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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12162	A compendious form and summe of Christian doctrine, called The testimonie of a true faith meete for well disposed families, for the more knowledge [in] God, and better nourishing vp, and confirming of all such, as loue saluation in Iesus Christ. Gathered, corrected, and newly augmented, by Christopher Shutte, Maister of Arte, seene and allowed.	Shutte, Christopher, d. 1626.	1579 (1579)	STC 22468; ESTC S100084	27,860	76

whilest by the preaching of the Lawe I am brought to the feeeling of my sinnes and raysed vp with the comfortable promises of the Gospel receyued by faith My harte is lightned purified and gouerned by the holy Ghost my will and minde reformed the Image of God renued againe in me 10. Question Why did God regenerate thee and not raither get him selfe glory by condemning thee according to thy sinnes Answeare Although the Lorde might iustly haue condemned all Adams posteritie by reason of their sinnes yet notwithstanding some of them according to his iust iudgementes he leaueth in their owne corruption deuoid of all grace and Vessels of his wrath vnto damnation Othersome he embraceth in his great loue vnto saluation whome hee accepteth in mercy without any deserts of their own Of which number my conscience dooth perswade me that I am one And therefore he hath regenerate me first to declare his great loue mercy euerlasting kindnes towardes me whom he chose in his sonne Christ to saluation And therefore in an happie tyme he hath called me by the preaching of his woord and iustified me by my onely faith in Christes death Secondly that I being thus borne anewe may bring foorth the fruites of righteousnes to glorifie him withall Thirdly that all the end of my regeneration is life euerlasting so at the Lordes good time I may receiue the same among his Saintes 11. Question Shew me what be the meanes wherby thy saluation is wrought Answeare The ordinarie meanes commonly are two that is to say the woorde of God and faith 12. Question What is the woorde of God Answeare It is those Canonicall scriptures written by the spirite of God commended to man both in the olde and newe Testament wherein are conteined all thinges necessarie to our saluation according to the which the Lord will haue all his religion measured without either adding or diminishing 13 Question How canst thou knowe the true religion in so many sundrie opinions of the same as be in the worlde Answeare First I trie the religion taught me by the woorde of God and by his spirite geuen me to vnderstande the same Secondly I knowe this spirite to be a right spirit because it confesseth Christ to be come in the fleshe that is to say ascribeth the whole worke of my saluation to him and to no other thing Thirdly I expounde one place of Scripture as it is not contrarie to another And thus I trie the truth making the worde of GOD to iudge and determine what I ought to followe 14. Question What is the cause why the word of God is preached to many and yet taketh place but in few Answeare The causes are manie first manns owne disobedience and contempt of the worde through want of faith Secondly the malice of Sathan who blindeth and hardeneth the hearts of the vnfaithfull that they shoulde not see and beleeue the truth Thirdly the iust iudgement of God Who because they refuse to receiue and beleeue the truth doth giue them vp into a reprobate minde and sendeth strong delusion among them that as they doe delight in lies and m vnrighteousnesse so the same may be their destruction 15. Question How is the worde of GOD deuided Answeare Into the Lawe and the Gospel 16. Question What is the Lawe Answeare It is the ten commaundementes of God requiring of euerie one most pure perfect and perpetuall obedience promising saluation to them which fulfill the same threatning death and damnation to the transgressours thereof 17. Question Rehearse the same to me Answeare 1 Thou shalt haue none other Gods but me 2 Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the waters vnder the earth thou shalt not bowe downe to them nor worship them for I the Lorde thy God am a ielous God and visiteth the iniquities of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewe mercie vnto thousandes in them that loue me and keepe my commaundementes 3 Thou shalte not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vaine for the Lord will not holde him guilteles that taketh his name in vayne 4 Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabboth day sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy GOD in it thou shalt doe no manner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruaunt and thy mayd seruaunt thy cattel the stranger within thy gates for in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day and hallowed it 5 Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee 6 Thou shalt not kill 7 Thou shalt not commit adulterie 8 Thou shalt not steale 9 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour 10 Thou shalt not couet thy neighboures house thou shalte not couet thy neighboures wife nor his seruaunt nor his maide nor his Oxe nor his Asse nor any thing that is his 18. Question What sayest thou of the first commaundement Answeare The Lorde therein requireth true obedience to his woorde the feare and loue of his name a sure faith and trust in his promises the right inuocation vppon his name with thankesgeuing for his benefites whereby his true worshippe may be knowen aright whiche thinges as he doth commaunde so doeth he forbidde all manner of superstition and idolatrie the contempt and denial of his woorde the lacke of feare faith and loue towardes him calling vppon other creatures and finally whatsoeuer polluteth his seruice or our consciences in whose presence all our doinges doe appeare 19. Question What sayest thou of the seconde Thou shalt not make c. Answeare God doth therein declare how he wil be worshiped For seeing that his true worship is worke or seruice commaunded in his woord proceeding of faith and tending to his glory as he is a spirite so he will be woorshiped in spirit and truth without any mixture of Idolatrie or superstition And therefore he forbiddeth the making of Images to expresse him by all manner deuotion or reuerence geuing to them eyther in looking at them or in bowing the knee before them in prayer he is the Lorde our God and will not haue his power to be contemned he is ielous ouer vs and will not suffer eyther our soules or bodies to be defiled with any filthinesse of Idolatrie which if we doe he will reuenenge the same to the third and fourth generation Briefly he forbiddeth hereby all representations and tokens of Idolatrie all

straunge worship deuised by man all antichristian Decrees and whatsoeuer corrupteth the true seruice and spirituall woorship of God. 20. Question What is commaunded in the third Thou shalt not take c. Answeare Herein the Lord commaundeth a reuerend vse of his name truely to sweare and testifie the truth not onely in truth iudgement and righteousnesse but also for necessities sake especially when the glorie of God and the saluation of our brethren is sought requiring also herein a faithfull zeale and loue towardes his woord and Sacramentes and whatsoeuer may set foorth his glory forbidding the indiscrete and vnreuerende vse of his name in vaine and friuolous thinges all rash othes all othes made for fauour lucre and feare rather than for triall of truth all periury all othes made by Saintes Idolles meate or other creatures all coniurations Sorceries Charmings south sayings witchcraft cursing and banning all false doctrines and corruptions of true religion and whatsoeuer causeth the name of GOD to bee euyll spoken of 21. Question as they obey his woorde from whence when they decline they are no longer to be obeyed forbidding also all disobedience and ingratitude of children towardes their parentes all contempt and rebellion of subiectes against their Magistrates also to blaspheme them and to obey them in matters contrarie to the truth 24. Question What canst thou say of the sixt Thou shalt not kill Answeare God in this commaundeth faithfull loue mercie kindenesse compassion reconcilation and mutuall embracing one an other in peace aswell of our enimies as of those whiche loue vs forbidding all vnlawful murder and quarrelling outwardely all fained loue vnmercifulnesse hatred malice anger reproches tauntes slaundering murmuring contentions desire of vengeance and whatsoeuer is repugnant to Christian loue 25. Question Proceede to the seuenth Thou shalt not commit adulterie Answeare The Lorde commaundeth not onelie perfect chastitie both in soule and bodie whether it bee in marriage or in single life that all our parties may be sanctified vnto him but also he forbiddeth all manner of adulterie and fornication the restraining of lawfull mariage in anie calling and the rashe vowing of single life vnlawfulll lustes light behauiour and vnseemely adorning of the bodie filthie talke and idle pastimes dronkennesse minstrelsie daunsing and what besides tendeth to impuritie and lecherous lust 26. Question Declare the eight Thou shalt not steale Answeare Herein God commaundeth righteousnesse and true dealing in euerie calling and that euerie man be contente with his owne state geuing to euerie one what of right he ought to haue forbidding also all robbing and falsehoode couetuousnesse vsurie oppression bying and selling with false measures idle liuing vnhonest wasting of goodes or substance and what else doth sauoure of deceite the same is stealing 27. Question Shewe the sence and meaning of the neinth Thou shalt not beare false witnesse c. Answeare God commaundeth herein in courte and iudgement and in all our wordes and couenantes that trueth may florishe to saue our neighboures harmelesse forbidding wrong iudgement or anie respecte of persons therein the making of wicked lawes and decrees also false witnesse and lying tales flatterie suspitions false accusations and whatsoeuer impaireth the good name of our brethren 28. Question What saiest thou of the last Thou shalt not couet c Answeare In this the Lorde commaundeth the whole heart to be possessed with loue that whatsoeuer man doth wish or desire may bee free from lust and corrupt affections and serue to the glorie of God and profite of his neighboures forbidding hereby all wicked thoughtes and vnlawfull desires both of soule and bodie although our consent be not thereto all corruption of originall sinne by Adam all lacke of grace and whatsoeuer wanteth of the integritie perfection wherein man was made By all whiche preceptes it may appeare that nothing but true righteousnes and innocencie can please God. 29. Question By this I vnderstande that thou art not able of thy selfe because of thy sinnes to fulfil these lawes why therefore did God commaund that which thou canst not doo Answeare First hereby he declareth howe that his image in me is corrupted with sinne for nothing is here required which I coulde not haue done before my fall in Adam Secondly here is nothing commaunded which I am not bounde to do Thirdly he doeth not respect what I of my selfe can doe but what his iustice doth require Last of all it setteth foorth the wrath of God and bringeth me to the feeling of my sinnes 30. Question Why God is merciful to thousands will not surely punish sinne so sharply as thou thinkest Answeare God in deede is mercifull to them that loue him and truely repent but he is a iust iudge and a God of vengeance to punish the wickednesse of the vngodly which breake his commaundementes 31. Question By this I gather that many are in a wofull case Answeare Concerning the wicked whiche bee voide of faith and of the mercie of God the curse of the Lawe hangeth vppon them But touching the elect of which companie I am perswaded that I am one Iesus Christ the sonne of God in myne owne nature hath suffred to deliuer mee from sinne and the punishmentes thereof and hath brought me into fauour of God againe of whiche benefite I lay holde with a true faith which commeth by the preaching of the Gospell 32. Question What is the Gospell Answeare It is the doctrine of faith containing the promises of God vnto saluation to all which truely repent and lay holde of Christes merites by a sure trust in the same 33 Question Why callest thou the Gospell the doctrine of faith Answeare First because faith commeth and is nourished by the preaching of the Gospel Secondly because the promises thereof must be receiued onely by faith 34. Question What do the promises of the Gospell meane Answeare First they teach me that the Lawe of God is fulfilled for me by Christ by whō I haue my sinnes forgiuen and with whose righteousnesse I am clothed and may now boldely stand before the iudgement seate of God. Secondly that my saluation cōmeth onely of the free mercie of God without my merites or good deedes Thirdly although they be offred to all yet they take effect in none to saluation but onely in the elect whose hearts GOD lighteneth with faith 35. Question Shewe me what faith is Answeare There is a kinde of faith called a deade fayth beleeuing the woord of God to be true and all thinges therein conteined and goeth no farther but the true faith is the sure knowledge of the fatherly good will and mercy of God shewed towardes man in Christ and a sure trust in the same