B00150:670
A short treatise
A short treatise: containing all the principal grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for householders..A short treatise: containing all the principall grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for housholders..
London: printed for William Welby, 1617
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. When is the name of God taken otherwise then it should?
A. When it is used ignorantly, superstitiously, without faith, rashly, not to a right end, hypocritically, falsely, against conscience, and when men name themselves Christians, but live scandalously.
A. When it is vsed ignorantly, superstitiously, without faith, rashly, not to a right ende, hypocritically, falsely, against conscience, and when men name themselues Christians, but liue scandalously.
Expos. 9. The special sins forbidden, are omission or neglect to know, Psal. 92. 5, 6. &c. observe, Zeph. 3. 5. meditate, or make use of the titles, properties, ordinances, or works of God. Matth. 13. 19. and 7. 26. &c. and 10. And also light, unreverent, vain, false superstitious or wicked thinking thereof, Mal. 2. 17. Psal. 5. 21. praying without understanding, 1. Cor. 14. 15. desire or care to speed,