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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95360	An abridgement of Christian doctrine: with proofs of Scripture for points controverted. : Catechistically explained by way of question and answer.	Turberville, Henry, d. 1678.	1648 (1648)	Wing T3252B; ESTC R185778	84,943	340

other is not edified you see in it selfe the thing is good for he giveth thanks well Q. What other yet A. Out of S. Matth. ch 21. v. 19. where it is recorded that the Hebrew Childrens song of Osanna to the Sonne of David pleased God although they understood it not Q. What meaneth the Apostle when he exhorteth us to pray alwayes 1 Thes ch 5. A. He meaneth that we should daily spend some time in prayer according to that Pray for one another that you may be saved for the daily prayer of a just man availeth much S. I am ch 5. v. 17. Q. Is it possible to pray alwaies A. In some sense it is namely by offering up all our actions to Gods honour Q. In what place is Prayer best A. In Churches because those are places consecrated and deputed to prayer and there our prayers are elevated by the common spirit of the Church and the peculiar presence of God Q. How prove you that A. Out of S. Mat. ch 18. v. 20. Where there be two or three gathered together in my Name saith our Lord there I am in the middest of them Q. How prove you that materiall Churches are of Gods appointment A. Because God commanded Solomon to build him a Temple and dedicate it to his service 2 Par 〈…〉 lip ch 7. Q. What other proof have you A. Out of S. Luk. ch 19. v. 45 46. where Christ calleth the materiall Temple his house casting the Buyers and the Sellers out of it My House saith he is the House of Prayer but ye have made it a Den of Theeves Q. What other yet A. Out of S. Luk. ch 18. v. 10. 14. where the Publican is commended for ascending to the Temple to pray and descended into his house justified Q. How do you prove it lawfull to dedicate or consecrate materiall Temples A. Out of the 2. of Paralip above-cited ch 7. and out of S. Joh. ch 10. v. 22. where it is recorded That Christ himselfe kept the dedication of the Temple in Hierusalem instituted by Iudas Machabeus Mac. ch 4. v. 56. 59. Q. How do you prove it lawfull to adorn Churches with Tapestry Pictures and the like A. Out of S. Mark ch 14. v. 15. Where Christ commanded a great Chamber adorned to be prepared for his last Supper Q. What proofe have you for the order and number of the Canonicall houres A. For Mattins Lauds and Prime that of the 53. Psal Early in the morning will I stand up to thee early in the morning wilt thou heare my voice Q. What for the third sixth and ninth houre A. For the third out of Acts ch 2. v. 16. where we read that at the third houre the Holy Ghost descended on the Apostles for the sixth out of Acts ch 10. v. 9. where we read that Peter and Iohn went up into the higher parts to pray about the sixth houre and for the ninth out of Acts ch 3. v. 1. where we read and at the ninth houre Peter and Iohn went up into the Temple to pray Q. What for the Evensong and Complin A. That of the Psalmist Morning and Evening will I declare the works of our Lord and againe The lifting up of my hands is as an Evening Sacrifice Q. Is it good to use outward Ceremonies in time of Prayer as kneeling knocking of the breast and such like A. It is for they declare the inward reverence and devotion of the heart and Christ himselfe prostrated when he prayed in the garden S. Matth. ch 26. v. 39. and the poore Publican beat his brest and cast downe his eyes in that prayer by which he merited to descend justified S. Luk. ch 18. v. 13. Q. Why is the morning so fit a time for prayer A. To open the windowes of the soule unto the light of divine Grace and offer up the workes of the whole day unto Gods honour Q. Why is the evening also A. To shut the windowes of the soule against the darknesse of sin and the illusions of the Devill as also to render thanks for all the benefits of the day past Q. What things ought we to pray for A. For all good things both spirituall and temporall and to be free from all evill for so our Lord hath taught us by his Prayer CHAP. V. The Pater Noster Expounded Q. WHat is the Pater Noster A. It is the most holy Prayer that ever was Q. Who made it A. Christ our Lord the eternall wisdome of his Father S. Mat. ch 6. v. 9 10. Q. Why did he make it A. To teach us a set forme of Prayer and how we ought to pray Q. Why did he make it in so short and plaine a way A. That all men might be capable of it Q. What doth it containe A. All those chiefe things which we can aske or hope for of God Q. How many Petitions hath it A. Seven Q. What understand you by those words which are prefixed to the Petitions Our Father which art in Heaven A. I understand that God is our Father both by Creation and Adoption and therefore we may confidently come unto him and beg all blessings of him Q. How prove you that A. Out of 1. S. Joh. ch 3. v. 1. See saith he what manner of charity the Father hath given us that we should be named and be the Sonnes of God Q. Why doe we say our Father and not my Father A. Because God is the common Father of all and all good Christians must pray for one another according to that the Communion of Saints Q. What understand you by the words which art in heaven A. I understand that God who filleth heaven and earth and is in all things times and places is in heaven in a peculiar manner declaring and manifesting his glory to the blessed and therefore when we pray we must lift up our minds to him in heaven and keep them fixed upon heavenly things Q. How prove you that A. Out of Jer. ch 48. where we read Cursed be he that doth the work of God negligently The first Petition Q. WHat is the first Petition A. Hallowed be thy Name Q. What doe we beg by this Petition A. That God may be knowne by the whole world and that he may be worthily praised served and honoured by all his creatures which cannot be effected but by his gift of Grace Q. Who are those that say this Petition ill A. Such as dishonour and teare the Name of God by blaspheming swearing iying cursing and scurrilous discourses The second Petition Q. WHat is the second Petition A. Thy Kingdome come Q. What do we beg of God by this Petition A. We beg that our miseries and afflictions in this life may be ended and that we may be made partakers of his joyfull and heavenly Kingdome Q. What else doe we beg A. That Christ may reigne in us in this life by Grace and in the next by Glory presenting us a Kingdome to his Father Q. Who say this