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A19938	A catechisme wherin is contained the true grounds of the articles of the Christian faith, contained in the Lords prayer and the Creed, by way of question and answer betweene Protestant and Papist. Diuided into twenty Saboth exercises, for children to learne the Christian religion.	Davis, Francis, fl. 1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 6368; ESTC S117500	15,595	46

ought not to discourage but patiently to wait for him vntill the time that he shall appeare Pap. What shall be the manner of our resurrection Pro. All they which be dead before that time shall then take their owne bodies againe vnto them howbeit they shall be after another sort that is they shall bée no more subiect to death or corruption and yet notwithstanding they shall be of the selfe same nature and substance as before and such as shall then remaine aliue God wil raise them vp maruelously and sodainly change their bodies in the twinkling of an eye as we haue said before Pap. Shall not the wicked be as well partakers of this resurrection as the faithfull Pro. Yes verily but they shall be in condition farre vnlike for the faithfull shall rise againe to euerlasting ioy and saluation and the other to euerlasting death and damnation Pap. wherefore is there mention made of life euerlasting and not of hell Pro. Because the Creed is a breefe sum of our faith containing in as few wordes as can be that which belongeth peculiarly to comfort the conscience of Gods faithfull therefore Gods benefits which be fréely bestowed vppon his people be rehearsed only without any mention of the wicked who are cleane shut out of this Kingdome The ninteenth Sunday Pap. Since we haue the foundation whervppon our faith is builded wee may gather heereof what is the right faith Pro. Yea verily that is to say it is a sure perswasion and a stedfast knowledge of Gods entire loue towards vs according as he hath plainely vttered in his Gospell that he will be a father and a Sauiour vnto vs through the meanes of Iesus Christ Pap. Doth faith stand in our power or is it a free gift of God Pro. The scripture teacheth vs that it is a speciall gift of the holy Ghost and very experience doth confirme the same Pap. How so Pro. For the féeblenesse of our wits is such that we can by no meanes attaine vnto the spirituall wisedome of God the which is reuealed vnto vs by faith and our hearts are naturally inclined to a certaine distrust or at the least a vaine trust either in our selues or in any other creatures but what time Gods spirit hath lightened our hearts and made vs able to vnderstand Gods will the which thing we cannot attaine otherwise then doth he arme vs also with a stedfast confidence in his goodnesse sealing the promises of saluation in our hearts Pap. What profit commeth to vs through this faith when we haue it Pro. It doth iustify vs before God and maketh vs inheritors of euerlasting life Pap. Is not a man then iustified through good workes if he liue holily and in the obedience of Gods will Pro. If any man were perfect before God he might worthily be called righteous but for so much as we are all wretched sinners in the sight of God we are driuen to séeke elsewhere for a worthinesse to make answere for vs to Gods iudgment The 19. Sunday Pap. But be all our workes so disprooued that they can merrit nothing at all for vs before God Pro. First all such workes as wee doe of our selues by our nature are vtterly corrupt whereof it followeth necessarily that they cannot please God but rather doe procure his wrath and he condemneth them euery one Pap This is then thy saying that vntill the time that God hath receiued vs to mercy and regenerate vs by his spirit we can do nothing but sinne euen as an euill tree that can bring forth no fruit but that that is euill Pro. Euen so it is for although our workes make a faire shew to mans sight yet they are wicked afore God so long as the heart is naught vnto which he hath cheifely respect Pap. Heereby then thou dost conclude that it lieth not in our power to preuent God with our merrits and so to prouoke him to loue vs but much rather we thereby do stirre him to be more angry against vs. P. Yea surely therfore I say that wtout any consideration of our owne workes he doth receiue vs into his fauour and of his bountifull mercy through the merites of our Sauiour Christ accoumpting his righteousnesse to be ours and for his sake imputeth not our faults vnto vs. Pap. What meanest thou then that a man is iustified by faith Pro. For as much as through beléeuing that is receiuing with an assurance of the heart the promises of the Gospell we enter into possession of his righteousnesse Pap. This is then thy meaning that as God doth offer righteousnesse vnto vs by his Gospell so the onely way to receiue it is faith Pro. So I meane The twentith Sunday Pap. Well then after that God hath once receiued vs into his fauour be not the works which we doe by the vertue of his spirit acceptable vnto him Pro. Yes verily because he doth of his frée goodnesse so accept them and not because their worthinesse doth deserue so to be estéemed Pap. How is it that they be not worthy of themselues to bee accepted since they proceed of the holy ghost Pro. Because there is mixed some filth thorow the infirmity of the flesh whereby they are defiled Pap. By what meanes then are they made acceptable vnto God Pro. By faith onely whereby a man is assured in his conscience that God will not straightly examine his workes nor trye them by the sharpe rigor of his Iustice but that he will hide the vnperfectnesse and the vncleane spottes that be in them with the purenesse of our Sauiour Christ and so accompt them as perfect Pap. May wee say then that a Christian is iustified by his workes after that God hath called him or that hee doth merrit through them Gods fauour or the procurement of life euerlasting Pro. No verily but rather it is said that no man liuing shall bee iustified in Gods sight and therefore we must pray he enter not into iudgement with vs. Pap. Thou meanest not hereby that the good deeds of the faithfull are vnprofitable Pro. I meane nothing lesse for God promiseth to reward them largely both in this world and in the life to come and yet this notwithstanding those rewards of God are not giuen for our worthy desarts but onely because it pleased God of his goodnesse to loue vs fréely and so to couer and forget our faults that hee will neuer call them any more to remembrance Pap. May we be iust without good works Pro. That is not possible for to beléeue in Christ is as much to say as to receiue Christ in such sort as he doth giue himselfe vnto vs. Now this is an euident thing that Christ doth not onely promise to deliuer vs from death and to restore vnto vs the fauour of God his Father through the onely merites of his innocency but also he promiseth to make vs new Creatures by his holy spirit to the end that we should lead an holy conuersation in all good workes Pap. Then I see it is so farre from the office of faith to make men despisers of good deeds that it is the very roote whence all good workes doe spring Pro. It is most certaine and for this cause the doctrine of the Gospell doth confesse in these two points faith and repentance Heere endeth the Articles of the faith FINIS ¶ Maister D. his Counsell to all that are his as also a breefe lesson for all estates KEepe councell Vse not many wordes Tell the trueth Bee slow to speake Bridle thine anger Appease debate Hinder no mans good name Take heed of drinke Remember thy end Be mercifull Try before thou trust Repose no confidence in a reconciled aduersary Sorrow not for that which cannot bee got againe Reioyce not in thy neighbors crosse Striue not with thy ouermatch Reueale not thy secrets to thy wife nor to thy children for woemen children say all they know Thrée thinges vndid the Romans raigne priuy grudge yong heads and priuate gaine Beare with others as thou wouldst haue others beare with thee Bee not too rash hasty bold nor wise in thine owne conceit Do not speake beleue doo say all thou knowest hearest canst seest Behold the end ere thou begin Haue mind on death and feare to sin For death shal reap that life hath sowen life shal spring where death hath mowen Though Fortune haue set thee on hie Remember yet that thou shalt dye Abstinence is good for the health and wealth of the. Soule Mind and body If thou flye Idlenesse Cupid hath no might His bow lieth broken his fire hath no light FEARE GOD. And keep his Commandements FINIS