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A scriptural catechism useful for all sorts of persons, both sure as desired to teach their families and such as desire to learn the principles of the Christian religion out of the Holy Scriptures / by Owen Stockton ...
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Stockton, Owen, 1630-1680.
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our sins Q. Is it not the great Commendation of Gods love in that he gave his Son to dye for us while we were yet sinners A. Rom. 5.8 God commendeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us Q. Is not Prayer a means to obtain the favour of God and to gain the knowledge of his love A. Job 33.26 He shall pray unto God and he shall be favourable unto him and he shall see his face with joy Q. How should we express our love to God for giving his Son to die for our sins Should we not do it by our hatred of sin that was the cause of the death of his Son A. Psal 97.10 Ye that love the Lord hate evil he preserveth the souls of his Saints he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked Q. How else should we express our love to God for his great love to us A. John 14.15 If ye love me keep my Commandments Q. Ought not Gods love to us make us love him A. 1 John 4.19 We love him because he first loved us Q. Should not Gods love to us cause us to love one another A. 1 John 4.11 Beloved if God so loved us we ought also to love one another Q. Should not Gods love in giving Christ to die for us encourage us to trust in him that he will freely give us all things A. Rom. 8.32 He that spared not his own Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things Q. What is the whole duty of man A. Eccles 12.13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter Fear God and keep his Commandments for this is the whole duty of man Q. How many Commandments did God deliver to Moses written in two Tables of Stone A. Deut. 4.13 And he declared unto you his Covenant which he commanded you to perform even ten Commandments and he wrote them upon two Tables of Stone Q. What is the Preface to the Ten Commandments which God spake to the People when he gave them his Commandments A. Exod. 20.1 2. God spake all these words saying I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the Land Egypt out of the House of Bondage Q. Which are the Ten Commandments Rehearse them in order as they are recorded in the 20th Chapter of Exodus from the 3d to the 18th verse A. 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image nor any likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or that is in the Earth beneath or that is in the Water under the Earth thou shalt not bow down thy self unto them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments 3. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain 4. Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it 5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee 6. Thou shalt not kill 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery 8. Thou shalt not steal 9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his ass nor any that is thy neighbours Q. Hath God commanded nothing in his Law but what is holy just and good A. Rom. 7.12 The Law is holy and the Commandment holy and just and good Q. Is not the Law spiritual requiring spiritual duties and forbidding spiritual sins And may we not thereby discern our selves to be carnal A. Rom. 7.14 We know that the Law is spiritual but I am carnal sold under sin Q. Was the Law given us for this end that we might be justified by the deeds of it or Was it given to drive us to Christ that we might seek for justification in Christ through Faith A. Gal. 3.24 Wherefore the Law was our School-master to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith Q. Would there have been no need of the death of Christ if we could have obtained such a righteousness as might have justified us in the sight of God by our observing the Law A. Gal. 2.21 I do not frustrate the grace of God for if righteousness came by the Law then Christ is dead in vain Q. Is not Jesus Christ the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth A. Rom. 10.4 Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness to every one that believeth Q. Though we cannot obtain Righteousness by the Law yet must we not be very careful to keep the Commandments of God A. Psal 119.4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy Precepts diligently Q. What Promise have you that God will enable you to keep his Commandments A. Ezek. 36.27 I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my Statutes and ye shall keep my Judgments and do them Q. Hath not God promised under the New Testament to write his Laws in our hearts which in the times of the Old Testament were written in Tables of Stone A. Heb. 10.16 This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days saith the Lord I will put my Laws into their hearts and in their minds will I write them Q. Is there no man upon the face of the earth that keepeth all the Commandments of God at all times without breaking any of them A. Eccles 7.20 There is not a just man upon earth that doth good and sinneth not Q. If we have respect to all the Commandments of God and endeavour with sincere hearts to obey them Will not God accept us through Christ Jesus although we come short of what the Law requires A. Psal 119.6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy Commandments Q. Must we not obey the Commandments of God from a principle of faith and love and with a pure heart A. 1 Tim. 1.5 Now the end of the Commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good Conscience and of faith unfeigned Q. Are not Christians under the New-Testament freed from
follow after the Lord will he certainly come to us A. Hosea 6.3 Then shall we know if we follow on to know the Lord his going forth is prepared as the morning and he shall come unto us as the rain as the latter and former rain unto the earth Q. What is it which causeth God to withdraw himself from us A. Isa 59.2 Your iniquities have separated between you and your God and your sins have hid his face from you that he will not hear Q. When God is gone from us If we return unto him will not he return unto us A. Zech. 1.3 Turn ye unto me saith the Lord of Hosts and I will turn unto you saith the Lord of Hosts 2 Chron. 30.9 The Lord your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you if ye return unto him Q. Is there hope for such as have gone away from God along time that if they return unto God God will return unto them A. Mal. 3.7 Even from the days of your Fathers ye have gone away from mine Ordinances and have not kept them Return unto me and I will return unto you saith the Lord of Hosts Q. Is not the love of God to his people beyond the love of the most tender-hearted Mother towards her child even at such times as they think he hath forsaken and forgotten them A. Isa 49.14 15. Zion said The Lord hath forsaken me and my Lord hath forgotten me Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb yea they may forget yet will I not forget thee Q. What will God give to him that is athirst A. Revel 21.6 I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely Q. When God suffers such as are athirst to seek him a long time and they can get nothing in so much that their tongue faileth for thirst must they not look on themselves as forsaken of God but hope that God will hear them and give them an abundant supply of all their wants A. Isa 41.17 18. When the poor and needy seek water and there is none and their tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear them I the God of Israel will not forsake them I will open Rivers in high places and Fountains in the midst of the Valleys I will make the Wilderness a Pool of water and the dry Land springs of water Q. What must we do that we may live comfortable lives and see good days A. 1 Pet. 3.10 11. He that will love life and see good days let him refrain his tongue from evil and his lips that they speak no guile let him eschew evil and do good let him seek peace and ensue it Q. What courses will undo men and bring them to poverty and beggery A. Prov. 23.21 The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags Prov. 28.19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough Prov. 6.26 By means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life Q. Are not many undone by being surety for others and should not this make us hate suretiship A. Prov. 11.15 He that is surety for a ftranger shall smart for it and he that hateth suretiship is sure Q. Is it not an argument of folly to be surety for others seeing many are undone by suretiship A. Prov. 17.18 A man void of understanding striketh hands and becometh surety in the presence of his friend Q. Must we not take heed of overcharging our selves at any time with drunkenness surfeiting or the cares of this life lest we be surprized at unawares by death or judgement A. Luke 21.34 Take heed to your selves lest at any time your hearts be over charged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life and so that day come upon you unawares Q. Is it not lawful to eat of any of Gods creatures and when we do receive any of them must we not do it with thanksgiving A. 1 Tim. 4.4 Every creature of God is good and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving Q. When Jesus Christ did eat bread was he not wont to give Gods thanks A. John 6.11 Jesus took the loaves and when he had given thanks he distributed to the Disciples Q. Did not the Apostles also use to give thanks when they did eat bread A. Acts 27.35 He took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all and when he had broken it he began to eat Q. What promise have you that God will cause you to eat in plenty and give you satisfaction with your food and make you thankful for what he gives you A. Joel 2.26 Ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the Name of the Lord your God that hath dealt wondrously with you and my people shall never be ashamed Q. Must not Children obey and honor their Parents and hath not God promised to bless those children that do so with a long life and good days A. Ephes 6.1 2 3. Children obey your Parents in the Lord for this is right Honour thy Father and Mother which is the first commandment with promise That it may be well with thee and thou mayst live long on the earth Q. Is not God well-pleased when Children obey all the lawful Commands of their Parents A. Col. 3.20 Children obey your Parents in all things for this is well-pleasing unto the Lord. Q. Is it not the duty of Children to fear and stand in aw of their Parents A. Lev. 19.3 Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father and keep my Sabbaths I am the Lord your God Q. Is it not a sin to despise our Parents though they have the infirmities of old age upon them A. Prov. 23.22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee and despise not thy mother when she is old Q. Are not such Children as set light by their Father or Mother under the curse of God A. Deut. 27.16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother and all the people shall say Amen Q. What shall become of those Children that mock despise or refuse to obey their Parents A. Prov. 30.17 The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother the Ravens of the Valleys shall pick it out and the young Eagles shall eat it Q. Was not Jesus Christ while he was a Child subject to his Parents A. Luke 2.51 He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject unto them Q. Is it not a sign that God intends to destroy those Children to whom he doth not give an heart to follow the good counsel that is given them by their Parents A. 1 Sam. 2.25 Notwithstanding they hear kened not unto the voice of their