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A80203
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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.
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Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.
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Wing C5444A; ESTC R223943
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Christ always to continue on earth after his Resurrection No § Did He forty days after in our nature and as our Head ascend up into Heaven Yes § Is He now at Gods right hand in fulness of glory with power over all things Yes § Doth He there make Intercession for us to his Father by pleading the merits of His Obedience and Sacrifice on earth for the acceptance of our persons and services Yes Art VII Of Christs coming to Judgment § Shall not Christ come again from Heaven at the last day in great glory and power to judg all the World in righteousness Yes § Shall every one at that day both those that shall then be found alive and those that have been dead give an account to Him of all their thoughts words and actions Yes § Can any escape this Judgment No § Or hide their Sins from this Judg No Art VIII Of the Holy-Ghost his Divinity and Office § Is not the Holy-Ghost God equal with the Father and the Son Yes § Is it not the work principally of the Holy-Ghost to apply unto us the benefits which Christ hath purchased for us Yes § Hath He in order thereunto revealed the will of God for our Salvation in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament Yes § Was the same delivered to the Church to be the only rule of our Faith and Life Yes § And doth He by the Ministry of this his word inlighten convert sanctifie and comfort us Yes Art IX Of the Church § Is the whole company of believers in all ages and places united into one body under Christ their head called the holy Catholick Church Yes § Can any particular company of Christians properly call themselves the Catholick Church No § Or can any one Man pretend to be the Head thereof No § Had God a Church in all Ages to worship Him Yes § Can the Gates of Hell ever prevail to destroy Gods Church upon earth No And of the Communion of Saints § Are there any priviledges belong to us as members of the Church Yes § Have all the true Members thereof Communion Yes 1. With one another in all offices of Piety and Charity Yes 2. And with Christ their Head in grace and glory here and hereafter Yes Art X. Of Remission of Sins § Is there forgiveness of Sin to be had in the true Church Yes § Doth our meer being of the Church intitle us thereto No § Shall all and only those who truly repent and believe have all their Sins for Christs sake freely pardoned Yes § And shall all others though in the Church remain under the guilt of Sin and wrath of God No yes Art XI Of the Resurrection of the Dead § Shall the bodies of those that die remain always in the grave No § Shall all the dead be raised up at the last day Yes § And shall their bodies be inseparably united again to their Souls which never die Yes Art XII Of Life Everlasting § Shall every one at the Resurrection receive according to their works done in the body Yes § Shall the Righteous live for ever with God in heaven in unconceivable glory and happiness Yes § And shall the wicked endure intolerable and continual torments both in soul and body in hell for ever Yes §. Amen § Do you by the word Amen testifie 1. Your stedfast belief of all this Yes 2. And your desire ro live accordingly Yes Qu. 6. Of the practical belief of these Articles § Are not the belief of the holy Trinity and of what the several persons have done for you the chief fundamental Articles of your faith Yes § Is it sufficient to Salvation barely to know these fundamentals and to assent to them as true No § Is it further necessary to Salvation that you sincerely pay that duty to every person which his proper work for you doth peculiarly challenge Yes § Do they rightly believe in God the Father who do not love Him fear Him and serve Him as their great Creator and merciful Preserver No § Do they believe aright in God the Son who do not submit to Him trust in Him and obey Him as their only Lord and Saviour No § Do they rightly believe in God the Holy Ghost who do not follow His direction and make use of his assistance as their Guide Sanctifier and Comforter No Qu. 7 8 9 10 11. Of the Ten Commandments § Are any in this life freed from their Obligation to obey the Moral Law No § Is not the Moral Law which is the Rule of our Obedience summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments Yes Preface Of the Motives to Obedience § Should not 1. Gods Soveraignty over us 2. His relation to us 3. and his delivering as Israel of old from Egyptian bondage so us from our spiritual thraldom ingage us to keep all his Commandments Yes Explicatory Questions on the several Commandments See page 16 17 18 19. Of our Duty to God contained in the four first Commandments § Is it not the sum of our duty to God to love Him with all our heart with all our mind with all our soul and with all our strength Yes § Can we keep any of these Commandments aright unless we thus love God above all No Com. I. Of the right Object of our worship § Doth not the first Commandment enjoyn us 1. To take the true God for our only God Yes 2. And to worship and glorifie Him accordingly Yes †Do not they then break this Commandment 1. Who forsake and fall away from the true Religion Yes 2. Or who though they continue in it yet do not know the true God or not glorifie Him as God Yes § May we believe in fear or love any so much as God No § Or give Religious Worship to any but God alone No Com. II. Of the right means or matter of our Worship § Doth not the second Commandment require that we should Worship God with such Worship as He hath appointed in his word Yes § Hath not God there appointed us to worship Him by 1. Daily prayer and thanksgiving in the name of Christ Yes 2. Frequent reading hearing and meditating on his Word Yes 3. And by the due use of his Sacraments Yes †Do not they sin against this Commandment 1. Who worship God by Images or any other way contrary to his Word Yes 2. Or who corrupt neglect or oppose any of Gods Ordinances Yes § Is it unlawful for the Church to appoint decent Ceremonies No * Will not the Lord who is jealous for his own Worship punish those as haters of him who break this Commandment Yes Com. III. Of the right manner of our Worship § Doth not the third Commandment require us devoutly to perform every part of Divine Worship and reverently to use every thing which nearly relates to God Yes †Do not they break this Commandment who prophanely or irreverently use Gods Holy Name Titles Attributes Ordinances Word or Works Yes