Catechizing. z89 compareth to a quiuer ful of arrowes,andtooliuebranches:fo Bothhe not &pare thofe that doe euill,although they bechildren.z,Reg.z. zq.. Theboyes that fcoffedEli./ha weretorne inpeeces with twobeares. To this thehebrew prouerbe maybeadded, in Golgotha are Childrenp<ri- tobeféenefculs of all fizes , that is, deaththe rewardof finne commeth on theyoungas `óte r ¡roar. wellas upon theold. Ifaw little and great,faithpohn,Apoc.zo. s2. waitingfor their iudg- . ment. ChriftWho bath laidofhimfelfe,Ihauegivenyouan example.Iohn, t3. r3 andof whom theDiuines ruleis, Euery ghat' of Chrift feruesfor our mftruElion, hathgiuenChrittesyouth. , our children anexample ofhis youth,that is,thatat twelueyeares hewas growen asmuch in wifedome,namely to the feareofGod and in thefauour ofGod as in yeares.He alloweth ofthechildrens finging Hofanna.Math.z t. t 6.when the Pharifes thought it afoolifh thing to regardthe childrens crie.He lhewes,that hisfathertnakethanaccount ofchildren; and bathno delrethat they fhould beloft forteaching, & loft muff they be,except they come Chitdref mutt to the Church. Therefore hegiueth commaundement, thatthey be fuffered, andnotfor- "0C Ne raft fie bidden,if they haue anydelire voto lain, and thereforehepronouncethawoe upon anie, teachng. thatwhen fuchwould come coChrift,dofeandalize them eyther by word,counlcll.orex- ample,orany other vnduemeaneskeepe themfrom commingto him. Ioh.25.iç. Chrill his charge toPeteris not to feed hisfheepe colic, but his lambes alto, and fill his lambes, for theincreafe of the whole flockedependeth on the towardne(%of the lambes, and the lambes being wellfed,leflé paines needto betaken withthe fheepe. Allfolenme promifes wemuffperformueas lureasweecan. But in our Baptifine wemade a folemnepromifeof learning thefeareof God.The aptneffein children to vice, aswe may feeby their tra&a- blenelfein anyprophaneorfcurrileiefts mutt make vs take aduantage, andexercife this vice,naptto aptneffein fuch things as aregood, for nodoubt, ifchildren canfaybald-head toElifha, vice, theycan fay HafannatoChrill. 3 The officeoftheCatechift is to makehis do&rinecalle to enter bygiuiugitan edge inperfpicukie, methode, &c. andof the catechizedoften togoe ouer thelamething, as a knife dot') the whetflone,&to repeate and iterate it,till hehavemade it his owne.This we Déur.a. fee in theoriginallwords,fpecially the Greekes from the which wee haueourEn lifh7NCate etNi¡ofiut. eofá word Echo, ix is indeede to found time luft fìllably and fuch foundershappily there bee- Bough, but itis to foundthe wholeafter one,and fucha repetition is requiredof the right catechumenoi.Catechizing is thusdiftingitifhed from preaching. Preaching is the dilatingPreaching and ofone member ofreligion into aiulltreatife: Catechizing is acontraEfing of the whole CatechiAeg into a fumme. Preaching is to allforts: catechizing to the youngerand rude. Preaching is'ho dr ¡zingei- notexalted tobe repeated:catechizing is exa&ed.We confider hereintheir three things. An argument orfamine, thegenus, the deliuerie ofit to children: thefirft part of catechi- zing,theredeliuerieofcs:echamene;, which is thefccond-partof thecatechiíne. For war- Somme,erE- rant inmal¢ngfummes we haueChrift,wlto Math, z 2.37. brought allthe wholelaw into p`tomer. two heads. Ioh.3.t 6. an abridgementofthe gofpellis let downe, Godfodouedtheworld,&c. Ecclef. tz:3.Salomondrawes all that,thathehad Paid in hiswholebooke of thePreacher toaxle two heads.Feare,Godandkeepehis commandements. The ApoffleHeb.6.t.reduced' OcheprinciplesofChriffian religion to theft two, Repentance and Faith. As alto the lear- ned tiitmmke,that this forme ofteaching is meantby Pestleinhis paterne,* orforme of hole- 'a ,mi, :,,' fomewords, whichhewillethTimothieto bane, a.Tim;t.13.asallob forme *ofdo&rine,ii r >6em Rom.6.1y.andanalogieoffaith. And ifwedemaund areaion hereof, we mayhaue a De- ",°t`° " pendance,that we may referreall our reading and learning to certaineprincipal heads,& fo 7'7""- - indofe our ftudiesin fhortepitomes.So likewife fay y` Rabbins that it is as it wereahedge xn to timegenerall doElrine,leaft we be euerin anendlell'emaze. So doe the fatherscall is too. Clemenscalleth it Crepisabale orgroüd plot.Athanaf:us,Sjnopfu,ÿ Britdraught ofa pi&ure.. Thefecond reafon is ÿfacility,becaute we mayin (hurtercane Jeanie & comprehend them, &fuch were the Sermons ofÿ Apoftles,whentheybaptized fo maniehundredsin one day, And here wemull take with vsa double prouifo, that wefhall remaine before, God him iudgemnentfeat withoutexcufe, ifthat wee lecke not the knowledge of God, beeing brought into lb fhort acompendium,infuch and fo perfpicuous a methode delivered . Se- condly,we muft know,thatourhones arenot to make vs tattles orvnregarding of unie C c more
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