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A79564	The church catechism, analysed, explained, and improved The first part. Wherein, I. The text is set down whole, and entire. II. It is broken into questions, and answers in the very words of the catechism. III. The terms of it are explained, and such short questions and answers added, as are occasioned by it, and seem needful to the discovery of its true meaning, and use. At the end is added matter, and direction for all acts of devotion for morning and evening, mostly in the words of the catechism. The whole accomodated to the capacity, and use of them, that are yet to learn it, and recommend to the rich, to bestow among the poor.		1683 (1683)	Wing C3993A; ESTC R229600	26,096	48

Commandment 74 A. III. Com. 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 Q. What doth God forbid in the Third Commandment 75 A. In the Third Commandment God forbiddeth to take the Name of the Lord our God in vain Q. What is it to take the Name of God in vain 76 A. To take the Name of the Lord God in vain is to use his Name vainly rashly irreverently falsly or maliciously without just cause without a good end and without due reverence Q. What saith he to afrighten men from taking his Name thus in vain 77 A. To afrighten men from taking his Name in vain he saith For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain but will certainly punish him as a guilty Wretch Q. Which is the Fourth Commandment 78 A. IV. Com. Remember that thou kéep holy the Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the 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 seventh day and hallowed it Q. What did God command the Children of Israel in the Fourth Commandment 79 A. In the Fourth Commandment God required the Children of Israel to remember to keep holy the Sabbath-day Six days saith he thou shalt labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath the rest of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work Q. Who were they that were to do no manner of work but to rest on the Sabbath-day 80 A. Thou and thy son and thy daughter and thy man-servant and thy maid-servant and thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates Q. What Reason doth God give why he blessed hallowed and set apart the seventh day of the week for a day of holy rest 81 A. Because in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day therefore and upon that account he blessed the seventh day and hallowed it making it an holy day of rest Q. Which day of the week did God then bless and hallow for a weekly Sabbath 82 A. God blessed the seventh day of the week which is our Saturday and hallowed it to be the weekly Sabbath Q. Why then do not we keep the seventh day of the week Saturday as an holy Sabbath 83 A. Because our Lord Jesus Christ did at his death abolish the Seventh-day Sabbath And his Apostles and Disciples directed by the Holy Ghost did make the first day of the week which is the Lord's day on which the Lord rose from the dead to be the day of Christians meeting for the Publick Worship of God Q. Which is the Fifth Commandment 84 A. V. Com. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thée Q. What doth God require in this Fifth Commandment 85 A. In the Fifth Commandment God requireth That we honour our Father and Mother Q. What saith he to encourage us to do so 86 A. That so thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Q. Which is the Sixth Commandment 87 A. VI. Com. is Thou shalt do no Murther Q. What doth God forbid in this his Sixth Commandment 88 A. In the Sixth Commandment God forbids To do ought that tends to take away any mans Life unjustly Q. Which is the Seventh Commandment 89 A. VII Com. is Thou shalt not commit Adultery Q. What doth God forbid in the Seventh Commandment 90 A. In the Seventh Commandment God forbiddeth us To be unchaste in our Thoughts Words and Deeds Q. Which is the Eighth Commandment 91 A. VIII Com. Thou shalt not steal Q. What doth God forbid in this Eighth Commandment 92 A. In the Eighth Commandment God forbiddeth To take away or keep from any man unjustly any good thing that belongs to him Q. Which is the Ninth Commandment 93 A. The IX Com. is Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour Q. What doth God forbid in the Ninth Commandment 94 A. In the Ninth Commandment God forbiddeth To slander our Neighbour and to speak or swear falsly of him Q. Which is the Tenth Commandment 95 A. X. Com. Thou shalt not cover thy Neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours wife nor his man-servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his Q. What doth God forbid in the Tenth Commandment 96 A. In the Tenth Commandment God forbiddeth To grudge our Neighbour any good thing that he justly enjoys and to covet or desire to have it from him §. VII The Sum of the Ten Commandments Q. What doest thou chiefly learn by these Commandments 97 A. By these Commandments I learn two things I. I learn my duty towards God II. I learn my ducy towards my Neighbour Q. Which of these Commandments teach you your duty towards God 98 A. The first four Commandments teach me my duty towards God Q. Which Commandments teach you your duty towards your Neighbour 99 A. The six last Commandments teach me my duty towards my Neighbour Q. What is your duty towards God 100 A. My duty towards God is 1. To believe in him 2. To fear him 3. To love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength 4. To worship him 5. To give him thanks 6. To put my whole trust in him 7. To call upon him 8. To honour his holy Name and his Word 9. And to serve him truly all the days of my life Q. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour 101 A. My duty towards my Neighbour is 1. To love him as I love my self 2. And to do to all men as I would they should do unto me 3. To love honour and succour my Father and Mother 4. To honour and obey the King and all that are put in Authority under Him 5. To submit my self to all my Governors Teachers spiritual Pastors and Masters 6. To order my self lowly and reverently to all my Betters 7. To hurt no body by word or deed 8. To be true and just in all my dealing 9. To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart 10. To keep my hands from picking and stealing 11. And to keep my tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering 12. To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity 13. Not to cover nor desire other mens Goods 14. But to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that state of life

sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life have a lively faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankful remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men Q. You say That they that come to partake of the Lords Supper are required to examine themselves What must they examine themselves of 176 A. They must examine themselves of three things 1. Whether or no they truly repent of their former sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life 2. Whether or no they have a lively Faith in Gods mercy through Christ together with a thankful remembrance of Christs death 3. Whether or no they be in Charity with all men Q. How may a man know whether he truly repent of his former sins 177 A. Then doth a man truly repent of his former sins when he not only sees owns and confesses all his sins nor only is grieved and sorry for them but also abhors and forsakes them and doth not willingly sin any more Q. How may it be known Whether a man do stedfastly purpose to lead a new life 178 A. Then doth a man stedfastly purpose to lead a new life when his purposes are so strong that nothing prevails with him to return to his former sins but he is brought over to lead a new holy and obedient life Q. How may a man know Whether he hath a lively Faith in God's mercy through Christ 179 A. Then hath a man a lively Faith in Gods mercy when he so believes the mercifulness of God as that he sincerely uses the means and performs the conditions of obtaining the mercies of God Q. Which are those mercies of God through Christ 180 A. The chief mercies that God gives through Christ are 1. Pardon of all our sins 2. The assistance and grace of his holy Spirit 3. Eternal glory and happiness in Heaven Q. Why are these called the mercies of God through Christ 181 A. They are said to be through Christ 1. Because the mercies of God are bestowed on us for the sake of Christ and of what he was did and suffered for us 2. Because they are conveyed to us by Christ 3. Because they are bestowed in Christ's way by those means and upon those conditions that Christ hath appointed Q. How may a man know whether he be in Charity with all men 182 A. He that is in Charity with all men neither designeth nor wisheth nor furthereth the harm of any man but designeth wisheth and furthereth the good of all men to his power Q. What if upon Examination we find that we truly repent have a lively Faith and are in Charity with all 183 A. If when we have examined our selves we find that we truly repent and have a lively Faith and are in Charity with all men then we may safely and will chearfully and comfortably partake of the Lord's Supper Q. What if upon strict Examination we find that we do not truly repent of our former sins have not a lively Faith or are not in Charity with all men 184 A. Such a man is in a most wretched condition unprepared to live well unprepared to dye well unfit to partake of the Lord 's Holy Supper which he must abstain from until he be duly qualified for it Q. What ought such an one to do 185 A. He ought immediately to make himself sensible of his miserable estate and to pray earnestly for the grace and aid of God's holy Spirit and to sincerely endeavour by all God's appointed means to bring his mind to a true Repentance to a lively Faith and to universal Charity and then to come and partake of the Lord's Supper for the strengthning and refreshing of his soul FINIS Daily Acts of DEVOTION REmember my good Child that as ever you would be happy as ever you would keep the love of God and men as ever you would save your Soul from Sin Satan and Hell you must not only know and own your duty to God and your Neighbour but you must actually do it all the days of your life §. I. MORNING DEVOTIONS THerefore when thou first awakest in the morning look up to Heaven and say I thank thee O Lord my heavenly Father that by thy great mercy thou hast defended me from all the perils and dangers of this Night through thy onely Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen After sufficient sleep immediately quit thy Bed and give no way to sloth nor occasion to bad thoughts As thou art dressing suffer no vain talk nor worldly matters to prepossess thy mind but cast thy thoughts round the World consider the Heaven the Sky the Air the Waters the Earth and Hell and the Creatures in them particularly think on thy self and the excellent estate that Adam and Eve were made in and say How Mighty How Wise How good is that God that thus made all these things Blessed be God the Father who hath made me and all the World Then think into how sad an estate Adam and Eve by their sin brought themselves and all their Children and how much worse it would have been if God had not sent his Son to save men from it and say How wretched are men who are spoiled by Sin enslaved to the Devil and liable to Hell Blessed be God the Son who hath redeemed me and all Mankind Then think of the aids of the Holy Ghost and the many ways and means he useth to sanctifie Christians and say Blessed be God the Holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God Next you may think how great a mercy it is that you are made a Member of Christ a Child of God and an Heir of the Kingdom of Heaven and say I heartily thank my Lord God our heavenly Father that he hath called me to this estate of salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour When you are ready venture not out till you have withdrawn into the privatest place you can and there think how far you have broken your promise at Baptism and what faults you have committed and then with all humility of soul and sorrow of heart cast your self on your knees or face and say with reverence as in God's presence O Great Creator Sovereign Lord and Just Judge of Men I have been baptized into the Name and service of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost and have promised and vowed that by God's help I would renounce the Devil and all his Works the pomps and vanity of this wicked World and all the sinful lusts of the Flesh Thou O God! hast not refused me thy help But to my shame I confess I have too often yielded to the Temptations of the Devil and done his Works in Pride in Malice in Lying c. I have been foolishly taken with the pomps and vanities of this wicked World and with covetous desires after its needless Braveries Riches Pleasures and Honours I have beastlily followed the sinful Lusts and been led away by the carnal desires of the Flesh in

thee the great God in Spirit and Truth To give thee thanks for all thy mercies to put my whole trust in thee to call upon thee to honour thy holy Name and thy Word and to serve thee truly this and other days of my life Convert me O my God more to thee and forgive me I have also uncharitably and unjustly neglected my duty to others not loving my Neighbour as my self not doing to all men as I would they should do unto me I am bound to love honour and succour my Father and Mother to honour and obey the King and all that are put in Authority under Him I should have submitted my self to all my Governors Teachers spiritual Pastors and Masters I should have order'd my self lowly and reverently to all my Betters But the Lord knows I have failed in these Duties How oft have I hurt others by word or deed How oft have I been untrue and unjust in my Dealing How oft have I wretched sinner born malice and hatred in my heart I promised to keep my hands from picking and stealing and my tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering others and to keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity But God and my Conscience witness that I have fail'd in these things Too oft have I coveted and desired other mens Goods and through sloth have neglected to learn and labour truly to do my duty in that state of life unto which it hath pleased God to call me Prevail with me O my God to amend and forgive my sin for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Then rising up read a Psalm or Chapter or both taking good heed as to the Word of God and pray God you may be bettered by it Then fall again on thy knees and say Be merciful to me O Lord take the care of me refresh me with good rest and by thy great mercy defend me from all perils and dangers of this Night for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen God the Father Son and Holy Ghost whose I am and whom I serve into whose Name I was baptized and to whose Faith Fear and Love I am devoted direct sanctifie and govern my heart and body enlighten my mind engage my will and enliven all my powers in the ways of my duty and in the works of his commandments guide bless and prosper me here and bring me to the heavenly Kingdom Amen Bless O Lord God I beseech thee my Sovereign Lord the King and all that are put in Authority under Him Bless the Pastors of thy Church the Ministers of thy Word and Sacraments Bless my honoured Parents my Brothers and Sisters and all the rest of my Kindred my Teachers spiritual Pastor and Master all my Benefactors and good Friends yea mine Enemies Bless this Family and all in it all my Neighbours and Companions with all Blessings bodily and spiritual temporal and eternal through Jesus Christ Amen The Grace of my Lord Jesus Christ the Love of God my Father and the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost be with me now henceforth and for ever Amen Grace before Meat O God in whom I live and move and have my being bless thy good Creatures I beseech thee to my use and me to thy service through Jesus Christ Amen Grace after Meat The God of all Power Grace and Glory who hath created me redeemed me sanctifieth me and hath at this time graciously fed me his holy Name be blessed and praised for ever and ever Amen Pag. 4. lin 20. for truely baptized read duely THE END