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Q. VVhat are you in this case to do?
A. To cry vnto God for mercie, and seeke for deliuerance. Luk. 15. 17. Psal. 51. 1. 2. &c.
Q. Are you of your selfe able, or is there any good in you to moue God, to set you free?
A. No indeed, Rom. 3. 10. & 7. 18. Luk. 17. 10. 2. Cor. 4. 4. Eph. 2. 8. 9.
Q. Then vvho doth redeeme you?
A. Onely Iesus Christ, Rom. 7. 25 2. Cor. 5. 21 Rom. 5. 19. Gal. 2. 20. & 3. 13.
Q. VVhat is Iesus Christ?
A. He is the eternall Sonne of God, Mat. 17. 5. Heb. 1. 23. a King to gouerne vs, Ps. 2. 6. Mat. 28. 18. a priest to offer for vs, Ps. 110. 4. And a Prophet to teach vs, Deut. 18. 18. Esa. 61. 1. Mat. 17. 5.
Q. VVhat beleeue you concerning him in the Articles of the Creed?
A. I do beleeue, that he was conceiued by the holy Ghost, &c.
Q. VVhat is this to you?
A. I do perswade my selfe hereby, that his puritie is for my corruption, his obedience for my transgression, his death for my debt, and his as∣cension for my eternall saluation. 1. Cor. 1. 30. Phil. 3. 20.
Q. But as God made all, vvill so Iesus Christ also saue all?
A. No verily, many shall be damned, few shal be saued, Mat. 7. 13. 14. onely the elect, which take hold of Christ by a lively faith. Ioh. 3. 16. 36. Mar. 16. 16.
Q. VVhat is this liuely faith?
A. It is a true perswasion of my heart, groun∣ded vpon Gods promises, Eph. 3. 17. Rom, 4. 21. that Iesus Christ is giuen to me, Ioh. 3. 16. and the merits of his death and passion, are as truly mine, as if I my selfe had wrought them. 2. Cor. 5. 21. Rom. 8. 1.
Q. Hovv come you by this faith?
A. From my effectuall calling by the word preached, and the worke of Gods spirit. Act. 13. 48. Rom. 10. 14. 15. Eph. 1. 13.
Q. VVhere is set dovvne the summe of your be∣cefe?
A. In my Creed, I beleeue in God the Father Almightie. &c.
Q. Are these a prayer, or so to be vsed?
A. No: it teacheth me what to beleeue con∣cerning God and his church.
Q. VVhat good hath Gods Church, the true be∣leeuers aboue the rest of mankind?
A. They are in the state of grace, they haue communion with Christ, and one with another, the forgiuenesse of sinnes, the glorious resurre∣ction of the bodie, and life euerlasting.