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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

ought to be the improvement of Christs Exaltation A. Col. 3.1.2 Heb. 4.16 Psal 2. last 2 Pet. 3.10 11. 1. To rise and ascend after him in affection and holiness of life 2. To pray with boldness to him who sits interceding for us 3. To close with and be at peace with him who shall judge us 4. To watch our thoughts words and actions 5. To judge our selves dayly 6. To be always ready to meet Christ at the judgment-seat Acts 24.15 since we know not how soon where how nor when he may call us who are alive as well as those who are dead to judgment The Creed being considered as to God the Father and Son Q. What is the third object of our faith A. The third person of the Trinity God the Holy Ghost Q. Why is he called Ghost A. Gen 1. 1. Because God is a Spirit 2. He is a Spirit Q. Why is he called Holy A. 1 John 5.7 1. Because he is Holy in himself 2. The author of all holiness in us Q. Acts 5.3 4. B. Pearson on Creed p. 220. 2 Pet. 〈◊〉 2 〈◊〉 How is the Holy Ghost proved to be God A. 1. By Scripture 2. The Attributes of God are given to him Psalm 139.3 The works of God as Creation Gen. 1. Sanctification John 16.4 He is the Author of the Scriptures but they were written by men inspired by God Q. What is it to believe in the Holy Ghost A. 1. To believe the Truth of the Article That there is an Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit of God Which also the heathens seem to speak of 12 2. To attend to and obey his motions 3. To prize and improve his ordinances Q. What do the remaining Articles of the Creed concern A. The Consequences of the former the priviledges of a state of grace and glory belonging to Gods Creatures redeemed by Christ and sanctified by the Holy Ghost Q. Which are they Answ Five 1. Church-membership 2. Communion of Saints 3. Remission of sins 4. Resurrection of body 5. Life everlasting Q. Why is it not said I believe in the Holy Catholick Church A. 1. God is the only object of our Faith 2. Implicite Faith or to believe as the Church believes may be amiss Every one ought to believe for himself Q. What then is meant by the Church A. Hookers Polity lib. 3. sect 1. The Church of Christ is invisible of all true Christians and visible of all Christian professors Q. Why is the Church called Holy and Catholick A. They are the two marks of the true Church of Christ without which no Church is true Q. Ames Bel. Enervat Tom. 2. Cap. 3. Why is Christs Church called Holy A. 1. From the better part of the Church the true Christians 2. From the desires after holyness it's members true Christians have Homil. of Engl. on Whit-Sunday 3. From the commands of their God obliging to holiness 4. From the Holiness of it's ordinances Q. Why is it called Catholick A. Leigh 's body p. 623. 627. 1. It 's Doctrine ought to be the Catholick or universal rule of all Churches through the world and so in it's first institution it was Catholick 2. It is a Church continuing it's Doctrin through all ages since Christ Fox Acts vol. 1. p. 10. 887. vol. 3. p. 489. 576. 3. It 's called Catholick because it includes the whole world of Christians every Christian is part of some particular Church and all the particular Churches of Christ make one Catholic Church 4. It is called Catholick because it includes both Sexes and all sorts and degrees of Men and Women high and low rich and poor 5. It must be holy as well as Catholick B. Pearson on Creed p. 335. or else it is Satans Synagogue not Christs Church it's Doctrines must be pure nor must it tolerate any vice in practise Q. What do you believe in this Article A. 1. 1 Co● 12.20 27. Eph. 4.5 That Christ hath a People dispersed through the whole world whom he owns and who serve him in holiness 2. That tho in many places yet it is but one Church having one God one Christ one Faith one Baptism 3. It Shews Romes folly in confineing the Catholick Church to it's self as if Rome was the whole world Q. Is not the Church of Rome the Holy Catholick Church here meant A. No The Church of Rome as now it is in principle and practice is neither Catholick nor Holy 1. It is not Holy Dr. Brevints Samuel and Saul at Endor Dr. Lloyd on funeral of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey all sins are here tolerated Murder and Rebellion in some causes accounted meritorious B. Lincolns Popish principles pernicious to Protestant Princes p. 34 57 60 61 62 63 95 96 97 102 105 111. But Romes sense of its own impiety makes it seldom plead for it's holiness tho it cry aloud for its being Catholick which cannot be granted 1. For its present Doctrines and practices are not agreeable to the Catholick rule of the Scriptures She commands worshipping of Images Scripture forbids it She raceth out the second Commandment the Scripture contains it c. 2. It is not Catholick its Doctrines have not been received ever since the Apostles time most of their opinions differing from Scripture and us are proved not owned for 600 years after Christ 3. Nor are they Catholick as to the places receiving them Many Nations have thrown off the Popish Yoke and Antichristian tyranny 4. That can be no holy Catholick Church of Christ which opposeth Christ in his person and all his offices as the Church of Rome in principle and practice doth Deut. 4. Their Images or pictures of Christ oppose his Deity which cannot be pictured Their Transubstantiation destroy his humanity whereby they make him to be in many places at one time Their Purgatory merits works of Supererrogation worship and Prayer to Saints and Angels destroy his Priesthood and make him but half a Saviour their contempt of Scriptures and equalling Traditions with it owning it no further the word of God then their Church or Pope allow it opposeth his prophetic office together with their prohibiting Gods word or service to be in the common tongue of a Nation their blasphemous Titles of the Pope his usurped power of Heaven and Hell and obliging persons on pain of damnation to the observance of his pleasure Dr. Brevint Sam. and Saul at Endor Cap. 1.2 oppose his Kingly office But all these would be laid aside if Rome was reduced to primitive and Catholic purity Q. What do you learn further by this Article of the Catholick Church A. 1. That I ought not to rest in a bare profession of Religion only but to labour after it's practice also the Church of Christ is Holy as well as Catholick 2. Calvin Instit l. Cap. 1. sect 10. That I ought to take heed of rash Sects and divisions whereby I may forsake this Holy Catholick

thou not think that thou art bound to do and believe as they have promised for thee A. Yes verily and by Gods help so I will And I heartily thank our heavenly Father that he hath called me to this state of salvation through Iesus Christ our Saviour And I pray unto God to give me his grace that I may continue in the same unto my lives end Q. Why is this Question proposed A. 1. That the Child being now grown up might be made sensible of that Vow he was entred in by his Godfathers and Godmothers in Baptism 2. That before the Congregation he by making an open profession of it might evidence that he retained that Religion he was Baptized into and owned as firm and stedfast what was then done and promised for him 3. That he now being grown up and assenting to the obligation on him from that Vow entred by his Godfathers and Godmothers might henceforward look upon himself obliged to practise it And here how may we justly lament the neglect of Confirmation amongst us which would be a great expedient to oblige persons to be instructed in the principles of Religion and engage them by an assuming their Baptismal Vow on themselves to the practice of it Q. What is considerable in the Answer A. 1. An earnest assent and consent to the Obligation on us from our Baptismal Vow to perform it Yes Verily 2. 2 Cor. 3.5 Joh. 15.5 Phil. 2.13 An humble acknowledgment of our own inability to perform our Duties of Religion or to withstand Sin Satan and the World without God's help And therefore by God's help I will 3. The great joy and gladness the Baptized person looks on his Baptized state with Psal 147. last Acts 4.12 I heartily thank our heavenly Father who hath called me to this State of Salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour It being a State of Grace of which the numerous Jews and Heathens are deprived of 4. Here is an holy means used to obtain God's help to perform this Vow I pray unto God to give me his Grace 5. Phil. 4.13 Here is an holy Resolution of perseverance through God's help 6. Phil. 1. That I may continue in the same to my lives end Q. Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief A. I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary sutfered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell The third day he rose again from the dead and ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge hoth 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 Q. Why are the Articles of the Creed in the first person singular A. 1. Because though we may pray for each other yet every one must believe for himself 2. Because hereby every one makes an acknowledgment and confession of his own Faith Q. Why is it called the Belief A. From the first words I believe Q. Why is it called the Creed A. From the first word in Latin Credo Q. Why is it called the Apostles Creed A. 1. Because there is good reason to believe it was made by the Apostles Alsted Chronol p. 315. Calvin Instit l. 2. c. 16. sect 18. Dr. Sherlock on Cat. before they were dispersed abroad in the World at the Council of Jerusalem about the 49 year of Christ as a sum of sound Doctrin for the Churches use And some have supposed hence it was divided into Twelve Articles according to the number of the Apostles 2. It is called the Apostles Creed because its Articles agree with the doctrin of the Apostles delivered in their Writings Q. How are the Articles of the Creed divided A. Catec of Church of Engl. Some have made only three parts of it respecting the sacred Trinity the only Object of our Faith and thus doth our Church divide it into Articles 1. Concerning God the Father who made me and all the World 2. Concerning God the Son who Redeemed meand all Mankind 3. Concerning God the Holy Ghost who sanctifies me and Elect People of God Others have added a fourth part concerning the Church of God and its Priviledges here and hereafter Col. 1.18 Eph. 1.14 4 uke 14.7 Cor. 15.19 But because the Church is no object of Faith and our belief of Christ and the Holy Ghost will pre-suppose a People Redeemed and Sanctified and that State will infer pardon of Sins Resurrection and Eternity of Life Therefore I shall only consider three parts Q. Which is that part of the Creed which relates to God the Father A. I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth Q. What is here believed concerning God the Father A. Three things 1. His Being 2. His Attributes 3. His Works Q. What is meant by I believe in God A. That I believe 1. There is a God 2. There is but one God 3. That I believe in this one God Q. How do you prove there is a God A. Arguments to convince the Atheist are drawn from Reason for he who denies a God cannot credit Scripture which we say is the Word of God Therefore 1. Gror. de ver Chris Relig. l. 1. Morn de ver Relig c. 1. Cicero l. 1. Tusc Quest Val. Max. l. 1. c. 1. Extern The first cause of all things proves a God nothing could make its self and therefore every thing made had God a Creator and is an Argument for a God and may silence the Atheist 2. The 1. consent of all Nations who by the light of Nature saw it The Roman Orator accounts no Nation so barbarous as to deny the Being of a Deity And the Athenians banisht Diagoras for but saying he doubted it Their Polytheism or worship of many Gods tho sinful yet pleaded they were Theists worshippers of a Deity The several Creatures especially our selves may silence all doubts Dr. Arrowsmith Aphor. Exer. 2. sect 1 2. for tho which way soever we look we may find enough to convince us of his Being Yet our selves as what we are most conver sant with may silence Atheism 3. Our bodies and souls witness a Deity Our Parents could not make us Male or Female Leigh 's body of Divinity l. 2. c. 1. p. 151. however desirous they of either Sex We 2. excel all creatures in our structure and our Souls are above the Sphere of Earthly Beings being 3. spiritual and capable of an immortality remembring things past and foreseeing things to come all which plead for a God a Father of our Spirits and Creator of our Bodys 4. The testimony of every mans Conscience which at sometimes 4. checks him for evil and encourageth him to Good is

cry out as it were of the pains of Loss as if God had for saken him Q. What necessity was there for Christs suffering in Soul and Body A. 1. We had sinned in both Leighs body of Divinity p. 600. and so had exposed both to Gods Anger 2. Christ in order to our Redemption took on him Soul and Body and so was perfect Man as we are 3. Therefore to save both our Soul and Body he must suffer in both Heb. 12.25 Phil. 3.20 4. If Christ suffered not in both Soul and body to free both ours from sin and misery both ours shall not be glorified but both ours shall be glorified Q. What Influences ought the sufferings of Christ to have upon us A. 1. They may shew to us Sins Evil which caused Christs death 2. may manifest Christs love to us who dyed that we might live 3. John 15.13 Rom. 5.8 Homil. of Engl. on Good Friday May engage our dying to sin Christ shed tears of blood Let us repent of sin 4. It may oblige us to live an holy life Christ parted with his life for us let us lay down our lusts for him Q. What do the other Articles of the Creed concerning Christ relate to A. His Exaltation in his Resurrection Ascension Session and his coming to judgment 1. Cor. 15.6 7 8. Mat. 28. John 20.27 B. Pearson on Creed p. 255. Q. Did Christ rise again from the dead A. 1. Yes he appeared to one two Eleven and after to five hundred at once 2. It is witnessed by Angels Friends and Disciples Yea by the watch of Soldiers 3. It was the same Christ who was buried which rose again in the same wounded body and humane Soul evidencing it's sensitive part in eating John 21. 6. And drinking and his Rational in discoursing after his Resurrection Q. Why did Christ rise from the dead A. Psal 16.10 1. To fulfil the prophesies of the Messiah 2. To shew his conquest over Death Hell and the Grave 3. To compleat our Salvation 1 Cor. 15 19 55 56 57. Col. 3.1 had not Christ risen we had been miserable 4. To make us not afraid to dye 5. To raise our affection after him Q. Why did Christ rise again the third day A. Hos 6.2 Jonah 1.17 1. To fulfil the prophesies and Types of it 2. To evidence the truth of his death he lay in the grave till the third day Psalm 16.10 3. Least his body should see corruption he rose early on the third day A day being here taken figuratively for a part of a day Christ dyed as we compute on Friday about three of the Clock in the afternoon and lay all that day and night and all the next day and night which was the second day he lay in the grave and early on the third day he rose again Q. The Soldiers say he was stoln away how then did he rise A. Mat. 28. 1. This was not the first and free Testimony of the Soldiers for it is manifest that as Christ did arise and appear to many so the soldiers told the Chief Priests the things that were done But the speech of his being stollen was what they were hired to say 2. This Testimony argues the Soldiers guilty of a manifest Lie and they are entrapped in their own snare for if they were asleep how could they tell the things that were done or whether he arose or was stoln away and if stoln whether his Disciples did steal him or others And if they were not asleep they might easily see whether his Resurrection was miraculous or whether his Disciples took him away and might as easily have prevented his Disciples stealing him They being an armed Company and Christs Disciples a few naked men Q. How is Christs Ascension proved A. 1. By Testimony from Scripture 2. Lak 24.50 Acts. 1.9 10. 〈◊〉 Calvi● Ins●● ● ● Cap. ●● se●● ●6 Heb. 7.25 John 16.7 Spectators who beheld him ascending Q. Why did Christ ascend A. 1. It was prophesied of the Messiah 2. Typified by the High-Priests entring into the Holy of Holys 3. To compleat his triumph over all Enemies 4. To open heaven for us which was shut against us by our sins 5. To assure our humane nature of glory 6. To intercede with his Father for us 7. To send the Holy Ghost to prepare us for Heaven Q. What is meant by Christs sitting at the right hand of God A. Psalm 110.1 B. Fearson on Creed p. 277. 1. Christs power given him by his Father to destroy all his and his Churches enemies 2. The Glory Christ with his Father is admitted to 3. His stay and dwelling in Heavens Glory 4. Our having possession of Heavens Glory by him and in him Q. What doth Christs coming to judgment import A. Three things 1. That there shall be a judgment 2. That Christ shall be judge 3. That he shall judg both quick and dead Q. Why must there be a judgment A. 1. To manifest Gods Truth mercy justice Baxters Reasons of Christian Religion part 2. Cap. 12. Glanvil on future judgment 1 Cor. 15.19 2. To duely punish Sinners and reward his people 3. To vindicate Gods Glory and providence 4. To amend all false judgments here 5. To discover all Hypocrisie and dissimulation 6. To clear all innocency 7. Each mans conscience chiding for sin and commending for duty teacheth a judgment to come 8. Our unsatisfiedness with what this world affords implies a future state 9. If there be no future state of mercy the beasts are better then we as meeting with fewer troubles and disappointments 10. Heathens granted it 11 Hence their feigned judges Q. Why is Christ Judge A. 1. Calvin Instit lib. 2. Cap. 16. sect 18. He is man as well as God and so as he knows the heart is a judge visible to our Eyes 2. For his Glory who on earth was so vilified 3. For the terror of his Enemies over whom he will triumph 4. For the comfort of his people who have their Saviour their judge God is judge in respect of authority of judging John 5.22 1 Cor. 6.3 Christ is judge as Executor of Gods judgment by Gods deputation and the Saints judge as approving of the judgment which God by Christ Executers Not much unlike our Assizes on earth The power of judging is in the King who deputes the Execution of his power to the judges and their judgment is approved of by the Justices who are Assessors Q. What is meant by quick and dead A. Those who are dead before Christs coming and those who shall be alive at his coming Q. Will any be alive at Christs coming to judgment A. 1. Scripture testifies it 2. 1. Cor. 15.5 1 Thes 4.16 Allusions of the old world and Gomorrah c. shew it Q. Shall not those who are then alive die before judgment A. 1 Cor. 15.52 They shall undergo a change like death and a Resurrection Q. What