A Treatise of Christian Religion, Catechism
THE DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION, CONTRACTED into a ſhort Catechiſme, by the Author himſelfe.
Queſtion. WHat is Catechiſing?
A. It is aHeb. 5. 12. 13. 14. & 6. 1. 2.an Inſtruction, eſpecially of the ignorant, in the grounds of Religion.
Q. What are the parts of a Catechiſme?
A. They bAct. 8. 12. & 28. 23.are either of GOD, or of his kingdome.
Q. What is God?
A. God is an cExod. 3. 14. Iohn 8. 58.eſſence, that hath his being from himſelfe.
Q. What doe you conſider in God?
A. Firſt, his attributes: ſecondly, the perſons that are in God.
Q. What is an attribute of God?
A. Whatſoeuer is attributed and giuen vntounto God d1. Pet. 3. 12. 1. Ioh. 4. 16. Pſal. 145.in the Scriptures, according to the diuers manner of his working.
Q. What is a perſon in God?
A. It is Ioh. 15. 1. & 14. 16.a diſtinct ſubſiſtence, fIohn 14. 9. & 17. 21. Coloſſ. 2. 9.hauing the whole God head in i….
Q. How many perſons are there?
A. gMat. 28. 19. 1. John. 5. 7.Three: the Sonne, Holy Ghoſt.
Q. What is the Father?
A. The firſt perſon in hPſal. 2. 7. John 14. 1. Heb. 1. 3.God, that of himſelfe eternally hath begotten his onelyonly Sonne.
Q. What is the Sonne▪
A. The ſecond Perſon in iAs before by relation. Prou. 8.God, that is eternally begotten of the ſubſtance of his Father.
Q. What is the holy Ghoſt?
A. He is the third perſon in aIohn 14. 26. Rom. 8. 9.God, proceeding eternally from the Father and the Sonne.
Q. Theſe three, being eueryevery one the true and euer liuing God: are they any more then one God?
A. bDeut. 6. 4. 1. John 5▪ 7. 1. Cor. 8. 5. 6.No.
Q. Hitherto of God: what is the kingdome of God?
A. A cEſay 97. Dan. 2. 44. 3. 33. Luk. 1. 33.kingdom, appointed and ruled by the counſell dRom. 11. 34. Pſal. 11. 5. 3.of his owne will.
Q. What are the parts of his kingdome?
A. e1. Cor. 2. 16. Epheſ. 1. 11. Pſal. 90. 4. Act. 4. 28.His decree, and the execution thereof.
Q. What is his decree?
A. It is his moſt perfect fPſal. 99. 4. Epheſ. 1. 11.will concerning eueryevery thing, which alſo maketh it moſt perfectly good.
Q. What decree of God is that, which is eſpecially to bee conſidered.
A. That of man and Angels, called Predeſtination.
Q. VVhat is Predestination?
A. It is the decree of God g1. Theſſ. 5. 9. Rom. 9. 22. 23. 1. Pet. 2. 8. Mat. 25. 41.touching the euerlaſting eſtate of men and Angels.
Q. VVhat are the parts of Predeſtination?
A. Election, and reprobation.
Q. VVhat is Election?
A. It is the hEpheſ. 1. 5. 6. Rom. 9. 22. 23.eternall predeſtination of certaine men and Angels to eternall life, to the praiſe of his glorious grace.
Q. VVhat is Reprobation?
A. It is the i1. Theſſ. 5. 9.eternall predeſtination of certaine men and Angels to eternall deſtruction, kOf the contrary end of election.to the praiſe of his glorious iuſtice.
So much of the Decree.
Q. VVhat is the execution?
A. It is an lEpheſ. 1. 11. Act. 4. 28.action of God, effectually working all things he hath decreed.
Q. VVhat are the parts thereof?
A. aPſal. 33. 9. 10. 11. & 146. 67.Creation, and prouidence.
Q. VVhat is Creation?
A. It is the execution of Gods decree, of bGen. 1. 7. & Heb. 11. 3.making all things that are made of nothing, very good.
Q. VVhat is prouidence?
A. It is the cEph. 1. 11. Rom. 11. 36. Pſal. 139. 2. 3. Coloſſ. 3. 11.execution of Gods decree, in the effectuall diſpoſing of all things to their proper end, wherof that prouidence that is of dMat. 6. 26. 8. 10. 29. 30. 31.men and eEzech. 11. 4. 5. 6.Angels is chiefe.
Q. VVhat doe you conſider eſpecially in that part of prouidence?
A. The fall of both, fGen. 3. 1. 23. 4.and repaire gGen. 3. 15.of man.
Q. VVhichWhich of them fell firſt?
A. The hIude 6. Iob. 4. 18.Angels, which were alſo iIohn 8. 44.an inſtrumentall cauſe of mans fall.
Q. VVhat was their fall?
A. The kIude 6. Iohn 8. 44. 2. Pet. 2. 4.departing from their eſtate which God had ſet them in.
Q. VVherein conſiſteth that their departure?
A. In forſaking their lIob 4. 18.innocency, and m2. Pet. 2. 4.committing of ſinne, which cauſed Gods nLam. 3. 39. Eſay 64. 5. 6.anger againſt them.
Q. VVhat is ſinne?
A. It is the o1. Iohn 3. 4.tranſgreſſion of Gods Law.
Q. VVhat was the firſt ſinne of man?aGen. 2. 16. 17. 36. 7.
A. The eating of the fruit that was forbidden: from whence alſo doe come other ſinnes; originall, and actuall.
Q. What is due to theſe ſinnes?
Guilt, and Puniſhment.
bRom. 2. 15.cRom. 5. 12.Q. What is the guilt of ſinne?
A. The dRom. 3. 19.deſert of ſinne, whereby we are ſubiect to Gods wrath.eGen. 2. 17. John 5. 24. 28. 29. 3. 18. 19.
Q. What is the puniſhment of ſinne?
A. Euerlaſting death, begun heere, and to bee accompliſhed in the life to come.
Q. What is that which God hath ordained for the repaire of man?
A. His aIohn 5. 25. 6. 68.word.
Q. What is his word?
A. It is a doctrine of ſauing bIoh. 5. 25. 29. 2. Tim. 3. 11. 16. 17.mens ſoules, written by diuine inſpiration.
Q. How is this word made profitable to vsus?
A. By the cRom. 10. 14. Luk. 1. 3. 4. The practice of all the Apoſtles, who neuer wrote but to the Churches, and ſuch as already beleeue.preaching and publiſhing of it, to the begetting and confirming of faith.
Q. Will not the knowledge of the wiſedome, power, and goodneſſe of God, in the creation and gouernment of the heauen and earth, with the things that are in them, be a ſufficient meanes to recouer our loſt eſtate?
A. No. It dRom. 1. 19. 20. 21.ſerueth rather for further condemnation, without the word: as e1. Cor. 1. 21. 2…by, and with the word it is a good helpe.
Q. What are the parts of the word?
A. The fRom. 10. 5. 6. Gal. 3. 11. 12.Law, and gratious promiſe: (otherwiſe called the Couenant of workes, and the Couenant of grace) which from the comming of Chriſt, is called the Goſpell.
Q. What doth the Law (containing the Couenant of workes) enioyne vsus?
A. All gLeuit. 18. 5.ſuch duties as were required of Adam in his innocencie, and all hDeut. 27. 26.ſuch as are required ſince, by reaſon of his fall, with reward of life euerlaſting to the doers of them, and curſes to him that doth them not.
Q. Is any man able to doe them all?
A. No, aGal. 3. 22. Rom. 8. 3.not in the leaſt bPhilip. 3. 9. Titus 3. 5. Eſay 64. 6.point.
Q. What then auaileth the Law to vsus?
A. Very much: firſt, to ſhew vsus our ſinnes, and puniſhment thereof, thereby to driue vsus to Chriſt: and ſecondly, to teach vsus how to dMat. 5. 17. Luk. 1. 6. Deut. 66.walke, when we are cGal. 3. 24. Rom. 3. 20. 77.come to him.
Q. What is the ſumme of the Law?
A. eMat. 22. 37. 38. 39.Thou ſhalt louelove the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy ſoule, and with all thy mind: this is the firſt and great Commandement, and the ſecond is like to this: Thou ſhalt louelove thy neighbour as thy ſelfe, &c.
Q. What are the parts of the Law?
A. fDeut. 10. 1. 2.The firſt and the ſecond table.
Q. VVhat Commandements are in the firſt table?
A. The firſt foure, gExod. 20. 1. 2. 3. &c. Deut. 5. 4. 6. &c.which containe our duties towards God.
Q. What is common to theſe foure?
A. That eueryevery one of them hath his ſeuerall reaſon annexed, which in the firſt Commandement goeth before: and in the other three, it commeth after.
Q. What is the firſt Commandement?
A. I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, &c.
Q. What is the ſumme of this Commandement?
A. The inward worſhip of God.
Q. What is the ſecond Commandement?
A. Thou ſhalt not make to thy ſelfe any grauen image, &c.
Q. What is the ſumme of this Commandement?
A. The outward worſhip of God, not according to the tradition of men, but according to the will of God reuealed in the Scripture.
Q. What is the third Commandement?
A. Thou ſhalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine.
Q. What is the ſumme of this Commandement?
A. A holy vſe of the titles, workes, and actions of God.
Q. What is the fourth Commandement?
A. Remember the Sabbath day to ſanctifie it.
Q. What is the ſumme of this Commandement?
A. To ſet our ſelues apart to Gods worſhip, at ſuch times as are here commanded.
So much of the firſt Table.
Q. How many are the Commandements of the ſecond table?
A. Six, containing our duties towards our neighbour.
Q. What is the ſumme of the Commandements of the ſecond table?
A. Whatſoeuer you would that men ſhould doe to you, doe you to them.
Q. What is generall to the Commandements of the ſecond table?
A. That the workes thereof are in higher or lower degree of good or euill, as they are kept or broken towards one of the houſhold of faith, a1. Cor. 6. 8▪ 10. 32. Gal. 6. 10.rather then towards a neighbour ſimply?
Q. What is the firſt of them, being the fifth in order?
A. Honour thy father and mother, &c.
Q. What is the ſumme of it?
A. All eſpeciall duties to our neighbour, in reſpect of his and our calling.
Q. What is the ſixth Commandement?
A. Thou ſhalt not murther.
Q. What is the ſumme of it?
A. All generall duties to our neighbour in reſpect of his perſon.
Q. What is the ſeuenth Commandement?
A. Thou ſhalt not commit adulterie.
Q. What is the ſumme of it?
A. All generall duties to man in reſpect of chaſtitie.
Q. What is the eighth Commandement?
A. Thou ſhalt not ſteale.
Q. What is the ſumme of it?
A. All generall duties to man in reſpect of his goods.
Q. What is the ninth Commandement?
A. Thou ſhalt not beare falſe witneſſe, &c.
Q. VVhat is the ſumme of it?
A. All generall duties to man in reſpect of his good name.
Q. VVhat is the tenth Commandement?
A. Thou ſhalt not couet thy neighbours houſe, &c.
Q. VVhat is the ſumme of it?
A. That wee keepe our heart pure from all euill; not thoughts onelyonly, but euen from all proneneſſe of ſinning againſt our neighbour.
Q. VVhat forbiddeth this Commandement, that was not forbidden in the former?
A. The former do condemne only euill thoughts, with conſent: which are here condemned, before and without conſent.
Hitherto of the Couenant of Workes.
Q. VVhat is to be conſidered in the Couenant of Grace?
A. Firſt, aAct. 10. 43. 3. 24. Rom. 1. 34.Chriſt, and then the b2. Cor. 5. 20. Mat. 6. 33.meanes of applying Chriſt vntounto vsus.
Q. VVhat things hauehave we to conſider in Chriſt?
A. Two:
His perſon cJohn 1. 14. 3. 33..
His office dEſay 61. 1. 2. Luk. 4. 18..
Q. VVhat is his perſon?
A. Chriſt, both God, and Man eRom. 1. 3. 4. & 9. 5. 1. Tim. 3. 16..
Q. What hauehave we to conſider in his perſon?
A. His two natures:
His Godhead, and
His Manhead, which ſubſiſteth and hath it being in the Godhead.
Q. Being God before all worlds, how became he man?
A. He was fMat. 1. 20. Luk. 1. 31. 32.conceiued in time by the holy Ghoſt, and borne of the Virgine Mary.
Q. Are theſe his natures ſeparated?
A. No verily: g2. Cor 13. 4. 1. Pet. 3. 18. 1. Cor. 15. 27. 28.they are inſeparably vnited in perſon, and yet diſtinguiſhed in ſubſtance, properties, and actions.
So much of the perſon of Chriſt.
Q. What is the office of Chriſt?
A. To be hTim. 2. 5. Heb. 9. 15.a Mediator betwixt God, and man.
Q. What are the parts of his mediation?
A. His iPſalm. 1 10. 2. 3. 4. Heb. 7. 2. 3. Act. 3. 22.Prieſthood, and his Kingdome.
Q. How doth he fulfill his Prieſthood?
A. In aEſay 61. 2. 3. 4▪ Pſal. 2. 6. 7. Dan. 9. 24. Epheſ. 2. 14. 15. 16.opening his Fathers will, and working the merit of our redemption.
Q. How doth he open his Fathers will?
A. In teaching vsus the whole will of God, both in his bMatth. 13. 8. 9. 10. 27. 5.owne perſon, when hee was vponupon the earth; and by the cMat. 10. 40. Luk. 10. 16.Miniſters, from the dHeb. 1. 1. 1. Pet. 1. 11. 12. 1. Pet. 3. 18. 19. 2. Pet. 1. 19. 20. 21. Epheſ. 4. 8. 11. 12. 13. Hoſ. 4. 6. Mat. 2. 6. 17.beginning of the world, to the end thereof.
Q. How hath hee wrought the merit of our redemption?
A. Partly by that which he did in his eſtate of humiliation, partly by that he did, and doth in his glory.
Q. Wherein conſiſteth that which was done in his eſtate of humiliation?
A. In his conception, birth, life, pouerty, hunger, thirſt, wearineſſe, and other ſufferings euen vntounto death.
Q. What ariſeth of this?
A. His whole ePhil. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1. Pet. 2. 24.obedience; conſiſting in his ſufferings, and in his fulfilling the Law.
Q. What did he ſuffer?
A. He ſuffered in body & ſoule fEſay 5. 3. Mat. 26. 27.yt which was ſufficient fully to ſatisfie for whatſoeuer we ſhuld hauehave ſuffered: hauing drunke the full cup of Gods wrath, filled vntounto him for our ſakes: whereby hee hath taken away our ſinnes.
Q. How did he fulfill?
A. By doing all that the gPſal. 40. 7. 8. Gal. 4. 4. 5. Rom. 8. 3. 4.Law required, wherby he purchaſed a righteouſneſſe for vsus.
Q. What are his actions in glory?
A. His hAct. 2. 31. 36.reſurrection, his aſcenſion, and ſitting at the right hand of God his kPſal. 110. 1. 2. 5. 6.Father, whereby hee fulfilled iHeb. 9. 24. 25.his Prieſthood, and made himſelfe a way for his kingdome.
Q. What are the effects of all theſe actions towards vsus?
They are two:
aLuk. 1. 69. Heb. 7. 24. 25.Redemption.
bRom. 8. 34. 1. Pet. 2. 5. Exod. 29. 33.Interceſſion.
Q. What is Redemption?
A. A cRom. 5. 15. 16. 17.deliuerance of vsus from ſinne, and the puniſhment thereof, and a reſtoring of vsus to a better life then euer Adam had.
Q. What are the parts of Redemption?
A. d1. Cor. 1. 30. & 6. 11. 1. Iohn. 5. 6.Reconciliation, and eDan. 9. 24. 25. 26. 27. Act. 13. 38. 39. Rom. 4. 25.Sanctification.1. Cor. 15. 45.
Q. What is Reconciliation?
A. That, whereby the wrath of God is taken from vsus, and we reſtored to his fauour.
Q. Wherein doth it conſiſt?
In remiſſion of ſinnes, and imputation of righteouſneſſe.
Q. What is remiſsion of ſinnes?
A. The fCol. 2. 13. 1. Iohn 1. 7. 9. Heb. 9. 28. & 10. 2. & 2. 14. 15.aboliſhing and taking away of all our ſins by his death.
Q. What is the imputation of righteouſneſſe?
A. The gCol. 1. 22. Rom. 5. 18. 19.reckoning of Chriſts righteouſneſſe vntounto vsus, and the taking it for ours.
Q. VVhat is Sanctification?
A. A freedome within vsus hRom. 6. 12. 3. 4. 1. Cor. 1. 30.from the bondage of Satan, and reſtitution of vsus to a godly life.
Q. What are the parts of it?
A. Mortification and quickening iEpheſ. 4. 22. 23 24. Col. 3. 8. 10..
Q. VVhat is Mortification?
A. The reſtraining and ſubduing of our naturall corruption, whereby we endeauour to refraine from all euill kRom. 6. 3. 4. Col. 3. 5..
Q. What is quickening?
A. A renewing of vsus to newneſſe of life, wherby we delight in doing good lRom. 6. 4. Col. 3. 10. 12..
So much of Redemption.
Q. What is Interceſsion?
A. It is that mRom. 8. 34. 1. Pet. 2. 5. Exod 29. 38.worke, whereby Chriſt, ſitting at the right hand of God his father, taketh away the pollution that cleaueth to our good workes: which dependeth vponupon the merit of his paſſion.
Hitherto of the Prieſthood of Chriſt.
Q. What is the kingdome?
A. That nLuk. 1. 32. 33. Ezech. 34. 34.whereby his Prieſthood is made effectuall vntounto vsus; yea, without the which, all the actions of his Priſthood are to vsus void and fruitleſſe.
Q. What hauehave we to conſider in his kingdome?
A. Firſt, the gouernment of his Church in this o1. Cor. 15. 25. 26. 27. 28. Mat. 25. 24. 31. 33. 4. 5.world. Secondly, his laſt Iudgement in the world to come, from which all the meanes of applying and making effectuall vntounto vsus Chriſt and all his benefits doe come.
Q. Wherein conſiſteth his gouernment in this world?
A. In p1. Theſſ. 5. 19. 20. Act. 10. 44.things, and in perſons.
Q. What are the things?
A. Partly inward, and partly outward.
Q. What are the inward?
A. The qGal. 3. 2. 3. 1. Tim. 1. 14.ſpirit of God, which is giuen by the outward.
Q. What doth the ſpirit of God worke in the godly?
A. rEpheſ. 2. 8.Faith, whereby they take hold of Chriſt, with all his benefits.
Q. What is faith?
A. A ſAct. 16. 21. Gal. 2. 20. & 3. 26. John 6. 15.perſwaſion of the fauour of God towards me in Ieſus Chriſt.
Q. How doe you know that you hauehave true faith?
A. By the fruits thereof; tRom. 5. 1. 2. 3. 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. Epheſ. 2. 6. Col. 2. 1. 2. 3.Reconciliation, and Sanctification, which hauehave been already declared.
So much of the Inward.
Q. What are the outward things, whereby the ſpirit is giuen?
A. They are either thoſe which God giueth vsus, or which wee hauing receiued from God, giuegive vntounto him againe.
Q. What are the things which God giueth vntounto vsus?
A. The word of grace before named, and the dependants thereon.
Q. What is the ſumme of the word of grace?
A. uMark. 9. 23. Act. 16. 31. 32. 33. Rom. 3. 28.Beleeue in Chriſt, and thou ſhalt be ſaued: by which God beſtoweth the ſpirit of adoption.
Q. What are the dependants of the word?
A. The Sacraments, 1. Cor. 10. 1. 2. 3. 4. and the xMat. 18. 15. 1. Cor. 5.cenſures.
Q. VVhat is a Sacrament?
A. A myſticall ſigne, and effectuall inſtrument, wherby Chriſt with all his benefits is offered to all in the Church, and receiued alſo of thoſe that are faithfull.
Q. How many Sacraments are there?
A. Two: Baptiſme, 1. Cor. 10. 1. 2. 3. and 12. 13. aRom. 4. 11. Gen. 17. 11. 12. Mat. 26. 26. & 28. 19.and the Lords Supper.
Q. VVhat is Baptiſme?
A. bMat. 28. 19. Act. 8. 27.A ſeale of our entrance into Chriſtianity.
Q. What is the Lords Supper?
A. A cMat. 26. 26. 1. Cor. 11. 23.ſeale of our growth and continuance in Chriſtianitie.
So much of the Sacraments.
Q. What are the Cenſures?
A. They are iudgements giuen for ratification of the Word and Sacraments abuſed.
Q. Of how many ſorts are they?
A. Two: either in word, or in deed.dMat. 18. 15. 16. 1. Cor. 5.
Q. VVhat are they in word?
A. They are Chriſtian admonitions, or rebukes of e1. Cor. 16. 22. Iam. 1. 14. 2. Tim. 4. 14.the Church for ſinne: and they are either fMat. 18. 15. 16. Leuit. 18. 17.priuate by one firſt, and then by two or three at the moſt, (wherof hee that firſt admoniſheth muſt bee one) or g1. Tim. 5. 20. Mat. 18. 17.publike by the whole Church.
Q. VVhat are they in deed?
A. The hNumb. 12. 14. Exod. 33. 6. 7.ſuſpenſion from the Sacraments, or iMat. 18. 17. 1. Tim. 1. 20.excommunication from all the benefits and ſociety of the Church.
So much of the outward things that God giueth vsus.
Q. What are the outward, that we hauing receiued, giuegive to God againe?
A. They are vowes and prayers iPſal. 50. 13. 14. & 66. 13. 14..
Q. What is a vow?
A. A ſolemne promiſe to God of ſome lawfull thing that is in our power, for the confirmation of our faith, and teſtifying our thankfulneſſe to God?
Q. What is Prayer?
A. It is a calling vponupon God in the name of Chriſt, for the more ample and ful fruition of the good things we hauehave need of
Q. What is annexed to prayer?
A. An holy faſt, or feaſting.
Q. What is an holy faſt?
A. It is an abſtinence from all earthly comforts, ſo farre as neceſſity and comelineſſe will permit; to the 1 Leuit. 23. 27. 28. 29. Ioel 2. 12.end that our ſelues being humbled and caſt downe, we may more feruently call on God, either for the obtaining of ſome ſingular benefit, or to auoid ſome ſpeciall puniſhment.
Q. What is an holy feaſt?
A. A nZach. 8. 19. Hest. 9. 17. 18. 20. 21. 22. 30. 31.ſolemne thankſ-giuing for ſome notable benefit obtained of God; ſpecially when wee hauehave obtained it by a faſt before.
Q. Are wee limited and bound in certaine, how and wherein to pray?
A. Not alwayes: but wee hauehave a perfect patterne of prayer of all kinds, in the oMat. 6. 9. Luk. 11. 2.Lords prayer.
Q. What be the parts of the Lords prayer?
A. Two:
The preface,
The prayer it ſelfe.
Q. What is the Preface?
A. Our Father which art in heauen.
Q. What are we taught in the preface?
A. To come to God as to a father with boldneſſe, and yet with reuerence of his Maieſty that filleth the heauens.
Q. VVhat doth the prayer containe?
A. A forme of requeſt and thankeſ-giuing.
Q. What are the parts of the requeſt?
A. They are of two ſorts: whereof the firſt three being of the firſt table doe concerne God: the other three being of things that concerne the ſecond Table, belong to our ſelues, and our neighbour.
Q. VVhat is the firſt of thoſe three that concerne God?
A. Hallowed be thy name.
Q. What is the ſumme of this Petition?
A. That in all things God may bee glorified in his children.
Q. VVhat is the ſecond?
A. Thy kingdome come.
Q. VVhat is the ſumme of this?
A. That the kingdome of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, both by the inward working of his ſpirit, and alſo by the outward meanes, may bee enlarged daily, vntill it be perfected at the comming of Chriſt to iudgement.
Q. VVhat is the third?
A. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen.
Q. VVhat is the ſumme of it?
A. That obedience be giuen to God by vsus, as it is by the holy Angels.
So much of theſe that concerne God.
Q. How are they diuided that concerne our ſelues, and our neighbour?
A. Into two ſorts:
1. Touching things of this life.
2. Touching things of the life to come.
Q. VVhat is the Petition concerning the things of this life?
A. GiueGive vsus this day our daily bread.
Q. VVhat is the ſumme of that?
A. That God would prouide not only for our neceſſities, but alſo for our Chriſtian and ſober delight, according to our calling, and the bleſſing of God vponupon vsus; with this exception (if it be his good pleaſure.)
Q. What is the former of them which belong vntounto the life to come?
A. Forgiue vsus our treſpaſſes, as wee forgiue them that treſpaſſe againſt vsus.
Q. VVhat is the ſumme of it?
A. In it we pray for iuſtification, which ſtandeth in the remiſſion of ſinnes, and imputation of the righteouſneſſe of Chriſt.
Q. What is the latter petition?
A. And lead vsus not into tentation, but, &c.
Q. What is the ſumme of it?
A. In it we pray for ſanctification, which ſtandeth in mortification and quickening.
Hitherto of the Petitions.
Q. What is the thankeſ-giuing?
A. For thine is the kingdome, the power and glory, &c.
Q. What is the ſumme hereof?
A. That wee ground our aſſurance of obtaining our prayers in God, from whom all things wee aske doe come, and to whom therefore all glory muſt returne.
Q. What doth this word (Amen) ſignifie?
A. It is a note of confidence: as though he ſhould ſay, ſo it is as we hauehave prayed.
So much of the things.
Q. What are the perſons?
A. The Church.
Q. What is the Church?
A. A companie of thoſe which are oEpheſ. 1. 1. Col. 1. 2. 27.in Chriſt.
Q. What are the parts of the Church?
A. They pPhil. 1. 1. Heb. 13. 17.which hauehave preheminence in the Church, and the reſt of the body of it.
Q. What are they that hauehave preheminence in the Church?
A. They are either q1. Tim. 5. 17. Heb. 13. 17. 1. Theſ. 5. 12 13. 1. Cor. 12. 28.gouernours, or helpers.
Q. VVhat are the reſt of the body of the Church?
A. The people that are gouerned.
Q. VVhat is their part?
A. To yeeld obedience aPhilip. 1. 1. Heb. 13. 17.to the lawfull gouernours, according to Gods word.
Q. Hauing ſpoken of Chriſts kingdome in this life; it followeth to ſpeake of the ſame in the latter day. What is that day of Iudgement?
A. It is bRom. 14. 10. 2. Cor. 5. 10.as it were the great Aſſiſes, wherein eueryevery one muſt appeare, and be either acquitted or condemned.
Q. What are we to conſider in this Iudgement?
A. Two cMat. 24. 29. 31.things:
1. The tokens going before.
2. The manner of it.
Q. What are the tokens going before?… Mat. 24. 21. Luk. 21. 25.
A. Diuers; but the neareſt vntounto that are the darkening of the lights of heauen, and the roring of the ſea.
Q. VVhat ſhall be the manner of it?
A. The eIohn 5. 28. 29. 1. Theſſ. 4. 16.Archangell ſhall make a mighty noyſe; whereby the dead ſhall be raiſed, and thoſe which are then aliue ſhall be changed all in a moment.
Q. VVhat ſhall then be done?
A. The Angels ſhall gather and preſent them fMat. 25.before Chriſt in the aire.
Q. Being ſo gathered, what ſhall then be done?
A. Chriſt (appointed the Iudge of all) will firſt giuegive ſentence of life eternall vponupon the faithfull.
Q. Why will Chriſt firſt giuegive ſentence vponupon the faithfull?
A. That they being firſt acquitted, may bee gMat. 19. 28. 1. Cor. 6. 2. 3.aſſiſtant to him, in iudging the wicked to euerlaſting death.
Q. What ſhall be the execution of the Iudgement?
A. The hMat. 13. 41. 42.wicked ſhall bee caſt into hell, by the Angels, who ſhall iLuk. 16. 22.carrie the faithfull into heauen, kIohn 17. 24. 1. Theſſ. 4. 17.there to remaine with Chriſt for euer.
FINIS.
Faults amended.
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