A short CATECHISME FOR The Instruction of the Inhabitants of S. M. For the better Preparation of the Sacrament of the LORDS-SUPPER The first Part. LONDON Printed by I. F. for Ralph Smith and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible in Cornhill near the Royall-Exchange 1645. A short Catechisme Quest HOw did God make man Answ After his own Image Gen. 1.27 Q What is the Image of God A. The Image of God is a resemblance of his holinesse and righteousnesse and his other attributes created in man Gen. 1.27 compared with Psal 145.7 Exod. 34.6 Eccles 7.29 Eph. 4.24 Col. 3.10 Q. Did man continue in this Image A No Adam lost it for himself and all us in eating the forbidden fruit Q How came we to lose this image by his sin A. First because Adam was a publike person and we being in his loynes his sin was imputed to us Rom. 5 12.19 and so we were all accounted sinners in his offence Secondly the separation of the image of God being the spirituall death happened unto all men by him because all men were accounted sinners in him Rom. 5 12.14.16,17,18 Q. What followed up on the losse of this Image A. First we are all born without this image Secondly we are therefore born in sin and conceived in iniquity Psal 51.5 Because being born with power to think speak and do and wanting this image which should teach or guide us to think speak and do aright we must needs sin in all these Q. How many kindes of sin is there A. Two Originall and Actuall Q. What is Originall sin A. Originall sin is an inclination of the whole man to all evill and that continually Gen. 6.5 Q. What is Actuall sin A. Actuall is a breach of the Law of God in thought word or deed 1 Io. 3.4 Pr. 24 9. Mat. 12 Q. How do we break the Law of God A. We break the Law of God when we do those things which God hath forbidden and leave undone those things which God hath commanded Rom. 7.19 Q. What are the wages of sin A. The wages of sin is eternal death Ro. 6.23 Q. Is there no way to avoid this death A. There is no way for a sinner to escape eternall death but only by Iesus Christ Act. 4.12 Q. What hath Christ suffered for us A. First Iesus Christ hath born our sins 1 Pet. 2.24 Heb. 9.28 2 Cor. 5.21 Secondly he hath suffered the wrath of God due to us for sin 1 Pet. 3.18 1 Cor. 15.3 Q. What hath Christ done for us A. First he hath fulfilled the Law which we ought to have kept Mat. 5.17,18 Rom. 10.5 Secondly he hath merited a Crown of righteousnesse by fulfilling that Law Phil. 2.9 Heb. 2.9 Heb. 12.2 Q. What benefit have we by his sufferings A. He will not impute those fins to us which he hath born 2 Cor. 5.19 Nor lay that wrath upon us which he hath suffered Rom. 5.9 1 Thes 1.10 Q. What benefit have we by his doings A. First God will impute his righteousenesse to us in fulfilling the Law Rom. 5.10 Rom. 10.5 Secondly he will give us his Crown of glory which his Son hath merited by his righteousnesse Joh. 17.22 Col. 3.4 Heb. 9.24 Ioh. 1.32 Q. What be the main priviledges we have by Christ A. First we are justified freely by his grace Act. 13.39 Rom. 3.24 Secondly we are sanctified by his spirit 1 Thes 5.23 And the image we lost in Adam is restored in Iesus Christ Rom. 8.28 1 Cor. 15.49 Thirdly we are adopted and made the sons of God 1 Ioh. 1.12 Gal. 3.26 Fourthly all the promises be made Yea and Amen to us in Christ 2 Cor. 1.20 Heb. 9.15 Q. Can any man live without sin A. No For the most righteous man that is sins in many things Iam. 3.2 Eccles 7.20 1 King 8.46 Q. What must we do to avoid the danger of sin A. First when we have committed any sins we must confesse them to God Ier. 3.13 Secondly we must judge our selves for them Thirdly we must mourn and repent of them Iam. 4.9 Mat. 3.2 Fourthly we must humble our selves before God for them Iames 4.10 Fiftly we must resolve and endeavour to leave them Isa 1.16 1 Pet. 2.11 Sixthly We must fight against them and labour to mortifie them 1 Tim. 6.12 Col. 3.5 Seventhly we must pray to God to forgive them and give us power against them for Iesus Christ his sake Hos 14.2 Rom. 6.14 Lastly we must labour to hate and abhorre them Pro. 8.13 Psal 97.10 Psal 119.104 Pro. 13.5 Q What will the Lord do for a sinner that takes this course A. First if we confesse our sins he hath promised to shew mercy and to forgive them Pro. 28.13 1 Ioh. 1.9 Secondly if we judge our selves for our sins he hath said we shal not be judged 1 Cor. 11.31 Thirdly if we mourn we shall be comforted Mat. 5.4 Isa 61.3 Ezech. 9.4 If we repent iniquity shall not be our ruine Ezech. 18.30 Fourthly if we humble our selves before God he will save us Iob 22.29 He will uphold us Pro. 29.23 He will give us more grace 1 Pet. 5.5 Iam. 4.6 Pro. 3.34 And he will dwell with us Isa 57 15. Fiftly if we forsake and turn from our sins they shall not be our ruine Ezech. 18.30 The Lord will pardon them Isa 55.7 abundantly so as they shall not be mentioned and we shall save our soules alive Ezech. 18.21,22.27,28 Sixtly if we fight the good fight we shall have a crown of righteousnes 2 Tim. 4.7,8 Seventhly if we humbly pray for pardon and power against sin he will forgive our sins and heal our souls 2 Chro. 7.14 Psal 10.17 Q. What else doth the Lord require A. Faith Joh. 14.1 1 Ioh. 3.23 Q. How many sorts of faith be there A. Three Historicall faith justifying faith and faith of Assurance Q. What is historicall faith A. Historicall faith is a grace of God wherby we beleeve what ever is written in the Book of God to be true 1 Cor. 12.3 Ioh. 3.33 Ioh. 5.46 Q. What is justifying faith A. Iustifying faith is a grace of God whereby I rest upon God in Iesus Christ to make good all his promises unto me Isa 26.3 Ioh. 1.12 Isa 50.10 Iob 13.15 Q. Explaine this by an Example A. God saith if we confesse our sins he will forgive I have confessed my sin to God saith the beleever and now I will rest upon God to forgive and pardon Q. What is faith of assurance A. Faith of assurance is a grace of God whereby I am fully perswaded that God in Christ wil make good all his promises unto me 1 Ioh. 5.10 Eph. 1.13 2 Tim. 1.12 Ro. 8.38 Ro. 4.21 Q. What will the Lord do for a true Beleever A. He that hath true faith shall not perish but have everlasting life Ioh. 3.16 Hab. 2.1 Ioh. 11.26 1 Pet. 1.9 Q. What else doth the Lord require A. The Lord requires that we should obey all his commands with