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Mayers catechisme abridged. Or the A.B.C. inlarged With many necessary questions fitted vnto it, for the benefit of all that desire to teach or learne it effectually. A duty to which all wee of the Church of England are bound, it being generally appointed by authoritie.
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Mayer, John, 1583-1664.
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If no man can perfectly kéepe the Law wherefore then serueth it A. First to humble vs Rom. 7.9.24 Ro. 7.12.22 Mat. 19.17 Rom. 13.8 in regard of our miserable estate hereby discouered Secondly to bée a rule of good life vnto vs. Thirdly to set vs a worke dayly to pray and cry to the Lord for mercy and for strength to liue according to his Lawes Q. What is prayer A. It is a lifting vp of the heart to God onely in the name of Iesus Christ according to his will in full assurance to be heard and accepted at his gracious hands Q. What néed is there that the faithfull pray séeing God of his owne goodnesse and not for their prayers will doe whatsoeuer is néedfull for them A. There is great néed that all faithfull people should pray vnto God for thrée speciall reasons Q. Which is the first A. Because it is a duty that wée owe vnto God Q. Which is the second A. To renew our assurance of the pardon of sinne daily renewed through our great weakenesse and to increase our loue patience and humility Q. Which is the third A. That we may be fit to receiue the gifts and blessings of the Lord. Q. What times are specially to be spent in prayer A. The speciall times of prayer are sixe Q. Which is the first A. The present time without deferring till sicknesse or old age Q. Which is the second A. The time of publike meeting to the worship of God Q. Which is the third A. Exod. 29.39 Euery morning and euening Q. Which is the fourth A. 1. Tim. 4.5 1. Sam. 9.13 Sitting downe and rising vp from our meat Q. Which is the fift A. Psal 50.14 Iam. 5.13 The time of trouble and aduersity when we ought more often and instantly to pray Q. Which is the sixt A. All the dayes of our Life through which we must hold out in diligent prayer according to that of the Apostle Pray continually 1 Thes 5.17 Q. If we obserue these times of prayer shall we be saued from all our sinnes A. Yes vndoubtedly Acts 2.21 for whosoeuer calleth vpon the name of the Lord shall be saued Q. Is there nothing else required then vnto saluation but to pray A. Yes for wee must be indued with these properties which the Lord requireth in those that pray or else we shall pray in vaine Q. How many are those properties A. Three Q. Which is the first A. Obedience for not euery one that saith Lord Lord Math. 7.21 shall enter into heauen but he that doth the wil of my Father which is in heauen Q. Which is the second A. Humilitie Iam. 4.6 for God resisteth the proud and giueth grace to the humble Q. Which is the third A. Iam. 5 16. Feruency for the prayer of the righteous preuay leth much if it be feruent Q. What more particular direction is there to be folowed in praying A. That most excellent prayer which Christ himselfe framed for vs rightly therfore called the Lords Prayer Q. Rehearse the Lords Prayer A. Our Father which art in heauen hallowed bee thy Name Thy kingdome come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Giue vs this day our daily bread And forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs And leade vs not into temptation But deliuer vs from euill Amen Q. Is this the onely Prayer which we are to vse in calling vpon God A. No but we must bee guided by it as by a rule both for manner and matter in all our prayers Q. May wee not vse it then as a Prayer A. Yes doubtlesse we may and ought to vse it most often as the chiefe of all prayers but with great deliberation not placing confidence in the words but in the sense vnderstood and affected in the saying thereof Q. It seemeth then that a set prayer is lawfull A. It is not onely lawfull Num. 10.36 Psal 92 but most expedient that there should be a set forme of praying in the Congregation and to helpe the deuotion of the ignorant in priuate Q. What is to be thought of conceiued prayer may any man vse that A. The Spirit of God is not tyed to wordes and phrases but doth at times suddenly minister matter to the seruants of God so that they can and doe pray effectually without a set forme both publikely and priuately Q. In what manner ought wee to pray according to this rule of the Lords prayer A. First Math. 67. to pray in this manner is briefely and pithily Q. What secondly A. Propounding Gods glory as the marke whereat wée ayme in all our praying Mat. 6.5 and not our owne vaine glory Q. What thirdly A. First and chiefly séeking after heauenly things Mat. 6.33 then after earthly Q. What fourthly A. In all things submitting our wils Mat. 26.39 and desires to the will of God Q. What be the parts of this prayer A. Thrée the Preface Our Father which are in heauen the Petitions Hollowed be thy name c. and the Conclusion For thine is the Kingdome c. Q. In the Preface why call you God Father A. Luk. 11.11 Heb. 4.16 Gen. 3◠26 Because he is ready as a louing Father to heare mée calling vpon his name wherefore I learne with boldnesse and confidence to come vnto him in prayer Q. But may euery man come before God as his Father A. No wicked man that goeth on impenitently in sinne can call God Father Ioh. 8.44 Rom. 6.16 because he is the deuils childe and not Gods Q. Cannot a wicked man pray then A. No Prou. 15.8 Esa 1.12 he cannot pray with any comfort for the prayer of the wicked is abomination to the Lord. Q. Why doe you say Our Father and not my Father A. 1 Tim 2.2 Matth. 5.44 Because I ought to pray for all other the children of God aswell as for my selfe Q. Why adde you in the preface Which art in heauen A. Not for that I beléeue God to be in heauen only for he is euery where Q Why then A. 1 Kin. 8.27 Psal 19.1 Luke 18. Luke 1.53 Esay 66.2 Because to bée in heauen is an Argument of great glory therefore I learne with reuerence to pray vnto him béeing my Father most glorious Q. What dost thou aske of God in this prayer A. I desire my Lord God our heauenly Father who is the giuer of all goodnesse to send his grace vnto me and to all people that we may worship him serue him and obey him as wee ought to doe And I pray vnto God that hee will send vs all things that hée néedfull both for our soules and bodies and that hee will be mercifull vnto vs and forgiue vs our sinnes And that it will please him to saue and defend vs from all dangers ghostly and bodily and that hée will kéepe vs from all sinne and wickednesse and from our ghostly enemy and from
euerlasting death And this I trust hée will doe of his mercy and goodnesse through our Lord Iesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it Q. Tell me more particularly how many be the Petitions of this prayer A. Six whereof the thrée former concerne Gods glory the thrée latter concerne our selues Q. Which he those thrée concer-Gods glory A. First Hallowed by thy name secondly thy Kingdome come thirdly thy will be done on earth as it is in heauen Q. In the first of these what desire you A. Prou. 16.1 1. Cor. 10.31 Rom. 11.36 That the name of God may be glorified in the vse of his titles word and all his workes Q. In the second petition what desire you A. Psal 48.2 Psal 93.1 Mat. 13. ◠Mat. 9.38 Eph. 6.19 That the number of true beléeuers may be daily increased that Gods Kingdome of Grace being inlarged his Kingdome of glory may be hastened Q. What pray you for in the third petition A. Ps 119.34 1. Thes 4.3 Ephes 4.24 Eph. 1.16 17 That I and all the people of God vpon earth may as readily obey Gods will as the Angels and Saints in heauen Q. Which be the thrée petitions concerning our selues A. The first Giue vs this day our daily bread secondly forgiue vs our trespasses as wee forgiue them that trespasse against vs thirdly Lead vs not into tēptation but deliuer vs from euill Q What pray you for in the first of these Petitions A. For all things necessary for this present life Prou. 20.8 Gen. 28.20 Mat. 6.34 and therefore wee aske but for bread and but for this day Q. What pray you for in the second of these Petitions A. That God would forgiue vs all our sinnes Mat 18.26 Luke 18.10 Psal 39.8 Mat 5.23 as wée doe from our hearts forgiue the offences of men against vs. Q. What pray you for in the third of these Petitions A. That the Lord would not suffer vs to be carried away by the temptations of the world flesh or deuill 2. Cor. 12.8 Eph. 6.18 Mat. 26.21 to the committing of sin but that he would deliuer vs from the euill of all temptation both sinne and damnation Q. Wherefore serueth the conclusion For thine is the Kingdome c. A. It is added as a reason of all the Petitions to strengthen our faith Q. What is this reason A. Math 6.8 Mark 9.23 Psal 19.1 Ephes 1.6 That God being both able and willing doth certainly yéeld to those our requests therefore wee adde a note of confidence and say Amen Q. Hath the Lord made any certaine promise to heare vs that wee may with so great confidence expect a graunt of our petitions A. Hee hath both promised Psal 50.14 Math. 7.7 9 and brgeth vs to beléeue from the example of an earthly Father Q. But God is in heauen and inuisible neither can we sée or heare him speaking vnto vs what visible and sensible meanes therefore hath he giuen vs whereby we may be assured of his promise A. Iohn 20.31 Mar. 16.16 1 Cor. 10.16 He hath giuen vs his written word wherein his promises are set foorth and the holy Sacraments as seales for our further assurance Q. What is the word of God A. 2 Tim. 3.16 Gal. 1.8 All the Bookes of the Old and New Testament and not any other bookes or Writings whatsoeuer Q. How many and which are these Bookes A. The Books of the Old Testament are seuen and twentie Genesis Exodus Leuiticus Numbers Deuteronomy Ioshua Iudges Ruth the first second of Samuel the first and second of Kings the first and second of the Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Ester Iob Psalmes Prouerbes Ecclesiastes Canticles Esay Ieremiah Ezechiel Daniel and the 12. small Prophets The Bookes of the new Testament are seuen and twentie Matthew Marke Luke Iohn the Actes of the Apostles the Epistle to the Romans first and second to the Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians two to the Thessalonians and two to Timothy to Titus to Philemon to the Hebrews the Epistle of Iames and two of Peter three of Iohn of Iude and the Reuelation of Iohn Q. Are not the Apocryphall Books part of the word of God A. They are not neither haue bin euer so accounted in the Church of God but are annexed as being ful of good Instructions and Histories declaring Gods wonderfull prouidence ouer his people Israel Q. How is it proued that these Testaments are the word of God A. It is prooued by their Antiquity some of them being before all other bookes 2 Tim. 3.16 2 Pet. 1.20 1 Thes 2.13 sundry times oppugned and sought to bee burnt vp by persecutors and yet wonderfully preserued and by myracle from heauen confirmed which shewes that they came from heauen and are not of mans inuention Q. Are the Bookes of the Old and New Testament sufficient to saluation without any other A. Yes doubtlesse and it is dangerous to adde any other as necessary to bee likewise receiued Reu. 22.18 Deut. 4.2 for to doe thus is to incurre the danger of Gods curse Q. Hauing this Word written is it not sufficient for our saluation without any helpe by preaching A. It is not sufficient 1 Cor. 1.18 but it must also be set foorth by preaching that the hard places may be rightly vnderstood Rom. 10.14 2 Tim. 4.2 Actes 8.31 wee may be kept from errors and haue our dull hearts stirred vp to embrace it Q. How many bee the Sacraments of the New Testament A. Two onely as generally necessary to saluation that is to say Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Q. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament A. I meane an outward and visible signe of an inward and sprituall grace giuen vnto vs ordained by Christ himselfe as a meanes whereby we receiue the same as a pledge to assure vs thereof Q. How many parts be there in a Sacrament A. Two the outward visible signe the inward spirituall grace Q. What is the outward visible signe or forme in Baptisme A. Water wherein the person baptized is dipped or sprinkled with it In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy ghost Q. What is the inward and spirituall grace A. A death vnto sinne and a new birth vnto righteousnes for being by nature borne in sin and the children of wrath wee are hereby made the children of Grace Q. What is required of persons to be baptized A. Repentance wherby they forsake sinne and Faith whereby they stedfastly beleeue the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Q. Why then are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot performe them A. Yes they doe performe them by their sureties who promise and vow thē both in their names which when they come to age themselues are bound to performe Q. Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained A. For the continuall remembrance of the Sacrifice of the death of Christ