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A47179	A short Christian catechisme for the instruction of children in the grounds and practice of Christian religion being (for the most part) an abridgment of a larger, formerly printed, where many questions and answers that were in the larger, are omitted, and others shortened, to fit the capacity of children, and some new questions, with their answers inserted, on several heads, which were not in the larger / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing K212; ESTC R14138	15,116	34

not therefore be taught in words what to pray as well as what to believe A. Yea Hos 14.2 Luke 11.1 2. Q. Ought not great care be taken by all to have their hearts in some prepared frame in order to Prayer A. Yea Eccles 5.1 2. Q. How is that preparation obtained A. By getting the mind freed from worldly and vain thoughts and also by meditation on spiritual things and matters as the Spirit of God is pleased to assist us who is never wanting to them who sincerely desire and wait for his assistance Jer. 4.14 Psal 119.113 Psal 39.3.2 Cor. 3.5 Q. Is it necessary for the best of Men to confess their sins and pray for the forgiveness of them A. Yea 1 Joh. 1.9 Jam. 3.2 Q. Ought not the first day of the week on which our Lord rose from the dead be solemnly set apart for the worship and service of God both in publick and private with abstinence from worldly affairs and servile labour A. Yea Matth. 28.1 Acts 20.7 1 Cor. 16.2 Rev. 1.10 Q. Ought not also times of thanksgiving to be observed by the Faithful to give solemn thanks to God for solemn and extraordinary mercies and deliverances A. Yea. Q. Is fasting at times a Christian Duty A. Yea as it is a help to mortifie the flesh and to prepare and dispose us for more solemn humiliation and confession of Sin and Prayer either in private or publick when some more than ordinary occasion requires it Matth. 6.17 18. Acts 13.2 3. Jonah 3.5 Exod. 15.1 Jer. 30.18 19. John 10.22 Rev. 15.3 4. SECT XII Q. WHat is the Catholick-Church A. The whole multitude of the Faithful every where in all Ages having one Faith one Lord one Baptisme who are one Body tho many Members consisting of superiors as Teachers Pastors Elders and Inferiors to wit the several Congregations of Believers having one Spirit and one hope of their calling and one God and Father over all through all and in them all Ephes 4.4 5.6 Q. What are the best marks of the true Church A. Purity of Doctrine the due observation and practise of all the Institutions and Ordinances of Christ under the Gospel and holiness of life and conversation Q. Ought any Men to be received or owned to be Members of the Church of Christ who do not give some proof of their Christian Faith by Confession of the mouth and good conversation before they be received A. Nay Acts 8.36 37. Q. Wherein doth the Communion of the Faithful consist A. Inwardly in the Gifts and Graces of God and the Communion of the holy Spirit and outwardly in the profession of the same Faith and jointly worshiping God together and practising Christ's Institutions particularly these of Baptisme and the Supper also in mutual acts of Piety and Charity Philem. 5.6 7. Eph. 4.16 Phil. 22. Matth. 25.35 Q. Are the Infant Children of Believers by virtue of God's promise within the Covenant of grace together with their Parents A. Yea Acts 2.39 Gal. 4.28 Gen. 17.7 1 Cor. 7.14 Q. How doth it appear that Baptisme with Water is an Institution and Ordinance of Christ A. From his Command to the Apostles Matth. 28.19 Go therefore and teach all Nations Baptising them in the Name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost and the general practise of it in the Apostles days Q. But some say it was not outward Baptisme with Water that is there commanded but the inward Baptisme with the Spirit A. That is a great error they might as well say it was not outward teaching with audible words that was there commanded but inward teaching by the Spirit we find not any where in Scripture a command or power given to Men to Baptise with the Spirit that power only belonging to God and to Christ but we find a promise given by God that Christ should Baptise with the Holy Ghost as was accordingly fulfilled John 1.33 Q. What is the chief end and use of Baptisme with Water A. It is a Seal of Gods receiving us into the Covenant of Grace a badge or token of our Christian Profession a means of Grace a sign of our washing from sin and the forgiveness of our sins and of our regeneration and translation from being Aliens and Strangers to be Members of Christ and of his Church therefore it is that Baptisme by a figure of the sign receiving the name of the thing signified is called regeneration Titus 3.5 Q. Seeing Baptisme is a Seal of the Covenant of Grace are not all baptised Persons solemnly engaged by their Baptisme to deny themselves and take up their Cross daily and follow Christ by obeying his most holy Commands and walking after his most holy example renouncing the World the Flesh and the Devil giving up and resigning themselves wholly to follow Christ the Captain of our salvation and manfully to fight the good fight under his Banner A. Yea Matth. 16.24 Heb. 5.9 1 Pet. 2.21 1 Tim. ● 12. Q. What proof is there in Scripture for the practise of the Supper by the outward Elements of Bread and Wine with Prayer and Thanksgiving A. The Command of Christ Matth. 26.26 27 28. and practise of Believers in obedience to that Command Q. But some say Christ did Command it but until he should come again and now that they witness him come the substance and thing signified they need not the sign or shadow A. That is also a great error in them to expound it only of his inward coming The Bread and the Wine in the Supper were real signs of his Body outwardly broken and his Blood outwardly shed and did respect the Man Christ who is not come again since he ascended Q. What is the chief end and use of the Supper A. It is another Seal of the Covenant of Grace a sign of our being spiritually nourished by Christ as by Meat and Drink that we eat his Flesh and drink his Blood by Faith that so we may receive of his Spirit still more to quicken refresh and nourish us a memorial of his Death and Suffering a Pledge of his Love a means of Grace and of preserving the Doctrine and Faith of him in the World also a testimony and sgnification of our Communion with the Faithful 1 Cor. 11.25 26. 1 Cor. 10.16 17. Q. How ought Persons to be prepared for the receiving the Lords Supper A. By serious examination of the sincerity of their Faith and whither they are in true Charity also with earnset Prayer and true spiritual hunger and thirst to enjoy and feed upon Christ in that Divine Institution 1 Cor. 11.28 2 Cor. 13.5 Q. By whom are Baptisme and the Supper to be administred A. By such as are duly called and authorised by Christ who are true Pastors and Stewards of the mysteries of God Eph. 4.11 1 Cor. 4.1 Q. What is the Eternal Life that all the Faithful hope to attain unto according to God's promise A. It is their full enjoyment of God and Christ together with the holy spirit by vision love and delight with the complete glorification of their Souls and Bodies and the blessed Society of all the holy Angels and glorified Saints in the Kingdom of Heaven eternally and without all end Luke 20.36 Matth. 5.8 1 Cor. 13.12 1 John 3.2 Rev. 22.4 Phil. 3.21 Heb. 12.22 FINIS The CREED I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was Conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to Judge the Quick and the Dead I believe in the Holy Ghost The Holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints The Forgiveness of Sins The Resurrection of the Body And the Life Everlasting Amen The Ten Commandments I. THou shalt have none other Gods before me II. Thou shalt not make thee any graven Image or 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 to them nor serve them For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquties 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 III. 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 IV. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh

the Foundation of the World to be Holy and without Blame before him in love Psal 89.28 Isaiah 59.21 Psal 40.6 7. Heb. 12.24 Eph. 1.4 Q. When was this Covenant made betwixt God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son A. It was designed in the Counsel and Purpose of God before all Ages but the Administration of it began in time after Man's Fall 2 Tim. 1.9 10. Q. What was to be performed by Christ on his part by Virtue of this Covenant A. To dye for us and be a Sacrifice to God for our Sins to Suffer in our stead and make Satisfaction to the Justice of God to apply to us the Merits Virtue and Efficacy of his Death and Sufferings for the Remission of Sins by his giving us the holy Spirit to work in us Faith and Repentance and all other saving Graces and Virtues to enable us by his Grace to perform sincere Obedience to God's Commands Eph. 2.10 Dan. 9.27 Heb. 7.22 1 Pet. 3.18 Eph. 4.12 16. Q. What is required in the Covenant of Grace on our part that we may partake of the Benefits of Christ's Redemption and Mediation A. Repentance towards God and Faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ Acts 20.21 Q. What is Repentance A. It is not only a real Sorrow and Grief for Sin but a true and real forsaking of it the Hatred and Aversion of it and a Sincere turning of the Heart to God and Christ and a true Resolution to keep God's Commandments 2 Cor. 7.9 10 11. Prov. 28.13 Acts 3.19 Psal. 119.104 Acts 11.23 Psal 119.106 Q. What is the chief moving cause to true Gospel Repentance A. The having sinned against a most holy and a most merciful and gracious God and such a merciful and gracious Redeemer and Saviour our Lord Jesus Christ who suffered so great Sorrow and Grief for our Sins Zach. 12.10 Q. What is Faith towards the Lord Jesus Christ A. It is not only to assent to the Truth of his Doctrin but a receiving relying and resting upon him for Life and Salvation and upon the Mercy and Favour of God through him as held forth in the Doctrin and especially in the Promises of the Gospel John 20.31 John 1.12 Isaiah 11.10 Isaiah 32.2 Jude 21. Matth. 11.28 2 Cor. 1.20 Q. Doth the Gospel contain not only Promises but also Commands of God and of Christ A. Yea John 14.21 John 15.10 Q. Doth the Gospel and Covenant of Grace require holiness of Life and good Works A. Yea Mathh 5.16 48. i Thess 4.7 i Tim. 6.18 Q. How doth it require them as any part of satisfaction to Divine Justice or by way of merit to our Justification before God or to be the foundation and cause of it A. Nay Q. How then doth it require them A. As our duty and to answer the great love of God and of Christ and the great end of his coming into the world and his dying for us that we being dead unto sin might live unto righteousness and that by them and in the performance of them we might please God and find acceptance of him through Christ and for his sake and be thereby fitted for Communion with God and being made like him for the Inheritance in the Kingdom of Heaven 2 Cor. 5.14 Titus 2.14 1 Pet. 2.24 1 Joh. 3.22 1 Joh. 1.7 Colloss 1.12 Q. Do then the good works and holy living of the Saints by sincere obedience please God and are they accepted of him and rewarded by him A. Yea Heb. 11.5 6. Colloss 3.24 Rev. 22.12 Q. How can that be when they fall short of that perfection which the Law requires A. Wherein they fall short God doth pardon them for Christ's sake and accepts of them in and through him so far as they are sincerely performed in faith and love by the help of his holy Spirit Micah 7.18 Eph. 4.32 Psal 103.12 13.14 Q. Are any justified before true faith and repentance is wrought in them A. Nay Q. How are Believers justified by the righteousness and obedience of Christ wrought by him without them and imputed unto them are they equally righteous with him or are they without all spot or sault before God while they have sinful imperfections in them A. Nay 1 John 1.8 Q. What then is the true sense of the imputation of Christ's righteousness unto Believers A. That God for the sake of Christ's righteousness freely pardoneth their sins giveth them a right to eternal life dealeth with and accepteth them as righteous in his sight owneth and favoreth them in the relation of Children Mal. 3.17 Eph. 1.6 Isa 63.8 9.2 Cor. 6.18 Q. How is Christ Jesus the object of faith for remission of sin justification regeneration and sanctification Is it not as he is both God and Man and as being Man as he dyed for us and rose again and is in Heaven our Advocate and Mediator with the Father A. Yea Rom. 8.34 Rom. 10.8 9.10 Q. Is it not therefore a great error in them who teach that it is sufficient to our Salvation to believe in Christ only as he is God and as he is the word and light that lightens every Man that comes into the world without all knowledge of Christ crucified and raised from the dead and without all faith in him as such A. Yea Philip. 3.8 Q. What is the nature of true saving faith and how is it evidenced A. It is a lively operative faith that worketh by love and is fruitful in good works and is never alone but is always accompanied with hope charity temperance justice humility meekness patience holy fear and other Evangelical Virtues and fruits of the Spirit Gal. 5.6 22. Q. How is faith wrought in God's ordinary way in Men A. By hearing the word and doctrine of the Gospel outwardly preached or read the Spirit of God inwardly operating with and by the word Rom. 20.14 17. 1 Cor. 1.21 24. Q. Are such excluded from the possibility of having saving faith in Christ Jesus and of Salvation by him who hear not the word outwardly preached either for want of the sense of hearing or for want of all possible means to hear it A. Nay for although in God's ordinary way it hath pleased God to save Men by the foolishness of Preaching and that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God as outwardly taught by preaching or reading yet God is abundantly sufficient to work that faith in any by his Spirit who worketh when where and how he pleaseth Q. But is not the neglect of hearing the word outwardly taught and of using other outward means of grace where they can be had such a hainous sin that if continued in takes away all ground of hope of Salvation A. Yea Heb. 2.1 2.3 Heb. 6.12 Heb. 10.25 SECT IX Q. WHat use hath that inward law of righteousness or illumination in all Men both good and bad Believers and Unbelievers Christians and Heathens if no promise be given of God that any shall be eternally saved by that alone