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B12280 An explication of those principles of Christian religion, exprest or implyed in the catechisme of our Church of England, set downe in the Booke of Common Prayer Vsefull for housholders, that desire heaven in earnest: and are willing to discharge their dutie in examination of their charge, before they send any of them to our communion. Begun and finisht in Barstaple, in the Countie of Devon, according to his maiesties late pious directions, for the renewing and continuing of the ordinance of catechising, so generally sleighted and neglected: now thus farre published respectively for the benefit of that corporation. Crompton, William, 1599?-1642. 1633 (1633) STC 6057; ESTC S114531 131,550 448

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sanctified sorrow breeds lasting peace Secondly Esa 66.2 it moues compassion in God towards vs as to his labouring people in Aegypt and Manasses in prison Exod. 3.7 Thirdly Esa 66.3 it seasons all our spirituall sacrifices and makes vs more fearefull to displease God Fourthly Prou. 23.13 14. it weanes vs from the loue of the world frees vs from eternall death beat thy childe with the rod and thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell and is a certaine fore-runner of glorie a great comfort to all heauie hearts and deiected soules yeelding the peaceable fruit of righteousnesse and holinesse Psa 126.5 6.30.5 vnto all so exercised sowing in teares they shall reape in ioy heauinesse endures for a night but ioyes comes in the morning Q. But I finde no such thing in me rather the contrary hardnesse and stubbornnesse A. The case is dangerous and lamentable some hope and comfort there is in this that you are sensible of your miserie take this receipt First come home to your selfe Hag. 2.1 Luk. 15.17 call your dispersed thoughts summon them together as to a weightie consultation Heb. 3.13 Psal 51.3 Secondly weigh the true cause of such continued hardnesse the deceitfulnesse of sinne through inconsideration and delay of repentance Mat. 16.26 Thirdly intensiuely fixe your eies vpon your sinnes laid open before you originall actuall with your aptitude to the vilest was euer done or thought on by any casting what is lost what gained by sinne one sence of seeing and weeping see well and weepe well Fourthly be frequent in that angelicall exercise of speculation Luk. 19.41.23.28 and meditation and therein represent Christ to your thoughts ●●eeping often neuer laughing 〈…〉 for you that you might mourne 〈…〉 your-selues Fifthly grieue for the want of griefe that you can be more sorrie for any thing then sinne Sixtly Eccl. 7.2 3 4 5. vse all incentiues to moue sorrow with softnesse as places companie employment it is better to goe to the house of mourning then to the house of feasting sorrow is better then laughter by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better praying with Ieremie Ier. 9.1 O that my head were waters and mine eies a fountaine of teares that I might weep day and night c. Seuenthly be content with that measure of sorrow which the Lord affords A skilfull Physician euer prepares a potion according to the constitution of his patient Q. What is that which cannot stand with sound humiliation A. First Luciferian 〈◊〉 mentall or carnall Luke 1.51 Iames 4 6. Secondly humorizing fashionisme new words may serue to expresse new fashion-mongers consisting in a fond imitation of euerie foolish forraine device in haire attire c. a signe of great lightnesse Rom. 12.2.13.14 Thirdly luxurious epicurisme pampering of the flesh as ouer delicate women vse to doe and studying to satisfie the lust thereof by eating drinking playing sleeping with other acts gracelesse and namelesse so fooling away eternitie Fourthly Mat. 19.23 Atheisticall couetousnesse whereby our affections are fixt and fastened to the earth 6.25.20.26.27.28 Fifthly carnall securitie from carnall iollitie vnseparable without sight of sinne or sense of miserie Sixtly sharpe contention about matters of small moment striuing for place harshly censuring all of that any way oppose vs. Q. Which is the fourth duty necessary for our preparation A. Application of all which is as the bellowes to our spirituall heat whereby all we receiue and know is turned into nutriment and made our owne and this must be First Mat. 26.22 of all we haue done to our selues in a strict examination of our estates Secondly 1 Cor. 46. of all God hath spoken to our soules in the threatnings and promises of his Word Q. Which is the fifth duty necessary for our preparation before we come to the Communion A. Resolution which is a heartie and stedfast purpose of more exact obedience for the time to come Acts 11.23 consisting in holy vowes and promises to be performed in their season especially we must resolue First to keepe entire our renewed amitie betweene Christ and our soules Psa 116.18.132.3 4 5 6. to giue no occasion of distaste if any happen not to rest till it be made vp Secondly Iohn 13.35 1 Iohn 3.14 Gal. 5.6 as to be in it for the present so to continue for the time to come in the loue of our brethren generally with all familiarly with those of the houshold of faith this is The wedding garment Q. What must a prepared Christian doe when he is come to the communion A. Let him againe bethinke him Gen. 28 16 17. First where he is supposing he heares that voyce put off thy shooes from thy feet for the place where thou standest is holy ground Secondly to what end he came Exod. 3.5 Luk. 15.19 to feast with Christ nay to feed of Christ Thirdly how vnworthy yet he is to approach thither and touch such sacred things hauing yeelded euery one of his members as Seruants to vncleannesse Esay 64.6 Phil. 3.9 Fourthly in what garment fashion and condition hee desires as his owne thoughts inwardly suggest vnto him to be seene and noted of Christ at his Table with what reuerence humility filiall feare strength of faith c. Q. What is it to eate and drinke the Body and Blood of Christ A. First confidently to embrace and by the hand of faith to receiue that pardon obtained and offered to vs by Christ Iohn 6.63 Secondly to be married vnto him vnseparably and after a wonderfull manner vnited and graft into his mysticall body Rom. 8.1.14 Thirdly to bee quickned nourisht and guided by that Spirit which liues and mooues both in Him and vs c. Q. With what gesture must we receiue A. First no one kinde of gesture is exclusiuely necessary nor any one with respect to order and decency that scandall and offence be auoyded 1 Cor. 10.32 11.16.14.40 vnlawfull Secondly that which is in vse in any particular Church confirmed by authoritie of present gouernours ought to be esteemed best and so obserued Thirdly that whereby we may expresse most humiliation deuotion and ardency of affection seeing our Sacrament is deliuered and receiued by way of petition is best as vncouering of the head bowing of the knee lifting vp of hands and eyes towards heauen c. prouided communicants come with preparation voyd of superstition Q. When you haue receiued what is the best employment while the elements are in distribution to others for you may not be idle nor ill employed A. That vndoubtedly whereby Christ may be most glorified and the soules of communicants most freely and feelingly comforted which as I conceiue and still beleeue is reducible to all or most of these foure First 1 Cor. 10.31 is meditation which is as digestion after meat and what more seasonable then after meat digestion it is the first
bitter death tels me hee hath suffered enough already Q. What doe you meane by this when you confesse hee was dead Math. 27.46 A. Viz. That the body and soule of Christ were really seuered for a time as in the naturall death of any other Q Why did Christ dye A. First to show the truth of his humanity and realty of his suff●ings Secondly G●n 2.17 Cor. 5 14. ●●b ● 15 ohn 3.16 Rom. 11.22 to satisfie iustice ●o the full who had before th●●a●ned man with death Thirdly to va●qu●sh death by taking away the sting and making it a passage vnto life Fourthly to manifest the infinitnesse of Gods loue to mankind with the seuerity of his iustice against sinne in one and the same act Fifthly that by a propitiatory sacrifice hee might establish the couenant which could not bee without such bloud-shedding Q. What doe you learne from the death of Christ A. First a threefold assurance First that by his death I am freed from a double death in part from the first wholly from the second Secondly that being dead with Christ 1 Cor. 15.55 Heb. 2.14.15 Rom. 8.1 I shall now euer after liue the life of Christ Thirdly that the new couenant of grace is now of force Col. 3.3 Heb. 8.6.7 9 16 17. Secondly a threefold resolution First neuer more to liue in any knowne sinne seeing Christ dyed for sinne Secondly to cleaue vnto him with an ardent vnseparable loue Thirdly to lay downe my life for him and his truth to spend all my time and strength in his seruice who hath not spared to spend his bloud for me Rom. 6.2.8.35 1 Ioh 3.16 Iohn 7.31 Rom. 6.9.10.13.11 Ephes 5.14 Thirdly to condemne a threefold error First of the Iewes expecting another Christ cleauing to shaddowes obseruing ceremonies which were to dye with Christ Secondly of Papists that maintaine a continuall sacrifice offering vp and so killing Christ often when as hee was to dye but once Thirdly of carnall Protestants who lye still snorting vnder the dead sleepe of sinne yet thinke to be saued by Christs death Q. What doe you vnderstand by this when you say he was buried A. Viz. that Christs body after death was in a desent manner laid in a tombe or graue where it also remaines the same without alteration or corruption Mat. 27.60 Psa 16.10 preserued by the presence of the diety Q. Why was Christ buried A. First to show vs that in his greatest extremity hee had some wel-willers Mat. 27.58 Rom. 6.6 Hos 13.14 Mat. 28.6 Heb. 2.15 who performed this office of loue vnto him Secondly to confirme the truth and certainty of his death Thirdly that he might follow death wrestle with him in his owne Castle and beate him out of his owne supposed inuinsible hold Fourthly by his presence to take away the horrour of the graue to sanctifie it to be a chamber of refuge a sweet bed of rest and a passage to immortality Q. By whom was he buried A. Ioseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus two of his fearefull Disciples in time of need became boldest Luke 23.50 when such as had made fairer showes denyed or left him Q. Why was Hee buried by rich men A. First because they were best able to performe it in a conuenient manner Christ was the Sonne of Nobles fit it was he should be buried by men of honour Prou. 3.9 1 Tim. 6.17 Secondly to teach rich men two things First to be helpefull with their substance to the members of Christ in distresse Secondly not to shun as ashamed the meanest office which may bring any glory to God 1 Pet. 4.10 Psal 84.10 or comfort to his Church Q. What may you learne hence A. Two things especially First a lesson of consolation cheerefully to follow my Sauiour to the graue Mat. 28.6 Esay 26.19 20. where he once lay Secondly a lesson of imitation and that First to performe the like vnto any of my Christian brethren Secondly Acts 8.2 Rom. 6.4 Exod. 34.6 to spend some time euery day in burying of my sinnes in and with him who was once buried for sinne Q. What meane you by these words He descended into Hell A. First that Christ after his death and buriall was detained as a prisoner vnder the bondage of death Psal 16.10 Acts 2.31 for one whole day and two nights Secondly during this space that he triumphed ouer Satan in his owne Kingdome the manner how is vnknowne Q. Why did Christ descend thus A. That beleeuers in him might not descend Heb. 2.14 15. that death might not detaine them as prisoners nor Satan triumph ouer them Q. What doe you learne from it A. First to confute Papists teaching that the soule of Christ descended into Hell to deliuer some soules there detained and that the soules of iust men may suffer paine after death equiuallent to the torments of Hell crossing both the end and effect of Christs descent Gen. 18.27 Iob 40.4 Heb. 10.36 Luke 21.18.19 Secondly to descend with Christ to the lowest step of humiliation to be vile in my owne eyes that I may be pretious in Gods sight through Christ Thirdly to possesse my soule in patience and hope from the lowest ebbe of misery God is able to restore Christ was dead buried and descended into Hell yet raised againe Q. Which is the fift Article A. The third day he rose againe from the dead Q. What doth this Article containe A. The first full step or degree of Christs exaltation and that is his resurrection Q. Who was it that was thus exalted A. Iesus Christ as God and Man Acts 2.24 1 Cor. 15.4 the same person that was humbled euen to the death of the Crosse was raised to liue for euer in glory Q. What doe you meane when you say Christ rose againe A. First that the soule and body of Christ were reunited Acts 2.24.10.40 41 42 43. Secondly that Christ was freed from all infirmities of humane nature keeping still all the properties of a true Body Thirdly that the Diety did more fully open it selfe adorning the humanity with all those finite excellencies as such a creature is capable of Q. How was He raised A. First Iohn 8.18 Ephe. 2.5.6 Mat. 27.53 by his owne power Secondly as a publike person attended with some others who rose with him as an earnest of the great and generall resurrection Q. Why was Christ raised An. First for the cleerer manifestation of his Diety Secondly for the impletion of types and prophesies and for confirmation of that truth formerly by him taught Rom. 1.4 Psal 16.10 Mat. 12 39. Rom. 4.25.6.4 Thirdly that his Disciples might be assured of his victory ouer death Fourthly that he might apply the merits of his passion and perfect the office of Mediation Fifthly to cause a double resurrection to the faithfull the first to newnesse of life here and the second to a life of immortality in heauen hereafter Q. When
by that awefull reuerence and respect he giues to the word and ordinances of Christ 2 Tim. 2.19 Thirdly by the Spirit of prayer and power ouer formerly preuailing corruptions Luk. 21.13 Ioh. 15.19 Fourthly by that enmitie manifested by men of this world against him only for religion and vertues sake I haue chosen you out of the world saith our Sauiour therefore the world hates you Rom. 8.16 Fifthly by the inward testimony of the Spirit Gal. 15.19 perswading him vpon good grounds to cry Abba Father and by some appearing fruits of the Spirit Sixthly by a conscionable vse of the meanes 1 Thes 1.4 5. yeelding readily vnto it both for profession and practice Q. What is Creation A. It is a raising or framing vp of man by the finger and power of God Gen. 1.26 Reu. 14.11 out of the dust of the earth after the Image of God in righteousnesse and true holinesse hauing breathed into him the breath both of a naturall and spirituall life at once Q. To what end did God create man and especially after this fashion A. First Ephes 2.10 Gen. 18.27 to serue him and seek his glory Secondly that hee should not be proud of himselfe Thirdly that he might not forget his Maker bearing his Image about on his brest Fourthly that he should not abuse any of his fellow-creatures mispend his breath which is diuine nor liue one life with●ut the other Q. What doe you vnderstand by this terme Redemption Rom. 8.29 30. A. First that there was a meanes appointed to recouer mankinde out of the state of damnation 1 Pet. 1.18 19. Secondly that this meanes consisted in paying of a sufficient price for the ransome of all Thirdly that this price was in Gods eternall purpose fully paid for the satisfaction of diuine iustice before mercy tooke place in the deliuery of any from the bondage of corruption Q. Who paid this ransome and thus became our Redeemer A. Iesus Christ the eternall Sonne of God made man shedding his precious blood in that painfull and shamefull death of the Crosse 1 Pet. 1.18 19. C●l 1.14 Gal. 3.13 therein to wash their soules from the deepe staine of sinne and become a powerfull Mediatour in their behalfe Q. Were all redeemed by his death A. First a sufficient ransome was paid for all Secondly onely they enioy the benefit who either vsing the meanes are stirred vp and quickned by the Spirit to sue out their pardon Iohn 10.11.17.9 to lay hold on Ch●ist by th● h●nd of a liuely faith Ioel 2.32 applying his promises and merits to themselues or not able to vse the meanes Luke 1.68 haue Christs merits applied vnto them extraordinarily as infants idiots strangers c. may Q From what were the Elect redeemed A. First Gal. 3.13 Col. 1.13 from the curse of the law brought on them by their brea●h of the first couenant of workes Secondly from the power of sinne and Satan Heb. 2.15 Thirdly 1 Thes 1.10 from a slauish feare of death Fourthly from eternall torments deserued and reserued for vnbeleeuers and misbeeleuers in Hell-fire Q. To what end were they redeemed A. First to serue their Redeemer in holinesse Luke 1.74 Phil. 1.29 2 Tim. 2.12 and righteousnesse all their dayes hauing communion with him receiuing life and motion from him Secondly to suffer with him and for his sake persecutions reproaches disgrace and death Thirdly to raigne with him in glory hereafter for euermore Q. What is vocation A. First Generally it may be described to be a sufficient invitation Mat. 11.28 directed from the loue of God to men in miserie and pointing out for thē the way to mercy Luke 14.17 18. Acts 16.14 offering life in the means sufficient to make fire-brands of hell Rom. 8.28.9.24 heires of heauen Secondly more specially it is an effectuall perswasion calling in time and at seuerall times Gal. 1.15 of Gods Elect in Christ from sinne to grace from sicknesse to health from darkenesse to light Phil. 3.14 and from the state of death to life Q. How doth the Lord call men A. Two waies first outwardly and so diuers waies First by reports of mercy shewed or iudgements inflicted vpon others as Rahab was called Iosua 2.10 2 Cor. 33.12 Secondly by afflictions inward or outward reall or verball as Manasses with diuers other called or prepared thereby for an effectuall calling Thirdly most ordinarily and vsually by his Word in the ministery of men which being preacht and prest with wisedome zeale and power is Gods Ordinance to effect a three-fold worke First Acts 16.14 to open his heart that is to be called by the Law Zach. 13.1 Iohn 5.3 4. 1 Cor. 1.21 so as to let him see himselfe in his naturall estate Secondly to offer him balme from Gilead the merits and blood of Christ to cure and cleanse his blacke and wounded soule 2 Thes 2.14 1 Cor. 3.5 Iohn 3.8 by the promises in the Gospell Thirdly to stirre vp his affection trembling at the sight of himselfe in a longing desire to haue this remedie applied Secondly inwardly God speakes to the heart First by the reflecting voice of conscience telling him what is best to be done Secondly by the worke of his owne spirit gently bowing the will enlightning the vnderstanding ordering the affections c. and neuer leaues moulding till such be called and brought obediently subiect to the Gospell of his Sonne Q. Doth not Satan labour much to hinder this calling A. Yes much and many waies Gal. 3.1 Pro. 1 10 11 Mat. 13.19 20. as First by delusion ioyning with mans deceitfull heart to counterfeit graces and so to perswade men they are called when they are not Secondly by avocation busying men with contrary employments Thirdly Luk. 14.18 by temptation telling men they are not called when they are 2 Pet. 1.10 we should therefore giue the more diligence to make our calling and election sure Quest How may a Christian know when he is called or whether he be called or no Ans First euer when hee enioyes the meanes or feeles any inward motions to good 1 The. 5.19 then let him perswade himselfe he is called Secondly if he be heartily seperate in affection and conuersation from the wicked world Rom. 5.5 Iohn 8.32 and the corruptions therein purposely cleauing vnto the Lord in holinesse of life Thirdly if hee perceiue the loue of Christ issuing from that coniugall Vnion betweene him and his Church shed abroad in his heart by a longing desire it Fourthly if he bee sensible of any spirituall liberty Gal 4.15 inward peace Psa 119.11 Mat. 10.41 secret ioy grounded on the knowledge of diuine mysteries Acts 10.25.16.33 Fifthly if hee doe earnestly affect the meanes and messengers sent to call him he may be assured of an effectuall calling and consequently of his redemption and election Q. But suppose