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<P>THE Church Catechi&s;m EXPLAIN'D, And PROV'D, by Apt Texts of Scripture.</P>
<P><HI>Divided into</HI> XXVI <HI>Parts.</HI></P>
<P>Recommended by His Grace NARCISSUS, Lord ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN, For the U&s;e of his Dioce&s;s.</P>
<Q>Train up a Child in the way he &s;hould go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. <BIBL><HI>Prov. 22.6.</HI></BIBL></Q>
<P><HI>DUBLIN,</HI> Printed by and for <HI>Jo&s;eph Ray,</HI> over again&s;t the <HI>Thol&s;el,</HI> 1699.</P>
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<P>Imprimatur.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Narci&s;&s;us Dublin.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE><DATE><HI>September.</HI> 30th. 1699.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="preface">
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<HEAD>THE PREFACE.</HEAD>
<P>THis plain Catechi&s;m, was at fir&s;t compo&s;ed for the U&s;e of particular Churches in <HI>Dublin:</HI> And being communicated to the Lord Arch-Bi&s;hop of <HI>Dublin,</HI> His Grace thought it convenient to have it Printed, for the more ea&s;ie di&s;per&s;|ing of Copies in private Families: The care of Parents, Ma&s;ters and Mi&s;tri&s;&s;es being very nece&s;&s;ary to the fitting Children and Servants for publick Examination.</P>
<P>And as the &s;hortne&s;s of the An&s;wers in this Catechi&s;m does render the Task le&s;s dif|ficult to tho&s;e that In&s;truct; So it may be rea&s;onably expected, that great Benefit will redound to tho&s;e who are In&s;tructed: both from their Learning the Scripture Proofs by way of An&s;wer, and al&s;o from their Repeat|ing the Que&s;tion in the An&s;wer, (where ne|ce&s;&s;ary.) For as by the One, the An&s;wer is made an intire Propo&s;ition, whereby they
<PB REF="3" MS="y"> may the better under&s;tand it: So by the Other, being train'd up from Children, in the Knowledg of the Holy Scriptures, they will be the more firmly &s;ettled in the Principles of the Chri&s;tian Religion.</P>
<CLOSER>Amen.</CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="catechism">
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<HEAD>THE <HI>Church Catechi&s;m Explain'd, with Scripture-Proofs.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part I.</HEAD>
<P>YOU come hither to &s;ay your Catechi&s;m:</P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> What do you mean by the word Cate|chi&s;m?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w.</HI> By the Word Catechi&s;m I mean: An in&s;tru|ction to be learn'd of every Per&s;on, before he be brought to be confirm'd by the Bi&s;hop.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you learn by that In&s;truction?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the In&s;truction in the Catechi&s;m I learn the Principles of the Chri&s;tian Religion.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is it to be a Chri&s;tian?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> A Chri&s;tian is one who believes the doctrine of Chri&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Where were tho&s;e that believ'd the doctrine of Chri&s;t, fir&s;t called Chri&s;tians?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> At <HI>Antioch.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from <HI>Acts</HI> 11. ver&s;. 26. <HI>And the Di&s;ciples were called Chri&s;tians fir&s;t at Antioch.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you any thing which particularly &s;ignifies your being a Chri&s;tian?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, my Chri&s;tian Name.</P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>What is your Name?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>M. or N.</HI></HI></P>
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<P><HI>Q</HI> Why do you call that your Chri&s;tian Name?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e it was given me when I was made a Chri&s;tian?</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you not another Name?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, my Sirname, or the Name that I had from my Father.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Why do you an&s;wer by your Chri&s;tian Name, ra|ther then your Sirname?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e it is more honourable to be related to Chri&s;t, then to any Man, tho the greate&s;t upon Earth.</P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>Who gave you your <HI>Chri&s;tian</HI> Name?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>My Godfathers and Godmothers / in my Bapti&s;m / wherein I was made a member of Chri&s;t / a Child of God / and an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why do you call them Godfathers and Godmo|thers?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I call them Godfathers and Godmothers, be|cau&s;e they pre&s;ented me to my Bapti&s;m, when I en|tred into the Covenant with Chri&s;t, and then in|gag'd to God, and the Church, to &s;ee me brought up in the Chri&s;tian Religion, to perform my part of the Covenant, and &s;o became my &s;piritual Parents.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why had you Godfathers, and Godmothers, to an&s;wer for you, and give you your Name, rather then your Parents?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> For better &s;ecurity in a ca&s;e of &s;o great moment.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What priviledges had you by your Bapti&s;m?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By my Bapti&s;m I had three great priviledges.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is the fir&s;t priviledg of your Bapti&s;m?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The fir&s;t priviledg of my Bapti&s;m is, <HI>To be a member of Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by being a member of Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean the being united to that &s;piritual body the Church, whereof Chri&s;t is the head, and from whom I derive power to live as a Chri&s;tian.</P>
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<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove, that by Bapti&s;m we are u|nited to that Spiritual Body, the Church, whereof Chri&s;t is the Head?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Cor. 12.12, 13. <HI>For as the Body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body being many, are one body: So al&s;o is Chri&s;t, for by one Spirit, are we all baptized into one body &mdash;</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is the &s;econd priviledg of your Bapti&s;m?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The &s;econd priviledg of my Bapti&s;m is, <HI>To be a Child of God.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> From whence do you prove that Chri&s;tians are Children of God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 John. 3. ver&s;. 2. <HI>Beloved now are we the Sons of God.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What were you before?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> A Child of Wrath.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How were you made a Child of God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I was made a Child of God by Adoption.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by Adoption?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By Adoption is meant not born, but admitted, or taken into the number of Gods Children thro' Chri&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that we are adopted or made the Children of God thro' Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Galat. 3. ver&s;. 26. <HI>For ye are all <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="left margin cropped or obscured" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1+ letters">he Children of God by Faith in Christ Je&s;us.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the third priviledg of your Bapti&s;m?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The third priviledg of my Bapti&s;m is, <HI>To be an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How are you an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I am an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven, becau&s;e I have a promi&s;e of that inheritance of which Chri&s;t has actually taken po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion in my behalf.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Where have you the promi&s;e of a heavenly Kingdom?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In St. Luke 12. ver&s;. 32. <HI>Fear not little flock, it is the Fathers good plea&s;ure, to give you the Kingdom.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Q.</HI> Is that promi&s;e ab&s;olute?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, the promi&s;e is conditional, which I may &s;urely obtain, if <HI>I</HI> lead a Chri&s;tian life.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove the promi&s;e of eternal hap|pine&s;s to be conditional?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove that the promi&s;e of eternal happine&s;s is conditional from Rom. 2. ver&s;. 7. where S. Paul &s;ay's, That tho&s;e who <HI>by patient continuance in well doing &s;eek for Glory, Honour, and Immortality, &s;hall have eternal life</HI> at the day of Judgment, <HI>when God &s;hall render to every one according to his Works.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Part II.</HEAD>
<P>YOU told me what you were made in Bapti&s;m, and what you were to expect thereby, if you perform'd the conditions promi&s;ed for you.</P>
<P>Q. <HI>What did your Godfathers and Godmo|thers then</HI> promi&s;e <HI>for you?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>They did promi&s;e / and vow / three things in my Name:</HI></HI> Fir&s;t, <HI>That I should renounce the Devil / and all his Works / the Pomps / and Va|nities of this wicked World.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, <HI>That I should believe all the Articles of the Chri&s;tian Faith.</HI></P>
<P>And Thirdly. <HI>That I should keep Gods holy Will and Commandments / and walk in the &s;ame all the days of my life.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What was the fir&s;t thing that was promi&s;ed and vowed in your Name, at your Bapti&s;m?</P>
<P>A <HI>That I should renounce the Devil / and all his Works / the Pomps / and Vanities of this wicked World / and all the &s;inful lu&s;ts of the flesh.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the Devil?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> mean, every one of tho&s;e envious evil Angels,
<PB N="5" REF="5"> or Spirits, who by their di&s;obedience having lo&s;t their own happine&s;s, maliciou&s;ly endeavour to deprive us of ours.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that there are &s;uch evil An|gels?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that there are evil Angels from St. Jude ver&s;. 6. <HI>And the Angels which kept not their fir&s;t e&s;tate, but left their own habitation, he hath re&s;erved in everla&s;ting chains, under darkne&s;s unto the Judgment of the great day.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that the Devil endeavours to deprive us of our happine&s;s?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Peter 5. ver&s;. 8. <HI>Be &s;ober, be vigilant, becau&s;e your adver&s;ary the Devil, as a roaring Lyon, walketh about, &s;eeking whom he may devour.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by renouncing the Devil?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By renouncing the Devil I mean, to for&s;ake, de|fy and re&s;i&s;t him.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the Works of the Devil?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the Works of the Devil I mean all &s;in what|&s;oever, to which the Devil continually tempts us.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that Sin is the Work of the Devil?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove Sin to be a Work of the Devil from 1 Joh. 3. ver&s;. 8. <HI>He that committeth Sin is of the Devil, for the Devil &s;inneth from the beginning.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Ho do you prove&punc; you are to renounce the Devil?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. James 4. ver&s;. 7. &mdash; <HI>Re&s;i&s;t the Devil, and he will flee from you.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the <HI>wicked World?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the <HI>wicked World</HI> I mean all the cu&s;tomes of the World, that intice to &s;in.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the <HI>Pomps</HI> thereof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the <HI>Pomps</HI> of the World I mean Riches, Honours, and Plea&s;ures.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Are Riches, Honours, and Plea&s;ures then un|lawful?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, Riches, Honours, and Plea&s;ures are un|lawful, &s;o far as they prove Snares to lead Men to &s;in.</P>
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<P><HI>Q</HI> How mu&s;t you renounce the&s;e <HI>Pomps</HI> of the World?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mu&s;t renounce the <HI>Pomps</HI> of the World, by refraining from Pride, Ambition, and Covetou&s;ne&s;s, and from all exce&s;s in the u&s;e of Gods Creatures.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you are thus to re|nounce them?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 John 2. ver&s;. 15, 16. <HI>Love not the World, nor the things that are in the World, if any Man love the World, the Love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the World, the lu&s;t of the Fle&s;h, and the lu&s;t of the Eyes, and the pride of the life is not of the Father, but is of the World.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by the <HI>&s;inful lu&s;ts of the Flesh?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the <HI>&s;inful lu&s;ts of the Flesh</HI> I mean all im|pure de&s;ires di&s;orderly <HI>affections,</HI> and vitious <HI>inclinations.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you are to renounce the lu&s;ts of the Fle&s;h?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Pet. 2. ver&s;. 11. <HI>Dear|ly beloved, I be&s;eech you as Strangers and Pilgrims to ab&s;tain from fle&s;hly lu&s;ts, which war again&s;t the Soul.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What further rea&s;on have you to renounce the &s;inful lu&s;ts of the Fle&s;h?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I have further rea&s;on to renounce them, becau&s;e Chri&s;t tells us, that they defile or corrupt a Man.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Where does Chri&s;t tells us &s;o?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In St. Mark 7 ver&s;. 21, 22, 23. <HI>For from within, out of the Heart of Man proceed evil thoughts, Adulteries, Fornications, Murders, Thefts, Covetou&s;ne&s;s, an evil Eye, Bla&s;phemy, Pride, Fooli&s;hne&s;s: All the&s;e evil things come from within, and defile the Man.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Part III.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is the &s;econd thing, that your <HI>God|fathers and Godmo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hers promi&s;ed for you?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>That I should believe all the Articles of the Chri&s;tian Faith.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Where are the&s;e Articles to be found?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In the holy Scriptures, the chiefe&s;t points whereof, are briefly &s;umm'd up in that which is cal|led the Apo&s;tles Creed.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the third thing promi&s;ed for you, by your <HI>Godfathers and Godmothers?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>To keep Gods holy Will and Command|ments / and to walk in the &s;ame all the days of my life.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Where do you find the&s;e Commandments?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In the holy Scriptures, and particularly in the 20th. Chapter of Exodus.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean, by <HI>keeping</HI> and walking in <HI>Gods Commandments / to your lives end?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean, the living in a con&s;tant cour&s;e of obe|dience to God, and per&s;evering in the &s;ame, as long as I live.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What obligation lyes on you to this perfor|mance?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The <HI>Vow</HI> made for me in my <HI>Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>Do you think that you are bound to believe / and do as your Godfathers and Godmothers pro|mi&s;ed for you?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Yes verily / and by Gods help &s;o I will / and I heartily thank our heavenly Father / that he hath called me to this State of Salvation / thro' Ie&s;us Chri&s;t our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give
<PB N="8" REF="7"> me his grace / that I may continue in the fame to my lives end.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But how can the <HI>Vow</HI> made by your <HI>God|fathers and Godmothers</HI> oblige you?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e <HI>they promi&s;ed and vowed in my name,</HI> and if I do not make it good, I loo&s;e the benefit of the Covenant then entred into.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But are you <HI>able</HI> to perform the&s;e things?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I am not <HI>able</HI> of my &s;elf, and therefore I &s;ay <HI>by Gods help / &s;o I will.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you need Gods help for the performance of your Duty.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Philip. 2. ver&s;. 13. <HI>For it is God that worketh in you, both <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 word"> wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> and to do, of his good plea&s;ure.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> By what means are you to obtain Gods A&s;&s;i|&s;tance?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I am to obtain Gods A&s;&s;i&s;tance by Prayer and Thankfulne&s;s.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But how are you a&s;&s;ur'd, that you &s;hall obtain Gods a&s;&s;i&s;tance?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I am a&s;&s;ur'd of God's a&s;&s;i&s;tance from his graci|cious promi&s;e St. Luke 11. ver&s;, 13. where Chri&s;t &s;ay's, &mdash; <HI>your heavenly Father will give the holy Spirit to them that ask him.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought to give God thanks, for <HI>calling</HI> you <HI>to this State of Salvation?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Colo&s;&s;. 1. ver&s;. 12, 13. where the Apo&s;tle exhorts the Colo&s;&s;ians, <HI>To give thanks to the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the Inhe|ritance of the Saints in light; who hath deliver'd us from the power of darkne&s;s, and hath tran&s;lated us into the Kingdom of his dear Son.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why do you call your Chri&s;tian State a <HI>State of Salvation?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e I have therein all the means of Salva|tion.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove it?</P>
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<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Rom. 1. ver&s;. 16. where St. Paul calls the Go&s;pel of Chri&s;t, <HI>The power of God unto Salvation, to every one that believeth</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why are you <HI>to pray unto God to give</HI> you <HI>his Grace?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I am <HI>to pray unto God to give me his grace</HI> / that <HI>I</HI> may thereby be enabled to continue faithful in his &s;ervice <HI>unto my lives end.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you may obtain grace by Prayer?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Hebr. 4. ver&s;. 16. <HI>Let us come boldly to the Throne of Grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove, that you ought to per&s;e|vere in the&s;e duties, to your lives end?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Hebrews 10. ver&s;. 38. &mdash; <HI>If any Man draw back, my Soul &s;hall have no plea&s;ure in him.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from Revel. 2. ver&s;. 10 &mdash; <HI>Be thou faith|ful unto death, and I will give thee a Crown of life.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Part IV.</HEAD>
<P>YOU &s;aid that the Articles of your Chri&s;tian Faith were to be found in the holy Scriptures, and are chiefly &s;umm'd up, in that which is called the Apo|&s;tles Creed.</P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> Are there any other Creeds?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w.</HI> Yes: But the chiefe&s;t of them are tho&s;e call'd the <HI>Nicene,</HI> and <HI>Athana&s;ian</HI> Creed.</P>
<P>Q. What difference is there between tho&s;e Creeds?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Not any in &s;ub&s;tance, only the&s;e two are an enlargement, and explanation, of &s;ome Articles in the Apo&s;tles Creed.</P>
<P>Q. Why is it call'd the Apo&s;tles Creed?</P>
<PB N="10" REF="8">
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e it contains the Summ of the doctrines preach'd by the Apo&s;tles, and there being twelve Articles in it, Some think it was compo&s;ed by the Apo&s;tles them&s;elves, or by Apo&s;tolical Men, accord|ing to the number of the Apo&s;tles.</P>
<P>Q Rehear&s;e the Articles of thy Belief?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I <HI>Believe in God the Father Almighty / Ma|ker of Heaven and Earth. And in Ie&s;us Chri&s;t / his only Son / our Lord; Who was con|ceived by the Holy Go&s;t / born of the Virgin</HI> Mary, <HI>&s;uffered under</HI> Pontius Pilate, <HI>was crucified / dead / and buried / He de&s;cended into Hell / the third day He ro&s;e again from the dead; He a&s;cended into Heaven. And &s;itteth at the right Hand of G<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to Iudg the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Gho&s;t / the holy Catholick Church / the Commu|nion of Saints / the Forgivene&s;s of Sins the Re&s;ur|rection of the Body / and the life everla&s;ting</HI> Amen.</P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>What do you chiefly learn by the&s;e Articles of your Belief?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Fir&s;t / I learn to believe in God the Father / who hath made me and all the World.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Secondly / In God the Son / who hath redeemed me and all mankind.</HI></P>
<P><HI>And Thirdly / In God the Holy Gho&s;t / who &s;anctifieth me and all the elect people of God.</HI></P>
<P>Q What do you mean, when you &s;ay, <HI>I believe.</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> mean, that <HI>I</HI> am fully per&s;waded of the truth of every Article</P>
<P>Q. Are the&s;e Words, <HI>I believe</HI> / to be placed only at the beginning of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, they are to be carryed through, and un|der&s;tood, at the beginning of every Article.</P>
<P>You &s;ay you believe in God. Q. What is God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> God is an eternal Spirit, infinite in Power, and Wi&s;dom, and all other perfections.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove, that God is a Spirit?</P>
<PB N="11" REF="8">
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from St. John 4. ver&s;. 24. where Chri&s;t &s;ay's, <HI>God is a Spirit.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove the Eternity and Wi&s;dom of God?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from 1 Tim. 1. ver&s;. 17. <HI>Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invi&s;ible, the only wi&s;e God be Ho|nour and Glory for ever and ever,</HI> Amen.</P>
<P>But you &s;aid, that you learn'd from the Articles of the Chri&s;tan Faith, to believe in God the Father, and God the Son&punc; and God the Holy Gho&s;t.</P>
<P>Q. Are there three Gods?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, There are three di&s;tinct per&s;ons in the God|head, and yet but one God.</P>
<P>Q What proof have you that there is but one God?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from 1 Corinth. 8. ver&s;. 4. &mdash; <HI>there is no other God but one.</HI></P>
<P>Q Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from St. Mark 12. ver&s;. 29. <HI>And Je&s;us an|&s;wer'd him, the fir&s;t of all the Commandments is, Hear O I&s;rael, the Lord our God is one Lord</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q What proof have you of three Per&s;ons in the unity of the Godhead?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from 1. John 5 ver&s; 7 <HI>There are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Gho&s;t, and the&s;e three are One.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part V.</HEAD>
<P>YOU &s;ay, you <HI>believe in God the Father.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> Why do you call him <HI>Father?</HI></P>
<P><HI>An&s;w.</HI> Becau&s;e, he is the <HI>Father</HI> of our <HI>Lord Ie|&s;us Chri&s;t;</HI> and the Creator of Angels and Men.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that God is th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Father o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> our Lord Ie&s;us Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<PB N="12" REF="9">
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from 2 Corinth. 1 ver&s;. 3. <HI>Ble&s;&s;ed be God even the Father of our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that God is our Father?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from I&s;aiah 63. ver&s;. 16. <HI>Doubtle&s;s thou art our Father, O Lord</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q What do you mean, by <HI>Almighty?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>Almighty</HI> I mean that God is able to do all things.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that God is able to do all things?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Matth. 19. ver&s; 26 &mdash; <HI>with God all things are po&s;&s;ible</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q Have you no proof from the old Te&s;tament?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from Gen. 17. ver&s;. 1 &mdash; <HI>I am the Almigh|ty God</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. What do you mean by <HI>Heaven and Earth?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean the whole World, and all that therein is.</P>
<P>Q How did God make the World?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By his Word.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove, that God made the World?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Acts 17. ver. 24 &mdash; <HI>God that made the World,</HI> &mdash; And al&s;o from the Hi&s;tory of the Crea|tion, written at large in the fir&s;t Chapter of <HI>Gene&s;is.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove, that God made the World by his Word?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Hebr. 11. ver&s;. 3. <HI>Thro' Faith we under&s;tand, that the Worlds were framed by the Word of God</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q How was Man created?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> His body was formed out of the Earth, and his Soul in&s;pired by God.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Gen. 2. ver&s;. 7. <HI>The Lord God formed Man of the du&s;t of the ground, and breathed into his N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;trils the breath of life; and Man became a living Soul.</HI></P>
<P>Q Was Woman created &s;o?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> No, &s;he was creared of a Rib taken from Man,</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from Gen. 2. ver&s;. 22. <HI>And the Rib
<PB N="13" REF="9"> which the Lord God hath taken from Man, made he Wo|man</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. Was Man made like unto any of the Creatures upon Earth?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, Man was not made like any of the Crea|tures upon Earth, but he was made after the Image of God.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Gen. 5. ver&s;. 1 &mdash; <HI>In the day that God created Man, in the likene&s;s of God made he him.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Why; has God a body like Man?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, God has not a body, for he <HI>is a Spirit,</HI> as was proved from St. John 4. ver&s;. 24.</P>
<P>Q. Wherein then did Mans likene&s;s to God con&s;i&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Mans likene&s;s to God con&s;i&s;ts in having a rea|&s;onable Soul endued with righteou&s;ne&s;s and purity.</P>
<P>Q Did Man continue in that State of Innocence in which he was created?</P>
<P><HI>A,</HI> No, in <HI>Adams</HI> di&s;obedience all fell from it?</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove it?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from Rom. 5. ver&s;. 12 &mdash; <HI>As by one Man &s;in entred into the World, and Death by &s;in, &s;o Death pa&s;&s;ed upon all Men, for that all have &s;inned.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Is there no means of recovery?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, by <HI>Ie&s;us Chri&s;t</HI> the only Son of God.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from St. John 3. ver&s;. 16. <HI>God &s;o loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, that who&s;oever be|lieveth in him, &s;hould not peri&s;h, but have everla&s;ting life.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part VI.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is the &s;econd Article of the Apo&s;tles Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>And (I believe) in Ie&s;us Chri&s;t / his only Son / our Lord.</HI></HI></P>
<PB N="14" REF="10">
<P>Q. How do you prove that you are to believe in Je&s;us Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from 1 John 3.23 &mdash; <HI>And this i<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> his Commandment, that we &s;hould believe in the Name of his. Son Je&s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P>Q How is <HI>Ie&s;us Chri&s;t</HI> the Son of God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Je&s;us Chri&s;t is the Son of God by nature, begot|ten from everla&s;ting of the Father.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from St. John 1 ver&s;. 14 &mdash; <HI>We beheld his Glory, the Glory as of the only begotten of the Father</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q Why is he called <HI>Ie&s;us?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> He is called Je&s;us, becau&s;e he is a Saviour, for &s;o the word Je&s;us &s;ignifies.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from the Angels charge to <HI>Jo&s;eph,</HI> St. Matth 1 ver&s;. 21 &mdash; <HI>Thou &s;halt call his Name Je&s;us, for he &s;hall &s;ave his people from their Sins.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Why is he called <HI>Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> He is called Chri&s;t, becau&s;e he is the promi&s;ed Me&s;&s;iah, or the anointed of God; for &s;o the words Chri&s;t and Me&s;&s;iah &s;ignifie.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that Me&s;&s;iah is Chri&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from St. John 4. ver&s;. 25 &mdash; <HI>I know that Me&s;&s;iah cometh, who is called Chri&s;t</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. How was <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> anointed?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t was anointed not with Oyle, but by the Spirit of God.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from St. Luke 4. ver&s;. 18. <HI>The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, becau&s;e he hath anointed me</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. To what was <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> the Son of God anointed?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t was anointed to three great Offices, of Prophet, Prie&s;t, and King.</P>
<P>Q. Wherein was <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> a Prophet?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t was a Prophet in revealing and preaching the Will of his heavenly Father.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> was anointed to preach?</P>
<PB N="15" REF="10">
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from the afore&s;aid Text St. Luke 4. ver&s;. 18 &mdash; <HI>He has anointed me to preach the Go&s;pel</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How is he a Prie&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t is a Prie&s;t by offering him&s;elf a Sacrifice, and always interceding for us, as our Mediator.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Chri&s;t is a Prie&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Hebr. 6. ver&s;. 20 &mdash; <HI>Even Je&s;us, made an High Prie&s;t for ever after the order of Melchi&s;edek.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that he is a King?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Hebr. 1 ver&s;. 8. <HI>But unto the Son he &s;aith, thy Throne O God is for ever, a Scepter of righteou&s;|ne&s;s is the Scepter of thy Kingdom.</HI></P>
<P>Q Have you any proof, that Chri&s;t, the promi&s;ed Me&s;&s;iah, was to be a King</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from the Prop<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">et Zachary Chap. 9. ver&s;. 9 &mdash; <HI>Behold thy King cometh unto thee &mdash; lowly, and riding upon an A&s;s</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. How is Chri&s;t our King?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t is a King in governing, and protecting his Church? whereof we are Members.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Ephe&s;. 1. ver&s;. 22 &mdash; <HI>And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be Head over all things to the Church.</HI></P>
<P>Q How is <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> our Lord?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t is our Lord becau&s;e by the exerci&s;e of the&s;e Offices, of Prophet, Prie&s;t, and King, he has power and dominion over us.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> to be our Lord?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Acts 10. ver&s;. 36 &mdash; <HI>He is Lord of all.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part VII.</HEAD>
<P>YOU have already &s;hew'd Chri&s;t to be the Son of God,</P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> Is he not al&s;o the Son of Man</P>
<PB N="16" REF="11">
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, He is.</P>
<P>Q Is Chri&s;t then two per&s;ons?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, Chri&s;t is both God and Man in one Per&s;on.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Timoth. 3. ver&s;. 16 &mdash; <HI>God was manife&s;ted in the Fle&s;h</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. How did Chri&s;t become Man?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> He was <HI>conceived by the Holy Gho&s;t / and born of the Virgin</HI> Mary, as it is expre&s;&s;ed in the third Article of the Creed.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that Chri&s;t <HI>was conceived of the Holy Gho&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Luke 1 ver&s;. 35. <HI>The Holy Gho&s;t &s;hall come upon thee; and the power of the Highe&s;t &s;hall over&s;hadow thee, therefore al&s;o that holy thing that &s;hall be born of thee, &s;hall be called the Son of God.</HI></P>
<P>Q How do you prove that Chri&s;t was to be born of a Virgin?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from I&s;aiah 7. ver&s;. 14 &mdash; <HI>behold a Vi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">|gin &s;hall conceive and bear a Son, and they &s;hall call his Name Immanuel.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that it was to be the <HI>Virgin Mary?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Luke 1 ver&s;. 26, 27 &mdash; <HI>And the Angel Gabriel was &s;ent from God, to a Virgin e&s;pou&s;ed to a Man who&s;e Name was Jo&s;eph &mdash; and the Virgins Name was Mary.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that <HI>Ie&s;us Chri&s;t</HI> was born of this Virgin?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Luke 2. ver&s;. 7. and 21. <HI>And &s;he brought forth her fir&s;t born Son, &mdash; and his Name was called Je&s;us</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q To what end was Chri&s;t born?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t was born that he might be capable of be|ing our Redeemer, and making &s;atisfaction for our Sins.</P>
<P>Q. How did Chri&s;t make this &s;atisfaction?</P>
<PB N="17" REF="11">
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t made this &s;atisfaction by <HI>&s;uffering for us</HI> / as it is expre&s;s'd in the fourth Article of the Creed.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How is it there expre&s;s'd?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>He &s;uffered under Pontius Pilate / was cru|cified / dead / and buried / He de&s;cended into Hell.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Who was <HI>Pontius Pilate?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The Roman Governor of <HI>Judea,</HI> the Jews be|ing at that time &s;ubject to the Romans.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How did Chri&s;t &s;uffer under <HI>Pontius Pilate?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> He underwent many mi&s;eries, and at la&s;t death it &s;elf, being <HI>crucified</HI> by his appointment.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by <HI>crucified?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>crucified</HI> / I mean the nailing of his hands and feet to a Cro&s;s of Wood, and his body &s;o conti|nued hanging, till he dyed.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that Chri&s;t was <HI>crucified?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t was <HI>crucified</HI> from St. Mat. 27. ver&s;. 35. <HI>And they crucified him</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Chri&s;t dyed on the Cro&s;s?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t dyed on the Cro&s;s from St. John 19. ver&s;. 30 &mdash; <HI>And he bowed his Head, and gave up the Gho&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that he was <HI>buried?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t was buryed from St. Mat. 27. ver&s;. 59, 60. <HI>And when Jo&s;eph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linnen Cloath, and laid it in his own new tomb</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why did Chri&s;t &s;uffer the death of the Cro&s;s?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t &s;uffer'd the death of the Cro&s;s to deliver us from the cur&s;e and puni&s;hment due to our Sins.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove, that Chri&s;t's &s;uffering on the Cro&s;s has deliver'd us from the puni&s;hment due to our Sins?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Galat. 3. ver&s;. 13. <HI>Chri&s;t hath de|livered us from the cur&s;e of the Law, being made a cur&s;e for us, for it is written, cur&s;ed is every one that hangeth on a Tree.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you another proof?</P>
<PB N="18" REF="12">
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes from 1 Pet. 2.24. <HI>Who his own &s;elf bare our Sins, in his own body on the Tree</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by Chri&s;t's <HI>de&s;cending in|to Hell?</HI></P>
<P>A. By Chri&s;t's de&s;cending into Hell, I mean, that after he was <HI>dead and buried</HI> / his Soul and Body continued in the State of &s;eparation till his Re&s;urre|ction.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why was he not to continue in that State?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t was not to continue in that State of &s;e|paration, becau&s;e <HI>death</HI> was not to <HI>have dominion over him,</HI> as the Apo&s;tle tells us, <HI>Rom.</HI> 6. ver&s;. 9.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="8" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part VIII.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is the fifth Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w. <HI>The third day he ro&s;e again from the dead.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by Chri&s;ts Re&s;urrection?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> By Chri&s;ts Re&s;urrection, I mean, his ri&s;ing from his grave to life, by uniting his Body and Soul toge|ther again.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Chri&s;t did thus ri&s;e from his grave?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t thus ro&s;e from his grave from St. Matth. 28. ver&s; 5, 6. <HI>And the Angel an&s;wer'd and &s;aid unto the Women, fear not ye, I know that ye &s;eek Je|&s;us that was crucified, he is not here, for he is ri&s;en, as he &s;aid; c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">me &s;ee the place where the Lord lay.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes; From Acts 10 ver&s;. 40, 41. <HI>Him God rai|&s;ed up the third day, and &s;hew'd him openly, not to all the people, but to Witne&s;&s;es cho&s;en before of God, even us, who did eat and drink with him, after he ro&s;e from the dead.</HI></P>
<PB N="19" REF="12">
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove, that Chri&s;t ro&s;e again with the &s;ame Soul and Body, which he had before?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Chri&s;t's own words to his Di&s;|ciples, when he appear'd to them, and they were troubled at his pre&s;ence, St. Luke 24. ver&s;. 38, 39. <HI>And he &s;aith unto them, why are ye troubled, and why do thoughts ari&s;e in your hearts: Behold my Hands and my Feet, that it is I my &s;elf: handle me and &s;ee, for a Spirit has not fle&s;h and bones as ye &s;ee me have.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why did <HI>Chri&s;t ri&s;e again the third day</HI> after his Crucifixion?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t ro&s;e again the third day, to &s;hew that his body was not corrupted in the Earth, and to ful|fil what the Prophet and he him&s;elf foretold of his Re&s;urrection.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What Prophet foretold Chri&s;ts Re&s;urrection?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The Prophet David, P&s;alm 16. ver&s;. 10. <HI>Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell, neither wilt thou &s;uffer thy Holy one to &s;ee corruption.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that this was &s;poken of Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e it is applyed to him by St. Peter, Acts 2. ver&s;. 31. And by St. Paul, Acts 13. ver&s;. 35. in their di&s;cour&s;e to the Jews</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Where does Chri&s;t foretell his <HI>ri&s;ing again the third day?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> He foretells it in St. Mat. 16. ver&s;. 21. <HI>And from that time forth, began Je&s;us to &s;hew unto his di&s;ciples, that he mu&s;t go unto Jeru&s;alem, and &s;uffer many things of the elders, and chief Prie&s;ts, and Scribes, and be killed, and be rai&s;ed again the third day.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Of what advantage is Chri&s;ts Re&s;urrection to us?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By Chri&s;ts Re&s;urrection we are a&s;&s;ur'd, that the great work of our Redemption is fulfilled; and that we our &s;elves &s;hall be rai&s;ed from our graves at the la&s;t day.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that our Redemption was compleated by our Saviours ri&s;ing from the dead?</P>
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<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Rom. 4. ver&s;. 25 &mdash; <HI>who was de|liver'd for our Offences, and was rai&s;ed again for our Ju&s;tifi|cation.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that Chri&s;ts Re&s;urrection is an a&s;&s;urance of ours.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Corinth. 15, 20, 22 &mdash; <HI>Chri&s;t is ri&s;en from the dead, and became the fir&s;t fruits of them that &s;lept. For as in Adam all dye, even &s;o in Christ &s;hall all be made alive.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the &s;ixth Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A <HI>He a&s;cended into Heaven / and &s;itteth at the right Hand of God the Father Almighty</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by <HI>a&s;cending into Heaven?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By a&s;cending <HI>into Heaven</HI> / I m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">an, that our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t fourty days after his Re&s;urrection went up bodily <HI>into Heaven.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove Chri&s;t's A&s;cention?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove Chri&s;ts A&s;cention from Acts 1. ver&s;. 9&mdash; <HI>While they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their &s;ight.</HI></P>
<P>You told me formerly, that God is a Spirit.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How then can you &s;ay, that <HI>Chri&s;t &s;itteth at the right hand of God?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> This is &s;poken after the manner of Men, becau&s;e &s;itting at the right hand, &s;ignifies the highe&s;t dignity and authority.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that Chri&s;t is <HI>at the right hand of God?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Pet. 3. ver&s;. 22. <HI>Who is gone into Heaven, and is at the right hand of God, Angels and authorities and powers, being made &s;ubject unto him.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What advantage do we receive by our Saviour Chri&s;t's a&s;cention into Heaven?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The advantages that we receive by Chri&s;t's A&s;|cention into Heaven, are his appearing in the pre|&s;ence of God for us, as our Mediator and Advocate.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that Chri&s;t is our Advocate, and interceeds for us?</P>
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<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t is our Advocate, from Hebr. 7. ver&s;. 25. <HI>Wherefore he is able to &s;ave them to the utter|mo&s;t, that come unto God by him, &s;eeing he ever liveth to make interce&s;&s;ion for them.</HI></P>
<P>Q Is Chri&s;t our only Mediator?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, He is.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Tim. 2, 5. <HI>For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and Man, the Man Chri&s;t Je&s;us.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Why is Chri&s;t alone our Mediator?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e he alone <HI>dyed and ro&s;e up again</HI> for us, as appears from Rom. 8. ver&s; 34 &mdash; <HI>It is Chri&s;t that dyed, yea rather that is ri&s;en again, who is even at the right hand of God, who al&s;o make<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">h interce&s;&s;ion for us.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is the &s;eventh Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>From thence he shall come to judg the quick and the dead.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by this Article?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean, that the Lord Je&s;us &s;hall come again, in the &s;ame Per&s;on, in which he was before on Earth, and will judg both tho&s;e that &s;hall be found alive at his &s;econd coming, and al&s;o all tho&s;e that were dead before.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that Chri&s;t &s;hall come again, in the &s;ame Per&s;on that he was on Earth?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t &s;hall come again in the &s;ame Per&s;on that he was on Earth, from the Angels Speech to his Di&s;ciples at his A&s;cention, Acts 1. ver&s;. 11. <HI>Ye Men of Galilee, why &s;tand ye gazing up into Heaven; this &s;ame Je&s;us which is taken up from you into Heaven, &s;hall &s;o come in like-manner, as ye have &s;een him go into Heaven.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Chri&s;t <HI>shall come to judg</HI> the World?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t &s;hall come to judg the World from St. Matth. 16. ver&s;. 27. <HI>For the Son of Man &s;hall come in the glory of his Father, with his Angels, and then &s;hall he reward every Man according to his works.</HI></P>
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<P>Q. How do you prove. that Chri&s;t <HI>shall judg</HI> both tho&s;e that are found alive at his coming, and tho&s;e that were <HI>dead</HI> before?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Acts 10. ver&s;. 42 &mdash; <HI>It is he that was ordain'd of God, to be the Judg of quick and dead.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Part IX.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is the eighth Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>I believe in the Holy Gho&s;t.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the Word <HI>Gho&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The Word <HI>Gho&s;t</HI> &s;ignifies a Spirit.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why do you call him <HI>holy?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> He is called <HI>holy</HI> / becau&s;e he is <HI>holy</HI> in him&s;elf, and by his working on the Soul, is the Authour of all holine&s;s in us.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that he is <HI>holy</HI> in him&s;elf?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that he is <HI>holy</HI> in him&s;elf, becau&s;e he is call'd the <HI>Holy Spirit,</HI> 1 The&s;. 4. ver&s;. 8.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that the <HI>Holy Gho&s;t</HI> is the Authour of holine&s;s in us?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that the <HI>Holy Gho&s;t</HI> is the Authour of holine&s;s in us, becau&s;e we are &s;aid to be <HI>&s;anctified by the Holy Ghost,</HI> Rom. 15. ver&s;. 16.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by believing in the <HI>Holy Gho&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean, that I believe him to be the third Per|&s;on in the Holy Trinity, who proceedeth from the Father, and the Son.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that he proceeds from the Father, and the Son?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. John. 15. ver&s;. 26 &mdash; <HI>When the Comforter is come, whom I will &s;end unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, who proceedeth from the Father</HI> &mdash;</P>
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<P><HI>Q</HI> What is the ninth Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I believe <HI>the Holy Catholick Church / the com|munion of Saints.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by <HI>Church?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>Church</HI> I mean the Society of Believers in all ages and places, making one body under Chri&s;t their Head.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that Chri&s;t is the Head of the <HI>Church?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove Chri&s;t to be the Head of the <HI>Church</HI> from Ephe&s; 1. ver&s;. 22, 23 &mdash; <HI>And gave him to be Head over all things to the Church which is his body</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that this <HI>Church</HI> is <HI>holy?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that this <HI>Church</HI> is <HI>holy</HI> from Ephe&s;. 5. ver&s;. 27. <HI>That he might pre&s;ent it to him&s;elf a Glorious Church, not having &s;pot or wrinkle, or any &s;uch thing, but that it &s;hould be holy, and without blemi&s;h.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the Word <HI>Catholick?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The Word <HI>Catholick</HI> &s;ignifies univer&s;al, and therefore the <HI>Church</HI> is not confined either to the <HI>Jews,</HI> or to <HI>Rome,</HI> or to any other particular place or Nation.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that the <HI>Church</HI> is Uni|ver&s;al?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the Church to be Catholick or Univer|&s;al from Revel. 5. ver&s;. 9. <HI>And they &s;ung a new Song, &s;aying, Thou art worthy to take the Book and to open the Seals thereof, for thou ha&s;t redeemed us to God, by thy Blood, out of every Kindred, and Tongue, and People, and Nation.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why do you add the <HI>Communion of Saints</HI> to this ninth Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e as Members of the <HI>Catholick Church</HI> we ought to maintain <HI>Communion</HI> / or fellow&s;hip, in joyning with one another, in the Word and Sacra|ments, under Pa&s;tours lawfully ordained, and in all other offices of Piety and Charity.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that <HI>the Communion of Saints</HI> is joyning in the Word and Sacraments un|der &s;uch Pa&s;tors?</P>
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<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from the practice of the fir&s;t Chri|&s;tians recorded, Acts 2. ver&s;. 42. <HI>And they continued &s;tedfa&s;tly in the Apo&s;tles doctrine, and fellow&s;hip, and is breaking of Bread and in Prayers.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that a fellow&s;hip one with another is required from Chri&s;tians.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 John 1. ver&s;. 7. <HI>If we walk in the Light &mdash; we have fellow&s;hip one with another</HI> &mdash;</P>
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<HEAD>Part X.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is the tenth Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>The forgivene&s;s of Sins.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by <HI>forgivene&s;s of Sins?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean by <HI>forgivene&s;s of Sins</HI> / a relea&s;e from guilt and puni&s;hment, to which we became lyable by tran&s;gre&s;&s;ing the Law of God.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Who are capable of receiving this <HI>forgivene&s;s of Sins?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> All true penitents.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that all true Penitents are capable of re|ceiving forgivene&s;s of Sins, from Acts 3.19. <HI>Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your Sins may be blotted out, when the times of refre&s;hing &s;hall come from the pre&s;ence of the Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> By whom is this <HI>forgivene&s;s of Sins</HI> to be ob|tained?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>This forgivene&s;s of Sins</HI></HI> is to be obtain'd by the merits and interce&s;&s;ion of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, the only Son of God.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that <HI>forgivene&s;s of Sins</HI> is to be ob|tain'd thro' Chri&s;t, from 1 John 2 ver&s;. 1, 2. &mdash; <HI>If any Man &s;in, we have an Advocate with the Father Je&s;us
<PB N="25" REF="16"> Chri&s;t the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our Sins: and not for ours only, but al&s;o for the Sins of the whole World</HI></P>
<P>Q What is the eleventh Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A <HI>The Re&s;urrection of the body.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you mean by <HI>Re&s;urrection of the body?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>Re&s;urrection</HI> I mean, that I believe, that the dead bodies of all mankind, &s;hall be rai&s;ed out of their graves at the la&s;t day, and by the power of God, &s;hall be re-united to their Souls.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove this Re&s;urrection?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St John 5. ver&s;. 28 29. where Chri&s;t &s;ays &mdash; <HI>The hour is coming, when all that are in their Graves &s;hall hear his voice, and come forth</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q What is the twelfth and la&s;t Article of the Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>The Life everla&s;ting.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you mean by <HI>Life everla&s;ting?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>By Life everla&s;ting</HI></HI> I mean that after the Re|&s;urrection the Righteous &s;hall enjoy glory and hap|pine&s;s both of body and Soul for ever in Heaven.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that the Righteous &s;hall be thus happy?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Pet. 5. ver&s;. 4. <HI>When the chief Shepherd &s;hall appear, ye &s;hall receive a Crown of Glory which fadeth not away.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from St. Mat. 25. ver&s;. 46&mdash; <HI>the Righteous &s;hall go into life eternal.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Mu&s;t none ri&s;e again but the Righteous?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, both bad and good, &s;hall ri&s;e.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that both good and bad &s;hall ri&s;e, from Acts 24. ver&s;. 15 &mdash; <HI>There &s;hall be a Re&s;urrection both of the Ju&s;t, and Unju&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What then &s;hall become of the wicked <HI>at the Re&s;urrection?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>At the Re&s;urrection</HI></HI> the wicked &s;hall be ba|ni&s;h'd
<PB N="26" REF="17"> from the pre&s;ence of God, and be tormented for ever in Hell, with the Devil and his Angels.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. John 5 ver&s;. 29 &mdash; <HI>And they that have done evil, &s;hall have a Re&s;urrection unto Dam|nation</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> Yes, from St. Matth. 25. ver&s;. 41. and 46. <HI>And Chri&s;t &s;hall &s;ay unto them on his left hand, depart from me ye cur&s;ed, into everla&s;ting fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels, &mdash; and the&s;e &s;hall go into everla&s;ting puni&s;h|men<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q Why do you end your Belief with the Word <HI>Amen</HI> with which you al&s;o end your Prayers?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> Becau&s;e the Word <HI>Amen</HI> is a note of affirmati|on, that it is &s;o: as well as a note of de&s;ire, or wi&s;h|ing that it &s;hould be &s;o.</P>
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<HEAD>Part XI.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t. <HI>YOV &s;aid that your Godfathers and God|mot<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ers did promi&s;e for you / that you should keep Gods Commandments / tell me how many Commandments there be?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A <HI>Ten</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. <HI>Which be they?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>The &s;ame which God &s;pake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus / &s;aying / I am the Lord thy God / who brought thee out of the Land of Egypt / out of the Hou&s;e of bondage.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q What is the meaning of the&s;e Words?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> The&s;e Words are a preface to all the Command|ments, and &s;hew the Power and Authority of God, who enjoyn'd them.</P>
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<P>Q. Why is the Children of <HI>I&s;raels</HI> deliverance out of <HI>Egypt,</HI> particularly mention'd in this preface?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e the Children of <HI>I&s;raels</HI> deliverance out of <HI>Egypt</HI> by the hand of <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> was a Type or Re|&s;emblance of our deliverance from a wor&s;e than Egyp|tian bondage by Chri&s;t Je&s;us.</P>
<P>Q Are we oblig'd to ob&s;erve all the Laws or Commandments deliver'd by <HI>Mo&s;es?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A,</HI> No, we are only obliged to keep tho&s;e Laws, deliverd by <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> which are called Moral.</P>
<P>Q What other Laws did <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> deliver?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> The Ceremonial, and Judicial.</P>
<P>Q What do you mean by the Moral Law?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> By the Moral Law, I mean the univer&s;al Law of good and evil, by which all Men are oblig'd to regulate or order their lives and actions.</P>
<P>Q W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">at do you mean by the Ceremonial Law?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the Ceremonial Law I mean that part of the Law of <HI>Mo&s;es,</HI> which orders and appoints the man|ner of the Jewi&s;h wor&s;hip and &s;acrifices.</P>
<P>Q What do you mean by the Judicial Law?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the Judicial Law I mean that which ordered the Civil Government of the Jewi&s;h Nation.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that we Chri&s;tians are obliged to keep the Moral Law?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;tians ought to keep the Mo|ral Law from St Matth. 19. where our Saviour Chri&s;t, repeating the particulars of that Law, con|tain'd in the ten Commandments, &s;ays, at the 19. ver&s;. <HI>If thou w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">lt enter into life, keep the Commandments.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that we are not to ob&s;erve the Ceremonial Law?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we are not to ob&s;erve the Ceremo|nial Law from Ephe&s;. 2. ver&s;. 15 where the Apo&s;tle &s;ays, <HI>Having aboli&s;h'd in his Fle&s;h the Enmi y, even the Law of Commandments, contained in Ordinances</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. What is here meant by Ordinances?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By Ordinances is here meant the rites of the Ceremonial Law.</P>
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<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you not another proof of Chri&s;t's requi|ting our Ob&s;ervance of the Moral Law?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from St. Matth. 22. ver&s;. 37, 38, 39, 40. <HI>J<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;us &s;aid unto him, Thou &s;halt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy mind. This is the fir&s;t and great Commandment; And the &s;econd is like unto it; Thou &s;halt love thy Neighbour as thy &s;elf; on the&s;e two Commandments hang all the Laws and the Pro|phets.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Why doth our Saviour &s;ay, there are but two Comm<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ndments when it appears, tha<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> there are ten?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> Becau<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e all the Ten Commandments are con|tained in tho&s;e two that Chri&s;t mention'd. And they were all written in two Tables of Stone.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How many Commandments are contain'd in each Ta<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">le?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> The four fir&s;t were written in the fir&s;t Table, and the &s;ix other were written in the &s;econd.</P>
<P>Q <HI>What doe&s;t thou chiefly learn by the&s;e Com|mandments?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>I learn two things / my Duty towards God</HI></HI> / in the fir&s;t Table; <HI>and my Duty towards my Neighbour</HI> / in the &s;econd Table.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is thy Duty towards God?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>My Duty towards God is to believe him / to fear him and to love him with all my heart / with all my mind / with all my Soul / and with all my Strength; to worship him / to give him thanks / to put my whole tru&s;t in him / to call upon him / to honour hi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> holy Name and his Word / and to &s;erve him truth all the dayes of my life.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour?</P>
<P><HI>A <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as my &s;elf / and to do unto all Men as I would they should do unto me / to love honour and &s;uccour my Fa<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">her and Mother / to honour and obey the King / and all that are put in Authority under him. To &s;ubmit my &s;elf to all my Gover|nours
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/ Teachers / Spiritual Pa&s;tours / and Ma|&s;ters. To order my &s;elf lowly and re<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">erently to all my betters. To hurt no body by Word or deed. To be true and ju&s;t in all my dealings To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart. To keep my Hands from picking and &s;tealing / and my Tongue from evil &s;peaking / lying / and &s;landering To keep my body in temperance / &s;oberne&s;s / and Cha|&s;tity. Not to covet / or de&s;ire other Mens goods: but to learn and labour truly / to get my own liv|ing / and to do my Duty in that State of life unto which it shall plea&s;e God to call me.</HI></HI></P>
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<DIV2 N="12" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XII.</HEAD>
<P>YOU have done with the Preface of the Com|mandments, and you &s;aid that the Command|ments contain'd <HI>your Duty towards God / and your Duty towards your Neighbour.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you mean by duty?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the Word duty, I mean our obligation to the doing of whatever is requir'd, and avoiding what|ever is forbid in each Commandment.</P>
<P>Q <HI>What is the fir&s;t Commandment?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Thou shalt have no other Gods but me.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is forbidden in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> This fir&s;t Commandment forbids the having of no God, and likewi&s;e the owning of fal&s;e Gods.</P>
<P>Q. Are there any that own no God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, the P&s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">mi&s;t tells us, P&s;alm 14. ver&s;. 1. <HI>That the fool had &s;aid in his heart there is no God.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Are there any that own fal&s;e Gods?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, St. Paul tells the Galatians, that when they <HI>knew not God, they did &s;ervice to them that by nature were no Gods,</HI> Gal 4. ver&s;. 8.</P>
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<P>Q. Is there nothing el&s;e forbid in the fir&s;t Com|mandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, in this as well as in all the other Com|mandments, not only the particular Sin mention'd in each Commandment is forbid, but every degree thereof is likewi&s;e forbidden.</P>
<P>Q What degrees of Sin are forbidden in the fir&s;t Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The making the belly a God by gluttony and drunkenne&s;s, is one breach of this Commandment, and therefore forbid <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">y it, and St. Paul <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">peaks of &s;ome of the Philippians, Chap 3 ver&s;. 19. <HI>Who&s;e God is their belly.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Does any thing el&s;e come within the degree of Sin, forbid in the fir&s;t Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, Cove<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ne&s;s, for the Apo&s;tle calls it <HI>Id<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">|latry,</HI> Colo&s;&s; 3 ver&s; 5.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">at is requi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">'d in the fir&s;t Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The fir&s;t Commandment requires that we know and acknowledg the true God only; and <HI>that we believe in him<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> fear him / love him / and tru&s;t in him</HI> / before and above all things.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that we ought to know the true God only?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove that we ought to know the true God only from Ho&s;ea 13 ver&s;. 4 &mdash; <HI>Thou &s;halt know no Go<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> but me.</HI></P>
<P>Q Can you give any other proof that its our duty to know God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes from St. Pauls reproving &s;ome of the Co|rin<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hians, for want of this knowledg&punc; 1 Corinth. 15. ver&s;. 34 &mdash; <HI>Some</HI> (&s;ay's he) <HI>have not the knowledg of God, I &s;peak this to your &s;hame.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that its your duty <HI>to be|lieve in God?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that 'tis our duty to believe in God from Hebr. 11. ver&s;. 6 &mdash; <HI>He that cometh to God, must believe that he is</HI> &mdash;</P>
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<P>Q. How do you prove that you are <HI>to fear God?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I am <HI>to fear God</HI> from 1 Peter 2. ver&s; 17 where we are commanded <HI>to fear God</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that you are to <HI>love God?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I am to <HI>love God</HI> from St. Mark 12. ver&s;. 30 &mdash; <HI>Thou &s;halt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you are to <HI>tru&s;t</HI> in God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I am to <HI>tru&s;t</HI> in God from Proverb. 3. ver&s; 5. <HI>Tru&s;t in the Lord with all thy heart</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>You &s;aid you were to <HI>worship</HI> God,</P>
<P>Q. How are you to <HI>worship</HI> him?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We are to <HI>worship</HI> God inwardly in our Souls, and outwardly with our bodies.</P>
<P>Q What is the inward <HI>worship</HI> that is due to God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The inward <HI>Worship</HI> due to God is that of the heart and mind, which our Saviour requires, when he tells us, <HI>We mu&s;t wor&s;hip God in Spirit and in Truth,</HI> St. John 4. ver&s;. 24.</P>
<P>Q What outward <HI>worship</HI> are we to give to God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The outward <HI>Worship</HI> due to God is that of Bowing and kneeling with the body, which is for|bid to be given to graven Images in the &s;econd Com|mandment.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="13" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XIII.</HEAD>
<P>YOU &s;aid that outward Wor&s;hip is forbidden to be given to any graven Image in the &s;econd Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> What is the &s;econd Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w. <HI>Thou shalt not make unto thy &s;elf any graven Image / nor the likene&s;s of any thing that is in Heaven above / or in the Earth beneath / or in
<PB N="32" REF="20"> the Water under the Earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them / nor worship them / for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God / and vi&s;it the Sins of the Fathers / upon the Children / unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me / and shew mercy unto thou&s;ands / in them that love me / and keep my Commandments.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q Was not outward Wor&s;hip forbid in the fir&s;t Commandment to be given to any but God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Ye, both inward and outward Wor&s;hip is there forbid to be given to any, but God only.</P>
<P>Q What t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">en is the difference between the fir&s;t and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">n<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Commandmen<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">s?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The fir&s;t Commandment &s;hews us the object whom we are to wor&s;hip, and the &s;econd &s;hews the manner how we are to wor&s;hip.</P>
<P>Q Is it not lawful then to make an Image?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> It is ab&s;olutely unlawful to make any Image or likene&s;s of God what<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">oever.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that t'is unlawful to make any Image or likene&s;s of God?</P>
<P><HI>A I</HI> prove it from Deuter. 4 ver&s;. 12, 16. where the I&s;raelites are forbid to make any figure or &s;imilitude of God, becau&s;e <HI>they &s;aw no &s;imilitude in the day that God &s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ke to them.</HI></P>
<P>Q Have you any proof from the new Te&s;tament, that it is not lawful to make an Image of God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from Acts 17. ver&s;. 29. when St. Paul &s;ay's, that <HI>we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto Gold, or Silver, or Stone, graven by Art or Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters"> device.</HI></P>
<P>Q Since its unlawful to make an Image of God, may we make an Image of any thing el&s;e?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> Yes, its lawful to make, or paint an Image of any vi&s;ible thing, for ornament; as <HI>Solomon</HI> cau&s;ed &s;ev<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ral &s;orts of Figures to be made to adorn the Temple of Jeru&s;alem, as we read, 1 Kings Chap. 7.</P>
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<P>Q. Upon what account then is the making of Ima|ges forbid in the &s;econd Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We are forbid in the &s;econd Commandment, to make Images to wor&s;hip them, either by bowing down to them, or praying to them.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Are there any guilty of the breach of the &s;e|cond Commandment by bowing down before, or praying to Images?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, both the Heathens and the Papi&s;ts are guilty of this evil practi&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How are the Papi&s;ts guilty hereof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In making repre&s;entations of God, and wor|&s;hipping our Saviour Chri&s;t by an Image, or his Cro&s;s; and al&s;o in wor&s;hipping Saints, and Angels, praying to them, and falling down, and kneeling before their Images.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is requir'd or injoyn'd in the &s;econd Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The &s;econd Commandment requires all bodily wor&s;hip to the true God, as bowing, kneeling, and &s;tanding, when we call upon him: and what other outward Ceremonies tend to order, decency, or e|dification.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that this outward bodily Wor&s;hip ought to be given to God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove, that bodily Wor&s;hip ought to be given to God, from P&s;alm 95. ver&s;. 6. <HI>O come let us wor&s;hip and bow down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you any proof in the New Te&s;tament?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from our Saviours falling on the ground, when he pray'd in the Garden, St Mark 14. ver&s; 35. and from St. Pauls kneeling at Prayers on the Sea|&s;hoar, Acts 20. ver&s;. 36.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What proof have you, that order and decency mu&s;t be ob&s;erv'd in the Wor&s;hip of God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Corinth. 14. ver&s;. 40. <HI>Let all things be done decently and in order.</HI></P>
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<P>Q What rea&s;on is there, why this bodily Wor&s;hip &s;hould be given to God only?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e he is the Lord our God, and <HI>a jealous God</HI> / and will not endure that his honour &s;hould be deny'd to him&s;elf, or given to another.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from I&s;aiah 42. ver&s;. 8 <HI>I am the Lord, that is my Name, and my Glory will I not give unto ano|ther, neither my prai&s;e unto graven Images.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What motives does God make u&s;e of to enforce the Ob&s;ervance of the &s;econd Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> God u&s;eth both threatnings and promi&s;es, to excite us, to keep this Commandment.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is threatned to tho&s;e that break this Com|mandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> God threatens to <HI>vi&s;it the Sins of the Fa|thers / upon the Children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate him.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> W<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o may be &s;aid to hate God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Such may be &s;aid to hate God, as refu&s;e to wor&s;hip him: or tho&s;e that give his Wor&s;hip to ano|ther.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is promi&s;ed to tho&s;e that keep this Com|mandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> God has promi&s;ed <HI>to shew mercy to thou|&s;ands of them that love him / and keep his Com|mandments.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Who may be &s;aid to love God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> T<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o&s;e may be &s;aid to love God that keep his Commandments.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. John 14. ver&s;. 15. where our Saviour &s;ay's, <HI>If you love me, keep my Commandments.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that God is &s;evere to the Di&s;obedient, and merciful to the Dutiful and Obe|dient?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from P&s;alm 145. ver&s;. 20. <HI>The Lord pre&s;erveth all them, that love him, but all the wicked will he de&s;troy.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Q</HI> Why is it &s;aid that God will <HI>vi&s;it the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate him / and that he will shew mercy to thou&s;ands of them that love him / and keep his Commandments.</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> To convince us that he takes more delight in &s;hewing mercy, then in inflicting puni&s;hment.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove, that God does not delight in puni&s;hment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that God doth not delight in puni&s;h|ment from Ezekiel 33. ver&s;. 11. <HI>As I live &s;aith the Lord, I have no plea&s;ure in the death of the wicked.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that God delights in Mercy?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that God delights in Mercy from Mi|cah 7. ver&s;. 18. <HI>Who is a God like unto thee, that par|doneth iniquity, and pa&s;&s;eth by the tran&s;gre&s;&s;ion of the rem|nant of his heritage, he retaineth not his anger for ever, be|cau&s;e he delighteth in Mercy.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="14" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XIV.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> IS there no more requir'd in your duty to God, than what you have learn'd in the fir&s;t and &s;econd Commandments?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, we are <HI>to honour Gods holy Name and his Word</HI> / according as we are taught in the third Commandment.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the third Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltle&s;s / that taketh his Name in vain</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is forbid in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The third Commandment forbids &s;wearing fal&s;ly or on trivial occa&s;ions; All mentioning the Name of God, or Chri&s;t profanely, or incon&s;iderate+ly:
<PB N="36" REF="22"> and all irreverent &s;peaking of Gods Word, or any thing relating to him, or his Wor&s;hip</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Is then the taking of Oaths here altogether forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> No, we may take an Oath when the good of our Neighbour, or the finding out of truth requires it, or when we are call'd to it by the Magi&s;trate.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that we may &s;wear upon &s;ome occa&s;ions?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove it from Deut. 6. ver&s;. 13. <HI>Thou &s;halt fear the Lord thy God, and &s;erve him, and &s;halt &s;wear by his Name.</HI> And from Jeremiah 4. ver&s;. 2. <HI>Thou &s;halt &s;wear the Lord liveth in Truth, in Righteou&s;ne&s;s, and in Judgment.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Does not our Saviour Chri&s;t forbid &s;wearing at all?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> Yes, Chri&s;t forbids &s;wearing in common di&s;|cour&s;e, St. Matth. 5. ver&s;. 34. <HI>But I &s;ay unto you, &s;wear not at all</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that this is meant in com|mon di&s;cour&s;e only?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Matth. 5. ver&s;. 37. <HI>But let your communication be yea, yea, nay, nay, for what&s;oever is more then the&s;e, cometh of evil.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that &s;wearing may be u&s;ed under the Go&s;pel on &s;ome &s;olemn occa&s;ions?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Heb. 6. ver&s;. 10. where St. Paul &s;ays, <HI>that an Oath for co<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">firmation, is the end of all &s;trife.</HI></P>
<P>Q What is requir'd in the third Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The third Commandment requires us <HI>to ho|nour Gods holy Name and his Word.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean <HI>bp honouring Gods holy Name and his Word?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean that we e&s;teem <HI>Gods Name and Word</HI> highly, and always &s;peak of them with great reverence and veneration.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that we are to pay &s;o high re&s;pect to the Name of God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from P&s;alm 29. ver&s;. 2. <HI>Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name.</HI></P>
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<P>Q. Are we likewi&s;e to honour and reverence the Name of Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that we ought to honour the Name of Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we ought to honour the Name of Chri&s;t, from Phil. 2. ver&s;. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">, 10 &mdash; <HI>For God hath given him a Name, which is above every Name, that at the Name of Je&s;us every knee &s;hould bow</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q What do you mean by honouring <HI>Gods Word?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By honouring <HI>Gods Word</HI> I mean, that we humbly receive it, and diligently ob&s;erve it.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you are thus to <HI>ho|nour Gods Word?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. James 1. ver&s; 21, 22 &mdash; <HI>Re|ceive with meekne&s;s the ingrafted Word, which is able to &s;ave your Souls, &mdash; Be ye doers of the Word, not hearers only</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. What is the penalty of breaking the third Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> God there threatens not to <HI>hold him guiltle&s;s that taketh his Name in vain.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you under&s;tand by not holding guilt|le&s;s?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By not holding guiltle&s;s I under&s;tand, that God will look upon the Tran&s;gre&s;&s;ors of this Command|ment as very guilty, even &s;o guilty, as to be lyable to the &s;evere&s;t puni&s;hment for &s;o great a crime.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="15" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XV.</HEAD>
<P>YOU &s;aid that the third Commandment requi|res you <HI>to honour Gods holy Name and his Word.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> Is there no more requir'd in your duty to|wards God?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w.</HI> Yes, there is more requir'd, I am likewi&s;e to &s;erve God truly all the days of my life.</P>
<P>Q Are we to &s;erve God every day alike?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No: God has &s;et apart one day particularly for his &s;ervice, in the fourth Commandment.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the fourth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Remember that thou keep holy the Sab|bath-day. Six days shalt thou labour / and do all that thou ha&s;t to do: but the &s;eventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of Work / thou and thy Son / and thy Daughter / thy Man-Servant / and thy Maid-Servant / thy Cattel / and the Stranger / that is within thy gates. For in &s;ix days the Lord made Heaven and Earth / the Sea / and all that in them is / and re&s;ted the &s;eventh day / wherefore the Lord ble&s;&s;ed the &s;eventh day / and hallowed it.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is required in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The fourth Commandment requires the &s;et|ting apart a certain portion of our time, for Gods immediate Wor&s;hip and Service.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What portion of time is required be &s;et apart for Gods Wor&s;hip by the fourth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The <HI>&s;eventh day:</HI> Or one day in &s;even.</P>
<P>Q. What rea&s;on is there given <HI>for keeping holy the &s;eventh day.</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The rea&s;on for keeping holy the <HI>&s;eventh day</HI> is the example of God, becau&s;e in <HI>&s;ix days</HI> he <HI>made</HI> all things, and <HI>re&s;ted the &s;eventh day</HI> / and there|fore &s;anctified and <HI>ble&s;&s;'d it</HI> / calling it the <HI>Sab|bath-day</HI> / which &s;ignifies a day of re&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Are all Men oblig'd to ob&s;erve this <HI>&s;eventh day?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A</HI> No, all Men are obliged to ob&s;erve one day in &s;even, but the <HI>Jews</HI> only were obliged to keep the <HI>&s;eventh day</HI> / which is particularly mentioned in the fourth Commandment.</P>
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<P><HI>Q.</HI> What day are we Chri&s;tians oblig'd to ob&s;erve, and keep holy?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We Chri&s;tians are obliged to keep holy the fir&s;t day of the Week.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What rea&s;on have we to alter the <HI>Sabbath-day</HI> from the <HI>&s;eventh</HI> to the fir&s;t day of the Week?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We have rea&s;on for this Alteration from the nature of the thing, becau&s;e our Redemption which was compleated by Chri&s;t's Re&s;urrection on the fir&s;t day of the Week, or Lords day, is a greater ble&s;&s;ing than our Creation, commemorated on <HI>the &s;eventh day</HI> by the <HI>Jews,</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you any other rea&s;on for changing the <HI>Sabbath-day?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, the example of our Saviour Chri&s;t, and his Apo&s;tles, meeting on the fir&s;t day?</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove Chri&s;t and his Apo&s;tles meeting on the fir&s;t day of the Week?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. John 20. ver&s;. 19. <HI>And the &s;ame day at even, being the fir&s;t day of the Week, when the Di&s;ciples were a&s;&s;embled for fear of the Jews, came Je&s;us and &s;tood in the mid&s;t, and &s;aid peace be unto you.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from Acts 20. ver&s;. 7. <HI>And the fir&s;t day of the Week, when the Di&s;ciples came together to break Bread, Paul preach'd unto them</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> After what manner are we Chri&s;tians to &s;an|ctifie, or keep holy, the Sabbath-day?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We Chri&s;tians are to &s;anctifie or keep holy the Sabbath day, by exerci&s;ing our &s;elves in religious Du|ties both publick and private, and forbearing all worldly bu&s;ine&s;s, and what&s;oever is not of nece&s;&s;ity, Charity or mercy.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Works of nece&s;&s;ity may be done on this day?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Works of nece&s;&s;ity may be done on this day from St. Luke 13. ver&s;. 15. <HI>And the Lord an&s;wered and &s;aid thou Hypocrite, doth not each one of you
<PB N="40" REF="24"> on the Sabbath loo&s;e his Ox or his A&s;s from the Stall, and lead him away to watering?</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that it is lawful to do works of Mercy and Charity on the Sabbath-day?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that it is lawful to do works of Mercy and Charity on the Sabbath-day from our Saviours Ex|ample in healing &s;everal di&s;eas'd People on this day, and his &s;aying, <HI>it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-days,</HI> St. Matth. 12. ver&s;. 12.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Are we to &s;et apart any other time for Gods &s;ervice? be&s;ides the <HI>&s;eventh day.</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, &s;ome part of every day ought to be &s;pent in Gods &s;ervice, and al&s;o &s;uch Fea&s;ts and Fa&s;ts as are particularly injoyn'd by the Church.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is forbid in the fourth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The fourth Commandment forbids all the works of our u&s;ual c<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">llings on the <HI>Sabbath-day</HI> / which are allowed to be done on the other <HI>&s;ix days.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> But may we not imploy others on the Lords day, if we do not work our &s;elves?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, <HI>neither Son / nor Daughter / Man-Ser|vant / nor Maid-Servant / Cattel / nor Stranger within your gates</HI> / are to be employed by us on the <HI>Sabbath-day.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Is there nothing el&s;e forbid in the fourth Com|mandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes. It likewi&s;e forbids all Idlene&s;s in neglect|ing the Wor&s;hip of God on this day, and all &s;ports and recreations, which divert the mind from the Service of God?</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But why does this Commandment alone be|gin with the Word <HI>Remember?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e Men are generally &s;o bent upon their worldly bu&s;ine&s;s, that they had need to have a parti|cular Caution again&s;t following it on this day.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="16" TYPE="part">
<PB N="41" REF="24">
<HEAD>Part XVI.</HEAD>
<P>YOU have already given me an account of your Duty towards God, which is taught in the fir&s;t four Commandments, or fir&s;t Table of the Law: You told me al&s;o that the &s;ix la&s;t Commandments, or &s;econd Table, contain'd <HI>your Duty towards your Neighbour?</HI></P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> What do you mean by <HI>Neighbour?</HI></P>
<P><HI>An&s;w.</HI> By the Word <HI>Neighbour?</HI> I mean all Per&s;ons of the &s;ame Nature with our &s;elves, whither Friends or Enemies, of what Nation, Quality, or Religion &s;oever they be.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that the Word <HI>Neighbour</HI> is to be under&s;tood in &s;o large a &s;en&s;e?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from our Saviours An&s;wer to the Lawyers que&s;tion, <HI>Who is my Neighbour?</HI> in St. Luke 10. ver&s;. 37. where he &s;hews that the <HI>Samaritan</HI> was Neighbour to the Jew, tho' he differ'd from him in Opinion, and was at Enmity with him.</P>
<P>Q. What is the Summ of your duty towards your Neighbour?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The Summ of my duty towards my Neigh|bour, is Ju&s;tice and Charity.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the rule or mea&s;ure of Ju&s;tice toward your Neighbour?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The general Rule of Ju&s;tice toward my Neigh|bour, is <HI>to do to all Men, as I would they &s;hould do unto me,</HI> as Chri&s;t has commanded, St. Matth. 7. ver&s;. 12.</P>
<P>Q What is the Rule of Charity?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The Rule of Charity is, <HI>To love my Neighbour as my &s;elf:</HI> as it is enjoyn'd, St. Matth. 22. ver&s;. 34.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Are you to love, and do to all Men alike?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, tho' I am to deal &s;incerely with all Per|&s;ons,
<PB N="42" REF="25"> yet I am allow'd <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o love, and to do good to &s;ome, more then others.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you may love, and do good to &s;ome more than others?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Galat. 6. ver&s;. 10. <HI>As we have op|portunity let us do good unto all Men, e&s;pecially to them, that are of the hou&s;hold of Faith.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Is there no &s;pecial regard to be had to any but tho&s;e of the &s;ame Faith?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, there are &s;ome particular duties, owing to particular Relations, as we may learn from the fifth Commandment</P>
<P>Q. What is the fifth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q What do you here mean by <HI>Father and Mo|ther?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>Father and Mother</HI> in this Commandment, I mean not only my natural Parents, but al&s;o the King and his Mini&s;ters, <HI>all my Governours / Teachers / Spiritual Pa&s;tors / &amp; Ma&s;ters / and all my Betters.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is requir'd in the fifth Commandment to your natural Parents?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The fifth Commandment requires me <HI>to love / honour / &s;uccour / and obey my Parents.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove this to be your duty toward your Parents?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it to be my duty from Colo&s;&s;. 3. ver&s;. 20. <HI>Children obey your Parents in all things, for this is well plea|&s;ing unto the Lord,</HI> and from 1 Timoth. 5. ver&s;. 4 &mdash; <HI>Let Children learn fir&s;t to &s;hew piety at home, and to requite their Parents, for this is good and acceptable before God.</HI></P>
<P>Q What is your duty to the <HI>King / and to tho&s;e in Authority under him?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> My duty is to <HI>honour and obey them.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Peter 2. ver&s;. 13, 14, 17. <HI>Sub|mit
<PB N="43" REF="25"> your &s;elves to every Ordinance of Man for the Lords &s;ake, whether it be unto the King as &s;upreme or unto Governours, as unto thom that are &s;ent by him&mdash;Honour the King.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Are you to obey your Governours in every thing that they command?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, unle&s;s their Commands are contrary to the Law of God; for if they are, <HI>we ought to obey God rather than Man,</HI> as St. Peter teacheth Acts 5.29 &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. What is your duty to your <HI>Teachers / &s;piritual Pa&s;tors and Ma&s;ters?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> It is my duty <HI>to &s;ubmit my &s;elf to them.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you ought to &s;ubmit your &s;elf to your <HI>Teachers and &s;piritual Pa&s;tors?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought to &s;ubmit my &s;elf to them from Hebr. 13. ver&s;. 17. <HI>Obey them that have the Rule over you, and &s;ubmit your &s;elves, for they watch for your Souls</HI>&mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought to &s;ubmit to your <HI>Ma&s;ters?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Servants ought to &s;ubmit them &s;elves to their <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> from 1 Pet. 2. ver&s;. 18 &mdash; <HI>Ser|vants be &s;ubject to your Ma&s;ters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but al&s;o to the froward.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is your duty to <HI>all your Betters?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> My duty to <HI>all my Betters</HI> is to <HI>order my &s;elf lowly / and reverently towards them.</HI></P>
<P>Q How do you prove this to be your duty?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Rom. 13. ver&s;. 7 &mdash; <HI>Render to all their dues, honour, to whom honour is due</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Is there no duty requir'd from Superiours to In|feriours?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, in every Commandment that concerns Relations, tho' no more but t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e duty of one &s;ide is named, yet the duty of the other is always included and imply'd.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove the duty of Governors to Subjects?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the duty of Governors to their Sub|jects
<PB N="44" REF="26"> from 1 Pet. 2.14. where the Apo&s;tle &s;ays, that <HI>Governors are for the puni&s;hment of Evil-doers, and for the prai&s;e of them that do well.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove the duty of <HI>Pa&s;tors</HI> to their Flocks?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the duty of <HI>Pa&s;tors</HI> to their Flocks from 1 Pet. 5. ver&s;. 2, 3. where they are comman|ded to <HI>feed the Flock of God, taking the over&s;ight thereof, not by con&s;traint, but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind: neither as being Lords over Gods heri|tage, but being examples to the flock.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove the duty of <HI>Parents</HI> to their Children?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the duty of <HI>Parents</HI> to their Children from Ephe&s;. 6. ver&s;. 4. <HI>Fathers provoke not your Chil|dren to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and ad|monition of the Lord,</HI></P>
<P>Q How do you prove the duty of <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> to their Servants?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the duty of <HI>Ma&s;ters</HI> to their Servants from Colo&s;&s;. 4. ver&s;. 1. <HI>Ma&s;ters give unto your Servants that which is ju&s;t and equal, knowing that ye have a Ma|&s;ter in Heaven.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is forbidden in the fifth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The fifth Commandment forbids the neglect of any of the foremention'd duties enjoyn'd?</P>
<P>Q Give &s;ome examples of what is forbidden by this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> It forbids Childrens being di&s;obedient to Pa|rents, and Servants to their Ma&s;ters; Subjects re|&s;i&s;ting lawful Authority, and Peoples neglecting the In&s;tructions of their Mini&s;ters?</P>
<P>Q. Is there any thing el&s;e forbidden in this Com|mandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes. hereby is forbid all undecent behaviour towards our Betters, and the mocking or de&s;pi&s;ing tho&s;e that are aged; and likewi&s;e the denying either by Superiours, or Inferiours, that duty towards each other, which this Commandment requires.</P>
<PB N="45" REF="26">
<P>Since all this is comprehended in the fifth Com|mandment,</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why is <HI>Father and Mother</HI> mention'd, rather than the King or any other Superiour?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e God did at fir&s;t &s;ettle all that power in Parents, which is now, &s;ince (the increa&s;e of man|kind,) derived to others.</P>
<P>Q. Is any thing particularly promis'd to tho&s;e who keep the fifth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, tho&s;e that keep this Commandment, are promis'd long life, which S. Paul takes notice of E|phe&s;. 6. ver&s;. 2, 3. <HI>Honour thy Father and thy Mother, which is the fir&s;t Commandment with promi&s;e, that it may bo well with thee, and thou mayst live long on the Earth.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Is this promi&s;e of long life always perform'd to the Ob&s;ervers of this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> No, &s;ometimes God is pleas'd to &s;horten the lives of good and obedient People, and in mercy <HI>takes away the Righteous from the Evil to come,</HI> as the Pro|phet I&s;aiah ob&s;erves, I&s;aiah 57. ver&s;. 1.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="17" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XVII.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is further requir'd in your duty to|ward your <HI>Neighbour?</HI></P>
<P><HI>An&s;w.</HI> My duty towards my <HI>Neighbour</HI> does fur|ther injoyn me, <HI>to hurt no body by word or deed</HI> / as the following Commandments do particularly teach and &s;hew.</P>
<P>Q. What is the &s;ixth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Thou shalt do no Murder.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What does this Commandment forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The &s;ixth Commandment forbids the taking a|way the life of any Per&s;on.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Is it utterly unlawful to take away the life of any Per&s;on?</P>
<PB N="46" REF="27">
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, unle&s;s it be done by publick Ju&s;tice, or in a lawful War, or in our own nece&s;&s;ary defence.</P>
<P>Q. Is any thing el&s;e forbid in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes the &s;ixth Commandment al&s;o forbids the doing any outward injury to any Per&s;on, and all re|venge, and the bearing of any <HI>malice</HI> / or <HI>hatred in my heart.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that we ought not to re|venge our &s;elves?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we ought not to revenge our &s;elves, from Rom. 12. ver&s;. 19. <HI>Dearly beloved avenge not your &s;elves, but rather give place unto wrath, for vengeance is mine, and I will repay it, &s;aith the Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought not to <HI>bear malice or hatred in your heart?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought <HI>not to bear malice or ha|tred in my heart</HI> from Ephe&s;. 4. ver&s;. 31. <HI>Let all bit|terne&s;s, and wrath, and anger, be put away from you with all malice.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from St, John 3 ver&s;. 15. <HI>Who&s;e hateth his Brother, is a Murderer</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q What is requir'd in the &s;ixth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The &s;ixth Commandment requires the doing all good offices of Humanity and Charity, tending to Peace, and the pre&s;ervation of our own, and other Mens lives and healths.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 The&s;&s;. 5. ver&s;. 15. <HI>See that none render evil for evil to any Man, but ever follow that which is good, both among your &s;elves, and to all Men.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, Rom. 12. ver&s;. 18. <HI>If it be po&s;&s;ible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all Men.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is the &s;eventh Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Thou shalt not commit Adultery.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A,</HI> The &s;eventh Commandment forbids not only
<PB N="47" REF="27"> Adultery, in the &s;tricte&s;t &s;en&s;e; which is the breach of the Marriage-Vow: But likewi&s;e all Whoredom and Fornication; and all manner of la&s;civiou&s;ne&s;s, in thought, word, or deed; and whatever excites to any uncleanne&s;s what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that all manner of un|cleanne&s;s is forbidden?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that all manner of uncleanne&s;s is forbid|den from Galat. 5. ver&s;. 19. and 21. where St. Paul tells us, that tho&s;e who are guilty of <HI>Adultery, Fornica|tion, Uncleanne&s;s or la&s;civiou&s;ne&s;s &mdash; &s;hall not inherit the Kingdom of God.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that this &s;eventh Com|mandment re&s;trains impure thoughts and de&s;ires?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that it re&s;trains impure de&s;ires from Chri&s;ts own explanation of this Commandment, St. Matth. 5. ver&s;. 27, 28. <HI>Ye have heard that it hath been &s;aid by them of old time, Thou &s;halt not commit Adultery. But I &s;ay unto you, that who&s;oever looketh on a Woman to lust after her, hath committed Adultery with her already in his heart.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you ought to refrain from immode&s;t Words.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought to refrain from immode&s;t Words from Ephe&s;. 4. ver&s;. 29. where the Apo&s;tle &s;ays. <HI>Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your Mouth</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q What do you mean by the things which excite to lu&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I mean by the things which excite to lu&s;t, all pampering of the body by exce&s;&s;ive eating and drink|ing, all immode&s;ty in behaviour, or apparel, and what ever el&s;e admini&s;ters to lu&s;t and uncleanne&s;s.</P>
<P>Q. Have you any proof that the things which ex|cite to lu&s;t are forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, I have a proof of this from Rom. 13. ver&s;. 13.14. <HI>Let us walk hone&s;tly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenne&s;s, not in chambering and wantonne&s;s &mdash;
<PB N="48" REF="28"> and make not provi&s;ion for the Fle&s;h to fulfill the lu&s;t thereof.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is requir'd in the &s;eventh Command|ment.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The &s;eventh Commandment requires, that <HI>I keep my body in temperance / &s;oberne&s;s and Cha|&s;tity.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that this is your duty?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it to be my duty from 1 The&s;&s;. 4. ver&s;. 3, 4, 5. <HI>For this is the will of God even your &s;anctification, that you &s;hould ab&s;tain from fornication. That every one &s;hould know how to po&s;&s;e&s;s his ve&s;&s;el in &s;anctification and ho|nour, not in the lu&s;t of concupi&s;cence, even as the Gentiles which know not God. &mdash; For God hath not called us unto uncleanne&s;s but unto holine&s;s.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="18" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XVIII.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is the eighth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w. <HI>Thou shalt not &s;teal.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q What is forbid in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The eighth Commandment forbids not only all robbery and open violence, together with &s;ecret theft: But likewi&s;e all inju&s;tice in taking, or with|holding what of right belongs to another.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Is any thing el&s;e forbid in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, this Commandment does further forbid all Oppre&s;&s;ion, and Extortion, and hardne&s;s or &s;eve|rity to the poor. And al&s;o all deceits in weights, and mea&s;ures, and all manner of cheating and Cou&s;e|nage in our dealings with any what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Q But may we not offend again&s;t this Command|ment, and do what is forbidden in it by the abu&s;e and mi&s;management, of what is properly our own?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes we may, &mdash; As by gaming, prodigality, and riotous living, for thereby we wrong our Children
<PB N="49" REF="28"> and families, and &s;uch evil practices do likewi&s;e fre|quently lead to Inju&s;tice and other vices; an exam|ple of which we have in the prodigal Son, St. Luk 15.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Robbery is forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it to be forbid from Levit. 19. ver&s;. 13. <HI>Thou &s;halt not defraud thy Neighbour neither rob him</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove oppre&s;&s;ion forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove oppre&s;&s;ion to be forbid from Levit. 25. ver&s;. 14 &mdash; <HI>If thou &s;ell ought unto thy Neighbour, or buye&s;t ought of thy Neighbours hand, ye &s;hall not oppre&s;s one another.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought not to re|tain anothers due?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought not to retain anothers due, from Rom. 13. ver&s;. 7, 8 &mdash; where the Apo&s;tle &s;ays, <HI>Render to all their dues, &mdash; Tribute to whom tribute is due, and cu&s;tom to whom cu&s;tom</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you any other proof of this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from P&s;alm 37. ver&s;. 2. where <HI>David</HI> tells us, that the <HI>wicked borroweth, and pays not again.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you ought not to u&s;e hardne&s;s, or &s;everity to the Poor.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought not to be hard or &s;evere to the Poor from Prov. 14. ver&s;. 31. <HI>He that oppre&s;&s;eth the Poor, reproacheth his Maker,</HI> and from Prov. 21. ver&s;. 13. <HI>Who&s;o &s;toppeth his ears at the cry of the Poor, he al&s;o &s;hall cry him&s;elf, and &s;hall not be heard.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that deceit in weights and mea&s;ures is forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that 'tis forbid from Deut. 25. ver&s;. 13, 14, 15, 16. <HI>Thou &s;halt not have in thy Hou&s;e divers weights, a great and a &s;mall. But thou &s;halt have a perfect and a ju&s;t weight, a perfect and a ju&s;t mea&s;ure &mdash; for all that do unrighteou&s;ly are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that all other kinds of fraud, and cheating in our dealings is forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that all kind of fraud and cheating in our dealings what&s;oever is forbid from 1 The&s;&s; 4 ver&s;. 6.
<PB N="50" REF="29"> <HI>Let no Man go beyond or defraud his Brother in any matter, for the Lord is the avenger of all &s;uch.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is requir'd in the eighth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The eighth Commandment requires us <HI>to be true and ju&s;t in all our dealings;</HI> to make re&s;titu|tion for any wrongs we have done, and to relieve the Poor according to our ability.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that we ought <HI>to be true and ju&s;t in all our dealings.</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we ought <HI>to be true and ju&s;t in all our dealings</HI> from Deut. 16. ver&s;. 20. <HI>That which is altogether ju&s;t, &s;halt thou follow</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from Micah 6. ver&s;. 8. <HI>What does the Lord require of thee, but to do ju&s;tly</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought to make re|&s;titution to tho&s;e you have wrong'd?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought to make re&s;titution to tho&s;e I have wrongd from Levit. 6. ver&s;. 4 &mdash; <HI>He that is guil|ty, &s;hall re&s;tore that which he violently took away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was deliver'd him to keep, or the lo&s;t thing which he hath found.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you any other proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes from Ezekiel 33. ver&s;. 15. there the Prophet exhorts the wicked <HI>to re&s;tore the pledg, and to give again that he hath robb'd,</HI> in order to obtain mercy with God.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that we ought to be chari|table in relieving the Poor?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we ought to be charitable in re|lieving the Poor: from Levit. 25. ver&s;. 35. <HI>If thy Brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, then thou &s;halt relieve him: yea, tho' he be a Stranger, or a So|journer, that he may live with thee.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Have you any other proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from Heb. 13. ver&s;. 16. <HI>To do good and to di&s;tribute forget not, for with &s;uch &s;acrifices God is well plea&s;ed.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the ninth Commandment?</P>
<PB N="51" REF="29">
<P><HI>A. <HI>Thou shalt not bear fal&s;e Witne&s;s again&s;t thy Neighbour.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is forbid in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The ninth Commandment forbids not only the accu&s;ing our Neighbour fal&s;ly, but al&s;o all <HI>ebil &s;peaking / lying / and &s;landering.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove, that you ought not to ac|cu&s;e your Neighbour fal&s;ly?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought not to accu&s;e my Neigh|bour fal&s;ly from Exodus 23. ver&s;. 1. <HI>Thou &s;halt not rai&s;e a fal&s;e report; put not thine hand with the wicked, to be an unrighteous Witne&s;s.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought to keep your <HI>tongue from evil &s;peaking?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought <HI>to keep my tongue from evil &s;peaking</HI> from St. James 4. ver&s;. 11. <HI>Speak not evil one of another, Brethren,</HI> &mdash; And from Titus 3. ver&s;. 2. where St. Paul bids us, <HI>Speak evil of no Man.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove, that <HI>lying</HI> is forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that <HI>lying</HI> is forbid from Colo&s;&s;. 3. ver&s;. 9. <HI>Lie not one to another,</HI> and from Revel. 21. ver&s;. 8. where <HI>all lyars</HI> are threatned to <HI>have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brim&s;tone, which is the &s;econd death.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you ought not to be guilty of <HI>&s;lander?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought not to <HI>&s;lander</HI> any one, from P&s;. 101. ver&s;. 5. where <HI>David</HI> &s;ays, <HI>Who&s;o privily &s;landers his Neighbour, him will I cut off.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But may we not tran&s;gre&s;s this Commandment tho' the evil that we &s;ay of our Neighbour be true.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes we may, if we &s;peak the truth out of &s;pite or malice, or &s;ay any evil thing of our Neighbour, (tho' true) when the glory of God, the good of o|thers, or the ju&s;t vindication of our &s;elves does not require it.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e any &s;uch &s;peaking is directly contrary
<PB N="52" REF="30"> to the great rules of Ju&s;tice and Charity, and to the Apo&s;tles precept, but now mentioned, <HI>Speak evil of no Man.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is requir'd in the ninth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The ninth Commandment requires us in eve|ry thing to deal &s;incerely, and to &s;peak the truth from our hearts.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that we ought to &s;peak the truth from our hearts?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> I prove this to be our duty from Ephe&s;. 4. ver&s;. 25. where St. Paul &s;ays, &mdash; <HI>Putting away lying, Speak every Man truth with his Neighbour, for we are Members one of another.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="19" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XIX.</HEAD>
<P>YOU have already gone thro' nine of the Com|mandments, all which do chiefly re&s;pect the out|ward actions of Men, tho' in whatever Command|ment any thing is enjoyn'd or forbidden, all inclina|tions contrary to it, are likewi&s;e forbid. But the tenth Commandment is wholly de&s;ign'd to re&s;train and regulate the inward motions and de&s;ires of the heart.</P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> Tell me therefore, what is the tenth Com|mandment?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w. <HI>Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Hou&s;e / thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife / nor his Servant / nor his Maid / nor his Ox / nor his A&s;s / nor any thing that is his?</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What is forbid in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The tenth Commandment forbids the <HI>coveting or de&s;iring other Mens goods</HI> / that is any thing our Neighbour is po&s;&s;e&s;s'd of, unle&s;s we have a ju&s;t right to it, or his free con&s;ent to take it.</P>
<PB N="53" REF="30">
<P>Q. Is any thing el&s;e forbid in this Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, this tenth Commandment al&s;o forbids the &s;etting our hearts violently upon this World, and the eager pur&s;uit of riches, the being di&s;contented with our pre&s;ent condition, and di&s;tru&s;ting Gods providence, and likewi&s;e all &s;ordidne&s;s in denying our &s;elves, or our Families, what is nece&s;&s;ary and convenient.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that all Covetou&s;ne&s;s is forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that all Covetou&s;ne&s;s is forbid from St. Luke 12. ver&s;. 15. where Chri&s;t &s;ays, &mdash; <HI>Take heed, and beware of Covetou&s;ne&s;s, for a Mans life con&s;i&s;ts not in the abundance of the things which he po&s;&s;e&s;&s;eth.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Can you prove that di&s;content and di&s;tru&s;t of Gods providence is forbid?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, I prove it from St. Luke 12. ver&s;. 29, 30, 31. where Chri&s;t &s;ays, <HI>Seek not what ye &s;hall eat, or what ye &s;hall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind, &mdash; For your heavenly Father knows, that ye have need of the&s;e things. But rather &s;eek the Kingdom of God, and all the&s;e things &s;hall be added unto you.</HI></P>
<P>Q What is requir'd in the tenth Commandment?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The tenth Commandment requires me <HI>to learn and labour truly to get my own living / and to be contented / and to do my duty in that &s;tate of life / unto which it shall plea&s;e God to call me.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought to labour to <HI>get your own living?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought to labour <HI>to get my own living</HI> from 1 The&s;&s;. 4. ver&s;. 11, 12. where the A|po&s;tle exhorts, that <HI>we do our own bu&s;ine&s;s and Work with our own hands, that we may have lack of nothing.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Have you another proof?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, from Ephe&s;. 4. ver&s;. 28. where the Apo|&s;tle &s;ays, <HI>Let him that &s;tole, &s;teal no more, but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.</HI></P>
<PB N="54" REF="31">
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought to be con|tent?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought to be content from 1 Tim. 6. ver&s;. 8. <HI>Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.</HI> And from the Example of St. Paul who had <HI>learn'd in what&s;oever &s;tate</HI> he was, <HI>therewith to be content,</HI> Phil. 4. ver&s;. 11.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you ought <HI>to do your duty in that &s;tate of life unto which it shall plea&s;e God to call you?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from 1 Corinth. 7. ver&s;. 20. <HI>Let every Man abide in the &s;ame calling wherein he is called.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="20" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XX.</HEAD>
<P><HI>MY good Child</HI> / you have told me what God forbids, and what he requires in each of the Ten Commandments. <HI>Now know this / that thou art not able to do the&s;e things of thy &s;elf / nor to walk in the Commandments of God / and to &s;erve him / without his &s;pecial grace / which thou mu&s;t learn at all times to call for / by diligent Prayer;</HI></P>
<P>And for that rea&s;on it is prudently ordered (in the &s;ervice of the Church,) that after the repeating of every Commandment, we &s;hould &s;ay,</P>
<P><HI>Lord have mercy upon us / and incline our hearts to keep this Law;</HI> and at the end of all the Com|mandments, <HI>write all the&s;e thy Laws in our hearts we be&s;eech thee.</HI></P>
<P>Now &s;ince Prayer is &s;o nece&s;&s;ary for the obtain|ing grace to keep Gods Commandments,</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Tell me what is Prayer?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Prayer is a calling upon God, either with the heart alone, or el&s;e with the heart and voice toge|ther:
<PB N="55" REF="31"> and that either with &s;uch expre&s;&s;ions, as our minds &s;ugge&s;t to us, or in a pre&s;crib'd form of words.</P>
<P>Q. What form of words is pre&s;crib'd?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> There are divers forms of Prayer pre&s;crib'd, but the chiefe&s;t is that which our Saviour Chri&s;t taught his Di&s;ciples, which is commonly called the <HI>Lord Prayer.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>Let me hear if thou can&s;t &s;ay the Lords Prayer?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>OUR Father which art in Heaven / hal|lowed 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 tempta|tion. But deliver us from evil. Amen.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that you ought to u&s;e this form of Prayer?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that I ought to u&s;e this form of Prayer from St. Matth. 6. ver&s;. 9. where Chri&s;t &s;ays, <HI>After this manner pray ye.</HI> And from St. Luke 11. ver&s;. 1, 2. <HI>And it came to pa&s;s as Je&s;us prayed, when he cea&s;ed, one of his Di&s;ciples, &s;aid unto him, Lord teach us to pray, as John al&s;o taught his Di&s;ciples; and he &s;aid when ye pray, &s;ay, <HI>Our Father which art in Heaven</HI></HI> / &amp;c.</P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>What de&s;ire&s;t thou of God in this Prayer?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>I de&s;ire my Lord God our heavenly Father / who is the giver of all goodne&s;s / to &s;end his grace unto me / and to all People / that we may worship him / &s;erve him / and obey him / as we ought to do. And I pray unto God to &s;end us all things that be needful both for our Souls and Bodies; and that he will be merciful unto us / and forgive us our &s;ins; And that it will plea&s;e him to &s;ave and de|fend us from all dangers gho&s;tly and bodily; And that he will keep us from all &s;in and wickedne&s;s / and from our gho&s;tly Enemy / and from everla&s;ting death. And this I tru&s;t he will do / of his mercy
<PB N="56" REF="32"> and goodne&s;s / thro' our Lord Ie&s;us Chri&s;t. And therefore I &s;ay Amen. So be it.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How many parts are there in the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The <HI>Lords Prayer</HI> may be divided into the&s;e three parts, the Preface, the Petitions, and the Con|clu&s;ion.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Which is the Preface of the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A</HI> The Preface of the <HI>Lords Prayer</HI> is, <HI>Our Father which art in Heaven.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the&s;e Words, <HI>Our Fa|ther which art in Heaven?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The meaning of the&s;e Words is, that God as a Father <HI>is the giver of all goodne&s;s</HI> / and therefore is willing; and as our Lord God and heavenly Fa|ther, is able to hear and to help us.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you learn from hence.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I learn that we ought therefore with an hum|ble confidence, and awful reverence, upon all occa|&s;ions, to make our Prayers and Supplications to Al|mighty God our heavenly Father.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that God is <HI>the giver of all goodne&s;s?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove <HI>that God is the giver of all goodne&s;s</HI> / from St. James 1. ver&s;. 17. <HI>Every good and every per|fect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights</HI>&mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that God as <HI>our Father</HI> is willing to hear and help us?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that God is willing to hear and help us, from St. Matth. 7 ver&s;. 11. <HI>If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your Children, how much more &s;hall your Father which is in Heaven give good things to them that ask him.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that God as our heavenly Father is able to help us?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that God is able to help us, from Ephe&s;.
<PB N="57" REF="32"> 3. ver&s;. 20. where St. Paul &s;ays, that <HI>God is able to do exceeding abundantly, above all that we ask or think.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But when you pray, why do you &s;ay <HI>Our Fa|ther</HI> / in the plural number, whereas in the beginning of your Creed you &s;ay <HI>I believe</HI> / in the &s;ingular num|ber?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> When I repeat the Creed, I &s;ay <HI>I believe</HI> / be|cau&s;e every Man is bound to believe for him&s;elf: But when I pray, I &s;ay <HI>Our Father</HI> / becau&s;e Cha|rity obliges me to pray, <HI>that God would give his grace</HI> (not only) <HI>to me</HI> / but al&s;o <HI>unto all People.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that we Chri&s;tians ought to pray for all People?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we Chri&s;tians ought to pray for all People from 1 Tim. 2. ver&s;. 1. where St. Paul &s;ays, <HI>I exhort that Supplications, Prayers, Interce&s;&s;ions, and giving of Thanks be made for all Men.</HI></P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="21" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XXI.</HEAD>
<P>YOU have done with the fir&s;t part of the <HI>Lords Prayer</HI> which is the Preface; the next part con|tains the Petitions.</P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> How many Petitions are there?</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w.</HI> In the <HI>Lords Prayer</HI> there are &s;ix Petitions; the three fir&s;t relate to God, and the other three relate to our &s;elves.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Which is the fir&s;t Petition?</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Hallowed be thy Name.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you pray for in this Petition?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In this Petition I pray that Gods Name may be acknowledged, wor&s;hipped, and highly honoured by us, and all Men, as infinitely holy.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that God is holy, and ought therefore to be honour'd and wor&s;hipped?</P>
<PB N="58" REF="33">
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from P&s;alm 99. ver&s;. 5. where the P&s;almi&s;t &s;ays, <HI>Exalt the Lord our God, and wor&s;hip at his Foot&s;tool, for he is holy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What is the &s;econd Petition in the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Thy Kingdom come.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you pray for in this Petition?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In this Petition I pray, that God would be plea&s;ed to inlarge his Kingdom of Grace, by inclin|ing the hearts of all Men to &s;erve him here.</P>
<P>Q Do you pray for any thing el&s;e in this Peti|tion?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, I pray likewi&s;e, that God would aboli&s;h the power of Sin, and Satan, in us, and all the World; and that he would ha&s;ten, and perfect his Kingdom of Glory, by the coming of Chri&s;t hereafter.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Gods Kingdom of Grace, is in the hearts of his Servants here?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Luke 17. ver&s;. 21. where Chri&s;t &s;ays to his Di&s;ciples, &mdash; <HI>The Kingdom of God is within you.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that the power of Satan is to be aboli&s;hed?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that the power of Satan is to be abo|li&s;hed, from Rom. 16. ver&s;. 20. where St. Paul &s;ays, &mdash; <HI>The God of Peace &s;hall brui&s;e Satan under your feet &s;hortly</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that there will be a King|dom of God hereafter?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that there will be a Kingdom of God hereafter, from St Matth. 13. ver&s; 43. where Chri&s;t &s;ays, that after the day of Judgment, <HI>The Righteous &s;hall &s;hine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What duty may the &s;etting up the Kingdom of God here, and hereafter, and the aboli&s;hing the power of Sin and Satan, teach us?</P>
<P><HI>A</HI> It may teach us, that being under the domini|on of God, we ought to &s;erve him as obedient Sub|jects
<PB N="59" REF="33"> of his Kingdom, <HI>in Holine&s;s and Righteou&s;ne&s;s all the days of our life:</HI> as we read St. Luke&punc; 1 ver&s; 74, 75.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the third Petition in the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Hea|ven.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you pray for in this Petition?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In this Petition I pray, that God would enable us to obey his Will, with the &s;ame readine&s;s, as it is done by the Angels in Heaven; and that we may al|ways chearfully &s;ubmit to his good plea&s;ure.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that the Angels readily o|bey God?</P>
<P><HI>A. I</HI> prove the obedience of Angels&punc; from P&s;alm 103. ver&s;. 20. <HI>Ble&s;s the Lord ye Angels of his, that excell in &s;trength, that do his Commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his Word.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Can you prove the obedience of Angels any o|ther way?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, the ready obedience of Angels may al&s;o be proved from Chri&s;ts Speech to the Officers, that came to take him, St. Matth. 26. ver&s;. 53. where he &s;ays, that <HI>if he prayed to his Father he would pre&s;en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ly give him more then twelve Legions of Angels</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q What is the fourth Petition in the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Give us this day our daily Bread.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you pray for in this Petition?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In this Petition <HI>I pray unto God that he would &s;end us all things that be needful both for our Souls and Bodies.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why do you expre&s;s that which is needful for the Soul, as well as for the Body, by the word <HI>Bread?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I expre&s;s what is needful for the Soul by the word <HI>Bread</HI> / becau&s;e the Word <HI>Bread</HI> is &s;ometimes in holy Scripture taken in a &s;piritual &s;en&s;e.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Where do you find the word <HI>Bread</HI> taken &s;pi|ritually?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The word <HI>Bread</HI> is taken &s;piritually in St. John 6.
<PB N="60" REF="34"> ver&s;. 33. where Chri&s;t is called <HI>the Bread of God, which cometh down from Heaven, and giveth life unto the World.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Why do you pray give us <HI>[this day] our daily Bread?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I pray, <HI>give us this day our daily Bread</HI> / to &s;hew our dependance on God for a &s;upply of our dai|ly wants</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why ought we thus continually to depend on God for the &s;upply of our wants?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We ought thus continually to depend upon God, becau&s;e we are commanded <HI>not to trust in un|certain Riches, but in the living God, who giveth us all things richly to enjoy,</HI> 1 Tim. 6. ver&s;. 17.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by <HI>[Our] Bread?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>[Our] Bread</HI> I mean what we get by our own lawful indu&s;try, or whatever we have a ju&s;t title to, and not what is anothers property.</P>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="22" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XXII.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> WHat is the fifth Petition in the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>An&s;w. <HI>Forgive us our tre&s;pa&s;&s;es / as we forgive them that tre&s;pa&s;s again&s;t us.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q What do you pray for in this Petition?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In this Petition I pray, that <HI>God would be merciful unto us / and forgive us our Sins.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why are <HI>Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es</HI> or Sins &s;ometimes called Debts in the Go&s;pel.</P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Tre&s;pa&s;&s;es</HI></HI> or Sins may be called Debts, be|cau&s;e we are bound to perform the Law of God, and if we tran&s;gre&s;s it, we become debtors to Gods Ju|&s;tice, and are lyable to &s;uffer the penalties he has threatned to inflict on the di&s;obedient.</P>
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<P>When you pray <HI>that God would be merciful un|to us / and forgive us our Sins</HI> /</P>
<P>Q. Why do you add <HI>as we forgive them / that tre&s;pa&s;s again&s;t us?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A,</HI> I add the&s;e Words, <HI>as we forgive them that tre&s;pa&s;s again&s;t us</HI> / beuau&s;e our Saviour Chri&s;t has made our forgiving others, ab&s;olutely nece&s;&s;ary, in order to our receiving forgivene&s;s from God.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that our forgiving others, is nece&s;&s;ary for the obtaining our pardon from God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Matth 6. ver&s;. 14, 15. <HI>For if ye forgive Men their tre&s;pa&s;&s;es, your heavenly Father will al&s;o forgive you. But if ye forgive not Men their tre&s;|pa&s;&s;es, neither will your Father forgive your tre&s;pa&s;&s;es.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is the &s;ixth and la&s;t Petition in the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Lead us not into temptation / but deliver us from evil.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you pray for in this Petition?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In this Petition I pray, that God would give us grace to with&s;tand all temptations that intice to Sin, and to deliver us from the evil thereof.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Can you prove that God is ready and willing to a&s;&s;i&s;t us again&s;t temptations?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, I prove it from 1 Cor. 10. ver&s;. 13. where St. Paul &s;ays, <HI>God is faithful who will not &s;uffer you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temp|tation al&s;o make a way to e&s;cape, that you may be able to bear it.</HI></P>
<P>Q Do you pray for any thing el&s;e in the la&s;t Pe|tition of the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, I pray al&s;o, that it would plea&s;e God <HI>to &s;ave and defend us in all dangers gho&s;tly and bo|dily; and that he would keep us from all Sin and Wickedne&s;s / and from our gho&s;tly Enemy / and from everla&s;ting death.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by <HI>gho&s;tly</HI> (or &s;piritual) <HI>dangers?</HI></P>
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<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>gho&s;tly</HI> (or &s;piritual) <HI>dangers</HI> I mean all Sin and Wickedne&s;s, and its evil and nece&s;&s;ary con&s;e|quence, which is <HI>everla&s;ting death.</HI></P>
<P>Q Who do you mean by our <HI>gho&s;tly</HI> (or &s;piri|tual) <HI>Enemy?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>gho&s;tly</HI> (or &s;piritual) <HI>Enemy</HI> I mean the Devil, whom I &s;olemnly renounc'd at my bapti&s;m; And here I pray God to enable me to re&s;i&s;t him, and to pre&s;erve and defend me from all his &s;nares and malice?</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">o you prove that God will <HI>&s;ave and de|fend from all evil</HI> / as well <HI>gho&s;tly / as bodily?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from P&s;alm 121. ver&s;. 7. <HI>The Lord &s;hall pre&s;erve thee from all evil, he &s;hall pre&s;erve thy Soul.</HI></P>
<P>Q How do you prove that you ought to <HI>tru&s;t that God of <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">is mercy and goodne&s;s</HI> will do this that you de&s;ire of him?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we ought to tru&s;t in God for the gran<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ing the Petition that we de&s;ire of him, from St Mark 11 ver&s;. 22, 24. where Chri&s;t bids his Di&s;ci|ples, <HI>Have Faith</HI> (or tru&s;t) <HI>in God,</HI> and &s;ays, <HI>what things &s;oever ye de&s;ire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye &s;hall have them.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is the conclu&s;ion of the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The conclu&s;ion of the <HI>Lords Prayer</HI> is, <HI>For thine is the Kingdom / the Power / and the Glory / for ever and ever. Amen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why do you not repeat this conclu&s;ion in your Catechi&s;m, when you are bid to rehear&s;e the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I do not repeat this conclu&s;ion in my Cate|chi&s;m, becau&s;e it is not added by St. Luke, tho' it be by St. Matthew, and for this rea&s;on it is not always u&s;ed in our Church Service, tho' &s;ometimes it is. Be|&s;ides this conclu&s;ion, is vertually implyed and con|tain'd in the Preface.</P>
<P>Q What may we learn from the conclu&s;ion of the <HI>Lords Prayer?</HI></P>
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<P><HI>A.</HI> The conclu&s;ion of the <HI>Lords Prayer</HI> may teach us; that God is infinite in power and Maje&s;ty, and of an eternal duration.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What may we further learn from it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We may further learn, that we ought on the con&s;ideration of Gods infinite perfections, to offer up our Petitions unto him, with the greate&s;t humi|lity and reverence, and may likewi&s;e entirely de|pend on him, for all that we need, or de&s;ire of him.</P>
<P>Q. Why do you conclude this and all other Pray|ers with the word <HI>Amen</HI> / with the which al&s;o you ended your Creed?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The Word <HI>Amen</HI> at the end of the Creed, is a Note of Affirmation &s;ignifying that it is &s;o, for the which rea&s;on I there u&s;e it. And I make u&s;e of it in my Prayers, becau&s;e the &s;ame word is al&s;o a Note of Wi&s;hing, or De&s;ire, &s;ignifying that it may be &s;o, or <HI>So be it.</HI></P>
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<DIV2 N="23" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Part XXIII.</HEAD>
<P>YOU have already given an account of the <HI>Creed</HI> / which you &s;aid was a rule of Faith; and of the <HI>Commandments</HI> / which you called a rule of practi&s;e: you have likewi&s;e gone thro' the <HI>Lords Prayer.</HI> And you told me that <HI>Prayer</HI> was the means of obtaining the <HI>grace of God</HI> / to enable us to believe and practi&s;e as he requires.</P>
<P>Q Are there no other outward means of obtain|ing <HI>Gods grace</HI> / but this of <HI>Prayer?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, the Sacraments which <HI>Chri&s;t hath ordain'd in his Church</HI> are al&s;o means of obtaining <HI>grace.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q <HI>How many Sacraments hath Chri&s;t ordained in his Church?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Two / only as generally nece&s;&s;ary to Sal|vation
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/ that is to &s;ay / Bapti&s;m / and the Supper of the Lord.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why do you &s;ay that there are but <HI>two Sacra|ments only generally nece&s;&s;ary to Salvation?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I &s;ay &s;o, becau&s;e tho' there are &s;everal other things that may be called Sacraments, (which hath oc|ca&s;ion'd Errours in the Church of Rome) yet they are not <HI>generally nece&s;&s;ary to Salvation.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by the&s;e words <HI>generally nece&s;&s;ary to Salvation?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>generally nece&s;&s;ary to Salvation</HI> / I mean, that no Per&s;ons are exempt from the obligation of ob&s;erving them, but &s;uch only who are uncapable, or have not an opportunity to receive them.</P>
<P>Q <HI>What meane&s;t thou by this Word Sacra|ment?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>I mean an outward and vi&s;ible Sign / of an inward and &s;piritual grace; given unto us / ordain|ed by Chri&s;t him&s;elf / as a means whereby we re|ceive the &s;ame / and as a pledg to a&s;&s;ure us thereof.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. What particulars are contain'd in this An&s;wer?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> This An&s;wer particularly &s;hews the Author, and the end of the Sacraments, together with the parts whereof they con&s;i&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Who was the Authour of the <HI>Sacraments</HI> in the <HI>Church?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Chri&s;t him&s;elf</HI></HI> was the Authour of the <HI>Sacra|ments</HI> in his <HI>Church.</HI></P>
<P>Q. To what end did Chri&s;t ordain the Sacraments?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Chri&s;t ordained Sacraments for a twofold end. Fir&s;t, <HI>as a means whereby we receive grace.</HI> And &s;econdly <HI>as a pledg to a&s;&s;ure us thereof.</HI></P>
<P>Q. <HI>How many parts are there in a Sacrament?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Two / the outward vi&s;ible Sign / and the in|ward &s;piritual grace.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by an <HI>outward vi&s;ible Sign?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By an <HI>outward vi&s;ible Sign</HI> I mean that part
<PB N="65" REF="36"> of the <HI>Sacrament</HI> / which is to be &s;een and di&s;cern'd by the bodily eyes.</P>
<P>Q What do you mean by the <HI>inward and &s;piri|tual Grace?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By the <HI>inward and &s;piritual Grace</HI> / I mean that divine benefit, which is communicated to the faithful in the <HI>Sacraments.</HI></P>
<P>Q <HI>What is the outward and vi&s;ible Sign or Form in Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Water; wherein the Per&s;on is baptized / in the Name of the Father / and of the Son / and of the Holy Gho&s;t.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q What do you mean by <HI>baptizing?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The word <HI>baptize</HI> &s;ignifies to wa&s;h any Per|&s;on, or thing with Water.</P>
<P>Q. Where have we any Command for <HI>baptizing?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We have the Command of Chri&s;t for <HI>baptiz|ing</HI> / S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> Matth. 28. ver&s;. 19. (where he &s;ays to his Di&s;ciples,) <HI>Go ye therefore and teach all Nations, bap|tizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Gho&s;t.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove it nece&s;&s;ary to <HI>baptize</HI> with <HI>Water?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it nece&s;&s;ary to <HI>baptize</HI> with <HI>Water</HI> / from Acts 10. ver&s;. 47. where we find that St. <HI>Peter</HI> commanded Per&s;ons to be <HI>baptized</HI> with <HI>Water</HI> / which had already received the Holy Gho&s;t: for he &s;aid, <HI>Can any Man forbid Water, that the&s;e &s;hould not be baptized, which have received the Holy Gho&s;t as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q To what end were you <HI>baptized / in the Name of the Father / and of the Son / and of the Holy Gho&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I was <HI>baptized in the Name of the Father / and of the Son / and of the Holy Gho&s;t.</HI> To &s;hew that we ought to believe in each Per&s;on of the holy Trinity; And that by our <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> we are de|dicated unto, and obliged to &s;erve, and wor&s;hip
<PB N="66" REF="37"> the <HI>Father / Son / and Holy Gho&s;t</HI> / one God, ble&s;&s;ed for ever.</P>
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<HEAD>Part XXIV.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t. <HI>WHat is the inward and Spiritual Grace</HI></HI> (in Bapti&s;m?)</P>
<P><HI>An&s;w. <HI>A Death unto Sin / and a new birth un|to Righteou&s;ne&s;s / for being by nature born in Sin / and the Children of wrath / we are hereby made the Children of Grace.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q What do you mean by a <HI>Death unto Sin?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>a Death unto Sin</HI> I mean the de&s;troying all evil inclinations, and cea&s;ing from Sin, as a dead Man does from the Actions of life.</P>
<P>Q. What do you mean by <HI>a new Birth unto Righteou&s;ne&s;s?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>a new Birth unto Righteou&s;ne&s;s</HI> / I mean &s;uch a change in the Soul, whereby we become new Creatures, and receive Strength and Power to pro|ceed in all vertue and godline&s;s of living.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that in <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> there is &s;uch <HI>a Death unto Sin / and a new Birth unto Righteou&s;ne&s;s?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that in <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> there is <HI>a Death un|to Sin / and a new Birth unto Righteou&s;ne&s;s</HI> / from Rom. 6. ver&s;. 4. <HI>Therefore being buried with him in Bapti&s;m unto Death, that like as Chri&s;t was rai&s;ed from the dead, by the Glory of the Father, &s;o we al&s;o &s;hould walk in newne&s;s of life.</HI></P>
<P>Q How came you to be <HI>born in Sin / and to be a Child of Wrath?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A</HI> We are <HI>born in Sin</HI> / and made <HI>Children of Wrath</HI> / by the di&s;obedience of our fir&s;t Parents.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that the di&s;obedience of
<PB N="67" REF="37"> our fir&s;t Parents made us lyable to Gods Wrath?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from Rom. 5. ver&s;. 12 where St. Paul &s;ays, &mdash; <HI>By one Man Sin entred into the World, and Death by Sin, and &s;o Death pa&s;&s;eth upon all Men, for that all have &s;inned.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you were <HI>born in Sin?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we were <HI>born in Sin</HI> / from P&s;alm 51. ver&s;. 5. where <HI>David</HI> &s;ays, <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">hold I was &s;hapen in Iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother conceive me.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that you are <HI>a Child of Wrath?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that we are <HI>Children of Wrath</HI> / from Ephe&s;. 2 ver&s;. 3 &mdash; <HI>And were by Nature Children of Wrath even as others.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What do you mean by <HI>a Child of Grace?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>a Child of Grace</HI> I mean, a Child of God, which was the &s;econd great Priviledg I &s;aid I had by my <HI>Bapti&s;m.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How does the u&s;e of <HI>Water</HI> in <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> re|pre&s;ent the <HI>inward</HI> benefit of <HI>Spiritual Grace?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Water</HI></HI> in <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> does repre&s;ent the <HI>inward</HI> benefit of <HI>Spiritual Grace</HI> in this manner, for like as Water clean&s;es the Body from filth, by it's being wa&s;hed therewith: So the Grace of God clean&s;es the Soul of the Per&s;on baptized from Sin.</P>
<P>Q. <HI>What is required in Per&s;ons to be bap|tized?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Repentance whereby they for&s;ake Sin / and Faith / whereby they &s;tedfa&s;tly believe the promi&s;es of God made to them in that Sacrament.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q How do you prove <HI>Repentance</HI> nece&s;&s;ary in order to <HI>Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove <HI>Repentance</HI> nece&s;&s;ary in order to <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> / from Acts 2. ver&s;. 38. where St. <HI>Peter</HI> bids the <HI>Jews</HI> to <HI>repent that they may be baptized.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that <HI>a &s;tedfa&s;t belief of Gods promi&s;es in Chri&s;t</HI> are requi&s;ite in order to <HI>Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
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<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove Faith in Chri&s;t requi&s;ite in order to <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> / from Acts 8. ver&s;. 12. <HI>But when they believed Philip, preaching the things concerning the Kingdom of God, and the Name of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, they were baptized both Men and Women.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What particular <HI>Promi&s;e</HI> from God have we in <HI>Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> In <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> we are promi&s;ed Remi&s;&s;ion of Sins.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Remi&s;&s;ion of Sins is to be obtain'd in <HI>Bapti&s;m?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove Remi&s;&s;ion of Sins to be obtain'd in <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> from the Speech of <HI>Ananias</HI> to <HI>Saul,</HI> upon his Conver&s;ion, Acts 22. ver&s;. 16. where he &s;ays to him: &mdash; <HI>Ari&s;e and be baptized, and wa&s;h away thy Sins</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>If the&s;e be the Conditions required in <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> /</P>
<P>Q. <HI>Why then are Infants baptized / when by rea&s;on of their tender age / they cannot perform them?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>They promi&s;e them both by their Sureties / which promi&s;e when they come to age / they them|&s;elves are bound to perform.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by <HI>Sureties?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>Sureties</HI> I mean my <HI>Godfathers</HI> and <HI>Godmothers</HI> / which undertook for me at my <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> / when I entred into Covenant with Chri&s;t, as it is mentioned in the beginning of the Cate|chi&s;m.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that Children are capable of entring into this Covenant.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Becau&s;e all that are capable of entring into the Kingdom of God, mu&s;t nece&s;&s;arily be capable of being admitted into the Covenant thereunto be|longing.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that Children are capable of entring into the Kingdom of God?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove it from St. Mark 10. ver&s;. 14. And Je|&s;us
<PB N="69" REF="38"> &s;aid &mdash; <HI>Suffer the little Children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of &s;uch is the Kingdom of God.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What is required of you in order to your per|forming what your <HI>Sureties</HI> promi&s;ed for you?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I am to ratifie and confirm in my own Per|&s;on the Vow made for me, by my <HI>Sureties</HI> at my <HI>Bapti&s;m</HI> / when I come to age, and am capable of under&s;tanding it, which is publickly and &s;olemnly done at Confirmation.</P>
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<HEAD>Part XXV.</HEAD>
<P>YOU have already given an account of <HI>Bap|ti&s;m</HI> / which is the fir&s;t <HI>Sacrament in</HI> Chri&s;t's <HI>Church.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t.</HI> Which is the other <HI>Sacrament</HI> that Chri&s;t ordained.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The other <HI>Sacrament</HI> ordain'd by Chri&s;t, is called the <HI>Sacrament of the Lords Supper.</HI></P>
<P>Q. Why is it called the <HI>Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> It's called the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / becau&s;e it was ordain'd by Chri&s;t immediately after he had eaten the Pa&s;&s;over, at his la&s;t Supper with his Di&s;ciples.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that this Sacrament was ordain'd by Chri&s;t?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that the Sacrament of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> was ordain'd by Chri&s;t from Matth. 14. ver&s;. 22, 23, 24 &mdash; <HI>And Je&s;us took Bread and ble&s;&s;ed, and brake it, and gave it to them, and &s;aid, Take, eat, this is my Body. And he took the Cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank of it; And he &s;aid unto them, This is my Blood of the New Te&s;tament, which is &s;hed for many.</HI></P>
<P>Q. <HI>Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained;</HI></P>
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<P><HI>A. <HI>For a continual Remembrance of the Sacri|fice of the death of Chri&s;t / and of the benefits which we receive thereby.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. Why do you call <HI>Chri&s;ts death a Sacrifice?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I call <HI>Chri&s;ts death a Sacrifice</HI> / becau&s;e here|by he made an attonement for Sin.</P>
<P>Q How do you prove that <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> by his <HI>death</HI> has made an attonement for Sin?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> by his <HI>death</HI> has made an attonement for Sin, from Hebr. 9. ver&s;. 26 &mdash; <HI>But now in the end of the World hath he appeared to put away Sin by the Sacrifice of him&s;elf.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that the <HI>Remembrance</HI> of <HI>Chri&s;ts death</HI> is the end of the Sacrament?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that the <HI>Remembrance of Chri&s;ts death</HI> is the end of the Sacrament of the <HI>Lords Sup|per</HI> / from Chri&s;ts own Words to his Di&s;ciples at the fir&s;t In&s;titution thereof, St. Luke 22. ver&s;. 14. where Chri&s;t &s;ays &mdash; <HI>Do this in Remembrance of me.</HI></P>
<P>Q. <HI>What is the outward part or Sign in the Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>Bread and Wine which the Lord command|ed to be received.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that the Lord commanded both <HI>Bread and Wine</HI> to be received in <HI>Remem|brance</HI> of his <HI>death?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove that Chri&s;t commanded both <HI>Bread and Wine</HI> to be received in <HI>Remembrance</HI> of his <HI>death</HI> / from St. Matth. 26. ver&s;. 26, 27. <HI>And as they were eating, Je&s;us took Bread, and ble&s;&s;ed it, and brake it, and gave it to them &mdash; And he took the Cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, &s;aying, Drink ye all of this</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P>Q. But how is the Lords <HI>Death</HI> repre&s;ented or &s;hewed forth by the <HI>Bread and Wine</HI> in the <HI>Sacra|ment?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The <HI>Death of Chri&s;t</HI> is &s;hewed forth in the <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> after this manner;
<PB N="71" REF="39"> The breaking of the <HI>Bread</HI> / that repre&s;ents the brui&s;|ing, and crucifying of Chri&s;ts Body; and the pour|ing forth the <HI>Wine</HI> / repre&s;ents the &s;hedding of his precious Blood.</P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>What is the inward part / or thing &s;ignified (in the Lords Supper?)</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>The Body and Blood of Chri&s;t / which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lords Supper.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by <HI>taken and received by the faithful?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By <HI>taken and received by the faithful</HI> / I mean, that none but good and faithful People, receive any benefit from it: and likewi&s;e that <HI>Chri&s;ts Body and Blood</HI> are received in this <HI>Sacrament</HI> &s;piritually, or by <HI>Faith</HI> / and not in a gro&s;s and carnal manner.</P>
<P><HI>Q. <HI>What are the benefits whereof we are made partakers thereby?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>A. <HI>The &s;trengthning and refreshing our Souls / by the Body and Blood of Chri&s;t / as our Bodies are by the Bread and Wine.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove the great <HI>benefits</HI> which are receiv'd by this <HI>Sacrament?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the <HI>benefits</HI> of this <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / from 1 Corinth. 10. ver&s;. 16. where St. Paul &s;ays, <HI>The Cup of ble&s;&s;ing which we ble&s;s, is it not the Communion of the Blood of Chri&s;t, and the Bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the Body of Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Part XXVI.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Que&s;t. <HI>WHat is required of them that come to the Lords Supper?</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Que&s;t. <HI>To examine them&s;elves whether they re|pent them truly of their former &s;ins / &s;tedfa&s;tly pur|po&s;ing
<PB N="72" REF="40"> to lead a new life: have a lively Faith in Gods mercy thro' Chri&s;t / with a thankful remem|brance of his death / and be in Charity with all Men.</HI></HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that we mu&s;t <HI>examine our &s;elves</HI> before we come to the <HI>Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove examination nece&s;&s;ary before receiv|ing the Sacrament of the <HI>Lords Supper;</HI> from I Cor. 11. ver&s;. 28. where St. Paul &s;ays, <HI>Let a Man ex|amine him&s;elf, and &s;o let him eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> What do you mean by examining our &s;elves?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By examining our &s;elves I mean, that we try our Lives and Actions by the Laws of God, to &s;ee wherein we have done ami&s;s.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But what are you do to after you have <HI>exa|min'd your &s;elf?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> After I have <HI>examin'd my &s;elf</HI> / I am <HI>to repent me truly of my former &s;ins / &s;tedfa&s;tly purpo&s;ing to lead a new life.</HI></P>
<P>Q. How do you prove Repentance nece&s;&s;ary?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove Repentance nece&s;&s;ary, that I may ob|tain forgivene&s;s of my former Sins, from Acts 3. ver&s;. 19. where St. <HI>Peter</HI> &s;ays to the Jews, <HI>Repent and be con|verted, that your Sins may be blotted out when the times of refre&s;hment &s;hall come from the pre&s;ence of the Lord.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove it nece&s;&s;ary <HI>to lead a new life?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the nece&s;&s;ity of a <HI>new life</HI> from Ephe&s;. 4. ver&s;. 22, 23, 24. where St. <HI>Paul</HI> &s;ays to the Ephe|&s;ians, &mdash; <HI>Put off concerning the former Conver&s;ation the old Man, which is corrupt, &mdash; And be renewed in the Spirit of your mind. And put on the new Man, which after God is created in Righteou&s;ne&s;s and true Holine&s;s.</HI></P>
<P>Q. What el&s;e is needful to make us worthy par|takers of the <HI>Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> It is further needful to our worthy receiving
<PB N="73" REF="40"> of the <HI>Lords Supper / to have a lively Faith in Gods mercy thro' Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove Faith nece&s;&s;ary?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove Faith nece&s;&s;ary, when we approach to God in the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / or any other religious duty; from Hebr. 10. ver&s;. 22. where the Apo&s;tle &s;ays, <HI>Let us draw near with a true heart, in full a&s;&s;urance of Faith</HI> &mdash;</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What more is required of them that come to the <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> They that come to the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / are al&s;o required, to have <HI>a thankful remembrance of Chri&s;t's death.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Why are we to remember Chri&s;ts death with thankfulne&s;s?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> We are to remember Chri&s;ts death with thank|fulne&s;s, becau&s;e of the Victory we thereby obtain over Sin and Death.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove we &s;hould be thus thankful from the Example of St. Paul 1 Corinth. 15. ver&s;. 57. who (&s;peaking of Sins and Death) &s;ays, <HI>Thanks be to God who giveth us the Victory thro' our Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> Is there no more required in order to the due receiving of the <HI>Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, It is likewi&s;e required <HI>to be in Charity with all Men.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What do you mean by being in <HI>Charity?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> By being in <HI>Charity</HI> is meant not only the forgiving injuries, but al&s;o loving and bearing good will towards all Men.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove that forgiving injuries is nece&s;&s;ary in order to our worthy receiving the <HI>Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove forgiving injuries nece&s;&s;ary from St. Matth. 5. ver&s;. 23, 24. where Chri&s;t &s;ays, &mdash; <HI>I<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> thou bringe&s;t thy gift to the Altar, and there remembre&s;t,
<PB N="74" REF="41"> that thy Brother hath ought against thee, leave there thy gift before the Altar, and go thy way, fir&s;t be reconciled to thy Brother, and then come and offer thy gift.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove that we &s;hould bear good will towards all People, in order to our worthy par|taking of the holy Communion.</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> To bear good will towards all People, has bin already proved to be the duty of all Chri&s;tians; but its more e&s;pecially nece&s;&s;ary to fit us for the holy Communion, becau&s;e we are there particularly u|nited unto one another.</P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> How do you prove this particular union of Chri&s;tians at the <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Sup|per?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove this union from 1 Cor. 10. ver&s;. 17. <HI>For we being many, are one Bread and one Body, for we are all partakers of that one Bread.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> Why is it nece&s;&s;ary that we &s;hould thus care|fu ly <HI>examine</HI> and prepare our &s;elves before we come to the <HI>Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> It's nece&s;&s;ary that we carefully <HI>examine</HI> our &s;elves before we come to the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / be|cau&s;e of the great danger of coming to that holy Sa|crament unworthily.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How do you prove that it is dangerous to come to the <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> un|worthily?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the dangers hereof from 1 Cor. 11. v<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">r&s;. 29 where the Apo&s;tle &s;ays, <HI>He that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to him|&s;elf not di&s;cerning the Lords Body.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Q.</HI> But is there no other danger from the <HI>Sacra|ment</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / but that of receiving it unworthily?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> Yes, there is al&s;o great danger in neglecting the <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">crament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / or wilfully &s;taying away from it.</P>
<PB N="75" REF="41" MS="y">
<P><HI>Q.</HI> What is the danger of neglecting it?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> There is as great danger of damnation, from the wilful neglecting the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> / as from the unworthy receiving it: Becau&s;e &s;uch neglect is a plain contempt of Chri&s;t's kind invitation, and al&s;o a manife&s;t di&s;obedience of his po&s;itive Com|mand.</P>
<P><HI>Q</HI> How long is the <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> to continue in the Church?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> The <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> is to be continued in the Church, till the coming of Chri&s;t to Judgment.</P>
<P>Q. How do you prove this?</P>
<P><HI>A.</HI> I prove the <HI>Sacrament</HI> of the <HI>Lords Supper</HI> is to continue till Chri&s;t's coming to Judgment from 1 Corinth. 11. ver&s;. 26. where St. Paul &s;ays, &mdash; <HI>As oft as ye eat this Bread, and drink this Cup, ye do &s;hew forth the Lords death till he come,</HI></P>
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