Question.

VVho hath neade thée, and all things els?

Answere.

Isa. 44.2. psal. 139 13.14. nihe. 9.6. GOD.

Question.

What is God?

Answere.

Ioh. 4.24. ier. 10.10. gen. 17.1. deut. 32.39. mat. 28.19. 1. ioh. 5.7. A spirit, a knighty, & eternal, one in essence, and yet three distinct per­sons, the Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost.

Question.

Wherefore hath he made thee?

Answere.

To know him, and worship him.

Question.

How is he knowne?

Answere.

Psal. 19.1. rom 1.20. ioh. 5.39. ioh. 4.24. By his workes, and word.

Question.

How must he be worshipped?

Answere,

In spirite and trueth.

Question.

What is trueth?

Answere.

His holy word, conteyning the Law and the Gospell.

Question.

What is the Law?

Answere.

Exod. 20. deut. 5.6.7. mat. 22.37.38.39. That which is cōprehended in the ten Commandementes.

Question.

What requireth he of vs?

Answere.

Loue to God, and loue to our Neigh­bours.

Question.

How is God to be loued?

Answere.

With al the heart with al the soule, and with all the minde.

Question.

How is this knowne?

Answere.

Phil. 37.8. heb. 11.24.25 If we prefer his glory and wor­ship before al thinges.

Question.

How is our neighbour loued?

Answere.

Math. 7.12. If we doe to him as we would be done by.

Question.

Doth any man herein satisfie the Law?

Answere.

Galat. 3.22. No, and therefore all are conclu­ded vnder sinne.

Question.

How so?

Answere.

Deut. 27.26, Because it curseth all that doe it not, and none do it.

Question.

How are we then deliuered from the cursse and bondage of the Law?

Answere.

Galat. 4.4.5. gal. 3.13. By Iesus Christ that kept it, and was accursed for vs.

Question.

How knowest thou this?

Answere.

By the Gospell.

Question.

What is the Gospell?

Answere.

Rom. 1.16. The power of God to saluation to euery beleeuer, proclayming forgiue­nesse in Christ.

Question.

What is Christ?

Answere.

Math. 17.5. heb 1.2.3. luk. 1.11. heb. 1.9. The sonne of the liuing God, our sauiour annoynted.

Question.

Why callest than him annoynted?

Answere.

For that he is King, Prophete, and Priest.

Question.

Why a King?

Answere.

Psal. 26. luk. 1.32.33. To raigne and rule ouer vs.

Question.

Why is he a Prophete?

Answere.

Math. 17.5. heb. 1.2. To teach vs his fathers will.

Question.

Why is he a Priest?

Answere.

Heb. 9.1 [...]. For that he hath sacrificed for vs.

Question.

What hath he sacrificed for vs?

Answere.

That part of himselfe that suffered.

Question.

What suffered in Christs, his God­head, or manhood?

Answere.

Phil. 2.6.7.8. 1. Pet. 3.1st. His Godhead can not suffer, it was therefore his manhood.

Question.

What suffered he in soule?

Answere.

Math. 27 4 [...]. luk. 22.44. Hellish tormentes to acquite our soules.

Question.

What suffered he in body?

Answere.

Math. 27.59 math 15.37. luk. 23.46. Death temporal, to deliuer vs frō death eternall.

Question.

I perceiue then, that he gaue body for body, and soule for soules.

Answere.

He did so.

Question.

How knowst thou this to be for thee?

Answere.

By the certificate of Gods spirite, faith, and the Sacramentes.

Question.

Why, what doth Gods spirite?

Answere.

Rom. 8.16. Certifie my spirite, that I am the sonne of God.

Question.

What doth faith?

Answere.

Act. 15.9. rom 10.10. Purifie my hearte, assuring the same, that Christ with his merites is mine.

Question.

How is this?

Answere.

2. Cor. 5.21. Al my sins became his, & his righ­teousnes [Page]by imputation became mine.

Question.

Whereof commeth this faith?

Answere.

Rom. 10.17. By hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Question.

How is this faith increased & streng­thened?

Answere.

By the word preached, and by sacra­ments.

Question.

How many Sacraments?

Answere.

1. Cor. 10.1.2.3.4. Two, Baptisme, and the Lordes supper.

Question.

What is the signe in Baptisme?

Answere.

Act. 8.36. Water.

Question.

What is the thing signified?

Answere.

1. Ioh. 1.7 Christs blood, clensing vs from al sinne.

Question.

What benefit haue we by Baptisme.

Answere.

1. Pet. 3.21. acts 2.41. acts. 2.38. rom. 6.6. Incorporatiō into y^e visible church, assuraunce of Gods promise: and that as water washeth away all filthinesse of body, so by Christe we are washed from all euill of body and soule, tea­ching vs also our new byrth.

Question.

What doth the Lordes supper?

Answere.

1. Cor. 11.26. acts. 2.42. 1. cor. 10.17. Set out the Lordes death, seale vp Gods promise, and teache vs loue one with an other.

Question.

What are the partes hereof?

Answere.

Math. 26.26. mat. 14.22.23. luk. 22.19.20. 1. Cor. 11.23.25. Visible signes, & inuisible graces?

Question.

What are the visible signes?

Answere.

Bread, and Wine.

Question.

What are the inuisible graces?

Answere.

Rom. 4.25. rom. 5.9. Ful redemption and iustification by Iesus Christ.

Question.

Why is there vsed both Bread and [Page]Wine?

Answere.

Ioh. 6.55.56 To teach vs y^e Christ is our meat, and Christ is our drinke.

Question.

The bread then is not Christes body?

Answere.

Act. 3.21. luk. 22.19. heb. 10.14. No, for bodily the heauens holde him til the day of the resurrection of all thinges, but it represents his body, as the mine doth his blood, shewing, that by one oblation he hath consecrated for euer them that are sanctified.

Question.

Why then, Masses are blasphemous, and Massemongers and such as seeke saluation by workes blasphemers?

Answere.

They are so, for that they rest not vp­pon this onely sacrifice.

Question.

But yet the workes must be done?

Answere.

Ephe. 2.10. luk. 17. [...]0. I grant so, but not our will works, but such as God hath commanded, and then to haue no trust in them: so when we haue done all we can, we are vn­profitable seruants.

Question.

How must we come to the supper?

Answere.

1. Cor. 11.28. 2 cor 7.10 galat. 6.15. 2. cor. 13.5. 1. cor. 10.17. math. 26.30. math. 14.26. First in examinatiō of our selues, whether we haue a Godly sorrow for our sinnes past, and purpose of new life. 2. Whether we haue faith to take hold of Christ and his righteousnesse. 3. Whether we haue loue, declaring vs one body. 4. Whether thankfulnes to God for his benefites.

Question.

Whence commeth it if we so come?

Answere.

Iac. 1 17. ioh. 16.23. 1 cor 11.9. 1. cor. 11.33. 1. cor. 14.16. Of the grace of God.

Question.

How is that obtayned?

Answere.

By prayer made in Christes name.

Question.

Then, that we eate not, or drink not vnworthily, and so haue damnation, it is good we come together in prayer, ioyning with the Minster in the con­gregation; that we worthily take it.

Answere.

God graunt vs so to do. Amen.

Question.

VVhether arte thou a sinner or not

Answere.

I am a sinner, & by nature aRom. 3.9. eph. 2.1.3. 1 Iohn. 1.8. childe of wrath most worthie of eternal damnatiō.

Question.

How becamest thou a sinner, and childe of wrath?

Answere.

By the fal and transgressionGen 3.6. of Adam: Psal 51.5. rom. 5.12. for we comming of him that was corrupt are corrupt as he was.

Question.

What is sinne?

Answere.

Sinne is the transgression of the1. Ioh. 2.4.15. law of God:Mat. 5.22.27. & 12.36. iam. 3.2. be it either by thought, word, or deede.

Question.

By what means commeth the know­ledge of sinne?

Answere.

By the lawRom 5.20. & 7.7. of God.

Question.

What is the reward of sinne?

Answere.

The rewarde of sinne,Rom. 6.23. math. 25.41. is eternall death.

Question.

What is the remedy and meanes to be deliuered from that eternall death which sinne deserueth?

Answere.

Ioh. 14.6.25. Onely our Lord and sauiour Ie­sus Christ,Rom. 4. who hath dyed to deli­uer vs from our sinnes, and rose againe to iustifie vs.

Question.

By what means shal we know that the death of Christ is profitable for vs to deliuer vs from our sins, and to re­concile vs to God?

Answere.

Ioh. 6.3.16. acts. 13.39. rom. 3.25. By faith which Gods spirit wor­keth in our hearts.

Question.

What is the means to come to faith, whereby we apprehend Iesus Christe with his righteousnesse?

Answere.

Rom. 10.17. acts. 2.37.38.41. 1. cor. 4.15. The means to come to faith, and to haue the same increase in vs: is the ministery of the worde or Gospell of God and the Sacraments, with conti­nuall and hearty prayer to God for his grace and blessing in the same.

Question.

Seeing that by the law commeth the knowledge of sinne: and the ten com­maundements, containe the summe of the law: it shall be profitable to know what sinnes the Lord condemneth and forbiddeth, and what vertue he requy­reth in each commaundement. There­fore rehearse the commaundements.

Answere.

Exod. 20. deut. 5. Heare O Israel, I am the lord thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egipt, and out of the house of bondage, &c.

Question.

What doth the Lorde teach vs by [Page]this preface?

Answere.

In that he saithGen. 17.1. leuit. 19.12. &. 20.17. deut. 32.39. I am the Lord thy God: he sheweth his almighty power and excellent maiestie. Also the high authoritie hee hath ouer his people. And when he sayth, he brought them out of the land ofEsai. 1.2. & 5. 4. ezek 16. rom. 2.4. Egipt, and out of the house of bondage. He setteth foorth his infinite goodnesse, and so giueth a reason to stir vp the people of Israel vnto the obedience of his lawes: vnles they will shew them selues, both re­bellious and disobedient to his power and authoritie, and vnthankfull for his goodnes. SoRom. 9.25. 1. pet. 2.10. now seeing the lord hath deliuered vs out of the bondage of sinne, and from the tyrannie of the Deuill, and blesseth vs with his ma­nyfold benefites, both for our bodyes and soules: the same reason serueth no lesse for vs then it did for them.

Question.

Rehearse the first commaundement.

Answere.

Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.

Question.

What doth the Lorde requyre of vs in this commaundement?

Answere.

First, that we shoulde acknowledge him to be theIam. 1 17. fountaine and giuer of all good thinges,Psa. 115.3.135.6. eph. 1.11. and the preser­uer and gouernour of all things. Se­condly,Deut. 10.12. mal. 1.6. that we feare, reuerence, and loue him aboue all things. Third­ly, that ourIer. 17.7. eph. 1.12.13. trust and confidence be fixed and stayed in him onely. Fourth­ly, that wePsal. 50.15. rom. 10.12. iam. 1.5. call vpon him in faith: for what soeuer thinges we stande in need of, either for our soules or bodies. Fiftly, that wePsal. 50.14. ephe. 5.20. thes. 5.18. heb. 13.15. be thankful to him for all his giftes.

Question.

What sinnes doth the Lorde forbid and condemn in this commandement?

Answere.

All those which bee contrary to the vertues required. As not toEsai. 31.1.2. ie. 17.5. & 48 7. acknowledge him to be the fountaine and gi­uer of all good-thinges, the preseruer and gouernour of all thinges, or to at­tribute the same to anye other, or to [Page]transfer that fear, reuerence, and loue, trust or confidence, that is due to God: to any thing els; whatsoeuer it be, or in our necessity to call vppon any o­ther, &c.

Question.

Rehearse the second commaunde­ment?

Answere.

Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image, nor the likenes of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or in the earth beneath, nor in the water vnder the earth: thou shalt not bowe downe to them nor worship them, for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, and visite the sinnes of the fathers vp­pon the Children vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy vnto thousandes of them that loue me, and keepe my commaundements.

Question.

What sin doth God forbid and con­demne in this commaundement.

Answere.

That we shoulde thinke God to be [Page 2]like either man or woman, or any o­ther creature whatsoeuer it beDeu. 4.15.16 esa. 40.18. 1. tim. 6.16. and therefore, y^e we make no image of God to expresse him by. Secondly, that we make no image of any other thing, for religion, either to worshipExo. 32. psa 97.7. & 106.36. the i­mage it self, either God, saint, or angel by the image, neither yet to this ende to be the better put in mind of God by the image.

Question.

What doth God require of vs in this commaundement?

Answere.

That we should worship GodIoh. 4.23. deut. 5.32.12 32. ac­cording to his worde and ordinaunce, and not afterEsay. 29 13. mat. 15.9. our fantasies or com­mandementes of men.

Question.

What haue we to learne by the the addition?

Answere.

In the same the Lorde doth stirre vs to the obedience of his commaunde­mentes by a dubble reason, of the one side to flye sinne, forExod. 34.7. Leuit. 26.14. deut. 28.15. luk. 13.3. feare of his iu­ctice, and on the other to follow vertue [Page]for theLeuit. 26.3. deut. 28.1. esai. 1.19. mat 5.3.7. promise of his mercie.

Question.

Rehearse the third commandement?

Answere.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vaine, for the Lorde will not holde him guiltlesse that ta­keth his name in vaine.

Question.

What doth God forbid in this com­maundement?

Answere.

The Lord in this commaundement forbiddeth and condemneth alLeuit. 24.11.14.16. blas­pheming of the name of God, allLeuit. 19.12 zach. 5.3. mal. 3.5. periury or forswearing, and al vnlaw­full or vaine swearing, be it by the name of God directly, or indirectly by hisMath. 5.34. & 23.22. creatures, and all abuse of his holy name, byExod. 22.18. micha. 5.12. mal. 3.5. witchcraft, sorcery, or charming, or cursed speaking, or in a­ny wise to thinke or speak of the name of God without great reuerence of his maiesty.

Question.

What doth the Lord require of vs in this commaundement?

Answere.

That whensoeuer we be required to take an othe for confirmation of truth, to the glory of God, or the profit of our brethren, we should with al reuerence callDeut. 6.13. iere. 4.2. heb. 6.16. God to witnesse for the truth, and that when we either speake or thinke of him we should do it with allIere. 10.6.7. psalm. 8.1. reuerence of his maiesty. And to stirre vs to fly these euils, and to moue vs to vse his holye name in all reue­rence: he threatneth that he will not holde him guiltlesse, that taketh his name in vaine, but culpable of theDeu. 28.26.27. cursse of God and eternall damnation.

Question.

Rehearse the fourth Commaunde­ment?

Answere.

Remember thou keepe holy the sab­both day. Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do. But the seuenth day is the sabboth of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no maner of worke, thou, and thy some and thy daughter, thy man seruaunt, and thy mayde seruaunt, thy cattell, and the [Page]straunger, that is with in thy gates. For in sixe dayes the Lorde made hea­uen and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day. Wherefore the Lorde blessed the se­uenth day, and hollowed it.

Question.

What doth the Lord require of vs in this commaundement?

Answere.

That we should sanctifie the sabboth day, inExo. 16.26. deut. 5.4. resting from our owne bodi­lie labours in worldly thinges. And in one place to assemble our selues togea­ther, with feare and reuerence,Math. 13.54 luk 4.16. acts. 20.7. to heare, marke, and lay vp in our harts, the worde of God preached and taught vnto vs. And to pray1. Cor. 14.15. togeather, in one consent & vnity of spirite. And at the times appointed to vse y^e 1. Cor. 11.23.28.29. sacra­ments in faith and repentaunce. And all our life to rest fromHeb. 4.9.10 11. wickednes: that the Lorde by his holy spirite may worke in vs, his good worke: that so we may begin in this life, the euerla­sting rest.Exo. 20. deut. 5. To stirre vs vnto these dueties the Lorde setteth forth the ex­ample [Page 4]of his owne rest. &c.

Answere.

Rehearse the fift commandement.

Question.

Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may belong in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

Question.

What vnderstandest thou by ho­nour?

Answere

Feare, reuerence, and loue, shewed foortheLeu. 19.3. eph. 6.1. colo. 3.10. by obedience to their com­maundementes, by assisting them in al good: & byMat. 15.6. rereleeuing them in their necessities. The vices contrary are condemned.

Question.

What vnderstande you by father and mother?

Answere.

Not onely natural parents, but al­so allExo. 22.28. leu. 19.32. rom. 13.1. magistrates and gouernours, pastours or ministers, and scholemai­sters,Eph. 5.6. col. 3.28. maisters of housholdes, and all superiours ordeined of God, to the defending and guiding of their inferi­ours. [Page]To stirre them to the obedience of this commaundement, the Lord ad­deth his promise to blesse them with long life.

Question.

Rehearse the sixt commandement.

Answere.

Thou shalt do no murther.

Question.

What doth the Lorde forbid and condemne in this commaundement?

Answere.

The Lord in this commandement forbiddeth not onely all vnlawfulGen 9.6. murther or killing in act: but also all hatred,Leuit. 19.17.18. mat. 5.22 1. iohn. 3.15. malice, anger, and all desire of vengeance. And all quarelling, figh­ting, mocks and taunts, proceeding of the same, and all occasions of prouo­king to anger. &c.

Question.

What is required in this comman­dement?

Answere.

That we shouldMath. 5.44. rom. 12.17.18.19. loue our neigh­boures as our selues: which must be shewed in care to preserue life, in hel­ping [Page]releeuing and comsorting one a­nother.

Question.

Rehearse the seuenth commaunde­ment.

Answere.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Question.

What doth the Lorde forbid and condemne in this commaundement?

Answere.

Not onely al adultery and fornica­tion, and vnlawful society of man and womanLeui. 18.20. & 20.10. deut. 23.17. in act: but also all vnchasteMath. 5.28. thoughts and vnlawful lusts of the hart, and al occasions that might serue to prouoke thereunto,

Question.

What is required in this comman­dement.

Answere.

That we should lead our liues in all1. Cor. 6.15.19. 1. thes. 4.4. chastity both in soules and bodyes, as pure Temples of the holy Ghost, &c.

Question.

Which is the eight Commaunde­ment?

Answere.

Thou shalt not steale.

Question.

What doth God forbid and condemn in this commaundement?

Answere.

Firste all robbing and stealing in acte.Leu. 19.11. Secondly all extorcion and op­pression.1. The 4.6. eph. 4.28. Thirdly all deceipte in bying and selling,Ephe. 3.5. and vnlawfull desire to enrich our selues with hurt or losse of our neighbours.

Question.

What is required of vs in this com­maundement?

Answere.

Firste that we bee1. Tim. 6.6. content with that portion which God hach giuen vs, not seeking to augment it by vn­lawfull meanes. Secondly, that euery one of vs2. The. 3.10. trauell faithfully in his calling. Thirdly, to be1. Tim. 6.18. eph. 4.28. heb. 13 16. helpfull to them that neede.

Question.

Which is the ninth Commaunde­ment?

Answere.

Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.

Question.

What is forbidden and condemned in this commandement?

Answere.

First, wee are forbidden to speake falsely inExo. 23.1. pio. 19.5. iudgement when wee be requires to beare witnesse.

Secondly, allPsal. 15.3. ephe. 4.25. backbiting of any man, al lying, flattering or dissem­bling.

Thirdly, it is forbidden to speake e­uill of our brethren for priuate offen­ces,Math. 18.15. if by priuate admonitions they may be won.

Question.

What is required of vs in this com­maundement?

Answere.

The vertues which bee contrary to these vices, as to speake truth, in wit­nesse bearing, & to haue like regard to theMat. 7.12. credite of others as we woulde they should haue of ours.

Question,

Which is the tenth Commaunde­ment?

Answere,

Thou shalt not couet thy neighbors house, thou shalt not couet thy neigh­bours wife, his seruaunt, his mayde, his ore, his asse, nor any thing that is his.

Question,

What doth the Lord forbid and con­demne in this commaundement?

Answere.

All euill thoughtes, light motions,Psal. 19.12. rom. 7.7. & suddaine affections, and sheweth that though we neuer purpose them, nor yet willingly consent to them, yet they are sinnes.

Question.

What doth the Lorde require of vs in this commaundement?

Answere.

That our consciences and the veryePsal. 51.6. 1. cor. 7.1. ephe. 4.24. thoughtes of our heartes be kept vpright before the Lord.

Question.

What vnderstand you by this word neighbour?

Answere.

Our Lord Iesus Christ shewethLuk. 10.30 y^e all people be they friendes or enemies, familier with vs or straungers, are to be esteemed our neighbours.

Question.

What is the summe of this law?

Answere.

It is this in few words asMat. 22.37. Christ teacheth vs. First thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soule, and with all thy minde. Secondly, and thy neighbour as thy selfe.

Question.

Is any man able to keepe these com­maundements as God requyreth?

Answere.

No manIob. 4.18.19 & 15.15. rom. 3.10. hath, can, or shal, but on­lye Iesus Christe who hath fulfilled them: and by his obedience,Acts. 13.39. rom. 3.24. & 10.4. all that beleeue in him are iustified.

Question.

If no man can keepe this Law, nor be iustified thereby: what profite haue Christians by the knowledge of the same?

Answere.

First, it is to the Children of God a truePsal. 1.2. & 219.1.9. rule of righteousnesse, To teach them how they ought to walke. Se­condly, it teacheth man to castRom. 3.4.23 [...]ff al trust or confidence in his owne righte­ousnesse. Thirdly;Rom. 3.19. it [...] the pride of man and humbleth him be­fore God. Fourthly, hauing shewed vs our misery, it isGalat. 3.24. [...] schoolemaster to direct vs vnto Christ.

Question.

What woorkes are acceptable to God?

Answere.

Those which bee ruled and done ac­cording to theDeut. 12.28.32. math. 19.16. word of God, procee­ding from a heartRom. 14.23. heb. 11.6. purged by faith.

Question.

Can those workes iustifie vs before God?

Answere.

No, for that were to deny theGalat. 5.4. me­rites of Christ.

Question.

Wherefore then shoulde we doe good workes: seeing we are not iustified by them?

Answere.

First to shew our loueIohn. 14.19. math. 5.16. to God in glorifiyng of him as becommeth his children. Secondly, to profite our bre­thren toMath. 15. heb. 13. help thē in their necessities and to win1. Pet. 2.1. & 3.1. them by our good exam­ple of life. Thirdly, to giue testimony of our faith2. Pet. 1.10. & election by the fruites and effects thereof.

Question.

What is faith?

Answere.

Faith is an assuredRom. 4.3.13 heb. 10.22. & 11.1. perswasion of Gods fatherly good will towards vs, grounded vpon his free promises2. Cor. 1.20. in Christ.

Question.

Where is it planted?

Answere.

In the heart.Rom. 10 9.

Question.

By whom is faith wrought in man?

Answere.

By the holy Ghost.Eph. 1.13. & 3.16.17.

Question.

What profit haue we by faith?

Answere.

I am assured by it, that al2. Cor. 5.21. the be­nefits of Christes passion and his righ­teousnesse, is as surely mine, as if I had wrought them my selfe.

Question.

Rehearse the summe of this faith.

Answere.

I beleeue in God the father almigh­tie maker of heauen and earth. And in Iesus Christ his onely begotten sonne our Lord, which was conceiued by the holy Ghost, borne of the Virgin Mary. He suffred vnder Pōcious Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried. He descen­ded into hell, and the third day he rose againe from death, hee ascended into heauen, and sitteth on the right hand of God the father almighty. From thence he shall come to iudge both the quicke and the dead. I beléeue in the holy ghost. The holy catholique church, the communion of saintes, the forgiue­nesse of sinnes, the resurrection of the body, and the life euerlasting. So be it.

Question.

How many partes are contayned in this confession?

Answere.

Foure, the firste concerning God the Father. The second, concerning God the Sonne. The third, concerning God the holy Ghost. The fourth concerning Gods people called the church, and the giftes of God to the same Church.

Question.

What do you learne in the first part?

Answere.

First, that God who is almighty and maker of heauen and earth, andIohn. 1.12. rom. 8.14.15 16. gal. 3.26. all that therein is: is my father and I his child by grace in Christ Iesus. Second­ly, he being almighty and Lord of all, and I his Child, he both can, and will, defend and keepe me, and prouide for me that I shallPsal. 34.9.10 mat. 6.32. rom. 6.27.28 lack nothing, that he seeth to be good for me.

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What learne you in the second part?

Answere.

First, in that hee is called Iesus, I learne, that he is theMath. 1.21. sauiour, to saue his people from their sinnes. Second­ly, in that he is called Christ which is annoynted, he is aDan. 7.14. luk. 1.33. king to raigne o­uer [Page]his Church for euer, and aDeu. 18.15. act 3.22. Pro­phet to teach his fathers will perfectly. And a Priest to offer him selfePsa. 110.4. heb. 1.3. & 9 14. in sacrifice, for the sinnes of the people. The which were figured by the an­noynting of Kinges, Prophetes and Priestes vnder the law.

Thirdly, when I acknowledge him to be the onely sonne of God: I learn that hee isEsay. 9.6. rom. 9.5. phil. 2.6. God equall with the father from euerlasting: and therefore ableIohn. 3.16. heb. 9.14.28 & 10.12.13. to beare what so euer was due for our sinnes, and of power to saue those that trust in him.

Fourthly, by his miraculous concep­tion by the holy Ghost, in the wombe of the Virgin: I learn that he is Mes­siasEsay. 7.14. & Emmanuel which was fore­tolde by the Prophet Esay.

Fiftly, in that hee was borne of the Virgin Mary of the seed of Dauid: I learn that he wasHeb. 2.11. & 14.4.15. man in al things like to vs except sinne. And therforeHeb. 2.14.18 & 4,15.16. is ready to haue compassion of our in­firmities, and to succour those that are tempted, and to beare what so euer is due to vs.

Sixtly, when it is said, he suffered vnder Poncious Pilate, was crucifi­ed, deade and buried, and descended in­to hell: I learne that our Lorde and sauiour, willingly, tooke vpon himselfe our sinnes and became aGalat. 3.13. cursse for vs, that we by him might be deliuered from the cursse due to vs for sin.

He also suffered a most shameful death and condemnation before men: to de­liuerRom. 4.25. & 5.6.10. & 8.1. vs from death and condemna­tion before God. He hath bene made a2. Cor. 5.21. sacrifice for sin: that through him we might bee made righteous before God. And hath by vertue of his death destroyed theRom. 6.11. 1. Pet. 4.1. power of sinne in his members.

And he was buried for a confirma­tion of the trueth of his death. And when it is sayde, hee descended into hell: I learne that he suffered not one­ly the torments of body due to our bo­dyes: but also the torment and an­guisheEsay. 53:10. luk 22.44. mat. 27.46. of soule and conscience to de­liuer our soules yea that he hath hum­bled him selfe to beare the payne and tormentes of hell for the tyme, for our [Page]saluation.

In that Christ rose againe the third day from the dead. First I learne that he hath1. Cor. 15.57. rom. 4.25. ouercome death and hell for my iustification.

Secondly, I learne to rise from sin,Rom. 6.4. col. 3.1. to follow righteousnesse.

Thirdly, by the resurrection of christ we haue a gage and testimony of our resurrection, that we shal1. Cor. 15.16 rise again at the last day.

In that he is ascended, into heauen: I learne that his ascention is a pledge to vs, that we shal ascendIohn. 14.3. after him thither where he is.

And in that he sitteth at the right hand of God. I learne that al power is giuen vnto him in heaueu and earth, and that he alMat. 28.18. ephe. 1.20. creatures subiect vnto him, & that heRom. 8.32. maketh intercession for vs.

In that which he sayde: that Christ shal come to iudge the quicke and dead. First, I learn, that he whichIob. 19.25. math. 19.28. shal be iudge is our sauiour: and therefore his comming shal be for our saluation.

Secondly, to the2. The. 1.8. rom. 1.7. math. 25.41. terrour of the vn­godly [Page 3]that he shal be their iudge whom they haue refused and dispised.

Question.

What learne you in the third part?

Answere.

First, I learne that the holy Ghost, is very GodMat. 28 19. ioh. 14.26. equall with the father and the sonne: and that he printeth in our harts theEph 1.13. & 4.30. promises of God made vnto vs in Iesus Christ, and bearethRom. 8.16. witnesse to our spirits that we are the children of God. And worketh in vs theRom. 8,10. ephe. 4.23. hatred of sinne: & stirreth vs vp to holinesse of life.

Question.

What learne you in the fourth part?

Answere.

Firste I acknowledge and beleeue that God hath a Catholique, that is to say, anMat. 28.19. act 10.35. vniuersal Church: which is the number of Gods elect1. Kin. 19.18. rom. 11.4. ephe. 1.4. people, that he hath chosen out of al Nations to eternal life, andEph. 5.26.12 sanctified in Ie­sus Christ. And in this Church there is a1. Cor. 12. eph. 4.13. communion and fellowship of Saintes, and true faithful people: all which the Lord2. Tim. 2.19. knoweth to be his, [Page]of which number, I beleeue my selfe to be one.

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What difference is there betweene the inuisible Church and the visible?

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The inuisible Church comprehen­deth all the electe of God from the be­ginning of the worlds vnto the ende thereof. And the visible Church are those that yet remayne in this vale of misery, holding the profession of faith and the doctrine of Iesus Christ.

Now the markes to know the visible Church are, the trueMath. 28.19. preaching of the Gospel or worde of God, the right administration of the1. Cor. 11.23. sacraments,2. Cor. [...].5. and discipline.

In these wordes the forgiuenesse of sinnes: I learne, that both I my selfe,1. Iohn. 1.7. reui. 1.6. and al that truely beleeue in Iesus Christ, are so washed and clensed from their sinnes, and haue them so forgi­uen in Christ, that they shallIete. 31.31. heb. 8.12. neuer be layd vnto their charge.

And in these wordes, the resurrection of the body and the life euerlasting. I [Page 4]learne that these mortall bodyes of the faithfull,Iob. 19.25. dan. 12.2. i. cor. 15.42. shall be raysed vp at the last day, and shall be couered againe with their skin, and shal be made like to the glorious body of IesusPhil. 3.22. dani. 12.3. christ according to his mightye working, whereby he is able to subdue al things vnto him selfe. And after this re­surrection, shall enioyMath. 25.46. col. 3.4. euerlasting life with Christe in the glory of his Father.

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By what meanes is this faith main­tayned, increased and strengthened in vs?

Answere.

The ordinay meanes are. First theRom. 10.17. preaching of the word, as is the shewed before. Secondly, the true vse of theMat. 26.26. & 28.29. sacraments.2. Cor. 5.5. Thirdly, discipline. TheMat. 6.6. mar. 11.24. fourth earnest prayer.

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What is a sacrament?

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A Sacrament is a visible signe or­daynedMat. 28.19. mat. 26.26. mar. 1.4. 1. cor. 11.26. [...] God to confirme our faith in the truth of his promises, [Page]concerning his inuisible graces, in Christ Iesus, with a mutuall prote­sting of the honour that we beare vnto him.

Question.

How many sacraments hath Christ ordayned in his Church?

Answere.

Two, Baptisme, andMath. 28.19. & 26.26. the supper of the Lord.

Question.

How many parts are there in a Sa­crament?

Answere.

Two, the outward signe, and the in­uisible grace.

Question.

What is the outward signe in Bap­tisme?

Answere.

Mat. 3.11. Water, wherwith y^e partie to be baptised is dipped or sprinckled: in the nameMath. 28.19. of the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Ghost.

Question.

What is the inuisible grace in Bap­tisme?

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First, it signifieth, that as our bodies are washed with water: so ourMar. 1.4. acts. 2.38. sins are washed away, and forgiuen vs by the bloud of Christ.

Secondly, it setteth before vs our regenerationRom. 6.3.4. tit 2.5. or spirituall newe birth, to be shewed forth in dying vnto sinne, and rising to newnesse of life.

Question.

What is the outwarde signe in the Lordes supper?

Answere.

Bread and wineMat. 26.26.27. both of which the Lord hath expresly commanded al to receiue.

Question.

What is the inuisible grace signifi­ed by the bread and wine?

Answere.

The bodyLuke. 22.19. 1. cor. 11.25. of Christe broken and his bloud shed for vs, together with al the benefites of his passion.

Question.

How are y^e outward signes receiued?

Answere.

They are receiued with the hande, [Page]eaten1. Cor. 11.14 with the mouth, and disge­sted with the stomack.

Question.

How are the inuisible graces recei­ued?

Answere.

They are receiued onely byIoh. 6.35.53.54.55. faith, whereby we feed of them, as of a foode, giuen vs of euerlasting life.

Question.

Why did God choose those creatures of Bread and Wine, to represent vn­to vs, the bodye and blood of Christe, rather then anye other earthly crea­tures?

Answere.

Because there are none other earth­ly creatures that can so aptly repre­sent vnto our outwarde senses, those thinges that God woulde haue vs to learne by this sacrament?

Question.

What be those thinges which God would haue vs to learne by this Sa­crament?

Answere.

By theMat. 26.27. mar. 14.15. luk. 22.23.. breaking of the bread, we [Page]haue to learne: the breaking of the body of Christ vpon the Crosse, and by the pouring forth of the wine, the sheading of his blood. And by the di­stributing to all that are present: ChristesIoh. 6.55.56.57. 1. cor. 10.16. communicating him selfe to all that will faithfully receiue him.

By the eating and drinking, wee learne: that as Bread and Wine doe nourishe our bodyes in this life: So Christes body and bloodIoh. 6.57. ioh. 15.4., do nourish our soules to life euerlasting. And as the substaunce of Breade and Wine, by disgestion passeth into the sub­staunce of our bodyes, euen so by faith, Christ and we are vnited with an vnspeakable vnion, and made fleshe of his fleshe,Eph. 5.30. and bone of his bones, And that as of manye grayne is made one loase, and of many grapes one wine:Cor. 10.17. so we being ma­nye are one body in Christ, and mutu­ally members one of an other.

Question.

Is the Breade and Wine tour­red into the bodye and Bloode of Christ?

Answere.

No, for if you take awaye the signe that may be seene: it is no sacrament, for there is no sacrament without a vi­sible signe?

Question.

For as much as the vnworthy recei­uers are guilty of the body and blood of Christ, and do1. Cor. 11.29. eate and drinke their owne damnation as Saint Paule testi­fieth. What is required of vs to be wor­thy receiuers?

Answere.

To examine1. cor. 11.28. our selues whether we be true members of Christ or no.

Question.

By what tokens shal we know this?

Answere.

First if we hartelyEsai. 1.16. ioel. 2.12 13. 1. cor 11.18.20. repent vs of our sinnes, by an earnest sorrow and desla­tion of the same, with an earnest mind and determinate purpose to lead our liues Godly hereafter. Next if we stay our selues and rest inMar. 16.16. heb. [...]0.22. & 11.6. a sure hope and true faith of Gods mercy thorow Christ, with a thankful remembrance of our redemptiom, purchased by his [Page]death. And finally, seeing in the Lords supper is contained a tokenEsai. 1.17. mat. 5.23.24 Iohn. 13.34. of frind­ship and loue among men, we beare bretherly loue to our neighbours, that is to all men, without any euill wil or hatred.

Question.

What is discipline?

Answere.

It is, the orderlyMath. 18.15. &. 20. gouernment re­prehentions and corrections vsed in the Church proceeding of loue.

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To what ende?

Answere.

Firste, that the name of God and of ChristRom. 2.24. tit. 2.5. be not euil spoken of and re­proched, by the euill suffered in the Church. Secondly, that the good be not1. Cor. 4.6. 1. tim. 5.20. corrupted, by the euill example of y^e wicked. Thirdly, that the offenders1. Cor. 5.5. 2. the. 3.14. might be brought to repentance and a­mendment of life.

Question.

Seeing God knoweth whereof we haue neede before we aske: wherefore should we pray?

Answere.

Firste, to stirre vp our selues toPsal. 105.4. & 119.2. seeke him. Secondly, toPsal. 119.41.58.76. exercise our faith, in meditating vppon his pro­mises. Thirdly, that we maye dis­charge and vnload our consciences inPsal, 55.22. 1. pet. 5.7. casting our cares into the bosome of God. Fourthly, that we testifie to our selues and to others, that we hope and seeke for all good thingesIam. 1.17. psa. 145.15.16 from God alone.

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What things belong to true prayer?

Answere.

Firste it is requisite that we make our prayer to GodPsa. 50.15. rom. 10.14. mat. 4.10. onely throughIoh. 14.13.14 Christ, and not to saints. Second­ly, that we be inwardly touched with the necessitieRom. 8.26. 2. ioh. 5.14. of the thinges that we aske, hauing our mindes wholyPsa. 145.18.19. mat. 6.7.8. bent there vpon, and not carryed away with any by thoughtes. Thirdly, that our prayers bee grounded vpon GodsMath. 7.7. & 21.22. mar. 11.24. 1. ioh. 5.25. promises with full assuraunce that they shall be graunted, so farre as the Lorde doth know them to be meet and needful for vs. Fourthly, that we con­tinue [Page] Lu. 18.1.2.3. rom. 12.12. 1. thes. 5.17. mat. 15.12. in prayer, although we haue not our request at the firste. Fiftly, that we aske not those things that we thinke good in our owneIam. 4.3. fantasie, but onely that which GodRom. 8.26. 1. ioh. 14. mat. 6.9. com­maundeth vs to aske of him, all which thinges bee contayned in the Lordes prayer.

Question.

Rehearse the Lordes prayer.

Answere.

Our father which art in heauen, ha­lowed be thy name. Thy kingdome come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen. Giue vs this day our dai­ly bread. And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse a­gainst vs. And lead vs not into temp­tation. But deliuer vs from euill. For thine is the kingdome the power and the glory for euer. Amen.

Question.

How many principal parts are there of this prayer?

Answere.

Firste a perswasion to pray in these wordes, Our father which art in hea­uen. [Page]Secondly, the summe of praier contayned in the sixe peticions. Third­ly, an assuraunce of that we praye for, contayned in the conclusion, for thine is kingdome, &c.

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What perswasion haue we in these wordes? Our father, &c.

Answere.

First, in that he isPsal. 103.13. 2. cor. 6.18. a Father and not a Tyraunt, we are encouraged to come to him. Secondly, that he is ourRom. 1.7. 1. cor. 1.3. Father, and therefore loueth vs. Thirdly, thatEsai. 66.1. acts. 7.48. heauen is his throne, and therefore he is able to helpe.

Question.

How many partes are in the sixe pe­ticions?

Answere.

They may be comprehended in two partes. The first three peticions con­cerneth the glory of God. The second, concerneth the necessity of man, set downe in the last three peticions.

Question.

What desirest thou of God in the first peticion: halowed by thy name?

Answere.

First I desire of my heauenly father, that his name be halowed or sanctifi­ed. First in his excellentPsal. 113.2. & 145.1.10.21. rom. 11.36. & 16.27. workes: which is, when we acknowledge his mercye, wisedome, iustice, and proui­dence, and that he alone worketh all thinges, and that onely the Lorde God [...] in honour, all other set a [...] Secondly, that his name bee glorifi­ed [...] GodlyMat. 5.16. 1. cor. 10. [...]1. life and conuersa­tion.

Question.

What desire you of God in the se­cond petition? Thy kingdome come.

Answere.

In the second peticion we desire that God his kingdome may come, that is: that he will shew him selfe, to be kingMath. 3.2. & 13.31. 2. the. 3.5. ( [...] his Church, in [...], defen­ding and increasing the number of the faithfull.Mat. 9. [...]8. ephe. 6.19. By thrusting forth labourers into his [...], and in blessing their labours suppressingRom. 16.20. 2. the. 3.2. the rage of wicked tyrants, and that he wit [...] kingdome seuerally, in euery [...],Rom. 6.6. & 8.10. 1. ioh 3.9. killing sinne in vs, and al [Page]worldly care, and renuing vs to righ­teousnesse of life.

Question.

What desire you in the third petici­on? Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen.

Answere.

In the third peticion we desire that GodsLuk. 22.42. 1. pet. 4.19. 1. ioh. 2.17. wil may be done, that in, that wee may willingly in all thinges re­signe our selues to Gods will, without murmuring or grudging, and walke in trueRom. 12.2. eph. 5.17. obedience of his will, after the example of thePsal. 103.20. Angels in hea­uen.

Question.

What doe you aske in the fourth pe­ticion?

Answere.

In the fourth peticion, we pray, that he will giue vs (walking faithfully in our calling) our daylyGen. 3.19. 2. thes. 3.8. psal. 146.7. bread: What is all thinges needfull for the preser­uation and nourishment of our bodies in this natural life. And here we haue to learne, first that we doe not thinge these earthly [...], That set [...] for [Page 2]the nourishment and preseruation of our bodies, as of our selues,Psal. 145.16. Psal 146.7. mat. 6.32.33. for they are the giftes of God. Secondly, that we ought to seek them atGen. 28.20. psa. 107.5.6. the hands of God. Thirdly, that we ought to beIohn. 6.11. 1. tim. 4.4. thankful to God for the same.

Question.

What desire you in the fift peti­cion?

Answere.

In the fift peticion, we pray that our sinnes may bePsal. 32.1. dan. 9.19. hose. 14.2. forgiuen vs, and that he will not [...]aye to our charge our sinnes and offences, nor the punish­ment due to them: but that he will ex­cept the death and passion of3. Pet. 1.19. 1. ioh. 1.7. Christ, as the full satisfaction for our sinnes, and that we may hereof haue full assu­raunce in our consciences, that the pu­nishment of our sinnes, is fully dis­charged in Christ, and therefore freely forgiuen vs, as surely as we do feele that weMath. 6.14. mar. 11.25. ephe. 4.3 [...]. forgiue others. And that we loue one an other, from the bottom of our heartes,Mat. [...].39.44 45. rom. 12.17.19.20. all desire of re­uenge, set aside.

And here we haue also [...], [Page]First, that allEsai. 53.6. iom. 3.23. men are sinners. Se­condly, that,1. Ioh. 1.8.9. [...] can not satisfie, but must seeke forgiuenes. Thirdly that none can forgiue sinnes,Esay. 43.25. mar. 3.7. but God only. Fourthly, that toMath. 6.15. mar. 11.26. y^e in a [...] man that will not forgiue [...] no forgiuenes.

Question.

What doe you demaund in the sixt peticion? lead vs not into temptation: but deliuer vs from euill.

Answere.

In the sixt peticion we pray, that we be not deliuered to the powerRom 16.20. of fa­than: and that we be no further1. Cor. 1.13. tempted, then God giue vs power to beare and ouercome. And that heEph. 6.10.16.17. iam. 4.7. 1. pet. 5.9. would deliuer vs, and make vs victo­rious ouer sinne and the Deuill. And here me haue to learne: first that all Christians are inEph. 6.10.12 & 18. 1 pet. 5.8. [...], and haue need to [...] watch and pray. Secondly, that we are allPro 20.34. iere. 10.23. rom. 7.19. weak and haue need of helpe. Thirdly, that [...] Iob. 1.2. math. 8.;3 can do nothing vnlesse the Lords giue him leaue. Fourthly, that the Lorde is our deliuererPsal. 54.19. & 146.7.19. out of all temptations.

Question.

[...] Thine is the kingdome, the power, and the glory, &c.

Answere.

First, these wordes should1. Chro. 29.3. rom. 11.36. kindle our heartes to desire the glory of God. Secondly, that our prayers be groun­ded vpon nonePsal. 50.15. mat. 4.10. but God only. Thirdly, that his kingdome, power and glo­ry: is almighty and euerlasting,1. Chr. 29.10 11,12. reuel. 4.10.11 and that he onely is to be honoured and glorified. [...] confirmed in the assuraunce of that we praye for. And in this word [...] is expressed our feruent [...] Rom. 16.27. 1. pet. 5.1. reuel. 7.12. is obtayn those thinges which we aske of God: and our hope is confirmed, that those thinges which wee aske are graun­ted vnto vs: by which our conscien­ces are pacified. And so we ende our prayers.

Question.

Where finde you that there ought to be any such examination?

Answere.

I find that our Sauiour Christ af­ter that he had taught his Disciples, did againeMat 13.51. & 16.13 & 17.25. ioh. 6.5. examine them: howe they had profited. And in examining them, did teach them further.