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B21355	A catechism, or, Familiar instructions on the principal points of the Christian religion written for the use of his own family by Mr. Drelincourt.; Catechisme, ou, Instruction familiere sur les principaux points de la relgion chrêtieno. English	Drelincourt, Charles, 1595-1669.	1698 (1698)	Wing D2159	63,542	132

days of our life an● that we may be to him a peculiar people zea●lous of good Works Luke 1. Titus 2. Q. Of what use are good works A. To glorifie God and edifie our neighbou● let your lights so shine before men that the● may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Matth. 5. Q. Are they of no other use A. They are also the marks and livery of God Children and the seal of our Adoption and 〈◊〉 our union with Jesus Christ wherefore th● Apostle St Peter exhorteth us to make our ca●ling and election sure by good works 2 Pet. Q. Can man do good works in the state of 〈◊〉 corrupted nature A. No for all the imagination of the though● of Man's heart are nothing but evil continually and of our selves we are not able to think a goo● thought Gen. 6.8 1 Cor 3. Q. By what means then do we good works A. By the efficacy of the grace of God an● by the virtue of his spirit of adoption For as the Apostle saith in the second to the Phillip It is God which worketh in you to will and to do of his good pleasure Q. After God hath made us partake of his grace and of his spirit of Regeneration and our good Works is there nothing more wanting is my Sanctification wholly perfect A. Who is he who can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from sins Prov. 20. If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 1 Epistle of St John c. 1. Therefore the most forward in sanctification beg of God every day that he will forgive them their sins Q. But is it not to speak evil of the holy spirit to say the works that we do by his grace are full of defect and imperfection A. By no means for we give him all the praise and all the glory of what 's good in our works and we acknowledge these defects and imperfections came from the residue of our Corruption the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary one to the other so that we cannot do the things that we wou'd Gal. 5. Q. But if God wou'd cou'd he not sanctifie us perfectly in this life A. There is no doubt that he might make us as holy and as perfect as we shall be in Heaven but he will make us know more and more the greatness of our natural Corruption he will put some difference between the place of Combats and Victories and the place of Triumphs he will that we may work incessantly to put off the body of sin and that we may sigh after the glorious estate wherein we shall be undefiled and without spot saying with the Apostle I● have not yet obtained and I am not yet perfect but this one thing I do forgetting th●se things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before I press forward the mark for the price of Heaven calling of God in Christ Jesus Phil. 3. Q. Since our best works bear always the mark of our infirmities are they agreeable to God A. Very agreeable because he holds them in his great mercy and that as a good Father he bears with their defects and our Lord Jesus Christ covers them with his infinite merit wherefore St Peter says that we offer up in spiritual Sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ i● his first Epistle Chap. 2. Q. Since our good works are agreeable to God can it be said that they are meritorious of everlasting life A. By no means for when we shall have done all that is commanded us we are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17. and the wages of sin is Death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 6. we are saved b● grace through Faith and that nor o● our selves it is the gift of God not through works that none may glory in himself Eph. 1. Q. Whence comes then that it is often spoken of reward and that the Apostle says That Piety hath the promises of this life and of that which is to come 1 Tim. 4. A. Because in effect God rewards our good works both in this and in the eternal life but ●t is not with a deserved reward nor with the ●allary of a Servant but a reward from his free will and of such a sallary as a good Father gives ●is Children to encourage them to do well wherefore God speaks of shewing mercy even ●o those who obey his Commandments ●●x 20. Q. May we not then trust upon our good works ●nd pray to God that in vertue of those works he ●ill receive us into his glory A. Contrarily we ought to say with the Pro●het David Enter not into judgment with thy ●ervant for in thy sight shall no man living be ●ustified if thou Lord shouldst mark our ini●uities O Lord who shall stand but there is ●orgiveness with thee that thou mayest be ●eared Ps 143 and 130. Q. How do we dare then to approach the Throne ●f God and to appear before his face A. We approach with assurance thereunto ●ecause it is a Throne of grace and mercy and ●at the face of God is pacified towards us ●rough our Lord Jesus Christ who of God is ●ade unto us Wisdom and Righteousness and ●nctification and Redemption Heb. 4. and Cor. 1. Q. Which are the good works A. It is not those that men invent of them●lves what good intention soever they may ●ve in it but only those which God com●ands and which one conforms to his holy ●ord wherefore our Lord Jesus Christ saith ●hat in vain they worship God who teacheth ●r Doctrines the Commandments of men ●at 15. Q. And which are the bad Works A. All those that are not conformable to his Divine Commandments therefore the Prophet sends us to the Law and the Testimony Isaiah 8. Of the Law of God Quest BY what rule then must we examine our good and our bad Works A. By the Law of God Q. How many sorts of Laws are there A. There are three the political or judiciary Law the ceremonial Law and the moral Law Q. What is Political Law A. It is that which contains all the Ordinances that God had made for the civil Government of the people of Israel Q. What is the ceremonial Law A. It is that which God hath given to rule the external works of his Worship Q. What is the Moral Law A. It is that which directs our Manners and which ought to be the pattern of our life Q. Ought we to keep the Political Law A. No not as to the particular Ordinances and several Circumstances that were concerning the state of the Commonwealth of Israel but as to the bottom and essence it teaches al● Lawgivers of the World wherein consists the true justice and true equity Q. Ought we to observe the ceremonial Law A. By