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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
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<P>THE CHILDES CATECHISM, WHEREIN The Father Que&s;tions his Child, and in&s;tructs him to An&s;wer Compendiou&s;ly and Sub&s;tantially to all the ne|ce&s;&s;ary points of <HI>Chri&s;tian Doctrine.</HI></P>
<Q><BIBL><HI>Deut. 32.7.</HI></BIBL>
<P>Ask thy Father, and he will &s;hew thee.</P></Q>
<Q><BIBL><HI>Prov. 1.8.</HI></BIBL>
<P>O my &s;on, hear the in&s;truction of thy Father.</P></Q>
<P><HI>PARIS:</HI> Printed in the Year, 1678.</P>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="to the reader">
<PB REF="2">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>TO ALL Parents and Fathers OF FAMILIES.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I</HI> Need not minde you, <HI>O Chri&s;ti|an Parents!</HI> How deeply you &s;tand engaged to provide for your Childrens &s;piritual as well as for their tempo|ral nece&s;&s;ities. St. <HI>Pauls</HI> words are Po&s;itive; <HI>If any provide not for his own, and e&s;pccially for tho&s;e of his own hou&s;e; he hath deni|ed the Faith, and is wor&s;e then an Infidel, 1 Tim. 5.8.</HI> Think then &s;eriou&s;ly of the &s;ad mi&s;take of &s;uch Pa|rents, who heap up Trea&s;ures for the &s;hort and &s;oon fading life of their Chil|drens <HI>bodies,</HI> and make no &s;tock of provi&s;ion for their <HI>&s;ouls,</HI> which are their immortal and much more con&s;i|derable parts: And beware of tru&s;t|ing altogether to Tutors in an affair
<PB REF="3">of &s;o high concern, but be you (at lea&s;t &s;ometimes) your own Childrens Examiners; applying to your &s;elves that command which our Creator layes upon all Parents: <HI>Thou &s;halt teach the&s;e words diligently unto thy Children, and &s;halt talk of them when thou &s;itte&s;t in thy hou&s;e, and when thou walke&s;t in the way, and when thou lie&s;t down, and when thou ri&s;e&s;t up.</HI></P>
<P>Now to the end you may exactly know <HI>how,</HI> and ea&s;ily have <HI>what</HI> to teach your Children; we put this Cate|chi&s;m into your hands, where you are to expect no new thing, either in matter or method, but the very &s;elf-&s;ame truths which were taught from the beginning of Chri&s;tianity, (and which will undoubted|ly <HI>continue until the worlds finall con&s;ummation,</HI>) compendiou&s;ly and plainly delivered, in words &s;uited to each ones capacity.</P>
<P>Our chief Diligence and Indu&s;try in this Edition, con&s;i&s;ts in &s;o cutting off all redundancies, as not to have omitted any
<PB REF="3">point which is ab&s;olutely nece&s;&s;ary for eve|ry good Chri&s;tians knowledge and practi&s;e.</P>
<P>Accept it as candidly as it is charita|bly offered by them, who herein aim on|ly at the Spiritual good of your Chil|dren, hoping, that if in their tender years they lay a &s;olid Foundation of Faith, they may happily build thereupon in their riper age, the fair &s;tructure of &s;incere piety and perfection.</P>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A <HI>PRAYER</HI> at the Beginning of CATECHIZING.</HEAD>
<P>COme (O Holy Gho&s;t!) fill the Hearts of your faithful Children, and enkindle in them the fire of your love.</P>
<P><HI>Let us Pray.</HI></P>
<P>ENlighten our mindes (we be&s;eech you, O Lord!) with a beam of your Cele&s;tial Brightne&s;&s;e, that we both be in&s;tructed what we ought to do, and al&s;o be enabled to perform it; through our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 TYPE="prayer">
<PB REF="4">
<HEAD>A PRAYER At the end of CATECHIZING.</HEAD>
<P>COnfirm (O God!) what you have wrought in us.</P>
<P><HI>Let us Pray.</HI></P>
<P>GIve us (O Lord!) the help of your Heavenly Grace, to put tho&s;e things in due execution, which we have learned of your Divine Re|velation; through our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="catechism">
<PB N="1" REF="4">
<HEAD>THE <HI>Childs Catechi&s;me:</HI> OR A Compendious Declaration of the Chri&s;tian Doctrine.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Name of Chri&s;tian, and Chri&s;tian Doctrine. <HI>The Fir&s;t Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>The Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>WHo may rightly be called a Chri|&s;tian?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>The Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>He, who being baptized, believes in his heart, and profe&s;&s;es with his mouth the Chri&s;tian Doctrine.</P>
</SP>
<PB N="2" REF="5">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father,</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the Chri&s;tian Do|ctrine?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child,</SPEAKER>
<P>That which our Lord Je&s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="right margin cropped or obscured" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1+ letters"> taught when he liv'd with us upon earth; and which the Holy Catho|lick, Apo&s;tolick and Roman Church now teaches us.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father,</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Is it nece&s;&s;ary for every one to know the Chri&s;tian Doctrine?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child,</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes, if he will be &s;aved.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Signe of a Chri&s;tian. <HI>The Second Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the &s;ign or badg of a Chri&s;tian?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is the Holy Cro&s;s; for up|on it our Saviour redeemed all Chri|&s;tians.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How do you make the &s;ign of the Cro&s;s?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>By putting my right hand to my forehead, then bringing it down to my brea&s;t, thence to my left &s;houlder, and la&s;tly to my right &s;houlder; &s;ay|ing,
<PB N="3" REF="5"><HI>In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Gho&s;t, Amen.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Why make you the &s;igne of the Cro&s;s after this manner?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>To put me in minde of the three principal My&s;teries of our Faith. 1. Of the Unity of God, and Trinity of Per|&s;ons. 2. Of the Incarnation of the &s;e|cond Per&s;on, which is, the Son of God. 3. Of his Death and Pa&s;&s;ion upon the Cro&s;s for our Redemption.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>When are Chri&s;tians to &s;ign them|&s;elves with the holy Cro&s;s?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is good to u&s;e it upon all occa|&s;ions; becau&s;e God be&s;tows manifold gifts and graces by virtue of this Sign upon &s;uch as make it with faith, reve|rence and devotion: But it is to be made e&s;pecially in the morning when we ri&s;e; At night when we go to bed; At the beginning and ending of our Prayers; and when&s;oever any fear &s;eizes upon us, or any danger threat|ens us.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="lesson">
<PB N="4" REF="6">
<HEAD>Of the End of Man. <HI>The Third Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>To what End was Mancreated?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>To know God, and by know|ledge to love, &s;erve and obey him; and by this means to attain to eternal life and felicity.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Wherein con&s;i&s;ts this eternal life and felicity?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>In the &s;ight and enjoyment of God.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many things are nece&s;&s;ary for a Chri&s;tian, to attain this happy End, and to &s;ave his Soul?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Five: to wit, Faith, Hope, Cha|ritie, Sacraments, Good Works.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD><HI>Of Faith.</HI> The Fourth Le&s;&s;on.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How do you come to the knowledge of God?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>By Faith.</P>
</SP>
<PB N="5" REF="6">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is Faith.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Faith is a gift of God, whereby we believe in him, and all that he hath revealed to his Church.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What hath God revealed to his Church?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Many truths, an abridgment whereof is contained in the twelve Ar|ticles of our Creed.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Recite the Creed, or twelve Arti|cles of Faith.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P N="1">1. I believe in God the Father Al|mighty, Creator of heaven and earth.</P>
<P N="2">2. And in Je&s;us Chri&s;t his only Son our Lord.</P>
<P N="3">3. Who was conceived of the Holy Gho&s;t, born of the Virgin <HI>Mary.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. Suffered under <HI>Pontius Pilat,</HI> was crucified, dead, and buried.</P>
<P N="5">5. He de&s;cended into Hell, and ro&s;e again the third day from the dead.</P>
<P N="6">6. He a&s;cended into Heaven, and &s;itteth at the right hand of God the Fa|ther Almighty.</P>
<P N="7">7. From thence he &s;hall come to judge the living and the dead.</P>
<PB N="6" REF="7">
<P N="8">8. I believe in the holy Gho&s;t.</P>
<P N="9">9. The holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints.</P>
<P N="10">10. The Remi&s;&s;ion of &s;ins.</P>
<P N="11">11. The Re&s;urrection of the fle&s;h.</P>
<P N="12">12. Life everla&s;ting, <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Are all things which are nece&s;&s;ary for every Chri&s;tian to believe, contained in this Creed.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes, either directly, or as de|pending upon it.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Who made the Creed?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>The twelve Apo&s;tles before they di&s;per&s;ed them&s;elves to preach the holy Go&s;pel throughout the whole world, to the end they might all teach the &s;elf &s;ame Faith and Doctrine.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of God in Unity and Trinity. <HI>The fifth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>You &s;ay you believe in God, What is God?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>God is the Creator of Heaven and Earth, and the univer&s;al Lord of all things.</P>
</SP>
<PB N="7" REF="7">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the &s;acred Trinity?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is the Father, the Son and the Holy Gho&s;t, three Per&s;ons in one only God. So that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Gho&s;t is God; and yet there are not three Gods, but one God in three Per&s;ons.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the &s;umme of your belief concerning our Saviour Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>I believe him to be the Son of God, as Powerful, as Wi&s;e, as Good as his Father; that he became Man for our &s;akes in the womb of the imma|culate Virgin <HI>Mary;</HI> and con&s;equently that he is true God and true Man: And that by his death and Pa&s;&s;ion he delive|red us from the pains of hell, and pur|cha&s;ed for us an eternal Life and feli|city.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD><HI>Of the Church.</HI> The &s;ixth Le&s;&s;on.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>You &s;ay you believe the Church, What is it?</HI></P>
</SP>
<PB N="8" REF="8">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>The Church is the Congregati|on of all the faithful Chri&s;tians.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How may we know the true Church?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>By her four Infallible Marks; which are, One, Holy, Catholick, and Apo&s;tolick.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How is the Church One?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Becau&s;e all her Members are u|nited to their Head in the &s;elf-&s;ame Faith and Sacraments.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How is the Church Holy?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Becau&s;e the teaches nothing but what is Holy, both as to Faith and Man|ners, and con&s;equently brings Her obedient children to Sanctity?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How is the Church Catholick or Uni|ver&s;al?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Becau&s;e &s;he hath been ever vi&s;i|ble, and is &s;till every where extended.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How is the Church Apo&s;tolical?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Becau&s;e Chri&s;ts Apo&s;tles foun|ded her, and their Succe&s;&s;ors continue her, e&s;pecially the Pope; who with|out interruption, hath remained Head of the Church, from the time of St. <HI>Pe|ter</HI> &s;ucce&s;&s;ively, till this pre&s;ent (and
<PB N="9" REF="8">now &s;itting <HI>Innocent</HI> the XI.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What do you briefly collect from this Doctrine?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P N="1">1. That there can be but one on|ly true Church. 2. That out of this Church can be no &s;alvation. 3. That this Church is guided by the Holy Gho&s;t; and therefore cannot erre. 4. That our Lord Je&s;us is her invi&s;ible Head, and our holy Father the Pope is her vi&s;ible Head, and Chri&s;ts Vicar upon earth.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What in brief is every Chri&s;tian bound to believe?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>He mu&s;t believe in general, what the Church believes and teaches; and in particular, all that is contained in the Twelve Articles of the Creed.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is every Chri&s;tian bound to know?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>He is bound to know three things: Fir&s;t, What he is to believe, which is contained in the Creed. Se|condly, What he is to do, which is comprized in the Commandments of God and the Church. Thirdly,
<PB N="10" REF="9">What he is to pray for, which is com|prehended in the <HI>Pater No&s;ter.</HI></P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD><HI>Of Hope.</HI> The &s;eventh Le&s;&s;on.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Which is the &s;econd thing nece&s;&s;ary for a Chri&s;tian?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Hope: which is a gift of God, whereby we expect with a certain humble confidence, the &s;alvation of our &s;ouls, and all the promi&s;ed good things of the other life.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How are the&s;e good things obtained?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>Prayer is one of the mo&s;t efficaci|ous means to obtain them.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fa.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How do you pray unto God?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ch.</SPEAKER>
<P>I place my &s;elf humbly and reve|rently in the divine pre&s;ence, and &s;ay devoutly as our Saviour hath taught all Chri&s;tians;</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Thy Kingdom come.</HI></P>
<PB N="11" REF="9">
<P N="3">3. <HI>Thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Give us this day our daily bread.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. <HI>And forgive us our tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, as we forgive them that tre&s;pa&s;s again&s;t us.</HI></P>
<P N="6">6. <HI>And leade us not into temptation.</HI></P>
<P N="7">7. <HI>But deliver us from evil.</HI> Amen.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of Prayers to Saints. <HI>The Eight Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Do you not al&s;o pray to the Saints?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Childe.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes; for they being now Gods friends, have more power, and are fuller of charity, then when they lived upon earth, and therefore know|ing our nece&s;&s;ities, are moved to a&s;&s;i&s;t us by their interce&s;&s;ions.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>To what Saints do you daily recommend your &s;elf?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Childe.</SPEAKER>
<P>To our Ble&s;&s;ed Lady, to my Angel-Guardian, and to the Saint who&s;e Name I bear.</P>
</SP>
<PB N="12" REF="10">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What Prayer do you pre&s;ent to our Ble&s;&s;ed Lady?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>The <HI>Ave Maria</HI> or Angeli|cal &s;alutation, whereby I gratefully commemorate the benefit of Chri&s;t our Saviours Incarnation, &s;aying.</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Hail</HI> Mary, <HI>full of Grace, our Lord is with thee.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Ble&s;&s;ed art thou above all women, and ble&s;&s;ed is the fruit of thy Womb Je&s;us.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Holy</HI> Mary, <HI>Mother of God, pray for us &s;inners, now, and at the hour of our death.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Who made this</HI> Ave-Maria <HI>or</HI> Hail-Mary?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>The Angel <HI>Gabriel</HI> pronoun|ced the fir&s;t part, Saint <HI>Elizabeth</HI> the &s;econd; and the Church added the third.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What Prayer do you pre&s;ent to your good Angel?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Ble&s;&s;ed Angel! to who&s;e care and cu&s;tody, our loving Crea|tor hath committed me; defend me this day, I be&s;eech you from all dan|gers,
<PB N="13" REF="10">and direct me in the way I ought to walk.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What Prayer do you pre&s;ent to the Saint, who&s;e Name you bear?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Glorious St. <HI>N.</HI> whom the Divine providence hath allotted for my Pattern upon Earth, and my Pa|tron in Heaven: Obtain (I be&s;eech you) for me your poor Pupil, &s;o to imitate here your Vertues, that I may hereafter be made partaker of your glory.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="9" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of Reliques, Pictures, and Purgatory. <HI>The nineth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Are the Reliques of Saints to be honoured?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes: becau&s;e they were formerly the living Temples of the Holy Gho&s;t; and will be hereafter glorious in Heaven for all eternity.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Are the Images of Saints al|&s;o to be honoured?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes: becau&s;e they were formerly the living Temples of the Holy Gho&s;t; and will be hereafter glorious in Heaven for all eternity.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Are the Images of Saints al|&s;o to be honoured?</HI></P>
</SP>
<PB N="14" REF="11">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes: for they putting us in minde of &s;uch heroick per&s;ons as are ab&s;ent from our eyes, provoke us therewithal to the imitation of their heroick vertues; and we who are faithfull Chri&s;tians, beholding the Picture, honour that which it repre&s;ents, without fixing our thoughts upon the wood, &s;tone, and colours, as did formerly the prophane Idola|ters.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>For whom do you pray?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>I pray not only for my own particular &s;elf, but al&s;o for my Pa|rents, Friends, and Benefactors; for my King, Country, and the whole Church.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Should we al&s;o pray for the Souls in Purgatory?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes: for they being mem|bers of the Univer&s;al Church, which contains as well the Church &s;uffering, as Church Militant, and Triumphant, ought not to be deprived of a Com|munion with their Fellow-mem|bers.</P>
</SP>
<PB N="15" REF="11">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is Purgatory?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is the place, where Souls departing in Gods grace, pay &s;uch puni&s;hments as remain due for their &s;ins.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>In what manner then do you pray for them?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>That God in mercy will be plea&s;ed to mitigate their pains, and admit them &s;peedily to his beatifying pre&s;ence.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="10" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD><HI>Of Charity.</HI> The Tenth Le&s;&s;on.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Which is the third thing ne|ce&s;&s;ary for a Chri&s;tian?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Charity; which is a gift of God, whereby we love him above all things, and our neighbour as our &s;elves for his &s;ake.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How do you love God above all things?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>I love him more than my
<PB N="16" REF="12">goods, my parents, or even my own &s;elf; &s;o as I would rather dye than offend his divine Maje&s;ty.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many are the Precepts of perfect Charity?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Two; the fir&s;t, To love God with our whole heart, &s;oul, and &s;trength: The &s;econd, To love our neighbour as our &s;elves.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How can you love your neigh|bour as your &s;elf?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>By wi&s;hing him the &s;ame good which I de&s;ire to my &s;elf, and doing for him as I would for my &s;elf.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many are the Precepts of the Law of Nature?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Childe.</SPEAKER>
<P>Two. The fir&s;t, Thou &s;halt not do to thy neighbour, what thou would&s;t not have him do to thee. The &s;econd, Thou &s;halt do to thy neighbour, what thou would&s;t have him to do to thee.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="11" TYPE="lesson">
<PB N="17" REF="12">
<HEAD>Of the Ten Commandments. <HI>The Eleventh Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>How doth one make it appear, that he loves God?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>By keeping his Command|ments.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>How many and which are they?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>They are Ten in number, which God gave to</HI> Mo&s;es <HI>upon Mount</HI> Sina.</P>
<P><HI>The fir&s;t Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt have no other God, but me.</P>
<P><HI>The &s;econd Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt not take the Name of God in vain.</P>
<P><HI>The third Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt keep holy the Sabbath day.</P>
<P><HI>The fourth Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt honour thy Father and Mo|ther.</P>
<PB N="18" REF="13">
<P><HI>The fifth Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt not kill.</P>
<P><HI>The &s;ixth Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt not commit adultery.</P>
<P><HI>The &s;eventh Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt not &s;teal.</P>
<P><HI>The eighth Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt not bear fal&s;e witne&s;s a|gain&s;t thy Neighbour.</P>
<P><HI>The nineth Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt not covet thy neighbours wife.</P>
<P><HI>The tenth Commandment.</HI></P>
<P>Thou &s;halt not covet thy neighbours goods.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="12" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Six Commandments of the Church. <HI>The Twelfth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>Are we bound to keep any more Commandments, be&s;ides the&s;e Ten?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Yes: The Six Command|ments of the Church, which is our
<PB N="19" REF="13">holy Mother, and the true Spou&s;e of Chri&s;t our Saviour; and there|fore ought to be obeyed.</HI></P>
<P N="1"><HI>1.</HI> To keep all Sundays, and &s;uch Ho|lidays as are appointed, by hearing Ma&s;s (if we have opportunity) and forbearing to work.</P>
<P N="2"><HI>2.</HI> To keep ab&s;tinence, and Fa&s;ting days appointed; that is, To fa&s;t <HI>Lent,</HI> &s;uch Vigils as are commanded, Ember days, and al&s;o Fridays by the cu&s;tom of our Countrey (except between the Nati|vity of our Saviour, and the Epiphany and between <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> and the A&s;cen&s;ion,) with ab&s;tinence from fle&s;h upon Saturdays, St. <HI>Marks</HI> day, and the three days be|fore the A&s;cen&s;ion.</P>
<P N="3"><HI>3.</HI> To confe&s;s our &s;ins once a year to our Pa&s;tor.</P>
<P N="4"><HI>4.</HI> To communicate once a year, and that about the time of <HI>Ea&s;ter,</HI> that is, betwixt Palm-Sunday and Low-Sunday.</P>
<P N="5"><HI>5.</HI> To pay Tythes to our Pa&s;tor.</P>
<P N="6"><HI>6.</HI> Not to &s;olemnize Marriage at for|bidden times, that is, From Advent-Sunday, till Twelf-day be pa&s;t, nor from
<PB N="20" REF="14">A&s;h-Wedne&s;day, till Low-Sunday be pa&s;t.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>What reward &s;hall they re|ceive tho keep the Commandments of God and his Church?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Eternal life, which is a life exempt from all that is evil, and re|pleni&s;hed with all good things.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>What puni&s;hment mu&s;t they expect who tran&s;gre&s;s them?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Eternal death and damnati|on, unle&s;s they timely and truly re|pent.</HI></P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Sacraments in general. <HI>The Thirteenth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the fir&s;t thing ne|ce&s;&s;ary for a Chri&s;tian?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>The holy Sacraments of the Church.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is a Sacraments?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>A Sacrament is a sacred, outward, and vi&s;ible &s;ign, in&s;tituted by our Saviour, to &s;ignifie a thing
<PB N="21" REF="14">&s;acred, inward, and invi&s;ible.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many Sacraments are there?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Seven, to wit, Bapti&s;m, Con|firmation, Penance, Euchari&s;t, Ex|treme Unction, Order, and Marri|age.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Wherefore did our Saviour in&s;titute the&s;e Sacraments?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>To cure us from &s;in, to &s;an|ctifie our &s;ouls, to apply to us the fruits and merits of his Pa&s;&s;ion, and to communicate unto us his Grace.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="14" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Sacraments of Bapti&s;m, and Con|firmation. <HI>The Fourteenth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What doth the Sacrament of Bapti&s;m work in us?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>It blots out original &s;in, wherein we were all born, makes us Chri&s;tians, Children of God, heirs of Paradi&s;e, and fills our &s;ouls with
<PB N="22" REF="15">grace and &s;piritual gifts.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What doth the Sacrament of Confirmation effect in us?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>It affords us &s;trength and courage, to profe&s;s con&s;tantly that Faith we received before in our Bap|ti&s;m.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Sacrament of Penance. <HI>The Fifteenth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What benefit receive we by the Sacrament of Penance or Confe&s;|&s;ion?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>We receive thereby the re|mi&s;&s;ion of our &s;ins committed after Bapti&s;m.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many things are nece&s;|&s;ary for a &s;inner to become a true peni|tent?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Three: (1) Contrition of heart. (2) Confe&s;&s;ion of mouth to an approved and impowred Prie&s;t. (3) Sarisfaction by good works.</P>
<PB N="23" REF="15">
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What mu&s;t one do in particu|lar to confe&s;s well and worthily?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>He mu&s;t do three things. (1) He mu&s;t endeavour to call all his &s;ins to his memory, by exami|ning him&s;elf upon the Command|ments of God and the Church, and upon the mortal &s;ins. (2) he mu&s;t conceive a hearty &s;orrow for them, and make a firm purpo&s;e to &s;hun them for the future. (3) he mu&s;t confe&s;s them all, without willingly conceal|ing any one, which he fears is mor|tal, and perform his enjoyned Pe|nance.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>In what manner do you make your Confe&s;&s;ion?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>I ca&s;t my &s;elf humbly on my knees at the feet of my Gho&s;tly Father, and having &s;igned my &s;elf with the holy Cro&s;s, I ask his ble&s;|&s;ing in Engli&s;h, (becau&s;e as yet I am unskilful in the Latin language) &s;aying, <HI>I crave your ble&s;&s;ing,</HI> which re|reived, I thus proceed.</P>
<P>I confe&s;s unto Almighty God, to
<PB N="24" REF="16">the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin <HI>Mary,</HI> to ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch angel, to ble&s;&s;ed <HI>John Bapti&s;t,</HI> to the holy Apo&s;tles <HI>Peter</HI> and <HI>Paul,</HI> to all the Saints, and to you my gho&s;tly Father; that I have very much &s;inned in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my ex|ceeding great fault.</P>
<P>Then I &s;ay, I accu&s;e my &s;elf, that &s;ince my la&s;t Confe&s;&s;ion (which was &s;o long ago) I have done this, omit|ted this, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And having briefly and clearly declared what I can remember, I thus conclude my Confe&s;&s;ion.</P>
<P>For the&s;e and all other my &s;ins and imperfections, I am heartily &s;orry, and purpo&s;e amendment; humbly begging pardon of God, and Penance, and Ab&s;olution of you my gho&s;tly Father.</P>
<P>Therefore, I be&s;eech thee, Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin <HI>Mary,</HI> ble&s;&s;ed <HI>Michael</HI> the Arch-Angel, ble&s;&s;ed <HI>John Bapti&s;t,</HI> the holy Apo&s;tles <HI>Peter</HI> and <HI>Paul,</HI> all the Saints, and you my gho&s;tly Father,
<PB N="25" REF="16">to pray unto our Lord God for me.</P>
<P>Having li&s;tned attentively to his coun&s;el, accepted willingly the Pe|nance, and received feelingly the Ab&s;olution; I quietly retire my &s;elf to perform my enjoyned &s;atisfaction, and to prepare my &s;elf to receive the holy Sacrament.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="16" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Sacrament of the Euchari&s;t. <HI>The &s;ixteenth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is your belief concerning the Euchari&s;t, or mo&s;t holy Sacrament of the Altar?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>I believe it is the true Body and Blood of our Lord Je&s;us, hidden under tho&s;e vi&s;ible elements of Bread and Wine, according to the condition of a Sacrament; where the Truth mu&s;t be invi&s;ible, and the Sign vi&s;ible.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Doth the &s;ub&s;tance of the Bread and Wine remain after Con&s;ecration?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>No; but only the accidents
<PB N="26" REF="17">or qualities: for by vertue of tho&s;e &s;a|cred words which the Prie&s;t hath pro|nounced in &s;aying Ma&s;s, the Bread is changed into our Saviours body, and the Wine into his blood.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the Ma&s;s?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is the unbloody Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Chri&s;t Je&s;us, (lively repre&s;enting the bloody sacrifice of the Cro&s;s) offered up to Almighty God for the &s;alvation of all faithful Chri&s;tians both living and departed. Whence it appears, with how great devotion and reve|rence we ought to a&s;&s;i&s;t at it.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="17" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of receiving the holy Communion. <HI>The &s;eventeenth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Should Chri&s;tians frequently receive the holy Sacrament of the Altar?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes, &s;uch as are worthy and capable; becau&s;e it unites us to God, pre&s;erves us from &s;in, and imparts un|to
<PB N="27" REF="17">us many other gifts and graces.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What mu&s;t one do to commu|nicate worthily?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>He mu&s;t have his Con&s;cience free from all &s;in, e&s;pecially mortal; and therefore he mu&s;t fir&s;t have re|cour&s;e to Confe&s;&s;ion: For who&s;o re|ceives this mo&s;t holy Sacrament in mortal Sin, receives (<HI>Judas</HI>-like) his own damnation.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What outward Preparation is nece&s;&s;ary for a Communicant?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>In the fir&s;t place, he mu&s;t be &s;ure to be Fa&s;ting; that is, to have &s;wallowed nothing (except his own &s;pittle) &s;ince midnight. 2. He mu&s;t be neat and cleanly in his apparel, be it never &s;o mean and poor. 3. He mu&s;t be religiou&s;ly grave and mode&s;t in his whole carriage and comportment.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How mu&s;t he behave him&s;elf in receiving the Ble&s;&s;ed Sacrament?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>He mu&s;t place him&s;elf upon both his knees at a convenient di&s;t|ance from the Altar, keeping his Bo|dy
<PB N="28" REF="18">erected, his Head unmoved, his Eyes fixed on the Ble&s;&s;ed Sacrament, his Hands joyned under the Linnen-cloath which he holds before him, his Lips quiet, his Mouth mode&s;tly opened, and the tip of his Tongue touching his neather Lip; that &s;o the Prie&s;t may without trouble place the &s;acred Ho&s;t upon it.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What mu&s;t he do after he hath received it?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Having conveyed the &s;acred Ho&s;t, (without chewing it) by the help of his Tongue, into his Sto|mack; he takes a &s;mall quantity of Wine, or any other liquor to moi&s;t|en and wa&s;h his mouth, or (if need &s;o requires) to help him to &s;wal|low down the holy Sacrament: And kneeling &s;till untill the Prie&s;t hath given the la&s;t &s;olemn Benedi|ction; he then ari&s;es, returns to his place, renews his ardent pray|ers and affections, and pa&s;&s;es the re|&s;idue of that day in fervent devo|tion.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="18" TYPE="lesson">
<PB N="29" REF="18">
<HEAD>Of the Sacraments of Extreme Unction, Order, and Marriage. <HI>The Eighteenth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What benefit receive we by Extreme Unction?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Childe.</SPEAKER>
<P>It clean&s;eth our Souls from Sin, comforts us in our &s;ickne&s;s, en|courages us again&s;t de&s;pair, &s;trength|ens us in deaths agony again&s;t our gho&s;tly enemy, and re&s;tores us to our corporal health, when it is ex|pedient for us.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the Sacrament of Order?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is a Sacrament whereby Prie&s;ts receive power from their Bi&s;hops, to con&s;ecrate the precious Body of our Saviour, to ab&s;olve their Penitents in Confe&s;&s;ion, and to do divers other things by vertue of their office, wherein they mu&s;t be obeyed by &s;uch as are under their charge.</P>
</SP>
<PB N="30" REF="19">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is the Sacrament of Mar|riage?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is a Sacrament, where Man and Woman joyn them&s;elves together, by a faithfull, mutual, and indi&s;&s;oluble promi&s;e, in the face of the Church; in order to the law|full having of children, and the a|voiding of Fornication.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD><HI>Of Good Works.</HI> The Nineteenth Le&s;&s;on.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>What is the Fifth thing ne|ce&s;&s;ary for a Chri&s;tian?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child,</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Good Works: for after one is come to the age of di&s;cretion, Faith alone &s;ufficeth not to &s;alvation without Good Works.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>How many Good Works are there?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Three: Prayer, Fa&s;ting, and Alms.</HI></P>
</SP>
<PB N="31" REF="19">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>How many &s;orts of Alms, or works of Mercy are there?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>There are &s;even Spiritual, and &s;even Corporal.</HI></P>
</SP>
<P><HI>The &s;even Spiritual works of Mercy.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> To teach the Ignorant.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> To correct Sinners</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> To give Coun&s;el to &s;uch as want it.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>4.</HI> To comfort the afflicted.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>5,</HI> To &s;uffer trouble&s;ome per&s;ons with patience.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>6.</HI> To forgive &s;uch as have of|fended us.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>7.</HI> To pray for the living and the dead.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><HI>The Se|ven Cor|poral works of Mercy.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> To give food to the Hungry.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> To give drink to the Thir&s;ty.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> To cloath the Naked</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>4.</HI> To vi&s;it the Sick and Pri|&s;oners.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>5.</HI> To comfort the comfortle&s;s.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>6.</HI> To ran&s;om Slaves and Cap|tives.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>7.</HI> To bury the Dead.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="lesson">
<PB N="32" REF="20">
<HEAD>Of the Virtues, and of the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Gho&s;t. <HI>The Twentieth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>How many Virtues are there?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>There are three Theological, and four Cardinal.</HI></P>
</SP>
<P><HI>The 3 The|ological Virtues are</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> Faith.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> Hope.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> Charity.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><HI>The four Cardinal Virtues are,</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> Prudence.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> Ju&s;tice.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> Temperance.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>4.</HI> Con&s;tancy.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><HI>The &s;even Gifts of the Holy Gho&s;t, are</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> Wi&s;dome.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> Under&s;tanding.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> Coun&s;el.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>4.</HI> Strength.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>5.</HI> Knowledge.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>6.</HI> Piety.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>7.</HI> The Fear of God.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="33" REF="20">
<P>The Twelve Fruits of the Holy Gho&s;t, are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> Charity. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> Joy. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> Peace </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>4.</HI> Patience. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>5.</HI> Longanimi|ty. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>6.</HI> Goodne&s;s. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>7.</HI> Benig|nity. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>8.</HI> Meekne&s;s. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>9.</HI> Fi|delity. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>10.</HI> Mode&s;ty. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>11.</HI> Con|tinency. </ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>12.</HI> Cha&s;tity.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="21" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Eight Beatitudes, and four La&s;t things. <HI>The One and twentieth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>How many are the Beatitudes, taught by our Ble&s;&s;ed Saviour in the Go|&s;pel?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>They are Eight; to wit,</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> Ble&s;&s;ed are the poor in &s;pirit; for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> Ble&s;sed are they that mourn; for they &s;hall be comforted.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> Ble&s;&s;ed are the meek; for they &s;hall inherit the earth.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>4.</HI> Ble&s;&s;ed are they who hunger and thir&s;t after Ju&s;tice; for they &s;hall be filled.</ITEM>
<PB N="34" REF="21">
<ITEM><HI>5.</HI> Ble&s;&s;ed are the mercifull; for they &s;hall obtain mercy.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>6.</HI> Ble&s;&s;ed are the pure in heart; for they &s;hall &s;ee God.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>7.</HI> Ble&s;sed are the Peace makers; for they &s;hall be called the children of God.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>8.</HI> Ble&s;&s;ed are they who &s;uffer per&s;ecu|tion for Ju&s;tice &s;ake; for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P>How many are tho&s;e, which are called the la&s;t things of Man? and which being remembred, deter us from &s;in?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>They are the&s;e four</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>1.</HI> Death.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>2.</HI> Judgement.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>3.</HI> Hell.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>4.</HI> Heaven.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="22" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of Sin in general, and of Mortal and Venial Sin. <HI>The two and twentieth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What ought a Chri&s;tian &s;trive chiefly to avoid?</HI></P>
</SP>
<PB N="35" REF="21">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sin, as being the chief cau&s;e of the greate&s;t evil that can befal him, to wit, eternal damnation.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What is &s;in?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>A &s;in is what&s;oever is wil|fully &s;poken, done, or de&s;ired, a|gain&s;t the Law of God.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many &s;orts of &s;ins are there?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Two; to wit, Original &s;in, which we bring with us, from our fir&s;t Parents, when we are born; and Actual &s;in, which we our &s;elves commit after we have the u&s;e of rea|&s;on.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many are the &s;orts of Actual &s;in?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Two; Mortal &s;in, and Veni|al &s;in.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many are the &s;orts of Mortal &s;ins, which are otherwi&s;e called Capital, and Deadly &s;ins?</HI></P>
</SP>
<PB N="36" REF="22">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>The Mor|tal &s;ins are &s;even,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Pride.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Covetou&s;ne&s;s.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Carnality.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Envy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Gluttony.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. <HI>Anger.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>7. <HI>Sloath.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The &s;e|ven Vir|tues, con|trary to the&s;e &s;e|ven &s;ins, are,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Humility.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Liberality.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Cha&s;tity.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Brotherly love.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Temperance.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. <HI>Patience.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>7. <HI>Diligence.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Why are they called Mortal, Deadly and Capital?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Becau&s;e they kill our &s;ouls, and are the Heads, Sources, and Roots of all other &s;ins.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What hurt doth Venial &s;in unto us?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Though it kills not our Soul, yet it cools our zeal in Gods love and
<PB N="37" REF="22">&s;ervice; and therefore ought carefully to be avoided.</P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Sins again&s;t the Holy Gho&s;t; of the Crying &s;ins; and of &s;ins by Par|ticipation. <HI>The three and Twentieth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many, and which, are the &s;ins again&s;t the Holy Gho&s;t?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Six,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Pre&s;umption of Gods mer|cy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>De&s;pair of Salvation.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Re&s;i&s;tance of the known Truth.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Envying at anothers &s;pi|ritual good.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Continuing ob&s;tinate in &s;in.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. <HI>Dying finally impenitent.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
<PB N="38" REF="23">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many are the &s;ins which cry to Heaven for vengeance?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Four,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Wilful Murder.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Sodomy.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Oppre&s;&s;ion of the Poor, Orphans, and Widows.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Defrauding Laborers of their Wages.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How many ways may one &s;in by Participation?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Nine ways,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. By Coun&s;el.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. By Com|mand. </ITEM>
<ITEM>3. By Con&s;ent. </ITEM>
<ITEM>4. By Provocation. </ITEM>
<ITEM>5. By Prai&s;e or Flattery.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. By Silence. </ITEM>
<ITEM>7. By Connivence. </ITEM>
<ITEM>8. By &s;haring in the Fact.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9. By defending the Fact and Fault.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="24" TYPE="lesson">
<PB N="39" REF="23">
<HEAD>Of the Ro&s;ary, and how to recite it. <HI>The four and twentieth Le&s;&s;on.</HI></HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Do you u&s;e to &s;ay your Beads?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes; I recite the whole Ro&s;a|ry once every week, meditating as well as I can upon the Fifteen My&s;teries, which contain in &s;hort, the Life and Death of our Lord Je&s;us.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Which are the Fifteen My&s;te|ries of the Ro&s;ary?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>The fir&s;t five are called <HI>Joyful My&s;teries,</HI> to wit,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. The Annunciation of Chri&s;ts In|carnation, by the Arch-Angel <HI>Gabriel,</HI> to the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin <HI>Mary.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The Vi&s;itation which the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin made to her Cou&s;in St. <HI>Eliza|beth.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Nativity of our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The Oblation and Pre&s;entation of Chri&s;t to his eternal Father in the
<PB N="40" REF="24">Temple, and the Purification of his ble&s;&s;ed Mother.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. The finding of Chri&s;t in the Tem|ple di&s;puting with the Doctors, when he was Twelve years old.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The &s;econd five are called <HI>Dolorous My&s;teries;</HI> to wit,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. The Bloody Agony of Chri&s;t whil&s;t he was at his Prayers in the Garden.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The mo&s;t cruel Whipping of Chri&s;t at the Pillar.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Crowning of his Head with Thorns.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The carrying of his Cro&s;s to Mount <HI>Calvary.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. His Crucifixion and Death upon the Cro&s;s.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The la&s;t five are called <HI>Glorious My|&s;teries,</HI> to wit,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. The Re&s;urrection of our Lord Je&s;us.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. His A&s;cen&s;ion into Heaven.</ITEM>
<PB N="41" REF="24">
<ITEM>3. His &s;ending down the Holy Gho&s;t to his Church.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The A&s;&s;umption of the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin <HI>Mary</HI> up to Heaven.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. The Coronation of the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin in Heaven.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How can you remember all the&s;e holy My&s;teries?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>I have three Ver&s;es at my fin|gers end, which put me in minde of them.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t Ver&s;e for the <HI>Five Joyful My&s;teries.</HI></P>
<P><HI>She's told, She vi&s;its, He's born, Offer'd, and Found.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;econd Ver&s;e for the <HI>Five Dolo|rous My&s;teries.</HI></P>
<P><HI>He Prays, is Scourg'd, is Crown'd, Carries, is Kill'd.</HI></P>
<P>The third Ver&s;e for the <HI>Five Glori|ous My&s;teries.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ri&s;es, A&s;cends, Sends down, She dies, is Crown'd.</HI></P>
</SP>
<PB N="42" REF="25">
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What method do you u&s;e in the actual recital of the Ro&s;ary?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P N="1">(1) I place my &s;elf reverent|ly in the divine pre&s;ence.</P>
<P N="2">(2) Then taking my Beads by the Cro&s;s, I ble&s;s my &s;elf, &s;aying, <HI>In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Gho&s;t, Amen.</HI> And begin my Ro&s;ary with the Profe&s;&s;ion of my Faith, <HI>I believe in God, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P N="3">(3) The Creed being ended, I recite thrice the <HI>Hail Mary,</HI> upon the three grains placed at the head of my Beads, &s;aluting the Sacred Virgin in honour of her three &s;ingular Prerogatives, of being (1) <HI>Daughter of the Eternal Fa|ther.</HI> (2) <HI>Mother of the Eternal Son.</HI> (3) <HI>Spou&s;e of the Holy Gho&s;t.</HI></P>
<P N="4">(4) Then reflecting upon the fir&s;t My&s;tery, I &s;ay, <HI>Our Father and ten Hail Maries;</HI> and &s;o pa&s;&s;e on to the &s;econd <HI>Our Father.</HI></P>
<P N="5">(5) And having compleated the Five Tens, (which make one part of the Ro&s;ary) I conclude as I began with the <HI>Creed,</HI> and the &s;ign of the <HI>Cro&s;s.</HI></P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="25" TYPE="lesson">
<PB N="43" REF="25">
<HEAD>Of the Morning Exerci&s;e. The five and Twentieth Le&s;&s;on.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>How do you behave your &s;elf, as &s;oon as you awake in the Morning?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>I &s;ign my &s;elf with the ho|ly Cro&s;s, &s;aying, <HI>In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Gho&s;t. Amen.</HI> And with hands and eyes lifted up towards Heaven, I add the&s;e words: <HI>Be you ever ble&s;&s;ed, prai&s;ed, and honored, O Sacred and un|divided Trinity! by me, and by all Crea|tures.</HI></P>
<P>Then &s;haking off &s;loath, I nimbly put on my cloaths, entertaining my &s;elf all the while with &s;ome pious Thoughts, and &s;aying &s;uch Prayers as I have in my memory.</P>
<P>Being clad, I ca&s;t my &s;elf devout|ly upon my knees before the Picture of the Crucifix, (which I have al|ways in my Chamber) and there I Sacrifice to my Creator, the fir&s;t-fruits
<PB N="44" REF="26">of the day, by making briefly the&s;e five Acts of Adoration, Thanks|giving, Oblation, Prote&s;tation, and Petition, &s;aying.
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>I adore you</HI> (O my Omnipo|tent Creator!) <HI>from the very depth of my heart and &s;oul.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>I render all po&s;&s;ible thanks to your infinite goodne&s;s, for all your gracious fa|vors, e&s;pecially for this pa&s;t Nights pre|&s;ervation.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>I offer to your Divine Maje&s;ty, all that is gratefull unto you, in &s;upply of my ingratitude and indignity.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>I prote&s;t and promi&s;e amendment of my life from this day forward.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>La&s;tly, I humbly beg Grace to a|void &s;in and &s;candal, and to walk upright|ly in your pre&s;ence this day following, and all the days of my life.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Do you perform this Exerci&s;e punctually every Morning?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes; I always perform thus much before I &s;tir forth of my Cham|ber; for it being very &s;hort, no af|fair, (of how great importance &s;o|ever)
<PB N="45" REF="26">can be thereby hurt or hin|dred. But when I am not &s;traitned in time, I never omit to add to the former Exerci&s;e, the&s;e following Prayers.</P>
</SP>
<DIV3 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>The Lords Prayer.</HEAD>
<P>OUr Father which art in Heaven. Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, as we forgive them that tre&s;pa&s;s again&s;t us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>The Ave Maria.</HEAD>
<P>HAil <HI>Mary,</HI> full of grace, our Lord is with thee; ble&s;&s;ed art thou a|mong&s;t women, and ble&s;&s;ed is the fruit of thy Womb, Je&s;us.</P>
<P>Holy <HI>Mary,</HI> Mother of God, pray for us &s;inners now, and in the hour of our death. <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="46" REF="27">
<HEAD>The Creed.</HEAD>
<P>I Believe in God the Father Almigh|ty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in Je&s;us Chri&s;t his onely Son our Lord, who was conceived of the Holy Gho&s;t, Born of the Virgin <HI>Mary,</HI> &s;uf|fered under <HI>Pontius Pilat,</HI> was crucifi|ed, dead and buried: He de&s;cended in|to Hell, and ro&s;e again the third day from the dead; he a&s;cended into Hea|ven, and &s;itteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he &s;hall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Gho&s;t, The holy Catholick Church, The Communion of Saints, The Remi&s;&s;ion of Sins, The Re&s;urrection of the Fle&s;h, and Life everla&s;ting. <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>A Prayer to my Angel-Guardian.</HEAD>
<P>BLe&s;&s;ed Angel! to who&s;e care and cu&s;tody our loving Lord hath com|mitted me: Defend me this day (I be|&s;eech you) from all dangers, and di|rect me in the way I ought to walk.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="47" REF="27">
<HEAD>A Prayer to the Saint, who&s;e Name I bear.</HEAD>
<P>GLorious Saint <HI>N.</HI> whom the di|vine Providence hath allotted for my Pattern upon Earth, and for my Patron in Heaven. Obtain (I be&s;eech you) for me your poor Pupil, &s;o to imitate here your Virtues, that I may hereafter be made partaker of your Glory.</P>
<P>This done, I recite other Prayers (as my time permits, and my devoti|on &s;ugge&s;ts, e&s;pecially upon Sundays and Holidays) wherewith the Prim|mer, the Manual, the Daily Exerci&s;e of the devout Chri&s;tian, and other pi|ous Books, abundantly furni&s;h me.</P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="26" TYPE="lesson">
<HEAD>Of the Evening Exerci&s;e. The &s;ix and twentieth Le&s;&s;on.</HEAD>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Father.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>What do you at Night before you go to Bed?</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Child.</SPEAKER>
<P>In the fir&s;t place, I render humble and hearty thanks to God for all his benefits; and namely, for them I received that day.</P>
<PB N="48" REF="28">
<P>In the &s;econd place, I enter into a &s;erious examination of my Con&s;cience, con&s;idering what &s;ins I have commit|ted that day again&s;t God, my Neigh|bour, or my &s;elf, in thought, word, or deed, and wherein I have omitted my duty; asking him pardon, and purpo&s;ing to amend all that is ami&s;s, and to confe&s;s what I finde mo&s;t ma|terial.</P>
<P>In the third place, I be&s;eech the Di|vine Maje&s;ty, that he will be graciou&s;|ly plea&s;ed to pre&s;erve me the night fol|lowing from all dangers, that I may ri&s;e in the Morning to &s;erve him more faithfully.</P>
<P>Then I recite the <HI>Pater</HI> and <HI>Ave,</HI> re|commend my &s;elf to my Angel-Guar|dian, and to my particular Patron, as in the Morning Exerci&s;e.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, I mode&s;tly uncloath my &s;elf, and quietly compo&s;e my body to take its re&s;t, with good thoughts in my minde, and the &s;weet Names of Je&s;us; <HI>Maria,</HI> in my mouth.</P>
</SP>
<DIV3 TYPE="prayer">
<PB N="49" REF="28">
<HEAD>Grace before Meat.</HEAD>
<P>BLe&s;&s;e us, O Lord, and the&s;e thy Gifts which we are to receive of thy bounty, Through Chri&s;t our Lord. <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 TYPE="prayer">
<HEAD>Grace after Meat.</HEAD>
<P>WE give thee thanks, O Al|mighty God, for all thy be|nefits, who live&s;t and reigne&s;t world without end. <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
<P>God &s;ave his Church, our King, the Queen, and all the Realms, and &s;end us peace in Chri&s;t our Lord. <HI>Amen.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>The end of the Child's Catechi&s;m.</TRAILER>
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