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Title:  The foundation of Christian religion gathered into six principles and it is to be learned of ignorant people that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort. : [Two lines from Psalms] / By William Perkins.
Author: Perkins, William, 1558-1602.
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and to cast him down to hell, and after|ward to restore and raise him up again.Q. What is the use of the Word of God preached?A. First, it Rom. 1.17 breedeth, and then it in|creaseth faith in them which are chosen to salvation: but unto them that perish, it is by reason of their corruption, an oc|casion of their further damnation.Q. How must we hear Gods VVord, that it may be effectual to our salvation?A. VVe Jam. 1.10 Act. 16.14. Heb. 4.2. Isai. 66.2. Luk. 2.51. Psal. 119.11 must come unto it with hun|ger-bitten hearts, having an appetite to the VVord; we must mark it with atten|tion, receive it by faith, submit our selves unto it with fear and trembling, even then, when our faults are reproved: last|ly, we must hide it in the corners of our hearts, that we may frame our lives and conversations by it.Q. What is a Sacrament?A.Rom. 4.11. Gen. 17.11 Gal. 3.1. A sign to represent, a seal to con|firm, an instrument to convey Christ and all his benefits to them that do believe in himQ. Why must a Sacrament represent the mercies of God before our eyes?A. Because we are dull to conceive, and to remember them0