Question. ARt thou not a sub­iect and a seruant vnto the Almygh­tie God, and Lord of Hea­uen and Earth?

Aunswere. I acknowledge and yeeld my selfe for euer to be his subiect and seruaunt.Exod. 20.2. Ios. 24.15.24. Rom. 12.16.

Question. Hath God giuen foorth any lawes, whereby his subiectes shoulde be wel ruled and go­uerned?

Aunsvvere.

The holy scriptures are Gods statures and lawes,Hebru. 1.12. Luk. 16.29.31 Dent. 4.13. wherein he declareth his wyll and pleasure, the generall summe and effect whereof is breefely set foorth vnto vs in the tenne Commaundementes.

[Page] Question. Rehearse the tenne Com­maundementes.

Aunswere.

i. GOD spake all these wordes and sayd,Exod. 20.3. I am the Lorde thy GOD, thou shalt haue none other gods but me.

ii. Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image, nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue, or in the earth be­neth, or in the waters vnder the earth, thou shalt not bowe downe to them, nor worship them, for I the Lorde am a ielious God, and will vifite the sinnes of the fathers vpon the chyldren, vnto the third and fourth gene­ration of them that hate me, and shew mer­cie vnto thousandes in them that loue me, and keepe my commaundements.

iii. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy GOD in vayne, for the Lorde will not holde him giltles, that taketh his name in vayne.

iiii. Remember that thou keepe holy the Sabboth day, sixe dayes shalt thou laboure and doe all that thou hast to doe: but the se­uenth day is the Sabboth of the Lorde the GOD, in it thou shalt doe no manner of worke, thou nor thy sonne, thy daughter, [Page] thy man seruant, nor thy maydseruant, thy cattell, nor the straunger that is within thy gates: for in sixe dayes the Lorde made Heauen and Earth, the Sea and all that in them is, wherefore the Lorde blessed the se­uenth day, and hallowed it.

v. Honour thy Father and thy Mother, that thy dayes may be long in the lande, which the Lorde thy GOD geueth thee.

vi. Thou shalt doe no murder.

vii. Thou shalt not commit adulterie.

viii. Thou shalt not steale.

ix. Thou shalt not beare false witnesse a­gaynst thy neyghbour.

x. Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house, thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours wyfe, nor his seruaunt, nor his mayde, nor his Oxe, nor his Asse, nor any thing that is his.

Question. Are you able to keepe all these lawes?

Aunsvvere

Euery man daily breaketh them in thought,Psalm. 19.12. Ecclesi. 7.22. 1. Iohn. 1.8. word, and deede.

Question. What is the danger of brea­king [Page] any of these lawes and commaundementes of Al­myghty GOD.

Aunsvvere,

The iust wages and punishmēt of breaking the least of Gods holy lawes,Math. 5.19.22. yea if it were but once in all my life,Rom. 6 23. and in thought onely:Ga [...]at. 3.10. is the losse of Gods fauour, the purchasing of his heauye displeasure:Iames. 2.10. which bringeth euerlasting death both of soule and body.

Question. Howe shall you escape this great daunger, and feareful punishment of your sinnes. Wyll not your good deedes serue to make some amends to GOD for your il deedes, and so deliuer you from this punishment.

[Page] Aunsvvere. My good deedes will not helpe to saue me from this punishment, nor any thing els,Ephe. 2.9. Actes. 4.1 [...]. Gala. 2.21. but onely the deedes of Iesus Christ hath deli­uered me.

Question. How hath Jesus Christ sa­ued and deliuered you from this great punishment of your sinnes.

Aunsvvere. Iesus Christe hath deliuered me from the punishment of my sinne,1. Tim. 3.1 [...]. Cala. 3.13. Esai. 53.5. because he being both GOD and Man,Col. 1.19.20. hath suffered all the punishment which my sinnes deserued,1. Pet. 2.24. and hath fulfilled the lawe of God perfectly for me,Rom 4.25. and thereby hath restored me for euer to the loue and fauour of God.

Question. Are all then saued by this suffering & death of Christ.

Aunsvvere. Only they are saued by Christ,Iohn. 3.16.3. who beleeue that he hath doone all thinges touching sal­uation, not onely for other,Gal. 2.20. Ioh. 1.20.22. but also euen for [Page] them selues, the effect of which faith is con­teyned in the Creede.

Question. Rehearse the Creede.

Aunsvvere. I beleeue in God the Father Almighty ma­ker of Heauen and Earth.Iohn. 14 1. And in Iesus Christ his onely sonne our Lorde. Whiche was conceyued by the holy Ghost, horne of the Virgin Marie. Suffered vnder Ponce Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buryed, he descended into Hell. The third day he rose againe from the dead. He assended into Hea­uen, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almightie. From thence shall he come to iudge the quicke and the dead. I be­léeue in the holy Ghost. The holy Catho­licke Church. The Communion of Saintes. The forgeuenesse of sinnes. The resurrecti­on of the body. And the life euerlasting A­men.

Question. By what meanes haue we such a true fayth.

Aunsvvere. Math. 16.17. Ephesi 6.23. 2. Cor. 4.13. Mark. 9.24.

It is the gyft of GOD.

[Page] Question. How dooth God woorke this fayth in vs.

Aunsvvere By the preaching of the woord of God.Rom. 1.12.17. Rom. 10.4.17. Iames. 1.21.

Question. Is this fayth fully framed, and made strong in vs at the fyrst, or in one houre.

Aunsvvere. Fayth is increased by little and little,1. Cor. 11.17. Galat. 4.19. Ephesi. 4.11.12.13. 1. Thessa. 5.19.20. and made strong in vs by the diligent hearing of the worde of God, and by the vse of his Sa­cramentes.

Question. How many Sacraments are there.

Aunsvvere. There are two Sacraments, Baptisme,Rom. 4.11. 1. Cor. 10.2.3. Math. 21.25. Matth. 28.19. Matth. 26.2.6 Acts. 2.26. and the Supper of the Lord.

Question. What benifite haue you by Baptisme, and to what end serueth it.

[Page] Aunsvvere. By Baptisme the holy Ghost assureth me,Acts 22.16. that as my bodye is sprinkled with water, so my soule,1. Pet. 3.21. by the bloodshedding of Christ, is sprinckled and washed from all the guilte and punishmēt of my sinnes,Coloss. 2.12. and also herby I professe my selfe to dye with Christe, as concerning sinne,Rom. 6.4. and liue in him as concer­ning righteousnesse.

Question. To what ende serueth the Supper of the Lorde.

Aunsvvere. In the Supper of the Lorde,Luke. 22.19.20. 1. Pet. 10.16. I am by the spirite of GOD assured, that as the breade broken, and the wine poured out be deliue­red vnto me,1. Cor. 11.23.34 euen so was the body of Christ broken, and his bloude shed, as a full recom­pence to God for my sinnes.

Question. For asmuch then as God of his infinite loue, hath geuen his owne sonne, to raunsome [Page] vs from the power of sinne, death, and hell, to aduaunce vs to the honour of his Chil­dren, and heires of his king­dome: seing it pleaseth him to geue vs fayth, and daylye to nourish and encrease it in vs more and more: by his woorde and Sacramentes, by the which fayth we lay hold vpon Christe, and make him with al his merits and trea­sures our owne: so that nowe not only alour sinnes are re­mooued from vs, but also his righteousnes, holinesse, and perfection, is accounted ours [Page] before GOD: Do you not thinke that we are very depely bound vnto him.

Aunsvvers.

Yes veryly. I am so much bounde to God,Psalm. 8.5. Psalm. 116.12 Rom. 12.1. that al my life ought to be a continual thank­fulnes to his Maiestie, for his great mercie.

Quuestion.

Is then this doctrine whiche sheweth vs that we are saued by Jesus Christ only, & not by our owne woorkes, any oc­casion of wicked lyfe, as the Papists slaunder it.

Aunsvvere. This doctrine is no occasion of wicked lyfe,Rom. 12.1. 1. Iohn. 2.1. Rom. 6.1. Titus. 2.11.12. but the greatest reason to perswade men to be diligent and zealous in good woorkes.

Question. Are there no other good deedes required of Christi­ans, [Page] but giuing of almes, vi­siting the sycke, buylding of schooles, and houses for the poore.

Aunsvvere. Math. 6.2. 1. Cor. 13.3. As these are good deedes, and such as highly please God, being doone in such ma­ner as the worde of God dooth teache vs:Exo. 20.3.4. Math. 22.36. So are there many other much more ex­cellent then these: as the pure worshipping of God both with the soule and body:Iob. 13.15. tru­sting and dependidg of his good prouidence both in prosperitie and aduersitie:Luk. 10.42. hearing of his holy worde:Thes. 5.11.14. Hebre. 3.13. Colos. 3.16. Iacob. 5.20. exhortations and ad­monitions one to an other, especially to such as we haue speciall charge ouer:1. Thes. 5.16. Psalm. 50.14.15. praysing God for all his mercies, and continuall be­nifites powred vpon vs: and last of all,Iudges. 20. Ephe. 6.18. Psalm. 50.15. Actes. 4.24. faythfull prayers for all such thinges as we stand in neede of.

Question. To whom ough we to make our prayers.

Aunsvvere. We must pray to our louing and Almighty GOD alone, and to none but him.

[Page] Question. What thinges ought we to pray for.

Aunsvvere. We must praye,Actes. 4.29. Ephe. 6.18.19. not onely for all thinges needefull for our selues and the churche of GOD, but especially for those thinges whiche appertayne to the setting foorth of the glory of God, euen as we are taught in the Lordes prayer.

Question. Rehearse the Lordes pray­er.

Aunsvere. Our father which art in Heauen, hallowed be thy name.Math. 6.9. Thy kingdome come. Thy wyll be done in Earth, as it i [...] in Heauen. Geue vs this day our daly breade. And for­geue vs our trespasses, as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs. And leade vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euyll Amen.

Question. How may we be assured that God wyl heare vs, seeing we [Page] are sinners.

Aunsvvere. Because we offer vp our prayers,Iohn. 16.29. 1. Iohn. 2.1. 1. Pet. 2.5. not in our own name, nor in the name of any creature but of the sonne of God our Sauiour, who is alwayes in the presence of God, to en­treate his maiestie for vs, his poore Ser­uauntes.