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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09418	The foundation of Christian religion gathered into sixe principles. And it is to bee learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receiue the Lords Supper with comfort.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1591 (1591)	STC 19710; ESTC S105978	14,111	53

iudgement which being ended the godly shal possesse the kingdome of Heauen but vnbeleeuers and reprobates shal be in hel tormented with the diuel and his Angels for euer The Exposition of the Principles I. Question WHat is God A. GOD is a spirit or a spirituall substāce most wise most holie eternall infinite Q How doo you perswade your self that there is such a God A. Besides the testimonie of the Scriptures plaine reason will shew it Q. What is one reason A. When I consider the wonderfull frame of the world me thinks the silly creatures y t be in it could neuer make it neither could it make itselfe and therefore besides al these the maker of it must néedes bée God Euen as when a man comes into a strange Countrey and sees faire and sumptuous buildings and yet findes no liuing creatures there beside birds and Beasts hee will not imagine that either Birds or Beasts reared by those buildings but he presently conceiues that some men either were or haue been there Q. What other reason haue you A. A man that commits any sinne as murder fornication adultery blasphemie c. albeit he dooth so conceale the matter that no man liuing know of it yet oftentimes he hath a griping in his conscience and feeles the verie flashings of hel fire which is a strong reason to shew that there is a God before whose iudgement seate he must answere for his fact Q. How many Gods are there A. No more but one Q How doo you conceiue this one God in your minde A. Not by framing any image of him in my minde as ignorant folkes doo that thinke him to be an olde man sitting in heauen but I conceaue him by his properties and works Q. What be his chiefe properties A. First he is most wise vnderstanding all things aright and knowing the reason of them Secondly hee is most holy which appeareth in that hee is most iust and mercifull vnto his creatures Thirdly hee is eternall without either beginning or ende of dayes Lastly hee is infinite both because hee is present in all places and because hee is of power sufficient to doo whatsoeuer hee will Q. What be the workes of God A. The creation of the world and of euery thing therein and the preseruation of them beeing created by his speciall prouidence Q. How knowe you that God gouerneth euery particular thing in the world by his speciall prouidence A. To omit the Scriptures I see it by experience Meate Drinke and cloathing being void of life could not preserue the life of man vnlesse there were a speciall prouidence of God to giue vertue vnto them Q. How is this one God distinguished A. Into the Father which begetteth the Sonne into the Sonne who is begotten of the Father into the holie Ghost who proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne II. Q. Let vs now come to our selues and first tel me what is the natural estate of man A. Euerie man is by nature dead in sinne as a loathsome carrion or as a dead corps lieth rotting and stincking in the graue Q. What is Sinne A. Any breach of the Lawe of GOD if it bee no more but the least want of that which the Lawe requireth Q How many sortes of sinne are there A. Sinne is either the corruption of nature or any euil actions that proceede of it as fruites thereof Q. In whome is this corruption of nature A. In all men none excepted Q. In what part of man is it A. In euerie part both of bodie and soule like as a Leprosie that runneth from the crowne of the head to the sole of the foote Q. Shew mee how euerie parte of man is corrupted with sinne A. First in the mind there is nothing but ignorance and blindnesse concerning heauenlie matters Secondly the cōscience is defiled being alwaies either benummed with sin or els turmoyled with inward accusations and terrours Thirdly the wil of man only willeth and lusteth after euill Fourthly the affections of the heart as loue ioy hope desire c. are moued stirred to that which is euil to embrace it and they are neuer stirred vnto that which is good vnlesse it be to eschewe it Lastly the members of the bodie are the instruments and tooles of the minde for the execution of sinne Q. What be those euil actions that are the fruites of this corruption A. Euill thoughts in the mind● which come either by a mans own conceiuing or by the suggestion of the Diuell euill motions and lusts sturring in the heart and from thes● arise euill words and deedes when any occasion is giuen Q. How commeth it to passe that al● men are thus defiled with sinne A By Adams infidelitie and disobedience in eating the forbidden fruite● euen as wee see great personages b● treason doo not only hurt themselues but also staine their bloud disgrac● their posteritie Q. What hurt comes to man by his sinne A. He is continually subiect to th● curse of God in his life time in th● end of his life and after this life Q What is the cursse of GOD in this life A. In the body diseases aches paines in the soule blindnesse hardnesse of heart horrour of conscience in goods hinderances and losses in name ignominie and reproach lastly in the whole man bondage vnder sathan the Prince of darkenesse Q. What manner of bondage is this A. This bondage is when a man is the slaue of the Diuell and hath him to raigne in his heart as his God Q. How may a man knowe whether sathan be his God or not A. He may know it by this if hee giue obedience to him in his heart and expresse it in his conuersation Q. And how shall a man perceiue this obedience A. If he take delight in the euill motions that Sathan puts into his heart and doo fulfill the lusts of the Diuell Q. What is the cursse due to man in the end of his life A. Death which is the seperation of bodie and soule Q. What is the cursse after this life A. Eternall damnation in hell fire whereof euerie man is guiltie and is in as great danger of it as the Traitor apprehended is in danger of hanging drawing and quartering III. Q. If damnation be the reward of sinne then is a man of all creatures most miserable A Dog or a Toade when they die all their miserie is ended but when a man dieth there is the beginning of his woe A. It were so indeede if there were no meanes of deliuerance but God hath shewed his mercie in giuing a Sauiour to mankinde Q. How is this Sauiour called A. Iesus Christ. Q. What is Iesus Christ A. The eternall Sonne of God made man in all things euen in his infirmities like other men saue onelie in sinne Q. How