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A47179	A short Christian catechisme for the instruction of children in the grounds and practice of Christian religion being (for the most part) an abridgment of a larger, formerly printed, where many questions and answers that were in the larger, are omitted, and others shortened, to fit the capacity of children, and some new questions, with their answers inserted, on several heads, which were not in the larger / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing K212; ESTC R14138	15,116	34

foretold by any of the Prophets A. Yea by David in the Hundred and Tenth Psalm and fourth verse The Lord hath sworn and will not repent thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck Q. What places in the New Testament hold forth Christ to be a Priest and our High Priest A. Many places in the Epistle to the Hebrews as Heb. 2.17 Heb. 3.1 4.14 15.5 1.5 10.7 26.8 1.3 9.11 25.10 21. Q. Were not the High Priests under the Law Types of Christ our High Priest under the Gospel A. Yea. Q. Were not the Sacrifices under the Law and the Passover Types of Christ the only effectual Sacrifice for the Remission of our Sins and Justification and Sanctification by his Blood A. Yea. Q. Did Moses and the Prophets foretell of Christ's Death and Sufferings and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead and give Light to the Gentiles A. Yea Acts 26.22 23. Q. What is the first promise that was given to Men concerning Christ and Salvation by him A. That in Gen. 3.15 that the Seed of the Woman should bruise the Head of the Serpent and he should bruise his heel Q. Why is Christ called the Seed of the Woman A. Because he was made of a Woman and born of her without the knowledge of a Man Q. What is meant by the Serpents bruising his heel A. The Death and Sufferings of Christ who was put to death by the Instigation of the Devil that moved the Jews and Pontius Pilate against him Q. What is meant by the Woman's Seed bruising the Serpent's Head A. His complete and perfect Victory over him first in his own Person by his Resurrection from the dead on the third day and next by what shall in due time be accomplished in all the Faithful who are his Members by his victorious Power in destroying his Kingdom of Sin in them and delivering them from all the effects of Sin at the Resurrection of the dead Heb. 2.14 1 John 3.8 Q. Is Christ Jesus as he outwardly came in the Flesh the Seed that was promised by God to Abraham that in him all Nations of the Earth should be Blessed A. Yea Gen. 22.18 26.4 28.14 Acts 3.25 Gal. 3.16 Q. How is that promise fulfilled A. That whoever of all Nations should believe in him should be blessed with the Remission of their Sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit and the saving gifts thereof be justified and adopted to be God's Children sanctified and in the end eternally glorified Acts 10.43 Acts 13.38 39.26 18. Joh. 1.12 13.7 38.39 Q. How is Christ a Priest for ever A. Because the efficacy merit and worth of his being a Sacrifice for our Sins by that one offering did extend to the Faithful from the beginning of the world and will extend to them to the end of it for Remission of Sin and Eternal Salvation and that he continually appears before God ever living to make Intercession for us Acts 15.11 Heb. 11.13 7.25 SECT VII Q. HOw doth Christ perform his Kingly Office A. By his various Administrations of it in the several parts thereof Q. Hath Christ a Kingly Power and Government over the Angels both good and bad A. Yea. Q. How hath he a Kingly Power and Government over the evil Angels and Devils and evil Men A. By restraining and limiting their Power over-ruling their evil designs and actions and causing them to turn to his Glory and to the Good of the Faithful and lastly by Judging and Punishing them at the last day Psal 103.19 Psal 76.10 Rom. 8.28 Matth. 25.41 46. Q. What Acts of Kingly Power did Christ shew forth on Earth before his Passion A. He commanded the Winds and the Seas and they obeyed him he cast out Devils and wrought Miracles by his own Power and forgave Sins Matth. 8.27 Mark 1.27 Matth. 9.6 Q. What places in the Old Testament did foretell of his Kingly Office and Government A. Diverse such as Psal 2.6 I have set my King upon my holy Hill of Sion Isaiah 9.6 7. and 32.1 2. Dan. 7.13 14. Q. Was his rising from the Dead and ascending into Heaven and his being set down at the right Hand of God Acts of his Kingly Office and Power A. Yea John 10.18 Ephes 4.8 9. Psal 110.1 2. Q. How doth he perform his Kingly Office over the Heirs of Salvation and his Church A. By Converting them and giving his holy Spirit to Renew and Sanctifie them with the saving Gifts and Graces thereof giving them Faith and Repentance Justifying and Adopting them to be the Children of God and his Members giving them his Laws and Writing them in their Hearts protecting and preserving them in this world receiving their Souls and Spirits after Death to be with him and raising their dead Bodies from Death to eternal Life and Immortality at the Resurrection of the Dead and placing them in those heavenly Mansions he has prepared for them in the Heavens Isaiah 53.10 11. Isaiah 60.5 Acts 5.31 John 4.14 7 38 39. Jer. 31.31 John 10.28 29. Acts 7.59 John 6.40 John 14.2 3. Q. Is there to be a Resurrection of the Bodies of the Unjust as well as of the Just and shall the Unjust be cast into Hell that burneth with unquenchable Fire A. Yea John 5.28 Matth. 25.46 Q. Is Christ to come from Heaven to Judge both the Quick and the Dead A. Yea Acts 1.11 Acts 17.31 Q. Will his coming and appearance be without us in his glorified Body and true Manhood-nature A. Yea Acts 3.20 21. Phil. 3.20 Q. When will the time be that he will so come A. Of that Day and Hour knoweth no Man nor the Angels in Heaven Matth. 24.36 42 44. Q. Why hath not God pleased to reveal the particular time of it A. That we may not be sloathful but continually watching and preparing for our Lord 's coming Matth. 24.42 SECT VIII Q. CAN any Men be saved whether Jews or Gentiles simply by the Works of the Law A. Nay Gal. 2.16 Q. Why can they not A. Because the Law doth require perfect and perpetual Obedience from every Man in his own Person but this no Man ever did the Man Christ Jesus excepted nor ever can do for all have sinned and faln short of the Glory of God and by the Law both inwardly writ in the Heart and outwardly written in the Book every Mouth is stopped and the whole World is guilty before God Rom. 3.19 20. Q. Were none ever saved nor can be saved by the Terms of the Covenant of Works do and live A. Nay Rom. 4.15 Q. By what Covenant then are they saved who are the Heirs of Salvation A. By the Covenant of Grace Rom. 11.6 Q. With whom is the Covenant of Grace made A. It is made originally with Christ the second Adam as the first Covenant of Works was made with the first Adam and through him the Mediator of it with all his elect Members whom God the Father had chosen in him before

became subject to Sickness and Death John 5.25 Eph. 2.1 Isaiah 59.2 Rom. 2.8 Q. Had Man died the bodily Death if he had not sinned A. Nay Gen. 3.18 Q. Did he need any Cloaths before he sinned A. Nay Q. What other Effects brought their Sin into the World A. It brought a Curse upon the Earth and Guilt and Condemnation and a sinful Defilement upon them and all their Posterity Gen. 3.17 Psal 51.5 Rom. 6.23 Q. Do the Souls of Men die with the Body A. Nay Matth. 10.28 2 Pet. 1.14 Q. Who was the Serpent that Tempted the Woman to eat of the forbidden Fruit A. That old Serpent the Devil Rev. 20.2 Q. Doth the Providence of God extend to all the Creatures from the greatest to the least and to all the Actions of Men and Angels A. Yea So that a Sparrow falls not to the Ground without the same Matth. 10.29 30. Psal 103.19 Q. How doth the Providence of God extend to the evil Actions of Men and Devils A. Not to be the Author or Approver of them but by his Wise and Powerful and holy Bounding and Over ruling them to the Praise of his Glory and to the Good of the Faithful Psal 76.10 Rom. 8.28 SECT IV. Q. WHO is the Redeemer of lost Men A. The Lord Jesus Christ Job 19.25 Q. How many Natures hath Christ Jesus A. Two his Godhead-nature and his Manhood-nature John 1.14 Q. Was his Manhood-nature Created and doth it consist of a created Soul and Body A. Yea. Q. How can two such Natures be one Christ A. By the personal Union of both as the Soul and Body of a Man is one Man 1 Cor. 8.6 Q. How was Christ the Son of David and Abraham A. Because he was born of the Virgin Mary who was descended of David and Abraham Mat. 1.1 20 25. Q. Did Christ's Body really partake of Mary's Substance A. Yea. Q. Why was he to be born of a Virgin A. That it might be manifest he was without all Guilt or Defilement of Sin and might have no immediate Father but God being conceived in the Womb of the Virgin by the Holy Ghost Q. What signifieth the Names Jesus and Christ A. Jesus signifieth Saviour and Christ Anointed SECT V. Q. HOW many Offices hath Christ A. Three the Office of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King Q. Hath he not many other Offices as Head Husband Mediator Advocate Bishop Shepherd Captain Physician A. They are all contain'd under these three Q. Was it needful that he should be both God and Man in one Person to perform all these his three Offices A. Yea. Q. Is not Christ the Foundation of all the Faithful in particular and of the whole Church in general as he is both God and Man and as he is Prophet Priest and King and as such is not he the Vine and they the Branches A. Yea Isaiah 28.16 1 Cor. 3.11 Eph. 2.20 1 Pet. 2.6 John 15.5 Q. How doth Christ perform the Office of a Prophet A. By teaching us by his Word and Doctrin outwardly delivered to us in the Holy Scriptures by Reading and Preaching and by his Spirit inwardly enlightning our Minds to understand what is outwardly delivered Isaiah 59.23 John 17.8 14 20. John 16.13 Q. Have not Men some knowledg of God without the Scriptures A. Yea and all Men may know some things of God and of his Will without the Scriptures partly by what God doth manifest in them and partly by the Works of Creation and Providence without them and towards them Rom. 1.19 20. John 1.9 Q. But are the peculiar Doctrins of the Christian Religion concerning the way of Life and Salvation revealed to Mankind without the Scriptures or some outward Means of Instruction according to the Doctrin of the Holy Scriptures A. Nay Q. How was the Doctrin of Salvation made known to Men before the Scriptures were writ A. The same Doctrin was taught by good and holy Men with word of Mouth which was accompanied with the inward teaching of the Spirit of God in all the Faithful Q. How had they that Doctrin outwardly conveyed unto them A. By means of the Prophets whom God raised up in the several Ages from Adam to Moses and the following Prophets Q. What is the Gospel of Salvation Is it not the Doctrin of Salvation as held forth in the Holy Scriptures by and through Jesus Christ with respect to his Birth Life Death Resurrection c. And spiritual Blessings received by him A. Yea Luke 2.10 Q. Is it not a greater Error to say that the Light within every Man that teacheth nothing of Christ Crucified and raised again is the Gospel of Christ yea the whole Gospel without any thing else A. Yea. Q. What place of Scripture in the Old Testament did show that Christ the promised Messiah should be a Prophet whom all were to hear A. Deut. 18.15 16 17 18. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet c. Q. What place in the Old Testament did show that he was to give Light to the Gentiles A. Isaiah 49.6 I will also give thee for a Light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my Salvation to the end of the Earth Q. Was that Prophecie fulfilled by the common Illumination given to all Mankind without the Preaching of the Gospel requiring Faith in Christ Crucified A. Nay But by the Preaching of the Gospel and the special Illuminations of Christ by the holy Spirit inwardly accompanying it 2 Cor. 4.4 6. Ephes 1 17 18. Q. How did it appear that the Man Jesus born of Mary was that Prophet A. By his Prophecies his Miracles his most excellent Doctrin and most holy Life and the many other things that did agree to him only and could agree to none other Q. What things did the Prophets chiefly bare witness unto and deliver as their Message A. The coming of Christ in the Flesh his Prophetical Priestly and Kingly Office the Promises of Salvation and Remission of Sin through Faith in him with the Gift of the Holy Spirit and the saving Gifts and Graces thereof Acts 26.22 23. SECT VI. Q. HOW did Christ perform the Office of a Priest A. By dying for our Sins and offering up himself a Sacrifice by his Death to satisfie the Justice of God and thereby to reconcile us unto God and by his continual Mediation and Intercession for us in Heaven 1 Cor. 15.3 Eph. 5.2 Heb. 9.26 Heb. 7.25 Q. Why was it necessary that he should dye for our Sins A. Because Death was the punishment due to us for our Sins which he being our Surety did undergo for us and the nature of an expiatory Sacrifice required that he should be slain and his Blood should be shed Q. What Blood is that which Christ hath redeemed us with and by which we are justified cleansed and sanctified A. The real Blood of his Body that was outwardly shed at his passion on the Tree of the Cross Q. Was the Priesthood of Christ

A SHORT Christian Catechisme FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN In the Grounds and Practice of Christian Religion being for most part an Abridgment of a larger formerly Printed where many Questions and Answers that were in the larger are omitted and others shortned to fit the Capacity of Children and some new Questions with their Answers inserted on several Heads which were not in the larger By George Keith LONDON Printed for Brabazon Aylmer at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill Price 3 d. A SHORT Christian Catechisme For the Instruction of CHILDREN in the Grounds and Practise of Christian Religion being for most part an Abridgment of a larger formerly Printed where maeny Questions and Answers that were in the larger are omitted and others shortened to fit the Capacity of Children and some new Questions with their Answers inserted on several Heads which were not in the larger By G. Keith SECT I. Q. WHat is the Christian Religion A. It is a Knowledge Belief and Practise of certain things by means of which we may attain to Eternal Life and Happiness Joh. 20.3 Rom. 6.22 Q. Where are these things taught us A. In the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament John 5.39 Rom. 15.4 Rom. 16.26 Q. What things are to be known and believed by us A. First concerning God and his Works of Creation and ●rovidence Secondly Concerning Christ his only begotten Son and our Redemption by him Thirdly Concerning the holy Spirit and his saving Gifts and Graces Heb. 11.3 1 Tim. 3.16 1 Cor. 2.11 12. Q. What things are to be practised by us A. The Commandments of God briefly contained in the ten Precepts of the moral Law and some other Commandments given us by Christ in the New Testament Exod. 20.1 Matth. 28.20 Q. Whence came the Holy Scriptures A. They came from God who did inspire and move holy Men to commit them to writing for our Instruction 2 Tim. 3.16 Q. Are they the words of God A. Yea John 17.8 Q. Are they not also the word of God A. Yea John 17.20 Acts 13.26 1 Cor. 4.20 Gal. 6.6 Phil. 1.14 2 Tim. 4.2 Q. Seeing Christ is called the Word in Scripture John 1.1 Is it not false to call the Scriptures the Word for the Scriptures are not Christ but testifie of him A. It is no more false than to call the Sun light because God is called Light in Scripture 1 John 1.5 Q. How is then the Word distinguished A. The essential Word is Christ but the Doctrinal Word that was first spoken and then committed to writing is that contained in the holy Scriptures Q. Doth the holy Scripture contain all things belonging to Faith and Practice A. Yea 2 Tim. 3.15.16 Q. Are they then a full and compleat Rule of the whole Duty of Man A. Yea. Q. What doth chiefly move us to believe the Truth of them and that they are given by divine Inspiration A. The Spirit of God by his secret Operation in our Hearts 2 Cor. 4.13 Phil. 1.29 Q. What doth give us the spiritual and saving Understanding of them A. The same holy Spirit by his secret Inspiration and Illumination in us 1 Cor. 2.11 2 Cor. 4.4 6. SECT II. Q. WHat doth the Scripture teach us concerning God A. That he is a Spirit of infinite Understanding Power Wisdom and Goodness Eternal Unchangeable Omniscient Omnipotent Omnipresent Merciful and Gracious long Suffering Faithful Just and Holy that he is Light and in him is no Darkness at all the Fountain of living Waters the only living and true God Deut. 7.9 1 John 1.5 Jer. 2.13 Jer. 10.10 John 4.24 Psal 147.5 Gen. 17.1 1 Chron. 29.11 Rom. 1.20 Rom. 2.4 Psal 31.19 33 11.139 1. to 12. Exod. 3.4 6 7. Deut. 32.4 Q. Are there any more than one God A. There is but one God over all through all and in all Deut. 6.4 Eph. 4.6 Q. Is God any Body or hath he any Parts or Passions A. Nay Numb 33.19 Q. What doth the Scripture further teach us concerning God A. That this one God is three Persons the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost and these three are one in Essence and Substance or Being from everlasting to everlasting equal in Wisdom Goodness Power and Glory John 5.7 Matth. 28.19 Q. Are the Father and the Son and the holy Ghost so distinguished that the Son is not the Father but was begotten of the Father before all Ages and the holy Ghost is neither the Father nor the Son but did proceed from the Father and from the Son before all Ages and neither the Father nor the holy Ghost was made Flesh was born of a Woman suffered Death rose again in the true Nature of Man but only the Son A. Yea John 1.14 SECT III. Q. WHich are God's Works of Creation A. All things visible as the visible Heavens and Earth and Waters and all things contained in them and all things invisible as the invisible Heavens Angels and Souls of Men Gen. 1.1 Coloss 1.16 Q. By whom did God Create and make all things A. By his Word his eternally begotten Son and Spirit John 1.2 Ephes 3.9 Psal 33.6 Q. Was it any difficulty to God to Create and make all things A. Nay For he spake and it was done he commanded and they were Created Psal 33.9 Q. What is understood by his resting on the seventh Day A. His ceasing to Create and finishing his Works which he had made in six days Q. Whence come all Men and Women of all Nations A. Of Adam our common Father and Eve our common Mother by ordinary Generation Acts 17.26 Rom. 5.12 Q. On which day were they made A. On the sixth day Male and Female Ge. 1.26 27. Q. In what Estate did he make them A. In his Image and after his Likeness Holy Upright Wise and Good with Dominion over the Creatures Col. 3.10 Eph. 4.24 Eccles 7.29 Q. Of what parts did they consist A. Of Soul and Body Matth. 10.28 Q. Was the Soul of the Earth as the Body was A. Nay For God breathed into him the Breath of Life and he became a living Soul Q. Where did God place them A. In the Garden to work in it and to keep it Gen. 2.15 Q. Did he give them a Law of Obedience A. Yea Which was that of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the midst of the Garden they should not eat but of every other Tree in the Garden they might freely eat Gen. 2.16 17. Q. Why did God forbid them to eat of that Tree A. To try their Obedience as well as for other Causes known to him Deut. 13.3 Q. Did they transgress that Command A. Yea. Q. What did that Transgression bring upon them A. It brought Death and other great Miseries upon them and their Posterity Q. What was that Death A. A Spiritual Death unto Holiness and Righteousnes whereby they lost Communion with God and fell under his Judgment and Wrath together with their Posterity and also that the Body