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A Catechism containing the substance of the Christian religion in the words and phrases of Scripture.
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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 to justification of Life Q. Is there nothing for us to do that we may receive forgiveness of Sin and eternal Life through Christ A. God forbid I should think so for the Scripture telleth us that (a) Acts 3.19 we must repent and be converted that our Sins may be blotted out and (b) Joh. 3.16 that God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting Life (c) Heb. 5.9 And that he is the Author of eternal Salvation to them that obey him Q. Shall that Willingness to obey God's Commandments be accepted which only produceth weak Endeavours A. No but we must strive to enter in at the Strait Gate because many will seek (a) Luke 13.24 in an idle lazy Manner to enter in and shall not be able Q. Then we must repent and believe and obey the Gospel or we shall receive no benefit by the Death of Christ A. (a) Luke 13.3 Except we repent we shall all perish (b) Mark 16.16 And he that believeth not shall be damned (c) Joh. 3.19 And this is the Condemnation that Light is come into the World and Men love Darkness rather than Light because their Deeds are evil Q. Is it not sufficient if we obey some of Christ's Precepts or is it necessary that we obey them all A. Yes verily (a) James 2.10 for he that keepeth the whole Law and yet offends in one Point or allows himself in Disobedience to some one Law is guilty of all or is liable to the same Punishment for kind that is due to the breach of all Q. Will not Faith at all profit us except it be joined with Repentance and Obedience to Christ's Precepts A. No surely (a) Jam. 2.17 20. for Faith without Works is dead being alone And (b) Vers 19. the Devils believe and tremble Q. Seeing that Justification or Pardon of Sin is several times ascribed to Faith and Faith is said to be imputed for Righteousness what kind of Faith do the Scriptures mean A. The Scriptures mean such a Faith as (a) Acts 15.9 purifies the Heart (b) Gal. 5.6 Q. What is that Repentance that shall obtain Mercy A. That Repentance that shall obtain Mercy is (a) Esay 55.7 the forsaking our wicked Ways and Thoughts and returning to the Lord (b) Acts 26.20 and doing Works meet for it Q. Can you by your believing repenting and doing good Works deserve at God's hands the Pardon of your Sins and eternal Life A. No (a) Luke 17.10 but when we have done all those things that are commanded we must say that we are unprofitable Servants (b) Titus 3.5 And not by Works of Righteousness which we have done but according to his Mercy he saved us (c) Eph. 1.6 7. and the Riches of his Grace Q. What is the Substance of those Duties which the Gospel of Christ requires of you A. The Grace of God that bringeth Salvation to all Men hath appeared teaching us that denying Ungodliness and worldly Lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present World Titus 2.11 12. Q. What is it to live Godly A. To live Godly is (a) Ps 100.2 to serve the Lord with Gladness and (b) Heb. 12.28 to worship him with Fear and Reverence (c) Prov. 3.6 and in all our Ways acknowledg him Q. Is God alone to be worshipped or may we also give Religious Worship to Saints and Angels as the Papists do A. It is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Matth. 4.10 Q. What is it to live Soberly A. To live Soberly is to abstain from these Works of the Flesh (a) Gal. 5.19 20 21. Adultery fornication Uncleanness Lasciviousness Hatred Wrath Strife Seditions Heresies Envyings Drunkenness Revellings and such like and (b) Col. 3.5 Covetousness or setting our Affections upon things below which is Idolatry Q. What is it to live Kighteously A. To live Righteously is Whatsoever I would that Men should do unto me to do even so unto them for this is the Law and the Prophets Mat. 7.12 Q. What is your Duty towards the King and the higher Powers A. My Duty towards the King and the higher Powers is to (a) 1 Tim. 2.2 pray for him and all that are put in Authority under him (b) 1 Pet. 2.17 to honour Him and them (c) Rom. 13.1 and to be subject unto them Q. Why must we be subject to them A. We must needs be subject not only for Wrath or for fear of their Sword but also for Conscience sake Rom. 13.5 Q. How doth Conscience towards God oblige us to be subject A. Because there is no Power but of God the Powers that be are ordained of God whosoever therefore resisteth the Power resisteth the Ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves Damnation Rom. 13.1 2. Q. But must you yield active Obedience to your Governours if they should require of you what God hath expresly forbidden A. Whether it be right in the Sight of God to hearken unto Men more than unto God judg ye Acts 4.19 Q. What is your Duty towards the Bishops and Spiritual Governours and Teachers which Christ hath set over his Church A. My Duty is to obey them that have the Rule over me and submit my self for they watch for our Souls as those that must give account Heb. 13.17 Q. What other Duties do you owe to them A. I am also to (a) 1 Thess 5.12 13. esteem those that are over us in the Lord and admonish us very highly in love for their Work 's sake And (b) Gal. 6.6 he that is taught in the Word should communicate to him that teacheth in all good things Q. Is it lawful for you to publish the Faults of your Civil or Ecclesiastical Governours A. It is written Thou shalt not speak evil of the Ruler of thy People Acts 23.5 Q. This puts me in mind to ask you Whether that Man can be religious who bridleth not his Tongue A. If any Man among you seemeth to be religious and bridleth not his Tongue but deceiveth his own Heart this Man's Religion is vain James 1.26 Q. What is the Duty of Children towards their Parents A. 'T is the Duty of Children to (a) Eph. 6.2 honour their Father and Mother which is the first Commandment with promise (b) Col. 3.20 And to obey them in all things for this iâ— well pleasing unto the Lord. Q. What is the Duty of Parents towards their Children A. 'T is the Duty of Parents not to provoke their Children to Wrath but to bring them up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord. Eph. 6.4 Q. What is the Duty of Servants towards their
Masters A. 'T is the Duty of Servants to be obedient to their own Masters and to please them well in all things not answering again nor purloyning but shewing all good Fidelity that they may adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour in all things Tit. 2.9 10. Q. What if they have froward Masters must they be subject to such A. They ought to be subject to their Masters with all Fear not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward 1 Pet. 2.18 Q. How should Servants obey their Masters A. They should obey their Masters not with Eye-Service as Men-pleasers but in Singleness of Heart fearing God Col. 3.22 Q. What Encouragement have Servants thus to obey their Masters A. Of the Lord they shall receive the Reward of the Inheritance for they serve in so doing the Lord Christ Col. 3.24 Q. What Encouragement have they to suffer patiently from froward Masters A. This is thank-worthy if a Man for Conscience towards God endure Grief suffering wrongfully and 〈◊〉 when we do well and suffer for it we take it patiently this is acceptable with God 1 Pet. 2.19 20. Q. What is the Duty of Masters towards their Servants A. 'T is the Duty of Masters (a) Col. 4.1 to give to their Servants that which is just and equal (b) Eph. 6.9 And to forbear Threatning Q. Why should they do so A. Because they have also a Master in Heaven neither is there respect of Persons with God Col. 4.1 Q. What is the Duty of Husbands towards their Wives A. 'T is the Duty of Husbands to love their Wives and not be bitter against them Col. 3.19 Q. How should Husbands love their Wives A. They should love them (a) Eph. 5.25 as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it and (b) Vers 28. so ought Men to love their Wives as their own Bodies Q. Ought not Husbands to dwell with their Wives A. A Man ought to forsake Father and Mother and to cleave to his Wife and they two shall be one Flesh Mat. 19.5 Q. What is the Duty of Wives towards their Husbands A. 'T is the Duty of Wives to (a) Eph. 5.33 see that they reverence their Husbands and (b) Vers 22. submit unto them as unto the Lord. Q. Why should they do so A. Because the Husband is Head of the Wife even as Christ is Head of the Church Eph. 5.23 Q. What if the Husband be an Infidel or wicked Man A. St. Peter saith Ye Wives be in subjection to your own Husbands that if any obey not the Word they also may without the Word be won by the Conversation of the Wives while they behold your chaste Conversation coupled with Fear 1 Pet. 3.1 Q. How should you behave your self towards the Aged A. I ought to (a) Lev. 19.32 rise up before the hoary Head and to honour the Face of the old Man (b) Prov. 16.31 For the hoary Head is a Crown of Glory if it be found in the Way of Righteousness Q. What is your Duty towards Strangers A. I may not be forgetful to entertain Strangers for thereby some have entertained Angels unawares Heb. 13.2 Mat. 25.35 Q. What is your Duty towards the Poor and Needy A. I ought to be (a) 1 Pet. 3.8 pitiful towards them and (b) Eph. 4.32 tender-hearted (c) Heb. 13.3 and to remember them that are in Bonds as bound with them and them which suffer Adversity as being my self also in the Body Q. Is it enough to pity them and to be sorry for their Condition A. By no means (a) Jam. 2.15 16. for if a Brother or Sister be naked and destitute of daily Food and I say to him Depart in peace be you warmed and filled but give them not those things which are needful to the Body what doth it profit Therefore (b) Heb. 13.16 to do good and communicate I may not forget for with such Sacrifices God is well pleased Q. Ought he to give Alms who gets his Living by the Labour of his Hands A. Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his Hands the thing that is good that he may have to give to him that needeth Eph. 4.28 Q. For what End should you give Alms A. My Light should so shine before Men that they may see my good Works and glorify our Father which is in Heaven Mat. 5.16 Q. For what End may you not give Alms A. I (a) Mat. 6.1 may not do my Alms before Men to be seen (b) Vers 2. or have Glory of them otherwise I have no reward of my Father which is in Heaven Q. What if you find you self strongly tempted to Vain-glory and to desire the Praise of Men in giving your Alms A. In that case my Left-hand should not know what my Right-hand doth Or I should give very secretly Matth. 6.3 Q. With what Mind ought you to give A. I ought to be ready to distribute and willing to communicate not to give grudgingly or of necessity for God loveth a chearful Giver 1 Tim. 6.18 2 Cor. 9.7 Q. Can a Man love god who refuseth to relieve the Needy when he is able A. Who so hath this World's Goods and seeth his Brother hath need and shutteth up his Bowels of Compassion from him how dwelleth the Love of God in him 1 Joh. 3.17 Q. What then is pure and undefiled Religion A. Pure Religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this To visit the Fatherless and Widows in their Affliction and to keep our selves unspotted from the World Jam. 1.27 Q. To whom ought you to do good A. As we have opportunity we must do good unto all Men especially to them who are of the Houshold of Faith Gal. 6.10 Q. What Encouragement have you to be merciful and charitable A. (a) Mat. 5.7 Blessed are the Merciful for they shall obtain Mercy And (b) 1 Tim. 6.19 if we are rich in good Works we shall lay up for our selves a good Foundation against the time to come that we may lay hold of Eternal Life Q. Are there not Promises of Temporal good things also to the Merciful and Charitable A. Yes (a) Ps 41.1 2 3. c. Blessed is the Man that considereth the Poor the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble the Lord will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the Earth (b) Ps 37.26 And his Seed is blessed Q. What was David 's Observation concerning the merciful Man A. David saith I have been young and now am old yet have I not seen the Righteous or merciful Man forsaken nor his Seed begging Bread Ps 37.25 Q. What was his Son Solomon 's Observation A. There is that scattereth and yet encreaseth and there is that withholdeth more than is meet but it tendeth to Poverty Prov. 11.24 Q. But you believe that God may in Faithfulness for great and wise Ends