4.2 Yes * Must we not Reverence his name in his Worship Psal 111.9 call upon his name and bless it Job 1.21 Yes * Must we not Honour his name in our Actions and take heed that we deny it not before men Rev. 2.13 Yes Qu. Which is the Fourth Commandment Answ Remember that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day c. § SEEING nature teacheth us there must be a time fixt for Gods worship is it fit that it should be left to men to determine it No. Hath not God fix't a Seventh part of time and made the observing it part of his Moral Law that shall not pass away Mat. 5.18 Yes Was not the Sabbath ordain'd in Paradice Gen. 2.2 3. observ'd before the Ceremonial Law Exod. 16.25 and ordered to continue in Gospel times Isa 56.1 2. Yes * But is it necessary to observe the same day of the Week which the Jews observed before the Resurrection of Christ Mark 2.28 Ezek. 43.27 No. Is not the first day of the week on which He arose called the Lords day Rev. 1.10 and mention'd as the known time for Worship in the Churches 1 Cor. 16.1 2. Yes And have we not the constant Practice of the Church for this change from the Apostles time to this day Acts 2.1 and 20.6 7. Yes § ARE we less oblig'd to Gospel Ordinances on the Lords day than the Jews were to their legal observances on their Sabbath Levit. 23.3 No. * Should we not remember the Holy Sabbath to prepare for it before it comes Luk. 23.54 Isa 66.23 Yes * Are we not to observe on the Sabbath a Rest from all manner of common work and business Neh. 13.15 Yes But must we neglect works of Piety though done with bodily labour Mat. 12.5 or works of necessity and mercy Luk. 14.5 No. May we think and talk of the worldly business that we abstain from doing Ezek. 33.31 32 or run to Recreations and Secular Pleasures Isa 58.13 No. * Must it not be a Holy Rest taken up in observing all duties of Divine Worship Acts 20.7 Yes Must we not rise Early Psal 92.2 and persist in the duties of the day without weariness or grudging Amos. 8.5 Yes * Can we keep a Sabbath aright if we wilfully neglect or forsake the Publick Assemblies Heb. 10 2◠No. Yet when they are over is not the rest of the day to be spent in repetition of what we have heard Holy conference and meditation Luk. 24.14 17. Yes § MAY Masters of Families into whose hands this Commandment is put Exod. 20.10 suffer any under their charge to Prophane the Sabbath No. And must not Magistrates enjoyn the observation of the Sabbath and punish the neglect Neh. 13.17 22. Yes Yet if they neglect it will God suffer Sabbath breakers to go unpunisht Jer. 17.27 No. †And are days of Fasting and Thanksgiving Lawfully appointed to be Religiously observ'd Esth 4.16 and 9.21 Yes § DARE you rob God of what He claims an Interest in when He hath allowed you Six days for your own Work No. Hath not God given his own Example by resting Himself on the Seventh day and blessing and hallowing the Sabbath Gen. 2.3 Yes †Doth not the keeping the Sabbath tend highly to the Honour or God Isa 58.13 and the preserving his Worship in the World Ezek. 20.12 Yes Can we expect a blessing on our Week-days Labour if we prophane the Sabbath Isa 56.2 No. Yet is it enough to Worship God on the Lords day if we neglect his Worship on other days Psal 145.2 No. Qu. Which is the Fifth Commandment Answ Honour thy Father and thy Mother c. § DOTH not this Commandment enjoyn the mutual duties of Superiours and Inferiours to each other in every Relation Yes 1. Must not Children honour their natural Parents the Authors of their being under God Eph. 6.2 Yes * If Parents are Aged Poor or Weak may Children despise them in Heart or Carriage Pro. 23.22 No. * Must they not fear to offend them Levit. 19.3 and Submit to their reproofs and corrections Heb. 12.9 Yes * Must they not obey their Commands in all Lawful things though they seem harsh and severe Col. 3.20 Yes * May they murmur at their Provision or reject their advice in Marriage or matters of moment Gen. 21.21 and 26.24 No. * Must they not follow their Godly Instructions and examples Pro. 4.1 3. and endeavour to be a Comfort to them in their old Age Prov. 10.1 and 25.20 Yes * May they divulge their infirmities wast their estates Prov. 19.26 or reflect dishonour upon them by their wicked Lives Prov. 29.15 No. * Must they not endeavour to requite their Parent◠in praying for them and maintaining them if they be in want 1 Tim. 5.4 Yes And must not Children by Adoption and affinity honour their Parents Esth 2.7 20. Ruth 3.1 5. Yes § DO not Parents owe to their Children tender sincere and constant Love Col. 3.21 Yes May they under pretence of loving them lose their just Authority over them Gen. 18.19 No. * Having seriously devoted them to God must they not diligently teach and instruct them Deut. 6 6-8 Yes * May they suffer them to live in idleness without a Lawful Calling and honest labour Mat. 21.28 No. * Must they not mark their Inclinations and Company reprove them for their faults and in case of sin and stubbornness correct them Prov. 29.15 17. and 23.13 14. Yes But may they by reproachful Language and wicked Commands provoke them to wrath and discourage them Eph. 6.4 No. * Must they not set them a good example and dayly pray for a blessing upon them Job 1.5 Yes 2. Must not Servants honour their Masters 1 Tim. 6.1 and obey their just Commands 1 Pet. 2.18 Yes * May they by stubborn silence private mutterings or cross answers provoke their Masters Tit. 2.9 No. May they wast their Masters Goods Tit. 2.9 or neglect his business when his Eye is off Col. 3.22 23. No. * Must they not bless God for Godly Masters pray for them Gen. 24.12 and submit to Instructions and Reproofs Yes § SHOULD Masters that would mind their Duty be indifferent or careless about what Servants they take into their Houses Psal 101.6 7. No. * May they rule over them with rigour as if they were Slaves or Beasts Levit. 25.46 without regard to the health of their Bodies Mat 8.5 6. or good of their Souls Gen. 18.19 No. * Must they not give them what is just and equal as to Instruction Provision Work and Wages Prov. 31.15 Jam. 5.4 Yes 3. Is not the duty of Wives Sum'd up in a reverend and quiet Subjection and the duty of Husbands in an entire and intense love Eph. 5.24 25. Yes 4. Are not Magistrates our civil Parents Isa 49.23 and must we not Honour and Reverence them 1 Pet. 2.17 Yes * May we revile our Rulers or use any indecent words concerning them Eccl. 10.20 Acts 23.5 No. * Must we not by all just means defend
by the Son Heb. 1.2 and by the power of his Holy Spirit Job 26.13 Yes And should not we and all the World Worship and adore the Lord our maker Rev. 4.11 Yes § IS not the Work of Redemption peculiarly ascribed to God the Son 1 Tim. 2.5 6. Yes Were we not by Sin bound over to the Wrath of God and in slavery to Sin and Satan Gal. 3.10 2 Tim. 2.26 Yes * Could any meaner Price than his bloud satisfy Gods justice for our Redemption 1 Pet 1.18 No. * Could any less power than of his Spirit rescue our Souls from the bondage of the Devil Luk. 11.22 No. § DO you mean by his redeeming all mankind that all Men have equal benefit in the Price that He laid down Mat. 20.28 No. * Yet is not the Price sufficient for all as being the bloud of Him that was truly God Acts 20.28 Yes * Have not all Men indifferently a reprieve granted them and many Temporal favours by means of Christ's Death 1 Tim. 4.10 Yes * Is it a small matter that hereby there are offers of Pardon and Salvation to every Creature whereever the Gospel comes Mark 16.15 No. * Is He not indeed a ransom for all being for Jews and Gentiles into which two parts all mankind are divided Heb. 2.9 1 Joh. 2.2 Yes * And may not all mankind mean a great many out of every Nation and Language Joh. 12.32 Rev. 7.9 Yes †Should they then live as others do who are in especial manner the redeemed of the Lord 1 Cor. 6.20 No. § IS not the work of Sanctification peculiarly ascribed to the Holy Ghost 1 Pet. 1.2 Yes * Are not all that are Baptized Sanctify'd or set apart for a Holy use 1 Cor. 7.14 Yes And is not our Office and Ministry by which you were so dedicated from the Holy Spirit 1 Cor. 12.11 13. Yes †Dare you then forget your Baptismal Sanctification 2 Pet. 1.9 or tread under Foot the bloud of the Covenant by which you were Sanctify'd Heb. 10.29 No. * Is this dedication enough without an inward Sanctification by the gracious operation of the Holy Ghost in the renewing and converting the Soul 1 Cor. 6.11 No. § IS there not a certain number known to the Lord 2 Tim. 2.19 whom the Father hath chosen to Sanctification and Holyness 2 Thes 2.13 Yes Is there any way for us to know our Election but by Sanctification and effectual calling 1 Thes 1.4 5. No. Question You said that your Bodfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments Tell me how many they be Answer Ten. Question Which be they Answer The same which God spake in the Twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage I. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me II. 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 mater under the Earth Thou shalt not bow down 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 unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto Thousands in 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 that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day Sir days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do out the Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work Thou and thy Son and thy Daughter thy Man-servant and thy Maid-servant thy Cattle and the Stranger that is within thy states 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 ‖ Heb. Sabbath Seventh 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 do no Murther 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 Servant nor his Maid nor his Oxe nor his Ass nor any thing that is his § IS not the Moral Law as distinct from the Judicial and Ceremonial Law sum'd up in these Ten Commandments Deut. 10.4 Yes Were they not spoken by the voice of God with much Terrour and Majesty on Mount Sinai and written on two Tables of Stone Deut. 5.4 22. Yes § ARE not Unbelievers under the Curse of the Law Gal. 3.10 Yes And when Believers are delivered from the Curse is the Law made void and of none effect to them Rom. 3.31 No. * Have they not by the Law the knowledge of Sin Rom. 7.7 and are they not driven thereby to Christ Gal. 3.24 Yes * Do they not delight in the Law and take it as a blessed Rule for them to walk by Rom. 7.22 Yes Gan He be a true Believer that doth not acknowledge all the Commandments to be Holy just and good Rom. 7.12 No. Are not the Commandments Spiritual reaching the Heart Rom. 7.14 and forbidding all degrees of Sin with the occasions of them Psal 119.96 Yes †Do you think it enough then that you have learnt these words without being taught the meaning of them No. Qu. What is the Preface to these Commandments Answ I am the Lord thy God c. § IS it not sufficient Reason to keep his Commandments that He is the Soveraign Lord Author of our beings and disposer of our Lives Acts 17.24 28. Levit. 22.31 Yes § IS not his special relation to his people as their God in Covenant a further Reason of Obedience Levit. 20.26 Yes Are believing Gentiles excluded from the Covenant Interest in Him that the Jews had of old Rom. 3.29 No. § DID not God wonderfully by the hand of Moses redeem the Children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage Exod. 12.41 Yes * And is it a less Mercy to be delivered from the bondage of Antichrist mistically called Egypt Rev. 11.8 No. * Is not God's redeeming us from the Spiritual bondage of Sin and Satan a further Obligation upon us to obey him Luk. 1.74 75. Yes Qu. Which is the First Commandment Answ Thou shalt have no other Gods ‖ but me ‖ Heb. before me § DOTH not this forbid the denying of the being of God or any of his Divine attributes Psal 14.1 and 10.11 Yes * Doth it not forbid having many Gods or any other save the Lord Gal. 4.8 1 Cor. 10 5 6. Yes May we use Divination or consult with those that do Deut. 18.10 11. No. * May we
Is it not evident that He had first descended thither Eph. 4.9 Yes * Is it any where certainly revealed that He went into the Hell of the damned amongst the Spirits there No. But did He not by his death vanquish the powers of Hell and darkness Col. 2.14 Yes * Is not the unseen State or condition of separation of Soul and Body call'd the Grave and Hell 1 Cor. 15.55 Yes And can it be deny'd that He so descended into Hell as to continue for a time under the dominion of Death in a separate State Rom. 6.9 No. Qu. What is the Fifth Article Answ The third day He arose again from the Dead § DID He always continue in that State of the dead or so long as to see corruption Psal 16.10 No. * Considering who He was and what was Prophecyed of Him was it possible for the bands of death to hold him Acts 2.24 No. Did He not rise again by his own power Joh. 10.17 18. to dye no more Rev. 1.18 Yes Did He not rise as an evidence of our discharge Rom. 4.25 and a pledge of our Resurrection 1 Cor. 15.20 Yes * Did He shew himself to all the people when risen or to his enemies that had so long dispised his miracles before Acts 10.41 No. Yet were they left altogether without convincing evidence of his Resurrection Mat. 28.2 3 c. No. * Was He not seen by a sufficient number of witnesses even 500 at once and that at divers places and times after He was risen from the Dead 1 Cor. 15.6 Yes * Could they be deceiv'd by a Phantasm or Apparition when they did both handle and see yea eat and drink with Him after his Resurrection Luk. 24.38 39. No. * Could so Miraculous a work as raising the Dead for a design so contrary to Satan's Kingdom be done by Magick or power of the Devil Eph. 1.19 20. Mat. 12.25 No. * Could the Disciples roll away the Stone from the Sepulchre Steal away his Body Strip it of the Grave-cloths and not awake the Watch or Guard of Souldiers No. * Is it likely that men noted for sincerity 1 Thes 2.10 would impose on the world in a matter of such consequence for which they expos'd themselves to all manner of persecutions and death it self Acts 5.41 No. * If there had been any deceit could it have been conceal'd from so many envious and watchful enemies in so publick a concern Acts 26.26 No. * Did not the witnesses of his Resurrection confirm their report by undoubted Miracles Heb. 2.4 Yes †Was not this Resurrection on the third day from his death and the first day of the Week which is our Christian Sabbath 1 Cor. 15.4 Joh. 20.1 Yes Qu. What is the Sixth Article Answ He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty § WHEN our Lord was risen Did He continue always on Earth in his bodily presence Joh. 16.16 No. Did He not according to Prophecy Psal 64.18 Forty days after his Resurrection Acts 1.3 Ascend up into Heaven in the sight of his Disciples Acts 1.9 11. Yes Was He not pleased to shew himself to some of his Disciples after his ascention Acts 7.55 1 Cor. 15.8 Yes †Did He not Ascend to prepare mansions for his people Joh. 14.2 and to send his Spirit to prepare them for the enjoyment thereof Joh. 16.7 Yes Are we to expect his bodily presence any more on Earth before the day of judgment Acts 3.21 No. § BEING ascended doth He not sit at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty Mark 16.19 Yes Doth the Right Hand denote any bodily parts in God or His sitting any one particular gesture there Acts 7.55 No. Doth not sitting down denote Rest and the Right Hand dignity and authority Psal 44.3 1 Kings 1.30 Yes * And did not Christ after all his sorrows on Earth rest in the unspeakable joy of his Father Heb. 4.10 Yes * Hath He not the highest dignity and authority Heb. 1.4 and 8.1 and shall He not have compleat victory over all his Enemies Psal 110.1 Yes Qu. What is the Seventh Article Answ From thence He shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead § BEING thus exalted Hath He for ever abandon'd this Earth and his people therein Joh. 14.3 No. Besides his Spiritual presence always with his Church will He not come again in the clouds as He was seen to go up Acts 1.11 Yes Is not this Second coming to judge the world in righteousness and is not the day set and appointed for it Acts 17.31 Yes Do we know the day and hour when this appointed judgment will be Mat. 24.36 No. § WILL He Judge them already Dead and those that are found Quick or alive at his coming Acts 10.42 Yes When all are gather'd before Him will He not Separate between the Godly and the wicked and give to every Man according to his Works Mat. 25.32 2 Cor. 5.10 Yes †Will it not be a day of refreshing to the people of God Acts. 3.19 and exceeding terrible to the wicked 2 Thes 1.7 8 9. Yes Shall any by power or policy be able to escape or hide themselves from the Judge Rev. 6.15 16. No. And must not all abide in that Condition to which they are adjudg'd for ever and ever Heb. 6.2 Yes Qu. What is the Eighth Article Answ I Believe in the Holy Ghost § IS not the Holy Ghost God Acts 5.3 4. Eternal before the World Gen. 1.2 Omnipresent Psal 139.7 and knowing all things 1 Cor. 2.10 Yes Is not He a person Acts 13.2 distinct from the Father and Son Joh. 14.26 Yes Is not He the Spirit of the Father Luk. 14.19 and of the Son Gal. 4.6 as proceeding from them both Yes Is He inferiour to the Father or Son in essence or nature or with respect to the worship and glory which is due to God alone Mat. 28.19 1 Cor. 6.19 No. § IS He not Holy in himself and also as the Authour of Holiness and Sanctification in us Rom. 1.4 Yes †Must we not then believe in Him as a sanctifier by whom we may have an interest in what Christ has done and suffer'd Yes Are any partakers of saving Benefits by Christ to whom they are not effectually apply'd or communicated Joh. 1.11 12. No. Can Parents or Ministers apply them to your Heart or any but the Holy Spirit Tit. 3.5 6. No. Doth not the Spirit do this by working Faith in the Heart by the Ministry of the word Joh. 6.44 45. Yes Doth He not by the Law convince the Sinner Joh. 16.8 and by the Gospel subdue the will and perswade it to yeild to our Lord Jesus Christ Ezek. 36.26 27. Yes Can we then be sav'd by Christ without effectual calling and Regeneration by the Holy Ghost Joh. 3.5 No. Qu. What is the Ninth Article Answ I believe the Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints § HATH not God a Church called out of the world to be his peculiar
Love God aright if we Love him not for himself and this with a Superlative Love Luk. 14.26 No. Can Faith be true that works not by Love Gal. 5.6 or that Love real that shows not it Self in keeping his Commandments Joh. 15.10 14. No. And doth not Love to God make our obedience more willing chearful active and abiding 1 Joh. 5.3 Yes Seeing we cannot Love God without measure as He is good without measure ought we to Love him less then with all our Heart mind might and Strength Deut. 6.5 No. Question What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour Answer My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as my Self and to do to all men as I mould they should do unto me To love honour and succour my Father and Mother To honour and obey the King and all that are put in Authority under Him To submit my Self to all my Governours Teachers Spirital Pasters and Masters To order my Self lowly and reverendly to all my Betters To hurt no body by Word or Deed. To be true and just in all my Dealing To bear no malice nor hatred in my Heart To keep my Hands from picking and stealing and my Tongue from evil speaking lying and standering To keep my Body in temperance soberness and charity not to covet nor desire other Mens Goods but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living and to do my duty in that State of Life unto which it shall please God to call me § DOTH not the Second Table contain the Six Last Commandments and is not Love to our Neighbour the Sum of them all Mat. 22.39 Yes Are not all those meant by our Neighbours with whom we have any Dealings or converse Luk. 10 29-36 Yes Must we not love our Neighbours with a pure hearty and unfeigned love as we love our selves 1 Joh. 3.18 Yes Yet must we love all equally with the same measure 〈◊〉 kind of love No. 〈◊〉 is not natural affection due to Relations 2 Tim. 3. â— â— love of Reverence to Superiours and of complacenâ—◠〈◊〉 delight to the Godly Psal 16.2 Yes * But must we deny a love of Compassion to all in misery and a love of Benevolence to our very Enemies Luk. 6.32 33. No. †And can we do our duty required in these Commâ—â—dments without this Grace of love and Charity 1 Cor. 13 1-7 No. § NOW you have heard these Commandments explained do you think that you are able perfectly to fulfil the Law of God Eccl. 7.20 Jam. 3.2 No. Must you not lament your sinfulness and weakness and depend on Christ for Righteousness and Strength Isa 45 2â— Yes And do you not stand to your promise that in desire and constant endeavour you will Practice sincere obedience to God's Commandments Psal 119.6 48. Yes Catechist My good Child know this that thou art not able to do these things of thy Self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special Grace which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent Prayer § IS not Prayer a necessary part of Worship in order to the obtaining Grace Rom 10 13. and availing much when perform'd aright Jam. 5 16. Yes * Is there any other object of Râ—â—â—giâ—â—â— Prayer but God who alone searcheth the Hearâ— 2 Chron 6.30 No. * Is Prayer a bare speaking the words with our Mouths without the pâ—â—â—â—ng out the dâ—â—iâ—es of our Hearts Psal 25.1 and 42.4 No. * May we omit any 〈◊〉 the kinds of Prayer Publick in the Church Acts 2.42 private in the Family Jer. 10.25 and secret in the Closet Mat. 6.6 No. Must we not often lift up our Hearts in Holy Ejaculations Psal 119.164 and sometimes use extraordinary Prayer with Fasting 1 Cor. 7.5 Yes * Must we not know the matter of our Prayers by our wants but chiefly by the Precepts and Promises of God Heb. 4.16 1 Joh. 5.14 Yes * Have we any other Mediatour whose name we can come in save our Lord Jesus Christ Joh. 14.13 14. No. * Can we perform this duty aright without the Holy Spirit to help our infirmities Rom. 8.26 and to stir up Holy affections and Graces in the Soul Zech. 12.10 No. †Must we joyn with our desires the Graces of Faith Humility and Self-denyal and are you desirous so to Pray Yes Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords Prayer Answer Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed by thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our dayly bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgiven them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen § IS not this call'd the Lords Prayer because the Lord himself Composed it and taught it his Disciples Yes * May we refuse to use these words as a Form so excellent for the Author matter and method and as being part of Christ's own word and Prescription Luk. 11.1 2. No. Yet seeing it is so general and Comprehensive Is it unlawful to use other words in Prayer No. * Is not this then a perfect Pattern of Prayer to direct us in the matter and manner of our Supplications Mat. 6.9 Yes Qu. What is the Preface of the Lords Prayer Answ Our Father which art in Heaven § CAN there be a greater encouragement to come to God in Prayer than this that He is the Father of Believers by adoption Luk. 11.13 Psal 103.13 No. Is it not a fearful thing to come before God without a Special Interest in him Heb. 12.29 Yes Can we have access to him any way but by Christ Eph. 3.14 or have an evidence of our Interest but by the Spirit of adoption Gal. 4.6 No. Doth not this Relation require dutiful affections such as filial fear love and confidence when we draw near Him Mala. 1.6 Yes § MUST not they who say Our Father live as the Children of one Father Mat. 23.8 and Pray for and with one another Jam. 5.16 Acts 20.36 Yes § IS not the God to whom we Pray though present every where Psal 139.7 8. most gloriously present in the highest Heavens Isa 63.15 and 66.1 Yes * Is there any thing which a God in Heaven cannot give if it be good for us Psal 115.3 No. * Should not poor crawling worms come with a great awe and reverence before the God of Heaven Eccl. 5.1 2. Yes * Is it fit to have Earthly Hearts when we Worship a Heavenly Father Psal 123.1 Lam. 3.41 No. * Is not the God of Heaven equally near to all his Petitioners in whatsoever parts of the Earth Acts 17.27 Yes Qu. Which is the First Petition Answ Hallowed be thy Name § IS not the Hallowing Gods Name to Honour and Glorify Him in all things by which He makes himself known Yes Can the Name of God be ever impure in it Self or otherwise than