The foundation of Christian religion gathered into sixe principles. And it is to bee learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receiue the Lords Supper with comfort.
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The foundation of Christian religion gathered into sixe principles. And it is to bee learned of ignorant people, that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receiue the Lords Supper with comfort.
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Perkins, William, 1558-1602.
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[London?] :: Printed by Thomas Orwin, for Iohn Porter,
1591.
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Theology -- Early works to 1800.
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❧The foundation of Christian Religion, ga∣thered into sixe Principles.
Question. WHat doest thou beleeue con∣cerning God.
I. There is a 1.1one b 1.2 God c 1.3 creator and d 1.4gouernour of all things, e 1.5 di∣stinguished into the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Ghost.
Q. What doest thou beleeue con∣cerning man: and concerning thine owne selfe.
II. f 1.6All men are wholly cor∣rupted withg 1.7 sinne through h 1.8A∣dams fal: & so are become i 1.9 slaues of Sathan, and k 1.10 guilty of eternall damnation.
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Q. What meanes is there for thee to escape this damnable estate?
III. Iesus Christ l 1.11 the eternall sonne of God, being made man, by his m 1.12 death vpon the Crosse, and by his n 1.13 righteousnes, hath perfectly o 1.14 alone by himselfe, ac∣complished all things that are needefull for the saluation p 1.15 of mankinde.
Q. But how mayest thou be made partaker of Christ & his benefites.
IIII. A man q 1.16 of a contrite and humble spirit r 1.17 by faith alone, s 1.18 ap∣prehending and applying Christ with all his merits vnto himself, is iustified t 1.19 before God and sanc∣tified.
Q. What are the ordinary meanes for the obtaining of faith.
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V. Faith u 1.20 commeth onelie by the preaching of the word, and increaseth daylie by it, as also x 1.21by the administration of the Sacra∣ments, andy 1.22 praier.
Q. What is the estate of all men after death?
VI. All men a 1.23shall rise againe with their own bodies to the last b 1.24iudgement, which being ended c 1.25the godly d 1.26 shal possesse the king∣dome of Heauen: but vnbelee∣uers and reprobates shal be e 1.27 in hel tormented with the diuel and his Angels, for euer.