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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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Baptism A. No. I being by nature born in sin and the child of wrath was thereby made the child of Grace Q. Are all they that are Baptised partakers of Grace and so in the state of Salvation A. Yes This is plain because they are thereby made the members of Christ the children of God and the inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven and so there is no condemnation to them are thus in Christ Jesus so long as they walk not after the flesh but after the spirit that is till they commit some actual sin Q. Did you undertake nothing when you ●ad this grace bestowed upon you in Baptism A. Yes For Baptism is the answer of a good conscience towards God 1 S. Pet. 3.21 It is a mutual Stipulation wherein there must be a promise made on both sides Q. What did you then promise to God A. I promised and vowed three things 1. That I should forsake the Devil and all his works the pomps and vanities of the wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh 2. That I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith 3. That I should keep Gods holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Q. Did you make this promise then A. Yes Q. How could that be possible when as you knew not any thing that was then done A. I promised and vowed this by my Godfathers and Godmothers Q. Was it your promise then that they made at your Baptism A. Yes Q. How cometh this to pass A. Because they promised and vowed for me in my name and therefore I must be supposed to have made that promise and vow my self though not with my own mouth yet with the mouth of my Proxies and Sureties who did not then so much engage themselves that I should hereafter do it as speak in my stead by way of substitution representing my voice and taking upon them an Obligation for me whom they then personated and acted Q Do you think then that you are bound to do and to believe as they have promised for you A. Yes verily or else I must solemnly disclaim and renounce and really and effectually forfeit all my part in the grace of God and the benefit of Baptism Q. Will you therefore take that charge upon your self A. Yes I will and I do freely acknowledge the engagement to be mine since which my Godfathers and Godmothers undertook for me at Baptism Q. Do you think that you received any great benefit at Gods hand then in Baptism A. Yes and hereupon I bow my knees unto God and heartily thank our Heavenly Father as for all outward and temporal things because in him I live and move and have my natural being so much more for that he hath called me to this state of Salvation and hath made me the member of Christ the child of God and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Q What moved God to be so good and gracious to you A. No worth nor merit nor desert in me but only his own love and mercy towards me in by and through Jesus Christ our Saviour Q. Do you think that you are able to perform this vow and promise that you have undertaken A. Not that I am sufficient of my self to think any thing of my self but my sufficiency is of God 2 Cor. 3.5 And it is he that worketh in me to will and to do Phil. 2.17 and so his grace is sufficient for me and by his help I can and will do all things through Christ that strengthneth me Phil 4.13 Q. How will you attain Gods help and find grace in time of need A. I will pray without ceasing unto God to give me his grace his preventing and his following or co-operating grace that I may not only begin but also grow in grace and continue in the same unto my lives end Q. What if a man do not perform these conditions A. Then his state will be worse than theirs that are not Baptised because he hath not only disobeyed Gods Commandments and done those things that in themselves are evil and unjust but also he hath broken his Oath Promise and Covenant with God therefore his condemnation shall be the greater Q. But is not sin to be forgiven that is committed after Baptism A. Yes If a man can repent God will forgive any sin at any time yet a man is not so renewed by penance afterwards as he was at Baptism For Baptism taketh away sin whether it be Original as in children or both Original and Actual as in men of age that are Baptised according to both the guilt and the punishment except only Concupiscence or natural corruption which is the punishment of Original sin But repentance after Baptism taketh away indeed the guilt of sin and so the final condemnation yet not always the temporal punishment which sometimes must be suffered as Gods correction sometimes may be prevented or mittigated by Praying Fasting Alms and Corporal afflictions Q. How shall a man do to perform the first part ef his Promise which is to forsake the the Devil and all his works the pomps and vanities of this wicked world and all the sinful lusts of the flesh A. That is done at first in the very act of abhorring abjuring renouncing and forsaking the Devil the World and the Flesh and resolving then against them in Baptism But the performance is afterward compleated and perfected by keeping the other two parts of a mans promise in the continued acts of Faith and Obedience And this I conceive to be the reason why the Church in her Catechism repeateth nothing of this part of our promise after the mention of it in Baptism but only tells us of the act of renouncing and presumeth that it is not or if men do their duty need not be reiterated but by the performance of the other two which being carefully observed sin cannot reign in our mortal bodies that we should obey it in the lusts thereof or follow it and be led by it OF THE CREED Q. VVHat do you mean by the Articles of the Christian Faith A. I mean the Apostles Creed Q. Why are they called Articles A. Articulus is the diminutive of Artus and it signifieth a little Joynt Lim or Member and therefore they are called Articles because they are the Joynts and Members of our Faith containing all the particulars thereof that are necessary to Salvation For as the Members of the Body are distinguished by Joynts so in the Confession of Faith whatsoever is to be believed distinctly and severally by it self in difference to another point is rightly and fitly called an Article Q. What is Faith A. Faith is a gift of God and a light whereby man being illuminated doth conceive firmly assent and cleave unto those things which the consent and authority of the holy Church proveth to be revealed and delivered to us by God in holy Scripture Faith respecteth not the order of Nature nor trusteth