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<P>BRIEFE ANSWERS TO the chiefe Articles of RELIGION. The fourth Edition. By <HI>W. Gouge, D. D.</HI></P>
<BIBL>1 PET. 2. 2.</BIBL>
<Q>As new-born Babes de&s;ire the &s;incere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby.</Q>
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<P>LONDON, Printed by <HI>G. M.</HI> for <HI>Edward Brew&s;ter,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his &s;hop upon Fleet-bridge at the &s;igne of the Bible, 1642.</P>
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<P>O God of mercies, who ha&s;t revealed thy Word to give under|&s;tanding to the &s;imple, Pardon I be&s;eech thee my ignorance, and all other my &s;innes, and give me knowledge of thee, of my &s;elf, of thy will, and of my duty, for Chri&s;t Ie&s;us &s;ake.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
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<HEAD>BRIEFE ANSVVERS TO the chief Articles of RELIGION.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;tion.</HI></P>
<P>_WHo is the maker and go|vernour of all things?</P>
<P>A. <HI>God.</HI></P>
<P>Q What is that e|&s;tate wherin God made all things?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Good.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What now is mans naturall e|&s;tate?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Mi&s;erable.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What maketh man mi&s;erable?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Sinne.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Again&s;t who&s;e Law is &s;in com|mitted?</P>
<P><PB REF="3">A. <HI>Gods.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Which are the words of Gods Law?</P>
<P>A. <HI>I am the Lord, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Are you able to keep this Law?</P>
<P>A. <HI>No.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doe they de&s;erve that &s;in again&s;t this Law?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Damnation.</HI></P>
<P>Q Can you free your &s;elf from dam|nation?</P>
<P>A. <HI>No.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Have you any hope to be freed by any other?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Yes.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Who is that Saviour in whom you have hope?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is Chri&s;t?</P>
<P>A. <HI>God and man.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What hath Chri&s;t done for mans Redemption?</P>
<P>A. <HI>He died.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Who &s;hall be made partakers of the benefit of his death?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Bel&eacute;evers.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Rehear&s;e tho&s;e principall Articles that we ought to beleeve?</P>
<P><PB REF="3">A. <HI>I beleeve in God, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How is true faith manife&s;ted?</P>
<P>A. <HI>By Repentance.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What meanes hath God ordained to work faith?</P>
<P>A. <HI>His Word.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What other means hath God ap|pointed to &s;trengthen our faith?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Sacraments.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is to be con&s;idered in a Sa|crament.</P>
<P>A. 1. <HI>The outward &s;igne.</HI></P>
<P>2. <HI>The inward grace.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How many Sacraments are there?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Two.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Which is the fir&s;t?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Bapti&s;me.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is the outward &s;igne in Bap|ti&s;me?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Water.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doth that &s;et forth?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Chri&s;ts bloud.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doth the &s;prinkling of it up|on the party baptized &s;et out?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Clean&s;ing from &s;inns.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Into who&s;e name are wee bap|tized?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Gods.</HI></P>
<P><PB REF="4">Q. What do the&s;e three Titles, <HI>Fa|ther, Sonne, Holy Ghost,</HI> in the forme of Bapti&s;me &s;et out?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Thr&eacute;e per&s;ons.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is the inward grace &s;ealed up by Bapti&s;me?</P>
<P>A. <HI>New birth.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Which is the other Sacrament?</P>
<P>A. <HI>The Lords Supper.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What are the outward &s;ignes in the Lords Supper?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Bread and wine.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doth the Bread &s;et forth?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Chri&s;ts Body.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doth the Wine &s;et forth?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Chri&s;ts Bloud.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doth the breaking of the Bread and powring out of the wine &s;et out?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Chri&s;ts &s;uffering.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doth the Mini&s;ters giving of the Bread and wine to the people &s;et out?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Gods giving of Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What doth the peoples taking of the Bread and wine, and eating and drin|king the &s;ame &s;et out?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Faith in Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><PB REF="4">Q&punc; What is the inward grace &s;ealed up by the Lords Supper?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Communion with Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is the inward means wher|by the Word and Sacraments are made effectuall?</P>
<P>A. <HI>The worke of Gods Spirit.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What mu&s;t we doe to obtain this and all other needfull ble&s;&s;ings?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Pray.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Rehear&s;e the Lords Prayer?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Our Father. &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is prepared for the faithfull after this life?</P>
<P><HI>Eternall life.</HI></P>
<P>Q. VVhat for the wicked?</P>
<P>A. <HI>Eternall death.</HI></P>
<P>AS it plea&s;eth thee, &ocirc; Father of light, to give me any knowledge of the my|&s;teries of godline&s;&s;e, &s;o I be&s;eech thee to work in me al&s;o &s;ound faith, true repen|tance, new obedience, and to be&s;tow on mee all other ble&s;&s;ings needfull for this life, and for the life to come, thorow Ie&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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