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A49334 Catechetical questions, very necessary for the understanding of the principles of religion conformed to the doctrine of the Church of England / by Simon Lowth ... Lowth, Simon, 1630?-1720. 1673 (1673) Wing L3324; ESTC R14549 47,430 154

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to be delivered from under the guilt and punishment of sin Q. What do you mean by a new birth unto righteousness A. A new birth or living again unto righteousness is contrary to living unto sin and a consequent of death unto sin As dying unto sin was getting from under the Tyranny and cruelty of sin so a new birth or living unto righteousness is a power or strength to do the works of righteousness and a right to receive the reward of righteousness It is Gods giving me ability to walk righteously and means to obtain His favour and so His regenerating or begetting me again to a twofold righteousness that I may be made the child of Grace both of Sanctification whereby I am become the servant of righteousness Rom. 6.18 and of Justification whereby I am made free from sin And all this is conveyed sealed and assured unto us in the Sacrament of Baptism as wrought for us and in us by the Death and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ Q. What resemblance or comparison is there between the outward action by water in Baptism this inward Spiritual Grace A. Very much For first Dipping in Water and taking up again which is the manner of Baptising in hotter Countries signifieth the Death and Resurrection of our Saviour which was the cause of the good that is wrought in us and for us Then again the death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness that is the cleansing of our souls from sin by the Grace of God Justifying and Sanctifying us is very apt to be signifyed by Dipping Washing in Water in which there is a putting away of the filth of the flesh 1 St. Pet. 3.21 So Baptism may be called the fountain opened for sin and uncleaness Zach. 13.1 Q. Do you think that Dipping or Washing in Water at Baptism cleanseth the soul A. If there were not more but the outward Washing it would not cleanse the soul But it cleanseth as it is one part of the Sacrament that hath Gods Grace annexed to it as the other part and both make up one Sacrament For We are Washed we are Sanctified and so we are Justifyed in the Name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6.11 When we draw neer with a pure heart in full assurance of Faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water Heb. 10.22 and with that blood of sprinkling which speak better things than the blood of Abel Heb. 12.24 even with the blood of Jesus Christ that cleanseth us from all sin 1 St. John 1.7 But this Washing Sanctifying Sprinkling and Cleansing is conveyed applyed and sealed unto us by the outward Element and action in the Sacrament of Baptism Q. Do you then attribute any more to the outward Washing in Water than to be a bare Sign or Figure of the Spiritual Washing in the Blood of Christ A. I so take it to be a Sign or Figure as that I say it hath the Truth also annexed unto it For as God is not mocked so He mocketh not us when He maketh us His Promise of Grace Therefore we may all know assuredly that Pardon and Remission of Sins is truly offered of God and received of us in the Sacrament of Baptism and that thereby Christ doth Sanctify and cleanse us in the washing of water by His Word that He may present us to Himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that we should be holy and without blemish Eph. 5.26 27. Q. But hath the Grace of God this effect indifferently in all without exception A. Nay There be some that fail of the Grace of God by their own putting a bar of unbelief and hardness of heart So that the fruit of the Sacrament cometh only unto the Faithful and Penitent and yet the Nature of the Sacrament loseth nothing of being the means of Grace For it is the means of Grace not absolutely as though God would save us thereby against our wills but upon Condition of our concurring with God and doing our duties otherwise we may receive the Sacrament to our farther Condemnation Q. But what is required of them that come to be Baptised that they may receive the fruit and benefit of this Sacrament A. 1. Repentance whereby they forsake Sin the World the Devil and all their works 2. Faith whereby they believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith and particularly all the Promises of God made unto us in that Sacrament 3. Resolution and endeavour to keep the Commandments of God and to walk in the same all the days of their lives Q. Are all they then that receive the Sacrament of Baptism and perform the Conditions of Repentance and Faith and Obedience partakers of the Grace of Salvation A. Yes If they put not a bar against themselves but truly perform the Condition when they receive the outward Sign they receive also the inward Spiritual Grace by which they are made the Members of Christ the Children of God the Heirs and Inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven being clearly freed from all Sin both Original and Actual if they have committed any sin before Baptism Q. But can none be admitted unto the Sacrament of Baptism but upon these Conditions A. No. For as Circumcision was to the Jews the Seal of the Covenant and mutual Stipulation that was between God and them so Baptism is to us And no man can have interest in the precious Promises contained therein without signing the Indenture back again and undertaking the Condition of the Covenant Q. Why then are Infants Baptised who cannot undertake nor perform these Condition A. The truth is that these Conditions are actually required of all and Infants do actually and really undertake them not by themselves but by their Sureties who promise them in their Names and so bind them to perform and make them good or else to make all the grace void that is passed unto them in that Sacrament upon those Conditions So that when Infants come to age they may have their own option or choice whether they will make their Promise giveen by their Sureties in Baptism good or no and if they do they have interest in the Grace but if they do not it they make Gods guift of Grace to be void and of none effect Q. Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Ordained A. To continue the remembrance of the Sacrifice of Christs death and the benefits that we receive thereby Q. Why is the Sacrament called the Lords Supper A. 1. Because it was instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ at the time of His last Supper when He did eat the Passover which was a Sacrament of the Old Testament 2. Because it not only signifies but also exhibiteth and giveth unto us our Lords Body Q. Why did our Saviour Christ institute this Sacrament at Supper time A. Because He would thereby teach His Church that the Old Sacrament of
and effectual receiving of the other two and therefore is not excluded but implyed in the necessity of those Q. Are not Orders and Matrimony necessary also A. Orders indeed are necessary for the Publick Ministry and Government of the whole Church yet are not necessary to be entred into or received generally by all Christians but only by those who are willing to dedicate themselves to tthat holy service and find themselves inwardly called thereunto And Matrimony is necessary also for the conservation of Mankind and so for the continuance of the Church by legitimate procreation and Religious Education of Children in the fear and nurture of the Lord and to the praise of God Yet it is not necessary to be entred into or taken in hand of any but at the liberty of every mans choice and discretion only by such as have not the guift of Continency and judge the same to serve and help them better unto Godliness Q. What think you of the other two Sacraments to wit Confirmation and Extreme Vnction A. Confirmation commonly called Bishoping because it is to be Administred only by the Bishop is of great use 1. Here the Persons Baptised being at years of discretion are tyed with their own mouth and their own consent to ratifie and confirm the promise made for them by their Godfathers and Godmothers in their Baptism and so to take the charge upon themselves and to discharge their Sureties 2. They have the benefit of the Prayers of the Church applyed particularly by imposition of hands for their increase of grace and for their strength defence against all temptations of the Flesh and all assaults of the World and the Devil very seasonably at that time when they begin to be in danger to yeild unto the same and to fall into sundry kinds of sins Anoynting with Oyl at or before the hour of death which they call Extreme Unction might have in the Apostles time a Physical use and virtue But that it had a Mysterious signification and was applyed by St. James or any other Apostle after a Sacramental manner it doth not appear clearly in holy Scripture And if it be admitted into the number of these five supernumeraries which are commonly called Sacraments but have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism and the Lords Supper yet we may say the same both of this and Confirmation viz. that they are not of any absolute necessity unto Salvation as to the simple being of a Christian because if they that are baptised die without Confirmation and they that are sick be visited and die without Extreme Unction yet both may be saved Q. Are Baptism and the Lords Supper absolutely necessary unto Salvation A. Not so absolutely necessary neither as though God cannot save some particulars without them but generally necessary as being the ordinary way and means for all men to be saved by They are means that God tyeth us unto though he tye not himself Q. May we not dispence without receiving of the Sacraments A. Yes But only in the case of absolute necessity or otherwise the willful neglect and contempt of them is dangerous It is in effect to tread under foot the Son of God and to count the bloud of the Covenant wherewith we are sanctifyed an unholy thing Q. What is a Sacrament A. An outward visible thing or Element Ordained by Christ Himself to be a sign of grace given unto us and a means to convey the same grace unto us and a Seal and Pledge to confirm the same and to assure us thereof Q. Who is the Author of the Sacraments A. Jesus Christ our Lord. He appointed the outward visible sign and He ordained it to be such a means Seal and Pledge and He gives the inward spiritual grace Q. How many parts be there in a Sacrament A. Two The outward visible Sign and the inward Spiritual Grace Q. Do the Sacraments then bring Grace with them A. Yes Being duly Administred and rightly Received For Grace is an essential and the chiefest part of the Sacrament Q. How come some then to receive the Sacrament to their own Damnation A. Because they bar themselves of the Grace in that they receive the Sacrament unworthily Q. You do not say then that the receiving of the outward Element bringeth Grace A. No. But it is the Receiving the Sacrament that bringeth Grace of which the Element is but one part that is given by the Priest in the Church and Grace is the other part that is reached down by God himself from Heaven And now to receive all the Sacrament consisting of these parts is to receive Grace Q. What is the difference between Baptism and the Lords Supper A. Baptism is as it were our Initiation or entrance into the Church which is the house of the Living God in and by which we being by nature born in sin and children of wrath are made the children of Grace members of Christ heirs and inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven But the Lords Supper is as it were our Education our Food Maintenance or means of Subsistance by which we are preserved and kept in the same House unto the purchased Inheritance And therefore Baptism as our Admission is to be Administred but once but the Lords Supper as our Food and maintenance is to be often Administred unto us Q. What is the outward Sign in Baptism A. Water wherein the Person is Baptised in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Q. Why is Water used for the outward Sign in Baptism A. Because it is instituted by Christ Himself St. Mat. 28.19 in these words Baptising them in the Name c. Q. Why did our Saviour Christ Ordain the Sacrament of Baptism to be done by Water A. Because He is Lord of all Act. 10.36 And whatsoever the Lord pleased that did He in Heaven and Earth Psal 135.6 Q. But is there no reason why our Lord appointed this Action in the Sacrament to be done by this Element A. One reason may be to imitate the Ceremony of washing then used among the Jews 2. In this was fulfilled the Type of Noah's Flood which was a Figure of Baptism wherein Souls are saved by Water 1 St. Pet. 3.20 3. To shew the resemblance between Dipping or Washing in Water and the Spiritual Grace which is the thing that He would have to be signified in the Sacrament Q. What is the Grace or Spiritual thing that is signified in the Sacrament of Baptism A. A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness Q. What do you mean by a death unto sin A. I mean the getting out of the power of sin by Gods gracious pardon and forgiveness and by His acceptance of my imperfect righteousness As to live unto sin is to be the slave of sin to be subject both to the tasks and blows to do the works of sin and to suffer the punishment of the same So to die to sin is to be free and