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A38555	A scriptural catechism, or, The duty of man laid down in express words of Scripture chiefly intended for the benefit of the younger sort : divided into two parts : the first containing the chief principles of our Christian belief, the second instructing us in our duty to God and man, according to the method observed in the excellent book, entituled, The whole duty of man : to which is added some private devotions in express words of Scripture with devout collects for several occasions.		1676 (1676)	Wing E32; ESTC R1033	61,449	88

all his works A. Yes O Lord how manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches Psal 104.24 Q. Do you believe that the God who made you doth uphold you by his good providence A. Yes it is he that hath made us and not we our selves which holdeth our soul in life Psal 100.3 Psal 66.9 Q. Do you then hold your life and being from him A. Yes in him we live and move and have our being Acts 17.28 Q. Hath not God a dominion over his own works and may do with them according to his will A. Yes his Dominion is an everlasting Dominion and his Kingdom is from generation to generation and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing and he doth according to his will in the army of Heaven and amongst the inhabitants of the earth and none can stay his hand or say unto him what dost thou Dan. 4.34 35. Q. And are not all Gods works and ways most holy and most wise A. Yes the Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works Psal 145.17 Q. Doth not God regard mean and low things as well as great things A. Yes are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father but the very hairs of your head are all numbred fear ye not therefore ye are of more value than many sparrows Mat. 10.29 30 31. Q. Doth not God's providence appear in the care he taketh for the opperessed for the poor for the strangers faherless and widow and for the hungry A. Yes he executeth judement for the oppressed he giveth food to the hungry and provideth for the young raven he looseth the prisoners he raiseth them that are bowed down the Lord preserveth the strangers relieveth the fatherless and widow Psal 146 7 8 9. Job 38.41 Q If God govern the World why is it that good men are often suffering and bad men prospering A. The prosperity of fools destroyeth them and they are set in slippery places for they are brought into destruction as in a moment but the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished Psal 73.18 19 20. 2 Pet. 2.9 Q. Is there then a God who judgeth in the earth A. Yes verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth Psal 58.11 Sect. 5. Concerning the fall of man of Sin and of Gods willingness to save Sinners Q. DId man continue in that good estate in which he was created A. No God made man upright but they have sought out many inventions Eccl. 7.29 Q. How entred sin into the world A. By one man sin entred into the world and death by sin Rom. 5.12 Q. What is sin A. Sin is the transgression of the Law 1 Joh. 3.4 Q. What was the Law given to our first Parents in Paradise A. Of the tree of the knowledg of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it Gen. 2.17 Q. What was the threatning of that Law A. For in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely dye Gen. 2.17 Q. Did our first Parents break this Law A. Yes and the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise she took of the fruit thereof and did cat and gave also unto her husband with her and he did cat Gen. 3.6 Q. Was the punishment which that Law threatned inflicted upon the offender A. Yes by one mans offence death reigned by one and judgment came upon all men to condemnation Rom. 5.17 18. Q. And are all that descend from Adam by ordinary generation involved in that guilt and punishment A. Yes by one mans disobedience many were made sinners and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Rom. 5.19.12 Q. There is no man then without sin A. No if we say we have no sin we deceive our selves we make God a liar and the truth is not in us for there is not a just man upon earth that dooth good and sinneth not 1 Joh. 8.10 Eccl. 8.20 Q. Are all sins equally great A. No and he said unto me seest thou what they do even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here that I should go far on from my sanctuary but turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater abominations Ezek. 8.6.13 Q. Doth God by his decrees necessitate and tempt man to sin A. No no let no man say when he is tempted he is tempted of God for God cannot be tempted with evil neither tempteth he any man Jam. 1.13 Q. Did God leave mankind in this lapsed stare without a remedy A. No God so loved the World that he gave his only begouen Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life John 3.16 Q. Was this free gift bestowed upon all men A. Yes as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life Rom. 5.18 Q. God doth not then delight in the death of sinners A. No as I live saith the Lord God I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and live turn ye turn ye from your evil ways for why will ye die Ezek. 33.11 Q. And was it not for to save sinners that Christ came into the World A. Yes this is a faithfurl saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the World to save sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 Q. What then is the reason that men continue in their sins A. They will not come to Christ that they might have life John 5.40 Q. Christ then is willing to save sinners and it is only mens unwillingness that is to blame A. Yes he is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not 2 Pet. 3. Matt. 23.37 Q. Hath not God used all the methods of love to reclaim sinners that they perish not A. Yes what could have been done more to my Vineyard that I have not done in it Isa 5.4 Q. And is he not loath grieved and unwilling to give up with sinners A. Yes how shall I give thee up Ephraim how shall I deliver thee Israel how shall I make thee as Admah how shall I set thee as Zeboim mine heart is turned within me my repentings are kindled together Hos 11.8 Sect. 6. Concerning Christ as Mediator between God and lapsed Man Q. DO you believe that God did send forth his Son made of a woman made under the Law to

the Holy Ghost the Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the Forgiveness of sins the Resurrection of the Body and the Life everlasting Amen Private Devotions laid down in Scripture-Expressions A Prayer for Morning and Evening Our father which art in heaven who ruleth over all the kingdoms of the earth who searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts who art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity I which am but dust and ashes nor worthy of the least of all thy mercies being abominable and filthy and a transgressor from the womb do now come and kneel before thee O Lord my maker to offer to thee the Sacrifice of thanksgiving and to call upon thy name O let thy good spirit help my infirmities and make intercession for me for I know not what I should pray for as I ought I confess my transgressions unto thee O Lord I have sinned against heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy son iniquities so prevail against me that when I would do good evil is present with me O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death here mention thy most prevailing corruptions O my God I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee my God for my iniquities are increased over my head and my trespass is grown up unto the heavens But Lord to whom shall I go thou hast the words of eternal life thou hast no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and live and thou hast said him that cometh to thee thou wilt in no wise cast out O stablish this word unto thy servant who is now devoted to thy fear Remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions for thy names sake O Lord pardon mine iniquity for it is great order my steps in thy word and let not any iniquity have dominion over me create in me a clean heart O Lord ●●d renew a right spirit within me that I may no longer live the rest of my time in the flesh to the lusts thereof but as he that hath called me is holy so I may be holy in all manner of conversation denying ungodliness and wordly lusts and living soberly righteously and godly in this present world Into thine hand I commit my spirit and body O lord God of truth o let integrity and uprightness preserve me instruct me and teach me in the way wherein I should go guide me with thine eye this day Lord preserve my going out and my coming in establish thou the work of my hands set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips encline not my heart to any evil thing to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity but give thy Angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways at night say let the Angel of the Lord encamp round about me that I be not afraid for the terror by night the Lord that keepeth Israel who neither slumbreth nor sleepeth be my keeper In confidence of this I will both lay me down in peace and sleep for thou Lord only makest me dwell in safety Let the people praise thee O God let all the people praise thee that thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all Nations add to the Church daily such as should be saved give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death that the Kingdoms of this World may become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee and thy uprightness to the upright in heart Be a strength to the poor and a strength to the needy in his distress Abundantly bless our provision and satisfy our poor with bread make Wars to cease unto the end of the Earth break the bow and cut the spear in sunder let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end but establish the just and thou who hast commanded that supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for Kings and for all that are in authority I beseech thee be a sun and shield to our dread Soveraign Lord King Charles O prepare mercy and truth which may preserve him prolong the King's life and his years as many generations that judgment may run down as waters and righteousness as a mighty stream do good in thy good pleasure unto Sion let our Priests lips always keep knowledg that the people may only seek the Law at their mouths and many may be turned away from iniquity O let the work of the Lord prosper in their hands be gracious to my brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh here thou mayest name particular persons and grant that all men do the will of their Father which is in Heaven And now what shall I render unto thee O Lord for all thy benefits towards me Thou art he that took me out of the womb and hitherto hast made me dwell in safety Many O Lord my God are the wonderful works which thou hast done for me I will sing unto thee O Lord as long as I live I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being Blessed be the Lord God who only doth wondrous things and blessed be his glorious name for ever and let the whole earth be filled with his glory Amen Our Father which art c. Another O Blessed and Glorious God who art exalted above all blessing and praise Thou even thou art Lord alone and there is no Saviour beside thee Lord what is man that thou takest knowledg of him or the son of man that thou makest account of him I confess I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee my God for my iniquities are encreased over my head and my trespass is grown up into the heavens I have sinned what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of men here mention thy particular sins if thou Lord shouldest mark iniquities o Lord who sh●ll stand but there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayest be feared O Remember not against me former iniquities let thy tender mercies speedily prevent me Help me o God of my salvation for the glory of thy name purge away my sins for thy names sake cast down every imagination that exalteth it self against the knowledg of God and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ O gr●nt that I may be renewed in the spirit of my mind that I put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness and that I no longer have any fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness And now what shall I render unto thee O Lord for all thy benefits towards me because thou hast commanded thy loving kindness in the day time therefore this night is my prayer unto thee O God of my life Lord be my keeper and