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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
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<P>A KEY TO Catechi&s;ms: OR An ea&s;ie and familiar Help for the true and right under&s;tand|ing of the principal Sub&s;tance of all Catechi&s;ms what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Suited to The Meane&s;t Capacities, AND The Weake&s;t Memories.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Richard Chi&s;well,</HI> and to be fold by <HI>Robert Eveleigh</HI> Book&s;eller in <HI>Exon.</HI> 1682.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="to the reader">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>To the Reader.</HEAD>
<P>I Have here reduced the Principles of Chri&s;tian Religion to five Heads, and in the Explanati|ons of them, endeavour'd to conde&s;cend unto the meane&s;t Capacities, by &s;uch ea&s;ie and famili|ar Windings and Inver&s;ions, as may prove helpful by Gods ble&s;&s;ing to work the&s;e things into the &V;nder|&s;tandings of tho&s;e, who though they have learnt their Catechi&s;m without Book, do yet apprehend but little of the true &s;en&s;e and meaning thereof. And herein I have been particularly careful to obviate one Inconve|nience (which I have ob&s;erv'd in other Attempts of &s;omewhat a like nature) by intermixing &s;o many Que&s;tions to be an&s;wer'd in the Negative, that it may the more ea&s;ily appear, whether the party that an&s;wers, does it rather by gue&s;s and conjecture, than a di&s;tinct right under&s;tanding of the Que&s;tions propounded. Which I al&s;o mention, the rather to excu&s;e the repeti|tion of the &s;ame things, &s;ometimes in a different form; which I conceive, not only to be pardonable in this ca&s;e, but altogether requi&s;ite, to the better attaining of the end before-mentioned. To which I &s;hall only add, that this is &s;uch a kind of plea&s;ing and delight|ful way of in&s;inuating Knowledge, as will take even with &s;ome of tho&s;e who will not be at the pains to un|dergo the more u&s;ual and ordinary way of In&s;tructi|on.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="catechism">
<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>A Key to Catechi&s;ms.</HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>1. Of God, the Father, Son, and Holy Gho&s;t.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>DO you believe there is a God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hath God a body, or bodily parts? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God a Spirit? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Can a Spirit be &s;een by our bodily eyes? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Soul of man a Spirit? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And are Angels Spirits? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are Angels and the Souls of men infinite Spi|rits? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God an infinite Spirit? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Had God any beginning? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall he ever have any end? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Have all Creatures a beginning? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God from everla&s;ting to everla&s;ting? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is any creature from everla&s;ting? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any &s;in in God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God hate and abhor evil? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he a pure and an holy God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="2" REF="3">
<ITEM>Is he al&s;o a great and a glorious God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any glory in this world worthy to be compared with him? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God &s;tand in need of any creatures? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he in and of him&s;elf ble&s;&s;ed for ever? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God a God of infinite Wi&s;dom? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any thing that God does not know? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it po&s;&s;ible for God to be deceived? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is any man equal to God in Wi&s;dom and Know|ledge? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God know all our thoughts and intenti|ons? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth he hear all our Words and &s;ee all our A|ctions? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Can we hide our &s;elves from Gods &s;ight? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth he &s;ee and take notice of us whenever we &s;in again&s;t him? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any thing too hard for God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Can God do all things what&s;oever he plea&s;|eth? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did ever any man harden him&s;elf again&s;t God and pro&s;per? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God All-mighty? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he able to de&s;troy both Body and Soul, and to ca&s;t them into Hell-fire? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it any wi&s;dom then to fear Men more than God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God do any wrong to man in afflicting of him? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he ju&s;t and righteous in all his ways. <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<ITEM>Do all our mercies come from God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do we de&s;erve any of the mercies that we en|joy? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we then to be well contented and thank|ful at all times? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God delight in mercy? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God ju&s;t as well as merciful? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will his Patience abu&s;ed be turned into fury? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it po&s;&s;ible for God to lye? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will God perform and make good his Pro|mi&s;es? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And will he fulfil and execute his Threat|nings? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any change or alteration in God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any man &s;o holy, and ju&s;t and powerful, as God is? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God infinite in all his perfections? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was man from everla&s;ting. <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did man make him&s;elf? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God make all things? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God make all things out of nothing? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he make all things for his own glory? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Were we &s;ent hither into the world meerly to plea&s;e and gratifie our &s;elves? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we to do all things to Gods glory? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are we able to pre&s;erve our &s;elves? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God pre&s;erve and uphold all things? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any thing done without Gods permi&s;&s;i|on? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="4" REF="4">
<ITEM>Doth God order and govern and over-rule all things in the world? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do you think that tho&s;e were true Gods, which the Heathen wor&s;hipped as Gods? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there only one God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is this one God di&s;tingui&s;hed into three Per|&s;ons? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are there any more than three Per&s;ons in the Godhead. <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t the fir&s;t Per&s;on? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Holy Gho&s;t the fir&s;t Per&s;on? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God the Father the fir&s;t Per&s;on? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Holy Gho&s;t the &s;econd Per&s;on? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t the &s;econd Per&s;on? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t God the Son? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Holy Gho&s;t or Holy Spirit the third Per|&s;on? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Father God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Son God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Holy Gho&s;t God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are the&s;e three Per&s;ons three Gods? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are the&s;e three Per&s;ons one greater than ano|ther? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Were the&s;e three Per&s;ons one before ano|ther? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they all three eternal and equal one with another. <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And are the&s;e three Per&s;ons one God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any more than one living and true God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<PB N="5" REF="4">
<HEAD>2. Of Man, before and &s;ince his Fall.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>DId God make man? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God make mans body of the Du&s;t of the Earth? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God breath a living &s;oul into him? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the &s;oul of man mortal, or that which will have an end at Death? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Soul of man his better part, better than his Body? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will it profit a man to gain the whole world if he lo&s;e his Soul? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Soul then chiefly and e&s;pecially to be mind|ed? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was man created &s;inful? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did man come out of Gods hands innocent, pure and holy? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Had man then the Image of God upon him? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God make any Covenant or Agreement with man after he had made him? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was that fir&s;t Covenant called a Covenant of Grace? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was the fir&s;t Covenant called a Covenant of Works? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God therein promi&s;e man life and happi|ne&s;s? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And was man bound con&s;tantly to obey God in all things? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God make this Covenant with our fir&s;t Pa|rents only for them&s;elves? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<ITEM>Did he make this Covenant with them for them|&s;elves and for their po&s;terity al&s;o? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did man keep this Covenant on his part? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he di&s;obey God and &s;in again&s;t him? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Were our fir&s;t Parents placed in the Garden of <HI>Eden? Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Had they liberty to eat of all the Trees of the Garden? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God forbid them to eat of the Tree of know|ledge of good and Evil? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did they ob&s;erve Gods Command therein? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was their &s;in the eating of that fruit which God had forbidden? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did <HI>Eve</HI> tempt <HI>Adam</HI> to eat of it? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And did Satan in the Serpent tempt <HI>Eve? Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did they hearken unto Satan more than unto God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Were only our fir&s;t Parents guilty of that &s;in? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did all mankind &s;in in them? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was man thereupon lo&s;t and undone in him|&s;elf? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Could he have found out any way for his own Recovery? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did God leave man in this &s;ad and mi&s;erable e|&s;tate? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was God graciou&s;ly plea&s;ed to make another Covenant or Agreement with man? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was this &s;econd Covenant a Covenant of Works? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="7" REF="5">
<ITEM>Was God bound to make another Covenant with man? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Might God have left man in his wretched and forlorn e&s;tate to be lo&s;t and mi&s;erable for ever? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is this &s;econd Covenant then a Covenant of Grace? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God herein promi&s;e man life and &s;alvati|on? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God promi&s;e life ab&s;olutely to all men, &s;o that all &s;hall be &s;aved, though they do what they li&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it then upon condition of believing in Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it of Gods free Grace, that he will accept of a &s;atisfaction made by another in our &s;tead? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall all that do truly believe in Je&s;us Chri&s;t be &s;aved? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we rely wholly upon what he hath done, and what he hath &s;uffered for us? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>May we tru&s;t in Chri&s;t for &s;alvation, without care to obey him? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we be truly willing to obey him in all things? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall we de&s;erve &s;alvation by our own Obedi|ence? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we put our whole tru&s;t in the merits of Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall all tho&s;e be &s;aved, who do believe that Chri&s;t will &s;ave them? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="8" REF="6">
<ITEM>May we be &s;aved by any other without Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Or by any other joyned together with him? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Or upon any other terms then as he is offered to us in the Go&s;pel? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will he permit us to allow our &s;elves in any one &s;in? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we obey him as our Lord, as well as tru&s;t in him for our Saviour? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he the Author of eternal &s;alvation to all them that obey him? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are we now born righteous and innocent as God made our fir&s;t Parents? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are we all conceived and born in &s;in? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are we all guilty of that fir&s;t &s;in which <HI>Adam</HI> committed? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Have we that righteou&s;ne&s;s, wherein he was cre|ated? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are we by nature prone and inclined to that which is good? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are we ready and forward to that which is e|vil? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we to bewail this corruption of our na|tures? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do we &s;in whenever we break any of Gods Laws? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Either in thought, or word, or deed? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>May we leave undone what God commands? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>May we allow our &s;elves to do any thing that God forbids? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="9" REF="6">
<ITEM>Is it a &s;in to tran&s;gre&s;s Gods Law in the &s;mal|le&s;t matter? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is any &s;in &s;mall, con&s;idered ab&s;olutely in it &s;elf? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are &s;ome &s;ins more hainous than others? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the &s;um and &s;ub&s;tance of Gods Laws contain|ed in the ten Commandments? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are all the evils, pains and &s;orrows of this life, the fruit of &s;in? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And is this all that &s;in de&s;erves? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth &s;in de&s;erve death? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is temporal death an end of all the mi&s;ery that Sin de&s;erves? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth Sin de&s;erve the wrath and cur&s;e of God here and hereafter? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do we by rea&s;on of Sin de&s;erve to be ca&s;t into Hell-fire? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they wi&s;e then that make a mock of Sin? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will this mirth of theirs la&s;t always? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are children altogether innocent, when they are fir&s;t born? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Were we all of us born in Sin? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did we then de&s;erve to be ca&s;t into Hell as &s;oon as we were born? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any Condemnation to them that are in Chri&s;t Je&s;us? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they who truly repent and believe in Je&s;us Chri&s;t, be delivered from the wrath to come? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>May we expect forgivene&s;s of our &s;ins without true Repentance? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="10" REF="7">
<ITEM>Is it &s;afe for any man to put off and delay his Repentance? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Had ever any man rea&s;on to complain that he repented too &s;oon? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we be truly &s;orry for our &s;ins pa&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t &s;orrow for Sin be our greate&s;t &s;orrow? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And mu&s;t we endeavour carefully to do &s;o no more? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Can there be true Repentance without care of amendment? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are tho&s;e who are ju&s;tified, pardoned of all their Sins? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And are their per&s;ons accepted by God as righ|teous? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they accounted righteous for their own me|rits? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it only in and through Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they al&s;o &s;anctified or made holy? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do they dye unto Sin? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And do they live unto Righteou&s;ne&s;s? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are all true Believers holy alike, and in the &s;ame degree and mea&s;ure? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are &s;ome more holy than others? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>May any man re&s;t &s;atisfied in that mea&s;ure of ho|line&s;s which he hath attained? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we &s;till labour and &s;trive to be more ho|ly? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are any perfectly holy in this life? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do we de&s;erve forgivene&s;s of &s;ins and eternal Sal|vation by our Repentance and Obedience? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="11" REF="7">
<ITEM>Is it of Gods great Mercy and free Grace that any are &s;aved? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>3. Of Mans Redeemer, the Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>IS there any other Redeemer be&s;ides Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t the fir&s;t Per&s;on in the Trinity? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t the third Per&s;on in the Trini|ty? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t Man? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he become Man for our &s;akes? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he liable to the mi&s;eries and &s;orrows of this life? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And was he a Sinner as other men are? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he in all re&s;pects as other men, &s;in only ex|cepted? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t God and Man both in one Per|&s;on? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he man from all eternity? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he God from all eternity? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hath Je&s;us Chri&s;t two di&s;tinct entire Na|tures? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are there two di&s;tinct Per&s;ons in Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are the&s;e two di&s;tinct Natures in one Per&s;on? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hath he the nature of God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hath he the nature of an Angel? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he come to &s;ave the fallen Angels? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hath he nature of Man? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="12" REF="8">
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t perfect God and perfect Man? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Does he continue to be God and Man &s;till? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was Je&s;us Chri&s;t conceived and born in an or|dinary way as others are? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he conceived and born in Sin? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he conceived by the power of the Holy Gho&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Holy Gho&s;t a man? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Holy Gho&s;t an Angel? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Holy Gho&s;t God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he the fir&s;t Per&s;on in the Godhead? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he the &s;econd Per&s;on in the Godhead? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he equal with the Father and the Son? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he the &s;anctifier of all the elect people of God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Had Je&s;us Chri&s;t any earthly Father? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he born of a Virgin? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was the Virgin <HI>Mary</HI> Chri&s;ts Mother? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did Je&s;us Chri&s;t &s;in and fall in <HI>Adam? No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he come from <HI>Adam</HI> by a natural and ordina|ry way of Generation? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is any man el&s;e without Sin be&s;ides Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth Je&s;us Chri&s;t as our Redeemer execute three Offices? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is he a Prophet, a Prie&s;t and a King? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did the Prophets of old, reveal the will of God to the people? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth Je&s;us Chri&s;t as a Prophet, reveal or make known to us Gods will? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="13" REF="8">
<ITEM>Is there any thing nece&s;&s;ary to our &s;alvation which he hath not revealed? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth he make known to us Gods will outwardly by his Word? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the reading or hearing of Gods Word &s;ufficient of it &s;elf to bring men to Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth Je&s;us Chri&s;t teach his people inwardly by his Spirit? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we then to pray for the teachings of his Spirit? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did the Prie&s;ts of old offer up Sacrifices? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And did Je&s;us Chri&s;t as Prie&s;t offer up any Sacri|fice? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he offer up him&s;elf a Sacrifice? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t to be offered up any more? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was his once offering of him&s;elf &s;ufficient? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was it &s;ufficient to &s;atisfie Gods Ju&s;tice? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And to purcha&s;e for us his Favour? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did Je&s;us Chri&s;t dye for his own Sins? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he holy and innocent him&s;elf? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did Je&s;us Chri&s;t dye for our Sins? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he lay down his life freely and of his own ac|cord? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Had he power &s;o to do? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth he al&s;o pray and intercede for his people, that their per&s;ons and &s;ervices may find accep|tance with God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth Je&s;us Chri&s;t as King govern his people and protect them? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="14" REF="9">
<ITEM>And make them willing to obey and &s;ubmit to all his Laws? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will he be our Saviour, if he be not our King? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall any of his Enemies be able to &s;tand before him? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we receive Je&s;us Chri&s;t entirely in all his Offices? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did Je&s;us Chri&s;t become man, that he might be capable of &s;uffering? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And that he might make &s;atisfaction in the &s;ame nature that had offended? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was it man that &s;inned? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And did Chri&s;t as man dye for Sin? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Could he have &s;uffered as he was God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is God above all &s;uffering? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did Je&s;us Chri&s;t dye as he was God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he dye as he was Man? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he overcome death as he was Man? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Would the &s;ufferings of a meer man have been of value and price &s;ufficient? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Were Chri&s;ts &s;ufferings of an infinite value, be|cau&s;e he as God was infinite? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he endure divers &s;ufferings both in his Soul and Body? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did Je&s;us Chri&s;t &s;uffer death? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he dye an ordinary natural death? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he &s;uffer the Death of the Cro&s;s? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was that a painful, &s;hameful and cur&s;ed death? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was Je&s;us Chri&s;t buried? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="15" REF="9">
<ITEM>Did he con&s;ume in the Grave and turn to Earth? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he ri&s;e again immediately out of the Grave? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he rai&s;e him&s;elf by his own Almighty pow|er? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he ri&s;e again the third day? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Was he to continue &s;till upon Earth, after his Re&s;urrection? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he continue after his Re&s;urrection forty days here upon Earth? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Did he then a&s;cend or go up into Heaven? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Je&s;us Chri&s;t in Heaven now at Gods right hand? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hath God any hand, or any bodily parts? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do we &s;peak of God after the manner of men? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will Je&s;us Chri&s;t come forth from Heaven glori|ou&s;ly to judge all the world? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall any man be excu&s;ed from coming to Judg|ment? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t every man give an account of him&s;elf to God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will men be then able to hide any of their Sins? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall all men then receive the like &s;entence from Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will that Day when our Lord &s;hall come, be a great and terrible Day? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will it be a terrible day to his own people? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="16" REF="10">
<ITEM>Will it be a day of refre&s;hing and triumph to them? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>4. Of the Ordinances of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, or means of Grace appointed by him.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>ARe we to attend upon the Word, Sacra|ments and Prayer? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they appointed for the begetting, &s;trength|ening and increa&s;ing of Grace in us? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it &s;ufficient to attend upon them with an out|ward and bodily Service? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we make u&s;e of them in a reverend and &s;piritual manner? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we to read and hear the word of God with diligent attention? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we meekly &s;ubmit our &s;elves unto it? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we believe it and love it? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And remember and practi&s;e it? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are all tho&s;e true Believers, that do hear Gods Word? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do they deceive them&s;elves who are hearers on|ly, and not doers of Gods Word? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Can a man find the way to Heaven of him&s;elf without &s;ome Rule to guide him? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any certain Rule to guide us in the way to Heaven? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is that Rule the Bible, or the Scriptures of the Old and New Te&s;tament? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="17" REF="10">
<ITEM>May we continually expect new Revelations from Heaven? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Word of God a &s;ufficient Rule to bring us to Heaven? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the hearing of Gods Word, the u&s;ual and or|dinary way and means to beget Faith? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we then diligently to wait upon it? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Can the Word of it &s;elf prevail upon us without Gods Spirit? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Should we then pray that Gods Spirit may accom|pany his Word, and &s;et it home upon our Hearts? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are the Sacraments means of Grace and Salvati|on? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they &s;igns to repre&s;ent and hold forth Je&s;us Chri&s;t and his benefits unto us? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And are they Seals al&s;o, or Pledges of the New Covenant between God and us? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do we therein &s;olemnly promi&s;e and ingage our &s;elves to be Gods faithful Servants? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And doth God promi&s;e that he will be our God? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do they that are wicked, keep this Vow and Promi&s;e &s;o &s;olemnly made with God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>If we do our part, will God mo&s;t &s;urely keep and perform his? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are there any more then two Sacraments ap|pointed by Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Lords Supper the fir&s;t Sacrament? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is Bapti&s;m the fir&s;t Sacrament? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="18" REF="11">
<ITEM>Is the vertue and efficacy of Bapti&s;m in the Wa|ter? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it in the Mini&s;ter? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it in Gods Ble&s;&s;ing on his own in&s;titution and appointment? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth water in Bapti&s;m &s;ignifie the wa&s;hing away of Sin, and the new Birth? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is the Lords Supper the &s;econd Sacrament? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we to receive it in a thankful remem|brance of Chri&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth the breaking of the Bread &s;ignifie that Chri&s;ts Body was broken? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth the pouring out of the Wine &s;ignifie that Chri&s;ts Blood was &s;hed? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are the Bread and Wine turned into the real &s;ub|&s;tance of Chri&s;ts Body and Blood? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do they &s;piritually &s;ignifie and repre&s;ent unto us the Body and Blood of Chri&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth the vertue and efficacy of this Sacrament lye in the Bread and Wine? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Or in the Mini&s;ter? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Or in Gods ble&s;&s;ing on what he him&s;elf hath ap|pointed? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth &s;uch as receive this Sacrament unworthily, partake truly of Je&s;us Chri&s;t therein? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And do they eat and drink Judgment to them|&s;elves? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it &s;ufficient for &s;uch as are unworthy to &s;tay off
<PB N="19" REF="11"> and content them&s;elves without receiving this Sacrament at all? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t they endeavour with all &s;peed to become worthy Partakers? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>May we pray to the Virgin <HI>Mary? No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Or to any other Saints? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>May we pray to the Angels? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we pray to God alone? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God hear mens prayers for their own &s;akes and worthine&s;s? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t we pray only in the Name of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, and for his &s;ake and worthine&s;s? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hath Je&s;us Chri&s;t taught us how to pray? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is it enough to &s;ay over &s;o many words in pray|er, without under&s;tanding or minding what we &s;ay? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mu&s;t our hearts and affections go with our words in Prayer? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Can we pray aright or do any thing that is good, without the help of Gods Spirit? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ought we to pray to God in &s;ecret, as well as with others? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And al&s;o to lift up our hearts frequently unto him, as we pa&s;s up and down here below? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>5. Of the different &s;tate of the Godly and Wicked, both here and hereafter.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<ITEM>ARe tho&s;e that are truly godly renewed after Gods own Image? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="20" REF="12">
<ITEM>Are they like unto God in knowledge, righteou&s;|ne&s;s and true holine&s;s? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are tho&s;e among the number of godly per&s;ons, who are ignorant of Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are tho&s;e truly godly, who love any thing el&s;e more than God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall any go to Heaven but &s;uch as are truly god|ly? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth God account tho&s;e his own children, that are truly godly? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are they ble&s;&s;ed while they live, in every &s;tate and condition? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they want any thing that is good for them? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do all things work together for their good? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth the Soul at death, depart out of the Bo|dy? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do the &s;ouls of all men depart and go to one and the &s;ame place? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any work or wi&s;dom in the grave, whi|ther we are going? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Is there any returning from the grave to a|mend? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth our eternal &s;tate depend upon this uncer|tain time we have here? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>When the godly dye, are their &s;ouls received into Heaven? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And are their bodies too immediately received into Heaven? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Do their bodies re&s;t in the Grave? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="21" REF="12">
<ITEM>Shall their bodies ever ri&s;e again out of the grave? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they ri&s;e again at the la&s;t Day? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall their bodies ari&s;e in &s;uch condition, as they were before? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they be rai&s;ed in glory? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall their &s;ouls and bodies be then joyned together again? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And &s;hall they part again afterwards? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they be owned and acquitted by Je&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And be for ever free from all &s;in and &s;orrow? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are any of them perfectly free from &s;in, while they are here upon earth? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doth it yet appear what they &s;hall be? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they be perfectly holy in Heaven? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they be filled with unconceivable joy in Gods pre&s;ence? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will that joy of theirs ever have an end? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they have the enjoyment of God for ever, together with the glorious Angels in the King|dom of Heaven? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are tho&s;e that are wicked and ungodly, cur&s;ed while they live? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall the godly and wicked live together hereaf|ter, as they do here upon earth? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they be for ever &s;eparated the one from the other? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall there be a difference then between him that &s;erved God and him that &s;erved him not? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="21" REF="13">
<ITEM>When the wicked dye, do their &s;ouls enter into Heaven? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Are their &s;ouls then ca&s;t into Hell? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall their &s;ouls and bodies meet again at the la&s;t Day? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall the wicked be received hereafter to the en|joyment of God? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they then be all of them condemned by Je|&s;us Chri&s;t? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And be for ever bani&s;ht from his favourable pre|&s;ence? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Shall they be ca&s;t into Hell torments together with the Devil and his Angels? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will there ever be any end of their &s;ufferings? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will the Worm ever dye, or the Fire ever be quenched? <HI>No.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Will it be our wi&s;dom to think of this now? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>And to take warning and &s;lee from the wrath to come? <HI>Yes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
<PB REF="13">
</DIV1>
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