and in breaking of bread and in prayers b 1 Cor. 12.26 27. Whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it c. Q. What is the second privilege belonging to the Church A. Artic. 10. Forgiveness of sin Forgiveness of sins Rom. 4.7 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Q. What is Sin A. It 's a transgression of the Law of God 1 Joh. 3.4 Q. What is the punishment due to sin A. Death temporal a and eternal b a Rom. 5.12 By one man Adam sin entred into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Rom. 6.23 The wages of sin is death Mat. 25.46 Q. What is the forgiveness of sin A. It's God 's not imputing it in the punishment Rom. 4.7 8. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin Rom. 5.13 Q. Upon what terms is sin forgiven A. Upon our Faith and Repentance Act. 26.17 18. I send thee to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins c. through faith that is in me Q. By what means is God thus reconciled to sinful man A. It 's through Christ Ephes 4.32 God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you Q. Artic. 11. The Resurrection of the Body What is the third privilege A. The Resurrection of the Body Q. What do you understand by the Resurrection of the Body A. That the Body shall be raised out of the dust a and being again united to the soul shall be gloâ—â—ous b and immortal c. a 1 Cor. 15.36 That which thou sowest is not quickened except it die c. b Phil. 3.21 Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body c 1 Cor. 15.53 This mortal must put on immortality Q. What is the fourth privilege Artic. 12. The Life everlasting A. Everlasting Life Q. What is implied in that A. A state of most perfect happiness which consists in the perfection of our natures a and the enjoyment of God b a Mat. 22.30 In the Resurrection they are as the Angels of God in Heaven b Psal 16.11 In thy presence is fulness of joyâ— and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore PART III. Of the Decalogue or Ten Commandments Q. The Decalogue WHat was the third thing promised at your Baptism A. That I should keep God's holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Q. What are the Characters of true Obedience that you collect from hence A. 1. It 's universal a keeping Gods holy Will and Commandments Psal 119.6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect to all thy Commandments 2. It 's a course of Obedience a walking in the same 1 King. 6.12 If thou wilt keep all my Commandments to walk in them Rom. 6.4 3. A perseverance in that course it 's to be all the days of my life Luk. 1.74 75. That we might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life Q. You said that your God-Fathers and God-Mothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments tell me how many there be A. Ten. Q. Which be they A. The same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage Q. What is there contained in this Preface A. It affords several Arguments to Obedience Q. What are they A. They are taken 1. From God's Authority God spake these words 2. From God's Soveraignty I am the Lord. 3. From God's propriety in them thy God Deut. 26.16 17. 4. From his goodness to them Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt Deut. 8.14 Q. â—â—â—â—hist Say the Commandments A. 1. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me c. Q. If the Commandments are Ten how are they said to be two by our Saviour Mat. 22.38 40 A. They are two as they are divided into Two Tables of love to God and our Neighbour Q. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments contained in the Two Tables A. I learn two things my Duty towards God and my Duty towards my Neighbour Q. What is thy Duty towards God A. My Duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him c. Q. How many Commandments belong to the first Table A. The first four Q. What is the first Commandment A. Commandment 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods but me Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. I am forbidden hereby 1. to have or own any more than one God a 2. To give the honour due to God to any other object whatsoever b a 1 Cor. 8.4 6. There is none other God but one b Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Q. What is required in this Commandment A. To believe in him a to fear him b and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength c to worship him d to give him thanks e to put my whole trust in him f to call upon him g a Heb. 11.6 He that cometh to God must believe that he is b Eccles 12.13 Fear God and keep his Commandments for this is the whole duty of man. c Mat. 22.37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart c. d Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. e Psal 92.1 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name O thou most high f Prov. 3.5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding g Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Q. Command 2. What is the second Commandment A. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. All Religious Worship given to an Image Q. What is an Image the worship of which is here forbidden A. An Image is any external Representation of God set up for the receiving Divine Worship Levit. 26.1 Ye shall make you no Idols nor graven Image neither rear you up a standing Image neither shall ye set up a Image of Stone in your Land to bow down
is the means and pledge of 1 John 3.2 Now are we the sons of God. Acts 2.38 39. Then Peter said 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. Is Baptism alone sufficient to Salvation A. No not alone without the new birth thereby signified without we are dead unto sin and alive unto God through Jesus Christ Rom. 6.3 4 11. Q What is required of persons to be Baptized A. Repentance a whereby they forsake sin and Faith b whereby they stedfastly believe all that is revealed by Christ and particularly the Promises of God made to them in that Sacrament a Acts 2.38 41. Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins c. b Acts 8.37 If thou believest with all thine heart thou mayest be Baptized Q. Why then are Infants Baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them A. Because they promise them both Repentance and Faith by their Sureties which promise when they come to age themselves are bound to perform Q. Can Children be obliged where they do not actually consent A. Yes it was so under the Law a when Children were taken into Covenant and were circumcis'd at eight days old b and thenceforward were accounted God's Children c a Deut. 29.10 11 12. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your captains of your tribes your little ones That thou shouldst enter into covenant with the Lord. b Gen. 17.12 13 14. c Ezek. 16.20 21. Thou hast slain my children and deliver'd them to cause them to pass through the fire to Moloch Q. What warrant is there for the Baptism of Infants though born of Christian Parents A. The same that is for grown persons born of Christian Parents and that is because the Covenant belongs to them Acts 2.39 The promise is unto you and to your children 1 Cor. 7.14 Else were your children unclean but now as born of believing Parents are they holy Q. The Lord's Supper Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained A. For the continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby Q. Why is this Sacrament called the Lord's Supper A. It 's called the Lord's Supper a as it was ordained by our Lord at Supper b immediately before his death a 1 Cor. 11.20 This is not to eat the Lord's Supper b Matt. 26.26 Q. For what end did our Lord ordain it A. 1. As a Sign and Representation of the Sacrifice of his Death and a means to keep up the remembrance of it a 2. As a means to conveigh and a pledge to assure us of the benefits we receive thereby b a 1 Cor. 11.24 Take eat this is my body c. this do in remembrance of me b Matt. 26.28 This Wine is my blood of the new testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins Q. Why is Christ's Death called a Sacrifice A. It 's call'd a Sacrifice a because he was a Sacrifice for sin b a Heb. 9.26 He put away sin by the sacrifice of himself b 2 Cor. 5.21 He hath made him to be sin a Sin-offering for us who knew no sin Q. How long is this Ordinance to continue A. It 's for the continual remembrance of his death till he come 1 Cor. 11.26 As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew the Lord's death till he come Acts 1.11 Q. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper A. Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Q. Are both the Elements Bread and Wine to be equally used A. Yes for the Lord commanded both to be received 1 Cor. 11.23 24. I received of the Lord That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread c. After the same manner also he took the Cup c. Q What is the inward part or thing signified A. The Body and Blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper Q. Are the Bread and Wine changed after consecration A. Not otherwise than in their use for they remain the same in Nature and Substance as before So it 's thrice called Bread 1 Cor. 11.26 27 28. Q. What is the Body and blood of Christ which are said to be verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful A. 1. Negatively It 's not the natural Body and Blood of Christ 1. Because the Catechism saith the inward part or thing signified by the Bread and Wine in the Sacrament is the Body and Blood of Christ and so the Bread and Wine are the Signs of that Body and Blood and not the very natural Body and Blood. 2. Because it 's said the Body and Blood of Christ are verily and indeed taken and received therein by the faithful in opposition to Unbelievers who as our Article 29th saith Eat not the Body of Christ in the Lord's Supper 2. I answer positively That by the Body and Blood of Christ is meant Christ himself who suffer'd in his Body and shed his Blood for us John 6.53 54 55 56. Except ye eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you c. His Flesh and Blood That is himself as it immediately follows v. 57. He that eateth me even he shall live by me Q. How is the Body and Blood of Christ verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper A. The Faithful do receive Christ who thus suffered in his Body and shed his Blood by Faith. As the Flesh and Blood of Christ are Christ himself so Eating and Receiving are the same with Believing John 6.35 I am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst Ver. 51. If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever Vers 54. Who so eateth my flesh c. ver 56 57. Q. Are the Benefits we receive by Christ another thing than his Flesh and Blood A. Yes They differ as much as Christ himself doth from the Benefits he hath purchased for us Q. What are the Benefits whereof we are partakers thereby A. The strengthning and refreshing of our Souls by the Body and Blood of Christ as our Bodies are by the Bread and Wine Q. How are our Souls strengthned and refreshed by the Body and Blood of Christ A. Our Souls are strengthned and refreshed in the Lord's Supper by our belief in Christ that suffered in his Body and shed his Blood for us a which is more especially exhibited and set forth in this Ordinance b a John 6.35 Jesus said I am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst Vers 51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever And the bread that I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world b 1 Cor. 10.16 The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the Communion or participation of the blood of Christ The bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ Q. What is required of them who come to the Lord's Supper A. 1. To examine themselves a whether they repent them truly of their former sins b stedfastly purposing to lead a new life c a 1 Cor. 11.28 Let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread c. b 1 Cor. 11.20 21. This is not to eat the Lord's Supper For in eating at their Love-Feasts before the Communion one is hungry and another is drunken Vers 31. If we would judge our selves we should not be judged c Isa 1.16 17 18. Wash ye make you clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do evil learn to do well c. Come now and let us reason together saith the Lord c. 2. To have a lively Faith in Gods mercy through Christ Act. 26.18 That they may receive forgiveness of sins by faith that is in me Act. 4.12 Neither is there Salvation in any other for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved 1 Cor. 11.29 He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lord's body 3. With a thankful remembrance of his Death 1 Cor. 11.26 For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew forth the Lord's death till he come 1 Cor. 6.19 20. 4. And to be in Charity with all men 1 Cor. 10.17 We being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread Ephes 5.2 Walk in love as Christ also hath loved us and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God. Matt. 5.23 24. If thou bring thy gift to the altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother whom thou hast wrong'd or offended and then come and offer thy gift FINIS The young Reader is to take notice that the Letters a b c d refer to the Scriptures that follow and which are to prove every point so marked
have I begotten thee Q. How is Christ said to be our Lord Our Lord. A. 1. By Creation Job 1.3 All things were made by him Col. 1.15 16. 2. By Redemption and purchase 1 Pet. 1.18 Ye were not redeem'd with corruptible things as Silver and Gold but with the precious blood of Christ 1 Cor. 8.6 Q. What do you observe in Christ's Humiliation A. His Incarnation and Passion Q. How was Christ the Eternal Word made Man Article 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost A. By uniting the Humane Nature to the Divine in one Person Joh. 1.4 The Word was made flesh Heb. 2.14 16. Q. How was this accomplished A. By the powerful operation of the Holy Ghost Luk. 1.35 The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee Q. Why was Christ thus formed and conceived and not by the ordinary way of generation A. That he might assume our Nature without the depravation of it Luk. 1.35 Therefore that Holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Heb. 10.5 Q. Whence was his Bodily substance derived Born of the Virgin Mary A. From the Body of the Virgin Mary therefore he is said to be the seed of the woman Gen. 3.15 and to be made of a woman Gal. 4.4 Q. Why was Christ born of a Virgin A. 1. For the Sacredness of it Luke 1.35 That holy thing which shall be born of thee 2. For the fulfilling of the Prophesy Isaiah 7.14 The Lord himself shall give you a sign behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son. Matth. 1.23 3. To shew the Power of God Luke 1.35 The power of the highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Q. Why did Christ thus become Man A. To fit him for the full discharge of his Office as a Mediator so that he might dye and being one of the same Nature with those he died for might make an Atonement for Sin Heb. 2.9 17. Jesus was made a little lower than the Angels for the suffering of death Q. For what Reason did our Saviour suffer Death Article 4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate A. That he might become a Sacrifice a and by the shedding of his Blood might make an Atonement for Sin b a Heb. 9.26 He put away sin by the sacrifice of himself b 1 Joh. 2.2 He is the propitiation for our sins Q. Why is Christ said to suffer under Pontius Pilate A. To signifie the time of his Death and therein the accomplishment of the Prophesies concerning it Acts 3.18 These things which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his Prophets that Christ should suffer he hath so fulfilled Q. Who was Pontius Pilate A. The Governour of Judea under Tiberius the Roman Emperor Luke 3.1 Matth. 27.2 Q. What was the Death our Saviour suffer'd for us Was crucified A. It was the Death of the Cross Mat. 27.35 Q. What was the Death of the Cross A. 1. It was intolerable for the Pain Thence our Saviour is said to have endured the Cross Heb. 12.2 2. It was infamous and a Punishment of the vilest Malefactors Matth. 27.38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him Thence he is said to have despised the shame Heb. 12.2 3. It was accounted an accursed Death Gal. 3.13 Being made a curse for us for it is written Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree Deut. 21.23 Q. Why is it said our Saviour died after he was crucified Dead A. To shew that his Body when he was alive was vitally united to his Soul. Luke 23.46 He gave up the Ghost Q. Why is it said that our Saviour after he died was buried And buried A. 1. To shew the certainty of his Death John 19.40 41 42. In the place where he was crucified there was a Garden and in the Garden a Sepulchre c. there laid they Jesus 2. To shew that our Saviour's Body that holy Thing was not left upon the Cross as it was usual to perish but was decently interr'd 3. To testify the lowest act of abasement Isa 53.9 He made his Grave with the wicked 4. To give Testimony to the truth of his Resurrection Acts 13.29 30. They took him down from the Tree and laid him in a Sepulchre But God raised him from the dead Q. How was the Soul of Christ disposed of He descended into Hell after its separation from the Body A. He is said to be in Hell a to go to Paradise b or the highest Heaven c a Acts 2. 27 31. Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell. b Luke 23.43 This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise c 2 Cor. 12.2 3 4. Q. What is here meant by Hell A. It signifies a state of Separation Acts 2.27 Thou shalt not leave my Soul in Hell nor suffer thine holy one to see Corruption that is the Soul and Body of Christ should not be so long separated but that before the Body should corrupt both Soul and Body should be reunited Q. Why was not our Saviour to continue in that State A. Because Death was not to have Dominion over him Rom. 6.9 Q. But may not Hell be understood here of the state of the damned A. It has been an ancient Opinion that Christ did then locally descend into Hell to triumph over the Devil and his Angels Q. What do you observe in our Saviour's Exaltation A. 1. His Resurrrection 2. His Ascension 3. His glorification 4. His Coming to Judgment Q. What is the Resurrection of Christ Article 5. The third day he rose again from the Dead A. It 's the Reunion of the self-same Soul to the self-same Body Luke 24.39 Behold my hands and my feet that it is I my self Q. When did our Lord rise A. On the third day after he died which was then the first day of the Week and was thence called the Lord's day Rev. 1.10 Q. Why did Christ rise the third Day A. 1. To fulfil what the Scriptures a and he himself had foretold b a Psal 16.10 Thou wilt not suffer thy holy One to see Corruption b Matth. 16.21 From that time forth Jesus began to shew unto his Disciples how that he must go unto Jerusalem and be killed and be raised again the third day 2. It was that his Body might not corrupt a as in the course of Nature it would have done had it lay longer in the Grave b a Psal 16.10 b John 11.39 By this time he stinketh for he Lazarus hath been dead four days Q. Of what importance is this Article of Christ's Resurrection A. 1. It confirms whatever he said did or undertook for Rom. 8.34 Yea rather that is risen again 2. It 's a pledge and assurance of our Resurrection Rom. 8.11 He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal Bodies c. 3. It 's a full Demonstration
Seventh A. It 's in remembrance of Christ's Resurrection from the dead on that day which was the great confirmation that all was sinished a which he undertook Joh. 19.30 He said it is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the Ghost Acts 17.3 Christ must needs have risen John 2.22 Q. How is this day to be employed A. In works of Piety a and Charity b in serving God and doing good to others a Acts 20.7 Vpon the first day of the week when the Disciples came together to break bread b 1 Cor. 16.2 Vpon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him the week before Q. What doth the second Table concern A. My duty towards my Neighbour Q. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour A. My duty towards my neighbour is to love him as my self and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me To love honour and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the King and all that are put in authority under him To submit my self to all my Governors Teachers spiritual Pastors and Masters To order my self lowly and reverently to all my betters To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and just in all my dealing To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart To keep my hands from picking and stealing and my tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity Not to covet nor desire other mens goods but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me Matt. 22.39 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Gal. 5.14 Matt. 7.12 All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so to them Q. What are the Commandments which contain thy duty towards thy Neighbour A. The last six Q. What is the Fifth Commandment A. Command 5. Honour thy Father and Mother that thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Q. What is here to be understood by the Terms Father and Mother A. More especially I thereby understand 1. My natural Parents whom I am to love honour a and succour b a Mal. 1.6 A son honoureth his father Ephes 6.1 Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right b 1 Tim. 5.4 Let children learn to shew piety or Charity at home and to requite their parents care by succouring them in their necessity Mark 7.11 12 2. The King and all that are put in authority under him a whom I am to honour and obey b in all lawful and honest things a Isa 49. 23. Kings are call'd Nursing-fathers b 1 Pet. 2.13 Submit your selves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake whether it be to the King as supreme vers 14. or unto Governors as unto them that are sent by him c. 3. Teachers and Spiritual Pastors a to whom and whose spiritual and pious instructions I am to submit b a Judg. 17.10 Thou shalt be unto me a Father and a Priest 1 Cor. 4.15 b Heb. 13.17 Obey them that have the rule over you and submit your selves for they watch for your souls c. 1 Tim. 5.17 4. Masters of Families call'd Fathers as 2 Kings 5.13 and to whom if a Servant I am to submit in all reasonable things belonging to that condition Ephes 6.5 6. Servants be obedient to them that are your Masters c. not with eye-service as men-pleasers but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart Tit. 2.9 10. 5. All my Betters a to whom I am to order my self lowly and reverently b a Acts 7.2 St. Stephen said Men Brethren and Fathers b 1 Pet. 5.5 Ye younger submit your selves unto the elder yea all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility Levit. 19.32 Q. What encouragement is there for obedience to this Command A. There is annexed to it the Promise of a long and prosperous Life which ordinarily attends it That thy days may be long in the land c. Ephes 6.1 2. Honour thy father and mother which is the first commandment with promise Q. Which is the Sixth Commandment A. Thou shalt do no Murer Command 6. Q. What is the sin forbidden in this Commandment A. Murder or the wilful killing of a man's Neighbour Q. What are the kinds of that which you call wilful killing of another A. There are two sorts 1. A less which is the killing of another in heat of Blood usually called Man-slaughter but what the Scripture calls Murder Numb 35.16 17 18. If he smite him with an instrument of iron c. he is a murderer 2. A greater which is a contrived and deliberate killing of another a usually call'd wilful-murder a Exod. 21.14 If a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour to slay him with guile Numb 35.20 21. Q. What was the punishmenr for this sin A. Death Gen. 9.5 6. He that sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed Numb 35.16 17 21. Q. What is further forbidden in this Commandment A. That I hurt no body by word or deed and bear no malice nor hatred in my heart And so this Commandment forbids all degrees incentives and provocations to this sin such as causeless rash and immoderate anger a hatred b malice spight and revenge bitterness and reviling c a Matt. 5.21 22. Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time thou shalt not kill and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment But I say unto you That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause c. Eph. 4.26 b 1 Joh. 3.15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer c Eph. 4.31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice Q. What is required in this Commandment A. 1. Peaceableness not to provoke others Rom. 12.18 If it be possible as much as lieth in you live peaceably with all men 2. Meekness not to be provoked to do evil to others Rom. 12.17 Recompence to no man evil for evil 3. Charity or readiness to forgive and to do good when provoked Rom. 12.20 21. If thine enemy hunger feed him c. 4. Succouring another in danger and distress as the good Samaritan Luke 10.33 Q. What is the Seventh Commandment A. Command 7. Thou shalt not commit Adultery Q. What is Adultery A. It 's a violation of that Covenant a made at Marriage b between one Man and one Woman c which makes the Man to be the Husband of the Woman and the Woman to be the Wife of the Man. a Malac. 2.14 She is the wife of thy covenant b Heb. 13.4 Marriage is honourable in all c Mal. 2.15 Did not he make one Matt. 19.4 5. Q. When is that Covenant
violated A. When either of them forsakes the others Bed in whole or in part for the Bed of another Prov. 5.20 21. Why wilt thou be ravisht with a strange woman and embrace the bosome of a stranger For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord c. Q. What was the punishment assigned for this sin under the Law A. Death Levit. 20.10 The adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death Q. What is farther forbidden in this Commandment A. 1. Fornication which is between single persons a and all uncleanness whatsoever b a Exod. 22.16 b Gal. 5.19 The works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness 1 Cor. 6.9 2. All sensual desires and inclinations consented to Matt. 5.28 Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart 3. All incitements thereunto in Words a Actions Behaviour and Garb b and by excess c a Ephes 5.4 Neither filthiness nor foolish talking nor jesting which are not convenient b 1 Tim. 2.9 That women adorn theselves in modest apparel c 1 Pet. 4.3 The time past of our life may suffice us when we walk'd in lasciviousness lusts excess of wine c. Q. What is enjoyned in this Commandment A. To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity Rom. 13.13 14. Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness 2. To be modest in my Thoughts a Words b and Behaviour c a Matt. 15.19 b Col. 3.8 c Tit. 2.3 3. To be watchful a and employed b a 1 Pet. 5.8 Be sober be vigilant b Ezek. 16.49 50. This was the iniquity of Sodom abundance of idleness They were haughty and committed abomination Q. What is the Eighth Commandment A. Thou shalt not steal Command 8. Q. What is the Stealing forbidden in this Commandment A. The taking away or detaining from another that which is his right by force or fraud Levit. 19.11 13. Q. What are the kinds of it 1. Stealth especially so called or secret purloyning Ephes 4.28 Let him that stole steal no more 2. Robbery or forcible taking away Levit. 19.11 13. Ye shall not streal thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour neither rob him 3. Extortion a which is a forcible detaining or taking away upon the pretence of right and due call'd unjust gain Prov. 28.8 a 1 Cor. 5.11 Not to keep company If any man that is call'd a brother or Christian be an extortioner 4. Detention of another's Right as in not paying just debts when able a or withholding wages due to hireling b a Psal 37.21 The wicked borroweth and payeth not again Prov. 3.27 28. b Jam. 5.4 Behold thy hire of the labourers which is of you kept back by fraud crieth c. 5. Fraud in dealings by false weights and measures a and by fair words b imposing upon the ignorance or credulity of the buyer a Prov. 20.10 Divers weights and divers measures both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. b Prov. 29.5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet 6. Uncharitableness and hardness to the poor Prov. 22.16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches shall surely come to want Isa 3.15 What mean ye that ye grind the faces of the poor Q. What are the duties required in this Commandment A. 1. Honesty and Equity in dealings between man and man. Prov. 16.11 A just weight and balance are the Lords 2. Restitution in case of wrong Ezek. 33.15 16. If the wicked restore the pledge give again that he had robbed none of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him Exod. 22.1 c. 3. Charity and Mercifulness to others Lev. 19.9 When ye reap the harvest of your land thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest c. thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger To have a lawful calling and be diligent in it Ephes 4.28 Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing which is good that he may have to give to him that needeth 2 Thes 3.11 12. Q. What is the ninth Commandment A. Command 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour Q. What is the sin here forbidden A. The bearing false witness and unjust accusation whether upon Oath usually call'd perjury a or otherwise b a See the third Commandment b Luk. 3.14 Neither accuse any falsly Luk. 19.8 Q. If Perjury was the thing principally forbidden in the third Commandment and again is in like manner here forbidden what is then the difference between the third Commandment and the ninth A. The third Commandment respects God as Swearing is an appeal to him and perjury an implicit denial of him But the ninth Commandment respects man and so perjury is here forbidden as it 's 1 intended to the wrong of another in body goods or name 2 As thereby the end of swearing is defeated which is for an end of strife Heb. 6.16 Q. What is further forbidden in this Commandment 1. All subornation of false witnesses as it was practiced by Jezebel against Naboth and by the Jews against our Saviour b a 1 King. 21.10 b Mat. 26.59 2. All evil speaking a lying b and slandering c a Jam. 1.26 If any man among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his tongue c. this mans religion is in vain b Ephes 4.25 Putting away lying speak every man truth with his neighbour for we are members one of another c Psal 15.1 3. Who shall abide in thy Tabernacle he that backbiteth not with his tongue 3. Rash judging and censuring Mat. 7.1 2. Judge not that ye be not judged c. Q. What are the Duties required in this Commandment A. 1. To vindicate our Neighbour when he is wrong'd as Nicodemus did our Saviour Joh. 7.50 51. 2. To judge the most charitably of another 1 Cor. 13.5 Charity thinketh no evil Ver. 7. Believeth all things hopeth all things Q. Command 10. Which is the Tenth Commandment A. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his or nor his ass nor any thing that is his Q. What is the sin forbidden in this Commandment A. The coveting of other mens goods or possessions reckon'd up here in order his house wife servants and cattel Act. 20.33 Q. What is the coveting here forbidden A. The unlawful desire of what is anothers Rom. 7.7 I had not known lust except the Law had said Thou shalt not covet Q. What then is there included in this Commandment A. It 's the sum of all the rest that respect my Neighbour and it 's as if it had been said Whatever can be supposed to be to his prejudice thou shalt not do So our Saviour instead of covet doth
one while put defraud not Mark 10.19 another while Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Mat. 19.19 Q. What is required in this Commandment A. A contentedness in my present state and condition a and to learn and labour truly to get my own living b in that state of life whereunto it shall please God to call me c a Heb. 13.5 Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as you have c. Phil. 4.11 b 1 Thes 4.11 12. Study to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands that ye may have lack of nothing c 1 Cor. 7.20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called PART IV. Of the Lords Prayer Q. MY good Child know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords Prayer Q. What are the things contained in this Preface set before the Lord's Prayer in the Catechism A. Therein is contained 1. The reason of all prayer to God which is an insufficiency in our selves a and an allsufficiency in him b So it 's said a Know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy self without his special grace b 2 Cor. 3.5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God. 2. It shews us the use which prayer is of as a means for obtaining the special grace of God contained in these words which thou must learn to call for by prayer Luk. 11.9 10 11 12 13. Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you c. 3. It teaches me what are the qualifications of a prevalent and effectual prayer viz. 1. That it be at all times without intermission and discouragement a 2. That it be diligent what is accompanied with a stedfast faith and attention b a Luk. 18.1 Christ spake a parable unto them to this end that men ought always to pray and not to faint b Rom. 12.12 Continuing instant in prayer Eph. 6.18 Q. The Lords Prayer Why is that Form of Prayer which begins with Our Father call'd the Lord's Prayer A. Because it was composed by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Mat. 6.9 Luk. 11.2 Q. For what end did our Saviour compose this Prayer A. 1. As a pattern for our better help and direction what to pray for and of the order we are to pray in that we may not be at a loss what to pray for a nor use vain repetitions b a Luk. 11.1 2. His Disciples said unto him Lord teach us to pray And he said unto them When ye pray say c. b Mat. 6.7 8 9. When ye pray use not vain repetitions After this manner therefore pray ye c. 2. As a Form that 's fit to be used when we pray Mat. 6.9 After this manner or so pray ye Luk. 11.2 When ye pray say Our Father c. Q. Say the Lords Prayer A. Our Father c. Q. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer A. I desire my Lord God our Heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness to send his grace unto me and to all people that we may worship him serve him and obey him as we ought to do And I pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies and that he will be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our Ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Q. What are the general parts which this Prayer doth consist of A. They are three viz. the Preface the Petitions and the Doxology or Conclusion Q. What is the Preface or Compellation A. Our father which art in Heaven Q. What are the things contained in this Preface A. It contains several Arguments to encourage us in the performance of this Duty Q. What are those Arguments A. 1. As God is a Father the giver of all goodness and so cannot but chuse and give and do what is best for us Luk. 11.11 12 13. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a Father will he give him a stone c If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit good things Mat. 7.11 to them that ask him 2. As he is a Father in Heaven and so is able to understand and will and do what is best Psal 115.3 Our God is in the Heavens he hath done whatsoever he pleased 3. As he is a common Father and whom all may freely resort to 2 Thes 2.16 God even our Father who hath loved us Ephes 2.18 Through him we both Jews and Gentiles have an access by one spirit unto the Father Q. What do you learn from hence A. 1. That God alone is the proper object of our prayers Psal 123.1 Vnto thee lift I up mine eyes O thou that dwellest in the Heavens 2. That we ought to approach to him with fear and reverence Mal. 1.6 A son honoureth his father If then I be a father where is mine honour Eccles 5.2 Be not rash with thy mouth and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God for God is in heaven and thou upon earth 3. That we ought to come with a true affection to all mankind and with an hearty desire that they may be as well and happy as our selves which is implied when we say Our Father and therefore I desire that he will send his grace unto me and to all people Q. What doth the matter respect which is contained in the six Petitions of the Lord's Prayer A. The first three respect Gods glory and the three last our good Q. What is the first Petition A. Hallowed be thy Name Petition 1. Q. What is here meant by the Name of God A. 1. Thereby is signified not only the Name of God but God himself Psal 44.20 If we have forgotten the Name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god Psal 20.1 2. The Attributes and Perfections of his Nature Exod. 34.5 6. The Lord proclaimed the Name of the Lord The Lord God merciful and gracious c. 3. The things set apart for his honour and service as his Word and Day c. Psal 138.2 I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy Name for thou hast magnified thy Word above all thy
sin is death Q. What is the sum of what you pray for in this Petition A. I pray that it will please God to save and defend me in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that he will keep me from all sin and wickedness and from my ghostly enemy and from everlasting death Q. The Doxology What is the Doxology or Conclusion of the Lords-Prayer A. For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Q. What is meant by Doxology A. It 's a solemn form of praise and thanksgiving used in the Church of God. 1 Chron. 29.11 Thine O Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the Majesty c. Q. What is contained in this Doxology A. It contains an acknowledgment 1. Of Gods supereminent Excellencies which are the matter of our Adoration and Praise Such are his Dominion over all things call'd here the Kingdom and his Power by which he sustains and governs them and supplies the wants of all that pray to him Thine is the Kingdom and Power 2. Of the honour and thanks we are to render to him for whatever we receive and the end to which they are to be applied Thine is the Glory 1 Cor. 10.31 Whatsoever ye do do all to the Glory of God. 3. That as these perfections are perfectly and eminently originally and inseparably only in God so it 's the perpetual office of the Church Militant and Triumphant to ascribe them to him For ever and ever 1 Pet. 4.11 That God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen Revel 5.13 Q. What doth the word Amen signifie A. In the close of a sentence Amen signifies consent and approbation a wishing and desiring b trust and confidence c a 1 Cor. 14.16 How shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen c b Jer. 28.6 Jeremiah said Amen the Lord do so 1 King. 1.36 c 1 Chron. 16.35 36. All the people said Amen Q. What is then the sense of Amen here A. It 's to say I trust God will do all that I have pray'd for of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Jesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it PART V. Of the Sacraments Q. HOW many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church The Sacraments A. Two only as generally necessary to Salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Q. Are these two necessary to Salvation A. Yes generally necessary Q. Why are they said to be generally necessary A. Because no persons are excepted from the obligation of observing them that are capable and have an opportunity Q. How are these two necessary A. 1. As Baptism is the way of admission into the Church of Christ a out of which there is no promise of Salvation b a Ephes 2.12 Strangers from the Covenants of promise having no hope b Mat. 28.19 Go ye and teach all Nations baptizing them c. Joh. 3.5 2. The Lord's-Supper is the Testimony of our actual Communion with the Church a and a means of receiving that grace b which by Baptism we had the promise of a 1 Cor. 10.17 We being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one Bread. b Vers 16. The Cup of blessing which we bless is it not the Communion participation of the Blood of Christ The Bread which we break is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ Q. Doth the Church of Rome allow only two Sacraments as we do A. No for to these two they add five more viz. Confirmation Penance Extreme Vnction Orders and Matrimony and accurse all those that hold there are fewer or more than seven Sacraments truly and properly so called Q. But why are there no more than two Sacraments A. Because only these two have all the properties belonging to a true and proper Sacrament and which the other five are defective in Q. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament A. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us and ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Q. What are the Properties belonging to a true Sacrament A. 1. That there be an outward and visible sign as water in Baptism and Bread and Wine in the Lord's Supper 2. An inward and spiritual grace thereby signified as the New birth by Baptism and the Body and Blood of Christ in the Lord's-Supper 3. A Divine Institution they are to be given to us and to be ordained by Christ himself Mat. 28.19 Go ye and teach all Nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 11.23 I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you 4. They are to be as a means whereby we receive the same Grace and a pledge to assure us thereof Matt. 26.28 This is my blood of the New Testament Covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins Q. How many parts are there in a Sacrament A. Two 1. The outward visible Sign and 2. the inward Spiritual Grace Q. Of Baptism What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism A. Water wherein the person is Baptized In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Q. What is Christian Baptism A. It 's a Washing either by sprinkling a pouring on Water b or dipping c a person into it in the name of the Father Son and Holy-Ghost a Numb 8.7 Ezek. 36.25 Heb. 10.22 b Mark 7.4 c Acts 8.38 Q. What is the inward and Spiritual Grace or the thing signified by Baptism A. A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness a for being by nature born in sin and the Children of Wrath we are hereby made the Children of Grace a Rom. 6.3 4 11. 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. What is the state you and all mankind were in before Baptism A. We were by nature born in sin and children of wrath Eph. 2.3 Ye were by nature children of wrath even as others Q. What is the state you are now brought into A. We are hereby made the Children of Grace Eph. 2.4 5. God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ by Grace ye are saved Q. How are you made a Child of Grace by Baptism A. As I am thereby taken into Covenant with God and have a title to the Grace and Blessings of that Covenant which my Baptism
Name Q. What is meant by Hallowing A. 1. Thereby is meant the setting apart any thing for an holy use and service Thus God is said to Hallow the seventh day Exod. 20.11 and to Hallow the Children of Israel Levit. 22.32 2. By Hallowing is meant the using of what is holy after an holy manner So Levit. 22.32 I will be hallowed among the children of Israel See Levit. 10.3 Q. What then do you pray for in this Petition A. I pray that God himself may be honour'd known esteemed worshipped and praised a his Providence may be celebrated his service respected And especially that I and all others may be the happy instruments of doing honour to him his service and Religion by a holy and useful conversation b a Psal 113.2 3. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore From the rising of the Sun to the going down of the same the Lords name is to be praised b 1 Cor. 10.31 Whether ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God. Mat. 5.16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Q. What is the second Petition Petit. 2. A. Thy Kingdom come Q. What is meant by the Kingdom of God A. That state which is begun by Grace in this world a and is perfected by Glory in the world to come b a Rom. 6.14 Ye are not under the Law but under Grace Mat. 21.43 The Kingdom of God or the Gospel shall be taken from you c. Mat. 24.14 b Mat. 13.43 The righteous shall shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father 1 Cor. 15.24 Q. What is signified by the coming of that Kingdom A. We therein pray that this Kingdom may so come with power a that it may prevail where it is and be received where it is not that the Kingdom of Sin and Satan may be utterly destroy'd b and all the Kingdoms of this world may become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ when he shall reign for ever and ever Revel 11.15 a Mark 9.1 b 1 Cor. 15.25 He must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet Q. What is the third Petition Petit. 3. A. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Q. What do you understand by the will of God which you pray may be done on earth A. I therein pray that God will accomplish in his good time whatever he hath promised a that I and all others may readily obey whatever he requires b and patiently submit to whatever he inflicts c a Ezek. 36.36 37. I the Lord have spoken it and I will do it I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them b 1 Chron. 28.9 Serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind c Act. 21.14 We ceased saying The will of the Lord be done Q. Petit. 4. What is the fourth Petition A. Give us this day our daily bread Q. What 's meant by Bread A. All food for sustenance Gen. 43.31 34. He said unto them Set on Bread. Q. Is not this term Bread also used in a spiritual sense A. Yes as Joh. 6.32 And so it 's also applied in the Catechism when we are said to be taught from hence to pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies Q. What is meant by daily Bread A. That which is every day necessary for our subsistence and convenient for our comfort Prov. 30.8 Feed me with food convenient for me Q. Why do we every day pray Give us this day our daily bread A. Because we every day depend upon God for the supply of what we want and for the preserving continuing and blessing of what we have Deut. 8.3 Man doth not live by bread only but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live Mat. 4.4 1 Tim. 4.4 Q. What are you taught from hence A. 1. To be contented with my present portion in the world which God thinks fit to give me and I receive from him Heb. 13.5 Be content with such things as ye have 2. To depend continually upon God from whom all good doth proceed Jam. 1.17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above c. 3. To have recourse to him for whatever good I want and to praise him daily for whatever I have and receive Phil. 4.6 In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Q. What is the fifth Petition A. And forgive us our trespasses Petit. 5. as we forgive them that trespass against us Q. What is meant by Trespasses A. All sins of what sort or degree soever Col. 2.13 You being dead in your sins hath he quickned together with him having forgiven you all Tresposses Q. What is contained in that Branch As we forgive them that trespass against us A. Therein is set forth 1. The excellency of this grace of forgiving others as a qualification that where ever it is renders our prayers acceptable to God. Luk. 6.37 Forgive and ye shall be forgiven 2. The necessity of it as it 's a condition without which we shall not be forgiven Mat. 6.15 If ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses 3. The importance of it as it 's an Argument for God to forgive us Luk. 11.4 Forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to has offended us Q. What is the sixth Petition A. Petit. 6. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Q. What is meant by Temptation A. Thereby is meant such an occasion as may try a person's integrity and stedfastness of mind and in the event may be a means of our falling into sin Gen. 22.1 God did tempt Abraham 2 Chron. 32.31 Q. What do you then pray against in this clause Lead us not into Temptation A. I pray that God would not bring or suffer me to be brought into such circumstances as may through the lust of the flesh the love of the world or instigation of the Devil endanger my innocency here or salvation hereafter 1 Cor. 10.13 God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able c. Q. What is the Evil you pray to be delivered from A. 1. The evil of sin Habac. 1.13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity 2. The evil of affliction and punishment Jer. 18.8 If that Nation turn from their evil I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them 3. The evil world a and all the allurements and terrors of it a Gal. 1.4 4. The Devil the Tempter to sin Mat. 4.3 5. Damnation which is the wages of it Rom. 6.23 The wages of