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A short catechism familiarly teaching the knowledge of God, and of our selves. First…A short catechism familiarly teaching the knowledg of God, and of our selves. First…
A short catechism familiarly teaching the knowledge of God, and of our selves. First composed, and improved, for the private instruction of the younger sort in Cambridge in New-England. / By Thomas Shepard late faithful Pastor of the Church of Christ there. ; And now published at the earnest desire of sundry well-affected persons. ; Together with the doctrine of conviction of sin, and righteousness, and judgment. Delivered in divers sermons upon John 16. 8, 9, 10, 11. and thence summarily drawn into quest: and answers by the same author. ; [Three lines from Peter]A short catechism familiarly teaching the knowledg of God, and of our selves. First composed, and improved, for the private instruction of the younger sort in Cambridg in New-England. / By Thomas Shepard late faithfull Pastour of the Church of Christ there. ; And now published at the earnest desire of sundry well-affected persons. ; Together with the doctrine of conviction of sin, and righteousness, and judgment. Delivered in divers sermons upon John 16. 8, 9, 10, 11. and thence summarily drawn into quest: and answers by the same authour. ; [Three lines from Peter]
printed by Samuel Green, 1654
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.
2. If any soul hath a part in Christ without sense of sin (as he thinks) at his first conversion, yet he shall find that it was there indeed by his after conversions to God, for Peter and the rest of the disciples, after they were converted, were to be again converted Math: 18.3. Now many gracious christians shall find much sense of sin, and terror of God affecting them all their life in their humiliations before God which they never felt at first, yet notwithstanding these after-returnings do evidently show what ingredients were in them at first.
2. If any soul hath a part in Christ without sense of sin (as he thinks) at his first conversion, yet he shall find that it was there indeed by his after conversions to God, for Peter and the rest of the disciples, after they were converted, were to be again converted Math: 18.3. Now many gracious christians shall find much sense of sin, and terrour of God affecting them all their life in their humiliations before God which they neuer felt at first, yet notwithstanding these after-returnings do evidently shew what ingredients were in them at first.
Quest. Is not this conviction and humiliation a consequent of faith, and following ones being in Christ?
Answ. There is indeed some kind of conviction and humiliation for sin which follows faith, but in this place Christ expressly speaks of that conviction & humiliation for sin which is wrought by the Spirit in the soul because it believeth not in Christ, and therefore is before faith is fully wrought.
Answ. There is indeed some kind of conviction and humiliation for sin which followes faith, but in this place Christ expressly speaks of that cōviction & humiliation for sin which is wrought by the Spirit in the soul because it believeth not in Christ, and therefore is before faith is fully wrought.