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Author: Browne, Samuel, 1575?-1632.
Title: The summe of Christian religion shewing the vndoubted truth holy practice, and heauenly comfort therein contained. With certaine necessary prayers. By Samuel Browne, preacher of Gods Word, at S. Maries in Shrewsbury.
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Print source: The summe of Christian religion shewing the vndoubted truth holy practice, and heauenly comfort therein contained. With certaine necessary prayers. By Samuel Browne, preacher of Gods Word, at S. Maries in Shrewsbury.
Browne, Samuel, 1575?-1632.
London: Printed by Richard Badger, for Philemon Stephens and Christopher Meredith, and are to be sold at the golden Lyon in Pauls Church-yard, 1630.
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Church of England -- Catechisms -- Early works to 1800.
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The Summe of Christian RELIGION.
Question. WHerein standeth a mans true hap∣pinesse?
Q. What was their estate by creation?
Q. How sinned they?
Q. Was the eating of that fruit a great and hainous sinne?
Q. What hurt receiue we by this their fall?
Q. What is originall sinne?
Q. How doth this appeare?
Q. What is actuall sinne?
Q. What punishments are due to man for sinne, originall and actuall?
Q. How may we be deliuered from this hor∣rible estate into which we are fallen, and recouer Gods fauour, and that blessed estate from whence we are fallen?
Q. How may we be rightly prepared to come vnto Christ?
Q. How may wee rightly vnderstand these Commandements?
Q. How are the Commandements to bee di∣uided?
Q. Which is the first Commandement?
Q. What is here commanded, and what forbid∣den?
Q. Then belike they deceiue themselues, that thinke this Commandement easie to bee kept, and that they can and doe keepe it.
Q. Which is the second Commandement?
Q. Which is the third Commandement?
Q. Which is the fourth Commandement?
Q. What is the fruit of such profaning of the Sabbath?
Q. Which is the fifth Commandement?
Q. Which is the sixt Commandement?
Q. Which is the seuenth Commandement?
Q. Which is the eighth Commandement?
Q. Which is the tenth Commandement?
Q. Which is the tenth Commandement?
Q. I heare no mention of the sin of drunkennes, doth no commandement forbid this sin?
Q. How sin they against the first, second, third, and fourth Commandements?
Q. How sin they against the Commandements of the second table?
Q. But who are drunkards?
Q. Thou saidst, that the Law is a schoole-ma∣ster to bring vs vnto Christ, if we can make right vse of it. Shew me then what vse is to be made of these Commandements?
Q. Yea, but this Doctrine is grieuous and vn∣comfortable.
Q. After that we are come vnto Christ, is there no more vse to be made of these Commande∣ments?
Q. How doth the Law of God bring a man vnto Christ?
Q. And what then doth Christ for him?
Q. What is true repentance?
Q. On whom is this gift bestowed?
Q. How is faith wrought?
Q. How by the Word?
Q. How by the Spirit?
Q. In what case are they that heare the Word without this working of the Spirit?
Q. What is their estate in whom God by his Word and Spirit worketh this faith?
Q. But many that beleeue, liue wickedly, and are ouercome of the world and the deuill.
Q. What are the things which thou doest be∣leeue?
Q. Rehearse those Articles.
Q. What learnest thou in generall out of these Articles?
Q. First then shew me how thou learnest hence to beleeue rightly: & that thou mayst proceede in order, tell me how these Articles may be diuided.
Q. Seeing there is but one God, why namest thou Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost?
Q. VVhat meanest thou by a person?
Q. Which is the first part of the Creed?
Q. What meanest thou by this, I beleeue in God?
Q. Whose Father is God?
Q. What beleeuest thou of this God & Fathers
Q. How doth this appeare?
Q. If God made all good, how is it that deuils and vngodly men are so wicked?
Q. How doth it further appeare that God is in∣finite?
Q. If God doth gouerne all by his prouidence, how is it that the godly oft mourne, and the wicked oft reioyce?
Q. Rehearse the second part of the Creede.
Q. What is Iesus Christ?
Q. Why must he be God?
Q. Why must he be man?
Q. Which Person of the three became man?
Q. What doth IESVS signifie?
Q. What doth Messiah or Christ signifie?
Q. How is Christ Gods only Sonne, since all the faithfull are his children?
Q. Why addest thou, Our LORD?
Q. What beleeuest thou concerning Christs con∣ception and birth?
Q. Why so?
Q How diuidest thou the Articles that follow concerning Christ?
Q. Rehearse those Articles that containe his humiliation.
Q. Did Christ, when he liued vpon the earth, liue in pompe, riches, ease and pleasures?
Q. What death died he, and how?
Q. Died he willingly or against his will?
Q. What beleeuest thou concerning his buriall and his descending into hell?
Q. Rehearse the Articles that containe Christs exaltation.
Q. What beleeuest thou heere?
Q. Why did he so?
Q. Goe on to his Ascension.
Q. Why did he so?
Q. How doth Christ sit at Gods right hand? hath God the Father a right hand and a left, and other parts of a mans body, as many imagine?
Q. What profit haue we thereby?
Q. What beleeuest thou concerning his comming to Iudgement.
Q. Which is the third part of the Beleefe?
Q. What is the Holy Ghost?
Q. Of these three Persons, is any one greater then another, or in time before another?
Q. Rehearse the fourth part of the Beleefe.
Q. What is this holy Catholike Church?
Q. What hath God decreed of the rest of man∣kinde?
Q. If God hath of old decreed euery mans sal∣uation or damnation, then a man elected shall be saued, liue he neuer so wickedly, and areprobate shall be damned, liue he neuer so godly?
Q. How then conceiuest thou of this matter?
Q. Proceede to the priuiledges of the Church: what beleeuest thou concerning the Communion of Saints?
Q. What further beleeuest thou?
Q. If it shal be thus only with Saints, what then shall become of the wicked, which are by farre the greater number?
Q. Hitherto thou hast shewed how this Creede teacheth vs to beleeue rightly: shew further how thou art taught by the same to liue godly: de∣clare this out of the first part.
Q. Declare this in the second part.
Q. Declare this in the third part.
Q. Proceede to the fourth part.
Q. Thou saidst that by this Creede thou art taught to cheere vp thy heart with ioy: declare this in the first part.
Q. Declare this in the second part.
Q. Proceed to the third and fourth part.
Q. Goe on to the Communion of Saints and the rest.
Q. Then thou esteemest this faith of thine, to be an inestimable treasure?
Q. How is this faith of thine preserued and in∣creased?
Q. Rehearse the Lords Prayer.
Q. Why is it called the Lords Prayer?
Q. What gather we hence?
Q. How may it be fitly diuided?
Q. Which is the Preface?
Q. What learnest thou by this Preface?
Q. How many petitions are there in the Lords Prayer?
Q. What desirest thou in the three first pe∣titions?
Q. What desirest thou in the three last pe∣titions?
Q. Which is the first petition?
Q. What desire we in this petition?
Q. Which is the second petition?
Q. What desire we in this petition?
Q. Which is the third petition?
Q. What desire we in this petition?
Q. What meane these words, In earth as it is in heauen?
Q. Which is the fourth petition?
Q. What desire we in this petition?
Q. What learnest thou further from the words of this petition?
Q. Which is the fift petition?
Q. What desire we in this petition?
Q. Why is this added, As we forgiue them that trespasse against vs?
Q. Which is the sixt petition?
Q. What desire we in this petition?
Q. Which is the conclusion of the Lords praier?
Q. What is the meaning of this conclusion?
Q. How doe the wicked pray this prayer?
Q. How doe they shew their hypocrisie in the preface?
Q. How doe they shew their hypocrisie in the three first petitions?
Q. How doe they shew their hypocrisie in the rest of the petitions?
Q. Then none but a sincere Christian truly cal∣led and conuerted, can pray this prayer or the like, with vnderstanding, and with an vnfained desire?
Q. Thou saist that thy faith is preserued and increased by the Sacrament: what is a Sacrament?
Q. In this Couenant, what doth God vndertake on his part?
Q. What doe the faithfull vndertake for their part?
Q. How many Sacraments be there?
Q. What is Baptisme?
Q. What is the Lords Supper?
Q. Doe all that come to the Lords Supper re∣ceiue profit thereby?
Q. Who are vnworthy receiuers?
Q. How must thou prepare thy selfe for the Lords Supper?
Q. Thou saist that thy faith is preserued and increased by continuall meditation in the Word of God: shew me then to what end, and in what manner oughtest thou both to reade Gods word, and to heare it preached?
Q. What if the Preacher deliuer things vn∣sound or vnprofitable?
Q. How oughtest thou to prepare thy selfe for death at all times, & specially in time of sicknes?
MORNING PRAYER for a Family.
A briefe Confession with thanksgiuing.
This that followeth, is verie needfull in many houses of the Gentrie and richer sort.
In a meane and laborious Family, prayer to this purpose will be conuenient.
In what family soeuer, thus proceed.
Euening Prayer for a Family.
A Prayer vpon the Lords Prayer.
A short Morning Prayer.
A short Euening Prayer.
A Prayer for a young Scholler, or any of the younger sort, both Morning and Euening.
Another Morning Prayer for a young Scholler.