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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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unto it for I am the Lord your God. Q. Is a Representation of the true God hereby forbidden as well as that of a false God A. Yes for the true God is incomprehensible and cannot be described Isa 40.17 18 c. All nations before him are as nothing c. To whom then will ye liken God c. 2. It was condemned when it was used as in the Golden Calf which was made for a Representation of Jehovah the Lord. Exod. 32.5 Aaron built an altar before it and made proclamation and said To morrow is a feast to the Lord or Jehovah Q. What are the Reasons annexed to this Commandment A. They are three 1. The Lord is a Jealous God. 1. Lest by this means men come to have gross Conceptions of him as if he was like to an Image a 2. Lest they are thereby estranged from him and think that to be God which is not God b a Acts 17.29 We ought not to think that the Godbead is like unto Gold or Silver or Stone graven by art and mens device Deut. 4.12 15. Ye heard the Voice of the Lord but saw no Similitude b Ezek. 14.5 The house of Israel are estranged from me through their Idols 2. The Persons guilty of this Sin are esteemed Haters of God and which he will punish to the third and fourth Generation 3. That on the contrary he will shew Mercy abundantly unto them that keep this Commandment Shewing Mercy unto thousands Q. How can the Church of Rome vindicate it self for their making an Image of God and giving Adoration to an Image A. They usually leave out this Commandment Q. Why so A. Because they say it 's the same with the first and so make the third Commandment to be the Second and divide the Tenth into two Q. But besides that the Scripture makes the first and second Commandment to be two Exod. 20.3 4. Deut. 5.7 8. Is there not a manifest difference between them A. Yes for the first Commandment forbids the having and owning that for God which is not God as did the Worshippers of Baal and Moloch a c. But the second Commandment forbids the worshipping of the true God by an Image as did the Israelites in the Wilderness and Jeroboam when they worshipped the Golden Calves b a 1 Kings 16.31 Amos 5.26 b Exod. 32.1 4. 1 Kings 12.28 Q. What is the Duty required in the second Commandment A. To give that Worship to God which is suitable to his Nature Joh. 4.24 God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth Rom. 12.1 Q. Command 3. What is the third Commandment A. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltiess that taketh his Name in vain Q. How is the Name of God taken in vain A. 1. By perjury or false swearing Levit. 19.12 Ye shall not swear by my Name falsly neither shall thou profane the name of thy God. 2. By rash and common swearing Mat. 5.34 35 36. 37. I say unto you Swear not at all but let your communication be yea yea nay nay 3. By blasphemy or speaking reproachfully of God and Religion 1 Tim. 6.1 That the name of God and his Doctrine be not blasphemed Levit. 24.16 4. By the irreverent use of the name of God a or of things belonging to him b and his service c a Levit. 21.6 They shall be holy unto their God and not profane the name of their God. b 1 Thes 4.8 He therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God. c Levit. 22.2 That they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me Q. What is the reason annexed to this Commandment A. The Lord will not hold him guiltless but will most certainly punish him Zech. 5.3 4. The curse shall enter into the house of him that sweareth falsly by my name c. and shall consume it Levit. 24.15 16. Q. What is the Duty required in this Commandment A. To honour God's holy Name a and Word b so as to use it with reverence in Oaths c Vows d Promises Discourse e and Worship f and to use reverently whatever has a more immediate relation to him and his service a Psal 99.3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name for it is holy b Isa 66.2 To this man will I look even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembleth at my word c Jer. 4.2 Thou shalt swear As the Lord liveth in truth in judgement and righteousness d Eccl. 5.4 When thou vowest a vow unto God defer not to pay it Deut. 23.23 e Col. 4.6 Let your speech be alway with grace seasoned with salt Mat. 5.37 f Levit. 10.3 I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me Isa 29.23 Q. What is the Fourth Commandment A. Command 4. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath-Sabbath-day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy Son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it Q. What doth the word Sabbath signifie A. It signifies Rest Q. Why was the seventh day so called A. 1. Because God rested that day from the work of Creation which he finished in six days Gen. 2.2 3. On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made and he rested on the seventh day And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it c. Q. What 's meant by God's Hallowing the soventh day A. It 's His setting it apart for sacred uses Jer. 17.24 Hallow the Sabbath day to do no work therein Q. What were the Sacred Uses it was set apart for A. 1. For the Publick Worship of God a which consisteth in Preaching Expounding and Reading b the Word of God and in Prayer c a Acts 13.42 The Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath Mark 6.2 b Acts 15.21 Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him being read in the Synagogues every Sabbath day Acts 13.27 c Acts 16.13 On the Sabbath day we went out of the city by a River-side where Prayer was wont to be made or where there was an Oratory 2. For private Worship and Meditation upon the Word and Works of God. Psal 92. A Psalm for the Sabbath day Q. What was further required in this Commandment A. To rest from all servile and ordinary employments In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy servant c. Isa 58.13 Nehem. 13.15 Q. Why do Christians observe the First day of the Week as a Sabbath and not the
from this present evil world Q. Why do you call it this wicked world A. Not from any evil in the world it self for it was made very good a but because of the evil it tempts to b and the evil use it 's put to by bad men a Gen. 1.31 God saw every thing that he had made and behold it was very good b 1 Joh. 2.15 Love not the world neither the things that are in the world If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him Jam. 4.1 2 4. Q. What is meant by Pomps A. Honour and worldly Glory Act. 25.23 Agrippa came with great pomp Q. What is it to renounce the Pomps of this world A. It 's to refrain from all immoderate desires after the honour and glory of the world and from all pride and ostentation in what any one enjoys of it 1 Joh. 2.16 The pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world Phil. 2.3 Let nothing be done through vain glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves Q. What do you understand by the Vanity of this world which you are to renounce A. Covetousness a or the lust of the eye 1 Joh. 2.16 a Eccles 4.7 8. I saw vanity under the Sun there is one alone and there is not a second yea he hath neither child nor brother yet is there no end of all his labour neither is his eye satisfied with riches c. 1 Tim. 6.9 10. They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and burtful lusts c. Q. What is the third enemy you are to renounce A. The sinful lusts of the flesh 1 Joh. 2.16 Q. What do you understand by the sinful lusts of the flesh A. All unlawful pleasures to which we are provoked by our sensual inclinations such as uncleanness drunkenness c. Gal. 5.19 21. The works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication c. Q. What is the second Duty you were in your Baptism obliged to perform A. To believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith Of this see the Belief Q. What is the third Duty then required of you A. To keep God's holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same all the days of my life Of this see the Decalogue Q. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promised for thee A. Yes verily and by God's help so I will And I heartily thank our Heavenly father that he hath called me to this state of Salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour And I pray to God to give me his grace that I may continue in the same unto my lives end Q. Why do you think your self bound thus to believe and do what they promised for thee A. Because what was then promised was in my name and by Proxies that acted in my stead Q. Are you resolved to do according to what they promised for you A. Yes by God's help or else I must expect to forfeit the blessings belonging to that state which I was then called and admitted into Heb. 2.3 How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation Q. What is that state A. A state of Salvation Q. Why do you call it a state of Salvation A. Because I have thereby all the means necessary to Salvation Rom. 1.16 The Gospel is the power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth 2 Tim. 3.15 From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation Q. How came you into this state A. Our Heavenly Father called me to it through Jesus Christ and instated me into it by Baptism Tit. 3.5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Q. How do you think to be enabled to do and to continue in the performance of what was then required A. I depend upon the Grace of God a to prevent b assist c and confirm d me in it a 2 Cor. 3.5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God. Phil. 2.13 It is God which worketh in you b to will c and to do d Phil. 1.6 Being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it Q. How do you think to obtain God's Grace A. I will pray unto God for it Luk. 11.9 10 13. Ask and it shall be given seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you c. If ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more will your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him PART II. Of the Creed or Belief Q. WHat was the second Duty undertaken in your name A. That I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. Q. What do you mean by the Christian Faith A. The Doctrine revealed by Christ and contained in the Holy scripture Acts 24.24 Feâ—â—â— heard Paul concerning the Faith in Christ or the Christian Doctrine Q. What do you mean by the Articles of the Christian Faith A. I thereby mean such Points of Christian Doctrine as are most necessary to be believed Heb. 6.1 The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ Q. Where are those Articles briefly contain'd A. In the Apostles Creed Q. Why is it called the Apostles Creed A. Partly because of the Apostolical Doctrine contained in it and partly because it was in the main Branches of it composed in the Apostolical times as we read of a form of sound words 2 Tim. 1.13 Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief The Creed A. 1. I believe in God the father Almighty Maker of Deaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary 4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell. 5. The third day he rose again from the Dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the father Almighty 7. from thence he shall come to judge the Duich and the Dead 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints 10. The forgiveness of Sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the Life everlasting Amen Q. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief A. First I learn to believe in God the father who hath made me and all the World. Secondly In God the Son who hath redeemed me and all mankind Thirdly In God the Holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect People of God. Q. What do you observe from these three parts into which the Creed is divided A. 1. I observe a distinction of Persons the Father the Son and the