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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	father_n	person_n	trinity_n	1,795	5	9.6706	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50246	A catechisme, or, The grounds and principles of Christian religion set forth by way of question and answer wherein the summe of the doctrine of religion is comprised, familiarly opened, and clearly confirmed from the Holy Scriptures / by Richard Mather, teacher to the church at Dorchester in New England.	Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.	1650 (1650)	Wing M1268; ESTC R43433	66,565	136

effect A. It is altogether unchangeable and shall surely be accomplished Psal. 33. 11. 135. 6. Isa. 46. 10. 14. 27. Rom. 9. 11. Q. If the decree of God be unchangeable then what needs man to be carefull in the use of means for his owne good A. Yes the meanes must be used notwithstanding God decree and that partly because the meanes are appointed and decreed of God as well as the end m and partly because the revealed will and command of God is our rule and not his secret decree n. Q. Do you think then that Gods decree doth not excuse men from blame in the sinnes which they do commit A. It doth not excuse them at all o and the reason is because the decree of God infuseth no Corruption into the hearts of men not constraineth them to sinne against their will but they sinne most freely and willing of their own accord Q Is the decree of God secret within himselfe or revealed and made knowne A. It is secret within himselfe till himselfe do reveale it and therefore further then so it is not to be searched into Rom. 11. 33. 34 1 Cor. 2● 16. Deut. 29. 29. Q. How doth God reveale his decree A. Partly by his word wherein this doctrine is plainly and plentifully taught p and partly by the execution and accomplishment of things in time Q. How doth the execution or accomplishment of things reveale Gods decree A. Yea very clearely because nothing was decreed but he executes the same in time and whatsoever is brought to passe in time was determined and decreed afore Ephes. 1. 11. Psal. 135. 6. Isa. 46. 10. Q. How many wayes may the decree of God be considered A. As respecting all the creatures in generall or as it respects the reasonable Creatures Angels and men in speciall Q. What are the parts of Gods decree as it respecteth man A. Election and reprobation Q. What is Election A. It is the decree of God or his predestination q whereby of his owne free love r and good pleasure s he hath from everlasting t appointed and chosen some certaine men u to the obtaining of grace w and Salvation x by Christ y for the praise of his glorious grace z Q. And what is reprobation A. It is the decree of God wherby of his meere will and good pleasure a some certaine men b are not elected and ordained to life c but on the on the contrary are appointed to destruction or damnation d to be inflicted upon them for their sinne e to the praise of Gods glorious justice f CHAP. 5. Of Creation Q. HAd this world a beginning by Creation or was it from everlasting A. The scripture in many places and speci in the first of Gen. doth declare that the World was not from everlasting but had a beginning by the Lords creating of it Heb. 11. 3. Reu. 4. 11. Prov. 8. 22. c. Ps. 90. 2. Eph. 1. 4. Q. Who was it that created the world A. God that is without beginning and hath his being of himselfe he it was who gave beginning and being to the world Gen. 1. 1. Act. 17. 24. Isay. 40. 28. 44. 24. Q. Whether was this the worke of the Father or of the Sonne or of the Holyghost A. Of every person in the trinity not of the father onely but also of the sonne a and of the Holyghost b Q. What are the things that are created A. All things without exception that have a being except God onely who did create them Act. 4. 24. 17. 24. 14 15. Gen. 2. 1. Rev. 4. 11. Q. Doe you meane that the third heaven was also created by God A. Yes for that heaven is said to be a city whose builder maker is God Heb. 11. 10. 16. Q. But what thinke you of the Angels were they also created by God A. Angels are the cheife of those invisible things those thrones and Dominions Principalities and powers which are expressely mentioned to have been created by the Lord Col. 1. 16. Q. Wherewith did God make the world A. Though men must have tooles and instruments and sometimes more hands then their owne for the effecting of works yet when the Lord made the world with him it was not so Q. How then or wherewith did he make it A. He made it himselfe alone c and without any other meanes but onely by his word d Q Whereof or of what materials did he create the world A. Not of any praeexistent matter but of nothing Heb. 11. 3. Rom. 4. 17. Q. How do you meane when you say that all things are made of nothing for the body of Adam was made of the dust of the ground and fishes of the waters and therefore it may seeme all things were not made of nothing A. I meane that some things were made of nothing without any matter at all and that the first matter whereof other things were made was not eternall but was immediately created of nothing and that that first matter was so in disposed to be the things that were made of it that no lesse a power was seene in making other things out of it then in making that first matter or the lumpe it selfe as it was as great a worke to bring great whales out of the waters as to bring forth the water out of nothing and in these respects all things may be said to be made of nothing Q. In what time was the world created A. Every particular thing quickly and as it were in an instant e and the whole in the space of six dayes f Q. What was the worke of Each day A. The worke of the first day was Heaven the darke and deepe lumpe of earth and waters and light Q. What of the second day A. The firmament which is called Heaven Q. What of the third day A. The gathering of the waters together which is called Sea the drying of the earth and making it fruitfull Q. What of the three last dayes A. On the fourth day sun moone and starres on the fifth day fish and foule on the sixt day beasts and creeping things and man Q. When was the highest heaven and Angels created A. Most likely on the first day Gen. 1. 1. Iob. 38 7. Q. Why was God sixe dayes in making the world A. Not because hee needed so much time but that we might more distinctly consider of his workes Q. Why did God make the world A. Not because he needed it for he is alsufficient in and of himselfe not needing any thing but giving into all life and breath and all things Act. 17. 25. Q. Did he make it out of necessity of nature ot because he could not choose A. No for had he pleased he might have made it sooner or later or not at all Q. Why then did he make it A. Because it so pleased him Revel. 4. 11. Q. For what