which is rightly taken from the consideration of his dominion might and high glory and for the ratification confirmation of all the which we say in the place of a conclusion and of the assent to the same Amen S. VVhat is signified by Amen F. Amen what the word signifieth It is so much to say as So be it let it be ratified and faithfully effected accordingly which sayd voyce that I may yet more plainely expresse the emhpasis and force therof according to the Hebrewes is formed of the first letters of thrée seuerall wordes whereof the first letter namely A is taken from the word A L which is interpreted God God the second letter that is M is borrowed of the word Melech which is a king King the third letter béeing Nun is the first letter of Neeman which is so much to say as faithfull Faithfull and true Therefore of those thrée letters A M N is gathered that voice Amen which is as much to say as God the King Faythfull and true S. O very well sayde my father and thus haue yee right well taught me to what end the Lord hath formed me and hath made me a liuing soule and restored me to his owne image F. Yea my sonne and in those two poyntes namely fayth and obedience The sum of religion I haue taught thée the summe of Religion S. And I beseech you teach me also what that Religion is Father True Religion is that amitie combination and league of ours True religâ—on with the true liuing and eternall God in the vnitie and trinitie whom onely béeing vnto him in Christ conioyned we do adore inuocate and worship on whom we wholy depend according to whose will or after the prescript and law of whose word we liue in al things S. Thus are we formed to serue God and to liue in his holy religion but what is the end of this seruice and what profit shall we finde thereby F. Two principall of Gods seruice This seruice hath two principall ends the first whereof is the glory of the euerlasting God the second is the profit and benefit of man S. What is that glory of God F. As glory is the publick and often praise of good report of any person so the glory of God is the preaching of his noble acts and vertues the extolling setting foorth of his name with high praise and thankesgiuing and this is the principall end both of mans life and death S. Then also should a man wholy liue and die to glorifie God F. It is true so long therfore as a man may in his life expresse and spread foorth the glory of God so long let him desire to liue and not to die How long a man should disire to liue but when he can no longer performe that but rather to glorifie God in his death let him desire rather to dye then to liue S. Ye haue well sayd my father God graunt we may both liue and die to his glorie Now I pray let me heare the reason of that second poynt the which as ye sayd respected mans profit and benefit F. Thy labours in the Lord shal not be in vaine The reward of Gods seruice for through the merit of the most holy Messiah the wrath of God which was enkindled agaynst thée by the meanes of sinne shall be remoued far from thée the graces of God shall be establised towards thée thy conscience shall be quieted within thée thou shalt finde preseruation and safetie agaynst all thine enemies both bodily and ghostly thou shalt not come into condemnation thou shalt not fall into the death eternall and lastly thou shalt enioy the highest felicitie in the life to come S. What is that wrath of God Gods wrath the which ye say shall be remoued F. This wrath is not to be estéemed for any perturbation of minde in God but for the payne of the sufferer Lam. 3.10 béeing the worthy reuenge of sinne The wrath of God therefore is the retrebution of sins which is sayd to be two wayes that is say Hebr. 12. either then when he punisheth the sinner for his amendment or then when he casteth him into hell fire to be destroied for euer S. VVhat is that grace of God whereof ye also made mention F. Gods grace The grace of God is his louing fauour and good will towardes vs by the which béeing mercifull he doth affect vs wretched and damned sinners while he pardoneth both the payne and the fault of our transgressions and adopteth vs for his children or it is that remission of sinnes or mercie promised for the sake of Christ our sauiour or our frée acceptation with God the which the holy ghost necessarily accoÌ„paneth for our eternal good S. I haue thus far wel vnderstood you what is that good coÌ„science ye speak of F. A good consience As conscience generally is defined the knowledge iudgement and sence of man wherby his minde béeing acquainted with euery thing that hath by himselfe béene done or not done he doth either coÌ„demne or cleare himselfe staÌ„deth vnto him instead of a 1000. witnesses so a good coÌ„science is the spiritual face of the soule the candle of the minde the incorruptible iudge and brasen wall impenitrable euer absoluing him which reteineth it through the only mercy of Gob defending him against al the stroks of sin death S. VVhat is that preseruation of man F. It is that safe kéeping The preseruation of a man by the which the Lord doth preserue and nourish both the soules and bodies of the righteous to the which he giueth his angels charge to kéepe them in al their wayes through the merit of their redéemer S. VVhat is that condemnation F. It is that most dreadfull sentence Condemnation the which Christ the most righteous iudge shall pronounce agaynst the reprobate diuell his wicked angels in the last day S. Vhat is that eternall death F. It is that final seperatioÌ„ of man form Christ Death eternall whereby he may not thence forth enioy his presence this is the second death which is the confusion and destruction of both soule and bodie whereof ensueth a perpetual horrour of conscience conceiued of the diuine wrath S. What is that highest felicitie of man F. It is that euerlasting life whereof I speake before Mans heighest felicity the which after this life we that be true beléeuers shall enioy with Christ and all his chosen saints in the most blessed peace and happie societie for euermore S. Now my good father as ye haue beene willing to teach nurture me in the right feare of the Lord The coclusion which is the beginning of wisdome as ye haue sayd so well discussed al those doubts and satisfied me at full so wil I both endeauor to retaine in minde what so euerye haue taught me and also continue right thankfull vnto you for all those your
Heuah and afterward Adam Gen. 3. S. But what is that to all other men F. The propagation of sin So effectuall that through Adam they be all dead infected with this hereditary maladie grafted in the nature of man to his destruction and eternall damnation were it not that Christ hath redéemed them whom his father had chosen S. The price of our redemption VVith what ransome did Christ redeeme me F. Not with gold or siluer or ny such like thing but with his owne precious bloud as of a Lambe vndefiled and without spot S. But thinke ye this ransome was sufficient to redeeme all the Lords elect F. Yea doubtlesse it is sufficient for them all S. How then was this applied to them of the olde Testament F. By the mercie of God who enabled them to beléeue in Christ then to come The Fathers of the old testament as we now beléeue in him béeing past S. Then the effect of his death was extended as well to them as to vs F. Yea therefore he is called a lambe slayne from the beginning of the world to be an effectuall sacrifice for all the elect S. And is not the death of Christ sufficient and effectuall vnto all F. We may not derogate from the death of Christ any thing of the sufficiencie or effect thereof for the same is both sufficient and effectuall vnto all though not to all alike S. Teach me this more plainely The sufficiency and efficacie of Christes death to all F. The death of Christ is sufficient and of power to redéeme all if al haue grace with fayth to apprehend his righteousnes his death is not onely effectuall to the chosen of the Lord to redáeeme them but also to the diuels reprobates and all the powers of darkenesse and children of perdition to condemne confound and vtterly to destroy them S. Thus haue I learned my father how the son of God hath redeemed me what say ye of Iustification the which ye did also properly attribute to Christ F. Iustification Iustification is that approbation of a man before God the father S. Wherof consisteth this Iustification F. Of the remission and putting away of sinnes and of the imputation of the righteousnesse and innocencie of Christ S. How is this applied vnto me F. It is applied vnto tháe of the méere loue and mercie of God in his sonne S. How must I apprehend the same F. By fayth onely which is the hand of the soule to accept such a benefit S. How the righteousnesse of Christ is made ours How hath he wrought this righteousnesse for me F. He satisfied for thy sinne which deserued death by his owne death hee iustified thée which had no merite by his owne iustice the which he declared in his resurrection from the deade Act. 13.38.39 S. What profit haue we by this F. As he was estéemed a sinner in that he bare our sinnes The vse of our iustification so are we estéemed righteous by the imputation of his righteousnesse vnto vs and as he died for our transgressions so doe we liue here and for euer through his righteousnesse S. Then is he no lesse worthy to be called a Sauiour to whom ye also ascribed the saluation of soules F. It is true Saluation and thereof is he rightly called Iesus Christ as he is both God and man neither is there any other name vnder the heauens in whom or by whom we be saued S. VVhat is signified by the name Iesus Iesus a Sauiour F. That he is a Sauiour S. VVhom hath he saued F. His people S. VVho be they F. The same whom the father hath chosen before and are rightly called the people of God as I sayd before S. From what doth he saue them F. From sin and the reward thereof S. What sin is What is that which ye call sinne F. That is called sinne whatsoeuer is not according to the law of God and thereof be two sortes namely originall and actuall sinne S. VVhat is that originall sinne F. Originall Originall sinne is that hereditarie desease which is descended from Adam as namely the ignorance of the minde the concupiscence of the flesh and the want of originall righteousnesse in the which sinne a man is borne the childe of wrath and cannot possibly please God S. VVhat is that actuall sinne F. Actuall Actuall sinne is that what soeuer a man either thinketh or speaketh or worketh agaynst the law of God agaynst his owne conscience S. VVhereof commeth this sinne F. This sin procéedeth of the corrupt nature of man is an effect of the former S. What is the rewarde of sinne F. The reward of sinne The reward of sinne is death not onely of the body but of the soule also which is called eternall damnation S. Then from this hath the sonne of God saued his people and therefore is worthely named Iesus our sauiour but shew me also I pray you why is he called Christ F. He is called Christ What the name Christ signifieth because he is the holy anointed of Iehouah before al that rest S. With what oyle is he anoynted F. With the oyle of gladnesse S. What is that F. The Vertue of the holy ghost S. To what dignitie function or office was he anoynted with this oyle F. To be a king a priest and a prophet S. Wherein is he a king F. Not onely in that he is the very king and Lord of heauen and earth Christ is our King but also in that he hath to himselfe indued al the powers of darkenes from the which he hath reduced vs and with his great powre doth gouerne and susteine vs. S. Wherein is he our priest F. In that he hath not onely offered vp himselfe to God for vs He is our Priest but also strandeth at the right hand of the father making intercession for our health S. Wherein is he our Prophet F. In that he hath both reuealed vnto vs the diuine misteries and also that hee might dired vs the way to life hath happely gone before vs towardes the kingdome of heauen S. Then worthely is he called a redeemer a iustifier and a sauiour but by whom am I drawne vnto him F. Who draweth vs to Christ Ioh. By God the father for no man commeth to Christ but such whom the father draweth S. How doth God the father draw me to Christ F. Ierm 31.3 By his mercy he draweth thée vnto him S. And is there any cause in man that moueth God to this mercie F. None at all but that which God doth in this he doth it of his owne loue in his sonne S. Wherein doth god expresse this mercy F. In many and great things and here in the ordinarie calling of a christian for whō he predestinated them also he called S. What is the calling of a Christian F. The calling of a Christian It is that whereby he is inuited to the
The 8. F. First he forbiddeth thée to take away from thy neighbour by stealth or any vnlawfull meanes eyther his externall good possessioÌ„s or his good name fame and reputation Next he biddeth thée to expresse and exercise towards they neighbour the vertues of liberalitie aimes déedes and mercie according to thy power and that thou be beneficiall to him his goodes and fame S. The ninth What is prescribed me in the nynth comaundement F. First thou art therein forbidden al lying periuries back bitings contumelies brawlings contentions and flatteries next that thou reporte well of thy neighbour and that thou testifie and speake the truth of him in all things S. The ten commaundemente What biddeth he in the tenth commaundement F. That thou do not so much as couet that which is an others secondly that thou endeauour that euery one may retayne his owne yea and rather to wish him some part of that which is thine then vniustly to desire that which is his S. Thus haue ye fully satisfied me in this poynt But is a man able of himselfe to obserue and performe these commandements of Almightie God F. By no meanes and yet this notwithstanding Man is not able to fufill these commaundementes the Lord hath in his mercie ordeyned man a meane the same to performe after his good pleasure S. VVhat is that meane my father F. Christ Iesus Christ is the perfection and end of the law in whom the father is very well pleased and in and by whom all such as beléeue in him doe kéepe and performe the whole for he is both the perfection and end of the law S. How many things requireth he of vs therby F. Two things wherof the one is faith Faith and obedience the other is obedience in the which also is contayned the summe of religion neither without these two things can any one of these teÌ„ coÌ„maÌ„dements be obserued S. Which of these two things doth orderlye proceede go before the other F. Fayth goeth before obedience followeth after fayth is at the roote obedience is as the fruit faith is as the cause obedience as the effect the one promiseth the other performeth and this latter is a testimonie of the former expressing that in worde and déede which was in beléeuing conceiued in the hart by the operation of the holy ghost S. What thing is that which ye call faith F. What faith is Faith is defined to be that which maketh those things to be which are hoped for demonstrateth that which is not séene S. What kinde of faith is there required in this seruice of God F. That which is called the Christian and Liuely faith the same which is proper to the true Christians and fruitfull in godly vertues S. And what is that F. It is the gift of God engendred in the soule of the spirite of God by the preaching of the word and is defined a firme opinion Christian faith and constant conscience of righteousnes and saluation obtayned by none other meanes but onely by the frée mercie of God in his sonne S. What are the things which are chiefly obiected to this faith F. The Obiectes of faith Those things which here follow in order as first God that diuine nature in the vnitie next the same God in the Trinitie thirdly the holy Catholicke Church and lastly all those Articles of the Christian faith whereof we must not doubt but be absolutely and certeinly assured in our beliefe S. What are those Articles of beliefe F. The same which are comprehended vnder the title of the simbole of the Apostles that is I beléeue in God the father almightie marker of heauen and earth The Simbole of the Apostles and in Iesus Christ his onely sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy ghost borne of the virgin Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell the third day he rose agayne from the dead he ascending into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the father almightie from thence he shall come to iudge the quicke and the deade I beléeue in the holy Ghost I beléeue the holy Catholick church the Communion of saintes the forgiuenesse of sinnes the resurrection of the bodie and the life euerlasting S. Must I theÌ„ beleeue in al these things To bleeue 1. that God is 2. that whicâ— God saith 3. In Gâ—â— F. It is néedfull that thou beléeue all these things to be but it is not requisite that thou beléeue in them all S. Seeing therefore that this particle In maketh such a difference in what thing then must I beleeue F. Beleeue in the holy Trinitie In that holy Trinitie namely in God the father in God the sonne and in God the holy ghost which is in nature one thing S. And what must I beleeue without this particle In F. Beleeue the holy Church c. The holy Catholicke church those other things contained in the Articles which folow in the same simbole to be true S. Ye haue before this sufficiently taught me to knowe the former obicte of my fayth namely God in the trinitie and the Trinitie in the Vnitie nowe I pray you to declare vnto me those latter pointes and first what is that Catholicke church which yee would that I should constantly beleeue F. What this Church is By this church is meant the vniuersall companie or faythfull assembly of Gods people of the which some hauing passed the troubles of this life are with Christ in heauen and other some as yet are millitant on the earth where in the vnitie of the true doctrine and the lawfull vse of the Sacraments they cleaue together S. What is that communion of saints The communion of Sainte F. The fellowshippe familiaritie and amitie that the godly haue one with another in one fayth one hope one charity as children of one father in one house exercising mutuall beneficience works of mercie christian duties The forgiunesse of sins one towardes another S. VVhat is that forgiuenes of sinnes the which I must also beleeue F. It is the loosing and releasing of that band of obligation wherein we be tyed to eternall death and damnation yea and a pardon of that payne which our sins had deserued and that by the onely death merit of our Lord Iesus Christ S. VVhat must I beleeue touching the Resurrection of the flesh The resurection of the flesh F. That in the last day all men shall rise agayne with their bodies the godly to eternal life the wicked to eternal paine S. VVhat is that eternall life F. That blessed felicitie and happie condition which the elected saints shall haue and enioy after their resurrection from death in all eternitie The life euerlasting with Christ the sonne of God S. Thus haue ye taught me my good father what this Christian fayth is and what and wherin I must beleeue now let me know
godly lessons institutions and contemplations and there withall ascribe vnto our best and highest God the praise and glory due to his most holy name F. So be it and thus that most good supreme God blesse thée my sonne and grant thée the right wisdome and grace to liue prosperously in thy vocation after his will to the comfort of thy parents friends to the good of the church cōmon wealth to the discharge of thy duty and to his praise glory who hath made formed thée to serue him through his deare sonne our Lord Iesus Christ Amen A godly prayer for Children to vse O Almightie God and our most gracious Father we thy deare children béeing taugth by thy worde doe know the nature of thy goodnesse to be such that as thou art alwayes ready to giue glad to forgiue willing to blesse and prosper them that appertaine vnto thée so thy will and pleasure is that we shold learne thy lawes to the end we may know how to glorifie thée walke in thy wayes and that because there is no man able to performe this without the assistance of thy spirit thou hast promised to send foorth the same vnto them that faithfully desire and runne vnto thée now therefore O good father we acknowledging our faults our vnworthinesse do come vnto thée prostrate our selues before thy footstoole in the hope and assurāce of thy tēder mercies to whō should the childe come but vnto his father and to whom should we come but vnto thée for howsoeuer we haue faulted agaynst heauen and agaynst thée and are vnworthy to be called thy sonnes yet art thou our father and we hope that in the name of thy most deare son Iesus thou wilt not denie vs to be thy children Let it be thy good pleasure O father to pardon all our defects and ignorances to looke on vs in thy loue to imbrace vs with thy fauour and to blesse vs in thy mercie that on vs the swéete influences of thy spirit with the which thou vsest to grace thine elected children may be bountifully powred foorth graciously encreased longsomly continued on vs for our perfect instruction for the benefit of thy church and for thine eternall glory Teach vs O father in the right vse of thy worde to know thée the only true God to know Iesus Christ our sauiour and to know our selues that howsoeuer we be schooled and catechized by our bodily and spiritual fathers whō thou hast in thy wisdome made meanes of our better instruction we may be all taught of thée which giuest an happy encrease to Pauls planting and the Apostles watering Sanctifie vs O father that we may be holy as thou art holy and confirme vs that we may be perfect as thou art perfect then shall we rightly know thy will and walke in thy wayes then shall we indéed feare thée and serue thée as we are bound to holinesse and righteousnes before thée without feare all the dayes of our life and finally pleasing thée we shall enioy that euerlasting inheritance of thy children in the highest felicitie through the worthy merit of thy most deare sonne our sauiour Iesus Christ in whose name only wee presume to come vnto thée praying as he hath taught vs. viz. Our Father which art in heauen c Hereafter follow certayne godly graces for children to vse before and after meat Before meate O Most gracious God we beseech the to sanctifie and blesse all these thy creatures which at this time we shall receiue at thy bountifull hand giue vs grace good father to take and vse the same with right thankfulnesse to thy worthy glory and to our comfort both in body and soule through thy deare sonne Iesus Christ our Lord and sauiour Amen After meate O Lord God our heauenly father most good gracious merciful we yeeld thee praise honour and glory for these and all other thy benefits and bounties powred foorth on vs and and now we humbly beseech thee to be mercifull vnto vs and forgiue vs all out sinnes to grant that thy louing graces and blessings may be both encreased and continued vnto vs thy high glory and our happy comfort in Iesu Christ our sauiour Amen Another AS we haue now receiued those thy gifts O God whereby we be refreshed in our bodies so grant that the may be also spiritually fed and nourished with thy worde and diuine graces in our soules that so both in bodie and soule tasting in both the sweetenesse of thy louing mercies we may prayse and glorifie thy most holy name through the sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Before Supper O Lord our father celestiall Blesse vs and these thy creatures all That we may rightly vse the same And therein prayse thine holy name After Supper O Gracious God we glorifie Thy name and supreame maiestie For all thy gifts which from aboue We haue receiued in thy great loue Oh grant vs grace therefore to be For euer thankefull vnto thee Amen FINIS Fol. pa. lin Faultes Corrections 2 a 3 courteousnes courtesies  b 13 this these 6 a 7 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 8 a 14 naturall soueraigne 10 b 3 senets secrets 14 a 13 ministery mystery  b 11 ministery mystery 15 b 10 blest Best   15 duty deity 16 b 29 accessible inaccessible   22 mutable immutable