17.3 Q. In what estate was man created by God A. In a good estate holy righteous and happy Gen. 12.7 Q. In what estate is every man borne A. In a most miserable estate Ps 51.5 Q. What is the cause of that misery A. Originall sinne which came by Adams fall Rom. 5.12 Q. What are the parts of originall sinne A. These two first the imputation of Adams actuall transgression unto us and secondly the universall depravation and corruption of our natures issuing from that sinne imputed Rom. 5.19 Q. How could Adams sinne redound and be imputed unto us A. Because we were in his loyns as in the loynes of our common parent who having received in his creation holinesse and happinesse for himself and his posterity by the righteous decrée of God through his fall lost them for both implunging both himself them into sin and misery Ro. 19. Q. Can a man by nature doe nothing of himselfe that is pleasing unto God A. No for originall sinne hath wholy corrupted the whole man with the séeds of all manner of sinne Gen. 6.5 Q. Are men that live unto yeeres guilty of no other sinnes besides originall A. Yes they are guilty also of actuall sinnes Q. VVhat is sinne A. The transgression of the Law 1 John 3.4 Q. What is the punishment of sinne A. Besides other inferiour punishments the maine punishment thereof is eternall death consisting in the seperation of soule and body from God and the joyes of Heaven and the undergoing of everlasting torments in hell with the devill and his Angels for ever Rom. 8.23 Q. Shall none escape this punishment A. Yea all the elect Rom. 6.30 Q. Who is appointed to redeem the Elect from this punishment A. Christ Iesus God man Eph. 1.7 Q. What hath he done to redeeme them A. He having perfectly fulfilled the whole Law hath suffered a violent death of the body and grievous torments upon his soule for them Mat. 27.46 Q. Why was Christ man A. First that he might suffer Secondly that the merit of his suffering might be accepted for mans sinne for by the order of Gods Law and justice that nature that had sinned must néeds satisfie for sinne Heb. 2.14 16 17. Q. But how could it stand with the equity and justice of God to punish his Sonne Jesus Christ for the sins of the elect A. Very well because he became their surety being both willing and able to endure the punishment to be inflicted and to deliver himselfe out of it Heb. 7.22 Q. Why was he God A. a First that he might sustaine his humane nature in suffering and so wind himselfe out of the torment b Secondly that his suffering might be of an infinite merit to satisfie Gods infinite wrath provoked by mans sin a Act. 2.24 b Heb. 9.14 Q. How could the Death of Christ receive such efficacy from the divine nature seeing the divine nature did not suffer A. First because the humane nature which did suffer was conjoyned with the divine in one and the selfe-same person and therefore that which was done in the humane nature is attributed to the whole person consisting of both natures Secondly because the divine did uphold the humane nature in suffering and deliver if out of the suffering and so the compleat work of mans redemption dependeth upon both natures Acts 20.28 Q But how can the merits and sufferings of Christ being but one be extended so farre as to take away the sinnes of the Elect A. Because he was a publique person sustaining all their natures and suffering in their names Rom. 5.15 Q. By what meanes are the Elect made partakers of Christ and his benefits A. By faith Acts 13.39 Q. What is faith A. A true perswasion wrought in the heart of an humbled sinner by the spirit of God and grounded upon the Gospell whereby he applies Christ and all his merits to himselfe Gal. 2.20 Q. Doth faith save us for the worthinesse of it selfe A. No but onely for the worthinesse of the object whom it layeth hold upon namely Christ all his merits Acts 4.12 Q. What meanes doth the spirit of God use to prepare a man for faith A. The preaching of the Law whereby he worketh in him a sight and sense of his own sinne and misery Rom. 3.20 Q. What meanes doth the spirit of God use for the working of faith A. The preaching of the gospel Ro. 10.14 Q. What meanes are appointed for the increasing of faith A. Divers principally these first the word preached secondly Prayer thirdly the Sacrament Q. What is a Sacrament A. An outward seale of the Covenant of grace in Christs blood and of the righteousnesse thereof Rom. 4.11 Q. How many Sacraments are there A. Two onely Baptisme and the Lords Supper Q To what use serve the Sacraments A. To strengthen the weake faith and féeling of Gods Elect in the benefits that come by Christ Q. What benefits doe the Elect receive by Christ A. All benefits that are promised in the Covenant of grace both temporall spirituall and eternall more specially these four as principall Iustification Mortification Sanctification and Salvation 2 Cor. 1.20 1 Cor. 1.30 Q. By what action in Baptisme is our Justification and Mortification signified unto us A. By the washing of the body in the water and by the continuance of the body under the water for some short space for thereby is signified the drowning and burying of our sinne in Christs blood both in regard of the g●ilt of them which is our justification as also in regard of the power of them which is our mortification Rom. 6.3 4. Q. By what action in Baptisme is our sanctification and salvation confirmed A. By the raising of the body alive out of the water for thereby is signified both our rising againe unto newnesse of life in this world and unto eternall in the world to come Rom. 6.4 5. Col. 2.12 Q. What conditions is the party baptized bound unto A. He is bound to beléeve and to repe●t Mark 16.16 Luke 3.3 Q. Why then are Infants baptized who cannot performe these conditions A. These conditions are for the present performed or at the least professed by their Parents or other in their stead who promise