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A plain and brief explanation upon the church catechisme different from what hitherto hath been extant : wherein the first elements and grounds of religion are reduced to such plain and familiar questions and answers ... : to which is added, a plain and useful tract of confirmation / by Nathaniel Blithe ...
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Blithe, Nathaniel.
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the Lord blessed the Seventh day and hallowed it 5. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy dayes may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee 6. Thou shalt do no Murther 7. Thou shalt not commit Adultery 8. Thou shalt not Steal 7. Thou shalt not bare false witneses against thy Neighbour 10. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife nor his Servant nor his Maid nor his Ox nor his Ass nor any thing that is his Q. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments A. I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour Q. In which of these Commandments do you learn you duty towards God A. In the four first commonly called the first Table Q. In which of them do you learn your duty towards your Neighbour A. In the six last commonly called the second Table Q. What is your duty towards God A. My duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and all my strength to worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him to honour his holy name and his word and to serve him truly all the dayes of my life Q. In which of the four first Commands do you learn to believe in God to fear him and to love him with all your heart with all your mind with all your soul and with all your strength A. This part of my duty towards God I learn in the first of the Commandements Thou shalt have no other Gods but me in which precept I am bound first to believe that there is a God secondly I am to believe that there is but one God thirdly I am to believe in the true everliving God and to have him for my God and when I have thus chosen him to be my God it can be no less than my duty to stand in awe of so glorious a Majesty and to be fearful of displeasing him and also to love him above all things and for himself alone and to love him not faintly or languidly but sincerely and cordially with my whole mind with all my soul and with all my strength Q. Is this all that you learn from this Command A. No every Command besides that duty it positively enjoyns also forbids the contrary vice as likewise that command which forbids a vice also enjoyns the contrary vertue so that by this command I not only learn to believe in God to fear him and to love him but also I am forbidden infidelity not to believe the one true God or those Laws he hath delivered to the world careless presumption not fearing to offend him hatred of him or of whatsoever he commands Q. In which of these four first commands do you learn to worship this true everliving God to give him thanks to put your whole trust in him and to call upon him A. This part of my duty towards God I learn in the second Commandment Thou shalt not worship any graven Image wherein as I am expressly forbidden the making any graven Image or the worshipping of them when made so also I am implicitely enjoyned to worship that supream infinite Majesty of Heaven and Earth uprightly and sincerely with all bodily worship and external forms of address to adore him with all humility and reverence in all my wants to call upon him who is a ready help in time of need and when he hath fulfilled my desires to give him hearty thanks for his mercies in all straits and dangers to put my whole trust in him who is a sure rock of defence in a word in all respects to pay him that homage reverence and adoration as his greatness and goodness requires from me Q. Wherefore are you bound to worship no Idol nor any representation of God but onely the true God A. Because he is a jealous God and will not suffer the least contempt that is offered to his honour to pass by unpunished Q. In which of these commands dost thou learn to honour his Holy name A. This part of my duty towards God I learn in the third command Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain wherein I am bound to honour Gods Holy Name by not abusing of it in my daily communication not using it rashly foolishly or vainly in my common discourse not cursing either my neighbour or any of his possessions in Gods name not swearing by his name falsly or at all unless it be in a just cause before 〈◊〉 lawful Magistrate for the deciding of some controversie As also by this precept I am obliged to honour Gods name by esteeming highly of it and speaking of it with reverence and sobriety and at all times and upon all occasions praising magnifying exalting and honouring the most holy and reverend name of God his Attributes or any thing whereby he hath made himself known unto us Q. What punishment do you incur if you are failing in your duty in this respect A. God will proceed against me as against a malefactor or guilty person and although possibly in this life I may escape without chastifinent yet in another I cannot but expect to be severely punished Q. In which command do you learn to serve God truly all the dayes of your life A. This part of my duty towards God I learn in the last of these four commands Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath Day wherein I am bound to devote that time to the worship and service of God which the Church by her authority hath set apart for that purpose Q. Are you not then bound to observe the Sabboth day that is the seventh day on which God rested from the works of his creation A. I am bound to observe one day in seven as a Sabboth that is a day of rest but the primitive Christians instead of the Jewish Sabboth which was to be abolished after the Resurrection of Christ made choice of the first day of the week on which he arose from the grave to be observed as the Christian Sabboth and also honoured it with the title of the Lords day Q. What are the duties required for the right observation of this day A. They are two Sanctification and Rest Q. How must this day be Sanctified A. In must be sanctified by setting it apart to the Worship and service of God Q. What is that service of God which on this day must be performed A. It may be reduced to these three heads either that publique service we are obliged to perform in the Church or that charitable service we are to do towards our neighbour or that private service we are to perform at our own houses Q. Wherein consists that publique service of God we are bound to perform on this day A. It consists in meeting together at the house of Prayer the Church and unanimously joyning together
in the publick prayers of the Church in hearing the word of God read and preached in Catechising and in receiving the Holy Sacrament of Christs most precious body and blood and in all these offices behaving our selves with all reverence decency and humility Q. Wherein consists that service we are on this day bound to performe towards our neighbour A. It consists in forgiving offences reconciling such of them as are at variance exhorting and edifying one another in love giving of alms and visiting the sick Q. What is that private service we are bound to performe to God on this day A. Reading good and profitable books meditating instructing our families in the principles of religion together with the performance of our private devotions which is every dayes duty Q. What is that rest which on this is required A. It is a rest from our common affairs and all servile works and labours unless of charity and necessity Q. Is this all the rest required on this day A. No we must not onely rest our selves but also we must suffer our Servants our Cattel and all that belongs unto us to rest on this day Q. What is your Duty towards your Neighbour which you learn in the second Table or in the sixth following command 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 Governours 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 Dealings 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 soverness and chastity not to covet nor desire other mens goods but to learn and labour truly to get my own living and to do my Duty in that state of life into which it shall please God to call me Q. Who is your Neighbour A. Every man without exception unless the Church of God by its power hath for some notorious offence cut him off from her communion Q. Are we then bound to love our enemies those that hate us and persecute us A. These we are also to love and hereto we are strictly bound by our Blessed Saviours express command But I say unto you love your Enemies bless them that curse you pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you Q. In which of these six commands do you learn to love your neighbour as jour self A. This general duty I learn in all of them wherein is contained that kindness mercy and compassion which one man ought to entertain towards another it being the great design of this Table to maintain amity friendship amongst brethren Q. In which of these commands do you learn to do unto all men as you would they should do unto you A. This duty towards my neighbour I likewise learn from them all in general which teach me to give to all their just due and right not to detract from my neighbour by word nor deed neither to injure him either in body goods or name Q. In which of these commands dost thou learn to love honour and succour thy Father and Mother to honour and obey the King and all that are put in authority under him to submit your self to all your teachers governours spiritual pastors and Masters to order your self lowly and reverently to all your betters A. This part of my duty towards my neighbour I learn in the first precept of this Table or of the fifth in order honour thy Father and thy Mother Q. How can you learn thus much by this precept when as it onely enjoyns you to honour your father and mother A. These terms Father and Mother are very comprehensive under which are included all that are above us in what relation soever whether natural civil or Ecclesiastical Q. What is that duty which this command requires from you towards your natural relations that is your parents A. It is first to love them with so cordial an affection as so near a relation requires Secondly to honour them as those from whom I received my being who take care and provide for me in all respects next under my Creator Thirdly to succour them if providence should ever cast them into distress in every respect according to the best of my ability Q. What is that duty which this command requires from you towardes your civil relations that is the King who is the Father of his Country and all that are put in authority under him A. It is to give them that honour which is due unto them such as their eminent places and qualities require heartily to obey all their just commands patiently to suffer the penalties of their Laws when inflicted never upon any account whatsoever to rebell against them but quietly to submit my self to every ordinance of man for the Lords sake Q. What is that duty which this command requires from you towards your Ecclesiastical relations that is towards your Teachers spiritual Fathers Pastors A. It is to obey those good instructions they give me to follow their good examples patiently submitting to all those censures which for my extravagancies they inflict upon me and to endeavour by my true penitency to be absolved from them Q. So then I perceive there is a general duty by this command required of you towardes all your Superiours A. Yes this Law enjoyns me to order my selfe lowly and reverently to all my betters that is to give unto them that due subjection reverence honour and respect that their several qualities and employments challenge from me Q. In which of these commands dost thou learn to hurt no body by word nor deed to be true and just in all thy dealings to beare no malice nor hatred in thy heart A. This part of my duty towards my-Neigbour I learn in the second command of this Table or in the sixth of them all thou shalt do no murther wherein I am forbidden to offer any violence to my Neighbour either by word or deed not to take away his life either by open force or private treachery or any other way neither to harbour any murtherous malicious or envyous thoughts against him nor to utter any reviling railing bitter speeches In general here is forbidden all cruelty or unmercifulness either to men or beast Q. In which of these commands dost thou learn to keep thy hands from picking and stealing A. This part of my duty towards my Neighbour I learn in the fourth command of this second Table or in the eighth of them all thou shalt not steal wherein I am forbidden picking stealing secret purloyning open robberies violence plundering and rapacity or any other way