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A07354 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. Mayer, John, 1583-1664. 1623 (1623) STC 17739; ESTC S107048 24,537 78

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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
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 dutie to which all wee of the Church of England are bound it being generally appointed by Authoritie The second Edition made more compleat and perfect by the Author LONDON Printed by A. M. for I. M. and are to be sold by Iohn Grismand at his shop in Pauls Alley at the Signe of the Gun 1623. The Epistle to the Reader COurteous Reader loe here I offer vnto thee the second time the Briefe of my larger Tract Thou hast beene once abused by the temeritie and indiscretion of the Stationer offering thee the English Teacher a title none of mine and an imperfect confused Chaos of Questions and Answers whereof I was much ashamed To amend this fault and to satisfie the longing desire of many I haue done that which here thou seest And I doe now assure thee of a perfect Catechisme containing the substance both of Text and Comment compleat wherein is both milke for Babes and stronger meate for such as haue attained more growth in knowledge The milke is in a greater Character which if you please may be first learned thorow the stronger meate is in a character somwhat lesser Read consider and vse all according to thy discretion but be sure to vse it or some like vnto it for the common good of Vniformitie and Order and the God of Order graunt that wee may so lay the foundation of the light of truth here as that wee may attaine the light of glorie heereafter A Prayer to bee vsed before the reading of Bookes of Pietie or Instruction O God that art the Father of Lights enlighten my darkned vnderstanding that I may see into the wonders contained in the Law Dispell in me the mistie clouds of ignorance expell the loue of darknesse and repell the rebellious Law of sinne Sanctifie my wit that I may bee able to retaine and rectifie my will that I may obediently submit my selfe to thy good will in all things Thou which art the Master-builder of thine owne house settle me as one of thy liuing stones vpon the right foundation Iesus Christ in whom I may daily grow vp till that all the building coupled together groweth to an holy Temple in the Lord. And this I craue in the name of thy deare Son my most blessed Sauiour and Redeemer Amen MAYERS CATECHISME ABRIDGED OR The A. B. C. Inlarged Question WHat is your name Answer F. or E. Q. Why doth the Catechisme begin with this question touching your name A. Because the name doth serue to put vs in minde of our Christian profession to which we betake our selues in Baptisme Q. Who gaue you this name A. My godfathers and my godmothers in my Baptisme wherein I was made a member of Christ a child of God and an inheritor of the Kingdome of Heauen Q. Is Baptisme of that vertue that by the outward washing thereof eueryone is made a member of Christ the child of God and inheritor of the Kingdome of Heauen A. Ioh. 3.5 No for vnlesse a man bee borne againe of water and the holy Ghost he cannot enter into the Kingdome of Heauen Q. Why then sayst thou that by Baptisme thou art made a member of Christ A. Because baptisme is the Sacrament of regeneration and therefore we may rightly say that wee are thereby Sacramentally made the members of Christ and the children of God and in the iudgement of Charity hold the same touching all others that are baptized Q. What did your godfathers and godmothers then for you A. They did promise and vow thrée things in my name First that I should forsake the Deuill and all his workes and pomps the vanities of this wicked world and all the sinfull lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should beléeue all the articles of the Christian faith And thirdly that I should kéepe gods holy Will and Commandements and walke in the same all the dayes of my life Q. VVhat need is there that any should stand thus to promise for children in their Baptisme A. There is great need for the more assurance of the Church into which the childe is by baptisme admitted Q. How is the Church the more assured thus A. Because hee is not onely bound in duty now but also by vow solemnly made before all the congregation Q. Dost thou thinke then that thou art bound to doe as thy godfathers and godmothers promised for thée A. Yes verily and by Gods helpe so I will And I heartily thanke our heauenly Father that he hath called me to this state of saluation through Iesus Christ our Sauiour And I pray God to giue me his grace that I may continue in the same vnto my liues end Q. Thou saydst that thou were bound by vow in baptisme to beléeue all the Articles of the Christian faith let me therefore heare thée rehearse these Articles A. I beléeue in God the Father Almighty Maker of heauen and earth And in Iesus Christ his only Sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holy Ghost borne of the Virgin Mary suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into hell The third day he rose againe from the dead He ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence hée shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beléeue in the holy Ghost The holy Catholike Church The communion of Saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes The resurrection of the body And the life euerlasting Amen Q. What dost thou chiefly learne in these Articles of thy beliefe A. First I learne to beléeue in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Sonne who hath redéemed mée and all mankind Thirdly in God the holy Ghost who sanctifieth mée and all the elect people of God Q. How knowest thou that there is a God A. Many waies Rom. 2.15 1. Cor. 2.11 but chiefly by mine owne conscience accusing me for secret sinnes Q. How doth this proue that there is a God A. It proueth an infinite wisdome that knowes the most secret thoughts of the heart such as is neither man deuill nor Angell but God alone Q. How many Gods be there 1. Cor. 8.6 Deut. 4.39 A. But one onely true God the rest are Idols set vp by man Q. What is God A. God is a Spirit Exod. 3.14 Ioh. 2.24 Ier. 2.24 Psal 139.8 infinite most holy onely wise most merciful iust and Almighty of whose dayes there is no beginning nor end Q. Into how many Persons is the God-head destinguished A. Into thrée the Father Son and holy Ghost Q. If in the God-head there bée thrée persons and euery one be God how say you then that there is but one God A. 1. Ioh. 5.7 There is but one onely Essence one Infinite power and one Eternity Q. In which words learne you to beléeue in