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mercy_n	endure_v	lord_n	praise_v	8,721	5	10.1829	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39248	A catechism wherein the learner is at once taught to rehearse and prove all the main points of Christian religion by answering to every question in the very words of Holy Scripture : together with a short and plain discourse useful to confirm the weak and unlearned in his belief of the being of a God and the truth of Scripture / by Clement Ellis ...	Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700.	1674 (1674)	Wing E550; ESTC R15049	47,017	128

learn you from Gods infinite Knowledge A. We must walk before God and serve him in truth and with a perfect heart and a willing mind doing that which is good in his sight for the Lord searcheth all hearts and understandeth a● the imaginations of the thoughts 1 Chron. 28.9 Isa. 38.3 Acts 1.24 all things are naked and opened unto his eyes with whom we have to do H●b 4.13 Prov. 5.21 all our ways are before him Psal. 119.168 Q What sin are you here especially to avoid A We must lay aside all guile and hypocrisies 1. Pet. 2. ● and not draw nigh unto God with our mouth and honour him with our ●●ps having our hearts far from him Mat. 15.7 for the hypocrites hope shall perish Iob 8.13 Q. What duty owe you to God as an Almighty God A. We must stand in aw of God and not sin Psal 4.4 and fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell Mat. 10 28. by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil Prov. 16.6 Q. Doth not Gods Almightiness encourage you against other fears A. We must not fear what man can do unto us Heb. 13.6 if God be for us who can be against us Rom. 8.31 let us therefore be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Eph 6.10 not staggering at the Promises of God through unbelief Rom. 4.20 seeing we are kept by the power of God through faith unto Salvation 1 Pet. 1.5 See Gen. 15 1. Psal. 56.40 Prov. 3.25 26. Isa. 49.4 Q. What duty owe you to God as he is aholy God A. It is our Duty to be holy as God is holy Lev. 11 44. 1 Ioh. 3.3 in all manner of Conversation 1 Pet 1.15 2 Cor. 7.1 abhorring that which is evil and cleaving to that which is good Rom. 12.9 abstaining from all appearance of evil 1 Thes. ● 22 and worshipping him in the beauty of holiness 1 Chron. 16.22 Psal 29.2.69.9 Q. What is our Duty to God as he is just A. Because God doth justly we must bear the indignation of the Lord Mic. 7.9 and not despise his chastening Iob 5.17 nor faint when we are rebuked of him Heb. 12.5 nor complain for the punishment of our sins Lam. 3.39 but confess that he doth right and we do wickedly Neh. 9.33 Dan. 9.14 Q What special kind of sins doth God's Iustice warn you to avoid A. We must pray that God would keep us back from presumptuous sins Psal. 19.13 for the soul that doth presemptuosly reproacheth the Lord Num. 15.30 let us therefore work out our Salvation with fear and trembling Phil. 2.12 Q. What doth the Goodness and Mercy of God chiefly teach you A. The goodness of God should lead us to Repentance Rom. 2.4 and to praise the Lord and give thanks unto him because his Mercy endureth for ever Ps. 106.1 and to love him who loved us first 1 Ioh. 14.19 Q. How ought you to love God A. We must love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind and with all our strength Mat. 22.38 Mark 12.30 having none in heaven but him and desiring none upon earth besides him Psal. 73. ●● Q. How ought you to express your love to God A. This is the love of God that we ke●p 〈◊〉 Commandments 1 Ioh. 5.3 Q. What love is incons●stent with the love of God A. If any man love the world the love of the F●●her is not in him 1 Iohn 2.15 Q. Can a man love God and not love his Brother A. If any man say I love God and hateth his Brother he is a liar 1 Ioh. 4.20 Q. What duty learn you from God's Truth and Faithfulness A. Because God is faithful let Patience have her perfect work Iam. 1.4 and let us hope to the end 1 Pet. 1.13 and rejoyce in hope of the glory of God Rom. 5.2 and of eternal life which God that cannot lie hath promised before the world began Tit. 1.2 Q. What is the pro●er effect of this hope A. Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as God is pure 1 Iohn 3.3 having therefore these promises let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of Flesh and Spirit perfecting Holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7.1 Q. What doth God's faithfulness teach us in time of affliction and temptation A. When we suffer according to the Will of God let us commit the keeping of our souls in well-doing to him as unto a Faithful Creator 1 Pet. 4.19 for God is faithful who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able but will with the Temptation make us a way to escape that we may be able to bear it 1 Cor. 10.13 2 Thes. 3.3 Q What special Duties owe you to God as Governour of the World A. Our duty to God as our Governor is to fear him and keep his Commandments Eccl 12.14 to walk humbly with him Micah 6.8 to submit our selves to him Iames 4.7 saying it is the Lord let him do what seemeth him good 1 Sam. 3.18 not our will but his be done Luke 22.42 assuring our selves that all things work together for good to them that love him Rom. 8.28 Q. What doth God's care and Providence teach you A. We must be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let our requests be made known unto God Phil. 4.6 casting all our care upon him who careth for us 1 Pet. 5.7 Prov. 16.3.3.6 Q. May we run upon needless dangers trusting to God's Providence A. No it is written thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God Mat. 4.7 Q. May we be idle neglecting the works of our Calling trusting in God's Providence A. If any man will not work neither let him eat 2 Thes. 3.10 we must not be slothful in business Rom. 12.11 but work with our own hands 1 Thes. 4.11 Q. Is all moderate care to provide for our selves and Families unlawful A. If any man provide not for his own especially for those of his own House he hath denyed the Faith and is worse than an Infidel 1 Tim. 1.8 Q. In what sense then must we be careful for nothing A. We must not take thought for the Morrow Mat. 6.34 saying what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be cloathed v. 31. neither be of doubtful mind Luke 12.29 but praying God to establish the work of our hands upon us Psal. 90.17 commit our wayes unto the Lord trusting also in him and he will bring it to pass Psal. 37.5 Q. Must we not be content with the Portion which God gives us A. Our Conversation must be without Covetousness and we must be content with such things as we have for God hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee Heb. 13.5 Q. What is it to be content A. To be content is to know every where and in all things both to be full and to be