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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.
1. In that he spared not the Angels that sinned 2 Pet. 2.4. but cast them out of his sight, into everlasting chains of darkness; not because they committed this or that great sin, but because they sinned.
2. In that he cast Adam, and in him all mankind into a state of everlasting death & sin, for the first fault, which seemed but little, in eating the forbidden fruit. Rom 5.12.
3. In that Jesus Christ himself did bear the unsupportable wrath of God for sin, only imputed to him, not inherent in him.
Second means. Consider the unsupportable wrath of God which lieth on the soul of every man already for the least sin. John 3.18. & ver. 36. He that believeth not the wrath of God abideth on him For the wrath of God in Hell, chiefly consisteth in Two things. 1. In the souls departure from God. 2. In Gods departing from the soul. Now in the least sin, both these are already upon the soul; For in the least sin the soul departs from God, and for the least sin God departs from the soul. Isaiah 59.2. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God.