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The principles of religion by Edward Boughen.
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Boughen, Edward, 1587?-1660?
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behave our selves in Prayer A. With all devotion and reverence inward and outward meekly kneeling upon our knees Q. Why must we kneele at our Prayers A. I. Because it is a gesture best beseeming humble Petitioners II. It f Proprium est órationis officiuÌ„ Dei veneratio Tertul. de Orat c. 1. is a duty proper to Prayer III. The Church our Mother commands us to kneele at Prayers IV. g In oratio ne ex more geâ—ua fleximus arque incubuimus terrae Aug. de Civit. Dei l. 22. c. 8. It is agreeable to the custome of the ancient Church V. It is agreeable to the practice of our Saviour and his Apostles h S. Mat. 26.39 S. Luc. 22.41 Act 7.60 c. 9. 40. c. 20.36 who alwaies kneele or fall flat upon the ground at their prayers VI. It is Gods due in the second Commandement And our Saviour saith i S. Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt WORSHIP the Lord thy God And k Vox adorare idem significat quod prosternere se iucurvare aâ—geniculari Pet. Picherel de Imag. p. 225. to worship God is to kneele downe or fall downe before him These reasons I hope will bring us all upon our knees Q. I pray God they may Thou hast given me good satisfaction in the Creed the ten Commandements and the Lords Prayer now tell me how many Sacraments there be A. Two only instituted by our blessed Saviour as necessary for the salvation of all men to wit 1. Baptisme and 2. the Lords Supper Q. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament A. I mean an outward and visible signe of an inward and spirituall grace given unto us ordained by Christ himselfe as a meanes whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Q. A little plainer if you can Q. A Sacrament is an outward and visible signe or element ordained by Christ to be given or bestowed upon us as a meanes whereby we may receive an inward and spirituall grace This he gives us as a pledge to assure us that as oft as we receive this Sacrament or element according to Christs ordinance so oft we receive this grace which is alwaies conveyed unto us by this Sacrament Q. How many parts are there in a Sacrament A. Two the outward and the inward Q. What is the outward part A. The matter and forme appointed and determined by Christ himselfe Q. What meanest thou by the matter A. The element or creature designed by Christ for this or that Sacrament Q. What meanest thou by the forme A. The words appropriated by Christ to this or that Sacrament Q. What is the element or matter appropriated to Baptisme A. l S. John 3.5 Water the pure element of water without art or mixture Q. What the forme or words A. m S. Mat. 28 19. I Baptize thee in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost Q. May no Person be baptised with other matter or words A. No for Christ who is the author of grace disposeth of his graces and the meanes whereby he conveyeth them unto us And it is in the power of no Person or Persons to alter these meanes unlesse it be also in his or their power to give grace at pleasure Q. These two then make this a perfect Sacrament A. They doe so namely n Acceldat verbum ad elementum fiet Sacramentum Aug. these words of Christ added to this element or matter prescribed by Christ Q. What is the inward and spirituall grace in Baptisme A. A death unto sinne and a new birth unto righteousnesse o Qui baptizatur ascendit liberatus à servitute corruptionis peccato factus filius Dei haeres ejus gratie cohâ—res autem Christi indutus ipsum Christum Concil Nic. Diatyp 5. For being by nature borne in sinne and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Q. Thou conceivest then that all sinnes are forgiven us in Baptisme A. I doe so so that we hinder not this grace by infidelity or impenitence Q. Why are you of this mind A. 1. Because I am taught by the Nicene Creed to beleeve one Baptisme for the remission of sinnes 2. This Church hath resolved it for p Rubricke immediatly before the Catechism a knowne truth that it is certain by Gods word that Children being baptised have all things necessary for their salvation and be undoubtedly saved 3. The Scripture assures us that q 1. S. Pet. 3.21 Baptisme doth now save us by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ that r Eph. 5.26 we are saved with the washing of water by the Word 4. That Å¿ Gal. 3.27 as many of us as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ that is as the Councell of Nice expounds it t Concil Nic. Diatyp 5. we descend foule and unclean into the Laver of Regeneration but we come forth unspotted and without sinne Q. What is required of persons to be Baptised A. 1. Repentance whereby they forsake sinne and 2. Faith whereby they stedfastly beleeve the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Q. Why then are Infants baptised when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them A. Yes they doe perform them by their sureties who promise and vow them both in their names which when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Q. Is this agreeable to reason A. It is so It is no more then guardians do for their wards When Wards are under age their guardians undertake for them what those wards when they come to age are bound to performe Besides we sinned in others words and actions it may well therefore stand with reason that we be clensed from this sin by other mens words and actions Q. Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained A. For the continuall remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we receive thereby Q. What is the outward part or signe of the Lords supper A. Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Q. This the matter which the forme A. t S. Mat. 26.26 1. Cor. 11.23 c. The Lord Iesus in the same night that he was betrayed c. Q. What is the inward part or thing signified A. The Body and blood of Christ u Concludo realiter hoc est verè nobis in coenâ dari Christi corpus ut fit animis nostris in cibum salutarem Calvin in 1. Cor. 11.24 which are veryly and indeed taken and received of the faithfull in the Lords Supper Q. What body A. * Christus nobis offerâ— corpus ip sum in quo passus est ac resurrexit Calvin Ib. That body which was borne of the Virgin Mary and suffer'd upon the Crosse Q. Do we receive it after a Corporall manner A. No but after a spirituall manner That we receive it we believe but the manner we know not
THE PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION Come ye Children and hearken unto me I will teach you the feare of the Lord. PSAL. 34.11 I seek not mine own profit but the profit of many that they may be saved 1. COR. 10.33 By EDWARD BOVGHEN OXFORD Printed by Leonard Lichfield Printer to the Vniversity 1646. THE PRINCIPLES of Religion Q. WHat is your name Ans N. or M. Q. Is this your Christian name or Sirname A. My Christian name Q. Why doe you answer by that name and not by your other A. Because it is my better name it puts me in mind of my better being of my second Birth when this name was given me Q. When was it given thee A. At my Baptisme Q. Why then A. Because at that time I became a new creature being a S Io. 3.5 In Baptisme we receive new names in token that by Baptisme we are made new Creatures Hooker Eccles Pol. l. 5. §. 62. borne anew of water and of the Holy Ghost that so I might be a member of Christ a Child of God and an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven This then is my name which I receive from Christ in the Church and serves at all times to put me in mind of God my Father and the Church my Mother Q. What conceive you to be the reason why the Church hath provided that this name should be given us rather at this time then at any other A. First because it is our new birth and a new name well befitteth a new birth 2. Because Baptisme was injoyned in stead of Circumcision and at Circumcision names were imposed upon the seed of Abraham Q. How doth that appeare A. By the Baptist and our Saviour b S. Luc. 1.59 63. The Baptist at Circumcision was called John and c S. Luc. 2.21 our Saviour Jesus Q. Who gave you this name A. My God-Fathers and God-mothers Q. Why they rather then your own Parents A. Because this name like the new birth is not fleshly but spirituall therefore I receive a name from God and not from man A new birth new Parents and a new name because I am adopted into a new familie Hence is it that with us they are named God-Fathers Fathers from God or in Gods stead Q. Doe they give you a name only A. No they undertake to the Church in my behalfe these three things First that I should forsake the Divell and all his workes the Pomps and Vanities of this wicked World and all the sinfull Lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith And Thirdly that I should keep Gods holy will and Commandements and walke in the same all the daies of my life Q. Why doe they promise this for you and not you for your selfe A. I make this promise by them First because at that time I am not able to make it by my selfe 2ly Because we are Baptized in our infancy since Baptisme is of such necessity partly by reason of our naturall corruption and partly by reason of our Saviours instirution that d S. Io. 3.3.5 unlesse we be borne againe of Water and of the Holy Ghost we cannot enter into the Kingdome of God At that time therefore we undertake this by others but confesse now that we are bound to performe them in our own Persons Q. You are resolved then I hope to believe and to doe as they have promised for you A. Yes verily and by Gods help so I will And I beseech God to give me his grace that I may continue constant in this resolution and practice unto my lives end Q. You have promised to believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith which are they A. I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth c. Q. Are all Christians bound to believe all this A. Yes for e Athan. Creed this is the Catholike Faith which except a man beleeve faithfully he cannot be saved Q. Why call you it Catholike A. Catholike signifies universall this is therefore called the Catholike Faith because all Christians universally are bound to believe it Besides it containes all things which are of necessity to be beleeved unto salvation Q. How ancient is this Creed A. As ancient as the Apostles times ancienter then some if not then all the writings of the Apostles For f Calvin in Heb. 6.1 Calvin acknowledgeth that the Apostles Creed was in use before the Epistle to the Hebrewes was written Q. Was it composed by the Apostles A. It seemes so for we learne from Antiquity that g S. Mat. 28.19 the Apostles being by our Saviours command to goe and teach all Nations and yet h Act. 1.4.8 not to depart from Hierusalem till according to his promise they were furnished with abilities for so great an employment i Discessuri ab invicem normaÌ„ prius futurae praedicationis instituunt Rufin in Sym. n. 10. before they parted to undergoe this great task they agreed upon this Creed which was to be k Hanc â—redentibus dandaÌ„ esse regulam statuunt Ib. the rule of Faith according to which they were to frame their discourses and contrary to which no man might teach or beleeve Q. What benefit received Converts by embracing this Creed A. By this they were fitted for Baptisme l SymboluÌ„ Apostolicum primus quasi ingressus erat in Ecclesiam ijs qui Christo nomen dabant Calvin in Heb. 6.1 by this they found ingresse into the Church and m Iren. l. 3. c. 4. by confession and beleefe of this Creed many were saved before any part of the New Testament was brought unto them Q. Was this written thinke you before the New Testament A. Not written but delivered n Russin in Symb. n 12. Chrysol Ser. 57.60 61 Hieron Epist 69. Aug. de Symb. l. 1. c. 1. not suffer'd to be written for three hundred yeares at least after our Saviours ascension hence is it usually called by the Antients o Iren. l. 3. c. 4. the tradition of the Church and by St Paul p Rom. 6.17 that FORME of doctrine which was DELIVERED you Q. How are we to understand this Creed A. In the same sence it is delivered that is in the Literall Grammaticall and usuall sense of the words wherein I am taught He that hath commanded me to beleeve hath also taught me what to beleeve Q. May we not take some part of this Creed in a figurative sense A. No. As I am taught so I beleeve As it was provided for the good of all so is it made for the understanding of all Had it been composed of darke and figurative words or phrases the learned only could have understood it indeed it would rather have raised controversies then setled one unalterable faith Q. You say right A. Besides the Apostles had fayled of one maine intent for which it was provided q Istud unanimitatis fidei suae indicium Apostoli posuere Ruffin