were the instruments of his fall A. The devill the serpent and the woman Q. How did they bring that evill to passe A. The devill entered into the serpent and by the serpent seduced the woman who entised her Husband to eate of that tree Q. What deserved they for that eating A. Death and eternall damnation Q. What hath followed on that first sinne A. All men since that fall are borne in sin and conceived in iniquitie Q. What is sinne A. The transgression of Gods law Q. How many sorts of sinne be there A. Two originall sinne and actuall sinne Q. What callest thou originall sin A. That corruption wherein all mankinde is conceived and borne since the fall of Adam Q. What is actuall sinne A. Every omission of our duty and commission of that which is against the law of God Q. In how many wayes sinne wee against God A. In three wayes chiefly in thought word and dead Q. Are all men sinners A. Yea verily Christ onely excepted Of Mans Redemption Q. WHO is mans Saviour A. Jesus Christ. Q. Who is this Iesus Christ A. The Son of God conceived miraculously by the holy Ghost in the wombe of a Virgine Q. Whether was he man onely or both God and man A. He was both God and man in one person Q. What needed him to be man A. That he might die for us Q. What needed him to be God A. That he might overcome death Q. VVherefore was he called Iesus A. Because he came to save his people from their sinnes Q. VVherefore callest thou him Christ A. Because he was annointed with the spirituall oyle of graces and that without measure Q. Whereunto was he annointed A. Unto three spirituall offices Q. What were his offices A. He was a King a Priest and a Prophet Q. What needed him to bee a King A. For to rule and defend us against our enemies Q. Who are our cheefest enemies A. The devill the world and the corruptions of our own flesh Q. What needed him to bee a Prophet A. For to teach us the Word and way of Salvation Q. Wherefore was hee a Priest A. That he might offer up a sacrifice for us Q. What sacrifice offered he up for us A. He offered up himselfe to the death Q. What sort of death died he for us A. The cursed death of the Crosse. Q. Wherefore died he such a cursed death A. That hee might deliver us from the curse of God Of the service which man owe to God for his redemption Q. WHat owe we to God for so great a salvation A. We owe him service Q. How many parts are there of Gods service A. Foure viz. to believe in GOD to obey GOD to pray to GOD and to give him thanks The first part of GODS Service Q. WHat is the first part of Gods Service A. It is to believe in GOD. Q. What is that to believe in GOD A. It is to have a true faith Q. What is faith A. An assured knowledge that GOD will be mercifull to us for Christs sake Q. Who worketh this faith in our hearts A. The holy Spirit Q. By what meanes A. By the preaching of the Word Q. VVhy are we said to be justified by faith A. Because by faith we apprehend Christ and all his merits whereby we appeare just in Gods presence Q. May not man be justified by his workes A. He may before men but not before GOD. Q. VVhat is the cause of that A. Because there is no man that can perfectly fulfill the law of GOD. Q. VVhere is the summe of our faith A. In the Creede Q. How many parts are there of the Creede A. Foure Q. VVhat is in the first part thereof A. That which concerneth GOD the Father and our creation Q. VVhat is the second part A. That which concerneth God the Son and our redemption Q. What is in the third part A. That which concerneth GOD the holy Ghost and our sanctification Q. What is in the fourth part A. That which concerneth the Church and Gods benefites bestowed upon the same Q. What is the Church A. A companie of those whom GOD by his Spirit hath sanctified Q. How many parts hath the Church A. Two the Church triumphant in Heaven and the Church militant on Earth Q. VVhom callest thou the Church triumphant A. These who have overcome the divel the world and the flesh Q. VVhom callest thou the Church militant A. These who are yet on earth fighting against these enemies of mans salvation The second part of Gods Service Q. WHat is the second part of Gods service A. To obey GOD Q. Where learnest thou what obedience thou owe to God A. In GODS Law whereof the summe are the ten commandements Q. How are the ten commandements divided A. Into two tables Q. What commandements be contained in the first table A. The first foure Q. What be contained in the second table A. The last six Q. What is the summe of the first foure A. Our whole duety towards our God Q. What is the summe of the last six A. Our whole duety towards our neighbour The third part of Gods Service Q. WHat is the third part of Gods service A. To pray to GOD. Q. In whose name must we seeke from God that which we need A. In Christ his Sons name Q. May we desire the Saints in heaven to interceede for us A. There is but one Mediator Jesus Christ. Q. Who teacheth us to pray A. The holy Spirit Q. What prayer is most perfect A. The Lords prayer Q. How many petitions are there in the Lords prayer A. Six Q. What is the first A. Hallowed be thy name Q. What is that to say A. That God by all creatures may be known to be a holy God and worshipped by them Q. What is the second petition A. Thy kingdome come Q. What is that to say A. That God both outwardly and inwardly rule governe and maintaine us as a King his Subjects Q. What is the third petition A. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Q. What is that to say A. It is a prayer that God be as perfectly obeyed by his Saints on earth as by these that are in heaven Q. What is the fourth petition A. Give us this day our dayly bread Q. Wat is that to say A. That GOD would give unto us any worldly thing that is needfull for us Q. What is the fifth petition A. Forgive us our sinnes as we forgive these that sinne against us Q. What understandest thou by these wordes A. That GOD in his mercy would freely pardon us our sins for Christs sake Q. What is the last petition A. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evill Q. What is the meaning thereof A. That God would deliver us from the snares of the Devill of the world and our owne corruptions and from all other dangers whatsoever The fourth part of Gods Service Q. WHat is the fourth part of Gods service A.
To give God thanks for all his benefites Q. What thankes requireth God of us A. That we set foorth his glory with heart tongue and hand Q. How thanke we God with our heart A. When wee thinke honourably of him and acknowledge his goodnesse Q. How thanke we him with the tongue A. When our tongue is an instrument of setting foorth his glory Q. How thanke we him with the hand A. When we do good works Of the Sacraments Q. WHAT is a Sacrament A. It is an outward seale appointed by GOD for to certifie us of our Salvation in Christ Jesus Q. How many Sacraments are there A. Two Baptisme and the Lords Supper Of Baptisme Q. WHat is Baptisme A. A seale of our entrance into the Church Q. VVhat is the visible signe in Baptisme A. The element of water with the outward actions Q. VVhat doth the water represent unto us A. The blood of Christ and the Spirit Q. VVhat are the outward actions A. Sprinkling washing dipping into the water abiding under the water and comming out of the water Q. VVhat spirituall graces are sealed up unto us while wee are baptized A. Our justification and sanctification Q What outward action represents our justification A. As the water washeth away all uncleanesse from the body so the blood of Christ washeth away all sins from our soules which is our justification Q. What outward actions represent our Sanctification A. They be especially three first the dipping of the body secondly the staying under the water thirdly the comming out of the water Q. What signifieth the dipping of the body A. It signifieth the mortification of sinne or fellowship with Christ in his death Qu. VVhat signifieth the staying under the water A. It signifieth the buriall of sin Q. VVhat signifieth the coming out of the water A. The resurrection from sin to newnesse of life Rom. 6.3 4. Of the Lords Supper Q. WHAT is the Lords Supper A. A seale of our spirituall nourishment in the Church Qu. What are the visible signes of that Sacrament A. Bread and wine with the outward actions Q. What doth the bread represent A. The body of Christ. Q. What doth the breaking of the bread represent A. The great sorrowes wherewith his body and soule were broken Q. What doth the wine signifie A. The blood of Christ. Q. What doth the powreing out of the wine signifie A. The powreing out of Christs blood Q. What is the spirituall grace signified and offered unto us by the elements and actions A. The spirituall nourishment of our soules Q. What must wee doe before wee come to the Sacrament A. We must try and examine our selves Q. Wherein consists that examination A. That a man try himselfe if hee hath these three things faith love and repentance Q. What should hee try of his faith A. If he know God and is in some measure assured that Christ died for him Q. What should he try of his love A. If he loveth his GOD above all things and if he loveth the well of his neighbours person name and estate Q. What shall he try of his repentance A. If from his heart hee bee sorry for his bypast sins and resolved to amend his life for all times to come Q. May we not communicate without any of these three A. No not Q. What is the danger if wee want any of them A. Wee eat and drink judgement to our selves Q. Wherefore that A. Because we discerne not the Lords body Q. What callest thou to discerne the Lords body A. It is to put a difference betweene the bread of the Sacrament the seale of his Body and other common bread Q. What is that difference A. The bread of the Sacrament is given for to be a seale of the foode of the soule other bread is but for the belly Q. Who then is said rightly to discerne the Lords body A. He who in all reverence trembling receiveth the bread not as common bread but as consecrate to be a seale of the food of the soule Q. What is the punishment of those that communicate unworthily A. The punishment of the godly is fore sicknesse great sorrowes shame and disgrace and sometimes death of body Q. What is the punishment of the wicked A. Death both of soule and body from which the Lord deliver us for Christ his Son sake Amen A short Compend of the Catechisme for Children of a younger age I. OF GOD. Question HOW many Gods bee there Answere Onely one God Q. How many persones are there in the Godhead A. Three the Father Son and holy Ghost Q. What hath the Father done for thee A. He hath created me Q. What hath the Sonne done for thee A. He hath redeemed me Q. What hath the holy Ghost done for thee A. He hath sanctified me Of Mans Creation Q. WHO made man A. GOD Q. Whereof was man made A. His body was made of the earth Q. How was his soule made A. The Lord breathed into his nosthrils the breath of life Q. How was man created at the first A. According to Gods own image Q. What is that image of God A. Holinesse and righteousnesse and dominion over all the creatures Of Mans Fall Q. DID man keepe that image A. No not Q. How lost he it A. By eating of the forbidden tree Q. What were the instruments of his sinne A. The Devill the Serpent and the Woman Q. How did they bring that evill to passe A. The Devil entered into the Serpent who deceived the Woman and shee entised her Husband Q. VVhat deserved they for their sinne A. Death and damnation Q. VVhat is sinne A. The transgression of Gods Law Q. How many sortes of sinne be there A. Two originall sinne and actuall sinne Q. What is originall sinne A. That naturall corruption wherein we are borne Q. VVhat is actuall sinne A. The evill which wee doe our selves in thought word and dead Of Mans Redemption Q. WHO is mans Saviour A. Christ Jesus Q. VVho is Iesus Christ A. Very GOD and man Q. VVhat needed him to be man A. That he might die for us Q. VVhat needed him to be God A. That he might overcome death Q. VVhat sort of death died he A. The cursed death of the Crosse. Q. Wherefore died hee such a cursed death A. That he might deliver us from the curse of GOD. Q. How many offices had Christ A. Three he was a King a Priest and a Prophet Q. Wherefore was he a King A. For to rule us Q. Wherefore was he a Priest A. For to offer up himself in a Sacrifice for us Q. Wherefore was he a Prophet A. For to teach us Of the Service we owe in GOD Q. HOW many parts are there of Gods service A. Foure to believe in God to obey God to pray to God and to give God thankes Q. What is faith A. It is an assured knowledge that God will be mercifull to us for Christs sake Q. Who worketh this faith in our hearts A. The holy
his person Q. Esteemest thou that the infinite merite of Christs death is from the dignitie of his person A. I understand so Of the dueties which man owe to GOD for his Redemption The twelfth Sunday Q. WHat owe we to God for so great a Salvation A. We owe to him service Q. How many parts are they of God's service A. Foure faith obedience prayer and thanks Q. What is faith A. It is an assured knowledge of Gods mercy in Christ particularly apprehended by these whom God hath elected to salvation Q. Is not Sathan said to beleeve A. He hath knowledge but not that assurance which is the life of faith Q. Thou understandest that Sathan knoweth that God is infinite in mercy but that he hath no assurance of any mercy for himselfe A. I understand so Q. Who worketh this true faith in our hearts A. The holy spirit Q. By what meanes worketh he the same A. By the preaching of the Word Q. Is our faith perfect A. As long as we are here we must pray God to increase our faith The thirteenth Sunday Q. BY what meanes is our faith strengthned A. By the continued hearing of the word by earnest prayer by receiving of the Sacraments and by a good life Q Wherefore are we said to be justified by faith A. Because by faith we apprehend Christ and all his merites whereby wee appeare just in Gods presence Q. Is not man justified by his good works A. Before men he may be but not before God Q. Wherefore not before God A. Because God hath denounced a curse against him that fulfilleth not perfectly the whole law Q. Can not a man perfectly fulfill the law of God A. No not Q. How provest thou that A. Because there is no man but he sinneth and sin is the transgression of the law Q. Thou beleevest that it is Christ onely who by his works and sufferings hath made full satisfaction for all the faithfull A. I beleeve so The fourteenth Sunday Q. MAY not a man bee saved without Faith A. There is no salvation without faith Q. Give a reason wherefore not A. Because without faith it is impossible to please God Q. Where is the summe of our faith to be found A. In the Creede Q. Into how many parts may the Creede be divided A. Into four parts Q. What doeth the first part containe A. Concerning God the Father and our Creation Q. What doeth the second part containe A. Concerning God the Son and our Redemption Q. What is in the third part A. Concerning the holy Ghost and our sanctification Q What doth the fourth and last part of our Creed containe A. Concerning Gods Church and his gifts bestowed upon her The fifeteenth Sunday Q. WHat have we in the Creed concerning God the Father A. Three things his name his attribute his work Q. What is his name A. He is called Father Q. Whose Father is he A. He is Christs and ours Q. How is he Christs Father A. By generation he hath begotten him from all eternitie Q. How is he our Father A. By adoption especially Q. What callest thou Adoption A. That is God of his free mercy and grace hath chosen us to be his heires in Christ. Q. What is the Fathers attribute A. Almighty Q. What understandest thou by the word Almightie A. That he hath all power to doe what he pleaseth in Heaven and in earth Q. What is his worke A. Hee hath created the Heavens and the earth that is by his infinite power hath made them all of nothing Q. What doth he now to these things which he hath created A. Hee still upholdeth and governeth them by his providence The sixteenth Sunday Q. WHat have wee in the Creede concerning God the Sonne A. Four chief things Q. What bee these A. His titles his incarnation his passion and his exaltation Q. What are his titles A. They are foure to wit Jesus Christ his Son our Lord. Q. What callest thou his incarnation A. He was incarnate when the word was made flesh Q. How many things hast thou to consider concerning his incarnation A. Three chiefly the personall union the sanctification of that masse whereof Christs body was made and the efficient cause that wrought that work Q. Wherein did that personall union consist A. In the joining of the divine and humane nature together in one person The seventeenth Sunday Q. HOw many natures are they in Christ Iesus A. Two the Divine and the humane nature Christ God and man Q. Is not Christ God and man two persons A. No not but the two natures are joined into one person Q. How was this great worke wrought A. By the unspeakable power of the holy Ghost Q. What sayest thou of Christs birth A. Hee was borne of the Virgine Mary Q. Wherefore behooved it him to be borne of a Virgine A. That hee might be conceived without sin and so might bee a perfect Saviour Q. Hast thou no other reason A. It was so foretold that the seede of the woman and not of the man should tread down the head of the Serpent The eighteene Sunday Q. I have heard of Christ's titles and of his incarnation now let me heare what befell unto him after his birth A. He was first humbled and thereafter exalted Q. How many parts are they of his humiliation A. Foure Q. What was the first A. He suffered many sorrowes Q. What was the second A. He died on the cursed tree of the crosse Q. What was the third A. He was buried Q. What was the fourth A. He descend unto hell Q. What sorrowes suffered he A. Hunger and thirst and wearynesse revilings scornings and fearfull persecution Q. Wherefore dyed he A. For our sins Q. Might not satisfaction be made without death A. No not Q. What is the reason A. Because the wages of sinne is death Q. What sort of death dyed he A. The cursed death of the Crosse. Q. Wherefore was the death of the Crosse more cursed then any other death Q. Because GOD had said cursed be that hangeth on a tree A. Wherefore was that hanging called cursed A. Not for the punishment it selfe but for sinne the cause of that punishment Q. For what other reasons was that death called cursed A. There be two other reasons Q. What is the first reason A. It was called cursed because of the excessive paine and shame that was in that death Q. What is the other reason A. Because by that death God in manner of a Prophesie did designe Christ who by dying on a tree should redeeme us from the curse of the law Q. What needed Christ to be buried A. For to assure the world of his death Q. What is that to say that he descended into hell A. That is he suffered in his soule unspeakeable torments for our sinnes Q. When chiefly suffered he these paines A. When he cryed My God my God why hast thou forsaken me The ninteene Sunday Q. FRom Christs humiliation let us come to his