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A03695	Life and death Foure sermons. The first two, of our preparation to death; and expectation of death. The last two, of place, and the iudgement after death. Also points of instruction for the ignorant, with an examination before our comming to the Lords table, and a short direction for spending of time well. By Robert Horne. Auspice Christo.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.; Horne, Robert, 1565-1640. Points of instruction for the ignorant. aut	1613 (1613)	STC 13822.5; ESTC S118515	156,767	464

helper Let vs reuerence the godly and honour the Lord and we shall stand inuincible in all oppositions or as mount Sion that cannot bee remoued but remaineth for euer Psal 125 1. Our death shall bee comfortable and our iudgement without rebuke wee shall benefit Christs church haue praise of God to whom Father Sonne and holy Ghost three persons and one immortall and onely wise God be rendred all glorie power and thanksgiuing now and euer Amen All glorie to God FINIS POINTS of instuction for the ignorant With An examination before our comming to the LORDS TABLE And A short direction for spending of time well LONDON Printed by William Hall for Francis Burton and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Church-yeard at the signe of the Greene Dragon 1613. TO THE Christian Reader the sauing knowledge of that truth which is according to godlinesse Tit. 1.1 * ⁎ * CHristian Reader this short Catechisme thus gathered and set downe for the helpe of the ignorant cannot bee called new but renewed for their sakes For I may say in thi● case as Salomon in his Ecclesiastes said in a like case What is that that hath beene that that shall be Eccles 1.9 And what is that that hath beene done that that shall be done and there is no new thing vnder the Sunne The portion of meate which is heere offered to the tasle of the simple is no other then that which he hath already tasted of if he haue tasted any thing of the things of God and it is but the substance of other Catechismes set before him in another kinde of seruice that is with some difference of Cookery and dressing which considering our too great distaste with one kinde of meate though neuer so wholsome if wee be continuallie fedde withit without diuersitie may not be without some good vse at least for some short time For the affections of men stand no lesse diuersly affected towards the variety of Gods gifts in deliuering one and the same matter then doth the stomacke towards the dressing of one and the same kinde of meate in a diuers maner by some alteration of forme and manner of doing it And yet it is no part of my meaning to hold vp the market of nouelty by any schey-seruice as tendeth rather to tikle the eare then to satisfie the sounder iudgement or to say any thing for those who make books like to the apparell which they weare and fashions that they are weary of when a newer comes Onlie hauing taught these Principles most of them to a few priuately and finding it more easie to print them then to write them for the surer keeping of them in their memories who had learned them and the good of some abroad that desired them I was not vnwilling thus to giue them content by the benefit of the Presse and of Printing Neither haue I done this far any want for there is store of Catechismes abroad to which this worme of mine is no way comparable and God hath dealt mercifully with our age for the meanes of knowledge but we famish spiritually at the full measure of these meanes either by not vsing them at all or not as wee should This mite of instructions I could haue made much larger but that I considered in my Cruse of store the vessels that I had to fill King 4.4.6 which could not well receiue more and so left pouring as I perceiued their filling Accept therefore Reader what is heere offered to thy gentlenesse and take it in as good part as it is meant vnto thee And so I command thee and thy grouth in godlinesse to the grace and assistance of Al-mighty God and rest Thine in all Christian good will ROBERT HORN POINTS of instuction for the ignorant WHat is true happinesse To know God Ioh. 17.3 Ier. 9.24 Luk 15.17 and to know my selfe Can you knowe God Not so plainely and fully heere as wee shall heereafter by face Exod 33.20 1. Cor. 13.12 but as hee hath reuealed himselfe vnto vs. How is that By his workes without vs and within vs Rom. 1.20 1.19 and by some description of his nature and effects in his word How doth the word describe him Generally thus ●xo 3.14 Ioh. 4.24 ●xo 34 6. Psa 90. 〈◊〉 1. Tim. 1 17. Isa 5.5 Psal 103 8 ●m 4.13 1 Pet. ● 19 Psal 99 1 2 ● Heb. 1 3 Act. 17 25 26 1 Iob. 5.7 Mat. 〈◊〉 16.17 2. Cor. 13 13. He is what he is And more particular thus a Spirit euery way infinite goodnesse it selfe Creatour Preseruer and Ruler of all things distinguished into three persons Father Sonne and holy Ghost So much for the knowledge of God What say you of the knowledge of your selfe It may bee considered before the fall or since What are you by creation in Adam before the fall A reasonable Creature Mat. 10.28 Ge. 1.27 Col 3 10 Ephes 4.24 consisting of soule and body made after the image of God in knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse What are you since by Adams fall A sinner Rom. 3 9 10 Iob 14.4 Rom. 6 23 5.18.19 Gal. 3.10 and by sinne subiect to all kind of misery and punishments as to the death of my body and the death of my soule which is endlesse damnation What are your sinnes A guiltinesse in Adams first offence that is Rom. 5.12.18 7.18 Ier. 17.9 Gen. 6.5 Matth. 15.19 Rom. 7.5 a depriuation of all good thereby and a disposition of my whole heart to euery thing that is against the Lawe of God with innumerable corrupt fruits thereof in thought word and deede What doe you consider in Man thus falling His recouery to saluation and duty for it What say you of his recouery It may bee considered in the worker thereof or the meane of apprehending it What say you of the worker The worker or substance of it is Christ Iesus the Sonne of God 1. Iohn 2.1.2 Ioh. 1.14 Iohn 3.16 Philip 2.7.8 Galat. 4.4.2 Cor. 5.21 Iohn 1.12 who in Mans nature which hee tooke in the wombe suffered the death of the Crosse and fulfilled the Lawe for all that receiue him What is the meane wherby Christ is apprehended Faith Galat. 2.20 Acts 6.31 which is a speciall perswasion of Gods fauour in his word Ioh. 1.12 Luk. 2.29 Ephes 3.17 1. Cor. 1.30 Ioh 20.28 2. Tim. 1.12 wrought in my heart by the holy Ghost whereby I doe truely and in particular beleeue that Christ is made vnto me wisdome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption When doth this faith beginne to breede and take place in your heart When by Gods grace I begin to be touched in conscience for my sinnes Psal 51.17 Isa 55.15 Math. 5.6 Phil. 3.7.8 Math. 15.25.27 Mark 9.24 to hunger and thirst after Christ and his merits aboue al things in the world and against all doubtings doe begin to beleeue By what meanes is this wrought It is begunne ordinarily

time they are sorrie for the losse and confesse it And thus great difference is to be put betweene the fals of Gods children and the breake neckes of the wicked who fall into death A comfort to repentant sinners Vse 2 For though their sinnes haue hurt them their repentance may heale them Ier. 18 8. Though they haue beene great sinners as Saul and Manasses were Yet if they bee repentant sinners neither they nor their sinnes can change the new testament that God will be mercifull to their sinnes and blot out all their transgressions Though their sinnes were many the matter is not how many their sinnes are but how penitent they be that are sinners and the more they are the greater is his mercie who hath forgiuen them But is this for the worke of repentance No but because the repentant soule doth by faith apprehend Christ in his promises and beleeue that vpon his true conuersion or comming home God will receiue him and the father welcome home his straying sonne Luk 15.20.22.23 Quest Some will say My sinnes were committed vngodlily Answ and with purpose of heart Say they were so now that you are sorie for them it is not iudged so and your mercifull God will take you as you are not as you haue beene A repentant sinner you are and as a repentant sinner you shall haue mercie at Gods hands Onely look that your repentance be sound so you may haue confidence for pardon that God will bee mercifull to your vnrighteousnesse and forgiue you your sinnes Ezech. 18.21.22.23.32 Luc. 17.4 Though your conscience be full of wounds the Lord who is your Surgeon hath plaister inough of his tender mercie and long compassions to heale them Though the debts you owe bee great summes Gods mercie is not stinted to any number and he that is infinite in his pardons will as soone and doth as graciously pardon many as few sinnes yea when the summe of them is growne to a great reckoning and maine totall And though like a wretched subiect you haue raised against Christ many commotions in his owne kingdome yet the King of the Kings of Israel is a mercifull King and when you come to him with true submission as Benhadads seruants did to the King of Israel with signes of submission 1. King 20.31.32 he will be as readie to grant your pardon as you to aske it Of all their vngodly deedes c. Secondly where the vngodly shall be called to their answere for all that they haue done we learne that all the deeds of the wicked shall be rebuked to damnation So saith the Apostle S. Paul where he sheweth that in the day of wrath the wicked shall be rewarded according to their deeds meaning by their deeds their euill deeds Rom. 2.5.6.8 And the same Apostle saith we shall receiue according to that wee haue done the godly for the good they haue done in Christ the wicked out of Christ for the euill they haue done in their owne bodie 2. Cor. 5.10 And S. Mathew the Euangelist saith as much where speaking of the comming of the Sonne of Man he saith when the Sonne of Man commeth in his glorie he shall giue to enerie man according to his deedes His meaning is the godly shall beare vnto iudgement the good deeds of Christ imputed to them and the wicked bring into iudgement the bad deedes of sinne properly theirs Math. 16.27 The like we read in the booke of the Reuelation or rather the same where it is said that all the dead shall be iudged according to their works The good for Christs righteousnesse and by it shall liue the wicked shall be damned for their owne vnrighteousnesse Quest Apoc. 20.11.12 But some may say if euill deeds deserue damnation why should not good deeds merit life I answere Answ It followeth not seeing that here good and bad workes cannot be opposed directly For our good workes are imperfitly and faultily good but our bad deeds are perfitly naught our good deedes are Christs in vs our bad are our owne and Satans our bad deeds because perfectly bad iustly deserue hell our good because so mixed with infirmities cannot merit heauen And now that bad deedes shall be rebuked in iudgement may further appeare by the reasons which follow As first The deeds of the wicked more harme the Church then words doe or thoughts can but words and thoughts shall be iudged therefore deeds much more els why doth Christ say that God will auenge his elect that crie day and night vnto him Luc. 18.7 Secondly these things saith Amen now if Amen say it the same Amen who is faithfull will doe it Apoc. 3.14 Amen hath said by his Seruants and in the Scriptures that he will bring euery work vnto iudgement Eccles 12.14 And therefore euerie vngodly worke deed of euery vngodly man shall be ludged Thirdly for this cause as hath been said the Lord will stretch out his hand in the rebuke of the vngodly as one that swimmeth spreadeth his armes abroad to enclose all before him The meaning is God will enclose so in the fadome of his second comming euery work of wicked man that no one shall escape the seuerity of his throne Esa 25.11 Fourthly if any wicked worke should not be iudged it were either because God could not and then were he not almighty or would not iudge it and then should he loose his righteousnesse But none can stand before his great power Ier 49.19 And he that is Iudge of the world wil iudge it with righteousnesse Psal 98.9 An instruction to doe good deeds Vse 1 seeing bad deeds shall be iudged to hell For though good deeds may not sit in the chaire of merit yet we must giue them their proper place They are not merits of eternall life yet they must be witnesses of our being in Christ Good workes cannot saue vs and yet if we doe not good workes we cannot be saued I speake according to the ordinary rule and of persons able to doe good workes not of infants nor what God doth extraordinarily as when he saued the confessing thiefe at the last houre and yet he not onely had faith but shewed it by diuers testimonies and effects of grace Luc. 23.40.41.42 Therefore though good workes cannot saue vs yet bad workes and the want of good may damne vs. They be euidences of our saluation though not causes As therefore he who holdeth a peece of land holdeth it by his euidence his euidence was not that that procured it but his mony so the good euidence of our saluation is in our sanctified liues the cause of it in Christs merits no other coine either of gold or siluer could purchase it at the hands of Gods iustice in our redemption 1. Pet. 1.18 wherefore as S. Iames saith If thou hast faith shew it by thy workes Iam. 2.18 so with the Apostle S. Iames I say If thou hast this hope let me see it in that euidence of thy good conuersation in Christ A terrour