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A66375 A brief exposition of the church-catechism, with proofs from Scripture; Book of common prayer. Catechism. Church of England.; Williams, John, 1636?-1709. 1689 (1689) Wing W2685; ESTC R219553 32,979 73

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A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF THE Church-Catechism WITH Proofs from SCRIPTURE LONDON Printed by R. Roberts for the Author MDCLXXXIX IMPRIMATUR Liber cui Titulus A brief Exposition of the Church-Catechism H. Maurice Rmo in Christo P. D. Wilhelmo Archiep. Cant. à Sacris Decemb. 12. 1688. TO HIS HONOURED FRIEND THE Reverend Dr. BVSBY AFter so pious a Design as you have laid in Founding and Endowing a Catechetical Lecture in Westminster-Abbey for the Instruction of the Youth under your Care and my Three Years Employment therein It may seem to be a mean account of it to publish such an Exposition of our Church-Catechism as this is But setting aside my other endeavours in that way I am not concerned to offer this to you who I know estimate things not according to their Bulk but their Vse and if by the brevity order and perspicuity aim'd at in this Exposition I have contributed to so good an end I am sure not to fail of your Approbation and shall be encouraged to proceed in the finishing and publishing my larger Exposition for the use of those who have been before instructed in this I am SIR Your Faithful Servant John Williams A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH-CATECHISM ¶ A Catechism that is to say an Instruction to be learned of every Person before he be brought to be Confirmed by the Bishop PART I. Of the Baptismal Vow Q. What is your Name A. N. or M. Q. Why is this Question first asked What is your Name A. To put me in mind of the Faith I professed at my Baptism when I first received my Christian Name Q. Who gave you this Name A. My God-Fathers and God-Mothers in my Baptism wherein I was made a member of Christ the Child of God and an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Why is it asked Who gave you this Name A. To mind me of the Duty I then promised by my God-Fathers to perform Q. Why was your Christian Name given to you in Baptism A. Because I was then dedicated to Christ and taken into Covenant with him For the like reason the proper Name was given at Circumcision as to Isaac Gen. 21.3 4. to John Baptist Luk. 1.59 to our Saviour Luk. 2.21 Q. Why was your Name given you by God-Fathers A. As according to the ancient practice in the Jewish a and Christian Church they became Witnesses and Sureties for my better performing what was then requir'd of me a Isa 8.2 3. Q. What are the Privileges you receive and are admitted to by Baptism A. The Privileges are three as I was thereby made 1. A Member of Christ 2. The child of God 3. An Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Why are you said to be made a Member of Christ c A. Because I was not so born a but made by Baptism b a Joh. 1.12 13. As many as received him to them he gave power privilege to become the Sons of God which were born not of blood nor of the will of flesh nor of the will of man but of God. b Joh. 3.5 6. Except a man be born of Water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh c. Q. What is it to be a Member of Christ A. It 's to be a member of Christ's Church 1 Cor. 12.12 As the body is one and hath many members and all the members of that one body being many are one body so also is Christ or the Christian Church Vers 27. Ye are the body of Christ and members in particular Q. Why is a Member of Christ's Church said to be a member of Christ A. Because the Church is the Mystical body of Christ a and Christ is the head b of that body a Ephes 1.22 23. The Church which is his body b Ephes 5.23 Christ is the head of the Church Q. What is it to be a Child of God A. It 's to be in Covenant with God. So the Jews were the children of God a and of the Covenant b a Deut. 14.1 b Act. 3.25 Q. Why are you first said to be a Member of Christ and then a Child of God A. Because it 's through Christ I was made a child of God Ephes 1.5 Having predestinated us to the Adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself Q. What is it to be an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven A. It 's to be so by promise Thus we are said to have what God has promised and which we have a title to upon that promise Joh. 3.36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life Q What did your God-Fathers and God-Mothers then for you A. They did promise and vow three things in my name first that I should renounce the Devil and all his works the pomps and banity of this wiched World and all the sinful lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. And thirdly that I should keep Gods holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Q. What are you obliged to renounce A. The three spiritual enemies to my present welfare and future happiness Q. What are they A. The Devil the world and the flesh Q. What is it to renounce them A. It 's inwardly to detest and actually to reject them so as not to follow nor be led by them Q. What is the Devil A. The Devil is the name of all the fallen and lost Angels a of which one is the Prince b a 2 Pet. 2.4 God spared not the Angels that sinned but cast them down to Hell. b Mat. 12.24 27. Beelzebub the Prince of the Devils Q. Why are you in the first place requir'd to renounce the Devil A. Because he is an irreconcilable enemy to our Saviour a and a very dangerous enemy to us b a Revel 12.7 There was war in Heaven Michael and his Angels fought against the Dragon and the Dragon fought and his Angels b 2 Cor. 6.15 1 Pet. 5.8 Your adversary the Devil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour Q. What is meant by the works of the Devil A. All sin 1 Joh. 3.8 The Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the Devil Q. Why is sin call'd the work of the Devil A. Because he first sinned a then seduced man to sin b and doth still tempt to it c a 1 Joh. 3.8 He that committeth sin is of the Devil for the Devil sinneth from the beginning b 2 Cor. 11.3 The Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty c Eph. 6.11 12. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against Principalities c. Q. What is the second enemy you are to renounce A. This wicked world a with its pomps and vanity a Gal. 1.4 Who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us