6 Cueffirons and Anfwehes Commídand Queil. And how doe weknow the greatne feofourfinne ,and the horriblepuntfhmentdue to the fame ? Anf. We know it faith the booke, by the law of God rightly vnder flood, the furn whereof is contained in the ten cómandements. For,by the law commeth theknow- ledge eiffo ine,faith S.?aul,and read the 7.chap. from the 7.verfe to the r 3.& marke Fitlythen followcth the firfl part of my diutfion of the Catechifinc before, to wit thelaw. `.hebooke, What' is the f:rfh commandment ? Anfw. Thou fhalt haue none other Gods but me. Ouefl. What is- themeaning of this commandement? Anfw. The Lord flraightly chargethvs in this commandement ,that we worfhip God alone. Which worfhip t andeth in foure points. Firfl, that we loue God a+ boue all. Secondly, that we feare God aboue ail. Thirdly, that we make our prayer to none but to God. Fourthly,that wee acknowledge God alone to be the guider and gouernour of all things, of whom we receiue all the benefits that we haue, and therefore that we trufl and flay vpon him alone. Qefl. Can we doe any of theft things vrlefe we know God ? Ally. No, it is impdíl'ible, for all theft duties 1pring of the knowledge of God, and the more we knowhim, the more wee loue him, the more we feare him, and curry way ferue him. Nuefl. And what is the firff point of the knowledge of God? Anfw. To know that there is aGod, without which knowledge faith theApoiJe, Hob. ii.. no man can comevnto God. ,Quell. what wayes haue we to knowe that there is a God by ? Anfw. Firfl, we knowe by the creatures that there is a God. For the heauens de. ifalme19. chore the Glory of God,ind thefirm4mcntjhowethhù bandit worle, faith theProphet.To whome agreeth the Apohle alfo,faying, that, T hat which is to 4e knowne of God, is Ííóm t rq manifeftinthem. For the inuifible things of him, as his eternal! power, and Godhead, are feene by the creation of theworld,erc. As by the greatnes of the world and of many particular creatures in it, as alto by his making all things of nothing, we fee his great power, by the varietic and notable Order ofthecrtatures,we fee his wifedome, and by the vfe that we haue of themwe fee his goodncffc, &c. Qefl. How elfe know we that there isaCad? Anfw. By his word written, as our fathers in old time did know him, becaufe they heard him fpeakce to them. For by his wordbes co vs,as by his audible voice he was to them, vnleffe we be Infidels. Qefl. Thirdly how? Anfw, Thirdly, The fpiriteof Godknoweth thethings that are of God; and clothreueale them, faith theApotlle, among which this is one, that thereis a god. Which the fame fpirite doth foingraue in curry one, that is eletled, as he that feeleth not him - felfe part doubting of it, is very iuftly for to feare, hoe belongeth not yet veto the T.ord. Qefl. Fourthly, boo prooue you there is a God? Anfw. Eu^_rie marts confcience accufing him, and fearinshim when he doth coil}; excufing him and comforting himwhen hoe döth well, tdllerh him plainely there is a God, which punifheth euill, and rewardeth good. And their reafon preuaileth with the m614 dcfperat that cuer was, or is at Tome time orother more or leffe. Quell. How many Gods are there? Anfw. ButoneonelyGod. And that to my heart Iprooue.. Firft, by the Scrip- tphe(d.6 tures, There is one Lord, one faith, oneBaptifine , one God and father ofail. And in an s.'Tun a. 'other place, T'hereù one God, and one modiatour4etwixt -God andman, cuoio one man le- fus Chrs ft. Secondly, by all the prayers of the gòdly in the Church, which are di; retied but to one onely God; and therefore we knowthere are no mo. Thirdly, by the command ettientwherehe faith not, Thou (halt haue none other Gods, but vs; but in the ungular number.; none but me, by the confent of Gods Church,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=