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A34242	The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.; Westminster Confession of Faith.	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663. Summe of saving knowledge.; Church of Scotland. General Assembly.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Larger catechism.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism.	1671 (1671)	Wing C5769; ESTC R27273	112,419	253

is Our Father which are in Heaven teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence as Children to a Father able and ready to help us and that we should pray with and for others Q. 101. VVhat do we pray for in the first Petition A. In the first Petition which is Hallowed be thy Name we pray that God would enable us others to glorifie him in all that whereby he maketh himself known and that he would dis●ose all things to his own glory Q. 102. VVhat do we pray for in the second Petition A. In the second Petition which is Thy Kingdom come we pray that Satans Kingdom may be destroyed and that the Kingdom of Grace may be advanced our selves and others brought into it and kept in it and that the Kingdom of Glory may be hastned Q. 103. VVhat do we pray for in the third Petition A. In the third Petition which is Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven we pray that God by his grace would make us able and willing to know obey and submit to his will in all things as the Angels do in Heaven Q. 104. VVhat do we pray for in the fourth Petition A. In the fourth Petition which is Give us this day our daily bread we pray that of Gods free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life and enjoy his blessing with them Q. 105. What do we pray for in the fifth Petition A. In the fifth Petition which is And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors we pray that God for Christs sake would freely pardon all our sins which we are the ●ather encouraged to ask because by his grace we are inabled from the heart to forgive others Q. 106. What do we pray for in the sixth Petition A. In the sixth Petition which is And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil we pray that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin or support and deliver us when we are tempted Q. 107. What doth the conclusion of the Lords Prayer teach us A. The Conclusion of the Lords Prayer which is For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory for ever Amen teacheth us to take our incouragement in prayer from God onely and in our prayers to praise him ascribing Kingdom power and glory to him and in testimony of our desire and assurance to be heard we say Amen THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Exod. 20. GOD spake all these words saying I am the Lord thy God which have brought thee out 〈◊〉 the Land of Egypt out of the house of bondage I. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven I●age or any likeness of any thing that is in Hea●en above or that is in the Earth beneath or that 〈◊〉 in the water under the Earth thou shalt not 〈◊〉 down thy self to them nor serve them for I the ●ord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniqui●● of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third ●nd fourth generation of them that hate me and ●●ewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me ●nd keep my Commandments III. Thou shall not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not ●old him guilt●●ss that taketh his Name in va●n IV. Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy ●ix days shalt thou labour and do all thy work 〈◊〉 the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 〈◊〉 God in it thou shalt not do any work thou 〈◊〉 thy Son nor thy Daughter thy man-servant 〈◊〉 thy maid-servant nor thy 〈◊〉 nor the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Se● and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wheref●re the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it V. Honour thy father and thy mo●her that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt not kill VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal XI Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours Wife nor his Man Servant nor his Maid Servant nor his Ox nor his Asse nor any thing that is thy neighbours THE LORDS PRAYER Math. 6. OVr Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom c●me Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory for ever Amen THE CREED I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth and in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord which was conceived by the holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into Heaven and siteth on the right ●and of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge 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 SO much of every Question both in the Larger and Shorter Catechism is repeated in the Answer as maketh every Answer an entire Proposition or Sentence in it self to the end the Learner may further improve it upon all occasions for his increase in knowledge and piety even out of the course of catechising as well as in it And albeit the substance of the doctrine comprised in that abridgement commonly called the Apostles Creed be fully set forth in each of the Catechisms so as there is no necessity of inserting the Creed it self yet it is here annexed not as though it were composed by the Apostles or ought to be estee●ed Canonical Scripture as the ten Commandments and the Lords Prayer much less a Prayer as ignorant people have been apt to make both it and the Decalogue but because it is a brief sum of the Christian Faith agreeable to the Word of God and anciently recei●ed in the Churches of Christ. THE SUMME OF SAVING KNOWLEDGE With the Practical use thereof John 6.37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out EDINBVRGH Printed by George Swintoun and Thomas Brown and are to be sould by Iames Glen and David Trench 1671. A brief Sum of Christian Doctrine Contained In Holy Scriptures and holden forth in the Confession of Faith Catechism Agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminst●r and received by the General

fulfil the desires of all and only to be believed in and worshipped with religious worship prayer which is a special part thereof is to be made by all to him alone and to none other Q. 180. What is it to pray in the Name of Christ A. To pray in the name of Christ is in obedience to his command and in confidence on his promises to ask mercy for his sake not by bare mentioning of his Name but by drawing our encouragement to pray our boldness strength and hope of acceptance in prayer from Christ and his mediation Q. 181. Why are we to pray in the Name of Christ A. The sinfulness of man and his distance from God by reason thereof being so great as that we can have no access into his presence without a Mediator and there being none in Heaven or Earth appointed to or fit for that glorious work but Christ alone we are to pray in no other name but his only Q. 182. How doth the Spirit help us to pray A. We not knowing what to pray for as we ought the Spirit helpeth our infirmities by enabling us to understand both for whom and what and how prayer is to be made and by working and quickning in our hearts although not in all persons nor at all times in the same measure those apprehensions affections graces which are requisit for the right performance of that duty Q. 183. For whom are we to pray A. We are to pray for the whole Church of Christ upon Earth for Magistrates and Ministers for our selves our breathren yea our enemies and for all sorts of men living or that shall live hereafter but not for the dead nor for those that are known to have sinned the sin unto death Q. For what things are we to pray A. We are to pray for all things tending to the glory of God the welfare of the Church our own or others good but not for any thing that is unlawful Q. 185. How are we to pray A. We are to pray with an awful apprehension of the Majesty of God and deep sense of our own unworthiness necessities and sins with patience thankful and enlarged hearts with understanding faith sincerity fervency love and perseverance waiting upon him with humble submission to his will Q. 186. What rule hath God given for our direction in the duty of prayer A. The whole word of God is of use to direct ur in the duty of prayer but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which our Saviour Christ taught his Disciples commonly called the Lords Prayer Q. 187. How is the Lords Prayer to be used A. The Lords Prayer is not only for direction as a patern according to which we are to make other prayers but may also be used as a prayer so that it be done with understanding faith reverence and other graces necessary to the right performance of the duty of prayer Q. 188. Of how many parts doth the Lords prayer consist A. The Lords Prayer consists of three parts a Preface Petitions and a conclusion Q. 189. What doth the Preface of the Lords Prayer teach us A. The Preface of the Lords Prayer contained in these words Our Father which art in Heaven teacheth us when we pray to draw near to God with confidence of his Fatherly goodness and our interest therein with reverence and all other child-like dispositions Heavenly affections and due apprehensions of his soveraign power majesty and gracious condescension as also to pray with and for others Q. 190. What do we pray for in the first Petition A. In the first Petition which is Hallowed be thy Name acknowledging the utter inability indisposition that is in our selves and all men to honour God aright we pray that God would by his grace inable and incline us and others to know to acknowledg and highly to esteem him his titles attributes ordinances word works and whatsoever he is pleased to make himself known by and to glorify him in thought word and deed that he would prevent and remove Atheism ignorance idolatry prophanness and whatsoever is dishonourable to him and by his overruling providence direct and dispose of all things to his own glory Q. 191. What do we pray for in the second Petition A. In the second Petition which is thy kingdom come acknowledging our selves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan we pray that the Kingdom of sin and Sathan may be destroyed the Gospel propagated throughout the world the Jews called the fulness of the Gentiles brought in the Church furnished with all Gospel officers and ordinances purged from corruption countenanced maintained by the civil Magistrate that the ordinances of Christ may be purely dispensed and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their sins the confirming comforting and building up of those that are already converted that Christ would rule in our hearts here hasten the time of his second coming our reigning with him for ever and that he would be pleased so to exercise the Kingdom of his power in all the world as may best conduce to these ends Q. 192. What do we pray for in the third Petition A. In the third Petition which is Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven acknowledging that by nature we all men are not only utterly unable unwilling to know to do the will of God but prone to rebel against his word to repine murmure against his providence wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh of the devil we pray that God would by his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness weakness indisposedness and perversness of heart by his graces make us able and willing to know do and submit to his will in all things with the like humility chearfulness faithfulness diligence zeal sincerity and constancy as the Angels do in Heaven Q. 193. What do we pray for in the fourth Petition A. In the fourth Petition which is Give us this day our daily bread acknowledging that in Adam and by our sin we have forfeited our right to all the outward blessings of this life deserve to be wholly deprived of them by God and to have them cursed to us in the use of them and that neither they of themselves are able to sustain us nor we to merit or by our own industry to procure them but prone to desire get and use them unlawfully

saving Faith But I may the weak believer say in the sense of my own sinfulness and fear of Gods wrath am fled to Iesus Christ the only remedy of sin and misery and have ingaged my heart to the obedience of the Law of Love Therefore my faith is not a presumtuous and dead faith but true and saving faith The fourth warrant and spec●al motive to believe in Christ is much assurance of life given in case men shall obey the command of believing and a fearful certification of destruction in case they obey not holden forth Ioh. 3.35 THe Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into his hand ver 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him Wherein are holden forth to us these five following Doctrines 1. That the Father is well satisfied with the undertakings of the Son entered Redeemer and Surety to pay the ransom of believers and to perfect them in holiness and salvation The Father loveth the Son saith he viz. As he standeth Mediator in our name undertaking to perfect our Redemption in all points The Father loveth him that is doth heartily accept his offer to do the work and is well pleased with him his soul delighteth in him and resteth upon him and maketh him in this his Office the receptacle of love and grace and good will to be conveyed by him to believers in him 2. That for fulfilling of the Covenant of Redemption the Father hath given to the Son as he standeth in the capacity of the Mediator or as he is God incarnate the word made flesh all authority in Heaven and Earth all furniture of the riches of grace and of spirit and life with all power and ability which the Union of the Divine Nature with the Humane or which the fulness of the Godhead dwelling substantially in his Humane Nature or which the indivisible all-sufficiency and omnipote●●y of the inseparable every where present Trini●● do●h import or the work of Rede●ption ca●●equire the Father saith he hath given al●●hi●gs into the Sons hand to wit for acco●pl●●hing his work 3. 〈◊〉 assurance of life is holden forth to all who shall heartily receive Christ and the offer of the Covenant of grace and reconciliation through him he that believeth on the Son saith he hath everlasting life for it is made fast unto him 1. In Gods purpose and irrevocable decree as the believer is a man elected to life 2. By effectual calling of him unto life by God who as he is faithful so will he do it 3. By promise and everlasting Covenant sworn by God to give the believer strong consolation in life and death upon immutable grounds 4. By a pawn and infestment under the great Seal of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper so oft as the believer shall come to receive the symbols and pledges of life 5. In Christ the fountain and head of life who is entred in a possession as atturney for believers in whom our life is so laid up that it cannot be taken away 6. By begun possession of spiritual life and regeneration and a Kingdom consisting in righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Ghost erected within the believer as arles of the full possession of everlasting life 4. A fearful certification is given if a man receive not the Doctrine concerning righteousness and eternal life to be had by Jesus Christ he that believes not the Son shall not see life that is not so much as understand what it meaneth 5. He further certifieth that if a man receive not the Doctrine of the Son of God he shall be burdened twice with the wrath of God once as a born rebel by nature he shall bear the curse of the Law or the Covenant of Works and next he shall endure a greater condemnation in respect that light being come into the world and offered to him he hath rejected it and loveth darkness rather than light and this double wrath shall be fastned and fixed immoveably upon him so long as he remaineth in the condition of misbelief the wrath of God abideth on him saith he Hence may the weak believer strengthen his faith by reasoning from this ground after this manner Whosoever believeth the Doctrine delivered by the Son of God and findeth himself partly drawn powerfully to believe him by the sight of life in ●im and partly driven by the fear of Gods wrath to adhere unto him may be sure of right and interest to life eternal through him But sinful and unworthy I may the weak believer say do believe the Doctrine delivered by the Son of God and do feel my self partly drawn powerfully to believe in him by the sight of life in him and partly driven by the fear of Gods wrath to adhere unto him Therefore I may be sure of my right and interest unto eternal life through him The evidences of true Faith SO much for the laying the grounds of faith and warrants to believe now for evidencing of true faith by fruits these four things are requisite 1. That the believer be soundly convinced in his judgment of this obligation to keep the whole moral Law all the days of his life And that not the less but so much the more as he is delivered by Christ from the Covenant of Works and curse of the Law 2. That he endeavour to grow in the exercise and daily practice of Godliness and righteousness 3. That the course of his new obedience run in the right channel that is through faith in Christ and through a good conscience to all the duties of love toward God and man 4. That he keep strait communion with the fountain Christ Jesus from whom grace must run along for furnishing of good fruits For the first viz. To convince the believer in his judgement of his obligation to keep the Moral Law among many passages take Matth. 5.16 LEt your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven ver 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil ver 18. For verily I say unto you till Heaven and Earth pass one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the Law till all be fulfi●led ver 19. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least Commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven ver 20. For I say unto you that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Wherein our Lord 1. Giveth commandment to believers justified by faith to give evidence of the grace of God in them before men by doing good works Let your light so shine