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A31334	Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.	Norton, John, 1606-1663.	1680 (1680)	Wing C1480; ESTC R9600	51,156	148

let us now speak of that which is for the saving of Converts who by Repentance have their Sins forgiven and are become the Children of God What is God's Work by Jesus Christ for the saving of these A. The Work of God by Jesus Christ for the saving of his Children is that whereby God bringeth them unto Glory by Jesus Christ Heb. 2.10 For it became him God for whom are all things and by whom are all things in bringing many Sons unto Glory to make the Captain of their Salvation perfect through Sufferings Q. Wherein does this Work consist A. God's Work by Jesus Christ of bringing his Children unto Glory consisteth in preparing them for Glory and possessing them with it Rom. 9.23 Q. How does God by Jesus Christ prepare them for Glory A. God does this by creating them in Christ Jesus unto good Works and by confirming them therein unto the end Ephes 2.10 We are God's Workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good Works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them 1 Cor. 1.8 9. Who God shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ God is faithful by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ 1 Thes 5.23 24. And the very God of Peace sanctify you wholly And I pray God your whole Spirit and Soul and Body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Faithful is be that calleth you who also will do it Heb. 13.20 21. Now the God of Peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus that great Shepherd of the Sheep through the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant make you perfect in every good Work to do his Will working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be Glory for ever and ever Amen Q. But how does God thus sanctify Believers A. God does this by his Spirit which he gives to Believers and by which he works in them for their Sanctification and all this thorow Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1.2 Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the Father thorow sanctification of the Spirit unto Obedience and sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ Ephes 1.13 In whom which Christ also after that ye believed ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of Promise Tit. 3.5 c. God our Saviour saved us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour c. See Joh. 3.5 Ezek. 36.25 c. Q. What is that which God worketh in Believers by his Spirit that they may be confirmed unto the end A. God by his Spirit does enlighten them concerning his Will and does strengthen them that they may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing in all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness Ephes 1.17 18. 3.14 c. Col. 1.9 10 11. Q. Is there nothing by which God and Christ do through the Spirit sanctify Believers A. Yes for the Word of the Gospel is us'd for their Sanctification and sometimes Chastisement For the Word of the Gospel see Rom. 1.16 Ephes 5.26 For Chastisement see Heb. 12.5 c. Rev. 3.19 Q. Is there nothing that God by Jesus Christ worketh out of Believers for their Sanctification A. Yes And among other things God will not suffer them to be tempted above that they are able but will with the Temptation also make a way to escape that they may be able to bear it 1 Cor. 10.13 Q. What in this Work of Sanctification is peculiar to Christ A. He gave himself for the Church that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of Water by the Word And he ever liveth to make intercession for us Ephes 5.25 26. Heb. 7.25 Q. What must Believers do that they may be Holy and confirmed unto the end A. They must cleanse themselves from all filthiness of Flesh and Spirit perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God 2 Cor. 7.1 Q. Can you set forth this more particularly A. Yes after this manner They building up themselves in their most Holy Faith praying in the Holy Ghost must keep themselves in the Love of God looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto Eternal Life Jud. 20 21. Q. I would hear something from you touching the particulars of your Answer Wherefore I ask you in the first place this Question What is it for Believers to build up themselves in their most Holy Faith A. Believers may be then said to build up themselves in their most Holy Faith when they rightly endeavour by the means God vouchsafeth them both in private and in publick to encrease in the knowledg and belief of the Doctrine of Christ Col. 2.7 2 Pet. 3.18 2 Tim. 2.7 Eph. 4.11 c. 1 Pet. 2.1 2. Q. What is it for Believers to pray in the Holy Ghost A. Believers may be then said to pray in the Holy Ghost when according to the Will of God made known by the Holy Ghost they make known their Requests unto God by Prayer and Supplication with Thanksgiving both in private and publick as they have opportunity Phil. 4.6 1 Joh. 5.14 Matth. 6.5 c. 1 Cor. 14.14 c. Q. What general Direction have Believers for Prayer and Thanksgiving A. That which our Saviour gave to his Apostles in Mat. 6.5 c. add thereto that of our Saviour afterwards in Joh. 16.23 24. Verily verily I say unto you Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name he will give it you Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my Name Ask and ye shall receive that your joy may be full Add that of the Apostle Ephes 5.20 Give thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ Q. But what is it to pray and give thanks in the Name of Jesus Christ A. To pray and give thanks in the Name of Jesus Christ is to draw nigh to God therein with confidence because Jesus Christ is our High Priest that maketh intercession for us Heb. 4.14 15 16. 1 Pet. 2.5 Heb. 13.15 Q. What have you learnt concerning that Cup of Blessing or Thanksgiving which the Apostle speaketh of in 1 Cor. 10.16 A. I have learned That the Apostle there speaketh of the Lord's Supper which is to be used with Thanksgiving in the Churches of Christ Q. What mean you by the Lord's Supper A. I mean A certain use of Bread and a Cup which Christ our Lord hath appointed for a remembrance of him For as often as we eat this Bread and drink this Cup we shew the Lord's Death till he come Mat. 26.26 c. Mark 14.22 c. Luk. 22.19 c. 1 Cor. 11.23 c. Q. Now tell me What is it for Believers to keep themselves in the Love of God A. Believers may be then said to keep themselves in the Love of God when they so use their Knowledg or

and that God will render the greatest Punishment to the greatest Offenders Rom. 2.8 9 12 c. 2 Thess 1.8 9. Mat. 11.22 24. Luk. 12.47 48. 2 Pet. 2.20 21. 2 Cor. 9.6 Mat. 23.14 Q. When you say That God by Jesus Christ will render to Men this or that What mean you by that word A. I mean not only that God by Jesus Christ will judg them to such or such a Condition but will also bring them into it Mat. 25.31 to the end of the Chapter Q. What will follow this Judgment A. First after this Judgment all the Enemies of Christ being put under his Feet and all things subdued unto him the Son shall deliver up the Kingdom to God even the Father and shall himself also be subject to him that put all things under him that God may be all in all 1 Cor. 15.24 c. Q. What else will follow A. In respect of the Righteous this will follow They being adjudged by Christ to inherit the Kingdom prepared for them from the Foundation of the World and having their vile Body changed that it may be fashioned like unto Christ's glorious Body shall enter into the Joy of their Lord where they shall live rest and rejoice with fulness of joy for ever and ever Matth. 25.34 Phil. 3.21 1 Cor. 15.50 Matth. 25.21 23. Luk. 20.35 36. Joh. 6.51 2 Thess 1.7 Heb. 4.9 1 Pet. 1.6 4.13 Psal 16.11 Q. But what shall follow in respect of the Wicked A. The Wicked being judged to depart from Christ into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels shall be cast Body and Soul into Hell Geenna that Furnace of Fire where shall be wailing and gnashing of Teeth Mat. 25.41 10.28 13.42 Q. What from the consideration hereof may Sinners now be exhorted and perswaded to A. They may hence be exhorted and perswaded to repent and be converted that their Sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing come from the presence of the Lord. Act. 3.19 17.30 31. Q. What from the consideration of the aforesaid Judgment and that which follows may Converts or Believers be exhorted and perswaded to A. They may hence be exhorted and perswaded to be stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the Work of the Lord. 1 Cor. 15.58 CHAP. X. Some particular Duties which Believers ought to know and perform Q. HAving now a fit occasion we may here as in a place most convenient discourse of Good Works or particular Duties wherein Believers ought to be exercised but seeing we have already mentioned many of them which come under the consideration of Godliness I shall desire to hear from you something of what you have learned especially concerning Righteousness and Sobriety of which hitherto you have been almost silent Now observe and answer my Questions of which the first shall be this What is the Duty of Believers towards Men as Men A. This in the general is exprest by our Saviour thus All things whatsoever ye would that Men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the Law and the Prophets Mat. 7.12 Q. How can you express the same more particularly A. Thus To render to all their Dues whatsoever they may justly challenge and require of us as their right and to do good to all Rom. 13.7 Render therefore to all their Dues Tribute to whom Tribute is due Custom to whom Custom Fear to whom Fear Honour to whom Honour Prov. 3.27 With-hold not good from them to whom it is due Hebr. from the Owners thereof when it is in the power of thine hand to do it Gal. 6.10 As we have opportunity let us do good unto all Men especially to them that are of the Houshold of Faith 1 Thess 5.15 See that none render Evil for Evil unto any Man but ever follow that which is good both among your selves and to all Men. Rom. 16.19 I would have you wise unto that which is Good and simple unto that which is Evil. 1 Pet. 3.13 Q. But what is it to render to every one his due A. To render to others their Due is To speak truly a and deal justly with them b and therefore not to abuse and wrong them by lying c flattery d and evil speaking e as they do that are Revilers f Scoffers g Whisperers h Backbiters i Slanderers k False-Accusers l False Witness-bearers m unjust Judges n and the like and not to be any wayes injurious to them in their Life o Liberty p Estates q Relations r and the like nor hurtful to them as to their everlasting Concerns by corrupting them in their Souls and Lives s or hindering them from or in that Faith and Love which is in Christ Jesus t a John 4.18 Prov. 12.17 Zech. 8.16 Ephes 4.25 b Isa 26.10 Mich. 6.8 2 King 12.15 1 Thess 2.10 Isa 33.15 Psal 15.2 Tit. 2.11 c Lev. 19.11 Col. 3.9 Joh. 8.44 Rev. 21.27 1 Tim. 4.2 d Psal 12.2 3. 1 Thess 2.5 e Tit. 3.2 f 1 Cor. 6.10 1 Pet. 2.23 g 2 Pet. 3.3 h Rom. 1.29 Prov. 16.28 2 Cor. 12.20 i Rom. 1.30 k 1 Tim. 3.11 Prov. 10.18 Psal 101.5 Jer. 9.4 l 2 Tim. 3.3 m Exod. 20.16 Mat. 15.19 n Luk. 18.6 Psalm 82.6 o Exod. 20.13 p Jer. 34.15 Heb. 11.36 q Exod. 20.15 Ephes 4.28 r Exod. 20.14 s Mat. 23.15 2 Pet. 2. Chapt. t Mat. 23.13 Act. 13.8 Q. And what is it to do good to all A. To do good to all is in imitation of God to be merciful and kind to them in respect both of their Bouls and Bodies Psal 37.26 Mat. 5.7 Luk. 6.36 1 Cor. 13.4 Luk. 6.35 Col. 3.12 Q. But what if they be Enemies to them and persecute them A. Although they be so yet must Believers be merciful and kind unto them Mat. 5.44 c. I say unto you Love your Enemies Bless them that curse you Do good to them that hate you and pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you c Q. What then must Believers be a peaceable People A. Yes They must follow Peace with all Men. And if it be possible as much as in them lieth live peaceably or be at peace with all Men. Heb. 12.14 Rom. 12.18 Q. But how should Believers endeavour to be at peace with all Men A. They should endeavour it by not provoking others to Anger a in doing them wrong b or in pleasing themselves in that which is displeasing to others and wherein they may deny themselves for their Neighbours good c also by not being easily provoked by others d as when they suffer without any Contention such Offences that may be easily born e also by abstaining from all Revenge f and appearing appeasable g and ready to forgive when they meet with greater Injuries h Lastly By being courteous to all i and forward to do good to all in that which they will acknowledg for good k as by giving and lending to them l or being ready in any thing to help and