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A Catechism containing the substance of the Christian religion in the words and phrases of Scripture.
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to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give Repentance unto Israel and Forgiveness of Sins Acts 5.32 Q. What Operations and Gifts of the Holy Ghost have and shall continue in all Ages of the Church A. The fruit of the Spirit is Love Joy Peace Long-suffering Gentleness Goodness Faith Meekness Temperance Gal. 5.22 23. Q. Will God accept nothing less than absolutely Perfect and Sinless Obedience A. If any Man sin we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous 1 Joh. 2.1 Q. What are the special Means in the use of which we may expect the conveyance of God's Grace A. They are the Word Sacraments and Prayer Q. What read you of the Word or Holy Scriptures A. I read that they are able to make us wise to Salvation 2 Tim. 3.15 Q. Is it not sufficient to believe as the Church believes as the Papists say A. No but I must (a) Joh. 5.39 search the Scriptures (b) 1 Thess 5.21 And prove all things and hold fast that which is good Q. May the Scriptures be understood by simple People in all things necessary to Salvation A. Yes (a) Ps 19.7 Ps 119.130 God's Word giveth Light and Understanding to the Simple (b) 2 Cor. 4.3 And if our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost Q. Are the Scriptures able to make wise to Salvation without the Addition of unwritten Traditions which the Papists do make necessary A. Yes certainly For all Scripture is given by Inspiration of god and is profitable for Doctrine for Reproof for Correction for Instruction in Righteousness That the Man of God may be perfect throughly furnished to all good Works 2 Tim. 3.16 17. Q. How must we read and hear the Word A. (a) Jam. 1.21 We must lay apart all Filthiness and Superfluity of Naughtiness and receive with Meekness the ingrasted Word which is able to save our Souls (b) 1 Pet. 2.2 And as new-born Babes desire the sincere Milk of the Word that we may grow thereby Q. Then meer bearing or reading the Word is not sufficient A. We must be Doers of the Word and not Hearers only deceiving our own selves Jam. 1.22 Q. What must we do besides reading and hearing God's Word that we may yield Obedience to it A. We must (a) Ps 119.11 hide it in our Hearts (b) Ver. 15. and meditate therein Q. Must we not also pray to God for his Blessing to make his Word effectual A. Yes We must pray unto God to (a) Ps 119.33 teach us the way of his Statutes (b) Ver. 36. And to incline our Hearts unto his Testimonies Q. How many Sacraments are there A. Two Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Q. What is Baptism A. Baptism is (a) Acts 10.47 washing with Water (b) Mat. 28.19 in the Name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost Q. What is the inward spiritual Grace of Baptism A. It is the (a) Tit. 3.5 washing of Regeneration (b) Acts 22.6 or the washing away of Sins Q. What doth your Baptism oblige you to A. My Baptism obligeth me to put on Christ Gal. 3.27 Q. What is it to put on Christ A. To put on Christ is to name the Name of Christ or to profess Christianity and depart from all Iniquity 2 Tim. 2.19 Q. HOw doth your Baptism oblige you to depart from all Iniquity A. So many of us as are baptized into Christ were baptized into his Death therefore we are buried with him by Baptism into Death that like as Christ was raised up from the Dead by the Glory of the Father even so we also should walk in Newness of Life Rom. 6.3 4. Q. Doth not our Baptism oblige us to love one another and to keep the Vnity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace A. Yes For by one Spirit we are all baptized into one Body 1 Cor. 12.13 Q. What is the Lord's-Supper A. The Lord's-Supper is (a) Mat. 26.26 c. Luke 22.19 Bread broken and caten and Wine poured forth and drunk in remembrance of Christ (b) Esay 53.5 who was wounded for our Transgressions and bruised for our Sins (c) Mat. 26.28 And whose Blood was shed for the Remission of our Sins Q. How long is the Death of Christ to be remembred in the Lord's-Supper A. As often as we eat this Bread and drink this Cup. we do shew the Lord's Death till he come or till he comes to Judgment 1 Cor. 11.26 Q. May the Cup be denied to any that receive the Bread as the Papists do to all the Laity A. No certainly For Christ took the Cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying Drink ye all of it Mat. 26.27 Q. Is the Lord's-Supper a proper Sacrifice or is the Body of Christ again offered up therein for the Quick and Dead as the Papists say A. No by no means But (a) 1 Cor. 11.26 his Death is therein shewed forth (b) Heb. 9.26 For otherwise must he often have suffered but now once hath he appeared to put away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself Q. What is the Meaning of those words Take eat this is my Body A. Christ hath told us his Meaning in saying Do this in remembrance of me Luke 22.19 Q. Is Christ's Body confined always to Heaven A. The Heavens must receive or retain him until the times of restitution of all things or till the last Day Acts 3.21 Q. How may we worthily receive the Lord's-Supper A. Let a Man examine himself and so let him eat of that Bread and drink of that Cup. 1 Cor. 11.28 Q. What if you should receive the Lord's-Supper unworthily that is in the allowance of known Sins A. He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh Damnation to himself not discerning the Lord's Body or not making a difference between the Lord's Supper and his ordinary Meals 1 Cor. 11.29 Q. What is the Advantage that accrues to those who worthily receive it that is that receive it with firm Resolutions against all Sin and with a thankful Sense of the Love of Christ A. To such the Cup of Blessing which we bless it is the Communication of the Blood of Christ and the Bread which we break it is the Communication of the Body of Christ 1 Cor. 10.16 Q. How doth the Receiving the Lord'-Supper farther engage unto Holiness A. the Receiving thereof doth farther engage us to Holiness as it is a shewing forth of Christ's Death whose Love in dying for us constraineth us to all holy Obedience because we thus judg that if one died for all then were all dead and that he died for all that they which live should not henceforth live to themselves but unto him which died for them and rose again 2 Cor. 5.14 15. Q. Doth it not for the same reason in a special manner engage us to love each other A. Yes For we are commanded to walk in love as Christ