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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

his mercy to deliver their souls from death and to feed them in time of famine Psal 33.18 19. Q. Should we then give up our selves to idleness and expect to be fed by miracles A. Upon no means for the command is If any will not work neither shall he eat 2 Thes 3.10 Q. But what if our condition be such that we are not able to work may we then cast our burden upon God A. Yes cast all your care upon him for he careth for you 1 Pet. 5.7 Q. But if we use the means and yet cannot have whereupon to live may we in this case trust in God A. Yes when the poor and needy seek for water and there is none and their tongue faileth for thirst I the Lord will hear them I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water Isa 41.17 18. Q. Is it not then an extraordinary folly to distrust God A. Yes therefore I say unto you take no thought for your life what you shall eat or what you shall drink neither for your body what you shall put on behold the fowls of the air for they sow not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth them are ye not much better than they c. Mat. 6.25 26 Q. But I want grace and will God give me this if I ask it A. Yes if ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy spirit to them that ask him the Lord will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly Luke 11.13 Psal 74.11 Sect. 2. Of submission to God's will in respect of obedience of patience in suffering and of honour due to God in his house possessions his day and word Q. IS it not the duty of every man to give chearful obedience to the will of God A. Yes behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams therefore I will hear what God the Lord will speak and I will say the will of the Lord be done 1 Sam. 15.22 Psal 85.8 Acts 21.14 Q. What is that obedience that God requires of man A. He hath shewed thee O man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God Mi● 6.8 Q. Doth not God give up men to walk in their own counsel when they refuse to hearken to his will A. Yes but my people would not hearken to my voice and Israel would none of me so I gave them up unto their hearts lust and they walked in their own counsels Psal 81.11 12. Q. Is not a proud person very unfit to obey A. Yes the wicked through the pride of his countenance will not seek after God Psal 10.4 Q. But may not men have high conceits of their obedience to God's will A. No when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17.10 Q. Is it not the duty of every Christian to be patient under affliction A. Yes take my brethren the Prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience behold we count them happy which endure ye have heard of the patience of Job be also patient Jam. 5.10 11.8 Q. We should not then murmur or grudg at whatever he does A. No it is the Lord let him do what seemeth him good I was dumb I opened not my mouth because thou didst it 1 Sam. 3.18 Psal 39.9 Q. Is it not very unlike the act of a child to oppose his Fathers will A. Yes furthermore we have had Fathers of our flesh that corrected us and we gave them reverence shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of Spirits and live Heb. 12.9 Q. Is it not sin that bringeth affliction upon people A. Yes fools because of their transgression and because of their iniquities are afflicted Psal 107.17 Q. God doth not then willingly send afflictions A. No he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men Lam. 3.13 Q. Is it not a mercy to many that they have been corrected A. Yes it was good for me that I have been afflicted before I was afflicted I went astray but now have I kept thy words Ps 119.71.67 Q. Should we not study fruitfulness under corrections A. Yes the Lord's voice cryeth unto the City and the man of wisdom shall see thy name hear ye the rod and who hath appointed it Mic. 6.9 Q. Is it not the duty of every man to honour God A. Yes a Son honoureth his Father and a Servant his Master if then I be a Father where is mine honour and if I be a Master where is my fear saith the Lord of Hosts unto you Mal. 1.6 Q. Should we not then have the highest and most excellent esteem of him in our hearts A. Yes O Lord our Lord how excellent is thy name in all the earth thy righteousness O God is very high who hast done great things O God who is like unto thee Psal 8.9.71.19 Q. And should we not so far honour his house as to set it a-part wholly for his use A. Yes and Jesus went up to Jerusalem and found in the Temple those that sold Oxen and Sheep and Doves and the Changers of money sitting and he said unto them take these things hence make not my Fathers house an house of merchandize Joh. 2.14 16. Q. Should we not also be glad when we have the opportunity of going thither A. Yes I was glad when they said unto me let us go unto the house of the Lord Psal 122.1 Q. But should we not be very careful over our hearts and all our senses when we go to the house of God A. Yes keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools Eccl. 5.1 Q. Is it not our duty also to have such a respect to his peculiar possessions which are set a-part for the maintenance of those that attend his service as not to turn it to any other use A. Yes will a man rob God yet he have robbed me yet ye say wherein have we robbed thee in Tithes and Offerings ye are cursed with a curse Mal. 3.8 9. Q. Is it not just and necessary that something be allotted for the support and maintenance of those that attend the service of God A. Yes the labourer is worthy of his reward and if we have sown unto you spiritual things is it a great thing if we reap your carnal things 1 Cor. 9.11 1 Tim. 5.18 Q. But should the Ministers of the Gospel have support and maintenance as well as those who did wait at the Altar were partakers with the Altar A. Yes Do

sin diminish a mans substance and help to impoverish men A. Yes for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life for it is a fire that consumeth to destruction and will root out all a mans inheritance Prov. 6.26 Job 31.12 Q. Doth it not cast an everlasting stain upon a man's good name also A. Yes a wound and dishonour shall he get and his reproach shall not be wiped away Prov. 6.33 Q. Ought not this sin to be severely punished A. Yes 't is an heinous crime yea it is an iniquity to be punished by the Judges Deut. 22.22 Job 31.11 Q. However the committers of this wickedness may escape punishment from men yet will not God's judgments be poured out upon them A. Yes whoremongers and adulterers God will judg and if any man defile the Temple of God him shall God destroy Heb. 13.4 1 Cor. 3.17 Q. Is not this a sin which shuts out from the Kingdom of Heaven A. Yes and there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth be not therefore deceived neither fornicators nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind shall inherit the Kingdom of God Rev. 21.27 1 Cor. 6.9 Q. And should not this prevail with all men not to be partakers with these men in their sins A. Yes for this we know that no whoremonger nor unclean person hath any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God let no man deceive you with vain words for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience be not ye therefore partakers with them Eph. 5.5 6 7. Q. Is not moderation and temperance in eating and drinking a commanded duty A. Yes hast thou found honey eat so much as is sufficient for thee lest thou be filled therewith and vomit it And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess Prov. 25.26 27. Eph. 5.18 Q. May not men lawfully pray for so much as sufficeth nature A. Yes two things have I required of thee deny me them not before I die give me neither poverty nor riches seed me with food convenient for me lest I be full and deny thee and say who is the Lord or lest I be poor and steal and take the name of my God in vain Prov. 30 7 8. Q. But is there not a special warning to abstain from excess in eating and drinking A. Yes take heed to your selves lest at any time your hearts be over-charged with surfeiting and drunkenness Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness and make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof Luke 21.34 Rom. 13.13 14. Q. Should we not then abstain from the company of such persons A. Yes be not amongst wine-bibbers amongst riotous eaters of flesh Prov. 23.20 Q. Do not these sins bring poverty upon men A. Yes for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty Prov. 23.21 Q. Doth not these sins bring diseases and calamities upon mens bodies also A. Yes who hath woe who hath sorrow who hath contentions who hath bablings who hath wounds without cause they that tarry long at the wine Prov. 23.29 30. Q. Doth not the Word of God tell us that drunkards are of the number of those that shall not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven A. Yes be not deceived for neither the covetous nor drunkards shall inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6.10 Q. Is it not a very great sin to make others drunk that they may sport with their ridiculous behaviour A. Yes wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink that puttest thy bottel to him and makest him drunken also that thou mayest look on their nakedness Hab. 15. Q. Have they who are mighty to drink any reason to brag of this A. No wo unto them that are mighty to drink wine and men of strength to mingle strong drink Isa 5.22 Q. Are they not then very foolish who upon any pretence whatsoever do commit this sin A. Yes wine is a mocker strong drink is raging and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise Prov. 20.1 Sect. 4. Of Temperance in Sleep in Reereation and in Apparel Q. Is it not a very foolish thing to give our selves to immoderate sleep A. Yes go to the ant thou sluggard consider her ways and be wise How long wilt thou sleep when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep yet a little sleep a little slumber a little folding of the hands to sleep Prov. 6.6 10. Q. Is it not the high-way to bring poverty on men to spend their time in sleeping A. Yes love not sleep lest thou come to poverty open thine eyes and thou shalt be satisfied with bread but drowsiness shall cover a man with rags Prov. 20.13 23.21 Q. Should we not use lawful recreations with moderation and choose a seasonable time for them A. Yes to every thing there is a season and a time to every purpose under the Heaven a time to laugh and a time to dance he hath made every thing beautiful in his time Eccl. 3.1 4 11. Q. Doth not excess in recreations bring to poverty A. Yes he that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man Prov. 21.17 Q. Is not there a wo pronounced against those who use immoderate recreations A. Yes wo unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink that continue until night till wine inflame them and the harp and the viol the tabret and pipe and wine are in their feasts Isa 5.11 12. Q. And should we not be careful that our recreations have nothing of sin in them A. Yes let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying Rom. 13.13 Q. Is not the reward of such who sport themselves with their own deceivings very sad A. Yes they shall receive the reward of unrighteousness as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time spots they are and blemishes sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you 2 Pet. 2 13. Q. Must not men give an account how they have spent their time in recreations A. Yes rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart chear thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thy heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou for all these things God will bring thee into judgment Eccl. 11.9 Q. Is not temperance in apparel a commanded duty A. Yes I will therefore that women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefac'dness and sobriety not with broidered-hair or gold or pearls or costly array but which becometh women professing godliness with good works 1 Tim. 2.9 10. Q. Will not God punish their vanity who observe every phantastick light fashion A. Yes because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched-out necks and wanton