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A64231	A practical and short exposition of the catechism of the Church of England by way of question and answer. Wherein the divine authority and reasonableness of every question and answer, every doctrin and practice in it recommended, are evidenced and improved against most contemners of it and dissenters from it. With that moderation and plainness that it may engage all to adhere to, and especially may instruct children in the true Protestant religion of the Church of England. Humbly offered for the good of schools and youth. By Nathanael Taylor, M.A.	Taylor, Nathanael, d. 1702.	1683 (1683)	Wing T544B; ESTC R222427	64,394	147

then he doth justice to disswade them from the sin he keepeth mercy for thousands he punisheth but to the third and fourth generation 5. God may justly punish the children for the Parents fault Traytors pollute their blood for their children as well as selves and their children oftentimes by the Laws of the Land suffer with their parents for their Parents faults Q. What is the third Commandment A. 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 is meant by Gods Name A. 1. His Title and Attributes as Lord God c. 2. His Word and Ordinances whereby his Name and Will is made known to us Q. What is meant by taking Gods Name in vain A. 1. To use it or his Ordinances idly without an Holy Reverence and to some serious and good purpose 2. To use them evilly as in rash Oaths and Curses Spells Charms c. Q. What is here forbidden A. 1. Buxtorf Heb. Lex 155.161 Schikard's Heb. Gram. All rash and idle naming of the name of God whose Name the Jews would not write in a small piece of Paper lest it might come to servile use and have but of late dared to pronounce the name Jehovah And as for Gods Name Jab which in its Numeral Letters amounts to 15 they use it not out of Reverence to God but Number by two other Letters 2. Here is forbidden all sinfull use of Gods Name in Blasphemy Zech. 3.5 Mal. 3.5 Oaths Curses c. 3. All lying and forswearing whereby the God of Truth is called to Witness a Lye which God and Man abhor Prov. 1.24.26 28 Titus 1. last as Scripture and Heathens Witness 4. All slight and abuse of Gods Word and Ordinances 5. All Profession of Religion without a suitable Practice for they use the Name of God in vain and live not accordingly Q. What is here Commanded A. 1. A Reverend esteem for and use of Gods Name Cat. Ch. of England Attributes Oaths Word Ordinances An Honouring his Holy Name and Word 2. A Life adorning the Gospel and suitable to the Name of Christ Q. What is the Sanction of this Precept A. The Lord is a Jealous God and will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain Q. What is meant by this A. It is a Meiosis less is spoken than is intended for if God will not hold him guiltless it implies he will account him very guilty who taketh his Name in vain and will punish him accordingly As 1. John 8.44 The Blasphemer was to be stoned to Death Levit. 24.11 14 16 23. 2. The Lyar is a Child of the Devil here Rev. 21.8 Zech. 3.5 Mal. 3.4 5. Dr. Rawleigh Sermon on Oaths and a Fire-brand of Hell hereafter 3. The false Swearer is here Cursed and hath God a swift Witness as well as Judge against him So that it seems to be the strictest threat against the greatest sin of all the Commands Q. What improvement do you make of this A. 1. It shews us the extent of Gods Service not only to our Actions but to our Words and Thoughts Jer. 4.14 Mat. 12.36 Psal 139.1 to 10. 2. It should engage us to have a care of rash Oaths and Lying which is a great dishonour to the God of Truth 3. It should oblige us to Glorifie God with our Tongues 4. It should engage us to improve all the means of Grace whereby God discovers himself unto us for our good Q. What is the Fourth Commandment A. Remember that thou keep Holy the Sabbath Day Sir 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 Sir 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 is the design of this Commandment A. A setting apart a time for the more Publick Worship of God though our whole Life should be a Serving him yet some time is requisite to be observed for an unanimous Solemn Publick Serving him Q. Wherein is the Morality of this Commandment A. 1. In observing a set time Solemnly set apart for Gods Publick Worship 2. In ordering that this be a seventh part of our time Q. Why was the Jewish Sabbath changed into our Christian Lords Day or their Seventh altered and our first day of the Week observed A. 1. It s Institution or Sanction was not only in respect of the Creation Gen. 2. Deut. 5.15 but of the Deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt Now our Deliverance by Christ was Typified by their Deliverance from Egypt and was far greater than theirs and therefore might reasonably have a day set apart in Remembrance of it B. Pearson on Creed 264 265. And the Sanction of the Sabbath in Remembrance of that Deliverance might equally Typifie the Observation of our Sabbath on the day of our Deliverance B. Taylors holy Living p. 290. Exo. 12.1 since its Observance was not strictly confined to the remembrance of the Creation 2. The change of the Seventh day to the First seems to be Typified in the changing of the Seventh Month before the Israelites came out of Egypt into the First Month after it Psal 110.3 by Gods own appointment 3. It s change is Prophesied of in that Psalm which relates to Christs Prophetick Office where his People are said to be a willing People in the day of his Power in the beauty of Holiness Or as it is in our Divine Service Psal 118.22 The People shall Offer thee Free-will Offerings with an Holy Worship in the day of thy Power Now the day of Christs Power was that day of his Resurrection Mat. 28.1 Psal 118.24 wherein he manifested his Conquest over Death Hell and the Grave and that was on the First Day of the Week And we will rejoyce and be glad in it 4. Christ was Lord of the Sabbath Day and might alter it and by his Presence twice amongst his Disciples met together and Celebrating the Duties of that day Blessing them John 20.19 26. and pronouncing Peace to them warranted their Practice and Evidenced its Divine Authority 5. The Practice of the Church in the Apostles time John 20. 1 Cor. 16.1 and ever since Fox Acts (a) Vol. 1 p. 69 70. It was much observed in Justin Martyr's time 167 Years after Christ (b) Vol. 1 p. 134. Constantine the Great Commanded its being kept Holy And (c) Vol. 1 p. 203. B. Pearson on Creed p. 265. Edgar King of England Commanded the same here about 959 Years after Christ 6. The Commandment is fulfilled though the seventh

Church least I throw my self out of visible hopes of Salvation Q. What is the next Article A. The Communion of Saints Q. What is meant by the Saints A. The People of God and members of Christs Holy Catholick Church because 1. They are in part Holy here 2. shall be perfect Saints hereafter Q. What Communion is here believed A. 1. Dr. Sherlock on Cat. Their Communion with the ever Blessed Trinity as Sons of God Members of Christ Sanctified by the Holy Ghost 2. Their Communion of Gifts for each others edifying 3. Their praying with and for each other 4. Their relieving of each others wants to their powers Q. What improvement do you make of this Article A. 1. B. Pearson on Creed p. 359. It shews the priviledges of Gods people who have an interest in Gods mercies and in each others gifts 2. It may ingage us to communicate our gifts and to pray for each other 3. It should disengage us from all fellowship with sin and sinners as much as may be Be not with them here whose company you desire not hereafter 4. It should engage our labours after holiness that we may be Saints Q. What is it to believe the Remission of sins A. 1. That we are all sinners and every one is obliged to ask pardon in the Lords Prayer B. Pearson on Creed 370. Isa 64.6 and to believe it obtainable in the Creed 2. That as we are sinners every one needs Gods pardon because as such we deserve his anger and cannot satisfie it by the world or our Righteousness Ephes 2.2 2 Cor. 5.18 Psal 49.6 7. 3. That thro Christs merits and mediation Gods justice is satisfied and mercy obtained so that we may returning have a pardon Luke 24.47 1 ●ohn 1.8 9 10. 4. I in this Article declare I am obliged to return from sin by a true Repentance and through Christs merits I may obtain from God the Remission of sins Q. What is it to believe the Resurrection of the body A. That this flesh or body of ours which is or may be buried and turned to dust shall be raised again and live Q. How do you prove the Resurrection of the Body A. 1. Mat. 22.32 Christ pleads it from Gods being God of Abraham after he was dead and that he is God of the living 2. God can as easily unite our dust into our bodies as he did at first make our bodies of nothing 3. God is the God of the whole man Leigh 's Body of Divinity p. 1150. and will raise our bodies that as they have been Co-workers of sin or holiness here they may be Co-sufferers of punishment or Co-partakers of Glory hereafter 4. Mat. 28.14 Mat. 27.53 1 Cor. 15.19 1 Cor. 15.36 Several instances of dead bodies which have been raised prove it 5. If we rise not Christ is no compleat Saviour because then death and the grave are yet unconquered and we most miserable 6. The Resurrection is dayly manifested to us the day dyeth into night and riseth again in the morning Corn dyeth in the earth and riseth again to bring forth fruit Q. How prove you this body shall rise again A. This very body as to its substance shall be raised again tho it shall then have other qualifications 1. Calvin Instit lib. 3. Cap. 25. Sect. 4.8 Else it is no Resurrection but a new Creation 2. The word Resurrection or reviviscence signifies that very body which was dead shall live and which was buried shall arise 3. Gods justice pleads for it the same and not another body must be punished or glorisyed for the Evil or good done here 4. Christ and others prove it to be so B. Pearson on Creed p. 382. They arose with their same bodies they had when alive Christs body when raised had the print of the Nails and Spear which it had at its Crucifixion Q. What improvement do you make of this Article A. 1. Cor 6.18 1. Not to slight our bodies which with our Souls shall enjoy an Eternity 2. 1 Cor. 15.42 43 44. Not to prostitute them to sin and Satan which we hope ere long shall be glorifyed 3. It may comfort us under all troubles and natural infirmities or deformities when our bodies are raised again they shall all be done away Rev. 21.4 4. It may arm us against all trouble Phil. 3.20 ere long all sorrow shall cease 5. It may make us not fear death our bodys which suffer most gain by it and shall arise in glory fashioned like Christs glorious body 1 Thes 4.17 6. It may make us not too much mourn for our dead Friends they are but gone before and we in due time must follow 13 Q. What is meant by the life Everlasting in the Creed A. Luk. 16. Mat. 2● 34 41 46. I believe that there is an everlasting Life of bliss or misery to be expected by us and every of us hereafter shall be stated in one of them and this the Heathen apprehended 11 Q. Why is the state of the damned called a Life A. 1. B. Pearson on Creed p. 389. There shall be a vital union between Soul and body of them which shall never be dissolved 2. They shall live for ever in torment Q. Why then is this state called a death A. 1. Death is more eligible then it 2. they are deprived of Gods gracious and glorious presence which is the life of the Soul 1 Tim. 5.6 without which Souls in Scripture are said to be dead 3. They are ever in killing Torments Q. Is it just that eternal torments should be inflicted on sinners A. 1. Yes They sinned their Eternity on Earth yea will continue sinning for ever in Hell and while they sin God may justly punish 2. They sinned against an infinite God and therefore deserve an infinite punishment Crimes are much agravated from the object against whom they are as a word against the King may by the Law of the Land deserve death which probably might be no great offence against a private man and consequently sin against God may reasonably deserve Eternal death He being an Eternal King 3. They refused an Eternal life offered them on Earth and therefore it is but just they should be punished to Eternity Q. How is this Eternal life ours A. 1. By Gods free gift thro Christ Rom. 1 Pet. 1.9 6.23 2. By our Faith laying hold on Christ and living to him Q. Is it not given as a reward to our merits as well as Hell is a punishment of our sins A. 1. No for we owe our obedience to God as Creatures 1 Cor. 6.19 Rom. 6.23 Isa 64.6 Phil. 2.13 2. If we perform it not we are by his law condemned as sinners 3. We cannot perform duties so perfectly as we ought and if we did yet we should but do our duty and could not merit Luke 17.18 4. nothing is our own properly but sin which deserves

Kingdom of Grace in this and Glory in another World may hasten as to us Psal 2.8 and it implies these requests 1. That God would be pleased in order to the bringing Jew and Gentile Med. lib. 4. p. 766 767. all the World to his Kingdom of Grace to make known the Gospel and means of Grace in all Parts and to make them Efficacious or else by some other dispensation to bring them to the true and saving knowledge of himself and his Christ 2. I here Pray that I and all who enjoy Gods Ordinances may by Gods Spirit be Converted and Translated into his Kingdom 3. That I and all his People may willingly Obey and Serve him as our King 4. That his Kingdom of Glory may hasten Rev. 7. when all his and our Enemies shall be destroyed our Sins and Troubles have a Period and our Souls and Bodies be Glorified Q. What then is the Sum of this Petition A. 1. I Pray that the God of all Grace would by his Spirit and Word or by other means Convert me and all his People and as our King would subdue in us all his and our Souls Enemies our sinful Lusts and enable us to pay him all due Obedience and so prepare us all to meet him as King of Glory which Kingdom of Glory I desire may hasten to end Gods dishonour sinners impiety the Godly's Troubles and that God may be for ever Glorified in the Eternal Hallelujahs of his People Q. What is the Third Petition A. Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Q. What is herein Considerable A. The Matter and Manner of the Petition Q. What is the Matter or Thing Prayed for A. 1. An Obedience to Gods will that we may Serve and Obey him as we ought 2. A submissive Contentedness under all Corrections and Dispensations of Poverty Affliction Persecution We Pray his Will may be done and ought not to murmure when it is done though it please us not as in Troubles Afflictions and Persecutions Q. What is the manner after which we Pray Gods Will may be done A. That it may be done on Earth as i● is in Heaven Q. What doth that teach us A. 1. We Pray it may be Obeyed by all All in Heaven serve him 2. That we might serve God not only so Universally but as sincerely though it cannot be with that Perfection Q. What then is here Prayed for A. That the God our Father King of Grace and Glory would so guide the Thoughts Words Actions of me and all others through the whole Earth that we may all without Hypocrisie serve him in Soul and Body and quietly rest contented in that state the All-wise God our Father hath placed us in Q. What is the First Petition concerning our selves especially which is the Fourth in the Prayer A. Give us this Day our daily Bread Q. What is meant by Bread A. 1. Christ Jesus the Bread of Life 2. Gods Word and Ordinances the Food of our Souls 3. All Necessaries for our Comfortable Subsistence respecting our outward State Life Health Food and Raiment convenient for us Q. Why do we Pray for Daily Bread A. 1. Acts 17.28 To teach us we cannot subsist one day without Gods Blessings 2. To re-mind us of our daily dependance on God so that we should not account what we enjoy (*) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hesiod opera l. 1. v. 313. our gettings but Gods Blessings 3. To Oblige us to Pray daily if Blessings be worth having they are worth our asking for 4. Mat. 6.25 to the end To disswade from an Anxious Carefulness for many days or a long time we know not what a day may bring forth and God is every day ready to grant what we every day want and pray for Q. Why are our Enjoyments asked as an Alms from God A. 1. To Humble us who are apt to be Proud by shewing us to be Beggars 2. To teach us we deserve nothing at Gods hand what we have God gives 3. To engage our importunity in Prayer as Beggars who knowing their wants will scarce receive a denial where they know their wants may be supplyed Q. What then is the Sum of this Petition A. I Pray that God would be pleased to send to me and to all People those things which be necessary both for their Souls and Bodies And we and all his People owning our dependance on him may daily seek our Relief from him Q. Which is the Fifth Petition The Second concerning our selves A. Forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that Trespass against us Q. Why are Sins in some places called Debts A. 1. Because our Obedience is due to God and not being paid we are Debtors to God 2. We Sinners as Debtors are exposed to the Censure of Gods Law Q. What is the importance of this Petition A. 1. An acknowledgment that we sin daily and daily need ask Gods Pardon 2. A begging of God to Pardon us 3. A desiring God to Pardon our Offenders 4. A desire to be forgiven by God as we forgive those who Offend us Q. Doth not this lay a great Engagement on Christians to forgive each other A. Yes 1. Mat. 6.14 15. Mat. 18. latter end None can Offend us so much as our sins have Offended God 2. If we forgive our Brothers small Offences God will forgive our greater 3. Unless we forgive our Brothers faults God will not Pardon our Crimes 4. He who Prays and forgives not his Brother calls for a Curse on himself and desires he might not be forgiven his sins Q. Are we bound to Pray for Pardon of sins daily A. 1. Yes Scriptures witness none are without sin 2. It is confessed by all our Mouths that we are sinners Hooker on Halak 1.4 Mornaeus de Relig. cap. 16. 1 John 8 9 10. And have gone astray like lost Sheep 3. Our very Prayers are sinful we are too cold in our greatest heat and our thoughts wander in our nearest Addresses to God 4. Sin if not Pardoned is Damning 5. We cannot expect a Pardon unless we Pray for it Q. What is the Sum of this Petition A. That the God of all Mercies would through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ through whom he is my Father forgive me my sins when ever Acted and however aggravated and that he would encline my Heart to a free pardoning and forgiveness of those who Offend me Q. What is the Sixth Petition the last and third concerning us A. Lead us not into Temptation but deliver us from Evil. Q. What is meant by Temptation A. 1. Temptation by Satan to any sin 2. James 1.5 Temptation from God as Tryals of our Graces Q. What is meant by Gods leading us into Temptation A. 1. By permitting what he may be pleased to hinder Satans tempting 2. To leave us in the Temptation so as to sin or under Affliction so that we sin against him Q. What then is Prayed for here