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A80203 The church-catechism with a brief and easie explanation thereof for the help of the meanest capacities and weakest memories. By T.C. D.D. Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699. 1681 (1681) Wing C5444A; ESTC R223943 15,091 34

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Because they promise them both by their sureties which promise when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Question 21. Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained Answer For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby Question 22. What is the outward part of sign of the Lords Supper Answer Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Question 23. What is the inward part or thing signified Answer The Body and Blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lords Supper Question 24. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby Answer The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the body and blood of Christ as our bodies are by the bread and wine Question 25. What is required of them who come to the Lords Supper Answer To examin themselves whether they repent them truly of their former sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ with a thankful remembrance of his death and be in Charity with all men The end of the Catechism THE EXPLANATION Of the CATHECHISM Qu. 1 2. Of the Benefits of Baptism § OUght your name rec●ived in Baptism to put you in mind of the Duties and Priviledges of the Covenant into which you did then enter Yes § Are not Infants by reason of their tender age uncapable of receiving any benefit by Baptism No § Were you in your infancy thereby made and solemnly admitted 1. A Member of Christ and of his Church Yes 2. A Child of God by Adoption Yes 3. And an Heir of the Kingdom of Heaven Yes Qu. 3. Of the Vow of Baptism § Were these great Benefits confer'd on you absolutely without any Conditions to be performed on your part No § Did not your Sureties who presented you to Baptism then solemnly promise in your name and behalf that you should 1. Renounce the Temptations of the Devil and the World and mortifie the evil desires of your own corrupt heart Yes 2. Believe the principles of the Christian Religion revealed by God in holy Scriptures and briefly comprized in the Creed Yes 3. Sincerely and constantly obey all Gods Commandments Yes Qu. 4. Of our Professing to own and promise to perform our Baptismal Vow § Do not you think your self ingaged in your own person to perform that Promise and Vow which your sureties did make for you Yes § And do you now promise and resolve according to your bounden duty to perform these your Baptismal ingagements Yes § Can you do this without Gods help and assistance No § Are you heartily thankful to God for bringing you into this Covenant of Faith and Repentance and so into a capacity of Salvation Yes § And will you daily pray to God for Grace to enable you ever to continue stedfast in this Covenant Yes § Shall those who perform these Conditions fail to reap the blessings of their Baptism No § Or shall those who wilfully break them escape the wrath and curse of God No Qu. 5. Of the Creed consisting of twelve Articles § Are not the twelve Articles of your belief contained in the Apostles Creed Yes § Is not that Creed a brief Summary of all the Articles of the Christian Faith necessary to Salvation Yes § Is there any Article therein which cannot be proved by Holy Scripture No § Can he be a true Christian who denies any of them No § Are you not in this Creed taught to believe and confess that there is one only living and true God Yes § And doth it also teach you to believe that in the unity of the God-head there be three persons of one Substance Power and Eternity Yes § And that these three Persons are God the Father our Creator God the Son our Redeemer and God the Holy Ghost our Sanctifier Yes Explicatory Questions on the several Articles See page 8 9 10 11. Art 1. Of God and his Attributes § Hath God a body parts or passions as men have No § Is he then a most pure invisible Spirit Yes § And is he not Infinite in Being and Perfection Yes § Is he Eternal without beginning ending or any change Yes § Is there any place where God is not present No § Is there any thing past present or to come which he doth not perfectly see and know No § Is there any person too strong or any thing too hard for him No § Is He so perfectly good that he cannot do cause or allow any thing that is evil or unjust Yes Particularly Of the Father his Works of Creation and Providence § Is not the work of Creation principally attributed to God the Father Yes § Did not He by his word alone make all things in heaven and earth of nothing And every thing very good Yes § Is there any Creature which can preserve it self without Gods Providence No § Is there and Person or thing which is not under Gods Rule and Government No § And doth not God order all things most wisely Yes § Did not God at first make Man after his own Image in a holy and happy condition Yes Art II. Of Jesus Christ his Divine Nature Person and Offices § Are not you and all Mankind since Adam's fall born in a very sinful and miserable condition Yes § Can any but He who is called Jesus save you out of it No § And was he also called Christ because he was anointed to Execute the Offices of a Prophet Priest and King Yes § Is not this Jesus Christ the Eternal only Son of God Yes § Could we have been redeemed unless the Son of God had taken mans Nature upon Him No § Is Jesus Christ then both God and Man in two distinct Natures and one Person Yes Art III. Of the manner of Christs Incarnation § Had Christ when he took our Nature any Father upon earth No § Was He as man conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary of her substance and born without Sin Yes § Was the birth of Christ stained with Original or his life with any Actual Sin No Art IV. Of the sufferings of Christ § Was Christ though innocent condemned to die by Pontius Pilate the Roman Governour of Judea Yes § Did Christ undergo for us the wrath of God and the cursed Death of the Cross Yes § Could nothing satisfie Gods Justice for our Sins but the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ No § Was He also buried and did he continue in the State of the dead for a time Yes Art V. of Christs Resurrection § Doth Christ still remain under the power of death No § Did He by his own power rise from the dead on the third day and become alive again Yes § And did He thereby declare himself to have fully satisfied Gods Justice Yes Art VI. Of Christs Ascension and Intercession § Was