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A scriptural catechism useful for all sorts of persons, both sure as desired to teach their families and such as desire to learn the principles of the Christian religion out of the Holy Scriptures / by Owen Stockton ...
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Stockton, Owen, 1630-1680.
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Doctrine of Christ hath not God He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Son Q. Must we not get Bibles and keep them and give our selves to the reading of the Scriptures all the days of our lives A. Deut. 17.18 19 He shall write him a copy of this Law in a book out of that which is before the Priests the Levites and it shall be with him and he shall read therein all the days of his life that he may learn to fear the Lord his God to keep all the words of this law and these statutes to do them Q. Is not a daily and diligent searching of the Scriptures a great means to beget faith A. Acts 17.11 12 They searched the Scriptures daily therefore many of them believed Q. Will not meditation on what we read and hear help us to profit greatly by reading and hearing A. 1 Tim. 4.15 Meditate upon these things give thy self wholy to them that thy profitting may appear unto all Q. How will God bless that man that delights and meditates in his word night and day Shall he not bring forth his fruit in season and prosper in all that he doth A. Psalm 1.2 3. His delight is in the Law of the Lord and in his Law doth he meditate day and night And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever he doth shall prosper Q. Will not feeding on the word by meditation make it the joy and rejoycing of our hearts A. Jer. 15.16 Thy words were found and I did eat them and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoycing of mine heart Q. How did David improve the word to keep himself from sinning against God A. Psalm 119.11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee Q. Is it not enough to get the knowledge of the word but must we practice it also if we would be happy A. Joh. 13.17 If you know these things happy are ye if you do them Q. Must we not teach our children Gods Word and take all occasions to speak of the Scriptures both when we are at home in our own families and when we are abroad with others A. Deut. 6.6 7. These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up Q. Is not Baptizing persons in the name of the Father Son and Holy-Ghost by such as are sent to preach the word an Ordinance of Jesus Christ which he will have continued and with which he will afford his presence to the end of the world A. Mat. 28.19 20. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world Amen Q Do not such as are Baptized in Christs name put on Christ A. Gal. 3.27 As many of you as have been Baptized into Christ have put on Christ Q. Doth not Baptism seal up to us our interest in the death of Christ and ought not such as are baptized to walk in newness of life A. Rom. 6.3 4. Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus 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 Q. Is not Baptism a seal of eternal life to such as believe in Jesus Christ A. Mark 16.16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved Q. Is not Baptism to be administred to all to whom the Promises belong and so consequently to the Children of Believers seeing they are heirs of the Promises A. Acts 2.38 39. Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost For the Promise is unto you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call Q. When was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper instituted and by whom and what doth the breaking and giving of the Bread fignifie Is it not a sign and seal that the Body of Christ was broken for us A. 1 Cor. 11.23 24. I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he brake it and said Take eat this is my Body which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me Q. What doth the Wine signifie which we drink in the Lords Supper Is it not a sign and seal of the new Covenant which is ratified in the Bloud of Christ A. Ver. 25. After the same manner also he took the Cup when he had supped saying This Cup is the New Testament in my Bloud this do ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me Q. Are not the Bread and Wine which we receive in the Lords Supper signs and seals of our communion with the Body and Bloud of Christ A. 1 Cor. 10.16 The Cup of Blessing which we bless Is it not the Communion of the Bloud of Christ The Bread which we break Is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ Q. Must not all that receive the Lords Supper drink of the Cup as well as eat the Bread that is given in that Ordinance A. Matth. 26.27 And he took the Cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying Drink ye all of it Q. Is not the Lords Supper to be received often and to be continued in the Church till the coming of Christ to Judgment A. 1 Cor. 11.26 As often as ye eat this Bread and drink this Cup ye do shew the Lords death till he come Q. Are not they guilty of the Body and Bloud of Christ that receive the Lords Supper unworthily A. 1 Cor. 11.27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the Body and Bloud of the Lord Q. Do not they eat and drink their own damnation that receive the Lords Supper unworthily A. 1 Cor. 11.29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lords Body Q. Seeing it is such a great and dangerous sin to receive the Lords Supper unworthily Is it not needful that we should examine our selves about our right to and fitness for that Ordinance before we come to the Lords Table A. 1 Cor. 11.28
follow after the Lord will he certainly come to us A. Hosea 6.3 Then shall we know if we follow on to know the Lord his going forth is prepared as the morning and he shall come unto us as the rain as the latter and former rain unto the earth Q. What is it which causeth God to withdraw himself from us A. Isa 59.2 Your iniquities have separated between you and your God and your sins have hid his face from you that he will not hear Q. When God is gone from us If we return unto him will not he return unto us A. Zech. 1.3 Turn ye unto me saith the Lord of Hosts and I will turn unto you saith the Lord of Hosts 2 Chron. 30.9 The Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return unto him Q. Is there hope for such as have gone away from God along time that if they return unto God God will return unto them A. Mal. 3.7 Even from the days of your Fathers ye have gone away from mine Ordinances and have not kept them Return unto me and I will return unto you saith the Lord of Hosts Q. Is not the love of God to his people beyond the love of the most tender-hearted Mother towards her child even at such times as they think he hath forsaken and forgotten them A. Isa 49.14 15. Zion said The Lord hath forsaken me and my Lord hath forgotten me Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb yea they may forget yet will I not forget thee Q. What will God give to him that is athirst A. Revel 21.6 I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely Q. When God suffers such as are athirst to seek him a long time and they can get nothing in so much that their tongue faileth for thirst must they not look on themselves as forsaken of God but hope that God will hear them and give them an abundant supply of all their wants A. Isa 41.17 18. When the poor and needy seek water and there is none and their tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear them I the God of Israel will not forsake them I will open Rivers in high places and Fountains in the midst of the Valleys I will make the Wilderness a Pool of water and the dry Land springs of water Q. What must we do that we may live comfortable lives and see good days A. 1 Pet. 3.10 11. He that will love life and see good days let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile let him eschew evil and do good let him seek peace and ensue it Q. What courses will undo men and bring them to poverty and beggery A. Prov. 23.21 The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags Prov. 28.19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough Prov. 6.26 By means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life Q. Are not many undone by being surety for others and should not this make us hate suretiship A. Prov. 11.15 He that is surety for a ftranger shall smart for it and he that hateth suretiship is sure Q. Is it not an argument of folly to be surety for others seeing many are undone by suretiship A. Prov. 17.18 A man void of understanding striketh hands and becometh surety in the presence of his friend Q. Must we not take heed of overcharging our selves at any time with drunkenness surfeiting or the cares of this life lest we be surprized at unawares by death or judgement A. Luke 21.34 Take heed to your selves lest at any time your hearts be over charged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life and so that day come upon you unawares Q. Is it not lawful to eat of any of Gods creatures and when we do receive any of them must we not do it with thanksgiving A. 1 Tim. 4.4 Every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving Q. When Jesus Christ did eat bread was he not wont to give Gods thanks A. John 6.11 Jesus took the loaves and when he had given thanks he distributed to the Disciples Q. Did not the Apostles also use to give thanks when they did eat bread A. Acts 27.35 He took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all and when he had broken it he began to eat Q. What promise have you that God will cause you to eat in plenty and give you satisfaction with your food and make you thankful for what he gives you A. Joel 2.26 Ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the Name of the Lord your God that hath dealt wondrously with you and my people shall never be ashamed Q. Must not Children obey and honor their Parents and hath not God promised to bless those children that do so with a long life and good days A. Ephes 6.1 2 3. Children obey your Parents in the Lord for this is right Honour thy Father and Mother which is the first commandment with promise That it may be well with thee and thou mayst live long on the earth Q. Is not God well-pleased when Children obey all the lawful Commands of their Parents A. Col. 3.20 Children obey your Parents in all things for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Q. Is it not the duty of Children to fear and stand in aw of their Parents A. Lev. 19.3 Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father and keep my Sabbaths I am the Lord your God Q. Is it not a sin to despise our Parents though they have the infirmities of old age upon them A. Prov. 23.22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee and despise not thy mother when she is old Q. Are not such Children as set light by their Father or Mother under the curse of God A. Deut. 27.16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother and all the people shall say Amen Q. What shall become of those Children that mock despise or refuse to obey their Parents A. Prov. 30.17 The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother the Ravens of the Valleys shall pick it out and the young Eagles shall eat it Q. Was not Jesus Christ while he was a Child subject to his Parents A. Luke 2.51 He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject unto them Q. Is it not a sign that God intends to destroy those Children to whom he doth not give an heart to follow the good counsel that is given them by their Parents A. 1 Sam. 2.25 Notwithstanding they hear kened not unto the voice of their