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A79564 The church catechism, analysed, explained, and improved The first part. Wherein, I. The text is set down whole, and entire. II. It is broken into questions, and answers in the very words of the catechism. III. The terms of it are explained, and such short questions and answers added, as are occasioned by it, and seem needful to the discovery of its true meaning, and use. At the end is added matter, and direction for all acts of devotion for morning and evening, mostly in the words of the catechism. The whole accomodated to the capacity, and use of them, that are yet to learn it, and recommend to the rich, to bestow among the poor. 1683 (1683) Wing C3993A; ESTC R229600 26,096 48

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unto which it shall please God to call me §. VIII Of the Lords Prayer Q. My good Child doest thou know whether thou art able of thy self to do these things to renounce the Devil and all his Works the Pomps and Vanities of this wicked World and all the sinful lusts of the Flesh and to believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith and to walk in the Commandments of God and serve him without his special grace and help 102 A. I know this That I am not able to do these things of my self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace Q. What if you should not perform your Covenant made at Baptism and which you have engaged your self to perform 103 A. He that refuses or neglects to do as he is engaged to do at Baptism continues not in the estate of salvation to which God had called him by Jesus Christ our Saviour Nor is he a true Member of Christ nor a Child of God nor an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Must you not then learn at all times to call for God's special grace by diligent Prayer to enable you to keep your promise 104 A. Yes I must call for God's special grace by diligent Prayer at all times to enable me to do these things which I am not able to do of my self Q. What Prayer are you to use to call for God's special grace by 105 A. The Lord's Prayer is both a Form for us to use and a Pattern by which we ought to make all our other Prayers Q. Let me then hear you say the Lord's Prayer 106 A. Our Father which art in Heaven 1. Hallowed be thy Name 2. Thy Kingdom come 3. Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven 4. Give us this day our daily Bread 5. And forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us 6. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Q. To whom do you pray in the Lord's Prayer 107 A. In the Lord's Prayer we pray only to God who is our Father which is in Heaven Q. Which is the first thing you pray for in the Lord's Prayer 108 A. The first thing that we pray in the Lord's Prayer is Hallowed be thy Name Q. What mean you when you say Hallowed be thy Name 109 A. When we say Hallowed be thy Name we pray that God may be honoured feared and worshipped and his holy Name had in all holy Reverence by us and all men Q. Which is the second thing we pray for in the Lord's Prayer 110 A. The second thing we pray in the Lord's Prayer is Thy Kingdom come Q. What do you mean when you say Thy Kingdom come 111 A. When we say Thy Kingdom come we pray that God may be owned and served by all as the great King of Heaven and Earth and his Laws kept and that we and all others may ever be his dutiful Subjects Q. Which is the third thing that we pray in the Lord's Prayer 112 A. The third thing which we pray in the Lord's Prayer is Thy Will be done in earth as it is in heaven Q. What do you pray for when you say Thy Will be done in earth as it is in heaven 113 A. When we say Thy Will be done in earth as it is in heaven we pray that God's Will may be obeyed and done here on earth by us and all men so as it is done in heaven by the holy Angels and Saints there Q. Which is the fourth thing we pray for in the Prayer of our Lord 114 A. The fourth thing that we pray in the Lord's Prayer is Give us this day our daily Bread Q. What do we beg of our heavenly Father in these words 115 A. When we say Give us this day our daily Bread we pray that God our heavenly Father would bestow upon us his Children every day all those things that are needful to the good either of our Souls or of our Bodies Q. What is the fifth thing that we are taught by our Lord to pray for in the Lord's Prayer 116 A. The fifth thing that we pray in the Lord's Prayer is And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us Q. What do we pray for when we say Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us 117 A. When we say Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us we pray that God our Father would mercifully forgive us all the sins and offences that we have committed against him even as we do forgive men all the offences they have committed against us Q. Which is the sixth thing that we are taught in this Prayer to beg of our heavenly Father 118 A. The sixth thing that we beg of God in this Prayer is Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Q. What mean we by these words 119 A. When we say Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil we pray that our heavenly Father would by his care and grace keep us from all those temptations whereby we may be brought to sin against him And that he would save us from the Devil the evil one who tempts us and from sin the evil act to which he tempts us and from punishment the evil misery which he would bring us to Q. What reason is there added at the end why we beg these six Petitions of God 120 A. The reason why we make this Prayer unto God is added in these words For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever That is because we know and acknowledge that in God alone is the Kingdom and Sovereignty over all all Power and glorious Wisdom and Goodness for ever and ever therefore we do thus pray unto him Q. Why say we Amen after this Prayer 121 A. After this Prayer we say Amen So be it O that it may so be and so it shall be to declare that we heartily desire and assuredly trust that our heavenly Father for Christ Jesus his sake will grant these things to them that thus pray unto him aright Q. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer 122 A. In this Prayer I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness to send his grace unto me and to all people 1. That we may worship him 2. Serve him 3. And obey him as we ought to do And I pray unto God 4. That he will send us all things that be needful both for our Souls and Bodies And 5. That he will be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins And 6. That it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily and kéep us from all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this
slothfulness intemperance uncleanness c. O God! be merciful to me a Sinner I then also promised to believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith But O how shamefully have I neglected duly to consider them Openly to own and profess them And Conscientiously to live suitably to them Yea farther I vowed to keep God's Holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same Commandments of God not now and then but all the days of my life from my Baptism to my death But O my God I confess with sorrow and shame that I have too often resisted thy Holy Will and disobeyed thy Commandments and have not made Conscience to keep them nor walk in them all the days of my past life Dispose my mind O my God! to true Repentance and so for Jesus Christ's sake graciously forgive the sin of thy servant Inable me Conscientiously to renew my Covenant with God and give me grace sincerely to keep it Then lift up thy Heart thy Eyes and thy Hands towards Heaven and say I do verily think that I am bound To renounce the Devil and all his Works The Pomps and Vanity of this wicked World And all the sinful Lusts of the Flesh And here before God and his Angels I renounce them all And that I am bound to believe and profess all the Articles of the Christian Faith And to keep God's Holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same all the days of my life And by thy help O God so I will And because I know that I am not able to do these things of my self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace therefore I now will call for it by diligent Prayer Then say Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into Temptation But deliver us from Evil. For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for Ever and Ever Amen Then add O my Lord God our heavenly Father the Giver of all Goodness I beseech thee to send thy Grace to me and to all People that we may worship thee serve thee and obey thee as we ought to do And I pray unto thee that thou would'st send us all things that be needful for our Souls and Bodies And that thou would'st be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins And that it would please thee to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily that neither our souls nor bodies be harmed And that thou would'st keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly Enemy the Devil and his Instruments and from everlasting Death And this I trust O Lord thou wilt do of thy mercy and goodness through our Lord Jesus Christ and therefore I say Amen so be it Then rising up you may consider with your self thus How patient how good and gracious is my Lord Who hath prolonged my life and good estate to this day Who hath provided me plenty of good things and yet allow me the means of grace and aids of his Spirit Who hath entrusted me with one day more to strengthen my faith to repent of my sins to serve my God to do good to my Neighbour and to work out my own salvation in with fear and trembling What manner of person ought I to be in all holy Conversation and Godliness Satan is malicious and cunning The World tempting evil Company inticing My flesh weak and deceitful But God's Eye is upon me The love of Christ constrains me I am under the Promises and Vows of Baptism My Soul and its eternal state lies at stake God's glory my Neighbour's good and my own welfare are deeply concerned in my carriage this day I shall be judged according to this days works Hell is open and gapes for the unfaithful and wicked breakers of God's Covenant Eternal Glory is before me the assured reward of faithful perseverance in well-doing Grant O Lord that I may this day truly do my duty in that state of life unto which thou hast called me Then read a Psalm and a Chapter in your course and when you have thought what work you have to do that day sit down on your knees and say O Lord my heavenly Father Almighty and Everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same by thy mighty power and grant that this day I may fall into no sin nor run into any kind of danger but that all my doings may be ordered by thy governance and I may do always that which is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen §. II. EVENING DEVOTIONS I Advise thee my dear Child as ever thou wouldest be truly Religious and happy when the day is done before thou art drowzy and unfit for such a work to get alone and having composed thy thoughts with reverence fall down on thy knees and say O Lord my heavenly Father thou hast safely brought me to the latter end of this day and hast defended me in the same by thy mighty power and hast kept me by thy grace from falling into many sins and from running into many kinds of danger and hast sent me all things needful for Soul or Body for all which I humbly and heartily thank thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. And I beseech thee to give me thy grace to help me to consider what I have done this day and to praise thee for what I have well done and to see confess and repent of what I have done amiss therein Amen Then take a view of all thou hast done that day and consider what duty to God to men or to thy self thou hast omitted and what thou hast thought or said or done amiss and say If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us but if we confess our sins with a due sense of them hearty sorrow for them and utter detestation of them and so forsake them God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness Then fall again on thy knees and say O God the Father Who hast made me and all the World have mercy on me a miserable sinner O God the Son Who hast redeemed me and all mankind have mercy upon me a miserable sinner O God the Holy Ghost Who do'st sanctifie me and all the elect People of God have mercy upon me a miserable sinner I confess before thee O Lord that I have been too negligent of my duty towards thee in not believing in thee not fearing thee not loving thee with all my heart and with all my mind and with all my soul and with all my strength but have over-loved other things besides thee O how have I neglected to worship