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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60361	The compleat Christian, and compleat armour and armoury of a Christian, fitting him with all necessary furniture for that his holy profession, or, The doctrine of salvation delivered in a plain and familiar explication of the common catechisme, for the benefit of the younger sort, and others : wherein summarily comprehended is generally represented the truly orthodox and constant doctrine of the Church of England, especially in all points necessary to salvation / by W.S., D.D.	Slatyer, William, 1587-1647.	1643 (1643)	Wing S3983; ESTC R38256	385,949	1,566

holy Ghost shall come on thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee so that Holy One the Sonne of the Most High also and called Emanuel 8. How his nativitie Borne of the Virgin Mary of whom hee tooke flesh and so the Son of God became man or took our flesh and nature or forme of man and of a servant and borne in the world or made man of his mother became the son of Man 9. But this is hard to bee understood much more to be beleeved Yet faith seeth more then reason and beyond it and as much as the eye of reason transcendeth the eye of the sense so much or farre more the eye of faith pierceth above reason and we know nothing is impossible with God 10. How is it proved Not onely by holy Scriptures abundantly but to the very satisfaction of reason or Philosophy were it to either Jew or Gentile if they looke to their owne Philosophy traditions or doctrine 11. How to them both If they finde a God of nature above nature as he that said O ens entium misere mihi they must yeeld him to be above the rules and law of nature that tooke her law and rules from him and so hee can doe what pleaseth him above beyond and besides the ordinary course of things 12. How for the Iew His Prophets will shew him a Virgin shall conceive and if he doe yet doubt let him show how Aarons dry rod budded the Sea ran back or Sun stood still and divers other wonders in the Law and I will straight even in the same shew him this the mightie power and finger of God 13. It is then wonderfull Yes the wonderfull worke of God ordained and prepared of old and wherein divers wonders seemed to concurre to this admirable effect where you may finde the Ancient of dayes a Child God made man a Virgin a mother all which the Lords doing and marvellous in our eyes 14. Wherein the most admirablenesse of this wonder Not so much that a Virgin should conceive and beare a son though against the law of Nature and rules of Philosophy to the astonishment of the wisest and admiration of Saints and Angels As that 1. the most high God should bee so abased 2. Ancient of dayes become young 3. Infinit God put on that finite forme of man 4. He whom heavens cannot containe contained in the Virgins wombe 5. He that gives food and raiment to all naked and destitute of all 6. The Eternall made mortall 7. Governour of all things forme of a servant 8. Fountain of life become the object of death though so to overcome eternall death which wisedome and love of God let Angels admire and men adore 15. Why so borne of a Virgin As a token or embleme of the purity of his nature that tooke our nature on him 16. Why yet in mariage Chiefly to honour that estate which in it selfe honourable and instituted by God himselfe in Paradise hereby more honoured that the Saviour borne in it though not of it but of a more excellent root secondly to stop the mouth of obloquy in regard of the evill world and froward and malicious Jewes 17. What other observations noted or reasons urged Divers fitting correspondencies betweene the manner of our first parents fall and this manner of the reparation thereof and betweene this second and the first Adam 18. Which are they 1. In regard of the woman that was the cause and instrument 2. Man that fell and manner of the fall and reparation thereof 19. How of the woman 1. As by woman the meanes and procurement as instrument of the fall so by a woman the means of the reparation came into the world 2. She offered fruit to the first Adam whereby we were all accursed so this bare the fruit the second Adam in whom all nations blessed and all generations call her blessed 3. That in the state of virginity yet marriage occasioned the fall so this in marriage yet state of virginity brought him that redeemed us and restored all 20. How in respect of the man 1. As the first Adam of earth fell so the second Adam from heaven repaired the losse restored the fall 2. The first Adam was without mother unlesse his mother earth so the second Adam without father in the world though both else sons of God 3. The first Adam had woman brought forth out of his side besides the course of nature so the second Adam brought forth by woman besides and beyond the ordinary law of nature so the first Adam by the first Eve though named mother of living lost life from all his posterity and got by their defections death this second Eve by the second Adam bringeth in his perfection life to all so truely becomming what the other in name only Mother of the living and of the Lord of life 21. How in respect of the manner of fall and rising In the fall it selfe and manner of the restoring or reparation thereof may be observed 1. The fall universall the grace generall restoring to all sufficient for all though effectuall only in the Elect. 2. The fall by man and by man came salvation 3. The fall out of Paradise and heaven from God restored into Paradise and heaven to God so This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise spoken to the thiefe 4. The fall by Satan sower of ill health from God the Fountaine of good 5. The disloyaltie of Adam in all parts amended and satisfied by the obedience of Christ. 22. As how As Adam unfaithfull lost all Christs faithfull Of those thou gavest me I have not lost one Saviour of all Adam brake one Commandement and so all Christ fulfilled all written of him and all righteousnesse Adams many offences of 1. disobedience to the Commandement and in that many sins 2. Disloyaltie hearing with patience the Divell traduce Gods truth 3. Envy of any above him to the contempt of God as if aspiring to the same state and to sit in the same Chaire of Dignity with him 4. Falsheartednesse consenting to the Divell the enemy of God so thinking better of him then God 5. Treachery taking part thereby with the Divell Gods enemy 6. Pride to aspire above his degree and in knowledge if not else to be equall with God 7. Malecontentednesse not content with the estate and good things God had given him 8. Ingratefulnesse the root of all evill to hear the Divels blasphemy against God and his truth and not offended yea consenting and so committing blasphemy in heart not being thankfull for so great benefits as that estate life and Paradise were and yeelded but so forgetting God and all goodnesse matter enough to lade him with the curse and pack him out of Paradise all which yet restored and satisfied for by the second Adam Christ. 23. In what manner 1. Not only by his main acts of obedience even to the very death in which all righteousnesse 2. Loyaltie to his Father and to doe

or tempters will but set on it to tempt the soule and seeke the subversion of the same 34. And this is a necessary consideration Yes and a good preparation to repentance but faith the principall and most necessary matter yet preferred and the rather for that in that one word I beleeve is necessarily included the forsaking of all these things and so that first part of the promise thus else overpassed is yet thereby as effectually as possibly may bee intimated The second part of the Catechism Wherein of the Creed in generall SECT 1. Quest. 5. The Creed of the Apostles and why so called How it is the Symboll or note of a Christian and so called the Symboll or token of their faith and unity in it The twelve Apostles composers of it by tradition and so partition of it into 12. Articles The authority of this Creed and compared with others received of the Church this being the most ancient and summe of them They the illustration of this and all the rule of faith and unity and so with the description of faith premised is set forth and declared How and why first propounded with the nature of saith and the severall sorts of it both historicall faith temporary faith and degrees thereof Faith of miracles and lastly true and saving faith which is onely properly called faith with the extent root and fruit of the same The substance also and degrees of this faith and difference from the others seene by the root fruit and continuance The wsake faith yet be true saith and how it is to be strengthned The strongest faith yet imperfect requiring increase and divers good effects of it How faith is else diversly in holy Scriptures taken with the causes whence produced the efficient God he giver Instrumentall the word and Sacraments Naturall and formall in our apprehension and application finall cause in Gods glory and our jestification The value of workes and of generall ana speciall Or explicate and implicise faith The effects of true and saving faith and how are need both i● and workes for a testification of the same both to our selves and our owne soules The comfort assurance of the true faith above the vaine arrogancy and presumption of the others the meanes of preserving it and parts of Creed 1. REcite the Articles of thy Beleefe I beleeve in God the Father Almighty c. 2. What is here contained Summa credendorum the summe of our faith or Christian beleefe 3. How are these Articles usually called Either the Symboll of the Apostles Symbolum Apostolorum or The Apostles Creed 4. Why so called Because it summarily containeth the principall points of Religion handled and propounded in the doctrine and bookes of the Evangelists and Apostles 5. Is there any other reason rendered Yes as though by some compiled by the Apostles themselves yet wheresoever dispersed over the whole world in preaching or propagating the Gospell as an abridgement thereof this holy Symboll might be a rule to their Disciples and a token of their agreement in the one onely and true faith 6. To what end Both by the analogy thereof to direct the doctrine of the teachers and right understanding of the hearers in these principall points of faith and so consequently any heresies arising by these as a touchstone tryed found drosse might be rejected and so thereby to know a true Christian. 7. Js it then thought composed by the Apostles themselves So Saint Augustine and others have beene of opinion but whether by themselves or their disciples out of their writings and preachings it is assuredly found to be most Orthodox and even from their times Most Anciently Universally received 8. Why called a Symboll As a token or badge of their faith and also as jointly compiled by them as aforesaid and so thought according to the number of the 12. distributed into 12. Articles by Saint Augustine and others remembred 9. In what manner To each of the 12. Apostles as to the compilers thereof an Article assigned viz. 1. To Saint Peter I beleeve in God the Father c. 2. John Maker of heaven and earth c. 3. Iames And in Jesus Christ his onely Sonne our Lord c. 4. Andrew Which was conceived c. 5. Philip He suffered under Pontius Pilate c. 6. Thomas He descended into hell the third day c. 7. Bartholomew He ascended into heaven and sitteth c. 8. Matthew From thence he shall come to c. 9. Iames Alph. I beleeve in the holy Ghost c. 10. Simon Zelot The communion of Saints c. 11. Judas Iacobi Forgivenesse of sinnes resurrection of c. 12. Matthias Life everlasting Or thus 1. I beleeve in God c. 2. And in Jesus Christ c. 3. Which was conceived c. 4. He suffered under c. 5. The third day he rose c. 6. He ascended into heaven c. 7. From thence he c. 8. I beleeve in the holy Ghost c. 9. Holy Catholique Church the communion of c. 10. Forgivenesse of sinnes c. 11. Resurrection of bodie c. 12. Life everlasting 10. Of what authority is this Creed If it were penned by the Apostles then as Canonicall Scripture indeed but howsoever of greatest authority next to them above and before all others as most anciently and universally received 11. Are there any other Creeds then Other in forme of words according to severall occasions of the times and compilers but one and the same in substance and matter and so may seem expositions of this former 12. Who were those compilers of them Some of them Generall Councels some others worthy and reverend Fathers lights of the church in those times and for the most part occasioned by heresies arising for the plainer discerning and confutation of the same 13. Which are they The Nycene Creed composed by the Fathers in that Councell Constantine the great Emperor being present and President to explaine the Apostles Creed and extirpate Arrius impiety Athanasian Creed compiled by Saint Athanasius persecuted by the A●ians for a testimony of his sincerity in the truth and to instruct and confirme others Ephesine Chalcedon Agathen and others the like in severall Councels on the like occasions set forth 14. How should I then know and rightly understand which to receive and embrace In receiving this one of the Apostles wee receive all for they are but expositions upon severall occasions or explanations of this former 15. What use of this and those others Divers and sundry uses and no lesse manifold then excellent both for a 1. Rule of faith 2. Preservative from and against heresie 3. Meanes of distinguishing true Christians from heretiques 4. Briefe memoriall at entrance into Christianity to know thereby what 1. To have continually before their eyes for profession 2. To stand in defence of it even to the death 3. To answer at Baptisme 16. In what forme was the Creed first propounded In forme of an answer as that of