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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B21355	A catechism, or, Familiar instructions on the principal points of the Christian religion written for the use of his own family by Mr. Drelincourt.; Catechisme, ou, Instruction familiere sur les principaux points de la relgion chrêtieno. English	Drelincourt, Charles, 1595-1669.	1698 (1698)	Wing D2159	63,542	132

from his pure grace and liberality and t● render him all the praises and thanksgivings that we are capable of Q. Is it enough to glorifie God with our heart and our tongue A. We must also glorifie him by our Works and put our selves in mind of what the Apostle saith ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods 1 Cor. 6. Of God's Word Q. BY what means did God declare to us what he hath done for our Salvation and what he will us have do for his glory A. By his holy and divine word Q. Where do we find that word of God A. In the holy Scripture of the Old and New Testament Q. From whence do you know that it is Gods word A. We learn it by the record that all the Christians bear unto it and we are fully perswaded thereof by the Divine wisdom which shines therein and by the effects it produces in our hearts Q. What are its principal effects A. It enlightens us it sanctifies us it comforts us it nourishes us in hope of everlasting life and even gives us the first fruits thereof Q. Is it the rule of our Faith A. Yes in such a manner that it is not lawful for us any ways to turn aside from it God sends us to the Law and the Testimony and our Lord-Jesus Christ saith they have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them Deut. 4. Isa 8. and Luke 16. Q. But can the holy Scripture instruct us in all things that are necessary for our Salvation A. Yes if we believe the Apostle St Paul who assures us that it is able to make us wise to Salvation through Faith which is in Christ Jesus and that it is profitable for Doctrine for Reproof for Correction for Instruction in Righteousness that the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto all good works 2 Tim. 3 Q. Is it lawful for the faithful common people to read the holy Scripture A. It is not only lawful for them but our Lord Jesus Christ expresly commands it them in St John 5. Search the Scriptures or do you sound and do you examine the Scriptures The Apostles did not direct their Epistles only to Pastors but also to the Flocks 1 Thes 5. St Paul gives charge by the Lord that his Epistle be read unto all the holy Brethren and in Rev. 1. it is said blessed is he that readeth and they that hear the words of this prophec● Q. Is the word of God clear A. Yes for it is compared to a Lamp and a Candle and is called the light that enlightens the eyes Ps 119. 2 Pet. 1. Ps 19. Q. Are there not in Scripture some difficult things hard to be understood which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest unto their own destruction A. Yes as saith St Peter in his second Epistle cap. 3. But the things that are necessary to Salvation are therein clear and easy to be understood Q. From whence comes it then that there are so many persons which are learned that do not understand them A. St Paul answers to that 2 Cor. 4. If our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost the minds of whom the God of this world hath blinded that is of them which believe not lest the light of this glorious Gospel of Christ who is the Image of God should shine unto them and our Lord Jesus Christ in his Gospel Matt. 11. I thank thee O Father Lord of Heaven and Earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hath revealed them unto Babes even to Fathers for so it seemed good in thy sight Q. How ought the holy Scripture to be interpreted A. According to the analogy of Faith and by the Scripture it self as did the Levites Neh. 8. Q. Must one believe nothing essential to Religion that is not contain●● in holy Scripture or that cannot be drawn from it by evident and necessary consequence A. No for St Paul teaches us that tho himself or an Angel from Heaven should preach to us * In the French 't is beyond what we have preached yo any other Gospel he should be accursed Gall. 1. Of the Sacraments Q. IS there nothing besides the word of God that may serve for the confirmation of our Faith A. There are the Sacraments Q. What is a Sacrament A. It is a visible sign of Gods Grace in Jesus Christ and a seal of his Covenant Q. How many conditions are required to make a true and lawful Sacrament A. Seven for first it must be of Gods institution secondly that there be a material and visible sign thirdly that it represent to us a spiritual and invisible grace fourthly that there be some proportion and analogy between the sign and the thing signified fifthly that it be a seal of Gods Covenant in Jesus Christ sixthly that it belong to all the faithful seventhly in respect of the Sacraments of the Christian Church they must last to the end of the World Of the Sacraments of the old Covenant Q. HOw many sorts of Sacraments have there been in the Church of the old Testament A. Two sorts some ordinary and some extraordinary Q. Which were the extraordinary Sacraments A. The passing thro the Red-Sea the Cloud the Manna the Waters of the Rock and like things Q. And which were the ordinary A. The Circumcision and the Passover Of the Circumcision Q. WHy is it that God caused the Children of Israel to be Circumcised A. It was to teach them that they were defiled from their first origine but that he would wash and sanctifie them through Jesus Christ Wherefore St Paul calls Circumcision the seal of the Righteousness of the Faith Rom. 4. Q. Did God require from the Israelites only the external Circumcision and the cutting off the foreskin A. He required also the interiour Circumcision and the cutting off of Skin as he saith Jer. 4 Ye men of Judah and Jerusalem circumcise your selves to the Lord and take away the foreskins of your heart Of the Sacraments Q. WHich of those two Circumcisions was most pleasing to God A The interiour Circumcision as the Apostle teaches us Rom. 2. he is not a Jew which is one outwardly neither is that Circumcision which is outward in the flesh but he is a Jew which is one inwardly and Circumcision is that of the heart in the Spirit and not in the Letter whose praise is not of Men but of God Q. The Jews little Children who died before they were Circumcised were they bereaved of Salvation A No for they did belong to Gods Covenant in vertue of the promise God made Abraham I will be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee Gen 17. Wherefore David said Ps 22. I was cast upon thee from the Womb ●hou art my God from my Mothers Belly And ●ne of his Sons being dead the 7th day from ●is birth and consequently before he was

us and what have we more therein than when by Faith and Repentance we receive in our hearts Jesus Christ sanctified A. We recieve therein the external symbol and seal of our spiritual communion for to confirm our faith God useth to seal outwardly his Grace to us So after Abraham believed God and after it was counted unto him for righteousness he received the sign of Circumcision for a seal of the Righteousness of the Faith Rom. 4. So Cornelius was baptized after having received the Holy Ghost Act 10. All the Prophets give witness to Jesus Christ that through his name whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins Act. 10. but that hinders not of baptizing in the name of Jesus Christ in remission of sins because Baptism is the seal of that remission of sins Act. 2. Q. In the celebration of that Mystery must not one sacrifice Jesus really and properly A. No for he commanded us to eat his flesh and to drink his blood and not to offer him in sacrifice He through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God and by that sacrifice he acquired eternal Redemption for us and he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Heb. 9.10 Q. But is he not still offered every day in the Mass by the hands of the Priests in an unbloody manner in propiciatory sacrifice for the remission of the sins of the quick and the dead A. Quite contrary St Paul saith that without shedding of blood is no remission that Jesus Christ offered not himself several times for then must he have suffered several times since the foundation of the world and that where is remisssion of sins there is no offering for sin Heb. 9.10 Q. Must Sacraments be adored A. No for Jesus Christ did not command it and the Apostles have not shewed us the example thereof Our Lord doth not say do you behold and adore but take and eat and the Apostles did take and did eat what was given them but did not adore it Q. Ought the Pastors to administer the Cup to the people A. Yes for our Lord Jesus Christ speaking to his Apostles which represented his Church said to them drink ye all of it for this is my blood of the new Testament which is shed for many for the remission of sins Matt. 26. and St Paul let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup Cor. 11. Q. How ought we to examine our selves A. We must enter our Consciences and examine our selves to know if we have Faith Repentance and Charity Q. What is Faith A It is a recourse of the sinful and penitent Soul to the mercy of God in Christ Jesus and a sure trust that for this glorious Saviour's sake he will forgive us our sins and will receive us into his heavenly Kingdom Q. What is Repentance A. It is a sensible grief to have offended our heavenly Father and a fervent desire for time to come to glorify him in all our actions our words and our thoughts Q. How many parts are there in true repentance A. Two for we must cease to do evil and learn to do well depart from evil and do good to abhor that which is evil cleave to that which is good Is 1. Ps 3.4 Rom 12. Q. What is Charity A. It is to love God with all our heart and our Neighbour as our selves Q. How do we shew that we love our Neighbour A In bearing with his faults and being sensible of his misery and helping him in time of need according to our abilit● Q What are those to hope for who persevere in Faith who apply themselves to true piety and who from day to day go forward in sanctification A. God shall bless them in this life and shall crown them in the other according to our Lord Jesus Christ's promise be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life Rev. 2. Amen End of the fourth and last part of the Catechism A Prayer for the faithful Children who desire to advance themselves in Piety MY Lord and my God! I give thee immortal praises and thanksgivings that it pleased thee to cause me to born in thy Church of faithful Parents by the means of whom I have been brought up in Piety and made to drink of the sincere milk of the word as others I was a Child of wrath but Lord thou hast taken pity on me and thou hast adopted me to make me thy Child and heir of thy kingdom O my God and my Father enable me to answer to so holy and so glorious a vocation engrave thine Image in my heart and form me to the obedience of thee teach me to do thy will since thou art my God and let thy good Spirit lead me in the way of righteousness give me the Ornaments of true humility and of Sanctification without which none shall see thy face O let not be useless the labour of those who work to instruct me open my eyes that I may behold the marvels of thy law and that with thy holy Angels I may take pleasure without ceasing to contemplate the mysteries of my Salvation give me an understanding to know thee and heart to love thee and affections to embrace thee Confirm my memory that I may never forget the Divine Instructions of thy word Give me grace to conform all my actions my words and my thoughts thereunto and let it not only be a light that casts forth beam● and shines in my understanding and that chase● away the darkness of error and ignorance therefrom but let it be a sacred fire that purifies m● affections that inflames my heart with a divine love and with a holy zeal for thy glory That I do not rejoyce for a little while in that divine light but let me follow it all the time of this terrestrial Pilgrimage Let it lead me to thee O● Father of Lights and let it introduce me into thy heavenly Canaan where I shall have no more need to learn because I shall perfectly know thee and shall see thee face to face O● my God! give me all things thou knowest to be necessary for me forget the sins of my youth and impute not unto me my transgressions but wash me in the precious blood of my Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ who commanded me to pray to thee saying OUR Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us ou● trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is thy kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever Amen Lord increase in me the precious faith that of thy pure grace thou hast given me let it appear by a good and holy life and that to the last day of my life I make a free