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A41788	St. Paul's catechism, or, A brief and plain explication of the six principles of the Christian religion, as recorded Heb. 6., 1,2 with some considerations of the principles of natural and universal religion, as previous, and yet subservient to the rules of revealed and positive relgion: containing also, the duties of children to their superiors, written chiefly for the instruction of young Christians, children and servants in all Christian families / by Tho. Grantham.	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.	1687 (1687)	Wing G1545; ESTC R39432	35,919	64

Jesus which God forbid S. I desire you therefore to shew me this great Mystery of the Gospel which guides poor Sinners to the true Cause of Justification from the guilt and condemning Nature of Sin. F. That I will endeavour to do in our con●ideration of the second Principle of Christ's Doctrine to wit Of Faith towards God or towards our Lord Jesu● Christ Heb. 6. 1. Acts 20. 21. The Second Principle of St. Paul's CATECHISM Or Of Faith towards God. Son. I de●ire first to have a true definition of Faith that is I desire to know what Faith is Father St. Paul defines Faith thus Heb. 11. 1. Now Faith is the substance of Things hoped for the evidence of things not seen It is also truly defined of a firm belief of the Truth of God as made known in the Scriptures and particula●ly concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord John 20. 31. 1 John 5. 10 11. S. I perceive that the main design of the Holy Scriptures is to direct us to Jesus Christ I do therefore desire to know what Record God hath given of his Son F. This is the Record which God hath given of his Son That God hath given to us eternal Life and that this Life is in his Son. 1 John 5. 11. with John 1. 4. and 6. 51. S. Was the Son of God ordained to procure the Light of saving Life to the whole World F. Yes God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting Life And the reason why many shall not see Eternal Life is because they believe not on the Name of the only begotten Son of God John 3. 16 17 18. S. But how can they be saved by Christ who never heard of him F. Christ is the Lamb of God slain in the design of God to take away the Sin of the World John 1. 29. In whom God hath offered such means of Light as to him seemed convenient Act. 17. 26 27. that all might seek him and be reconciled to him 2 Cor. 5. 14 18 19. And according to the due use or wilful abuse of his Mercy so offered you shall all be acquitted or condemned in the day when God shall judg the Secrets of Men according to the Gospel Rom. 2. 14 15 16. Now the Gospel shews that God is not an hard Master he only expects improvement of what he gives he will not reap where he hath not Sown 2 Cor. 8. 12. Dying Infants never heard of Christ yet they shall be saved Mat. 19. 14. S. By this I perceive all Men are under the Mercy of God as well as under his Justice and that none shall therefore perish for want of Mercy but because they turn the Grace of God into wantonness Shew me therefore what we who have the holy Scriptures are bound to believe concerning God and Jesus Christ whom he hath Sent. F. We are firmly to believe that God is Heb. 11. 6. and that there 's no other God but one Mark 12. 32 34. This one God is made known to us by three Denominations especially The Father the Son and the Holy Ghost Mat. 28. 19. 1 John 5. 7. 1 Tim. 3. 16. John 1. 14. And that thou mayest know how this Great Mystery was understood by the Ancient Church about 1400 Years ago I will here shew thee their Confession of Faith published by a very great Council of the Christians in those daies wherein were 318 Pastors of the Church who thus profess their Faith. The Nicene Creed I Believe in one God the Almighty Father maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things visible and invisible And in one Lord Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God Begotten of the Father before all Worlds God of God Light of Light Very God of very God begotten not made of one substance with the Father by whom all things were made Who for us Men and for our Salvation descended from the Heavens and was incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became Man. Crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate Suffered and was buried And rose again the third day according to the Scriptures And ascended into Heaven and sits at the right Hand of God. And is to come again with Glory to judg the Living and the Dead and of whose Kingdom there shall be no end And in the holy Spirit the quickening Lord who proceeds from the Father and the Son and in like manner is adored and g●●rifyed with the Fathe● and the Son and who spake by the Prophets And I believe one holy Catholick and Apostolical Church I confess one Baptism f●r remission of Sins And I look for the Resurr●ction of the Dead And the Life in the World to come S. I much reverence this ancient Confession of Faith for it 's excellent Brevity and especially for the solidity of the Matter But I desire you to shew me what Scripture-Evidence we have for some things contained in the second Article where it says The Son of God was begotten before all Worlds F. In Heb. 1. 5. the Son of God is called the First-Begotten and vers 2. 't is said The Worlds that is all Worlds were made by him and vers 10. Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the Foundation of the Earth and the Heavens are the Works of thy Hands John 1. 1 2 3. is full evidence of the same thing And Colos 1. 17. He is before all things and by him all things consist S. But how is it said the Son is God of God Light of Light c. F. 1. The same Testimonies which prove He was God and that he was before all things proves that he was God of God because there was but one God nor as yet any other Essence but God. The Son w●s therefore begotten not made because all things were made by him which was made and sure he that made all things was not made himself 2. In 1 John. 5. 20. The Son is expresly called Very God and seeing there is but one God he must needs be very God of very God. 3. And for the same reason he is Light of Light for God is that Light in whom is no Darkness 1 ●ohn 1. ● and so is Christ John 1. 5 7 8 9. See also Rev. 21. 2● Heb. 1. 3. S. It seems the great Council did not want Scri●ture-evidence to confirm this great Article o●●he pr●existence of the Son of God. I pray explain the thi●d Article where the Son of God is said to be incarnate of of the Virgin Mary by the Holy ●●ost and became Man. F. It pleased the Father Almighty that his Son who being in the form of God and thought it not robbery to be equal with God should take upon him the form of a Servant and be found in the habit of Man Col. 2. 6 7. And in this state He that was above all Angels Heb. 1. 5. was now made a little lower than the Angels for the suffering

Lord 1 Cor. 11. 23. The Church is commended for keeping the Ordinances as they were delivered to them 1 Cor. 11. 2. There was a Curse followed them that changed God's Ordinance Isa 24. 5. S. I see it a Duty incumbent upon all that will have due admission into the Church of Christ-Militant to be baptised with the Baptism of Repentance for remission of Sins I now desire to know the truth concerning the Baptism of the Spirit so much claimed in these days tho some deny that there is any such Baptism now to be expected F. That the Gift of the Holy Ghost which is the Baptism of the Spirit is a right which pertains to the Church or to Baptis'd Believers in their successive Generations is evident Act. 2. 38 39. It belongs to all that the Lord our God shall Call. If any Man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his Rom. 8. 9. Because ye are Sons God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father Gal. 4. 6. There is one Body and one Spirit even as ye are called in one hope of your Calling Ephes 4. 4. The Love of God is shed abroad in our Hearts by the Holy Ghost Rom. 5. 5. Now we have received not the Spirit of the World but the Spirit which is of God that we might know the things which are freely given to us of God. S. Are these things meant of the Baptism of the Spirit or of some lower receivings of it F. These are the best part of the Promise of the Spirit which whoso receive are sealed thereby to the day of Redemption and are the Earnest of our Inheritance and are therefore most fitly called the Baptism of the Spirit because the Spirit receives in the nine Fruits of it Gal. 5. 22 23. transcends it's being received in the nine Gifts of it 1 Cor. 12. 8 9 10. The first are called the more excellent way of receiving the Spirit 1 Cor. 12. ult I had rather have that one Fruit of the Spirit called Love then all the nine Gifts of the Spirit S. But are not the Gifts of the Spirit ceas'd F. No such matter unless our unworthiness deprive us of them Are not these Exhortations yet of force Covet earnestly the best Gifts Follow after Charity and desire spiritual Gifts and rather that ye may prophesy Covet to prophesy and forbid not to speak with Tongues Sure these Exhortations inform us that as the Church hath need she may lawfully ask these best Gifts But let her remember there is a better part of the Promise of the Spirit than the best of these Gifts S. I am satisfied the whole Promise of the Spirit pertains to the Church and that therefore the Baptism of the Spirit remains I would know what ordinary way God hath assigned to wait upon him for so great a Blessing F. Indeed our receiving the Promise of the Spirit through Faith Gal. 3. 14. in the sanctifying operations of it is the next great Blessing of the Gospel to our being justified by Faith in the Blood of Christ And for a more full answer to your enquiry I refer you to what shall be said upon the Fourth Principle of the Doctrine of Christ The Fourth Principle of St. Paul's CATECHISM Or The Laying on of Hands Son. SEeing this principle is express'd in the singular Number Laying on of Hands not Layings on of Hands I desire to know what Laying on of Hands is here meant Father 1. It cannot be a violent laying on of Hands as some prophanely imagine our Saviour taught none to lay violent Hands upon his People and yet the very act of Laying on of Hands here is called a Principle of the Doctrine of Christ 2. The Greek is Epitheseos te Chiron which signifies a gentle putting on of Hands The word which signifies a violent handling is another word as in Luk. 21. 12. Epibalousin But such is the great blindness of some that they will not see a difference between a Prophecy as that is in Luk. 21. 12. and a Doctrine as this is Heb. 6. 2. S. I am satisfied thus far that it can be no violent Act. I desire to hear the Truth F. It must be a Service which concerns all Christians equally as they are Babes in Christ because it is called Milk for Babes Heb. 5. 12 13. a beginning Principle Heb. 6. 1. and placed among those other five Principles which do equally concern all Christians to know as you are Babes in Christ And for these reasons it cannot be Laying on of Hands for Ordination nor upon the Sick. It must therefore be that religious Service performed by the Apostles Acts 8. 14. and 19. 6. 2 Tim. 1. 6. for the promised Spirit both Gifts and Fruits as God pleas●d S. But did not the Apostles give the Holy Ghost by putting on of their Hands F. No in no wise God gave the Spirit to those who did obey him Act. 5. 32. The Apostles only prayed for this Blessing which they knew belonged to Baptised Believers as such Act. 2. 38. and 19. 2. And faithful Pastors ought to teach Babes in Christ this Principle as it respects the Promise of the Spirit and to pray for it on behalf of the Disciples both Men and Women after the Example of the Apostles Act. 8. 14. else they cannot lay the whole of that Foundation Heb. 6. 1 2. nor teach Babes in Christ all their Principles S. Was this practice of Prayer with laying on of Hands continued in the Church of Christ in the Ages next after the Apostles F. Yes it was religiously observed Eusebius mentions it as the ancient manner viz. Prayer and Laying on of Hands Lib. 7. c. 2. And so does Tertullian long before him Lib. de Bapt. his words are After we are come out of the Laver of Baptism the Hand is laid on by Blessing calling upon and inviting the Holy Ghost S. These things are very plain to such as are willing to be informed I desire now to be informed what is the reason why so very few do receive these Principles in the native purity and simplicity of them and especially these two practical ones Baptism and Laying on of Hands F. 1. One great reason is because a false Baptism without Repentance and Faith and dispensed in a Man-pleasing way and likewise an outwardly Glorious and Ceremonious Bishoping has obtruded upon very many by which they are blinded that they cannot or prejudiced that they will not see these Truths than which scarce any are more plain and easy to be seen 2. Another may be this The Wisdom of God knowing the Great pride of Man's Heart ordained these Ordinances to try them whether they would be obedient to his Commands how low so ever or whether they would contemn the very foot-steps of Christ himself the only Son of God. The Pharisees and Lawyers led the way in this Rebellion against God's Counsel Luke 7. 29. and many follow them rejecting the

Wicked shall be turned into Hell and all that forget God Psal 9. 17. Where their Worm di●th not and their fire is not quenched Mark 9. 44 45. They shall be punished with everlasting destruction 2 Thess 1. 19. The Hellish Torments are for the Devils and the Wicked for ever There is no promise of any Pardon to the Damned nor that their Torments shall have an end and therefore for any to say these Torments shall end is presumptuous Folly. S. Of what duration shall the Glory of the Saved be F. Their Life and Glory is every where said to be Everlasting their Kingdom incorruptible and undefiled that fadeth not away God shall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes and there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor crying nor shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away Rev. 21. 4. They shall shine as the brightness of the Firmament and as the Stars for ever and ever Dan. 12. 3. S. Shall the Children of God know one another and so rejoice together in the Kingdom of their Father F. 1. Yes they shall be like the Angels who know one another and rejoice together in Heaven Luke 15. 7 10. They shall be like Christ for they shall see him as he is and as he conversed of the things concerning his Kingdom after he was risen He will tell them also of his Brethren and what kindness they shewed to them 2. St. Paul tells the Thessalonians That they were the Hope and Crown of his rejoicing in the Day of the Lord Jesus Christ yea his Glory and Joy. But how this should be and he not know them is not easy to conceive 3. The Communion of the Faithful in Heaven shall far exceed what it was on Earth but this cannot well be unless they know each other S. Does the last Judgment agree to the Principles of common Justice and Equity F. 1. There is nothing in it contrary thereunto for when Life and Death are set before Men and Men chuse Death by chusing sinful ways against the known Will of God it 's just with God to give them their choice 2. If there were not a Judgment to come wicked Men would go unpunish'd for in this World they commonly escape they can bribe almost any wicked Action even Murder it self Now all Principles of Justice cry for Vengeance in this Case both to the Offender and he that covers Iniquities And hence the Last Judgment is necessary and agrees with all Principles of Common Justice 3. If there were not a Judgment to come the Just and Righteous People of God would be of all Men most miserable 1 Cor. 15. 19. for here they are oftentimes exposed to the hardest things and that for well-doing too Now 't is equal that they should have a time of refreshing and to this common Principles of Justice do agree Finally We can none of us perfectly understand how hainous the Sins of those are who reject the Grace of God in the Gift of his Son and therefore we are not able to measure what Punishment is proportionable to such Iniquity But here we must rest That the Judg of all the Earth will do ●ight For if there were Unrighteousness with God How then should he judg the World Rom. 3. 5 6. But all his Ways are Judgment a God of Truth and without Iniquity Just and Right is he Deut. 32. 4. S. When shall be the Time of this Eternal Judgment F. God has not revealed that to Man but in that our Life here is very short this Judgment is at hand in respect of us For it is appointed unto Man once to die and after that the Judgment Heb. 9. 27. S. I am well satisfied concerning these Sacred Principles of the Christian Religion I desire some further Instruction concerning my walking with God in the Communion of his Church F. Being thus a Christian built upon this Foundation Christ being the chief Corner-Stone thou must continue in the Faith Colos 1. 23. and keep thy self in the Love of God praying in the Holy Ghost Judge 20. walking in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless Luke 1. 6. obeying all thy Superiors S. I desire you to shew me the Rules of Prayer And also the Rules of my Obedience to my Superiors F. These things are briefly comprehended in the Lord's Prayer which he taught his Disciples and in the fifth Commandment which is the first Commandment with Promise Matth. 6. 9 10 11 12 13. Ephes 6. 2. which in the next Discourse we will consider Of the Duty of Prayer Son. WHo may warrantably pray according to Christ's Directions in the Prayer set down Mat. 6. 9 c Father Although it is the Duty of all Men to humble themselves in Prayer before the Lord their Maker yet these Rules were given to the Disciples of Christ to the Children of God. S. In what sence are Christians the Children of God F. By Adoption and Regeneration they are born of God or of the Spirit and received into Grace and Favour S. I desire you to expound unto me the Lord's Prayer F. That I shall endeavour to do 1. Our Father which art in Heaven Christ teacheth us to put on Charity when we pray that is to include our Brethren with our selves When we pray unto God we must also pray in Faith believing that he heareth us Jam. 1. 6 7. Mat. 21. 22. 2. Which art in Heaven Here we profess that our God is in Heaven as the place of his special Residence Hence our Saviour in Prayer did frequently lift up his Eyes to Heaven 3. Hallowed be thy Name We are to make the Honour and Glory of the Name of God the dearest to us of all things thus Moses was more willing to die than that the Name of God should be reproached 4. Thy Kingdom come The Kingdom of God is to be considered with respect to his Church in this World. And then we pray in this Petition for it's growth in Number and in Grace We ought also to hope for the coming of Christ's Kingdom in the Glory of it and by Prayer to seek for it 5. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven It is evident here that by Heaven is meant Heaven in a literal sence the place which is opposed to the Earth And in all Prayer we must submit our will to the Will of God and to beware that we do not act contrary to his Will and so contradict our own Prayer 6. Give us this Day our Daily Bread. Here we acknowledg that our common Mercies are all in the Hand of God to give them or to withhold them We are also taught to live by Faith in these Enjoyments and not only by some because God has promised that all these things shall be added to those that seek him rightly 7. And forgive us our Debts as we forgive our Debtors We learn here that the best of God's Children are liable to offend they never