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The church-catechism with a brief and easie explanation thereof for the help of the meanest capacities and weakest memories. By T.C. D.D.
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Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.
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the Communion of Saints X. The forgiveness of Sins XI The resurrection of the body XII And the life everlasting Amen Question 6. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy belief Answer First I learn to believe in God the Father who hath made me and all the world Secondly in God the Son who hath redeemed me and all mankind Thirdly in God the Holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect of God Question 7. You said that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you that you should keep Gods Commandments Tell me how many there be Answer Ten. Question 8. Which be they Answer The same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus saying I am the Lord thy God who 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 water under the Earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a Iealous 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 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 that thou keep Holy the Sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but 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 Cattel and 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 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 Ox nor his Ass nor any thing that is his Qu. 9. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answ I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour Qu. 10. What is thy duty towards God Answ My duty towards God is I II. To believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength to worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him III. To honour his holy Name and his Word IV. And to serve him truly all the days of my life Qu. 11. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour Answ My duty towards my Neighbour is § To love him as my self and to do to all men as I would they should do to me V. 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 Spiritual Pastors and Masters To order my self lowly and reverently to all my betters VI. To hurt no body by word or deed VII To be true and just in all my dealings VIII To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart IX To keep my hands from picking and stealing X. And my tongue from evil speaking lying and slandering XI To keep my body in temperance soberness and chastity XII Not to covet and 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 page 20. Catechist 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 Question 12. Let me hear therefore if thou canst say the Lords Prayer Answer OVr Father which art in Heaven I. Hallowed be thy name II. Thy Kingdom come III. Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven IV. Give us this day our daily bread V. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us VI. And lead us not into temptation VII But deliver us from evil § For thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory For ever and ever Amen Question 13. What desirest thou of God in this prayer Answer I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father who is the giver of all goodness to send his grace unto me and to all people I. That we may worship him II. Serve him III. And obey him as we ought to do IV. And I pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies V. And that he will be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins VI VII And that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly enemy and from everlasting death And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Iesus Christ and therefore I say Amen So be it Question 14. How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church Answer Two only as generally necessary to salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Question 15. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament Answer I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledg to assure us thereof Question 16. How many parts are there in a Sacrament Answer Two the outward visible sign and the inward spiritual grace Question 17. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism Answer Water Wherein the person is baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-Ghost Question 18. What is the inward and spiritual grace Answer A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness for being by nature born in Sin and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Question 19. What is required of persons to be baptised Answer Repentance whereby they forsake sin and Faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Question 20. Why then are infants baptized when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them Answer
§ Are not Blasphemy and Cursing vain and false swearing and also taking unlawful or breaking our â—awful Oaths and Vows heinous sins against this Commandment Yes * Will the Lord suffer them to escape his righteous judgment who wilfully break this Commandment No Com. IV. Of the solemn time of our Worship § Dot not the fourth Commandment enjoyn us to keep Holy the Sabbath day by spending it 1. In worshiping God both in public and private Yes 2. Or in the works of necessity and mercy Yes †Do not they sin against this Commandment 1. Who spend the Sabbath Day in idleness Yes 2. Or about their worldly business or recreations Yes § May Masters command or permit these things to those who are under their charge No * Should not 1. Gods allowing us six days for our own imployment 2. and his challenging a special propriety in the seventh 3. His own Example 4. and his blessing and sanctifying the Sabbath Day move us to obey his Commandment Yes § Is it sufficient to worship God on the Sabbath Day only No § Ought we to set apart some time for it every day Yes § And must we religiously observe the Fasts and Festivals of the Church Yes Of our duty to man contained in the six last Commandments § Is it not the sum of our duty to our neighbour to love him as our selves Yes § Do we thus love our neighbour unless we do to others what we would have them do to us No Com. V. Of the duties to our Relations § Doth not the fifth Commandment enjoyn us to perform the duties we owe to our several Relations especially to our Superiors Yes †Is not this Commandment broken 1. By Children who are undutiful irreverent or unkind to their Parents or Guardians Yes 2. By Subjects who dishonour disobey or rebel against the King or those in Authority under Him Yes 3. By People who despise their Minister resist his Doctrine or withold his Dues Yes 4. By Servants who are stubborn slothful or unfaithful to their Masters Yes 5. By any other Inferiors who behave themselves proudly and scornfully towards their Betters in Age Gifts or Estate Yes * Can they expect long life or prosperity who break this Commandment No Com. VI. Of Humanity § Doth not the sixth Commandment require all lawful endeavours to preserve our own and our neighbours life and health Yes †Do not they sin against this Commandment who hurt their own or their neighbours life or health Yes § May we be intemperate or urge others to be so No § May we use angry or provoking words No Or bear malice or desire of revenge in our hearts No Com. VII Of Chastity § Doth not the seventh Commandment enjoyn Chastity in heart speech and behaviour Yes †Do not they break this Commandment 1. Who admit of any unclean thoughts and desires Yes 2. Or use any filthy or unchast words or gestures Yes 3. Especially who commit Fornication Adultery or any other Acts of uncleanness Yes § May we use any provocations thereunto No Com. VIII Of Justice § Doth not the eighth Commandment require the lawful furthering of our own and our neighbours wealth and outward estate Yes †Do not they sin against this Commandment 1. Who wrong others in their estates by stealing oppression deceit or any other unjust taking or with-holding what is anothers Yes 2. Or by Idleness or Prodigality wast their own Yes § May we steal small things because we are poor No § May we keep from the owner what is found by us No Com. IX Of Veracity § Doth not the ninth Commandment enjoyn the speaking of truth and the promoting our own and others good name Yes †Do not they break this Commandment 1. Who deny conceal or oppose the Truth Yes 2. Or injure their own or neighbours good name Yes 3. Especially who bear false witness in publick Yes § May we in any case tell any manner of Lye No § May we slander or flatter others No Or vainly boast of our selves No Com. X. of Contentation § Doth not the tenth Commandment require 1. Our being content with our own Condition Yes 2. And rejoicing at our neighbours welfare Yes †Do not they sin against this Commandment 1. Who are discontent with their own estate Yes 2. Or who envy or grieve at their neighbours good Yes 3. Or inordinately desire any thing that is his Yes Catech. Of our need of Gods grace and of the means to obtain it § Are we able of our selves to believe and to do all these things which we have promised and are ingaged to No § Is not prayer a special means to obtain the assistance of Gods grace to enable us hereto Yes § Ought we therefore daily and upon all occasions to pray unto God for it Yes § May we pray less than twice every day No § And will our prayers be acceptable to God unless our minds and hearts go along with our words No Qu. 12 13. Of the Lords Prayer consisting of a Preface seven Petitions and a Conclusion § May we pray for any thing but what is agreeable to the will of God No § Is not the Lords Prayer both a most perfect Form and also a Pattern of Prayer Yes The Preface Doth not the Preface direct us 1. To pray unto God 1. As our Father in Christ and therefore willing to help us Yes 2. As in Heaven and therefore able to help us Yes 2. And to Pray with and for others Yes I. Petition § Ought we not chiefly to aim at Gods Glory in every thing Yes § Are we able of our selves to honour God aright No * Do we therefore in the first Petition pray That God would enable us and others in every thing to glorifie and honour Him above all in heart word and deed Yes II. Petition § Are not we and all men by nature under the dominion of Sin and Satan Yes § Can we rescue our selves from that slavery No * Do we therefore in the second Petition pray 1. That Satans Kingdom may be destroyed Yes 2. That Gods Kingdom of Grace may be advanced by bringing us and others into it and by keeping us all in it Yes 3. And that his Kingdom of Glory may be hastened Yes III. Petition § Are not we naturally prone to rebel against Gods Commands and to murmur at his Providence Yes § And inclined to do the will of the Flesh and the Devil Yes * Do we therefore in the third Petition pray 1. That God would make us and others able and willing to obey his word and submit to his will in all things Yes 2. And both these with the like chearfulness sincerity and constancy as the Angels do in Heaven Yes IV. Petition § Can we by our own Industry procure the outward comforts of this life or can they of themselves sustain us without Gods blessing No * Do we therefore in the fourth Petition pray 1. That upon