third day he arose again from the Dead he ascended into Heaven and sirteth at the Right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge both 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 Certain Graces fit to be learned of every Child that desires to be a Child of God. Grace before Meat VVHether ye eat or drink saith St. Paul do all to the Glory of God Amen BLessed Lord in whom we live move and have our being we do most humbly beseech thee to bless these thy Creatures to the use of our Bodies sanctifie them to us and sanctifie us to thy self forgive us our sins and make us partakers of thy heavenly Table Amen God save his Church our King Queen and Realm and send peace and Truth in Christ our Lord Amen Grace after Meat CHrist which at his Last Supper gave himself unto us promising his Body to he Crucified and his blood to be shed for our sins bless us and our Meat Amen Grace before Meat O Father of mercy and God of all consolation which hast Created us for thy Glory and these thy good Creatures for our use bless and sanctifie them we beseech thee that by the moderate receiving thereof our Bodies may be nourished and thy name thermore be praised through Iesus Christ our only Lord and blessed Saviour Amen Grace before Meat O Merciful Lord Iesus Christ which didst take the five Loaves and two Fishes and lifting up thine Eyes unto Heaven didst distribute them unto the People and they all did eat and were satisfied being above the thousand Men beside Women and Children we beseech thee both to bless these Gifts which we are about to receive at thy hands and us also that they may be to the comfort and health of our Bodys and we may for them and other thy benefits be evermore thankful unto thee To whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be all Honour and Glory for ever Amen Grace after Meat O Lord God Almighty and most dear Father thou hast not only given unto us meat and drink to sustain our mortal bodies but thou hast likewise given unto us thy blessed VVord which is the only food of our immortal Souls through our blessed Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ to whom therefore with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour praise and thanks for ever Amen Grace after Meat O Lord which art the Creator of all Creatures and hast prepared Food for them according to the nature of their Creation We most heartily thank thee for these thy Creatures which at this time we have received in thy Name beseeching thee O Father that as our Bodies are now by these Gifts refreshed our Souls may be also nourished with the Food of Everlastings Life in the most Holy Testament confirmed with the blood and death of Iesus Christ thy Son our Saviour to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all Honour Glory and praise for ever Amen Grace after Meat BLessed be thy name O Lord our God for all thy mercies and favours continually bestowed upon us thou that hast at this time fed our weak Bodies with thy good creatures we pray thee likewise to feed our Souls with the Heavenly food of thy word that we receiving at thy Merciful Hands food both for our Bodies and Souls may live and grow in all Godliness through Iesus Christ our only Lord and Saviour Amen Another after Meat THe King of Eternal Glory who hath at this time fed our Corporal Bodies make us partakers of thy Heavenly Table Amen Grace after Meat VVHatsoever you do in word or deed do all in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ give thanks unto God the Father by him to whom all blessing glory wisdom thanks honour power and might be tendred for evermore Amen Certain QVESTIONS with their ANSWERS Necessary for Parents to ask and teach their children for their instruction in the Holy Scriptures Q VVHo was the first man A. Adam Q. Who was the first Woman A. Eve. Q. Of what did God make man A. God made man of the dust of the earth Q. Of what did God make the Woman A. Of one of the Mans Ribs Q. Where did Adam and Eve dwell A. In Paradice Q. What cast Adam out of Paradice A. Sin. Q. Who was the best man A. The Man Christ Iesus Q. Who slew his Brother A. Tain Q. Who was the first Martyr A. Abel Q. Who was the Oldest Man A. Methusaleth Q. Who was the man that God saved when he drowned the World A. Noah Q. Who wrestled with God A. Jacob. Q. What was his name called after he had wrestled with God A. Israel Q. How many Sons had Jacob A. Twelve of whom came the twelve Trives of Israel Q. VVhat were their names A. Reuben and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Isachar and Zebulun and Joseph and Benjamin Dan and Napthali Gad and Ashur These were the twelve Patriarchs Q. Who was the Faithfulest Man that ever lived A. Abraham who is called the Father of the faithful Q. Who was the meekest Man A. Moses Q. Who was the hard-heartedst man A. Pharaoh Q. Who was the patientest man A. Iob. Q. Who was the man after Gods own heart A. David Q. Who was the Wisest man A. Solomon Q. Who was the strongest man A. Sampson Q. Who wrote the Scriptures A. Holy Men of God inspired by the Holy Ghost Q. Who was it that came before Jesus Christ A. John the Baptist Q. Who was the first Martyr after Christ A. Stephen Q. What death did he dye A. He was Stoned Q. Where was Christ born A. In Bethelem Q. Who was the Mother of our Lord Iesus Christ A. The Uirgin Mary Q. Who was the reputed Father of our Lord Jesus Christ A. Joseph a Carpenter Q. Who betrayed his Lord Master A. Iudas Q. What did he betray him for A. For the love of Money which is the root of all evil Q. For how much money did Judas sell his master A. For thirty pieces of Silver Q. What became of Iudas after he had betrayed Christ A. He went and Hanged himself Q. Who denyed Christ A. Peter Q. What became of Peter after he had denyed Christ A. He went out and wept bitterly Q. Who Condemned Christ A. Pontius Pilate Q. Who Crucified Jesus Christ A. The Bloddy Jews Q. Out of whom did Christ cast seven Devils A. Mary Magdalen Q. Which was the beloved Disciple of Jesus Christ A. John. Q. Who forsook Christ for the love of the World A. Demas Q. Who are the best Children A. They that fear God and keep his Commandments and obey their Parents Q. Who are the worst Children A. They that Lye and Swear Steal and break the Sabbath and dispise God and break his Holy and Righteous Commandements Q. What become of the Wicked when they dye A.
beseeching thee for Iesus Chirst his sake to pardon and forgive us all our Sins and to blot out our Transgressions our of thy Remembrance we confess Lord we are by nature Children of Wrath but we pray thee make us thy Children O Lord by Grace and Adoption and as we grow in yeace so Lord we pray thee let us grow in Grace let us not be children in malice and witkedness but Chrildren in Love and Unity as thou hast loved us O Lord so we pray thee let us love thee our God and love one another Bless our parents in their Godles especially bless them in their Souls bless them in their Baskets and in their Store instruct them O Lord that they may instruct us he with us all this Night in our down-lying O Lord let us sleep in thy fear let is lye down in the love and rise again in thy lavour and grant we beseeth the most merciful Father that whether sleeping of waking living or dying we may be always thine watch over us this Night and defend us in the same by the mighty power and preserve us from sin defend us from Satan continue thy love to us and he with us and all ours Bless Guide Peserve defend and keep us both in Soul and in Body this night and evermore Amen And then if thou wouldest be a Child of God always after Prayer in the morning see that you Read some Lesson of Chapter out of the Bible and be always Reading of good Books as The Practice of Piety the Plain-mans Path-way to Heaven Mrs. Baxter's Call to the Unconverted The Great Assize the Silver Watch-Bell and others and be sure thou never lookest upon any idle foolish jesting Book which tend only to the noutishment of Vice and spending of precious time but delight thy self in reading the Holy Bible and other Godly Books that so the Lord may bless thee here and thou mayest be blessed hereafter for Godliness hath not only the promise of this life but of the life to come that thou mayest give account at the great and Terrible Day of Iudgement as well for every idle hour thou spendest as for thery idle word thou speakest when thou are disposed to be merry laying assde all ungodly Songs and Ballads which tend only to the nourishment of Vice and Wickedness and the corruption of Youth If any be merry let him sing Psalms the Apostle doth not say If any be merry let him any merry Songs and merry Ballads but if any be merry let him sing Psalms And be sure always that you sing with Grace in your heart making melody to the Lord. PSALM CXXVIII BLessed art thou that fearest God and walkeft in his way For of thy Labour thou shalt eat Happy art thou I say Like fruitful Vine on the House side so doth thy Wife spring out The Children stand like Olive Plants thy Table round about Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shall let thee see The promised Jerusalem and her felicity Thou shalt thy Childrens Children see to thy great joys increase And likewise Grace to Israel prosperity and peace Then in the next place be sure to get and learn some good Catechism that so thou mayest be instructed in the Principles of Religion as that excellent Catechism of Mr. Perkins called The six Principles of Religion Mr. Balls Catechism c. A Short but Necessary Catechism for Children Q. WHo made you A. God. Q. For what did God make you A. God made me that I might serve him and for his glory Q. Who Redeemed you A. Iesus Christ Q. From what did Christ Iesus Redeem you A. Iesus Christ redeemed me by his blood from Sin and Hell. Q. Who sanctified and preserved you A. God the Holy Ghost Q. What is God A. God is a Spirit Q. How many Gods are there A. One only true God divided into three persons God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Ghost Q. In what state did God make man at first A. God made man at first after his own Image in Righteousness and True Holiness Q. Did man continue in this state A. No. Q. How did he fall A. By disobeying the Commandments of God in eating the forbidden Fruit. Q. What followed thereupon A. Hereupon followed Sin Death and Hell. Q. Did God leave man in this fallen estate A. No God provided for fallen Man a Saviour and Redeemer our Lord Iesus Christ the Righteous Q. How many Commandments are there A. Ten. Q. Which be they let me hear you rehearse them I. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or that is in the Earth beneath or that is in the water under the Earth thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain IV. Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabath of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy Son nor thy Daughter thy Man-Servant nor thy Maid Servant nor thy Cattel nor the Stranger that is within thy gates for in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day and hallowed it V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long in 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 IX 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 Ass nor any thing that is thy Neighbours Q. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandment A. I learn by these Commandments that it is my duty to serve God according to his Word and love my Neighbour as my self Q. Art thou able to keep the Commandments A. No. Q. How then shalt thou expect to be saved A. Only by Faith in Iesus Christ Q. What is Faith A. Faith is the Gift of God whereby we lay hold on Iesus Christ for Eternal Salvation Rehearse the Articles of the Christian Faith. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth And in Iesus Christ his only Son our Lord who 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
necessary for us and thy whole Church according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our Lord In whose name we beseech thee as he hath taught us saying Our Father c. An Evening Prayer for a Family O Lord God Father everlasting and full of pitty we acknowledge and confess that we be not worthy to lift up our eyes to Heaven much less to present our selves before thy Majesty with Confidence that thou wilt hear our Prayers and grant our Requests if we consider our own deservings For our Consciences do accuse us and our Sins witness against us and we know that thou art an upright Iudge which dost not justifie the sinners and wicked men but punishest the faults of all such as transgress thy Commandments Yet most merciful Father since it hath pleased thee to command us to cast on thee in all our troubles and adversities promising even then to help us when we feel our selves as it were swallowed up of Death and desparation we utterly Renounce all Worldly confidence and flee to thy Soveraign bounty as our only stay and refuge beseeching thee not to call to remembrance our manifold sins and wickedness whereby we continually provoke thy wrath and indignation against us Neither our Negligence and unkindness which have neither worthily esteemed nor in our lives sufficiently expressed the sweet comfort of thy holy Gospel revealed unto us but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy Son Iesus Christ who by offering up his body in Sacrifice once for all hath made a sufficient recompence once for all our Sins Have Mercy therefore upon us O Lord and forgive us our offences teach us by thy holy Spirit that we may rightly weigh them and earnestly repent for the same And so much the rather O Lord because that the Reprobate and such as thou hast forsaken cannot please thee nor call upon thy Name but the repenting heart the sorrowful mind the Consience oppressed hung ring and thirsting for thy Grace shall ever set forth thy proise and Glory And albeit we are but worms and dust yet thou art our Creator and we the works of thy hands yea thou art our Father and we thy children thou art our Shepherd and we thy stock thou art our Redeemer and we thy people whom thou hast bought thou art our God and we thine Inheritance correct us not therefore in thine anger O Lord neither according to out deserts punish us but mercifully Chastise us with a Fatherly affection Finally forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to make the Night for Man to rest in as thou haft ordained him the Day to Travel in Grant O dear father that we may so take our bodily rest that our Souls may continually watch for the time that our Lord Iesus Christ shall appear for our deliverance out of this Mortal life and in the mean season that we not overcome by any fantasies dreams or other temptations may fully set our minds upon thee love thee feat thee and rest in thee furthermore that out sleep be not excessive or overmuch after the insatiable desires of our flesh but only sufficient to content our weak natures that we may be better disposed to live in all Godly Conversation to the Glory of thy Holy Name and profit of our Brethren Amen FINIS Courteous READER THere is lately published an Excellent and profitable Sermon called The Christians blessed choice Likewise Christs first Sermon also Christ's last Sermon and the Christians best Garment Also Heavens Glory and Hells Horror And a Warning piece to the sloathful idle careless drunken and secure ones of these last and worst of times Very Godly Books and are but three-pence a piece Likewise 1. Englands Faithful Physitian 2. The dreadful Character of a Drunkard 3. Dooms-day at hand 4. The Father's last Blessing to his Children 5. The Black Book of Conscience 6. The sin of Pride Arraign'd and Condemn'd 7. The Plain-man's plain Path-way to Heaven 8. Death Triumphant 9. The Charitable Christian All these Books written by John Hart Dr. of Divinity and are to be Sold by W. Thackeray and T. Passinger All very necessary for these Licentious Times The Royall Oake
to hear his Children Praying our Saviour received little Children in his arms and unto little Children the Kingdom of Heaven belongs And as a good Man saith I had rather have my House filled with my Childrens Prayers than with Diamonds and Pearls Secondly Take heed of telling Lies Lye not one to another saith the Apostle Let your Communion be year yea and nay nay saith our Saviour Remember Lyars shall have their part in Fire and Brimstone Rev. 22.4 Thirdly Delight thy self in Reading good Books read not foolish and wanton Books and Ballads which tend only to the nourishment of Vice. Fourthly Let not thy Children scoff and jeer at the Antient be they never so poor Remember the dreadful Iudgment of God upon those wicked Children in 2 Kin. 2.23 24. who mocked and scoffed at the Propher they in derision called they Propher Bald pate and God in judgment for this wickedness caused two Bears to devour two and forty of them Love the Poor and plead their cause remember what God saith Blessed is he that considereth the Poor and Needy Fifthly frequent the Word of God sleep not at Churth or at prayer for remember whosoever sleeps at Church or at Prayer the Devil rocks the Cradle Sixthly Let thy Apparel be decent and comely take heed of Pride in thy Apparel Remember Jezabel her wicked end how sadly Gon met with her in her Painting those Persons who are so curious in Painting and dressing themselves surely the Devil holds them the Looking Glass Seventhly Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy for surely those Children that Sweat and Lye and break the Sabbath are the Devils Children and they that spend the Sabbath in Playing and Caming have the Devil for their Play-fellow Take heed then I say that you make not the Lords day a day of Sports and Pastime as the Children of the Devil do Remember God hath allowed thee six days do not then be so wicked as to rob him of the seventh but God did not appoint the Sabbath for a day of sporting and pleasure but for a day of Worshipping and serving God a Day for Preaching and Prayer Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy. Eighthly See that you reverence and esteem the Ministers of Gods Holy Word account of them as they are indeed the Ministers of Christ Remember what our Saviour saith He that despiseth you saith be to his Apostles despiseth me and he that despiseth me shall be for ever despised of God. Ninthly If thou beest a Child of God avoid then the Company of the Devils Children that is such as Swear and Curse and Lye and Steal and use all manner of filthy talk Keep not company with such least thou for thy pains learnest their Vices and so partake of their punishment that so when others shall answer for their idle words thou may'st be rewarded Tenthly Love honour and obey your Parents in the Lord Consider how God hath commanded you so to do and God will severely punish those that dispise their Parents see that dreadful place Prov. 30.17 The eye that mocketh his Father and dispiseth to obey his Mother the Ravens of the Valley shall pick it out and the young Eagle shall eat it Eleventhly Remember thy Creator in the days of thy Youth Labour to serve God with the strength and best of thy days Live to God whilst thou livest and thou shalt be sure to live with God when thou Dyelt Remember Samuel how he was dedicated to God from his Birth and Timothy how he rejoyed that of a Child he had known the Holy Scriptures Lastly Walk constantly in the fear of the Lord all the day long in the Morning when thou risest bless God for his merciful preservation of thee the night past give him thanks for that he hath given thee to see the light of another day and when thou preparest thy self for thy Bed prepare thy self as for thy Grave remembrings that many go to Bed and never rise again and therefore do not sleep till thou haft committed thy self by Prayer to God forsurely they that go to Bed without Praying the Devil is their Bed-fellow Now that thou mayest carefully perform those things in the first place seek to God by Prayer for God loves Praying Children be sure to pray unto God both morning and thening and when thou prayest say Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy Will be done in Earth as it in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And sorgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them thay Trespass against us And lead us not into Temptation But deliver us from evil for thine is the Kingdom the power and glory for ever and ever Amen This is the Prayer which Christ himself commands us to use and therefore it is called The Lords Prayer the best pattern for Prayer in the whole world Therefore it were to be wished that all Parents would he careful to reach their Children the Lords Prayer as soon as they can be fit to learn it and having learned this by heart then let them use some other and so use both together A short form of Prayer very necessary for Children and Youth to be used in the Morning O Lord our God thou art the Father of Heaven and the Father of mercis by whom alone we live and move and have our being who tookest us out of our Mothers Womb hast ever since preserved us to this day blessed be thy name We bless thee that thou hast safely desended us this night past that thou hast brought us safe to the beginning of another day We pray thee defend us in the same by thu mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin keep us safe from the tamptation of Sathan Deliver us we pray thee from all evil and grant O Lord that we may live this day and all the rest of our days as becometh thy Children in Holiness and true Righteousness bless out Parents O lord give them Grace that they may bring us up in thy Commandments as thou hast made us their Children by nature good Lord make us thy Children by Grace that so we may obey our Parents and serve thee our God all our days that so it may be well with us here and here after Bless O Lord all the rest of our friend O Lord let our friends by thy friends give us Grace to serve thee here with all our strength and with all our might that so when this mortal Life shall be ended we may live and reign with thee for ever in Glory Amen The Lord bless us and make his Fare to shine upon us and the Lord be with us both in our going forth and in our coming in this day and all our days for ever and ever Amen An Evening Prayer for Children O Most holy most gracious and most Glorious Lord God we thy poor Children do here again prostrate our selves before thy Majesty this Ovening humly