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A brief exposition of the church-catechism, with proofs from Scripture; Book of common prayer. Catechism.
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Church of England.; Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
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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
and in breaking of bread and in prayers b 1 Cor. 12.26 27. Whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it c. Q. What is the second privilege belonging to the Church A. Artic. 10. Forgiveness of sin Forgiveness of sins Rom. 4.7 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Q. What is Sin A. It 's a transgression of the Law of God 1 Joh. 3.4 Q. What is the punishment due to sin A. Death temporal a and eternal b a Rom. 5.12 By one man Adam sin entred into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Rom. 6.23 The wages of sin is death Mat. 25.46 Q. What is the forgiveness of sin A. It's God 's not imputing it in the punishment Rom. 4.7 8. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin Rom. 5.13 Q. Upon what terms is sin forgiven A. Upon our Faith and Repentance Act. 26.17 18. I send thee to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins c. through faith that is in me Q. By what means is God thus reconciled to sinful man A. It 's through Christ Ephes 4.32 God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you Q. Artic. 11. The Resurrection of the Body What is the third privilege A. The Resurrection of the Body Q. What do you understand by the Resurrection of the Body A. That the Body shall be raised out of the dust a and being again united to the soul shall be gloâ—â—ous b and immortal c. a 1 Cor. 15.36 That which thou sowest is not quickened except it die c. b Phil. 3.21 Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body c 1 Cor. 15.53 This mortal must put on immortality Q. What is the fourth privilege Artic. 12. The Life everlasting A. Everlasting Life Q. What is implied in that A. A state of most perfect happiness which consists in the perfection of our natures a and the enjoyment of God b a Mat. 22.30 In the Resurrection they are as the Angels of God in Heaven b Psal 16.11 In thy presence is fulness of joyâ— and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore PART III. Of the Decalogue or Ten Commandments Q. The Decalogue WHat was the third thing promised at your Baptism A. That I should keep God's holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Q. What are the Characters of true Obedience that you collect from hence A. 1. It 's universal a keeping Gods holy Will and Commandments Psal 119.6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect to all thy Commandments 2. It 's a course of Obedience a walking in the same 1 King. 6.12 If thou wilt keep all my Commandments to walk in them Rom. 6.4 3. A perseverance in that course it 's to be all the days of my life Luk. 1.74 75. That we might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life Q. You said that your God-Fathers and God-Mothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments tell me how many there be A. Ten. Q. Which be they A. The same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage Q. What is there contained in this Preface A. It affords several Arguments to Obedience Q. What are they A. They are taken 1. From God's Authority God spake these words 2. From God's Soveraignty I am the Lord. 3. From God's propriety in them thy God Deut. 26.16 17. 4. From his goodness to them Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt Deut. 8.14 Q. â—â—â—â—hist Say the Commandments A. 1. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me c. Q. If the Commandments are Ten how are they said to be two by our Saviour Mat. 22.38 40 A. They are two as they are divided into Two Tables of love to God and our Neighbour Q. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments contained in the Two Tables A. I learn two things my Duty towards God and my Duty towards my Neighbour Q. What is thy Duty towards God A. My Duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him c. Q. How many Commandments belong to the first Table A. The first four Q. What is the first Commandment A. Commandment 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods but me Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. I am forbidden hereby 1. to have or own any more than one God a 2. To give the honour due to God to any other object whatsoever b a 1 Cor. 8.4 6. There is none other God but one b Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Q. What is required in this Commandment A. To believe in him a to fear him b and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength c to worship him d to give him thanks e to put my whole trust in him f to call upon him g a Heb. 11.6 He that cometh to God must believe that he is b Eccles 12.13 Fear God and keep his Commandments for this is the whole duty of man. c Mat. 22.37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart c. d Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. e Psal 92.1 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name O thou most high f Prov. 3.5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding g Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Q. Command 2. What is the second Commandment A. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. All Religious Worship given to an Image Q. What is an Image the worship of which is here forbidden A. An Image is any external Representation of God set up for the receiving Divine Worship Levit. 26.1 Ye shall make you no Idols nor graven Image neither rear you up a standing Image neither shall ye set up a Image of Stone in your Land to bow down