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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.
5 Because by this principle, a man must be justified, adopted, reconciled to God, not only before faith, but even before he either seeth or feeleth his sin, or need of Christ: for at that instant a man hath his union to Christ, he hath communion necessarily in all the benefits of Christ, as Justification, Adoption, Reconciliation, Rom 8.1. 1 John 5.12. But this is contrary to the whole currant of Scripture, which affirms that we are not justified without faith, but by faith; and that not only declaratively in the Court of our consciences, but in the Court of heaven, and sight of God. Gal. 3.11. Also that we are adopted by faith. Gal. 3.26. and reconciled by faith. Rom: 5.1. Coll. 1.21, 22.
5 Because by this principle, a man must bee justified, adopted, reconciled to God, not only before faith, but even before he either seeth or feeleth his sin, or need of Christ: for at that instant a man hath his union to Christ, he hath communion necessarily in all the benefits of Christ, as Justification, Adoption, Reconciliation, Rom 8.1. 1 John 5.12. But this is contrary to the whole currant of Scripture, which affirms that we are not justified without faith, but by faith; and that not only declaratively in the Court of our consciences, but in the Court of heaven, and sight of God. Gal. 3.11. Also that we are adopted by faith. Gal. 3.26. and reconciled by faith. Rom: 5.1. Coll. 1.21, 22.
6 By this principle a man may be in a happy and blessed estate (because united to Christ) without any Repentance or sorrow for sin, which is a ground of all looseness of life.