A briefe and necessarie catechisme, concerning the principall poynts of our Christian religion Written for the good of all such as seeke after consolation in Christ. By R.C.
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- A briefe and necessarie catechisme, concerning the principall poynts of our Christian religion Written for the good of all such as seeke after consolation in Christ. By R.C.
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- R. C., fl. 1602.
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- 1602.
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Contents
- title page
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¶ A briefe and necessarie Catechisme, concerning the principall points of our Christian
Religion. -
Question.
W Hereas all men desire to bee blessed, and most men are de∣ceiued in seeking that blessed∣nesse, tell me, which is the true way thereto? - How know you this?
- What call you his Word?
- Which doe you call the holy scriptures?
- Are all things that are necessarie for vs to know, contained in them?
- Is it lawfull to adde to, or take anie thing there-from?
- Why is it so grieuous a sin?
- Why is it requisite that the will of God should be set forth vnto vs?
- Is it not lawfull to repose any part of Gods worship, or our saluation, in the doctrines and dooings of men?
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How far are we bound to their doctrine
and dooings. - May all reade the Scriptures?
- VVhy must all such reade the Scrip∣tures?
- But what if men cannot reade?
- Is it enough to read the Scriptures pri∣uately, or with others?
- And is that enough?
- Why must preaching be ioyned vvith reading?
- Why must faith be mixed with the word read and preached?
- How many things are requisite to be in euery one that wil come to heare the word read and preached?
- Which be the principall parts of Gods word?
- What call you the Law?
- What if we could keepe the Law?
- What if we breake the Law?
- What call you the Gospell?
- What doth it worke in vs?
- VVhat must wee learne by the vvhole word of God.
- What is required for our right & sound entrance to our saluation.
- How shall wee come to aright fight of our sinnes, & a sound perswasion of them.
- Where is the Law set downe?
- Rehearse them.
- How are they deuided?
- What doth the first Table teach vs?
- What learne we by the second Table?
- VVhy are the duties towards GOD set downe, before our duties towards our neighbour?
- Why are the duties towards our neigh∣bour, ioyned to our dutie towards God?
- VVhy are the Commaundements set downe in tenne parts, and not in generall.
- VVhy are they set downe singulerly, or to euery one?
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Are there not some rules, which serue for the better vnderstanding of euery one of the Commaundements.
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What is the first Commaundement?
- What euill is heere generally forbidden?
- What good is commaunded.
- What is it to haue God to be our only God.
- Which be those, that properly concerne God, and therefore be the especiall things commaunded.
- After what sort must you performe these duties.
- Which be the peculiar things forbidden.
- What else is particularly forbidden.
- What be the occasions of breaking this Commaundement.
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Are not the contrarie good things to
these Commaunded.
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Rehearse the second Commandement.
- What euill is expresly forbidden heere.
- What euill is generally forbidden.
- What be the especiall euils forbidden.
- What occasions of euils be forbidden.
- Which be the lesser occasions forbid∣den, and yet so that we haue the especiall grounds of Gods worship, which must and may tollerate, when we cannot helpe them.
- Is not the euill in hart also forbidden.
- What good is commaunded.
- What occasions of good be commanded.
- What good in hart is heere commaun∣ded.
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What meane these words,
For I the Lord thy God, am a iealous God. &c. -
What is meant by that,
And will shewe mercie vnto thousands, &c. - What is the vse of these.
- Rehearse the third Commaundement.
- Rehearse the fourth Commandement.
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Rehearse the fift Commaundement?
- VVhom doe you vnderstand by Fa∣ther and Mother.
- What duties doe Children owe to their Parents?
- vvhat are they forbidden to doe.
- vvhat duties doe seruants owe to their maisters.
- vvhat are they forbidden.
- vvhat if parents and maisters doe not their duties.
- vvhat if they command vniust things.
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vvhy are those things added,
That thy daies may be long in the land.
- Rehearse the sixt Commaundement.
- Rehearse the seuenth Commandement.
- Rehearse the eight Commaundement.
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Rehearse the ninth Commandement.
- What is heere forbidden.
- How may waies is false witnes borne.
- Against whom doe men beare false wit∣nes outwardly?
- How doe men beare false witnes against themselues.
- VVhat be the occasions of false witnes.
- How do mē beare false witnes inwardly.
- How are we partakers with false witnes bearers?
- VVhat is heere commaunded.
- Rehearse the tenth Commaundement.
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What is the first Commaundement?
- Seeing in the former commaundement, we are forbidden to hurt our neighbour in hart, how doth this differ from the former.
- VVhence doe these motions arise.
- Are all these sinnes in vs.
- How are we infected by them.
- How is this commaundement broken.
- VVhat is commaunded.
- Who is your neighbour.
- Why iudge you so.
- Doth the law of God prescribe the per∣fect rule of righteousnes?
- Can euerie one keepe the Lawe per∣fectly.
- What punishment is due to the brea∣kers of Gods law.
- But God is mercifull.
- And cannot we by ourselues make sa∣tisfaction for our sinnes?
- But doth not God wrong to man, to re∣quire of him that which he is not able to performe.
- Can any creature in heauen or earth, which is onely a creature, satisfie his righ∣teousnes.
- What manner of man is to be sought out to be our Mediator and deliuerer.
- Why must he be man, and perfectly righteous.
- Why must he be God withall.
- Who is that Mediatour which is verie God, and very man, and perfectly righte∣ous withall.
- What is the vse of all which hath hither∣to beene taught.
- Are they deliuered from the curse of the Law, and made partakers of Christs me∣rits, that are truly humbled.
- How is the truth of Gods law fulfilled.
- Is sorrow for sinne sufficient to bring vs to saluation.
- How shall we attaine to this true faith.
- VVhere is the Gospell declared vnto vs.
- Rehearse those articles.
- How many parts are ther in these articles.
- What beleeue you in the first part.
- Why say you I beleeue in God, and not in Gods?
- If there be but one God, why name you three, the father, the son, & the holy ghost.
- Why say you I beleeue in God, and not rather, that there is a God.
- vvhy say you I beleeue, & not we beleeue
- Why call you God Father?
- Why say you Creator, and not Maker of heauen, &c.
- Why call you him Almightie.
- What comfort hence do we receiue.
- How can this be.
- True it is, that by creation we had this benefit, but we haue lost it, and are be∣come the children of wrath, how then can God become our father, and shew vs, thys mercy.
- What beleeue you of GOD the Sonne.
- How can you beleeue that he is able to worke your saluation.
- By what words in the Creed do you be∣leeue that Christ is God.
- Why call you him the onely begotten Sonne of God.
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How can this be, seeing the Angels,
A∣dam, and we also, be the Sonnes of God. - VVhy was it requisite hee should be God.
- What comfort haue you by this, that Christ is God.
- By what words in the Creede doe you shew, that you beleeue that Christ is man.
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Why are these words added?
Concei∣ued by the holy Ghost? - VVas it needfull that Christ should be without sinne.
- Why was it requisite that he should be man?
- What cōfort is in this, that Christ is man?
- vvhat fruit haue you by his holy con∣ception?
- vvhat comfort haue you by this, that he is both God and man?
- vvhat doth Iesus signifie?
- vvhat comfort haue you by this?
- What signifieth Christ.
- How gather you this?
- VVas Christ annoynted with materiall oyle as they were.
- Why call you him Prophet?
- What were then the Prophets and A∣postles.
- What comfort haue we by this.
- Why call you him Priest.
- What comfort doe wee reape by his Priesthood.
- How is that.
- Why call you him King.
- What comfort haue you by this.
- Why call you him Lord.
- VVhat comfort haue you thereby▪
- VVhat is the second thing wherein thy faith in Christ consisteth.
- How is that?
- In what words are his paineful suffrings expressed.
- vvhat is the generall meaning of these words?
- vvhat comfort haue you ny this?
- How then commeth it to passe that we are so often afflicted with grieuous tor∣ments of bodie and soule.
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vvhy are those words set downe,
Suffe∣red vnder Pontius Pilate. - vvhat comfort haue you hereof?
- vvhat is meant by this that he was cruci∣fied.
- vvhat comfort haue you by this?
- vvhat meaneth this, that he died?
- VVhy was it requisite that he should die?
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VVhy is it further sayd, that
He was bu∣ried. - VVhat comfort haue you by his death and buriall.
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What meanes this,
He descended into hell. - VVhat comfort haue you heereby.
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What beleeuest thou in this article,
He rose againe. - Wherin doth this article minister com∣fort vnto thee.
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What beleeuest thou in this article,
He ascended into heauen? - What comfort haue you thereby?
- What fruit haue you thereby?
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What meaneth that,
Hee sitteth at the right hand of God, &c. - What comfort reape you heereby?
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What beleeue you in this article,
From thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead. - What comfort haue you by this?
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VVhy say you,
I beleeue in the holy Ghost. - Why call you him holy.
- What fruit haue you by this?
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What meaneth this article,
I beleeue the holy Catholike Church. - Why call you the Church holy.
- Why doe you call it Catholike.
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What meaneth this article,
The commu∣nion of Saints. - VVhat comfort haue you by this.
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VVhat beleeuest thou by this article,
I beleeue the forgiuenes of sinnes. - vvhy say you, I beleeue the forgiuenes of sinnes.
- vvhat comfort haue you thereby.
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vvhat meane you by this article,
The re∣surrection of the bodie into life euerlasting. - VVhat comfort reape you thereby?
- What fruit haue you by beleeuing all these articles.
- Which be the seuerall fruits?
- Why is this giuen wholy & only to faith.
- Cannot good works in some part iusti∣sie vs.
- Are not our workes so.
- vvhy then doth God promise a reward to them.
- Then this doctrine will make men care∣lesse for well doing.
- vvhy is it needful they should doe good works.
- Are good works so needful that we can∣not be saued without them.
- Then they must much more be con∣demned which commit sinne and lie in it.
- Can euerie one doe good workes.
- vvho then doe good works.
- What is repentance?
- What is it to crucifie the corruption of nature.
- How is this sorrow wrought.
- How is this reformation of our selues wrought in vs.
- What insueth hereof.
- Heereby it appeareth that none can re∣pent of themselues, or when they will.
- By this also it is euident that Gods chil∣dren stand in need of repentance so long as they liue.
- Why then saith our Sauiour Christ, that the Angels of God reioyce more ouer one sinner that repenteth, then ouer 99. who need no repentance.
- Seeing it was said before, that good works proceed from repentance, what properties are required of works.
- What say you then of their good works which are not in Christ.
- Is it not lawfull to seeke our owne praise or merit by our good works.
- VVe haue heard that the Law worketh knowledge of our sinnes and feeling of our miserie, what meanes hath God ordai∣ned to worke faith in vs.
- How many kinds of faith be there.
- vvhat difference is there betweene peni∣tence and repentance.
- Is there such difference betweene the Law and the Gospell.
- vvherein doe they agree.
- What is that one kinde of righteous∣nesse.
- What insueth heereof?
- But yet they remayne transgressors of the Law.
- VVhat then is the state of the faithfull in this life.
- VVhat fight haue they.
- How shall they ouercome.
- VVhat call you the flesh.
- Doth that remaine after regeneration.
- How doth the flesh fight against the spirit.
- What call you the spirit.
- Doe wee not receiue the spirit in full measure, and in perfection at the first.
- How doth the spirit fight in vs.
- What call you the world.
- How doth the world fight against vs.
- How shall we ouercome the pleasures, profit, and glory of this world.
- How shall we ouercome the paines, los∣ses and reproches of this world.
- What call you sathan?
- How doth he fight against vs?
- How shall we fight against him and his temptations.
- How shall we doe that?
- How shall we ouercome sathan and his accusations.
- How shall we ouercome him in our ter∣rors and troubles.
- VVe haue hard that the word is the first & chiefe means, not only to beget, but also to strengthen and increase faith in vs, what is the next principall meanes.
- vvhat is Prayer.
- Is there any prescript rule of Prayer left vs in the Scriptures.
- Is it lawfull to vse no other manner of words.
- How is that Prayer deuided.
- vvhich is the Preface.
- vvhat doth this put vs in minde of.
- To whom doe we pray.
- vvhy doe you heare name the father.
- vvhy must we pray to the father in the mediation of Christ his Sonne.
- vvhy must we pray by the working of the holy Ghost.
- vvhat must we be perswaded of our owne estate in prayer.
- VVhat perswasion must wee haue touching our selues.
- How shall we be truly humbled.
- How shal we be assured that we shall be heard.
- What must wee be perswaded concer∣ning other.
- How are the petitions duided.
- Which be those that concerne Gods Maiestie.
- What is meant by the name of God.
- Why be these called the names of God.
- What is meant by this word sanctified.
- How shall Gods name be declared to be holy and glorious.
- What doe we pray against in his pe∣tion.
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Question.