Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	faith_n	grace_n	repentance_n	2,335	5	7.5639	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B21355	A catechism, or, Familiar instructions on the principal points of the Christian religion written for the use of his own family by Mr. Drelincourt.; Catechisme, ou, Instruction familiere sur les principaux points de la relgion chrêtieno. English	Drelincourt, Charles, 1595-1669.	1698 (1698)	Wing D2159	63,542	132

Sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. Q. Are there no other Mediators between God and Man than Jesus Christ A. There is one only God and one only Mediator between God and Men the Man Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransom for all 1 Tim. 2. wherefore St. John telleth us in t● second of his first Epistle My little children these things write I unto you that ye sin not but i● any man sin we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world And that glorious Saviour saith himself John 14. I am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the Father but by me Q. But is it not too great a boldness for we poor sinners to apply our selves to our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ to present to him our requests and our supplications A. No for it is not audaciousness for a Subject to go to his King when the King himself calls him much less for a Child to go to his Father or to his elder Brother who opens his Arms to him and commands him to come near And Jesus Christ calls us himself and commands us to go directly to him come ye unto me saith he all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Mat. 11. Q. Must one pray to God with heart and inward affections A. Yes for God is Spirit and will that we worship him in spirit and truth John 4. Wherefore he rejects those who draw nearer to him with their mouth and honour him with their lips whilst their heart is from him Matth. 15. Q. Ought we to have an assurance in praying God that our supplications shall be agreeable to him A. If any of you want wisdom let him ask of God that gives to all men liberally and upbraideth not and it shall be given him but let him ask in Faith nothing wavering Jam. 1. let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and grace to help in time of need Heb. 4. Q. Is it sufficiant to pray to God in our hearts A. Besides mental Prayers the sighings and the groanings that the holy Ghost formeth in our hearts there are times and occasions wherein it is necessary to pray with our tongue to edify our Neighbour to excite our selves and to influence our zeal to which add that the tongue was particularly formed to glorifie God Q. Is it no matter what tongue one prays to God in A. No provided it be understood by him who prayeth and of those who pray with him otherwise it is praying without zeal without judgment and without edification as St Paul expresly teacheth it in the 1 Cor. 14. Q. Why do you not call upon the Saints A. Because God hath not commanded it And that he hath not promised to hear those who shall call upon them or who shall come to him by their intercession and that in all the word of God there 's not any example thereof Contrarily St Paul saith Rom. 10. how shall they call on him in whom they have not believed and we do not believe but in God the Father Son and Holy Ghost and consequently we ought not to call upon any other but God Q. Have the Saints some knowledge of our particular wants A. The dead know nothing of what is done on Earth their love and their hatred perished long ago neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the Sun● Eccles 9. Q. Do they know our hearts to be able to disc●● the prayers of the true and faithful from those o● the h●pocrites A. God alone knows the heart of all the Children of men 1 King 8. Q Must we worship Angels and call upon them in our troubles A. No For St Paul expresly forbiddeth it Coll. 2. let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worship of Angels intruding into those things which he hath not seen vainly puft up by his fleshly mind Q. When Angels appear to men will they be worshipt and adored by them A. Contrarily when St Jo● fell at the Angels feet to worship him ●●e Angel said to him see thou do it not 〈◊〉 thy fellow Servant and of thy brethren ●hat have the testimony of Jesus worship God Rev. 19.22 Q. Have we any model and form of a perfect Prayer A. Yes the Lord s Prayer Q. Why do you call it so A. Because our Lord Jesus Christ dictated it himself from his own sacred mouth as it is written in St Luke c. 11. his Disciples said unto him Lord teach us to pray and he answered them when ye pray say Our Father which art in Heaven c. Q. Is it not lawful to make other Prayers A. It is lawful to make Prayers in other terms as it appears by those that are shewed every where in Scripture but we ought not to make any which as to the things we beg of God be not wholly conform to that model of perfection Q. How many parts are there in the Lords Prayer A. Three principal the Preface the Body of th● Petitions and the Conclusion Q. How many Petitions are there A. Six three which concern immediately the glory of God and three for our particular use The Preface Q. WHy at the very beginning of this Prayer do you call God your Father A. First it is as it were to move him with pity and compassion for there is nothing more tender than Fatherly affection Secondly it is to incite us to put our trust in his bounty and to call upo● him with a true and lively Faith Q. How is it that God is our Father A In that he adopted us in Jesus Christ and that he hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven for us Eph. 1. 1 Pet. 1. Q. Why is it that you say our Father and not my Father A. It is not that each of the faithful in particular may not say my Father and with Saint Thomas my Lord and my God but our Lord would teach us to put on the bowels of charity and to pray not only for us but also for our Brethren Q. Why do you add which art in Heaven A. To the end that with the filial liberty we may join the respect which is due to so glorious a Divinity and that we may rely on his power and that in praying we may raise our minds above all things which are earthly and perishable Q. How many Heavens are there A. According to holy Writ there are three First the Air and all the great space between the Earth and the globe of the Moon Thus it is spoken of the Fowls of the air Gen. 1. The second includes all the

us and what have we more therein than when by Faith and Repentance we receive in our hearts Jesus Christ sanctified A. We recieve therein the external symbol and seal of our spiritual communion for to confirm our faith God useth to seal outwardly his Grace to us So after Abraham believed God and after it was counted unto him for righteousness he received the sign of Circumcision for a seal of the Righteousness of the Faith Rom. 4. So Cornelius was baptized after having received the Holy Ghost Act 10. All the Prophets give witness to Jesus Christ that through his name whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins Act. 10. but that hinders not of baptizing in the name of Jesus Christ in remission of sins because Baptism is the seal of that remission of sins Act. 2. Q. In the celebration of that Mystery must not one sacrifice Jesus really and properly A. No for he commanded us to eat his flesh and to drink his blood and not to offer him in sacrifice He through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God and by that sacrifice he acquired eternal Redemption for us and he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Heb. 9.10 Q. But is he not still offered every day in the Mass by the hands of the Priests in an unbloody manner in propiciatory sacrifice for the remission of the sins of the quick and the dead A. Quite contrary St Paul saith that without shedding of blood is no remission that Jesus Christ offered not himself several times for then must he have suffered several times since the foundation of the world and that where is remisssion of sins there is no offering for sin Heb. 9.10 Q. Must Sacraments be adored A. No for Jesus Christ did not command it and the Apostles have not shewed us the example thereof Our Lord doth not say do you behold and adore but take and eat and the Apostles did take and did eat what was given them but did not adore it Q. Ought the Pastors to administer the Cup to the people A. Yes for our Lord Jesus Christ speaking to his Apostles which represented his Church said to them drink ye all of it for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins Matt. 26. and St Paul let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup Cor. 11. Q. How ought we to examine our selves A. We must enter our Consciences and examine our selves to know if we have Faith Repentance and Charity Q. What is Faith A It is a recourse of the sinful and penitent Soul to the mercy of God in Christ Jesus and a sure trust that for this glorious Saviour's sake he will forgive us our sins and will receive us into his heavenly Kingdom Q. What is Repentance A. It is a sensible grief to have offended our heavenly Father and a fervent desire for time to come to glorify him in all our actions our words and our thoughts Q. How many parts are there in true repentance A. Two for we must cease to do evil and learn to do well depart from evil and do good to abhor that which is evil cleave to that which is good Is 1. Ps 3.4 Rom 12. Q. What is Charity A. It is to love God with all our heart and our Neighbour as our selves Q. How do we shew that we love our Neighbour A In bearing with his faults and being sensible of his misery and helping him in time of need according to our abilit● Q What are those to hope for who persevere in Faith who apply themselves to true piety and who from day to day go forward in sanctification A. God shall bless them in this life and shall crown them in the other according to our Lord Jesus Christ's promise be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life Rev. 2. Amen End of the fourth and last part of the Catechism A Prayer for the faithful Children who desire to advance themselves in Piety MY Lord and my God! I give thee immortal praises and thanksgivings that it pleased thee to cause me to born in thy Church of faithful Parents by the means of whom I have been brought up in Piety and made to drink of the sincere milk of the word as others I was a Child of wrath but Lord thou hast taken pity on me and thou hast adopted me to make me thy Child and heir of thy kingdom O my God and my Father enable me to answer to so holy and so glorious a vocation engrave thine Image in my heart and form me to the obedience of thee teach me to do thy will since thou art my God and let thy good Spirit lead me in the way of righteousness give me the Ornaments of true humility and of Sanctification without which none shall see thy face O let not be useless the labour of those who work to instruct me open my eyes that I may behold the marvels of thy law and that with thy holy Angels I may take pleasure without ceasing to contemplate the mysteries of my Salvation give me an understanding to know thee and heart to love thee and affections to embrace thee Confirm my memory that I may never forget the Divine Instructions of thy word Give me grace to conform all my actions my words and my thoughts thereunto and let it not only be a light that casts forth beam● and shines in my understanding and that chase● away the darkness of error and ignorance therefrom but let it be a sacred fire that purifies m● affections that inflames my heart with a divine love and with a holy zeal for thy glory That I do not rejoyce for a little while in that divine light but let me follow it all the time of this terrestrial Pilgrimage Let it lead me to thee O● Father of Lights and let it introduce me into thy heavenly Canaan where I shall have no more need to learn because I shall perfectly know thee and shall see thee face to face O● my God! give me all things thou knowest to be necessary for me forget the sins of my youth and impute not unto me my transgressions but wash me in the precious blood of my Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ who commanded me to pray to thee saying OUR Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us ou● trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is thy kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen Lord increase in me the precious faith that of thy pure grace thou hast given me let it appear by a good and holy life and that to the last day of my life I make a free