to the church A. The resurrection of the body Q. What is the cause of the resurrection of the faithfull A. The resurrection of Christ. Q. Is Christs resurrection the proper cause which effecteth the resurrection of the faithfull A. It is the true cause indeed Q. Give me the reason A. Christ is the head and the godly are his members which must follow their head Q. What then shall bee the cause of the resurrection of the Wicked Shall they not rise by the vertue of CHRISTS resurrection A. No not Q. By what power then shall they rise A. By the power of Christs justice constraining them to come out of their graves Q. What is the last benefite that GOD shall bestow upon His Church A. Life everlasting Q. What a life shall that be A. A life perfectly happy in the heavens Q. What things shall wee enjoy in the heavens A. Fulnesse of joy and pleasures for evermore The twentie seven Sunday Q. WE have heard of the first part of Gods service which is to believe in God Now let me hear what is the second part of Gods service A. It is to obey God Q. Where learne we what obedience we owe to God A. In Gods law whereof the summe is the ten commandments Q. How are the ten commandements divided A. Into two tables Q. How many commandements are there in the first table A. The first foure Q. How many in the second A. The last six Q. What is the summe of the first foure A. Our whole duetie towards our GOD. Q. What is the summe of the last six A. Our whole duetie towards our neighbour The twentie eight Sunday Q. WHat is the first Commandement A. Thou shalt have no other Gods before my face Q. What is there forbidden A. All atheisme and giving of Gods honour to any thing beside God Q. What is there commanded A. The worship of the true God Q. What is the second commandement A. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven image c. Q. What is there forbidden A. That we represent not God by any outward shape or figure Q Wherefore that A. Because God is invisible and can not by any image be represented truely Q. What difference is between the first commandement and the second A. In the first the inward worship of GOD is commanded in the second the outward forme which is fittest for the worshipping of GOD is enjoyned Q. What is the third commandement A. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy GOD in vaine Q. What is heere forbidden A. All blasphemies all unreverent speakings or thinking of God or doing of his worship otherwise then he hath ordained Q. What is heere commanded A. That we both thinke and speake with all reverence of his titles words and workes The twentie ninth Sunday Q. GOE to the fourth commandement A. Remember thou keepe holy the Sabboth day c. Q. What is heere commanded A. That we consecrate the seventh day unto his service Q. What is forbidden A. All worldly businesse also all the words and thoughts which concerne the affaires of the earth Q. May we neither thinke nor speake of things concerning the earth on the Sabboth day A. No not As in that day we are forbidden to speake our own wordes So also to thinke our owne thoughts Q. What signifieth the word Sabboth A. Sabboth day that is a day of rest or of ceasing from worke Q. What callest thou to sanctifie the Sabboth A. It is to seperate it from common workes such as pertaine to this naturall life and consecrate it to God and to holy workes such as concerne the spirituall life Q. What are the workes of the Sabboth day A. To preach the word to heare it to meditate to confer to visite the sicke to give almes to the poore Q. What time must be observed in the observation of the Sabboth A. From evening to evening said the Lord you shalt celebrate your Sabboth Levit. 23.32 The thirtie Sunday Q. WHat is the fifth commandement A. Honour thy Father and thy mother c. Q. What is heere commanded A. That all inferiours reverence both in heart and outward gesture their Superiours and that also Superiours do their duty to their inferiours Q. What is heere forbidden A. All contemning of superiours and all disdaining of inferiours in thought word or worke Q. What is the sixt commandement A. Thou shalt not murder Q. What is heere forbidden A. To hurt any way our neighbours person Q. VVhat is heere commanded A. To do what we can for the preservation of the life of our neighbour Q VVhat is the seventh commandement A. Thou shalt not commit adulterie Q. VVhat is heere forbidden A. All sortes of filthinesse either in thought word or work Q. VVhat is heere commanded A. That we keepe our vessels cleane in sanctification and honour The thirtie one Sunday Q. WHat is the eight commandement A. Thou shalt not steale Q. VVhat is forbidden there A. To greedily cover reave seeke or take by fraud that which is not our owne or to spend our owne lavishly Q. VVhat is there commanded A. That we carefully keepe our neighbours goods as though they were out owne and also to manage well that which GOD hath given us Q. What is the ninth commandement A. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse Q. What is heere commanded A. To love the trueth and to maintaine it Q. What is the tenth commandement A. Thou shalt not cover thy neighbours house nor his wife c. Q. What is the summe thereof A. That we keepe our hearts from the least inclination to sinne Q What is heere forbidden that was not forbidden in the other commandements A. In the other commandements the stronger evill desires which are fostred with consent are forbidden but in this commandement the least evill thoughts is disallowed though as soone as it in our heart we abhorre it Q. Thou willest then that in the other commandements these evill thoughts are forbidden which are entertained and made welcome but that in the tenth commandement the least motion of the heart to sinne is forbidden though it want a full consent or likeing A. I understand so Q. What is the summe of the whole law A. That we love the Lord our God with all our heart with all our soule and with our whole strength and that wee love our neighbour as our self The thirtie two Sunday Q. WEE have heard of faith and obedience the two first parts of Gods service now let us heare what is the third part of Gods service A. To pray to God Q. What is prayer A. A putting up of our requests to God in the name of his Sonne Q. For whose sake must we seeke from God the things we stand in neede of A. For Christ Jesus his sake Q. May we not desire the Saints of heaven to pray for us A. There is but one Mediator Jesus Christ. Q. Doe wee know how to pray as we should A. Not but the Spirit
humble Q. Is there nothing in man but dust A. There is a living soule Q. How was man made at the first A. According to Gods image Q. What is that image of God according to which man was made A. Perfect holinesse and righteousnesse Q. What other thing is to be considered in that image of God A. The likenesse and resemblance of man with God was also in respect of that rule and authoritie given unto him by God over all the creatures 3. Of Mans Fall The sixth Sunday Q. DID man keepe that image of God A. No not Q. How lost he it A. By sinning against God Q. What was his sin against God A. He did eat of the forbidden tree Q. What other sin had he A. Pride and unbeliefe Q. What was his pride A. He would be equall unto God Q. What was his unbeliefe A. He believed Sathan and not God Q. What said Sathan unto him that he beleeved A. He said he should be equall unto God himselfe Q. What said God unto him A. He said that hee should die the death Q. Who were the instruments of mans fall A. The Divel the Serpent and the Woman Q. How did these three deceive the man A. The Divel entered a lying spirit into the Serpent and by the Serpent seduced the woman who entised her husband to eate of the tree Q. What deserved they for such eating A. Death and eternall Condamnation Q. But how could God in justice for so light a sin destroy all mankinde A. The sin was not light because it was done against an infinit Majestie Q. What hath followed upon this sin A. All men since that fall are borne in sinne and conceived in iniquitie The seventh Sunday Q. WHat is sin A. The transgression of Gods Law Q. How many sortes of sinne bee there A. Two originall sin and actuall sin Q. What callest thou original sin A. That corruption wherein all mankinde is conceived and born since the fall of Adam Q. What hath this sinne done to man A. It hath defiled all the faculties of his soule Q. What hath it done to his minde and understanding A. It hath so blindfolded it that the wisdome of God seemeth folie to man Q. What hath it done to his will A. It hath made it perverse and froward against the will of God Q. What hath it done to his affections A. It hath set them altogether upon corruption and uncleanes Q. This then is thy meaning that originall sin like a leprosie hath desiled the whole man A. It is even so The eight Sunday Q. WHat callest thou actuall sinne A. Every omission of our duety and commission of that which is against the law of God Q. In how many wayes sin we A. In three wayes especially in thought in word and in work Q. Can a lightword be sinne A. For every ydle word we shall give account Q. But is not our thought free A. No not Q. How knowest thou that an evill thought is sin A. Christ hath said that to lust after another mans wife is to commit adulterie in the heart Q. How differeth originall sinne from actuall sinne A. As the tree from the fruite or as the root from the branches Q. Thy meaning is that originall sinne is the root from whence spring all our actuall sins A. I understand so The ninth Sunday Q. ARE all men sinners A. Yea verily Q. Is it not said that these that are borne of God sin not A. Sin reigneth not in their mortall bodies Q. When is sin said to reigne in a man A. When hee so taketh delight in his sins that hee careth not in any wife for the offending of God Q. Doe the godly sin with such a delight A. No not they doe the evill they would not Q. How is that done A. The flesh coveteth against the Spirit Q. What understandest thou by the coveting flesh A. That remainder of naturall corruption which as yet is unmortified in the godly Q. Wherefore callest thou these rests of corruption in the faithfull after the name of flesh A. Because through the flesh or through carnall generation the filthinesse of sin is conveyed unto the whole man Q. What other reason may bee given A. Because the flesh or body is the instrument to execute the lustes of our naturall concupiscence Q. What understandest thou by the Spirit against whom our corruptions covet A. By the Spirit I understand the holy Spirit and his working whereby our naturall corruptions are subdued Q. What deserve our sinnes at Gods hand A. Death Q. How many sortes of death be there A. Two the death of the body and the death of the soule Of Mans Redemption The tenth Sunday Q. WEE have heard first of GOD secondly of mens creation thirdly of his fall into sin which deserveth death now it followeth that thou declare who is mans Saviour A. Jesus Christ. Q. Who is Iesus Christ A. The Sonne of GOD conceaved miraculously by the holy Ghost in the wombe of a Virgine Q. Beleevest thou that he is that promised seede of the woman A. I do so with my heart Q. Whether was he man onely or both God and man A. He was both GOD and man in one person Q What needed the Saviour of man to be man A. That hee might die for our sinnes Q. What other reason be there A. Seeing it was man that had sinned the justice of GOD required that a man should suffer for the sin of man Q. Wherefore needed our Saviour to be GOD A. That he might beare that infinite wrath of GOD and at last overcome death Q. What other reason hast thou A. That his death might be of ane infinite merite Q. Thou thinkest then that none but hee who was also GOD could overcome death and by his death make a full satisfaction to GODS justice A. I beleeue so The eleventh Sunday Q. WHerefore was Hee called Jesus A. Because Hee came to save his people from their sins Q. Wherefore callest thou Him CHRIST A. Because hee was anointed with the spirituall oyle of grace and that without measure Q. Whereunto was he anointed A. Unto three spirituall offices Q. What were his offices A. He was a King a Prophet and a Priest Q. What needed our Saviour to be a King A. For to rule and defend us against our enemies Q. Who are our chiefest enemies A. The Divel the world and the corruptions of our own flesh Q. What needed him to bee a Prophet A. For to teach us by his word the way of salvation Q. Wherefore was he a Priest A. For to offer up sacrifice for us Q. What sacrifice offered he up A. Hee offered up himselfe once for all Q. What sort of death died he for us A. A cursed death upon á tree Q. Wherefore died Hee such a cursed death A. That hee might deliver us from the curse of God Q. Is there such a power in Christs death A. Yea verily Q. Wherefra cometh this power A. From the dignitie of
his person Q. Esteemest thou that the infinite merite of Christs death is from the dignitie of his person A. I understand so Of the dueties which man owe to GOD for his Redemption The twelfth Sunday Q. WHat owe we to God for so great a Salvation A. We owe to him service Q. How many parts are they of God's service A. Foure faith obedience prayer and thanks Q. What is faith A. It is an assured knowledge of Gods mercy in Christ particularly apprehended by these whom God hath elected to salvation Q. Is not Sathan said to beleeve A. He hath knowledge but not that assurance which is the life of faith Q. Thou understandest that Sathan knoweth that God is infinite in mercy but that he hath no assurance of any mercy for himselfe A. I understand so Q. Who worketh this true faith in our hearts A. The holy spirit Q. By what meanes worketh he the same A. By the preaching of the Word Q. Is our faith perfect A. As long as we are here we must pray God to increase our faith The thirteenth Sunday Q. BY what meanes is our faith strengthned A. By the continued hearing of the word by earnest prayer by receiving of the Sacraments and by a good life Q Wherefore are we said to be justified by faith A. Because by faith we apprehend Christ and all his merites whereby wee appeare just in Gods presence Q. Is not man justified by his good works A. Before men he may be but not before God Q. Wherefore not before God A. Because God hath denounced a curse against him that fulfilleth not perfectly the whole law Q. Can not a man perfectly fulfill the law of God A. No not Q. How provest thou that A. Because there is no man but he sinneth and sin is the transgression of the law Q. Thou beleevest that it is Christ onely who by his works and sufferings hath made full satisfaction for all the faithfull A. I beleeve so The fourteenth Sunday Q. MAY not a man bee saved without Faith A. There is no salvation without faith Q. Give a reason wherefore not A. Because without faith it is impossible to please God Q. Where is the summe of our faith to be found A. In the Creede Q. Into how many parts may the Creede be divided A. Into four parts Q. What doeth the first part containe A. Concerning God the Father and our Creation Q. What doeth the second part containe A. Concerning God the Son and our Redemption Q. What is in the third part A. Concerning the holy Ghost and our sanctification Q What doth the fourth and last part of our Creed containe A. Concerning Gods Church and his gifts bestowed upon her The fifeteenth Sunday Q. WHat have we in the Creed concerning God the Father A. Three things his name his attribute his work Q. What is his name A. He is called Father Q. Whose Father is he A. He is Christs and ours Q. How is he Christs Father A. By generation he hath begotten him from all eternitie Q. How is he our Father A. By adoption especially Q. What callest thou Adoption A. That is God of his free mercy and grace hath chosen us to be his heires in Christ. Q. What is the Fathers attribute A. Almighty Q. What understandest thou by the word Almightie A. That he hath all power to doe what he pleaseth in Heaven and in earth Q. What is his worke A. Hee hath created the Heavens and the earth that is by his infinite power hath made them all of nothing Q. What doth he now to these things which he hath created A. Hee still upholdeth and governeth them by his providence The sixteenth Sunday Q. WHat have wee in the Creede concerning God the Sonne A. Four chief things Q. What bee these A. His titles his incarnation his passion and his exaltation Q. What are his titles A. They are foure to wit Jesus Christ his Son our Lord. Q. What callest thou his incarnation A. He was incarnate when the word was made flesh Q. How many things hast thou to consider concerning his incarnation A. Three chiefly the personall union the sanctification of that masse whereof Christs body was made and the efficient cause that wrought that work Q. Wherein did that personall union consist A. In the joining of the divine and humane nature together in one person The seventeenth Sunday Q. HOw many natures are they in Christ Iesus A. Two the Divine and the humane nature Christ God and man Q. Is not Christ God and man two persons A. No not but the two natures are joined into one person Q. How was this great worke wrought A. By the unspeakable power of the holy Ghost Q. What sayest thou of Christs birth A. Hee was borne of the Virgine Mary Q. Wherefore behooved it him to be borne of a Virgine A. That hee might be conceived without sin and so might bee a perfect Saviour Q. Hast thou no other reason A. It was so foretold that the seede of the woman and not of the man should tread down the head of the Serpent The eighteene Sunday Q. I have heard of Christ's titles and of his incarnation now let me heare what befell unto him after his birth A. He was first humbled and thereafter exalted Q. How many parts are they of his humiliation A. Foure Q. What was the first A. He suffered many sorrowes Q. What was the second A. He died on the cursed tree of the crosse Q. What was the third A. He was buried Q. What was the fourth A. He descend unto hell Q. What sorrowes suffered he A. Hunger and thirst and wearynesse revilings scornings and fearfull persecution Q. Wherefore dyed he A. For our sins Q. Might not satisfaction be made without death A. No not Q. What is the reason A. Because the wages of sinne is death Q. What sort of death dyed he A. The cursed death of the Crosse. Q. Wherefore was the death of the Crosse more cursed then any other death Q. Because GOD had said cursed be that hangeth on a tree A. Wherefore was that hanging called cursed A. Not for the punishment it selfe but for sinne the cause of that punishment Q. For what other reasons was that death called cursed A. There be two other reasons Q. What is the first reason A. It was called cursed because of the excessive paine and shame that was in that death Q. What is the other reason A. Because by that death God in manner of a Prophesie did designe Christ who by dying on a tree should redeeme us from the curse of the law Q. What needed Christ to be buried A. For to assure the world of his death Q. What is that to say that he descended into hell A. That is he suffered in his soule unspeakeable torments for our sinnes Q. When chiefly suffered he these paines A. When he cryed My God my God why hast thou forsaken me The ninteene Sunday Q. FRom Christs humiliation let us come to his