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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38555	A scriptural catechism, or, The duty of man laid down in express words of Scripture chiefly intended for the benefit of the younger sort : divided into two parts : the first containing the chief principles of our Christian belief, the second instructing us in our duty to God and man, according to the method observed in the excellent book, entituled, The whole duty of man : to which is added some private devotions in express words of Scripture with devout collects for several occasions.		1676 (1676)	Wing E32; ESTC R1033	61,449	88

A Scriptural Catechism OR The Duty of Man Laid down in express words of SCRIPTURE Chiefly intended For the benefit of the Younger sort Divided into two Parts The first containing the chief Principles of our Christian Belief The second instructing us in our Duty to God and Man according to the method observed in the Excellent Book entituled The whole Duty of Man To which is added Some Private Devotions in express words of Scripture with devout Collects for several occasions LONDON Printed by H. C. for Moses Pitt at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard 1676. To the Excellent and Ever-honoured the Learned Author of The Whole Duty of MAN Worthy and Noble Sir YOur rare and singular modesty in concealing your Name while you publish to the World so many excellent and useful Discourses is very remarkable and commendable It were indeed no strange thing to see trisling Pamphlets steal disguised into the World but that so many good Books of great name and singular esteem of which any one would reflect a lasting Honour upon the Author should be conveyed so secretly into the World this is that which the most part of men I have conversed with do wonder at I do acknowledg that some Authors have very wisely concealed their names at first till they have heard how their Writings have relished with others but this hath never been your motive to do so else the World had long ere now been put out of doubt concerning the Author of these Books It is indeed a pity that so well-deserving an Author should veil himself from the eyes of the World and it is to be seared that ere some few years pass some Bathyllus will own these Books and claim the honour these Writings justly deserve If ever this shall happen and who knows but it may it is my hearty wish that our Famous Maro may be alive to render this counterfeit Author as ignominious as the true Bathyllus was at Rome Worthy Sir when I intended to publish these sheets I had no dispute with my self to whom I should dedicate them they do indeed of right belong unto you for I have not only observed your method but have also made use of your words especially in the Second Part. I will not offend against your modesty to speak much in the commendation of your Books they do indeed speak for themselves and receive their credit and authority from their internal worth And I think I may very modestly say of you what the wise man saith of the vertuous woman Many daughters have done vertuously but thou excellest them all The same of your Writings hath not circled it self within the bounds of the British Isies other Nations have heard of and known the worth of your Books But Sir while others admire this the publick acknowledgment of it is willingly embraced by Worthy Sir Cue of the least of Your Admirers R. E. THE PREFACE Reader THE true intent of this Catechism is to instruct men in the duties and principles of Christianity it contains no jejune notions to scare persons of whatever perswasion from reading of it it being only a brief C●mpendium of those Duties which are scattered in the Scriptures I confess it was chiefly intended for the benefit of the younger sort that they might be early acquainted with their duty from the Scriptures which are able to make them wise unto Salvation but I am hopeful it shall also prove of general use I am not ignorant how it is now become a fashion to alledg Scripture-authority for the defence of every opinion be it never so monstrous But this cheat being so easily discovered I am perswaded men will not reject the plain doctrines of Scripture I have not made use of controverted texts neither have I imposed my own comment upon any mans belief In the First Part I have very briefly laid down only these Principles that are undoubtable amongst the best Reformed part of Christendom and which very fairly consist with the practice of vertue and m●rality In the Second Part I have laid down these Duties which every mans understanding will tell him are unquestionable they being indeed the plain duties of morality of which I may say as it is Luke 10.28 This do and thou shalt live As for those private devotions in the close I have laid them down in Scripture-expressions because the style of the Holy Ghost is undoubtedly the fittest for spiritual services so that I may say of it as David of Goliah's Sword there is none like it I shall conclude with my advice to Parents and children Parents surely it is your duty to provide for the education of your children Vnder the old dispensation Parents were commanded to teach their children diligently the statutes and commandments of God And this is expressed in the New Testament by bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. It was the advice and counsel of the wise man Prov. 22.6 Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it If Parents neglect to instruct their children in the ways of God children will without difficulty train up themselves in the practice of vice and immorality And it is certain accordingly as they are at first seasoned they will retain that savour O the heinous guilt that many Parents bring upon themselves by this neglect and the lamentable misery they bring upon their children I wish I could say that this hath not been the great cause of those monstrous impieties that so much abound amongst us As for children it is undoubtedly their duty to hearken to the instruction of their Parents except it be such as cause to err If indeed Parents shall be so cruel to their children as to mislead them and only teach them their own self-chosen opinions and not the statutes and commandments of God I must pity the case of th●se children and desire them to hearken to the Psalmist's advice Psal 34.11 Come ye children hearken unto me I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life and loveth many days that he may see good keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile Depart from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it There is lately Printed for Moses ' Pitt at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard A Relation of a Conference held about Religion at London the third of April 1676. by Edw. Stillingfleet D. D. and Gilbert Burnet with some Gentlemen of the Church of Rome in octavo price 2 s. 6 d. THE CONTENTS Part I. Sect. 1. COncerning the Being of God of his Attributes and Perfections pag. 1. Sect. 2. Concerning the Trinity i● that God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost are one God p. 3. Sect. 3. Concerning the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament p. 4. Sect. 4. Concerning Creation and Providence p. 6. Sect. 5. Concerning the fall of Man of Sin and of God's willingness to