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A33455	A catechism containing the principles of Christian religion together with a preparation sermon before the receiving of the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's-Supper, as it was preach'd in Serjeants-Inn Chappel in Fleet-Street, London / by James Clifford.	Clifford, James, 1622-1698.; Clifford, James, 1622-1698. A preparatory sermon for the worthy receiving of the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.	1694 (1694)	Wing C4702; ESTC R27090	66,204	177

of Christ alone We are justified freely by his grace Chap. 3. 24. through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus Q. Shew me what are those things which are necessary for a Christian Man to Believe concerning Faith A. All things which are promised us in the Gospel As Christ saith These things are written that ye might Joh. 21. 31. believe The Sum whereof is briefly comprised in the Creed of the Apostles or in the Articles of the Catholick and Undoubted Faith of all Christians Q. Which are the Articles and Sum of Christian Faith or the Apostles Creed A. I believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Which was conceived of the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into Hell The Third Day he rose again from the Dead He ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the Right-hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead I believe in the Holy Ghost I believe the Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints The Forgiveness of Sins The Resurrection of the Body And Life Everlassting Q. Shew me the Reason why it is calld the Apostles Creed A. Because it containeth as it were a brief Sum of all the Apostolical Doctrine written in the Books of the Old and New Testament Q. What are the Parts of this Creed A. They are Four 1st Of Faith in God the Father 2dly Of Faith in God the Son 3dly Of Faith in God the Holy Ghost Q. But why is our Faith distinctly referred to every Person by it self seeing that it is One God in whom we Believe A. That our Faith may be the better strengthned Which is then done when we consider distinctly and apart what each Person according to his distinct Property hath wrought in our Salvation Notwithstanding our Faith is not at all the less referred to One God Q. How A. For it is all one as if a Man should say I put all my Hope and Trust in One God of whose Love I cannot doubt at all For whereas he is distinguished into Three Persons every one of them confirmeth in me the Assurance of that Love For the Father hath both Created me by his Omnipotency and doth also Guide me by his merciful Providence The Son hath Redeemed me by his Death Reconciled me to God the Father and even yet maketh Intercession to him for me The Holy Ghost by his Divine Power hath Sanctified me and joyned me with Christ and his Church that with it I might be made Partaker of all Gifts until he bring me even to Eternal Life Q. Which is the First Article of the Creed A. I believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth Q. Why say we rather I believe and not We believe whereas in Prayer we say not only My Father but Our Father A. Because howsoever we ma and must one Pray for another yet we cannot one Believe for another but when we come to Years every Man must believe for himself and be saved by his own and not by another's Faith As the Prophet saith The just shall live by his faith Hab. 2. 4. Q. What is meant in saying I Believe in God A. I do not only Believe God And that there is but One God But I Believe in God that is I Believe that he is my God that is I am perswaded That whatsoever God is and is said to be he is all that to me and referreth it all to my safety for his Son's sake and therefore from my Heart I put all my Confidence in him Q. What Comfort is reaped hereby A. So long as I repose all my Trust in him I may assure my self of my Salvation and of an happy Deliver●nce in all Dangers and Necessitie For Daniel when he was brought out Dan. 6. 23. of the cruel lions den had no hurt found on him because then he trusted in his God Q. Why is God called a Father A. 1st In respect of Christ his only begotten and natural Son 2dly In respect of all the Creatures as he is Creator and Preserver of them all 3dly In respect of the Elect whom he hath adopted to be his Sons Who hath predestinated us to be adopted Eph. 1. 5. through Jesus Christ unto himself according to the good pleasure of his will Q. What Comfort cometh by this A. I do therefore believe in him to be my God and my Father for Christ's sake As many as received him and believed Joh. 1. 12. in his name to them he gave power to be the sons of God But ye have received the spirit of adoption Rom. 8. 15. whereby we cry Abba Father And therefore I do trust in him and so rely on him that I may not doubt but he will provide all things necessary both for my Soul and Body Though I be poor and needy the Lord Psal 40. 17. thinketh on me Behold the fowls of the heaven they Mat. 6. 26 sow nor reap not yet your heavenly Father feedeth them Are not ye much better then they And why care ye for rayment the lillies 28 of the field they neither labour nor spin Wherefore if God so cloath the grass of 30 the field shall he not do not much more unto you O ye of little faith Therefore take no thought saying What 31 shall we eat or what shall we drink or what shall we put on For your heavenly Father knoweth that 32 ye have need of all these things But seek ye first the kingdom of heaven 33. and the righteousness thereof and all these things shall be ministred unto you And that he will bear with my Wants and Weaknesses I will spare them saith the Lord as Mal. 3. 17. a man spareth his own son that serveth him As a father hath compassion on his children Psal 10● 1● so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him For he knoweth whereof we be made 14. he remembreth that we are but dust And what Afflictions he sendeth on me in this troublesom Life he will turn them to my Safety For all things work together for the Rom. 8. 28. best to those that love God And furthermore he never chastiseth me but for my good But the Lord chastiseth us for our profit Heb. 12. 10. that we might be made partakers of his holiness We are chastised of the Lord because 1 Cor. 11. 32. we should not be condemned with the world When ye thought evil against me God Gen. 50 20. disposed it to good Q. Now shew unto me what Profit the Faithful reap by their Afflictions A. 1st By them God bringeth us to Humility With rebukes thou chastiseth man for Psal 39. 11. iniquity 2dly By Afflictions God calleth us to true Repentance for when he correcteth our Sins he doth it to

A CATECHISM Containing the PRINCIPLES OF Christian Religion Together with A Preparation Sermon Before the Receiving of the Holy Sacrament OF THE Lord's-Supper As it was Preach'd in Serjeants-Inn-Chappel in Fleet-street London By JAMES CLIFFORD M. A. late of Magdalen-College Oxon And Chaplain to the Honourable SOCIETY of Serjeants-Inn LONDON Pri●●●●●or J. Deacon at the Angel in Gilt 〈◊〉 ●●reet without Newgate 1694. And 〈…〉 be Sold by the Booksellers of ●●●●don and Westminster THE PREFACE Ephes 6. 4. Fathers bring up your Gen. 18. 1● 2 Tim. 1. 5. 3. 15. Children in the nurture and admontion of the Lord. A Cat●chism is a Word now used in a Church-sence signifying a little Book containing the Brief Summ or Chief Principles of Christian Relgion He who Teacheth is called a Catechist and he who is Taught Catechumenus a Disciple Scholar one taught instucted or edified All which words are derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Sound from whence comes the English word Eccho which is but a Repetition of the Voice or a Return or Report of what is uttered And therefore not without Reason did the Spirit of God chuse and the Church retain those Notions Because the Chief Principles of Christianity were at first instilled by the Ear which is called Wisdom's Gate the Sound of the Apostles Words going out into all Lands They are but Eccho's or Sounds whose Property is to report what is heard This is to be observed by all Catechists who are not to teach for Fundamental Doctrine their own Imaginations and Conceits but to sound into the Ears of others what they have heard and nothing but what they have heard viz. the certain Words of Christ and his Apostles first sounded in the Gospel we are to teach you nothing but what we have been taught by Christ and his Apostles The Catechist called by St. Paul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he that Teacheth In the Gal. 6. 6. Primitive Church 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Catechist An Office which the greatest Doctors of the Church have not disdained or thought beneath them as Pantenus Clem. Alexand. Origen Cyrill Greg. Nyss and Nazianz. The Catechumeni or Catechised in the Primitive Times were commonly of Two sorts and truly so may well be in our Times 1. Adulti Men grown whether Jews or Gentiles who were perswaded to receive the Gospel but were not yet baptized and consequently not to be admitted to the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper till they had given an Account of their Faith and promised to lead and holy Life consonant to the Rules of the Gospel 2. Children of Christian Parents born in the Pale of the Church who because born whithin the Covenant and by Baptism admitted solemnly into the Congregation of Christ's Flock when grown to a Capacity of Learning were taught the Principles of Christianity Of which when they could give a competent Account were brough to the Bishop to be Confirmed Matter of Catechism only of such things as necessarily or very profitably to be known by every Chirstian Questions Short Answers Ful and Pertinent that might be easilier learned and remembred given and taught in fewest plainest Words that might 'T is not reason that Rules should be long and loaden with unnecessary Words Our saviour reduced the whole Law to two Heads Love to God and Mat. 22. 37. Love to our Neighbour St. Paul to one Syllable viz. Love Love Rom. 13. 9 10. is the fulfilling of the Law Repentance towards God and Faith towards Act. 20. 21. our Lord Jesus Christ set Heb. 6. 1. down as the Summ of the Gospel These then are the principal Matters of any Catechism and the briefer the Rules are about them the better 'T is the Commendation of the Church-Catechism 't is Short 't is Plain No cause of this Complaint Brevis esse laboro obscurus sio Tho' brief yet not dark and obscure This to be learned of every Child With us Persons to be instructed in these Principles Children not excluding Elder Persons in case of Ignorance Our Church supposing the Aged to be well grounded in these Principles they should be so indeed but Experience shews the contrary fits and enjoyns these Lessons to the Younger sort And indeed this is according to the Command of God Words Deut. 6. 6 which I command thee this day shall be in thy heart And thou shalt teach 7. them diligently unto thy children Forget not things thine eyes have Chap. 4. 9. seen teach them thy sons and thy sons sons Fathers bring up your children in the nurture and admonition Eph. 6. 4. of the Lord. Treading in the Gen. 18. 17. steps of Abraham that taught his Houshold Covenant And the Mother 2 Tim. 3. 15. of Tomothy who instructed her Son in the Scriptures from a Child This is one way to have good Children and good Servants However I shall have Comfort in performing my Duty But I say by means of Catechising Children reason'd with Religious Principles before Malice Pride Self-love by-Ends lustful Inclinations or corrupt Examples have depraved their Minds and Actions a good Foundation would be laid betimes for the ordering of their Conversation aright and the Seed of the Word would be preserved in them whole and sound Men would be better Livers and sounder Believers Horrid Vices nor Hellish Heretical Opinions would not so much prevail For doubtless were the Younger sort but well seasoned with Orthodox Truths and the undeniable Principles of Christian Religion they could not be as Children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine nor so easily hurried down the stream of prevailing Wickedness The Jesuite would not gain so many Proselytes nor the Sectary so many light-headed Followers A CATECHISM Containing the PRINCIPLES OF Christian Religion c. Quest What ought to be the Chief and Continual Care of every Man in this Life Answ To glorifie God and save his Soul as St. Paul saith Whatsoever ye do do all to the glory 1 Cor. 10. 31. of God Q. Whence must we take Direction to attain hereunto A. Out of the Word of God alone Q. What call you the Word of God A. The Holy Scripture immediately inspired which is contained in the Old and New Testament as St. Paul saith All scripture is given by inspiration 2 Tim. 2. of God Q. What is your Opinion concerning the Bible or that Book which we call the Scripture A. I stedfastly believe it to be the true Word of God written by holy Men as they were taught and moved by the Holy Ghost When ye received the word of God 1 Thes 2. 13. which ye heard of us ye received not the word of men but as it was indeed the Word of God For it is not ye that speak but the Spirit Mat. 10. 20. of my Father which is in you The Spirit of the Lord spake by me and 2 Sam. 22. his word was in my tongue For the prophecy came not in old time 1 Pet. 1.