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B21355	A catechism, or, Familiar instructions on the principal points of the Christian religion written for the use of his own family by Mr. Drelincourt.; Catechisme, ou, Instruction familiere sur les principaux points de la relgion chrêtieno. English	Drelincourt, Charles, 1595-1669.	1698 (1698)	Wing D2159	63,542	132

days of our life an● that we may be to him a peculiar people zea●lous of good Works Luke 1. Titus 2. Q. Of what use are good works A. To glorifie God and edifie our neighbou● let your lights so shine before men that the● may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Matth. 5. Q. Are they of no other use A. They are also the marks and livery of God Children and the seal of our Adoption and 〈◊〉 our union with Jesus Christ wherefore th● Apostle St Peter exhorteth us to make our ca●ling and election sure by good works 2 Pet. Q. Can man do good works in the state of 〈◊〉 corrupted nature A. No for all the imagination of the though● of Man's heart are nothing but evil continually and of our selves we are not able to think a goo● thought Gen. 6.8 1 Cor 3. Q. By what means then do we good works A. By the efficacy of the grace of God an● by the virtue of his spirit of adoption For as the Apostle saith in the second to the Phillip It is God which worketh in you to will and to do of his good pleasure Q. After God hath made us partake of his grace and of his spirit of Regeneration and our good Works is there nothing more wanting is my Sanctification wholly perfect A. Who is he who can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from sins Prov. 20. If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 1 Epistle of St John c. 1. Therefore the most forward in sanctification beg of God every day that he will forgive them their sins Q. But is it not to speak evil of the holy spirit to say the works that we do by his grace are full of defect and imperfection A. By no means for we give him all the praise and all the glory of what 's good in our works and we acknowledge these defects and imperfections came from the residue of our Corruption the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary one to the other so that we cannot do the things that we wou'd Gal. 5. Q. But if God wou'd cou'd he not sanctifie us perfectly in this life A. There is no doubt that he might make us as holy and as perfect as we shall be in Heaven but he will make us know more and more the greatness of our natural Corruption he will put some difference between the place of Combats and Victories and the place of Triumphs he will that we may work incessantly to put off the body of sin and that we may sigh after the glorious estate wherein we shall be undefiled and without spot saying with the Apostle I● have not yet obtained and I am not yet perfect but this one thing I do forgetting th●se things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before I press forward the mark for the price of Heaven calling of God in Christ Jesus Phil. 3. Q. Since our best works bear always the mark of our infirmities are they agreeable to God A. Very agreeable because he holds them in his great mercy and that as a good Father he bears with their defects and our Lord Jesus Christ covers them with his infinite merit wherefore St Peter says that we offer up in spiritual Sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus Christ i● his first Epistle Chap. 2. Q. Since our good works are agreeable to God can it be said that they are meritorious of everlasting life A. By no means for when we shall have done all that is commanded us we are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17. and the wages of sin is Death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom. 6. we are saved b● grace through Faith and that nor o● our selves it is the gift of God not through works that none may glory in himself Eph. 1. Q. Whence comes then that it is often spoken of reward and that the Apostle says That Piety hath the promises of this life and of that which is to come 1 Tim. 4. A. Because in effect God rewards our good works both in this and in the eternal life but ●t is not with a deserved reward nor with the ●allary of a Servant but a reward from his free will and of such a sallary as a good Father gives ●is Children to encourage them to do well wherefore God speaks of shewing mercy even ●o those who obey his Commandments ●●x 20. Q. May we not then trust upon our good works ●nd pray to God that in vertue of those works he ●ill receive us into his glory A. Contrarily we ought to say with the Pro●het David Enter not into judgment with thy ●ervant for in thy sight shall no man living be ●ustified if thou Lord shouldst mark our ini●uities O Lord who shall stand but there is ●orgiveness with thee that thou mayest be ●eared Ps 143 and 130. Q. How do we dare then to approach the Throne ●f God and to appear before his face A. We approach with assurance thereunto ●ecause it is a Throne of grace and mercy and ●at the face of God is pacified towards us ●rough our Lord Jesus Christ who of God is ●ade unto us Wisdom and Righteousness and ●nctification and Redemption Heb. 4. and Cor. 1. Q. Which are the good works A. It is not those that men invent of them●lves what good intention soever they may ●ve in it but only those which God com●ands and which one conforms to his holy ●ord wherefore our Lord Jesus Christ saith ●hat in vain they worship God who teacheth ●r Doctrines the Commandments of men ●at 15. Q. And which are the bad Works A. All those that are not conformable to his Divine Commandments therefore the Prophet sends us to the Law and the Testimony Isaiah 8. Of the Law of God Quest BY what rule then must we examine our good and our bad Works A. By the Law of God Q. How many sorts of Laws are there A. There are three the political or judiciary Law the ceremonial Law and the moral Law Q. What is Political Law A. It is that which contains all the Ordinances that God had made for the civil Government of the people of Israel Q. What is the ceremonial Law A. It is that which God hath given to rule the external works of his Worship Q. What is the Moral Law A. It is that which directs our Manners and which ought to be the pattern of our life Q. Ought we to keep the Political Law A. No not as to the particular Ordinances and several Circumstances that were concerning the state of the Commonwealth of Israel but as to the bottom and essence it teaches al● Lawgivers of the World wherein consists the true justice and true equity Q. Ought we to observe the ceremonial Law A. By

and who have transmitted their Corruption to their Posterity according to what the Apostle saith Rom. 5. By one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Q. God having created the world doth he let it go at all adventure A. By no means for as he created it by his infinite Power he governs and conducts it by his wise and admirable Providence so that there falls not a Sparrow on Earth without his Will and even the hairs of our head are all told Matthew 10. Therefore our Lord Jesus Christ says St. John 5. My Father works hitherto and I work Of the second part of the Creed Q. WHo is Jesus Christ A. It is the only Son of God who was Conceived of the Holy Ghost and Born of the Virgin Mary of the Nature of Jesus Christ Q. Is Jesus Christ God Man or Angel A. He is true God and true Man Q. How do you prove that he is God A. By four principal means First by his works secondly by the service that ought to ●e paid him thirdly by the essential properties of the Godhead which are attributed to him and finally because the name of true God ●s often given him in Holy Scripture Q. In what passage of the Scripture is it that he ●s called God A. In the 1 of S. John In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and Rom. 9. He is over all God blessed for ever more and in the Epist to Tit. cap. 2. He is the great God and Saviour and in the first Epist to St. John 5. He is the true God and Eternal Life Q. How do you prove that he is man A. St John expresly saith in the first chapter of his Gospel That the word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us and the Apostle Heb. 2. That as Children he was partaker of flesh and blood All the History of the Gospel teaches us that during his abode in the world he did all the functions of a true man and he often calls himself the Son of Man Q. Why is it said that he was made flesh and not only that he made himself man A. It is to teach us that he took our nature with all its Infirmities Q. But did he take upon himself all sorts of Infirmities A. He did not take upon himself any personal Infirmities but only all the Infirmities of Human Nature that are not vitious wherefor● the Apostle says That he was in all poin●● tempted like as we are ●et without sin Heb. 2.4 Q. Did the Son of God take himself a humane Soul and Body A. He took the one and the other and therefore he says That God prepared him a Body Heb. 10. and often he speaks of the Joy Sadness and Anguish of his Soul Q. Did he unite himself to a humane person A. No but he united to himself the Humane Nature in unity of Person so that as in the Godhead there are Three Persons in unity of Nature so in Jesus Christ there are two Natures in unity of Person Therefore it is said that God redeemed his Church by his Blood and that the Jews have Crucified the Lord of Glory Acts the 20. 1 Cor. c. 2. Q. How were these two Natures united together A. They were united in such manner that they were neither altered nor confounded But they have kept and shall keep eternally their Essential properties Q. Why is it necessary that our Redeemer should be man A. That he might die for us and that Sin might be expiated in the same nature that it was committed Q. And why was it necessary that he should be God A. That he might overcome death and fully satisfy the Justice of God to forgive our Sins and to defend us against Satan and against all the power of Hell and to introduce us into the Glory and Felicity of the Kingdom of Heaven Of the Offices of Jesus Christ Quest WHAT signifies the name of Jesus A It signifies Saviour Q. Who gave him that Name A. God himself by the Ministery of the An●el Gabriel who told the Virgin Mary Behold ●hou shalt Conceive in thy Womb and bring ●orth a Son and shall call his Name Jesus St. ●uke 1. Q. Why was this name given him A. Because it is he who saves us and delivers ●s from the spiritual Captivity of Satan of Sin ●f the Law of Death and of Hell Q What signifies the word Christ A. It is a Greek word which signifies Anoint●● and Sacred and it is the name that the Hebrews express by that of Messias Q. Why was that name given to our Lord A. To teach us that it is he who was pregured by the Kings Priests and Prophets who ●ere anointed under the Old Covenant Q Where is it spoken of th● unction of Kings A. In the History of Samuel who anointed ●aul and David to be Kings of Israel Q. Where is it spoken of unction of the Priests A. In the 40. Chapter of Exodus where God Commands Moses to anoint Aaron and his Sons ●o Minister in the Priests Office Q. Where is it mentioned that Prophets were a●ointed A. In the 19 Chap. of the first Book of Kings where it is said That Elijah anointed ●lisha for Prophet Q. What did signifie that Vnction A. It signified two things First the vocation into the Office Secondly all the Gifts and Graces necessary to Minister in it Q. Where is mention made of the Vnction of our Lord Jesus Christ A. In Isaiah 61. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek and Is 45. God thy God hath anointed thee with the Oyl of gladness above thy fellows Q. Who foretold our Lord Jesus Christ being a King A. The Kingly Prophet David Ps 110 The Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine Enemies thy footstool Q. Where is mention made of his Priesthood A. In the same Psalm The Lord hath sworn and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek Q. And where is mention made of his being a Prophet A. Deut. 18. The Lord thy God will raise up a Prophet from the midst of thee of my Brethren like unto me unto them you shall hearken Q. What is the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ A. It is wholly Spiritual and Divine for as he said himself to Pontius Pilate his Kingdom is not of this World John 18. Q. In what consists his being a King A. In that he governs his Church by his word and spirit and that he hath established his Empire within our Souls Q. Wherein consists his Priesthood A. In that he offered himself without spot to God by the Eternal spirit and that he is entred into the heavenly Sanctuary to appear in the presence of God for us Heb. 9. Q. How is he an eternal Priest A. In that his

no means for our Lord Jesus Chris● in dying tore the veil of Jewish Ceremonies and as speaks the Apostle thereof Coll. 2. h● that blotted out the hand writing of Ordinance● that was against us which was contrary to us and took it out of the way nailing it to his cross Q. Are we subject unto the moral Law A. We are not subject to the Curses it thunders against those who do not perfectly accomplish what it commands and we owe it not a servile obedience for Jesus Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law being made a curse for us Gall. 3. but we owe it a filial obedience and because it is the rule of all justice and uprightness we must all our life time apply our selves to do every thing it prescribes us Q. Where do we find the Moral Law which is the rule and eternal pattern of our life A. In the Decalogue that is called by excellence the Commandments of God Q. VVhat signifies the word Decalogue A. That is to say Ten words because the Law of God is contained in Ten Commandments Q. VVho is it that God gave this Law to A. He gave it to the people of Israel by the ministry of Moses but it concerns all men in the world for that is the same Law that God had ingrafted in their hearts when he created them in his Image and after his likeness Q. VVhen was it that God gave it A. About two thousand years more or less after the creation of the world fifty days after the children of Israel came out from Egypt Q. VVhere did he give it A. On Mount Sinai Q. In what manner did he give it A. With marks of his omnipotency in the midst of Thunder and Lightning the Mountain being all on fire and quaking Q. VVhy is it that God gave that Law with so much glory and majesty A. To the end that one may know that Moses is not the author thereof but God himself and that he hath arms ready to revenge the contempt and disobedience of it Q. How many parts are in that Law A. God himself wrote it upon two Tables one whereof contains four Commandments and the other six Q. What does the first Table treat of A. Of things immediately concerning the worship of God Q. And what contains the second Table A. Of our duty towards our Neighbour Of the ten Commandments Of the Preface Q. IS there nothing foregoing the Commandments of God A. There is the Preface contained in these words I am * The Lord in French there is the Eternal the Lord th● God which have brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage Q. What is to be considered in that Preface A. Three reasons which God makes use of to cause his people to hear him with Respect the first is taken from his Essence it self he is the Lord The second is taken from his Covenant he is their God and the third is taken from his benefits he hath brought them from the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage Q. But does that belong to us since we are not Jews and that we have not been Bondsmen in Egypt A. We are not Jews according to the flesh but in regard to the spirit and we are the Israel of God and all those who have the Faith of Abraham are Children of Abraham Gall. 3. and to that we have been delivered from the Tyranny of the spiritual Pharaoh who is the Devil and from the slavery of sin of death and of hell Of the first Commandment Q. SAY the first Commandement A. Thou shalt have no other Gods * I have been obliged to follow the expression of the 20th Chap. of Exodus and not that of the service of the Church by reason of a following Question and of his Answer before me Q. Since there is no other God but the great living God who created Heaven and Earth how must these words be understood thou shalt have no other Gods before me A. There is but one only God and in effect and according to the truth there can be no more but according to the foolish opinion of men and their extravagant imagination there may be an infinity of Gods It is what the Apostle teaches us in 1 Cor. 8. for though there be that are called Gods whether in Heaven or in Earth as there be Gods many but to us there is but one God the Father of whom are all things and we in him and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him Q. What is it then that God forbids us in this Commandment A. He forbids us to worship any one but him and to put trust in man Matth. 4. and Jer. 17. Q. Why doth he say before me A. To teach us that this sin is so much more abominable that it is committed in his presence and to make us fear his just wrath and vengeance Q. But since when God forbids a thing he commands that which is opposite thereunto what is it that God commands here A. That we put our trust in him alone that we love him in the highest desire that we call upon him with holy fervency that we fear him above all Kings and that all our pleasure be to do his will Of the second Commandment Quest SAY the second Commandment A. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath or in the Waters under the Earth thou shalt not bow to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the Fathers upon the Children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my Commandments Q. Is not this one and the same Commandment with the proceeding A. No. For in the precedent God teaches us who it is whom we ought to adore and worship and in that he teaches us how we ought to adore and worship him Q. Those of the Church of Rome blame us that we teach you to say Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image and hold that it must be said Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Idol what do you say to that A. I say that they are very ill grounded and that they contradict themselves for in the French Bible of Lovaine in the 5th Chap. of Deut. there is thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Representation or any Representation graven and Image graven it is the same thing furthermore in the old Edition of the same Bible in the 20 of Exod. and the 5. of Deut. you 'll find these words Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image in some new * A Manual of Prayer of the Church of Rome Heures Printed at Paris with approbation and priviledge you 'll find this You shall not make to your self