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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

and by their obedience to it without some degree of faith in Christ crucified explicite or implicite A. It is of great use both to the Unbeliever and Believer to the Heathen and Christian Isaiah 40.3 Rom. 2.12 14.15 16. Q. What use hath it to the Heathen and Unbeliever A. As a preparatory ministration in a lower degree and kind of operation for convincing of moral duties and the contrary Sins and Vices for restraining them from great immorality for rendring them without excuse and liable to the judgment of Christ according to which they are to be judged and lastly for the government of the World and preserving good order equity and justice among Men It being that whereby mainly God's providential Kingdom is maintained and administred in the World according to Psalm 103.19 and his kingdom ruleth over all Q. What use hath it to true Believers and Christians A. It serves for a rule of life together with the Scriptures in things of moral honesty justice and temperance and obedience to it as a rule of moral life is so necessary that no Man can be saved without sincere obedience to it and all transgressions against it in any are hainous sins Mat. 7.12 Q. What is the summ of the moral Law A. To love the Lord our God with all our heart with all our Soul and with all our mind and to love our neighbour as our self on these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets Matth. 22.37 38.39 40. Deut. 6.5 Lev. 19.18 SECT X. Q. WHat are the Laws that God doth write in the hearts of the faithful as he has promised in the new Covenant Are they not the same contained in the holy Scriptures excepting the Ceremonial part and some other Laws peculiar to the Jews A. Yea Jerem. 31.31 Q. Are not many of these Laws belonging to the new Covenant other and distinct from the Law writ in the hearts of all Mankind commonly called the Law of Nature particularly such as respect the peculiar Doctrins and Precepts of the Christian Religion and the positive Institutions of Christ concerning Baptisme and the Supper and Christian Discipline in the Church of Christ A. Yea. Q. Doth God write those Laws of the new Covenant in the hearts of his People without all use of outward means A. Nay but in the use of them 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. What is the difference betwixt the writing of the Law in the hearts of Unbelievers and Heathens and that writing in the hearts of the faithful A. The former hath it writ in hard and stony hearts the other hath it writ in hearts of flesh that are made by the Lord soft and tender as he hath promised Ezek. 36.26 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. Of what service are the promises contained in the Scripture to the faithful A. Of exceeding great use and service for by them through the operation of the Spirit true Believers are made partakers of the Divine nature and have a lively hope begot in them that what God hath promised he will faithfully perform both in this life and in the life to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Heb. 13.5 2 Pet. 1.4 1 Pet. 4.8 19. Q. Is God and Christ in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers A. God and Christ as the word and also the Spirit are in all Creatures as to their essential presence Psal 139.7 it being one of God's Attributes to be omnipresent as well as omniscient and omnipotent and therefore they are in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers but in respect of their Operations and Manifestations the difference is great Q. What is the difference betwixt the manner of God and Christ their Operations and Manifestations in Be●●●vers and Unbelievers A. Believers have special and peculiar Manifestations and Operations of God Christ and the holy Spirit in them which Unbelievers have not and God and Christ and the holy Spirit are in the Faithful by union and communion and inhabitation or indwelling by Faith and Love but they are not so in Unbelievers hence it is that Unbelievers are said to be without God and Christ in the world without hope strangers and aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel 1 Cor. 2.12 14. Eph. 1.17 18. 1 John 1.3 Eph. 3.17 1 Cor. 6.17 Phil. 2.1 Eph. 2.12 Q. How is Christ the Saints hope of Glory Col. 1.27 is it only as within them considered only as God and as the Word or is it both as without out them as he is God-Man their Prophet Priest and King Mediator and Advocate and Head and also as within them as he is the Word Light and Life A. Christ is the Saints hope of Glory both ways considered for Paul gave thanks to God for the hope laid up for the believing Colossians in Heaven Col. 1.3 4.5 and surely that was without them and not within them only also the hope of the Faithful is said to be as an anker of the Soul sure and stedfast and which entreth into that within the veil whither the forerunner is for us entred even Jesus Heb. 6.18 19. and that place whither Jesus our High Priest is entred is not any place within us though he is spiritually present in us but Heaven without us there to appear in the presence of God for us and that in the true nature of Man Heb. 9.24 SECT XI Q IS Prayer and Thanksgiving with humble reverence both of Soul and Body unto God a most necessary duty to be performed by us both in private and publick and that frequently A. Yea Matth. 6.6 Jer. 10.25 Matth. 18.19 20. Q. Ought the Prayers of all true Christians and their Thanksgivings be offered up to God in the name of our blessed Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ God-Man and also to him together with the holy Spirit A. Yea John 14.1 3.14 John 16.24 Q. Are Angels and Saints to be prayed unto A. Nay Rev. 19.10 Matth. 4.9 Exod. 20.3 Q. Are Images to be made use of in the worship of God A. Nay Exod. 20.4 5. Acts 17.25 29.30 Q. For whom are we to pray A. Not only for our selves but for all Men for the King and all in Authority and for the whole Church of God and also for our Enemies 1 Tim. 2.1 2. Psal 51.18 Psal 137.5 Matth. 5.44 Q. How are we to pray and give thanks so as to be accepted A. In Spirit and in Truth in sincerity of Heart in Faith in Humility in Holy Fear with the Understanding with Love and Fervency of Heart with frequency and constancy to all which we need the continual help of God's Spirit and Grace to aid and assist us John 4.23 Jam. 1.6 5.16 1 Thess 5.17 1. Cor. 14.15 Heb. 12.28 Q. What are the things for which we are chiefly to pray A. They are briefly contained in that excellent form of Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples saying Our Father c. Q. Doth the Spirit of God teach us to pray without all outward means of instruction or use of the holy Scriptures A. Nay Q. May we