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The principles of holy Christian religion, or, The catechism of the Church of England paraphrazed for the use of Borwick-Hall.
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Sherlock, R. (Richard), 1612-1689.
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and solemn worship of God with the rest of his Church and people 2. I am forbidden on this day Exod. 31.14 34.21 Jer. 17 21 c. Deut. 5 14. Mat. 12.10 11 12 13. either my self to do or suffer any I have command over to do any servile work but what is of necessity or charity that so I may the better attend the service of God both publick and private And the reason is given Gen. 2.2 3. Exod. 31.17 Heb. 4.4 because the Lord after six daies labour in the work of the Creation rested on the seventh called therefore the Sabbath which signifies rest the commemoration whereof we Christians observe on the first day of the week which is Sunday Mat. 28.1 Ioh. 20.19 Rev. 1.10 because our blessed Lord arose on that day from death to life and perfected thereby the great work of our Redemption Quest What is the fifth Commandement Answ Honour thy father and thy mother that thy daies may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Quest What is herein commanded and what forbidden Answ 1. I am commanded in general to give honour to whom honour is due and to have respect to all my superiors Rom. 13.7 Lev. 19.32 whether in age quality or condition more particularly Eccles 10.20 Prov. 11.29 30.17 Ephes 6.1 Col. 3.20 Tit. 3.1 Prov. 24.21 Mat. 22.17 c 1 Pet. 2.13 14 15 16 17 18. Heb. 13.17 to reverence and obey my natural Parents in all their just and lawful domestick commands to obey Kings and all that are in authority paying them tribute custome and honour to obey also all civil Masters and all my spiritual Governour Pastors and Teachers according to their several respective interests and authority over me 2. I am herein forbidden all disrespectfulness to my superiors Eccles 10.20 Prov. 30.17 Rom. 13.2 3. 1 Pet. 2.18 Cos 3.20 c. all disobedience to the commands and contempt of the persons of my Parents and of all higher powers all murmurings and repinings against such as are in authority over me whether Civil or Ecclesiastical And this is the first Commandement with promise Ephes 6 2. 1 Tim. 2.2 For that all peace and security depends upon this that every one do his duty in all his relations unto others Quest What is the sixth Commandement Answ Thou shalt do no murther Quest What is commanded and forbidden herein Answ 1. Mat. 22.39 Ephes 5.29 Gen. 9.5 Rom. 12.18 Heb. 12.14 Rom. 13 9 10. 1 Pet. 1.22 1 Joh. 3.11 4.7 8. Mat. 5.43 44. Luk. 6.32 c. I am herein commanded to use all means for the preservation both of my own life and the lives of others also And to this end to live peaceably and charitably and to love all men even my very enemies 2. Gen. 9.6 Psal 55.23 Ephes 9.31 Col. 3.8 Lev. 19.17 Rom. 13.13 1 Thess 5.15 1 Pet. 3.9 Mat. 5.21 22. I am forbidden not only to avoid all manner of murder and bloudshed whether directly or indirectly but also all anger wrath hatred variance strife contention revenge and reviling of others though we be provok'd thereunto Quest What is the seventh Commandement Answ Thou shalt not commit adultery Quest What is commanded and what forbidden herein Answ 1. 1 Cor. 6.13 c 1 Thess 4.3 4 5. 5.6 8. 1 Pet. 1.13 4.7 I am herein commanded to be chaste sober and temperate that both my soul and body may be preserved the pure spotless and immaculate members of Christ and temples of the Holy Ghost 2. I am forbidden adultery Deut. 5.18 1 Cor. 2.10.8 Gal. 5.19 Ephes 5.3 Col. 3.5 2 Cor. 7.1 Mar. 5.27 28. Gal. 5.24 Rom. 13.13 Luk. 21.34 1 Cor. 5.9 11 1 Pet. 3.2 3. 4.3 Job 31. 1. Isa 3.16 c. 2 Pet. 2.14 Col. 3.8 Ephes 5.4 fornication and all kinde of corporal uncleanness which is not conjugal together with all kinde of unclean thoughts and desires words and behaviour and all provocations thereunto viz. all riot and excess surfetting gluttony and drunkenness all wanton and loose company light attire wandring eyes and filthy communication Quest What is the eighth Commandement Answ Thou shalt not steal Quest What is commanded and what forbidden you herein Answ 1. Isa 56.1 33.15 Psal 15.2 Prov. 3.3 vers 27 28. Psal 82.3 Ecclus 4.1 34.21 22. Mat. 5.42 Levit. 6.4 5. 24.21 Rom. 13.7 Luk. 19.8 Dan. 4.27 I am commanded to be just and upright in all my dealings that so no man may by me be depriv'd of what rightly belongs unto him and to my power I am commanded to be charitable also that the poor be not depriv'd of their proper livelihood and subsistence which is my superfluity And if in case of any wrong done by me I am hereby enjoyned to make restitution to the party wronged by me or if that cannot be done to give it to the poor 2. Lev. 25.14 17. Ezek. 22.12 Lev. 19.11 13. 1 Thess 4.6 Luk. 6.30 Rom 13.8 Tob. 4.7 8 9. I am forbidden all oppression and extortion stealth cousenage circumvention denial of an almes to the poor and in a word all waies and means whereby either publickly or privately by force or by fraud I may acquire or detain from any what either by the rule of righteousness or charity belongs unto them Quest What is the ninth Commandement Answ Thou shalt not bear salse witnese against thy neighbour Quest What is herein commanded and forbidden you Answ 1. Psal 15.2 Luk. 8.16 Ephes 4.25 Prov. 22.1 Eccles 7.1 Rom. 13.9 10. Jam. 3.9 10. Col. 4.6 I am commanded in general to give testimony to the truth upon all occasions and particularly to preserve and advance the good-name and esteem of my neighbour and to speak well of all men as far as in truth and modesty and without flattery I may 2. I am forbidden all false and evil speaking lying and slandering Lev. 19.11 16. Tit. 3.2 Jam. 4.11 Rev. 22.15 Prov. 10.18 Psal 110.5 1 Pet. 3.9 10. Mat. 7.1 c. Prov. 11.13 18.8 Ecclus. 19.6 7 c. 21.25 26. 20.25 Jam. 1.19 railing and reviling rash censuring and condemning others And to this end I am forbidden all tale-bearing and much medling and talking of other mens lives and manners wherein by some respective duty I am not concerned Quest What is the tenth Commandement Answ Thou shalt not cover thy neighbours house thou shalt not cobet thy neighboures wife nor his serbant nor his maid nor his oxe nor his asse nor any thing that is thy neighbours Quest What is commanded and what forbidden you herein Answ 1. Phil. 4.11 1 Tim. 6.6 8. Heb. 13.5 Ephes 4.28 2 Thes 3.8 c. Prov. 10.4 13.4 21.5 I am commanded to be content with my present state and condition what ever it be and in order hereunto to be diligent and industrious in the duties of my calling both for my own
This is alway to be annext to my prayers Mat. 6.9 c. Luk. 11.3 either before or after for 't is both the Pattern according to which I am to pray Mat. 6.9 And the form also I am to use when I pray commanded Luk. 11.3 O Holy Jesu who hast taught me to pray unto God aright give me the heart with all religious carefulness and devotion of soul to observe thy directions and commands herein and daily to powre forth my soul unto God in that divine and heavenly inspired prayer which thou hast taught me And let my prayers be ever acceptable unto God through thy blessed mediation and intercession for me who art my only Advocate and Mediator blessed for ever Amen CHAP. IV. Of the Sacraments Quest WHat other means hath God ordained for the conveyance of his graces into our hearts Answ The use of Sacraments Quest How many Sacramente hath Christ ordained in his Church Answ Two only as generally necessary to salvation Exo. 31.13 15. Ephes 5.31 32. Act. 13.3 Mat. 28 19. 26.26 27 28. Rom. 6.3 Gal. 3.27 Col. 2.7 Joh. 6.53 54 55 56. There are other external representations of Gods mercies and rites of conveying the same but there are only two commanded as absolutely necessary to salvation that is to say 1. Baptism 2. And the Supper of the Lord By Baptism we are admitted members of Christs Church by the Lords Supper we are confirmed and grow up to be perfect men in Christ therefore children are admitted to the Sacrament of Baptism but not to the Lords Supper till they be grown up to ripeness of years Quest What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answ I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward spiritual grace given and ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Or thus Because the graces and mercies of God in Christ are inward and invisible 1 Pet. 3.21 1 Cor. 11.26 therefore Christ complying with the weakness of our souls which understand not but by bodily organs hath ordained in his Church certain Rites called Sacraments which are not only visible and apparent signs of his invisible and hidden Graces but also the means whereby we are made partakers of his Graces and pledges to assure us of them Quest How many parts be there in a Sacrament Answ Two 1. The outward visible sign or thing signifying 2. The inward invisible Grace or thing signified Quest What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism Answ That which we see with our eyes in Baptism is Water Act. 10.47 wherein the person baptized is dipped or sprinkled with it And the form of words to be used when the person is so washed is In the Name of the Father Mat. 28.19 of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Quest What is the inward or spiritual Grace thereby represented Answ The washing of the soul from sin 1 Cor. 6.11 Ephes 5.26 Act. 22.16 Rom. 6.3 4. Phil. 3.10 1 Joh. 3.14 Joh. 3.5 Psal 51.5 Ephes 2.3 Joh. 1.12 and sanctification to the sacred service of God which is called in holy Scripture A death unto sin and a new virth unto righteousness for being by nature born in sin and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Quest What is required of persons to be baptized Answ Two things Act. 2.38 8.36 37. 1. Repentance whereby they forsake sin and consequently the service of the world the flesh and the Devil tempting unto sin 2. Faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Quest Why then are children baptized when by reason of their tender age they can neither believe nor repent Answer They have Faith and Repentance in the possibility Mar. 10.14 though not in the actuall being thereof and they do perform these duties though not by themselves yet by their sureties who promise and vow both Faith and Repentance in their names 2 Pet. 2.20 which when they come to age themselves are bound to perform otherwise they forfeit the benefits of their Baptism Quest Why was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained Answ For two reasons chiefly 1. For a Sign 2. For a Seal 1. For a Sign to signifie and represent unto us the sacrifice of Christs death for the sins of the world Luk. 22.19 Joh. 6.56 whereof we ought to have the continual remembrance 2. For a Seal to convey or pledge to assure us of the great benefits we receive by the death of Christ Quest Since in every Sacrament you say there are two parts the outward sign and the inward grace what is the outward part or sign of the Lords Supper Answ The outward elements in this Sacrament are Bread and Wine 1 Cor. 11.23 Luk. 22.19 which the Lord hath commanded to be administred and received saying Take eat drink ye all of this do this in remembrance of me Quest What is the inward part or thing signified by the Sacramental Bread and Wine Answ The body of Christ Joh. 6.51 broken upon the Crosse by the Bread and his bloud powred out by the Wine and as the Bread and Wine are truly taken and received corporally so verily and indeed is the body and bloud of Christ taken and received spiritually of every true faithful soul in the Lords Supper Joh. 6.56 63. 1 Cor. 10.16 if rightly administred Quest What are the benefits whereof we are made partakers by the right receiving of the Lords Supper Answ Our souls are thereby strengthned with divine grace Mat. 11.28 Rom. 8.32 Phil. 4.13 Ephes 1.7 8. 1 Pet. 2.3 Ephes 5.30 Joh. 6.55 56. Psal 104.15 and refreshed with the sense of Gods mercy by the vertue of Christs body and bloud spiritually received even as our bodies are strengthened and refreshed in the use of common and material bread and wine Quest What is required of them that come to the Lords Supper that they may be made partakers of the benefits thereof Answ To examine themselves 1. 1 Cor. 11.28 2 Cor. 6.14 Psal 24.4 26.6 Whether they repent them truly of their former sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life 2. Whether they have a lively faith in the mercies of God through Christ 2 Cor. 7.1 Heb. 6.4 5 6. Joh. 3.15 16. 6.25 7.38 Jam. 2.14 17 20 24 26. 1 Cor. 11.24 25. 2 Pet. 1.15 Psal 53.2 3. Mat. 5.23 24. 1 Tim. 6.18 Heb. 13.16 Mat. 6.14 15. Ephes 4.32 Col. 3.13 now the life of faith is obedience or good-works for faith without works is dead 3. That they have a thankful and devout remembrance of Christs death 4. That they be in charity with all men which charity is exercised in giving and forgiving 1. Giving unto others what their necessities require and our abilities afford 2. Forgiving others in what they have any way provok'd or injur'd us O Holy Jesus who hast vouchsafed not only to redeem me unto God in thy bloud but also to ordain Sacraments whereby I may not only be engraffed into thee but also nourished by thy most precious body and bloud O fill my heart with true thankfulness unto thee for such unspeakable mercies and grant that in the wise and pious use hereof I may grow up into thee in all grace and godliness to the hopes of a full and immediate enjoyment of thee face to face in glory blessed Jesus Saviour and Redeemer Amen THE END Lately printed for R. Royston a Book in 4º Entituled A Discourse 1. Of the Holy Spirit of God his Impressions and workings on the Souls of Men. 2. Of Divine Revelation Mediate and Immediate 3. Of Error Heresie and Schism the Nature Kindes Causes Reasons and Dangers thereof with Directions for avoiding the same By R. Sherlook B.D. at Borwick-Hall in Lancashire