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<P>THE CATECHISME IN THE BOOK OF Common-Prayer EXPLAINED.</P>
<P>The Third Edition Corrected, and Amended.</P>
<Q><BIBL>1 Pet. 3.15.</BIBL>
<P><HI>Sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to give an an&s;wer to every man that asketh you a rea&s;on of the hope that is in you, with meekne&s;s and fear.</HI></P></Q>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>T. R.</HI> and <HI>N. T.</HI> for <HI>Richard Thrale,</HI> and are to be Sold under St. <HI>Martin Outwich,</HI> in <HI>Bi&s;hop&s;gate Street.</HI> 1672.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="catechism">
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<HEAD>THE CATECHISME IN THE Book of Common-Prayer EXPLAINED.</HEAD>
<HEADNOTE>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> Is &s;et before many of the longe&s;t and harde&s;t Que&s;tions, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>* Is a mark of Explanation.</ITEM>
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<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<P><LABEL>Que&s;tion.</LABEL> <HI>_WHat is your name?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> N. or M.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many names have you?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two, a Chri&s;tian, and a Sirname.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What may they put you in mind of?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Of a twofold Parentage; Natural, and Spiritual.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Who are your Natural Parents?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> My Father and Mother.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Who are your Spiritual Parents?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> God and his Church.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Which of the&s;e two names are de|manded of you?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> My Chri&s;tian name.</P>
<PB N="2" REF="3">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why &s;o?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That by this name, I may be put in remembrance of my Bapti&s;m, wherein it was given me.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why was your name given you in Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That thereby I might be di&s;tingui&s;h|ed from other men, and that I might be put in mind, as often as I hear my name, of the Covenant then ratified between God and me.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVho gave you this name?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Bapti&s;m, wherein I was made a member of Chri&s;t, the child of God, and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What benefit did you then receive by Bapti&s;m.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Three; Fir&s;t, I was made a mem|ber of Chri&s;t: Secondly, the child of God: Thirdly, an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What hath a Member relation unto?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To a Body.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many bodies hath Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two, a Natural as we have, and a My&s;tical.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>of which are you a member?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Of his My&s;tical Body.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What Body is that?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> His Church. <HI>Col.</HI> 1.18.</P>
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is Chri&s;t to his Church?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He only is the Head thereof.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth Chri&s;t the Head, for his Body the Church.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He giveth it Spiritual Life, motion and direction, as a head doth to the body.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What mu&s;t you feel in you, to be &s;ure that you are a true member of Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That I live by him to God, am mooved by his Spiri<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">, and directed by his Word.</P>
<P><LABEL>2. Q.</LABEL> <HI>How are you made the child of God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By the Grace of Adoption.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How knowe&s;t thou, that thou art the child of God by Grace?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e he hath given the earne&s;t of the Spirit into our hearts, crying <HI>Abba; Father,</HI> which Spirit witne&s;&s;eth to our &s;pirits, that we are the children of God. <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.15,16.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Is Bapti&s;me of that virtue, that by the only outward wa&s;hing thereof, every one is made a member of Chri&s;t, the child of God, and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> No, for unle&s;s a man be born again of water, and al&s;o of the Holy Gho&s;t, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Hea|ven. <HI>John</HI> 3.5.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why then &s;ai&s;t thou, that by Bap|ti&s;m
<PB N="4" REF="4"> thou art made a member of Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e Bapti&s;me is the laver of Regeneration by the power of the Spirit. * And therefore we may rightly &s;ay, that we are thereby made the Members of Chri&s;t, and the children of God; and be|lieve the &s;ame touching all others that are baptized.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is it added, That we are In|heritors of the Kingdom of Heaven?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e being &s;ons by Adoption, we are heirs, and heirs of God, and heirs an|nexed with Chri&s;t. <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.17. 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 1.3,4.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What did your Godfathers and God|mothers then for you?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> They did promi&s;e and vow thr&eacute;e things in my name: Fir&s;t, That I &s;hould renounce the Devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of the wicked world, and all the &s;inful lu&s;ts of the fle&s;h: Se|condly, That I &s;hould believe all the Arti|cles of the Chri&s;tian Faith: And Thirdly, That I &s;hould keep Gods holy Will and Commandments, and walk in the &s;ame all the days of my life.</P>
<P><LABEL>1. Q.</LABEL> <HI>How are you to renounce the Devil?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By refu&s;ing to hearken to any of his wicked &s;ugge&s;tions.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How are you to renounce the world?</HI></P>
<PB N="5" REF="4">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By withdrawing mine affections from the honors, riches, plea&s;ures and other contentments which the world affordeth, as they are a means to draw me from God. 1 <HI>John.</HI> 2.15.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How are you to renounce the lu&s;ts of the fle&s;h?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By denying &s;atisfaction to my own natural de&s;ires and affections, &s;o far as they are any way repugnant to the Word of God. <HI>Rom.</HI> 13.14.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Do&s;t thou think that thou art bound to do as they have promi&s;ed for thee?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes verily, and by Gods help &s;o I will; and I heartily thank our Heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this &s;tate of Salvation, through Ie&s;us Chri&s;t our Saviour; And I pray God to give me his Grace that I may continue in the &s;ame unto my lives end.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Art thou able to perform all the&s;e things?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Not of my &s;elf, but in &s;ome mea&s;ure I am enabled thereunto by Gods Grace. <HI>Phil.</HI> 4.13.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What do&s;t thou chiefly learn out of the Articles of your belief?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Fir&s;t, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world.</P>
<P>Secondly, in God the Son, who hath red&eacute;emed me and all mankind.</P>
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<P>Thirdly, in God the Holy Gho&s;t, who &s;anctifieth me and all the elect people of God.</P>
<P><LABEL>1. Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> God is a Spirit, invi&s;ible, incompre|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">en&s;ible, infinite, eternal, and Almighty, one in nature and &s;ub&s;tance, but di&s;tin|gui&s;hed into three per&s;ons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Gho&s;t. <HI>John</HI> 4.24. <HI>John</HI> 1.18. <HI>Job</HI> 11.7. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 40.12,13. <HI>Deut</HI> 6.4. <HI>Mat.</HI> 3.16,17. 1 <HI>John</HI> 5.7.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>For what end did God make all things?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> For the prai&s;e of his great power, goodne&s;s, wi&s;dom, perfection and glory. <HI>Rev.</HI> 4.11. <HI>Prov.</HI> 16.4.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What was man e&s;pecially made of?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Man con&s;i&s;ts of Body and Soul; the fir&s;t mans body was made of the du&s;t of the earth, but our Bodies come by ge|neration, and are with his mortal; and both his and all our Souls by in&s;piration, and are immortal.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How can our Souls be &s;inful, that come not by propagation, but by in&s;pira|tion?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. For that <HI>Adams</HI> Soul was deputy for all Souls of men naturally begotten.</P>
<P>2. Becau&s;e man &s;inned, and man is not man, before body and &s;oul be knit toge|ther which being conjoyned become toge|ther as man, partakers of mans fall, and corruption.</P>
<PB N="7" REF="5">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>In what &s;tate was man fir&s;t created?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> In the Image of God, that is to &s;ay, holy and righteous, enjoying the favour of God and all happine&s;s. <HI>Gen.</HI> 1.27 <HI>Eph.</HI> 4.14</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How did man fall from this e&s;tate, that is, deface the Image of God, and lofe his favour?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion of our fir&s;t Pa|rents, who eating of the forbidden fruit both them&s;elves, and in them all mankind became fir&s;t guilty of eternal death, and li|able both to temporal and &s;piritual mi&s;e|ries; Secondly deprived of original righ|teou&s;ne&s;s; Thirdly, corrupt in every part and faculty both of &s;oul and body, which deprivation and corruption received in and from them is called Original &s;in. <HI>Gen.</HI> 2.17 <HI>Rom.</HI> 5.12. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 51.5. <HI>Rom.</HI> 7.18. <HI>Eph.</HI> 2.3.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Which are the temporal mi&s;eries?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Gods cur&s;e upon the creatures, on mans body &s;en&s;es, name, friends, what&s;oe|ever he takes in hand, and death it &s;elf <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.20. <HI>Deut.</HI> 28.15,16, &amp;c. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.21.</P>
<P><LABEL>Qu.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat are the &s;piritual mi&s;eries?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A</LABEL> Blindne&s;s of mind, the &s;pirit of &s;lum|ber and giddine&s;s, horror of Con&s;cience, hardne&s;s of heart, a reprobate &s;en&s;e, and &s;trong delu&s;ions. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 6.9. <HI>Rom.</HI> 11.8. <HI>Exod</HI> 7.2. <HI>Rom.</HI> 1.28. 2 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 2.11.</P>
<P><LABEL>Qu.</LABEL> <HI>Was God &s;o angry, that he would cur&s;e man for eating an Apple, or &s;uch like?</HI></P>
<PB N="8" REF="6">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That was not the matter of Gods anger, but his unthankfulne&s;s, pride, di&s;|obedience, and crediting rather the Devil then God.</P>
<P><LABEL>2. Q.</LABEL> <HI>Who redeemed you, that is, deli|vered you from eternal death, and recon|ciled you unto God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Ie&s;us Chri&s;t the Son of God.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>By what means did Chri&s;t redeem you?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By &s;uffering death upon the Cro&s;s for my &s;ins, and the &s;ins of the whole world. 1 <HI>John</HI> 2.2.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How could he &s;uffer death, &s;eeing he was the Son of God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He took upon him the nature of man, that is, an humane body and &s;oul, and therein &s;uffered death upon the Cro&s;s for our redemption. <HI>Heb.</HI> 2.16. <HI>Heb.</HI> 10.5. 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 3.18.</P>
<P><LABEL>3. Q.</LABEL> <HI>Who &s;anctified you?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The Holy Hho&s;t. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 6.11.</P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> A work of the Holy Gho&s;t, by which &s;uch as are redeemed are made holy and become new creatures, and enabled to do good and holy works. 1 <HI>Th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;.</HI> 4.3. <HI>John</HI> 15.3.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What be the parts of &s;anctificati|on?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two, Mortification, and Vivificati|on. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.11.</P>
<PB N="9" REF="6">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is Mortification?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The killing of our natural cor|ruption, and weakning of &s;in in us. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.6.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is Vivification?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The quickning up of Grace and Ho|line&s;s in our &s;ouls. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.4.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Wherefore did God create, redeem and &s;anctifie you?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To glorifie and &s;erve him. <HI>Luke</HI> 1.74,75.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>In what manner mu&s;t we &s;erve God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> As he hath pre&s;cribed in his Word, and that mu&s;t be done in &s;pirit and truth * &s;piritually, that is with our hearts and &s;ouls, as well as our bodies; and truly that is &s;incerely and heartily without hypocri|&s;ie. <HI>John</HI> 4.24.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the word of God, which doth pre&s;cribe the manner of Gods wor|&s;hip?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The word of God is contained in tho&s;e Books which are called the Canoni|cal Scriptures.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why are they called Canonical?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e they are the Canons, that is, the rules of Gods wor&s;hip, according to the which, men mu&s;t frame their faith and manners. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 8.20. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 119.9.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How do you know that every part
<PB N="10" REF="7"> of the Scripture was delivered by Divine In&s;piration, and &s;o is indeed the Word of God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By many firm arguments, but e&s;pe|cially &s;ix. 1. By the expre&s;s te&s;timony of the Scripture. 2 <HI>Pet.</HI> 1.19,20,21. 2 By the inward te&s;timony of the Holy Gho&s;t in my heart. 1 <HI>John</HI> 2.27. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 2.15. 3. By the wonderful maje&s;ty of the Scriptures deli|vered yet in great &s;implicity. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 2.14. 4. By the mighty power of it, in convert|ing &s;ouls. <HI>P&s;al</HI> 19.7. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.4. 5 By the matter which altogether &s;avoureth of headenly wi&s;dom. 6. By the continual con&s;ent of all the Scriptures being writ|ten by &s;o many in time &s;o different.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>To what purpo&s;e or u&s;e doth the Scripture or Word of God &s;erve man?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To make him wi&s;e to &s;alvation, and perfect to all good works four manner of ways. 1. By teaching the truth. 2 By confuteing fal&s;hood. 3. By correcting vice, 4. By in&s;tructing in righteou&s;ne&s;s. 2 <HI>Tim.</HI> 3.16.</P>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="11" REF="7">
<HEAD>The Second Part of the CATECHISME ex|pounding the CREED.</HEAD>
<DIV3 TYPE="introduction">
<P><LABEL>Qu.</LABEL> <HI>HOw many Articles are there of the Faith, and which are they?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Twelve, I believe in God the Fa|ther, &amp;c.</P>
<P><LABEL>Qu.</LABEL> <HI>What is Faith?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Faith is a belief of the Go&s;pel, joyned with a re&s;olute ca&s;ting of ones &s;elf upon Chri&s;t alone for remi&s;&s;ion of &s;ins and &s;al|vation. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.11. <HI>Acts</HI> 16.31. <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.5.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the ground of Faith?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The fr&eacute;e promi&s;es of God made in Chri&s;t, concerning the forgivene&s;s of &s;ins, and eternal righteou&s;ne&s;s. <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.18. <HI>Heb.</HI> 11.1.</P>
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<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>I. <HI>Arti.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>why do you &s;ay, I believe, and not, we believe?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e another mans prayer may help me, but it mu&s;t be mine own, and not another mans Faith that mu&s;t &s;ave me.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the meaning of this, I be|lieve in God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> I believe him to be my God, and put my whole tru&s;t and confidence in him. <HI>Rom.</HI> 10.11.</P>
<PB N="12" REF="8">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is God called the Father?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e he is the Father of all by creation, and of Chri&s;t by nature and e|ternal generation; and in him my Father I being one of Chri&s;ts members.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth the Title Almighty im|port?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That he hath all &s;ufficiency in him|&s;elf, and that he is able to do what&s;oever he will. <HI>Gen.</HI> 17.1. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 115.3.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How know you that God is Al|mighty?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. By creating all things. 2. By upholding and governing all things crea|ted by his continual providence.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Of how many &s;orts are the creatures that God made?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Of two &s;orts, vi&s;ible and invi&s;i|ble.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Which are the invi&s;ible creatures?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Angels and Souls of men.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Of how many &s;orts are the An|gels?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Of two &s;orts, as good and bad.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What are the bad Angels called?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Devils.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Did God make the Devils?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes, he made the Devils, but he did not make them Devils; he made them Angels of light, they made them&s;elves Devils by &s;in. <HI>Jude</HI> 6.</P>
<PB N="13" REF="8">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Whereof did God create the world?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Of nothing, to &s;hew his might and power by his Word. <HI>Heb.</HI> 11.3.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>In what time made he the world?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> In &s;ix days, that we might more par|ticularly con&s;ider of the creatures.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>When made he man?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> La&s;t of all, becau&s;e he was made Lord of all, and might find all things rea|dy for him <HI>Gen.</HI> 1.26.</P>
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<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>II. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is Chri&s;t called Je|&s;us?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A</LABEL> Becau&s;e he &s;aveth his people from their &s;ins, neither is there &s;alvation in any other. <HI>Mat.</HI> 1.21. <HI>Acts</HI> 4.1.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is the &s;econd per&s;on in the Trinity called Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> In regard of the offices whereunto he was ordained by God the Father, and anointed by the Holy Gho&s;t. <HI>Acts</HI> 10.38.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q</LABEL> <HI>Which are the offices of Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e. 1. His Prophetical office to teach us and in&s;truct us in all things. <HI>Mat.</HI> 17.5. 2. His Prie&s;tly office, to reconcile us * by offering up even him&s;elf, a Sacri|fice upon the Cro&s;s for our &s;ins. <HI>Heb</HI> 9.24,25,26. 3. His Kingly office, to reign over us by his Word and Spirit. <HI>Luke</HI> 1.33.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat benefits ha&s;t thou by the offices of Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<PB N="14" REF="9">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Both I and all the elect people of God, are made &s;piritual Kings, Prie&s;ts, and Prophets. 1. Kings in bearing rule over our own hearts, and ma&s;tering our rebellious thoughts, wills, and affections, <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.12. 2. Prie&s;ts in offering up to God our &s;piritual Sacrifices of Prayer, of Thank&s;giving, of Almes, of a contrite heart, of our own &s;ouls and bodies, for the &s;ervice of God. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 141.2. <HI>Heb.</HI> 14.15,16. <HI>Phil.</HI> 4.18. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 51.17. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.13. &amp; 12.1, 3. Prophets in applying that know|ledge we have, to the benefit and good of others. <HI>Luke</HI> 22.32.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is Chri&s;t called the only Son of God, &s;ince we al&s;o are the Sons of God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He is the Son of God by nature, and by eternal generation, we are the &s;ons, of Gods by Grace, and by Adoption. <HI>John</HI> 1.14. <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.15. <HI>Gal.</HI> 4.5.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What do you learn from hence that Je&s;us Chri&s;t is the Son of God by nature?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> I learn to my comfort, that he is ve|ry God; and that therefore what&s;oever was performed and &s;uffered by him, is in|finitely meritorious for our &s;alvation. <HI>John</HI> 1.14. <HI>Col.</HI> 2.19.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is Je&s;us Chri&s;t called our Lord?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e having red&eacute;emed our &s;ouls from &s;in and Satan, he doth challenge us as his own to do him &s;ervice. <HI>Rom.</HI> 14 8,9.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="article">
<PB N="15" REF="9">
<P><LABEL>III. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>How was Chri&s;t conceived by the Holy Gho&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> In that his humane nature was &s;u|pernaturally framed by the powerful working of the Holy Gho&s;t in the womb of the Virgin. <HI>L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ke</HI> 1,35.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why was he conceived by the Holy Gho&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To &s;anctifie the &s;&eacute;ed of the woman, and to unite two natures in one per&s;on, God and man in one Chri&s;t, <HI>Luke</HI> 1.35. <HI>Rom.</HI> 9.5. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2.5.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why mu&s;t our Saviour be both God and Man?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He mu&s;t be a man, becau&s;e man had &s;inned, and therefore a man mu&s;t die for &s;in to appea&s;e Gods wrath; he mu&s;t be God to &s;u&s;tain and uphold the Manhood, to overcome and vanqui&s;h death. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2.5,6.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What learn you out of the&s;e words, which was conceived by the Holy Gho&s;t, born of the Virgin <HI>Mary</HI>?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> I learn: 1. By his birth that he was man, that &s;o he might &s;uffer for my &s;in.</P>
<P>2. By the manner of his conception by the Holy Gho&s;h, that he was without all manner of &s;in, and &s;o the Sacrifice of him|&s;elf being mo&s;t pure, it was precious for our redemption.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="article">
<PB N="16" REF="10">
<P><LABEL>IV. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat was <HI>Pontius Pilat<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> that condemned Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He was at that time the Governo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> of <HI>Judea,</HI> under the Roman Emperor. <HI>Luk<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> 3.1.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat death did Chri&s;t &s;uffer?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The death of the Cro&s;s,</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhy &s;uffered Chri&s;t the death of the Cro&s;s, rather then any other kind of death?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Becau&s;e that kind of death was mo&s;t &s;hameful.</P>
<P>2. It was mo&s;t painful,</P>
<P>3. Thereby he took upon him the cur&s;e, to free me from the cur&s;e of the Law. <HI>Gal.</HI> 3.13.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Seeing Chri&s;t hath thus died for us, why yet mu&s;t Gods Saints die?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Not as a &s;atisfaction or penalty for &s;in, but for two &s;pecial benefits: Fir&s;t, for that &s;in is thereby aboli&s;hed in my na|ture, <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.7. Secondly, death is made an entrance for our &s;ouls into Life eternal. <HI>Phil.</HI> 1.23.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Could the &s;ufferings of Chri&s;t, which were but a &s;hort time, countervail ever|la&s;ting damnation, and &s;o appea&s;e Gods wrath?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e Chri&s;t, who was God &s;uffer|ed; though not in his Godhead; and that is more, then if all the men in the world
<PB N="17" REF="10"> had &s;uffered for ever. <HI>Acts</HI> 20.28.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat followed upon his death?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> His burial and de&s;cending into hell, that is, his &s;ubjection to the power and do|minion of death, and the grave for a time. <HI>Heb.</HI> 2.14. <HI>Acts</HI> 2.24.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why did he abide thus under the power of death and the grave?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That it might be certainly known that he was dead, and that the body of &s;in might be utterly de&s;troyed and aboli&s;hed in us for ever. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.6.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>V. <HI>Art.</HI> Q</LABEL> <HI>Was it needful that Chri&s;t being dead, &s;hould ri&s;e again?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A,</LABEL> Yes it was for his own glory and our good.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How for his glory?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That being formerly aba&s;ed as a &s;er|vant, and crucified as a &s;inner, he might thus be declared to be the Son of God, and exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour. <HI>Rom.</HI> 1.4. <HI>Acts</HI> 5.30,31.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How for our good?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That having paid the price of our re|demption by his death, we might have good a&s;&s;urance of our Iu&s;tification by his Life. <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.25.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why did Chri&s;t ri&s;e again the third day?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e it was prophe&s;ied of him,
<PB N="18" REF="11"> that he &s;hould &s;ee no corruption. <HI>Acts</HI> 2.27.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why did he not ri&s;e before the third day?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Le&s;t ri&s;ing &s;o pre&s;ently upon his death, his enemies might take occa&s;ion to cavil that he was not dead. <HI>Mat.</HI> 27.63.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why would he not put it off untill the fourth day?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Le&s;t the Faith of his Di&s;ciples &s;hould have been weakened, and their hearts too much ca&s;t down and di&s;couraged. <HI>Luke</HI> 24.21.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What learn you out of the 5^t^h^. Article, the third day he ro&s;e again from the dead?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. That he is ri&s;en and hath over|come death and Hell for my Iu&s;tification. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.17.7.</P>
<P>2. I learn to ri&s;e from &s;in, and to delight in righteou&s;ne&s;s. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.4.</P>
<P>3. By his ri&s;ing I am a&s;&s;ured that my body &s;hall ri&s;e again. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.16.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>VI <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why did Chri&s;t a&s;cend into Heaven?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A</LABEL> That he might triumph more glori|ou&s;ly over his and our enemies, and make way for our a&s;cention thither. <HI>Eph.</HI> 4.8. <HI>John</HI> 14.2.3.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is meant by Chri&s;ts &s;itting at the right hand of God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. The honour that God hath given him. <HI>Heb.</HI> 1.3.</P>
<PB N="19" REF="11">
<P>2. His exerci&s;ing of the Sovereign power which he hath, as he is our Mediator over all the world. <HI>Eph.</HI> 1.20,21.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>VII. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What learn you out of the Seventh Article, from thence he &s;hall come to judge the quick and the dead?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. I learn to my comfort, that he that is my Saviour, &s;hall be my Iudge. <HI>Job</HI> 19. <HI>ver&s;e</HI> 25.</P>
<P>2. To the terror of the wicked and un|godly, that he &s;hall be their Iudge, whom they have refu&s;ed and de&s;pi&s;ed. 2 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 1.8.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Who are the quick and the dead that are to be judged by Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> All men that ever were from the be|ginning, are, or &s;hall be to the end of the world, whether they &s;hall be alive then, or dead before.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why doth Chri&s;t defer his coming?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He waiteth till the number of the elect be accompli&s;hed, till the mea&s;ure of iniqui|ty be fulfilled, till his enemies be all &s;ub|dued and aboli&s;hed. <HI>Rev.</HI> 6.11. <HI>Mat.</HI> 13.30. <HI>Heb.</HI> 10.13.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What need is there that the dead &s;hould be brought to Judgment, &s;eeing particular judgment was given of them before, whether they be good or evil?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> It is needful for two cau&s;es. 1. Be|cau&s;e the fir&s;t judgment pertains only to
<PB N="20" REF="12"> the &s;oul, but the latter to the whole man, both body and &s;oul. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 5.10.</P>
<P>2. That that particular Iudgement may be made manife&s;t before all men, and that there may be a more manife&s;t declaration of Gods ju&s;t judgment. <HI>Rom.</HI> 2.5.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>VIII. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the Holy Gho&s;t&punc;</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The third per&s;on in the Trinity, e|qual in maje&s;ty and glory to the Father and the Son, and joyn<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ly proceeding from them both. <HI>Acts</HI> 5.3,4. <HI>John</HI> 15.26.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Gho&s;t is an old <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> word, and &s;ignifies Spirit, why is the third per&s;on called Spirit?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Becau&s;e God is a Spirit (that is) an immaterial and pure e&s;&s;ence. <HI>John</HI> 4.24. 2. Becau&s;e the Holy Gho&s;t is the Spirit and breath of God, blowing freely where it li&s;teth, and working &s;piritually for man|ner, means and matter where it plea&s;eth. <HI>John</HI> 3.8. <HI>Acts</HI> 2.2,3,4.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is the third per&s;on called holy?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Not only becau&s;e of his e&s;&s;ential ho|line&s;s as God, but becau&s;e he is the author and worker of holine&s;s in men. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 6.11.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="9" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>IX. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why do you &s;ay, I believe the Church, not in the Church?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> We do believe that there is a Church, but we do not believe in the Church, but in
<PB N="21" REF="12"> God; the Church here below at the be&s;t, is but a company of men called, ju&s;tified, &s;anctified in part, and therefore may erre.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is it then to believe the Church?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. That there is and always &s;hall be a Church. 2. That I am one of the Church. 3. To believe the doctrine of the Church, wherein it followeth Chri&s;t, the Prophets and Apo&s;tles, the onely &s;ure pillars and ground of truth.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many &s;orts of Churches are there?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two &s;orts, Triumphant and Mili|tant.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the Church Triumphant?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The company of Gods children in Heaven. <HI>Heb.</HI> 12.23.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhy is it &s;o called?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e they are all out of danger and &s;o do triumph. <HI>Rev.</HI> 21.4.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat is the Church Militant?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The company of Gods Children here on Earth.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why are they thus called?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e they fight the Lords battles again&s;t the world, the fle&s;h, and the Devil. 2 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2.3. <HI>Eph.</HI> 6.12,</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What Church is here meant?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The Church Militant.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What do you learn hence?</HI></P>
<PB N="22" REF="13">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That God hath a Church, and will have to the end of the world.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Is there but one Church?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> No, there is but one true Church of Chri&s;t, though there may be many parti|cular vi&s;ible Churches, which are parts thereof; yet there is but one Catholick and Vniver&s;al Church, of which not one &s;hall be lo&s;t, and out of which not one &s;hall be &s;aved. <HI>Eph.</HI> 5.23. <HI>John</HI> 17.12.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is it called Catholick or Uni|ver&s;al?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> It is called Catholick or Vniver&s;al, 1. In re&s;pect of time, becau&s;e it hath been and &s;hall be in all ages. <HI>Acts</HI> 2.39. 2. In re&s;pect of per&s;ons, it con&s;i&s;ts of all &s;orts of men, high and low, rich and poor. <HI>Acts</HI> 2.10,34. 3. In re&s;pect of place, it hath been gathered from all parts of the earth. <HI>Rev.</HI> 5.9. <HI>Rev.</HI> 7.9.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is the Church called Holy?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e it is made holy by ju&s;ti|fication in Chri&s;t, and Sanctification of the Spirit. <HI>Rom.</HI> 3.24. <HI>Cant.</HI> 4.7.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the Communion of Saints?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That holy and &s;weet fellow&s;hip, which all the members of Chri&s;ts Church have one with another; as they make all but one body in Chri&s;t, &s;o communicating of all good things unto one another, whether &s;piritual or temporal, as their mutual ne|ce&s;&s;ities do require. 1 <HI>John</HI> 1.3. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 8.14.</P>
<PB N="23" REF="13">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why are all believers called Saints?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e they are partakers of Chri&s;ts holine&s;s, daily growing and in|crea&s;ing in the &s;ame; And to let us know, that none &s;hall be Saints in Heaven, but &s;uch as are fir&s;t Saints on Earth. <HI>Heb.</HI> 12.10. 3 <HI>Cor.</HI> 7.1.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What duty doth this communion of Saints require of us?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To renounce all fellow&s;hip with &s;in, and &s;inners, to edifie one another in Faith and Love, to delight in the &s;ociety of the Saints, and to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="10" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>X. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is meant by the for|givene&s;s of &s;ins?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Forgivene&s;s of &s;ins is that great ble&s;&s;ing of God, which Ie&s;us Chri&s;t by his death and pa&s;&s;ion, procured for all that be|lieve in him; whereby God e&s;teems of their &s;ins as no &s;ins, or as never committed by them.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What duties are required of us, that find our &s;ins pardoned?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To &s;in no more, le&s;t a wor&s;e thing come unto us; to forgive others, as God hath forgiven us; to renew our a&s;&s;urance by prayer, repentance and new obedi|ence?</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="11" TYPE="article">
<PB N="24" REF="14">
<P><LABEL>XI. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What profe&s;&s;e&s;t thou to believe in the eleventh Article, The re|&s;urrection of the body?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That the bodies of the wicked &s;hall be rai&s;ed by the power of Chri&s;t, as he is Iudge, and joyned to their &s;ouls, &s;o to con|tinue together without &s;eparation for e|vermore in the torments of Hell; but the bodies of the faithful, and &s;o mine among others, &s;hall be rai&s;ed by virtue of Chri&s;ts re&s;urrection, to enjoy in body and &s;oul to|gether life everla&s;ting. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.20. 1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 4.14,16. <HI>John</HI> 5.28,29.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="12" TYPE="article">
<P><LABEL>XII. <HI>Art.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is life everla&s;ting?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That glorious e&s;tate of ab&s;olute ho|line&s;s and happine&s;s in the Heavens, which all the elect &s;hall for ever enjoy with Chri&s;t in the pre&s;ence of God and his Angels. 1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 4.17.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What a&s;&s;urance have we of this e&s;tate?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> It is prepared by the Father, purcha|&s;ed by the Son, confirmed by the Holy Gho&s;t, entred upon here, and inherited hereafter. <HI>Mat.</HI> 25.34. <HI>Eph.</HI> 1.13,14. <HI>Col.</HI> 1.5. 1. <HI>Pet.</HI> 1.3,4,5.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What profit do&s;t thou get by believ|ing all the&s;e things?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. By this means I am ju&s;tified be|fore God, even by faith alone in Chri&s;t. <HI>Acts</HI> 13.39. <HI>Phil.</HI> 3.9.</P>
<PB N="25" REF="14">
<P>2. By faith I &s;hall overcome the ene|mies of my Salvation. 1 <HI>John</HI> 5.4.</P>
<P>3. Being ju&s;tified and overcomming, I &s;hall inherit eternal life. <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.38. <HI>Tit.</HI> 3.7.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is ju&s;tification?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> It is Gods accepting and accounting of a &s;inner as guiltle&s;s, not for any righte|ou&s;ne&s;s of his own, but upon the fr&eacute;e re|mi&s;&s;ion of his &s;ins and the imputation of Chri&s;ts righteou&s;ne&s;s and obedience. <HI>Phil.</HI> 3.9. <HI>Rom.</HI> 3.24.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How is faith wrought and confirm|ed in our hearts?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Inwardly by the Spirit, the foun|tain of all Spiritual Graces. <HI>Acts</HI> 16.14. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 14.1,2.</P>
<P>2. Outwardly by the Word of God, which containeth the promi&s;es, the ground of Faith. <HI>Rom.</HI> 10.17.</P>
<P>3. By the Sacraments which are &s;eals of tho&s;e promi&s;es. <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.11.</P>
<P>4. By prayer, which addeth &s;trength to Faith. <HI>Luke</HI> 17.5.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<PB N="26" REF="15">
<HEAD>The Third Part of the CATECHISME, concerning the COMMANDEMENTS.</HEAD>
<DIV3 TYPE="introduction">
<P><LABEL>Qu.</LABEL> <HI>HOw many Commandements are there?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Ten.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Into how many Tables are the com|mandements divided?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Into two * and no more, becau&s;e all righteou&s;ne&s;s is reduced to two Heads, namely towards God, or towards man. <HI>Mat.</HI> 22.39,40.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth the fir&s;t Table concern?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Our duty to God, contained in the four fir&s;t Commandments.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth the &s;econd Table con|cern?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Our duty to our Neighbor, contai|ned in the &s;ix la&s;t Commandments.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>In this order of the Tables, that the Duty to God, is &s;et before the duty to our neighbour, how many Le&s;&s;ons do you learn?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. I learn to &s;erve him before all thing, and not to regard worldly things, no nor life it &s;elf in re&s;pect of his glory. <HI>Mat.</HI> 6.33.</P>
<PB N="27" REF="15">
<P>2. If I render my duty truly to God, I mu&s;t do my duty al&s;o to my Neighbour, for if I neglect it to my neighbour, whom I &s;ee daily, it is evident that I do &s;o to God. 1 <HI>John.</HI> 3.17.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many Le&s;&s;ons learn you out of the Preface or Introduction to the com|mandements, God &s;pake the&s;e words and &s;aid; I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the Land of <HI>Egypt,</HI> out of the hou&s;e of bondage?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Four; 1. In that it is &s;aid, God &s;pake the&s;e words, I learn that God is the Author of them.</P>
<P>2. In that it is &s;aid, I am the Lord, I learn that he hath authority to command and power to puni&s;h the breakers of his Law. <HI>Mat.</HI> 10.28.</P>
<P>3. It that it is &s;aid, Thy God, I learn that we mu&s;t obey, in regard of the Cove|nant which we have made with him. <HI>Ezek.</HI> 11.20.</P>
<P>4. In that it is &s;aid, Which brought th&eacute;e out of <HI>Egypt,</HI> &amp; learn that we mu&s;t obey in regard of his mercy and goodne&s;s to|wards us. <HI>Deut.</HI> 4.20. <HI>Luke</HI> 1.74.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>I. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth the fir&s;t commandement require of us?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That we take the true God, only for our God.</P>
<PB N="28" REF="16">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How is this done?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two ways 1. By knowing and ac|knowledging him in our Iudgments to be God alone.</P>
<P>2. By entirely cleaving unto him in our affections.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Which are tho&s;e affections by which we are to cleave to God e&s;pecially?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Faith or affiance in him, as our only &s;tay, out of which floweth prayer for what we want, and thankfulne&s;s for what we have received. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 62.1, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 51.14.</P>
<P>2. Love unto him as our chiefe&s;t good. <HI>Deut.</HI> 6.5.</P>
<P>3. Fear of him, as the greate&s;t and mo&s;t glorious object. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 8.13.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is for bidden in the fir&s;t Com|mandement?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Either the not knowing or acknow|ledging any God at all, which is Athei&s;m, or not knowing the true God aright, which is gro&s;s ignorance, or acknowledging any other to be God be&s;ides him, that is not God by nature, which is Idolatry; Be|&s;ides any failing to cleave unto the true God by Faith, Love and Fear which are due unto him, or leaning therein to any other.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>II. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth the &s;econd Commandement concern?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The rule or manner according to
<PB N="29" REF="16"> which God will be wor&s;hiped.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is forbidden in this Second Commandement?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> All carnal wor&s;hipping of God by Images, either repre&s;ented to the eye, or conceived in the mind, together with all inventions of men about the &s;ub&s;tance or manner of his wor&s;hip.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is commanded in it?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> A Spiritual wor&s;hiping of God, and a careful following of his Word and Su|craments in the u&s;e of his wor&s;hip. <HI>John</HI> 4.24. 1 <HI>C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">r.</HI> 11.23. &amp;c.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>III. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is required of us in the third Commandement?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. We are forbidden to abu&s;e the glorious Name of God any manner of way, as in conjuring, cur&s;ing, perjury, in idle and vain &s;wearing. <HI>Deut.</HI> 18.11. <HI>Rom.</HI> 12.14. <HI>Lev.</HI> 19.12. <HI>Mat.</HI> 5.34. 2 We are commanded to u&s;e the Holy Name of God with reverence and honor, as in giving honor and prai&s;e unto it, and in religious &s;wearing by it. <HI>Deut.</HI> 28.58. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 118.28,29. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 45.23.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Tell me by whom we mu&s;t &s;wear?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By God, for it is a part of his glory, which he will give to none other. <HI>Deu</HI> 6.13</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>In what cau&s;es, and where is it law|ful to &s;wear?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Where the glory of God is &s;ought,
<PB N="30" REF="17"> or the pre&s;ervation of our brethren, or be|fore a Magi&s;trate, 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 1.23. <HI>Jer.</HI> 4.2. <HI>Heb.</HI> 9.16.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>IV. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is commanded in the fourth Commandement.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That the whole Sabbath or Lords Day be &s;et apart from all common u&s;e as holy to the Lord, both publickly and pri|vately in the practice of the duties of Pie|ty, and works of Mercy and Nece&s;&s;ity,</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What are the duties of Piety and Holine&s;s?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Hearing the Word of God read and preached, praying, receiving of the Sa|craments, conferring and meditating of the Word and Works of God. <HI>Acts</HI> 13.14,15. <HI>Acts</HI> 15.21. <HI>Acts</HI> 16.13. <HI>Acts</HI> 20.7. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 92.4,5.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What are the works of mercy which we are to perform on that day?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Vi&s;iting the &s;ick, comforting the af|flicted, collections for the poor, and &s;uch like. <HI>Mark</HI> 3.4. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 16.2.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What be the works of nece&s;&s;ity?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Such as end nece&s;&s;arily to the pre|&s;ervation of life, health or goods, which otherwi&s;e would peri&s;h or be in danger, <HI>Mat.</HI> 12.1,7,11. <HI>Mat.</HI> 12.5. Or to the performance of Gods &s;ervice, which other|wi&s;e mu&s;t be omitted.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is forbidden in this fourth Commandement?</HI></P>
<PB N="31" REF="17">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> All neglecting of the duties of the Sabba<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">h, prophaning of that day, in whole or in part, by needle&s;s works, words or thoughts, about our callings or recreati|ons: <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.6. <HI>Acts</HI> 20.9. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 58.13. <HI>Neh.</HI> 13.15,16,17. &amp;c. <HI>Exod.</HI> 34.21.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What rea&s;ons doth God u&s;e to di&s;|&s;wade men from the works of the world on the Sabbath Day?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Four in number. 1. Becau&s;e he doth allow them &s;ix days in every w&eacute;ek to do their own bu&s;ine&s;s in. 2. Becau&s;e the &s;eventh day is the Lords day, and not theirs. 2. Becau&s;e he him&s;elf re&s;ted the &s;eventh day, and did not work therein, as he had done in the &s;ix days before. 4. Be|cau&s;e he hath &s;anctified the &s;eventh day, and appointed the &s;ame for a ble&s;&s;ing unto men.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>V. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is meant by Honour?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> It imports e&s;pecially thr&eacute;e things. 1. to reverence their per&s;ons. 2. To obey their lawful commands. 3. When n&eacute;ed requireth, to relieve them.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is meant by Father and Mo|ther?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> My Father and Mother, who are my natural parents; the Magi&s;trates, who are the Fathers of our Countrey; the Mi|ni&s;ters of Gods Word, who are our Fa|thers
<PB N="32" REF="18"> in Chri&s;t; our Ma&s;ters and Gover|nors; the aged and all our betters.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the Duty that Superiors are to return back again to their Infectors?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To carry them&s;elves gravely, m&eacute;ekly, and in a &s;&eacute;emly manner towards them. <HI>Titus</HI> 2.2. <HI>Col.</HI> 3.21. <HI>Col.</HI> 4.1.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the duty of equals to each other?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To carry them&s;elves mode&s;tly and lovingly towards one another, with due re&s;pect to the worth and dignity of each other. <HI>Eph.</HI> 5.21. <HI>Rom.</HI> 12.10.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Have all the children of God length of life?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> They have two manner of ways.</P>
<P>1. They have the ble&s;&s;ing of long life in this world, like as they have the ble&s;&s;ing of health even in &s;ickne&s;s; and the ble&s;&s;ing of wealth even in poverty, &s;o far forth, as all e&s;tates and conditions work for their good. <HI>Prov.</HI> 3.16. <HI>Eccle&s;.</HI> 8.12. <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.28. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 91.16.</P>
<P>2. The &s;ooner they dye here, the &s;ooner they enter upon life in the Kingdom of Heaven, &s;o that the &s;horter it is here, the longer it is there.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>But have not the wicked long life &s;ometimes?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes, in this world, but it is a cur&s;ed not a ble&s;&s;ed life unto them, which the
<PB N="33" REF="18"> Scripture accounteth death rather then life. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 65.20.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>VI. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is forbidden in the &s;ixth Commandement, Thou &s;halt not kill?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> All neglect of our own or our neigh|bors pre&s;ervation, or de&s;ire of our own or their hurt conceived in heart, or declared by word, ge&s;ture or d&eacute;ed.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is commanded in it?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That by all means lawful we de&s;ire and &s;tudy to pre&s;erve our own per&s;on, and the per&s;on of our neighbor,</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>VII. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is forbidden in the Seventh Commandement&punc; Thou &s;halt not commit Adultery.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> All uncleanne&s;s of heart, &s;p&eacute;ech, ge|&s;ture or action; together with all the cau|&s;es, occa&s;ions, and &s;igns thereof.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is commanded in it?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That we &s;hould k&eacute;ep our &s;elves pure in &s;oul and body, both towards our &s;elves and others.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>VIII. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many things are forbidden in the either Commande|ment, Thou &s;halt not &s;teal?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e 1. All de&s;ire of any mans goods wrongfully. <HI>Eph.</HI> 5.5.2 All &s;teal|ing,
<PB N="34" REF="19"> robbing, and unlawful getting. <HI>Lev.</HI> 19.11. 1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 4.6. 3. Vpholding of theft in others, by letting them e&s;cape unpu|ni&s;hed, f&eacute;eding and maintaining of th&eacute;eves and idle per&s;ons. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 1.23. 2 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 3.10.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many things are we command|ed in it?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e. 1. To be content with that portion which the Lord hath &s;ent us. 1. <HI>Tim.</HI> 6.6. 2. That we labour for our li|ving in a lawful calling. 2. <HI>The&s;.</HI> 3.12. 3. To be helpful to them that need, e&s;peci|ally to the poor Saints, both by ho&s;pitality and alms-d&eacute;eds. <HI>Gal.</HI> 6.10. <HI>Heb.</HI> 13.2,16.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="9" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>IX. <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What things are forbidden in the Ninth Commandement, Thou &s;halt not bear fal&s;e witne&s;s again&s;t thy neighbour?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. We are forbidden to &s;peak fal&s;ely in witne&s;s bearing. <HI>Prov.</HI> 19 5,2. 2. To backbite or <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">lander any. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 15.3. 3. To lye, flatter, or di&s;&s;emble. <HI>Eph.</HI> 4.25.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What are we commanded herein?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> We are commanded in all things to &s;peak and maintain truth; as 1. in bear|ing witne&s;s 2. In plain reproving our brethren. <HI>Lev.</HI> 19 12. 3. In defending his good name. <HI>Phil.</HI> 10.11, &amp;c.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="10" TYPE="commandment">
<P><LABEL>X, <HI>Command.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is required of
<PB N="35" REF="19"> you in the Tenth C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">mmandement?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That I be truly contented with my own outward condition, re&s;ting always thankful to God for my pre&s;ent e&s;tate, and that I may not once have an unlawful lu&s;t or motion in my &s;elf, or an inordinate de|&s;ire to any thing that is my neighbours; but for ever think good towards him, re|joycing in anothers good as in our own. <HI>Heb.</HI> 13.5. <HI>Phil.</HI> 4.11. 1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 5.18. 1 <HI>Kings</HI> 21.2. <HI>Acts</HI> 26.29. <HI>Rom.</HI> 12.15.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="conclusion">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Is any man able to keep the Com|mandements?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> No; 1. Becau&s;e we &s;in the be&s;t of us in many things. 2. Our be&s;t works do &s;a|vour of the fle&s;h, and are defective.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>To what end &s;erve they then?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. To humble us, in regard of our mi&s;erable e&s;tate hereby di&s;covered. 2. To be a rule of good life into us. 3. To &s;et us awork daily to pray and cry to the Lord for mercy, and for &s;trength to live accord<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> to his laws.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>As you have &s;hewed me the profit of the Law, &s;o tell me, why we &s;hould do good works, &s;ince they cannot &s;ave us?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. To &s;hew our love to God our Fa|ther, in walking as becometh his children. <HI>John</HI> 14.15. 2. To &s;hew our love to our &s;elves, making thereby our election cer|tain to our &s;elves. 2 <HI>Pet.</HI> 1.10. 3 To win our brethren to Chri&s;t by our godly life and
<PB N="36" REF="20"> conver&s;ation. <HI>Mat.</HI> 5.6. 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 3.1. 4 To &s;top the mouths of all bla&s;phemous ad|ver&s;aries. 1. <HI>Pet.</HI> 2.15. 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 3.16.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ay things are principally to be con&s;idered in good works?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e; 1. that they be commanded in the Law of God. <HI>Eph.</HI> 2.10. 2 That they proc&eacute;ed from a heart purged by faith, <HI>Heb.</HI> 11.6. <HI>Rom.</HI> 14.23. 3 That they be done to Gods glory. 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 4.11.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<PB N="37" REF="20">
<HEAD>The Fourth Part of the CATECHISME, concerning the LORDS PRAYER.</HEAD>
<DIV3 TYPE="introduction">
<P><LABEL>Qu.</LABEL> <HI>WHat is Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> A calling upon God in name of Chri&s;t, whereby we &s;&eacute;ek unto him to give the good things we &s;tand in need of, and to remove the evil things which our &s;ins de&s;erved, and to give him thanks for ble&s;&s;ings and mercies received.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many principal parts be there of the Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e, 1 A Preface and Introduction to prayer in the&s;e words, Our Father, which art in Heaven,</P>
<P>1. The matter of prayer contained in the &s;ix petitions.</P>
<P>3. An a&s;&s;urance of that we pray for con|tained in the conclu&s;ion, For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever Amen.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="preface">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What learn you out of the Preface, Our Father which art in Heaven?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e things. 1. He to whom we mu&s;t pray is a father, and no tyrant to be fled from:</P>
<P>2. He is our Father, and therefore loveth us.</P>
<PB N="38" REF="21">
<P>3. Heaven is his Throne, and therefore he is able to <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">elp,</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why do you &s;ay, Our Father, and not my Father?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A</LABEL> 1. Becau&s;e God is the Father of us all.</P>
<P>2. To teach us to pray for others, as well as for our &s;elves.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is God &s;aid to be in Henven?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Not that he is contained or included there, for he fills Heaven and Earth, but becau&s;e his glory is mo&s;t manifold as in Heaven, &s;o from Heaven: * For from hea|ven e&s;pecially the glory of his power, pro|vidence and ju&s;tice, mercy and other attri|butes is declared.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="petition">
<P><LABEL>I. <HI>Peti.</HI> Q</LABEL> <HI>How is Gods Name &s;aid to to be Hallowed?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By acknowledging the holine&s;s thereof, and honouring it accordingly.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth this word Name &s;ig|nifie?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Tho&s;e things whereby God is made known unto us, which are &s;ix e&s;pecially, his nature, the di&s;tinction of the per&s;ons in the holy Trinity, his Titles, his Attri|butes, his Word, and his Works.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="petition">
<P><LABEL>II. <HI>Peti.</HI> Q</LABEL> <HI>What is meant by Gods Kingdo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">?</HI></P>
<PB N="39" REF="21">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The peculiar Sovereignty, which God hath over his Elect, begun here in grace, hereafter to be perfected in glory.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many things do you pray for in this petition. Thy Kingdom come?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Four; 1. That he may reign in as our hearts by the Sceptre of his Word. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.5.</P>
<P>2. That by his holy &s;pirit he will go|vern us. <HI>Rom.</HI> 14.17.</P>
<P>3. That Satan and all our lu&s;ts may be overthrown. <HI>Rom.</HI> 16.20. 1 <HI>John</HI> 3.8.</P>
<P>4. That he would fini&s;h the&s;e days of &s;in, and receive us into his kingdom of glory. <HI>Rev.</HI> 22.20.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="petition">
<P><LABEL>III. <HI>Peti.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What do you pray for in the third Petition, Thy will be done,</HI> &amp;c?</P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That as the will of God is done in Heaven, readily, ch&eacute;erfully and faithfully, &s;o we may fai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">hfully believe, obediently perform, and patiently bear the known and revealed will of God here on earth; and that in truth and &s;incerity of affection, as it is in Heaven, though we cannot in like mea&s;ure and degree of per&s;ection. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 103.20. <HI>Deut.</HI> 29.29. <HI>Heb.</HI> 10.36. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 8.12.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why mu&s;t we pray to do Gods will as the Angels do it?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A</LABEL> Becau&s;e one day, we &s;hall be like un|to
<PB N="40" REF="22"> them in glory, therefore we have cau&s;e to de&s;ire to be like unto them here in holi|ne&s;s.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="petition">
<P><LABEL>IV. <HI>Peti.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is meant by this word Bread?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> All manner of temporal ble&s;&s;ings, n&eacute;edful for the &s;u&s;tentation and pre&s;erva|tion of this life, as meat, drink, cloth, health, peace, and liberty, &amp;c.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How is Bread &s;aid to be ours?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> In regard of a ju&s;t and true right we have thereunto, which right is two|fold.</P>
<P>1. Spiritual, proper to the Saints that believe in Chri&s;t. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 3.22,23.</P>
<P>2. Civil, which is agr&eacute;eable to Iu&s;tice and equity and that in the Courts of men.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is meant by this word daily?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Ordinary and u&s;ual bread, whereof we do every day &s;tand in n&eacute;ed, being fit|te&s;t for our nature to pre&s;erve &s;oul and body together, and to nouri&s;h and cheri&s;h us here in this life. <HI>Prov.</HI> 30.8.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why do you add this day?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To &s;hew the moderation of our de|&s;ire of the&s;e earthly things, and of our care for them, and our dependance on Gods providence from day to day.</P>
<PB N="41" REF="22">
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> <HI>But is it not lawful to provide for the time to come?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes, &s;o it be with due moderation, without di&s;tracting or di&s;tru&s;tful thoughts or fears, having our man dependance &s;till upon God and his ble&s;&s;ing. <HI>Mat.</HI> 6.25. <HI>Prov.</HI> 16.3.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What needs the rich man daily to pray for daily bread, who hath enough in &s;tore for many years?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. He is to pray for the poor as for him&s;elf.</P>
<P>2. His &s;ub&s;tance and dainties can do him no good without Gods ble&s;&s;ing.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many benefits be there of Gods ble&s;sing?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e. 1. By the ble&s;&s;ing of God, it &s;hall &s;atisfie our natures. <HI>Hag.</HI> 1.6.</P>
<P>2. By the ble&s;&s;ing of God, it &s;hall con|tent our minds. <HI>Prov.</HI> 13.25.</P>
<P>3. Having eaten and b&eacute;en refre&s;hed by the ble&s;&s;ing of God, we &s;hall u&s;e our health and &s;trength to the &s;ervice of God, and not to the &s;ervice of the world, the fle&s;h and the Devil. <HI>Deut.</HI> 32.15. <HI>Ezek.</HI> 16.19.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="petition">
<P><LABEL>V. <HI>Pet.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why are our &s;ins called debts and tre&s;pa&s;&s;es?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, becau&s;e by them God is offended.</P>
<PB N="42" REF="23">
<P>II. Debts 1. Becau&s;e we deny hi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> by &s;in the obedience we ow<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> him.</P>
<P>2. Becau&s;e we are boun<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> over by &s;in to &s;atisfaction o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> puni&s;hment,</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What pray you for in this fifth Pe|tition?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. That God would forgive us ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> tre&s;pa&s;&s;es.</P>
<P>2. That we may be directed by him t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> forgive one another.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many Le&s;&s;ons learn you ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> of it?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Four; 1. That all men are &s;inners.</P>
<P>2. Man mu&s;t &s;eek for forgivene&s;s, for he cannot &s;atisfie. <HI>Job</HI> 1.3.</P>
<P>3. None can forgive &s;ins but God. <HI>Luke</HI> 5.21.</P>
<P>4. To the envious man there is no for|givene&s;s. <HI>Mat.</HI> 6.15.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="petition">
<P><LABEL>IV. <HI>Peti.</HI> Q.</LABEL> <HI>What kind of temptation is here meant?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Any provocation or inducement to &s;in, whether it ari&s;e from Satan, our &s;elves op other men, or from any ourward acci|dent or thing what&s;oever.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q</LABEL> <HI>Is temptation to &s;in &s;imply e|vil.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> No, not in the party tempted, if he yield not thereto, but re&s;i&s;t it, for Chri&s;t,
<PB N="43" REF="23"> who was fr&eacute;e from all &s;in, was tempted unto &s;in. <HI>Mat.</HI> 4.9.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How is God &s;aid to lead men into temptation?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> When he bringeth them into the li&s;ts with Satan, but e&s;pecially when he leaveth them to them&s;elves, to try it out by their own &s;trength.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is compri&s;ed under this word Evil?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Satan the principal Author of evil.</P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 2. All other kind of evil.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How may one be delivered from evil?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Divers ways. 1. By k&eacute;eping away that evil which is ready to fall upon him. <HI>Exod.</HI> 14.13. 2. By a&s;&s;i&s;ting him on whout the evil is fallen, &s;o as he is not overwhel|med and overcome therewith. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 69.14.15. 3. By altering the nature of the evil, and turning it to a mans good. <HI>Gen.</HI> 50.20. 4. By taking away the force of the evil. <HI>Dan.</HI> 3.27. <HI>Mat.</HI> 16.18. 5 By removing the evil clean away. 2 <HI>Sam.</HI> 24.25. 6. By taking one away from the evil to come. 1 <HI>Kings</HI> 14.13. 2 <HI>Kings</HI> 22.20. <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 57.1.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="conclusion">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What doth the conclu&s;ion (For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever, Amen) contain in it.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Arguments of a&s;&s;urance to the con|&s;cience of him that prayeth, that he &s;hall obtain that which is be&s;t for him; for, if
<PB N="44" REF="24"> the Kingdom be the Lords, then he will protect us and do us good as &s;ubjects: If the power be his, then he can do it: If the glory be his, then for his great names &s;ake he will never for&s;ake us; but will always do us good, unto the end, and in the end, e&s;pecially &s;&eacute;eing his Kingdom, power and glory are e&s;tabli&s;hed, and do continue for all eternity, Even &s;o be it, yea, and &s;o it &s;hall be.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Doth he not &s;ometimes delay us, when yet he purpo&s;ed to an&s;wer us?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yea, he doth. 1. Becau&s;e he loves to hear the voice of his own &s;pirit in us, <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.26,17. 2. Becau&s;e the &s;uit may be good, and yet the &s;ea&s;on not &s;o meet for us. <HI>Acts</HI> 1.7, <HI>Luke</HI> 18.1. 3 He takes plea&s;ure in our con&s;tancy, being a fruit of faith and fervency. <HI>Mat.</HI> 15.27,28. 4. Becau&s;e &s;uch ble&s;&s;ings as are won by long and &s;trong prayer, are al|ways e&s;t&eacute;emed very highly, received in humility, enjoyed in &s;obriety, and employ|ed faithfully for mans good, and Gods glory. 1 <HI>Sam.</HI> 2.20,22. 1 <HI>Chron.</HI> 29.14,15.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q</LABEL> <HI>What things are requi&s;ite in Pray|er?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Divers. 1 That we pray to God through Chri&s;t. <HI>John</HI> 16.23. 2 With a&s;&s;urance through faith to be heard, <HI>James</HI> 1.6. 3. That our prayers do
<PB N="45" REF="24"> flow from the heart and be fervent, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 14.15. <HI>James</HI> 5.16. 4. That we be in charity, when we pray. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2.8. 5. That we leave &s;in, and en|deavour to live according to Gods will. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 66.18.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<PB N="46" REF="25">
<HEAD>The Fifth Part of the CATECHISME touching the SACRAMENTS.</HEAD>
<P><LABEL>Qu.</LABEL> <HI>HOw many Sacraments hath Chri&s;t ordained in his Church&punc;</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two only as generally nece&s;&s;ary to &s;alvation, that is to &s;ay, Bapti&s;m and the Supper of the Lord.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What difference is there between Bapti&s;me and the Supper of the Lord?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Be&s;ides the difference in the &s;igns and Sacramental rites; there is this dif|ference betw&eacute;en them: Bapti&s;m is a Sa|crament of our new birth, of entrance into covenant with God, of Incorporation and engrafting into Chri&s;t, and of Admi&s;&s;ion into the Church of God; and therefore we are once only baptized. <HI>Tit.</HI> 3.5. <HI>Gen.</HI> 17.11. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.3. But the Supper of the Lord is a Sacrament of confirmation of faith, of renewing Gods covenant with us, and of ours with God, and of further nouri&s;hing of our Souls to eternal life, and therefore we are often partakers of it. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.2,3,4. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11,24,25,26.</P>
<PB N="47" REF="25">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What nece&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> there of being partakers of the Sacrament of Bapti&s;me?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Not an ab&s;olute, but a re&s;pective ne|ce&s;&s;ity: For the Infants of believing pa|rents dying unbaptized are not deprived of Salvation through Gods promi&s;e and mercy; yet it is required.</P>
<P>1. As a requi&s;ite means and in&s;trument, the contempt whereof is fearful and dam|nable in &s;uch as refu&s;e or neglect it, where according to Gods ordinance it may law|fully be had</P>
<P>2. In regard of our weakne&s;s, who have n&eacute;ed of all helps to &s;trengthen our faith.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Are Infants to be baptized?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes; 1 Becau&s;e Children in the Law were circumci&s;ed. <HI>Gen.</HI> 17.12.</P>
<P>2. They have intere&s;t to the thing &s;ig|nified, the Kingdom of Heaven, much more to the &s;ign. <HI>Mark</HI> 10.14.</P>
<P>3. All nations are bidden to be bapti|zed, whereof Infants are a part. <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What meane&s;t thou by this word Sacrament?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> I mean an outward and vi&s;ible &s;ign of an inward and &s;piritual Grace, given unto us, ordained by Chri&s;t him&s;elf, as a means whereby we receive the &s;ame, and a pledge to a&s;&s;ure us thereof.</P>
<PB N="48" REF="26">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is Chri&s;t the only Author of the&s;e Sacraments?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Becau&s;e he is God, and the Author of &s;alvation, and therefore he only may appoint the means as the Word and Sa|craments.</P>
<P>2. Becau&s;e Chri&s;t only can make the Sacraments effectual by his Spirit.</P>
<P>3. Becau&s;e his heavenly wi&s;dom knew be&s;t, how and whereof to in&s;titute the Sa|cramental &s;igns or elements.</P>
<P>5. Becau&s;e Chri&s;t is the only Lord, to who&s;e Laws alone the Church is, and may be tyed.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many parts be there in a Sa|crament?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two, the outward vi&s;ible &s;ign, and the inward &s;piritual grace.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the outward vi&s;ible &s;ign in Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Water, wherein the per&s;on baptized is dipped or &s;prinkled with it. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Gho&s;t.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the inward and &s;piritual grace?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> A death unto &s;in, and a new birth unto righteou&s;ne&s;s, for being by nature born in &s;in, and the children of wrath, we are thereby made the children of grace.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why hath Chri&s;t ordained Bap|ti&s;m?</HI></P>
<PB N="49" REF="26">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That being out of Chri&s;t by nature, we might by the Sacrament of our new birth be engrafted into his My&s;tical body again. <HI>Tit.</HI> 3.5, <HI>John</HI> 3.5.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What in&s;truction doth the Sacra|ment of Bapti&s;m teach us?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> As by water the filthine&s;s of the fle&s;h is wa&s;hed and done away, &s;o by the vertue of Chri&s;ts blood, the filthine&s;s of the &s;oul &s;hould be wa&s;hed away. * For the blood of Chri&s;t that is the force of his death, and the Spirit of Chri&s;t, &s;erve to clean&s;e the &s;oul of a right receiver of Bap|ti&s;m, from the filthine&s;s of &s;in. 1 <HI>John</HI> 1.7. <HI>Ezek.</HI> 36.25.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is required of per&s;ons to be Baptized?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Repentance, whereby they for&s;ake &s;in: and faith, whereby they &s;tedfa&s;tly be|lieve the promi&s;es of God, made to them in that Sacrament.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why then are Infants baptized, when by rea&s;on of their tender age they cannot perform them?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes, they do perform them by their &s;ureties, who promi&s;e and vow them both in their names, which when they come to age, them&s;elves are bound to perform.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What other rea&s;on can you &s;hew, why Infants are baptized, &s;eeing they do not yet actually believe?</HI></P>
<PB N="50" REF="27">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e the covenant and pro|mi&s;es of God do belong unto them. <HI>Gen.</HI> 17.7. <HI>Acts</HI> 2.38. <HI>Mat.</HI> 19.14. <HI>Rom.</HI> 11.16.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Seeing we are baptized only in In|fancy, how hath Bapti&s;m <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ffect to wa&s;h away &s;ins afterwards comm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1+ letters">ted?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Bapti&s;m hath this effect during our whole life, and is a perpetual fountain e|ver wa&s;hing us, while we with a lively faith do look unto the &s;hedding of Chri&s;ts blood. <HI>Zach.</HI> 13.1. <HI>Heb.</HI> 10.10,14.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> For the continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Chri&s;t, and the benefits we receive thereby.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is it called the Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e Chri&s;t ordained it at his la&s;t Supper.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the outward part or &s;ign of the Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be received.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why be there two repre&s;enting &s;igns in the Sacrament of the Lords Sup|per?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. That we might know that in Chri&s;t we have whole and perfect &s;piritu|al nouri&s;hment, and what&s;oever is requi|&s;ite to Salvation.</P>
<PB N="51" REF="27">
<P>2. For a more lively repre&s;entation of his death and pa&s;&s;ion, wherein his body and blood were &s;eparated.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the duty of the Mini&s;ter in the admini&s;tration of the Sacrament?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To con&s;ecrate it, by declaring the in&s;titution thereof; and prayer joyned with thank&s;giving, as al&s;o to break the Bread, and afterwards to deliver the Bread and Wine to the people.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is hereby &s;ignified?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The action of God the Father, offer|ing Chri&s;t to all, and be&s;towing him effe|ctually upon the worthy receiver. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.16.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the duty of the receiver?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To receive the Bread and Wine delivered, and to eat and drink thereof. <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26,27. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.23,24.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is &s;ignified hereby?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Our receiving and f&eacute;eding upon Chri&s;t by faith.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is the inward part or thing &s;ignified.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The Body and Blood of Chri&s;t, which are verily and ind&eacute;ed taken and received of the faithful in the Lords Sup|per.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>By what means do we eat Chri&s;ts Body, and drink his Blood in the Sacra|ment?</HI></P>
<PB N="52" REF="28">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Spiritually by faith, while in tho&s;e outward &s;igns, we do behold Chri&s;t cruci|fied for us. <HI>John</HI> 6.35,47. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter"> Chri&s;t is truly and &s;piritually pre&s;ent in the Sacrament, exhibited to the faith of every worthy re|ceiver, but not corporally united to the bread and wine in re&s;pect of place. <HI>Acts</HI> 3.21. compared with <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.6. <HI>John</HI> 16.18.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Is the bread and wine turned into the Body and Blood of Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> No, for &s;o, 1. the unbelievers &s;hould eat Chri&s;ts Body, and drink his Blood.</P>
<P>2. We &s;hould de&s;troy the nature of the Sacrament, by taking away the outward &s;ign.</P>
<P>3. We &s;hould de&s;troy the truth of his natural body, by depriving it of the true properties thereof. <HI>Heb.</HI> 2.17.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What difference is there between our common bread and wine, which we receive for our bodily &s;u&s;tenance, and the bread and wine in the Sacrament?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> There is no difference in their na|ture and &s;ub&s;tance, but only in the u&s;e and end; * for that, elements before common, are now con&s;ecrated to the &s;igns of things &s;piritual and holy; And therefore they are called holy My&s;teries, becau&s;e they lively &s;et forth and &s;eal unto us, the My&s;tery of our redemption purcha&s;ed by Ie&s;us Chri&s;t.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What are the benefits, whereof we are partakers thereby?</HI></P>
<PB N="53" REF="28">
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> The &s;trengthening and refre&s;hing of our &s;ouls by the body and blood of Chri&s;t, as our bodies are by the bread and wine.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>In re&s;pect of this benefit? What is the Lord Supper?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> It is a Sacrament, whereby our continuance, nouri&s;hment and growth in Chri&s;t is &s;ealed unto us.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What &s;pecial benefits &s;hall we have by receiving the holy Communion?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. We have hereby communion and fellow&s;hip with Chri&s;t (and through him with the Father) &s;et forth by our ta|king, eating, and inward dige&s;ting the bread and wine, that become nouri&s;hment unto us, and are united to the &s;ub&s;tance of our bodies.</P>
<P>2. Communion with one another and with all the faithful in all ages, &s;et forth by the &s;ame bread, being made of many grains of Corn, and by the &s;ame wine made of many grapes.</P>
<P>3. Strength of faith for the death of Chri&s;t received and applyed by faith in the Sacrament, doth &s;trengthen our faith, and comfort our con&s;ciences in the pardon of our &s;ins.</P>
<P>4. All other graces and ble&s;&s;ings are thereby conveyed unto us; And all the marits of Chri&s;ts pa&s;&s;ion. and what&s;oever is in him, is verily become ours. <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.38.</P>
<PB N="54" REF="29">
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is required of them that come to the Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> To examine them&s;elves whether they repent them truly of their, former &s;ins, &s;tedfa&s;tly purpo&s;ing to lead a new life&punc; have a lively faith in Gods mercy through Chri&s;t, with a thankful remembrance of his death, and be in charity with all men.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>That a man may know how to ex|amine him&s;elf, what is he to know touch|ing the Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He mu&s;t be able to di&s;cern the Lords Body.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How is the Lords body di&s;cerned?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Two ways: 1. In our under&s;tan|ding, when we know what this Sacra|ment is, the Author, the end and u&s;e there|of.</P>
<P>2. In our practice.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q</LABEL> <HI>In how many things ought every one principally to examine him&s;elf?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> In thr&eacute;e things. 1 Faith. 2 Repen|tance. 3. Charity.</P>
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> <HI>What faith is here required of you?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> A &s;pecial and peculiar faith, that ap|plyeth to my &s;oul and con&s;cience, the body and blood of Ie&s;us Chri&s;t, crucified and &s;hed for me, as truly as my mouth recei|veth the bread that is broken, and the wine that is poured out.</P>
<PB N="55" REF="29">
<P><LABEL>Que&s;t.</LABEL> <HI>Why is faith required?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e well we may eat the bread, and drink the wine without faith, but we cannot eat Chri&s;ts body, and drink his blood without faith.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What if a man find him&s;elf weak in faith, and full of doubting.</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He mu&s;t bewail his unbelief, pray for faith, &s;&eacute;ek to have his doubts re&s;olved, and &s;o receive to be further &s;trengthened in believing, becau&s;e the Sacraments are given us of God for the confirmation and &s;trengthening of our faith. <HI>Mark</HI> 9.24. <HI>Judg.</HI> 6.37.</P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Chiefly thr&eacute;e things. 1. Confe&s;&s;i|on that we acknowledge our &s;elves &s;in|ners.</P>
<P>2. Contrition, that we be heartily and &s;incerely &s;orry for our &s;ins.</P>
<P>3. Purpo&s;e of amendment, that we fully re&s;olve and purpo&s;e with our &s;elves, never to commit them, nor the like again, but to lead the re&s;t of our lives according to Gods holy Will and Commandments.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q</LABEL> <HI>Why is repentance &s;o nece&s;&s;ary?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e this Sacrament is the &s;eal of the remi&s;&s;ion of &s;ins in Chri&s;ts blood, which cannot be had without repentance.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How many offices be there of love?</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Thr&eacute;e. 1 To do our neighbour no wrong. 2 To do him good if we can. 3 If he doth us wrong, to forgive him.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why is charity &s;o nece&s;&s;ary?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Becau&s;e this Sacrament is a &s;eal, as of our union with Chri&s;t, &s;o of our Com|munion and fellow&s;hip with our brethren the members of Chri&s;t.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Why ought every one to examine him&s;elf?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> 1. Becau&s;e the unworthy receiver is guilty of the body and blood of Chri&s;t. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.27.</P>
<P>2. He provoketh the Lord to wrath, and &s;o eateth and drinketh his own damnati|on. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.29.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How ought a mans heart to be af|fected in receiving the Sacrament?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A</LABEL> With reverence, Ioy and comfort, meditating on the outward, &s;igns, and what they &s;ignifie: of the wonderful love of God, and of Chri&s;t herein, of our Communion with Chri&s;t, his graces and faithful people. La&s;tly, we ought to &s;tir up our hearts to be exc&eacute;eding thankful for &s;o precious benefits. <HI>Exod.</HI> 3.5. <HI>Gen.</HI> 28.17. 1 <HI>Kings</HI> 8.66.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How ought every Chri&s;tian to be|have him&s;elf after the receiving of the Sa|crament?</HI></P>
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<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> He mu&s;t endeavour to find an en|crea&s;e of faith in Chri&s;t, and of his love to all Gods children, a greater mea&s;ure of dying to &s;in, and a greater care to live in newne&s;s of life, abounding more and more in well doing. <HI>Prov.</HI> 4.18. <HI>Ezek.</HI> 47.12.</P>
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