A53723:188
The principles of the doctrine of Christ
The principles of the doctrine of Christ: unfolded in two short catechisms, wherein those principles of religion are explained, the knowledge whereof is required by the late ordinance of Parliament, before any person be admitted to the sacrament of the Lords Supper. For the use of the congregation at Fordham, in the county of Essex. By John Owen pastor there.The principles of the doctrine of Christ: unfolded in two short catechismes, wherein those principles of religion are explained, the knowledge whereof is required by the late ordinance of Parliament, before any person bee admitted to the sacrament of the Lords Supper. For the use of the congregation at Fordham, in the county of Essex. By John Owen pastor there.
London: printed by R. Cotes for Philemon Stephens, 1645
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 3. Wherein doth the curse of God consist?
A. In divers things: first, (a) in the (2)guilt of death, temporal and eternal; secondly, (b) the loss of the grace and favour of God; thirdly, (c) guilt and horror of conscience, despair and anguish here, with, fourthly, eternal damnation hereafter. (a) Gen. 2.17. Rom. 1.18. & 5.12, 17. Ephes. 2.3. (b) Gen. 3.24. Ezek. 16.3, 4, 5. Ephes. 2.13. (c) Gen. 3.10. Esa. 48.22. Rom. 3.9, 19. Gal. 3.22. (d) Gen. 3.10, 13. Joh 3.36.
A. In divers things: first, (a) in the (2)guilt of death, temporall and eternall; secondly, (b) the losse of the grace and favour of God; thirdly, (c) guilt and horror of conscience, despaire and anguish here, with, fourthly, eternall damnation hereafter. (a)