thy vvhole Church in guiding it into all trueth and defending The manner and order how we should pray it from the rage of enemyes that all may know that thou O Lorde doest reigne in all ages to the behoofe of thy Church and terrour of thine enemies Exercise O Lorde thy kingdome seuerally in euery one of vs thy children beating downe and a Rom 6. 6. rom â— 10 11. killing in vs our olde Adam vvith all sinnefull delights and wroldly cares and renue in vs dayly our spirituall inward man to righteousnes and innocency of life that all our delight and ioy may be in those thinges 3. Petitiâ—n vvhich are acceptable in thy sight Graunt moste deare Father that we may all willingly b Luk. 22. 4â— tit 2. 12. 1. pet 4. 2. resigne our selues vnto thee without al murmuring whatsoeuer thou shalt doe and that vnto the very death we refuse not to followe thy diuine vvill in all thinges Vouchsafe we beseech thee Oh gratious God to 4. Petition giue minister to vs of thy great ritches al things c Psal 145. 15. 154. 27. necessary for this pore and miserable life that vve may the more freely serue thee both in that greate calling of Christianity wherevnto thou hast called all of vs and also in those seueral and particular callings wherein thou hast placed euery one of vs that vve may d Gen. 3. 19. eph 4. 18. 5 Petition 1. 〈◊〉 eâ— 2â— 10. walke so good Lord both in the one and in the other that thy holy name may be glorified in both And for asmuch as the whole course of our lyfe is almost nothing else but a continual breaking of thy holy lawes and commaundementes whereby we iustly deserue thy seuere iudgements and dreadfull punishmentes we heartely pray thee O thou king of holynes to behold thy litle one which was borne for vs and giuen to vs that gaue him selfe to death and made his prayers for offendours Looke vpon the grieuous sufferings of the Redeemer and forgiue the sinnes of vs that are redeemed Voucesafe The manner and order how we shonld pray good Father to take and accepte the paynefull death bitter passion and precious bloudssâ—â—ing of thy vvelbeloued Sonne Iesus Christ our Lordâ— for a iust recompence and ful satisfaction of al our 〈◊〉 that our a 1. Ioh. 2. 12. 1. ioh 5. 19. 20. eph 2. 12. rom 8. 15. 38. 19. consciences may bee quiet and we haue hope that our sinnes be pardoned and clean blotted out of memory euen as we pardon all b Math. 5. 23. 24. rom 12. 19 whoâ—oeuer haue offended vs. c 6. Petition Lastly seing the enemies that we haue to vvrastle vvith be many fold that we haue not to striue vvith fleshe and bloud but against the d Ephe. 6. 12. diuels themselues and therefore considering their strength and our weaknesse their craft and our simplicitie their vvarchfulnes our sluggisnnes their long experience and our rawnes their preparation and our nakednesse and that vve haue not only nothing to helpe vs but also doe carry about vs our ovvne concupiscence ready to betraye vs into the hands of our enemies vve e Rom. 16. 20. 2. tim 4. 17. 18. eph 6. 10. 11. 1 Cor. 10. 13. 2. pet 29. humbly beseech thee O holy father to graunt that vve be not vtterly led into temptation the reby to be lost but in all perils of temptation and in the middest of the stormye tempests of tribulation let vs thy children perceiue and feele thy fatherly succour ready to helpe vs and speedely to furnishe vs from aboue giuing vs the strength of thy holy spirit in the inner man and reaching vnto vs the f Ephe. 6. 13. complet harnesse of thy grace vvhere with vve beeing armed on both sides maye bee prepared at all assaies agaynste all assaultes of our enemyes Oh heauenly Father bring vs not further into the battell vvith our spirituall enemies then vve by thy ayde shall bee able to vvithstande and ouercome Strengthen vs vvith thy holy Spirite and increase our fayth that vve maye ouercome The conclusion A briefe summe of all that is sayde the vvorld and quench the fierie darts of satan and so at the last be partakers of thy glory and for euer haue the fruition of celestiall delectations accompanied vvith Angelles and blessed Saintes through the helpe benigmty and grace of thy only sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ to a Tim. 1. 17. apoc .. 11. 5. 12. 13. 1. chron 29. 10. 11. vvhome and to thee our father and the holy ghoste one God of most glorious maiestie bee all honour praise and glory now and euermore Amen PA. And vvhy is this added for thine is the kingdome the power and the glory for euer and euer Amen TI. Not onely to kindle b 1. Pet. 5. 11. apoc 17. 12. in our hearts to desire the glory of God but also to teach vs that this praier is grounded vppon none other then God onely and that we shoulde not thinke the kingdome of God to bee vveake and voyde of force and might Also that he onely is to bee honored praised and glorified and that his power is infinite perpetuall euerlasting And in this word c Deut. 27. 15. 1. chro 16. 36. nehem 8. 7. psal 106. 47. Amen is expressed the â—eruent desire to obteine those things which vve aske of God and our hope is confirmed that those thinges vvhich we aske are graunted vnto vs by vvhich our consciences are pacified and so vve ende our prayers PA. Tell me now briefly the effect of all that thou hast confessed TI. By the tenne commaundementes I see my sinne and hovv I haue deserued the vvrath of God and euerlasting damnation from vvhich because I coulde not bee deliuered by mine ovvne strength the holy ghost by the preaching of the Gospel hath vvrought in me fayth in Christe my Redeemer A Godly Prayer by vvhich I am assured that hee hath borne the punishment of my sinnes and made me heire with him of euerlasting life And of this that I shoulde neuer doubt he hath giuen me two Sacraments as outvvarde signes and tokens to be seene and felt of me that as surely as I see my selfe made partaker of them outvvardly so the holy ghost invvardly instructing me I shoulde not doubt but invvardly to be partaker of Christ him selfe with al his benefites that in him and through him I shall haue life euerlasting And thus beeing regenerate by the holye Ghost my vvayes shoulde be directed by the same spirite to vvalke in righteousnesse and holinesse all the dayes of my life FINIS A Prayer contayning the effect of that which goeth before ALmighty God most mercifull Father I see in thy blessed lawes and commaundementes the greatnes of my sinne and the dreadfull punishment due for the same yea a 1. King 8. 46. 2. chron 6 36. eccle 7. 21. 1. iohn 1. 7. I
ceremoniall Sacrifices of the law but he requireth e Mat. 1â— 17. Ose 6. 6. 1. Sam. 15. 2â— mercy knowledge of God and obedience in their stead Also to do good to distribute f Heb. 13. 16. phil 4. 18. to giue almes to the maintenaÌ„ce of the Minister of the pore are a sweete smelling sauor and a sacrifice acceptable and pleasaunt to God VVho may sacrifice for sinne And Saint Paul in the twelfe to the Romains saith I besech you brethren by the mercies of God that you giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holye and acceptable vnto God vvhich is your reasonable seruing of God PA. VVhat Sacrificer maye offer Sacrifie for sinne TI. There is none other true and perfect Sacrificer which may offer vnto God perfect sacrifice to make an agreement betweene him and mankinde but Iesus Christ onely for so much as he is perfect and vvithout sinne a Esa 43. 11. ose 13. 4. iere 17. 5. Beside vvhich reason this is also to be noted that euen as the paine due to our sinnes is infinite euen so the sacrifice of Iesus Christ is of merite vertue infinite And the reason therof is because he is not onely vvithout sinne and vvithout spot but also because he b Heb. 1. 1. 2. is the true and naturall sonne of God and his humaine nature is ioyned to his diuine nature vvhich is infinite of the vvhich the humaine nature taketh his vertue for his humaine nature coulde not giue life of it selfe except it tooke it of the diuine nature vvhich is the fountayne and therefore Iesus Christ hath sayde c Ioh. 6. 63. The flesh profiteth nothing to vvit if it be considered as seperate from his diuine nature and from his holy spirit but it is the spirit vvhich giueth life that is to sâ—ye God dwelling in Iesus Christ corporally as Saint Paul sâ—ith to vvit really and in deede reconcileth the world to himselfe PA. How can the death of Christe alone make sufficient and ful amends for the sinnes of the whole worlde TI. d Iohn 1. 29. Behold the lamb of God saith Iohn which From whence groweth the estimation of Christes workes and passion taketh avvay the sinnes of the vvorld for of the vndiuidable and vnspeakable vnion of the Godhead and manhood in one person groweth the worthinesse estimation and endles merite of al the workes and passions of Christ Therfore when it is sayd the sonne of man hath a 1. Cori 6 20. 1 pet 1 18. 19 actes 20. 18. apoc 5. 9. redeemed vs by the desert of his passion a worke of inestimable price incomparaâ—le value is named because the same sonne of man that hath suffered is also God Also the death of the sonne of man is a satisfaction because it is the death of such a man as is God The obedience of the sonne of man is our righteousnes because it is the obedience of a man that is God So the son of man forgiueth sinnes because he is God b Math. 9. 6. mar 2. 5. 7. 9. luk 5 20. 7. 48. The flesh of Christ is the food of life because it is the flesh of a man that is God And although the Godhead in Christ suffered not but c 2. Cor. 13. 4. 1. pet 4. 1. his manhood only as saith Peter Christ suffered in the fleshe yet his passion extendeth to his vvhole person In so much that whatsoeuer reproch is done to Christs d Mat. 1. 18. 28 luk 1. 38. 42. 43. manhood the same redoundeth to the reproche of his vvhole person according to this sentence e 1 Cor. 2. 8. iohn 3. 13. acts 20. 28. 1. iohn 1. 1. 3. 16. they haue crucified the Lord of glory In consideration whereof the Church confesseth the sonne of God to haue suffered because he suffered in the manhoode which he had taken vpon him PA. Hovv manifold is the meditation of Christes passion TI. The healthfull meditation of Christes passion is sixfold f Gal 7. 9. 8â— 11. 7 8. iohn 3. 33. rom 3. 4 2. chro 12. 6. iob â— 19. esai 45. 27. apoc 16. 5. The first is that thereby wil come to our minde hovve great the vvrath of God muste needes haue beene for the sinnes of men vvhich coulde A healthfull meditation of Christes passion not be appeased by the vvorke of any creature but that of necessitie the onely begotten sonne of God muste doe to pacifie Gods vvrath by making this rightfull satisfaction for sinne a 2. Chr. 30. 9. nehem 9. 31. psalm 7. 12. esai 30. 18. ier 31. 20. ioel 2. 13. ionas 4. 2. luk 6. 36. rom 2. 4. iac 5. 11. 2. pet 3. 9. The second is that thereby vvill come to our remembrances hovv vnmeasurable and vnserchable hath beene the mercie of God the father vvho rather vvould that his only begotten sonne should suffer most â—itter death then that mankinde vvhom he had created shoulde perish Peraduenture thou maist surmize that God could haue deliuered mankind by some other mean VVhat art thou that vvill teach God what he might haue done think thou vpon Gods iustice and mercy together for as his mercy moued him to saue so his iustice moued him to looke for rightfull amends of the vvrong Man sinned and for so doing hee must eyther perish or b Math. 3. 15. rom 5. 18. 2. cor 5. 21. make amends Novv c Ro. 3. 23. 25. acts 20. 28. esai 6. 3. 11. rom 14. 23. heb 11. 6. man beeing no more but man could not satisfie Gods iustice and other then man none ought to doe it Gods vvisedome therefore found through mercy a remedie in this case vvhich vvas that the eternall sonne of God shoulde d Rom. 8. 2. 2. corin 5. 21. heb 4. 15. 1. pet 2 22. 3. 18. 1. ioh 2. 1. become man by meanes vvhereof he both vvas able to satisfiâ— Gods iustice because he vvas God ought to doe it because he had takeÌ„ mans nature vpon him Thus in Christes passion appeareth mercy to be myxed vvith iustice and vvisedome hath tempered them both The third is that therby vvill come to minde the moste excellent and vnspeakable loue of the sonne of God tovvards mankinde vvho vouchsafed to turne the vvrath of his father to himselfe and to abide so slaunderous a death and that for his enemis Rom. 5. 10. The fourth is that thereby vvill come to mind A healthfuâ—l meditation of Christeâ— passion the true meane whereby the fruite of our Lordes passion may be applyed to thee so as it may be for Application of Christes death thy soule health This applying of it is brought to passe three wayes by the word by faith and by the sacraments By the word as it were by the hande of God is the benefite of the Lordes passion offered vnto thee vvhere and as often as he Gospel of Iesus Christ is preached the Ministers of the vvorde do in Gods
TI. I beleeue that Iesus Christ hath vvholly c 1. Ioh. 2. 2. col 1. 14. 19. 20. 21 22. 1. Gor. 1. 30. esa 53. 4. 5. 8. 12. rom 3. 23. 24 25. 5. 8. â— Cor. 5. 19. appeased God for my sinnes and payd the full punishment due to them and therefore that they be freely forgyuen mee and shall neuer bee layde to my charge PA. VVhat beleeuest thou of the resurrection of the body TI. I beleeue that after this lyfe ended my soule d Eccles 12. 7. Luk. 16. 22. 23. 43. shall go to God that gaue it and that my bodye shall rest iâ— the graue till the appointed time and then I shall e Iob. 19. 26. 27. 1. Cor. 15. 42. 43. 1. Cor. 15 53. 1. thes â— 13. see God in my flesh I my selfe shal see him and mine ovvne eyes shall looke vpon him euen in this body made glorious and without al corruption like vnto the body of Christ PA. VVhat is that thou sayest of life euerlasting TI. I beleeue that vvhen God shall f Iob. 19. 25. Dan. 12. 2 Ioh 5. 28 〈◊〉 11. 24. phil 3. 11. 1. the. 4. 14. rayse agayne this body and ioyne againe in one my body and soul that then my body shal be without al corruption no more subiect to any chaunge but that Life euerlasting Of our selfe will The Sacraments defined death it selfe our last enemy shall bee taken avvay svvallowed vp in victory and I shal liue so a Luk. 20. 36. apo 20. 5. 6. rom 6. 11. that I shall neuer dye God strengthen vs by his spirit in the inner man that we maye bee able to comprehende vvith all his Saintes vvhat is the length the breadth the height the depth that vve may knovv the Lawe of Christ and be filled vvith all fulnesse of God PA. The Lord increase this sayth in vs. But tell mâ— haue vve this fayth in our ovvne power to beleeue of our selfe will TI. No but sayth is the gyft b â—â—h 2. â— philâ— â— 29. 2 Thes 1. 3. 3. 2. of God euen as our saluation likevvise is and of our selues there is not one of vs that can so much as name the Lorde Iesus but it is wrouâ—ht in 〈◊〉 by the holy Ghoste c Ioh. 17. 20. Rom. 14. 17. 1. tim 3. 15. 1 Cor. 1. 21. through the preaching of the vvorde confirmed and made strong through the vse of the same vvord and Sacramentes PA. VVhat callâ—st thou Sacramentes TI. Sacramentes be d Gen. 17. 11. Exod. 12. 3. 4. outwarde signes ordayned of God for the greater assurance and strengthning of our fayth beeing vnto vs e Rom 4 11. sure pledges of those benefits of our saluation which we receiue in Christ to be outs and are represented vnto vs â—y the outvvarde signes of vvater in Baptisme and breade and vvine in the Supper They serue also for a marke of our profession whereby vve differ from other people vvhich be heathen PA. How many Sacraments be there TI. There be two f 1 Cor. 10. 1. 2 ioh 19. 34. Sacramentes that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lorde PA. VVhat strength of fayth haue vve through our Baptisme The vse of Baptisme Of the Lords Supper TI. Baptisme is a seale and token by which God vvill haue me assured that a Mark 1. 4. act 21. 16. my sinnes are forgiuen me and that my lyfe is acceptable in his sight for as the vvater vvasheth away the filthynes of the body euen so should I through the holy Ghost be therby fully certified that the b Act. 22. 16. eph 5. 26. tit 3 5. 6. 1. Pet. 1. 2. 3. 21. 1. iob 1 7. 8. bloud of Christ being sprinkled vppon my soule by the c Act. 15. 9. hande of faith hath vvashed away both the giltinesse of my sin and the punishment due to the same And as after our outvvarde vvashiug the body is more comely so after our Baptisme the spirite of God vvorketh in vs that sinne d Rom 6. 3. 4. 5. 6. c. is dead in our mortall bodyes and vve be risen vp into e 2. Cor. 5. 17. gal 5. 24. 25. newnes of lyfe and in vvhom soeuer baptisme hath not this worke he may well haue the name but in deed he is no Christian PA. VVhat strengthning of our sayth do we finde in the vse of the Lords Supper TI. The Supper of the Lorde doth through the holy Ghost strengthen my fayth that I shoulde not doubt but as surely as I receiue the bread vvine into my body to become of perfect substance vvith my flesh f 1. Cor 1. 30. 10. 16. so Christ hath giuen him selfe wholly to become mine and nourisheth my soule to euerlasting lyfe g Rom. 4. 25. his death and passion is my deliuerance from sin his h 2. Cor 5. 21. righteousnes is my iustification euen so surely confirmed vnto me as if I my self had performed in mine owne body that moste holy obedience vnto his father vvhich he alone fulfilled Thus I receiue the Sacraments as signes and seales of the righteousnes that is by fayth PA. Are not then the bread and vvine in the Supper of the Lorde turned into the body and bloude of Christ No transubstantiation Preparation to the Lords Supper TI. The breade and wine as touching their nature and substance are a Mat. 26. 29. mat 14. 2â— 1. cor 1◠〈◊〉 1â— 11. 〈◊〉 2â— 28. not turned but as touching the vse of them they differ from common breade vvine in that they are appoynted of God to serue vnto vs as b Rom. 4. 11. seales and pledges of those benefites which Christ to his body wrought for vs. PA. Now then for as much as the Lordes Supper in respecte that it is holye it muste haue the guestes holy and it refuseth them that be prophane and in respect that it is misticall it must haue such guestes which are able by their well practised sences to distinct the invvard mysteries from that which appeareth to the eyes and in that it hath a remembrance it requireth a mindefull heart of the good turne receyued Tell me therefore in vvhat manner oughtest thou to prepare thy seife to the receyuing of thâ—se misteries TI. In preparing my selfe to receyue the Supper of the Lorde I ought diligently to obserue these three thinges First to c 1. Cor 11. 28 examine my selfe vvhether I d 2. Cor. 13. 5. stand in sayth or no vvhich I shall know if I feele my e 2. Cor. 1. 21. 22. 5 5. eph 1. 13. hart f Rom. 8. 15. eph 3. 12. assured by the spirit of God that the g 1. Ioh 1. 12. puniâ—hment of my sinnes is fully discharged in Christ and that vvhatsoeuer he hath done perteyneth not onely to others but euen h Esai 53 6. 7. 8. 9. c. eph 3. 17. 1. tim 15 16. to
see O Lorde my God the vvhole course of my life to be almost nothing else but a continual breaking of thy holy lawes commaundementes The thoughts of my heart eyther in vanity or else in open wickednes are in number infinite and through the aboundance of them my mouth is dayly prouoked to speake and my bodye stirred vp to do execute contrary to thy holy wil. A Godly Prayer And againe O Lord I see thy heauy vvrath vengeance and iudgement against sinne to be intollerable so that the least vvicked thought and moste secret cogitation of my heart procureth thy vvrath cursse vvhich haue none ende the tormentes of hell and euerlasting fire yea although in all my life I had but once in thought broken any one of thy coÌ„maundements a Exod 20. 5. luk 18. 7. 8. psal 5. 5. 2. cor 6. 14. And I know O Lorde God that thou art true and iust and canst not abide sinn and vvickednesse but vvilt iustly punish euery sinn with the selfe same tormentes of hell vvhich thy iustice hath appointed This O Lorde my God throweth me dovvne and amazeth me so that I knovve not vvhat to doe I looke into my selfe vievving mine ovvne povver vvhether I am able to ouercome this punishment of sinne or no and I see that the most cruell and paynefull punnishmente that I can deuise to my selfe as in vvhipping my body all the dayes of my life wearing haire cloth pining my selfe vvith fasting or any other payne I see I see O Lord that all this punishment is not sufficient for b Luke 17. 10. collos 2. 23. one of my least sinnes bcause it deserueth the euerlasting paynes of hell I looke to heauen I see there is no Saint nor Angell able to abide and. c iohn 14. 10. 12. 31. 16. 32. 2. cor 5. 19. ouercome this horrible punishment of sinne I looke to men in this vvorlde euen to them that chalenge to themselues the titles of holines and hye perfection but alas I see no remedy in them I finde no difference for al are in like fault and condemnation al haue gone out of the way al are made altogether vn profitable ther is none that doth good no not one All by nature are the children of vvrath all are as A Godly Prayer a Esa 119. 167 sheepe going astray and therefore haue neede to turne vnto the chiefe shepheard and hye bishop of their soules Thus vevving the vvhole race of mankinde alasse I see no hope among the children of men for all their holinesse righteonsnesse and perfection is not able to satisfie for one of the least of their ovvne vvicked thoughtes much lesse for mine or others seeing the punishment is by thy iust decree and sentence thy euerlasting cursse VVherfore I am driuen from my selfe and all that I can doe to â—eeke this punishment â—ischarged othervvhere or else to quayle and perishe for euer vnder the heauy burden of sinne I see there is no hope for me in An gelles Saints and mortall men but only in that perfect man Christ Iesus thy deare sonne in vvhome I see the full punishment of my sinnes fully payed satisfied discharged and ouercome In him I see death vanquished the payne of hell in victory svvallovved vp the cursse satisfied the eternity of the punishment through his euerlasting povver ouerreached This I see O Lorde by the eyes of sayth beeing through thy holye spirite fully assured that all the vvhole punishment of sinne payed by my Sauiour Christ is not onely payd for other men but also for me and my sinne This assurance of my fayth being thy onely vvorke in me I beseech thee in mercy to strengthen and b Lukâ— 17. 5. increase for I feele it often full of vvauering and doubting Graunt that I may dayly more and more in my soule and conscience feel my selfe knit and grafted into the bodye of thy son vvherby I may be assured that vvhat soeuer he hath done pertaineth to me and is fully vvholly mine that I may through the povver of his death feel sin A Godly Praeyer a Rom. 6. 6. 7. 8 7. 6. 8. 10. dayly die in me through the povver of his resurrection feel my selfe risen from sinne to haue my ful ioy comfort in those thinges vvhich be agreeable to thy holy vvill commandements vtterly hating and abhorring from my heart al thinges vvhich be contrary to thy vvill and pleasure that euen in this life I may still looke for thy blessed hope and b Act 17. 31. 1. corin 1. 7. titus 2. 11. 13. philip 3. 20. heb 9 28. 1. peter 3. 12. appearing of the glory of the almighty God of our sauiour Iesus Christ vsing the things of this vvorld as though I c Mat. 25 34. vsed them not till that good time bâ—e come in vvhich it shall please thee to call me to thy euerlasting kingdome of glory there to reigne vvith my Lord and sauionr Iesus Christe for euer and euer Amen VVhat it is to giue glory to God PAVLE WHat is it I pray thee tell me to giue glory to God TITVS No man can yeeld true glory vnto God without the true knowledge of Christ a 1. Cor. 20. 31 ephe 4 3. 21. iudg 15. apoc 4. 9. 5. 13. 19. 7. Verily man was created to this ende that he should glorifie his Creator But through the fall of our first parentes it came to passe that neither he knew God aright b Rom. 1. 20. 21 noâ— gloâ—ified him aright If thou demaunde what it is to giue glorye vnto God to giue glory vnto any bodye is nothing else but to attribute true vertue vnto him as vvhen some King dealeth iustly vvisâ—ly valiauntly and mercifully his subiectes yeeld him glory that is to say his subiectes like well of his doynges and vvith singuler good vviâ—l doe blaze them abroad And in like vvise is c Iosua 7. 29. 1 sam 6 5. ioh 9. 24. VVisdome of God Iob 12. 13. rom 16 27. iere 51. 15. Righteousnesse of God 1. Tim 2. 5. ioh 1. 14. rom 1 3. 8. 2 gal 4. 4. 1. cor 1 30 hebr 1. 10. 11. Math 3 15. Rom. 5. 18. 2. cor 5. 21. glory giueÌ„ vnto God when his vertues are rightly acknowledged and felt as his wisedome his righteousnes his puissance his mercifulnes his truth and such others The wisedome of God is seene in this that he repaireth againe men vvhome he had created to his glory so as he might be his sonne borne of a virgine recouer again the image of God which he had lost through sinne and so giue glory to the wisdom of God His righteousnes is seene by this that hee would not receiue into fauour man that had sinned vvithout amendes made for the wrong that he had done for vvhere as it was of necessity that eyther man must haue perished euerlastingly for his sinne or else that some one of mankinde
stead shew the a 1. Cor. 11. 26 fruite of our Lords passion to all that heare the gospel Againe when the benefite of the Lordes passion is thus offered as it vvere by the hande of God it must be receiued by faith as it vverâ— a certaine hand of man the vvhich faith the b Rom. 10. 17. epâ—e 1. 18. 19. 1. cor 12. 5. 9. 11. ioh 17. 20. rom 14 17. 1. tâ—m 3 15. 1 cor 1. 21. holy ghost worketh in men that heare the Gospell and obey c Gen. 17. 11. exod 12. 3. 4. rom 4 11. Furthermore it is sealed vp vvith eyther Sacrament of Baptisme and of the Lordes Supper and the strength and vse therof is painted out as it were in tables Therefore vvhen thou rehersest the article of thy beleeâ—e concerning the passion of the Lord persuade thy selfe firmely beleeue most assuredly that the sonne of God suffered death for thee vvhich thing if thou doe thou art partaker of the Lordes death in so much that all the vvhole obedience of Christe is thy acquitall from d 1. Cor 1. 30. sinne and rhy righteousnesse But there is a double obedience to bee marked in Christe his obedience of the Crosse e Gala. 3. 13. and his obedience of the Lavve vvhich vvas his perfecte fulfilling of the same Like as his obedience to the Crosse is our cleansing from sinne â— f Eph. 2. 15. colos 2. 14. so his obedience of the law is imputed to vs for our righteousnes The fifth is that vvhen we be thus made partakers of the Lords passion through faith it vvill come to our remembrance Additions Christes passion and resurrection what is the lot of the Godly in this life for like as Christ hath suffered so will hee haue the rest of the godly to a Rom. 8. 28. 1. thes 1 6 1 pet 4 13 phil 1 29. 1 pet 1 11. 2. 21. 2 tim 2 11. hebru 6 8. suffer that they may be conformable to the image of the sonne of God For therfore do we suffer with him that we may be glorified together with him Rom. 8. The sixt is that wee shall call to minde what thing Christ is who hath redeemed vs with his own bloud require th at our hands for now sith wee are redeemed by him vve must obey him VVhat willeth he First that we should renounce his enemy the diuel b Iohn 8 11. rom 6 4 12. heb 12 1. 1. pe 4 2. 1. ioh 1 6. Secondly that vve shoulde fly sinne that we offende not God againe wittinglye and willingly with our sinnes Thirdly that wee giue our selues to holinesse and Godlynesse and that vvee serue him in true feare c Luk. 1 75 Ieuit. 11 44 esa 52 11 rom 6. 4. ephes 1. 4 phil 1 10 2. 15. col 1 22 1. thes 4 3 1. pet 1. 15. 1. â—ohn 3. 3. all the dayes of our life vvhich thing if wee doe wee shall obtaine the end of our faith that is the euerlasting saluation of our soules which God the father grant vnto vs through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen PA. Shevve me thy iudgement of the resurrection of Christ TI. VVhiles that wee are yet in this mortall life wee must to the vttermost of oure povver expresse this â—ayth and beleefe that we haue in the d Act. 1. 2. 10 40. 1. cor 15 5 6 resurrection of Christ and of our rising again through him in our conuersation and liuing walking still a newe life which in this world is to rise againe with Christ as S. Paule testifieth saying VVe e Act. 2 38 col 2. 12. rom 6. 3. gal 3. 27 are â—uried with him by baptism for to dye that likewise as Christe was raised from death by the glory of his father eueÌ„ so wee shoulde also walke in a new life For if wee be graâ—t in death like vnto him euen so must we be in the resurrection These words shall the eâ—sioâ— bee vnderstanded if weâ— will consider and marke that Additions Of Christ es resurrection the vvhole life of our Sauiour Christ ought to serue vs in steede of an example or paterne vvhereby vve should make our selues conformable vnto him spiritually in those things that haue been truly and really or in very deede fulfilled in his body and can in no vvise be fulfilled in ours as for an exaÌ„ple our sauiour Christ hath ben conceiued by the holy ghost born of the virgin Mary he hath been crucified and put to death he did rise againe the third day asceÌ„ded into heauen Al those things can not be performed not fulfilled in our bodyes as they vvere in his But let vs endeuour our selues that our spirit or invvard man may be fashioned made conformable vnto him in these things a Psal 51. 6 gen 6 5 8. 11. heb 15. 16 roman 3. 4. Our bodies are conceiued and borne in sinne not by the holy Ghost nor in the vvomb of a virgin as our sauiour Christ was but they are conceiued by the carnal copulation of man and vvoman and of corruptible seede That vve may therfore be conformable vnto him in this point let vs come vnto his true Church and beleeue his gospell vvhen vve be in the true church of Christ vvhich is both our mother a chast virgin vve shall be b 1. Pet. 1 23 conceiued begotten in it by the incorruptible seede of the vvorde of God our heauenly father and by the vertue of his holy spirite shal be borne againe the children of God made nevv creatures vve shal put off the olde man put on the nevv bearing the image of the nevv Adam vvhich is Iesus christ as we haue c 1. Cor. 1. 5 born the image of the old Adam and of the man of sin After that we be thus conceiued by the holy ghoste borne of a virgin which is the true church spouse of our sauiour Christ the residue of our life must also be conformable Additions A mortifiyng of the flesh vnto the life of our Sauiour Christ as oâ—â— spiritual conception birth is VVe be not crucified and put to death as he was but we doe learne of him to beare the a Math. 11 29 crosse with him and to be crucified vnto the vvorld that the vvorld may be crucified vnto vs as S. Paule vvryteth of him selfe But to be b Galat. â— 5. 24. 6. 14. crucified and dead vnto the vvorld is to be crucified and deade vnto sinne and to bee crucified and dead vnto sinne is to forsake sinne and to be no more a seruaunt vnto it then the dead be wont to serue the liuing For as the deade hath no more to doe vvith the liuing but are seperated from them so they be dead vnto the world that hath forsaken it to serue the liuing God c Rom. 6. 6. 13. 14. â—2 and that vvill not fashion them selnes after it nor walke after
â—2 11. esai 3 1â— c. wanton apparell lewde and idle pastimes b Eph 5 18. gluttony drunkennes c Deut 22 20 21. houses of opeÌ„ whor dome and whatsoeuer else maye allure to vncleannesse Fourthly on the other side he commandeth vs to keepe our bodies and soules d 1. Cor. 6 15 19 â—0 1. thes 4 3 4 5. chaste and pure as temples of the holy ghoâ—te or if the e 1. Cor. 7 2 9 heb 13. 4. gift of chastity be not giuen vs to vse the lawfull remedy appointed by God which is marriage PA. VVhat meaneth the eight commandement Thou shalt not steale TI. In this commandement the Lord forbiddeth all f Leuit. 1â— 11 deâ—â— 5 19. eph 4 28. stealing and robbing in outvvarde dâ—edes all g 1. Thessa 4 6 deceit all h Exo 22 21. lying and oppression all i Deut. 2â— 14 â—am 5 4. withholding of the labourers hiâ—e all k Deut. 10 19. vnâ—urteousnesse to the stranger widowe and fatherlesse all l Amos. 2 6. gifts to peruert iudgement all m Leui. 19 36. deut 25 13. pâ—ou â—0 10 mich 6 11. false measures coueâ—ousnesse and whatsoeuer vvrongfull dealing And on the other side hee chargeth vs that vve be content vvith that n Pro. 27 27 1 Tim 6 6. portion of goods which the Lorde giueth vs o Gen. 3. 19. phe 4. 28. 2. â—heâ— 3 10 to apply our selues in our vocation and calling to get our ovvne liuing and to liue of that which is oure owne PA. VVhat meaneth the ninth commandement Thou shalt bear no fals witnes against thy neibour TI. Herein the Lord God doth command vs First that we should neuer speak p pro 19. 5 9 21 28. falsly in witnes bearing Secondly that not only in witnes bearing but also in no other matter we shold q Eâ—h 4 25. pâ—a 25 1 2. neither lye flatter nor dissemble Thirdly that we should neuer â—â—l false tales r psal 15 3. pro 25 18. behind our neighbours backs nor â—ear them of others that we should neuer Å¿ Math. 7. 1 â—am 4 12 beleeue any euill spoken behind their backs vntil we fully know the certainty Fourthly in priuate offâ—ntes to speak Light desires restrained None can fulfill the Law nothing although it be true to the a 1 Peter 4 8 1 cor 13. 7 pro. 11 12 hurting of our brothers good name if by b Math. 18 15 16 17. priuate admonitions he may be vvon Fiftly on the contrary side vvee must carefully and boldly testify all trueth vvhatsoeuer vve knovv to the futtherance of iustice PA. VVhat meaneth the tenth commandement Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house TI. Here in playne wordes God forbiddeth all inward c Rom. 7 7. desire vvhatsoeuer is vnlavvfull to bee done vvhich desire is not onely sinneful vvhen vve d Gen. 6 5 8 21. prou 20. 9. consent vnto it but the very motion is enemy to God and banished from his presence for it is vnpossible those bodies shoulde see God vvhich can nourish euill concupisences in them euen as it is impossible e 1 Cor. 15 50. that corruption should inherite incorruption or that flesh and bloud in this similitude of f Ephe 4. 22 collos 3 9. old Adam should inherit the kingdome of God So that by this commaundement most clearely vvee may see the image of that man that pleaseth God euen such a one in vvhome is nothing impure neither in wil nor nature PA. Canst thou fulfill all these commandementes vvithout breaking any one of them TI. These are the commaundementes of almightye God the perfect fulfilling vvhereof g Rom 3 23 24 8 3 4 11 32 1 iohn 1. 8. no fleâ—h can attaine vnto no although I doe all that I can yet I breake them daily both in thought word and deede PA. VVhat punishment doth God appointe for breaking any one of them TI. The punishment for the breaking of the least commaundement euen in h Math. 5 28 thought yea if it vvere but i Iam. 2 10. gal 3 10. once in all my life is the heauy wrath of God Reward of sinne God is mercifull and iust which hath no end a Deut 27 26. gal 3. 10. his euerlasting cursse which conteineth all the tormentes that can bee deuised both of soule and body and in the scripture is called by diuers names to expresse the pain b Math 10 28. 25. 41 mark 9 4. as hel fire the c Mark 9. 44. worme that neuer dieth vtter d Math 22. 13. math 25. 30. darknes e Apoc. 19 20. 20. 14. burning lake second f Apoc. 20. 6 21 8. death damnation and such like PA. Now I know what is sinne euen the breache of the Lawe of God and because of the excellencye of Gods maiesty which by sinne is offended I see the greatnesse of sinne and how it deserueth eternal death of which without exception by nature we are guilty But tell me nowe is there no punishmente in this life by which we may recompence our sinne TI. There is no sufficiente recompence in the vvorld no goodes nor multitude of riches no liberality to the g â—uk 17. 10. poore no whipping nor h Col. 2. 23 scourging nor hurte of thine ovvne bodye nothing that thou canst deuise so precious is the i Psal 49 8. redemption of the soule and the continuance for euer PA. Yea but God is mercifull vvill he therefore punish sinne so sharply thinkest thou TI. God is in deede a God of all k 2 Cor. 1 3. psal 145 8 psal 86. 15 psal 111. 4 116. 5 ioel 2 13. ionâ—s 4. 2. mercies father of all consolations vvhose louing kindnesse hath no end and in the great riches of his compassions he hath appointed to make knowne the glory of his maiesty vnto his childreÌ„ but God is also l Psa 7. 9 11. 7 8. rom 3. 4 iohn 3. 33 2 chro 12. 6 ioh 9. 19. esai 45. 2â— apoâ— 16. 5. iust iudgeth righteously and therefore of iustice and trueth hee must punish such as through infidelitye despise the ritches of his goodnes and disobey the vvord of his glorious power vvith that punishment vvhich he hath appointed for sinne PA. Seeing then this punishment must needes be suffered are we in our selues able to suffer and ouercome How we may be deliuered from Gods anger Saluation onely in Christ it TI. None is able to suffer and a psal 130 3 mal 19 25 26. apoc 6 16 17. ouercome this great punishment of sinne being onely man PA. Sith that sinne hath condemned vs to eternal death vvithout already in our selues tel mee novve hovv we may be deliuered from the anger of God and pains euerlasting TI. Mark and I vvill tell thee pray vnto God to giue thee vnderstanding and to be lovv in humility of spirite I vvill
declare the saluation of the Lorde vvhen vve had sinned and by sinne had b Eph 5 5 6 heb 3 17 prouoked God to anger and so were c Act 26 18 1. cor 15 22. subiect to Satan hel condemnation that the righteousnes of God might stand it vvas necessary that these things shoulde be born and suffered the anger of God the tyranny of Satan and the paines of Hell vvhich all follovved sinne and therfore he that shal be a sauiour for out sinnes d Gal. 3 13. 2. cor 5 21. he must take this vpon him in his ovvne righteousnes he must be deliuered again from them PA. For so much as the iustice of God requireth that sinne bee punished in the nature of man by vvhich it vvas committed tell me then vvhere shall we finde such a sauiour TI. The Lord e psal 25 â—4 colo 1 27. lighten our eies that vve may vnderstaÌ„d the f Eph. 3 18 riches of his glorious mistâ—ry the Lord reueale his secrete vnto vs the Lorde make vs sâ—e vvith all his saintes vvhat is the height the bredth the length and the depth that vvee maye sing vnto him the praises of al his mercies This sauiour whoÌ„ vve seeke for vvho for our sinnes must taste g Heb 2 9 10 death and yet in the power of h Rom 1 4 his ovvn righteousnesse must rise from death to life he cannot be i psa 74 49 â— 146 3 4. found amongst the children of men All the righteousnesse The Vnion of the two natures in Chrisâ—e and causes of the same a Pze. 14 14. rom 4 1 2. of Abraham Isaac and Iacob it cannot recoÌ„pence the least of all my sinnes Adam Eue while they b Gen. 3 16 17 vvere yet in integritie they could not beare the sin of the eating of one apple vvhich vvas forbidden them yea the c Iude. 6. angels of heauen vvhen they kept not their first estate but d Ioh. 8 44. fell avvay from the truth in vvhich they vvere created they coulde not beare vp their sin but it e 2. Pet. 2 4. vvayed them dovvne to hel and bound them for euer in the chaines of darknesse so that in men and angels there iâ— no hope but God that is f Ephe. 2 4. ritch in mercies whoâ—e compassions haue none end he sent his ovvne sonne in the g Rom. 8 3. similitude of sinfull fleshe to be a Redeemer and to condemne sinne in the fleshe so that this is the Sauiour sent into the vvorld euen Iesus Christ the righteous in h Col. 2 9. vvhom the fulnes of the Godhead doth dvvell bodily that vvhen there vvas no saluation in al creatures God might i 2. Cor. 5 19. be in Christ and reconcile the vvorld to him selfe PA. Seeing then the oddes variance is between the immortall God and mortall man and that the mediatour betvveen them must needes haue of the nature of both the parties vvhich are to be agreed and also haue ageement vvith both the parties or othervvise he should haue no mean to agree them shevv me the reasons thereof TI. As it vvas necessary that Christ shold be k Math. 3 15. rom 5 1â— 2. cor 5 21. god or else he could not haue been so perfect righteous as the law of God required nor yet haue borne the heauy burthen of siâ—â— so it vvas also necessary that he shoulde be l 1. Tim. 2 5. rom 1 3 8. 2. gâ—l 4 4 1 10 2 30. heb 1 10 11. man or else he had beene righteous onely to him selfe and vve through him had not beene sanctified for it could not be that we should All shall not be saued VVhat ïs true sayth haue been partakers of his grace if he had not been partaker of our nature nor we could not haue ben free from the vvrath of God and rigour of his lavv except our nature in him had felt his fathers anger and he perfect man for vs had beene accurssed For God had so appointed that the soule that had sinned it should dye and he is not a Num. 23. 29. like vnto man that he should repent but the word that he had spoken he would surely accomplish and therfore that God might be righteous in his iudgementes Christ vvas man like vnto vs and so in our flesh offered himselfe vnto death as if he should haue said vnto his father Execute O God thy iudgements against man and b Psalm 40. 4 heb 10 7 8. lo beholde me a perfect man I vvill be are them And thus was our sauiour Iesus Christ perfect God that he might be stronger then Satan and take sinne avvay and c Luke 23 47 rom 1 3. 1. tim 15 1. ioh 4 2. 1 pet 2. 22. perfect man that vve might haue parte of his redemption vvho in all things vvas like vnto vs sinne onely excepted PA. Sith Christ God and man hath thus payde the punishment of our sinnes are vve novv all discharged before God TI. No not euery one shall be saued by Christe but they alone that do beleeue and in a d Ios 3 16. 36. true faith take hold oâ— his mercies which beleeuers are discerned from others by not vvalking e Rom. 8 1. after the fleshe but after the spirite PA. VVhat callest thou this true faith TI. This true and liuely faith is a full f Col 2. 2. 1 iohn 3. 2. eph 3 2 1 18 rom 3. 38. 39. persuasion and assurance of my g Rom 10. 9. ephe 3 17 18. heart grounded vppon the h Rom. 4 3 10. 8 1 16 promise of God and vvrought in me by the holy i Eph. 1 17 18 1 cor 1. 22 5 5. 1 cor 2 10 2 4 14. Ghost whereby I am fully assured that vvhatsoeuer Christ hath wrought for mans saluation perteineth Sinnes forgiuen and punished Christes righteousnesâ—â— iâ— ours not onely to others but euen to a Eph. 3 17 18 19. me and is vvholly mine as surely as if I my selfe had perfourmed the same in mine owne person PA. How can it bee that thy sinnes are forgiuen thee and yet according to Gods truth fully punnished vvith that punnishment vvhich God hath appoynted for sinnes TI. By this my true fayth I see my sinnes both to be forgiuen yet fully punished for in Iesus Christ to satisfie b 2 Corin. 5. 21. rom 3. 25. 26. Gods iustice they be c 1. Ioh. 2. 1. 2. galat. 3. 13. rom 4. 25. fully punished yet to me they be d 2 Cor. 5. 19. â—orgiuen because in me they be not punished but in Christ for me to set forth Gods mercye and therefore shall neuer be layde to my e â—sai 50. 8. rom 8. 33. charge In this maner therefore I see the Lorde my God to be most mercifull and iust PA. Yea but although the punishment of thy sins be