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A63233 A Tried method of catechising being an abstract of the Bishop of Corke's Shorter notes on the church-catechism : with the Scripture-proofs of them as far as necessary, and directions for the use of the abstract to advantage. Rosse, E. Corke. 1698 (1698) Wing T2272A; ESTC R25824 18,530 36

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neighbour Read on to v. 38. Of Confirmation Proposi ∣ tion I Confirmation is the Bishop's Blessing and laying his Hands on such baptised Persons as understand their Catechism and take the Vow of Baptism on themselves whereby they are admitted grown Members of the Church Heb. 6.12 The doctrine of Baptism and of laying on of hands are reckoned among the foundations and beginnings of the doctrine of Christ or of our Christianity Proposi ∣ tion II Such who come to it are to prepare themselves before-hand by due Consideration what they come about by devout Prayer and honest Resolution to confirm the Vow of their Baptism They are to be presented by some serious Friend as a Witness of their Confirmation All this is proved out of the Office of Confirmation FINIS Postscript THE Author confining himself to two Pages in the Directions for the Use of this his Method has by the Brevity occasioned thence been too obscure He therefore desires 1. That his Meaning in the last Paragraph of the first Page may be thus more fully taken Now this Text at first sight proves to the purpose for which it is brought only thus much That whereas there were several degrees or ways of Instruction in use even in the very first Christian Age this of Catechising was the first and lowest as being indeed previous or preparatory to Compleat and Full Christianity It may be therefore sufficient here for the Catechist to say only something to this Effect It is plain from St. Luke that Theophilus was first Catechised before he was capable of receiving full benefit by the Gospel written or by Holy Scripture and that this Gospel was written further to confirm and perfect him in the knowledge of what he had been before more summarily or briefly taught This I say may suffice as to this Text. Notwithstanding if more be required more may be and very lawfully inferred hence For Catechising being the first Instructing in Christian Knowledge must needs be an Instruction of the first Christian Doctrines Now in all Sciences or Bodies of Knowledge the first Doctrines commonly called Principles are still the plainest as preparing to the understanding of all the rest and most necessary as being the Foundations of the whole Body And then the common Import of the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to Catechise being to teach by often repeating it will unavoidably follow That to Catechise when the word is appropriated to Religion as here will be to Instruct in Religion by often plain going over again or repeating the first and most necessary Points of it which was the Definition to be proved But such Curiosity of Proof needs not to be used in the Ordinary Explanation of the Catechism and when the Subject-matter will bear it the Proofs here set down out of Scripture are of themselves plain Enough nor do they need many Words to bring them to bear And 2. that by the words This course is only for the weaker or younger sort in the middle of the 2d Page may be understood as in the two first Lines of the Directions he has in terms exprest himself the setting persons to learn without book so many Explanatory Propositions For otherwise the Propositions and their Proofs are generally of such moment as that they are worth the Consideration and Attention of the most grown Christians Pardon now this after trouble of Correcting the ERRATA PAg. 3. of the Abstract lin 17. Read Coloss 3. 4. p. 4. l. 25. 5. l. 8. r. Tempting p. 7. l. 29. r. we shall p. 8. l. last r. parts as following p. 18. l. 27. r. Rites p. 20. l. 30. r. them and served the Lord. In the Paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer l. 4. from the end r. All-sufficient The Mistakes of Figures will be help'd by the words of the Texts