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A66375 A brief exposition of the church-catechism, with proofs from Scripture; Book of common prayer. Catechism. Church of England.; Williams, John, 1636?-1709. 1689 (1689) Wing W2685; ESTC R219553 32,979 73

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of our Saviour's Victory over Death Rom. 6 9. Christ being raised from the dead died no more death hath no more dominion over him Q. After what manner did our Saviour Ascend into Heaven Article 6. He ascended into Heaven A. He ascended Bodily Locally Visibly a and Triumphantly b a Acts 1.9 While they beheld he was taken up b Ephes 4.8 When he ascended up on high he led Captivity captive Q. Was Christ to abide Bodily in Heaven A. Yes till the end of the World Acts 3.21 Whom the Heavens must receive until the times of the Restitution of all things Q. How is this Phrase The right Hand of God And sitteth on the right band of God. to be understood A. Figuratively for God is a Spirit a and hath no Body nor parts of it b a Joh. 4.24 b Luke 24.39 A Spirit hath not Flesh and Bones Q. What doth the right Hand of God signify in a figurative Sence A. 1. It signifies Power Luke 22.69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. 2. Dignity Heb. 1.3 4. He sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high being made so much better than the Angels c. 3. Dominion Acts 2.34 35. The Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand until I make thy foes thy footstool Q. What doth sitting at the right Hand of God signify A. It signifies the full Possession of that Power Dignity and Dominion Heb. 10.12 This man after he had offered one Sacrifice for sins for ever sat down on the right hand of God. Q. What doth Christ do at the right hand of God A. He appears in the Presence of God for us a as our Mediator b Intercessor c and Advocate d a Heb. 9.24 Christ is entered into Heaven it self now to appear in the presence of God for us b 1 Tim. 2.5 c Rom. 8.34 d 1 John 2.1 Q. What is the ground of his Mediation A. 1. That he is God a Man b partaker of the nature of both a Heb. 4.14 A high Priest Jesus the Son of God. b 1 Tim. 2.5 There is one Mediator between God and Men the Man Christ Jesus 2. As he pleads for us in the Virtue and Merit of his own Blood. Heb. 9.12 By his own Blood he entred in once into the holy place having obtained eternal Redemption for us Q. Is Christ the alone Mediator A. There is one Mediator between God and Men the Man Christ Jesus 1 Tim. 2.5 Q. Why is Christ the alone Mediator A. 1. Because he alone is partaker of both Natures God-Man 2. Because he only can plead for us that made an Atonement by his Blood 1 Tim. 2.5 6. There is one Mediator between God and Men the Man Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransom for all Rom. 8.34 Q. Why is the Phrase Father Almighty Father Almighty added to this Article A. It 's to signify that Christ as our Mediator is invested by the Father with a fulness of Authority Power and Dominion in recompence of that Humiliation he submitted to Acts 5.30 31. Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree him hath God exalted with to his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour Phil. 2.7 8 9. Q. What is the fourth Branch of Christ's Exaltation Article 7. From thence he shall come to judgthe Quick and the Dead A. His Coming to Judgement Acts 17.31 He will judge the World in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained c. Q. Whence shall he come A. From Heaven 1 Thes 4.16 The Lord himself shall descend from Heaven c. Matth. 25.31 Q. Whom shall he judge A. All Men the Quick who now are or hereafter shall be and the Dead Acts 10.42 It is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of Quick and Dead Q. For what shall he judge them A. For all things a whether Secret b or Open. a 2 Cor. 5.10 We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his Body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad b Eccles 12.14 God shall bring every work into Judgement with every secret thing Q. Article 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost What is the Holy Ghost A. The third Person in the sacred Trinity 1 Joh. 5.7 There are three that bear record in Heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost Q. Why is he call'd the Holy Ghost A. Because of his Office which is in Christ's stead to gather sanctify and govern the Church Eph. 5.25 26. Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word c. Tit. 3.4 5. The kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Q. Article 9. The Holy Catholick Church What doth the word Catholick signify A. It signifies Vniversal Q. What is the Catholick Church A. It 's the whole Society of Christians dispersed over all the World as they are gathered under one Head Christ Jesus Col. 1.18 He is the head of the Body the Church Q. Why is the term Catholick applied to the Christian Church A. To distinguish it from the Jewish Church which was confined to one Nation a whereas the Christian Church is extended to all Nations b. a Psal 147.19 20. He sheweth his word unto Jacob c. he hath not dealt so with any nation b Matth. 28.19 Go ye teach all nations 1 Cor. 12.13 Q. Can any particular Church as that of Rome be called the Catholick Church A. No no more than the City of Rome is the whole World. Q. How is the Church said to be holy A. As the Jews were said to be a holy Nation a by being taken into Covenant with God and as we are under the obligation of being holy b a Exod. 19.6 b 1 Thes 4.7 God hath called us unto holiness Q. What are the privileges belonging to the Catholick Church A. They are four 1. The Communion of Saints 2. The forgiveness of sins 3. The Resurrection of the body 4. Life everlasting Communion of Saints Q. How is the word Saints to be understood A. It 's to be understood of all those that are visible members of Christ's Church Rom. 1.7 To all that be at Rome called to be Saints that is Christians Q. What is the first privilege A. Communion of Saints 1 Joh. 1.3 7. Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ V. 7. If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another Q. In what doth this Communion consist A. It consists in a fellowship in the Ordinances of Divine Worship a and of charity one towards another b a Act. 2.42 They continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship
from this present evil world Q. Why do you call it this wicked world A. Not from any evil in the world it self for it was made very good a but because of the evil it tempts to b and the evil use it 's put to by bad men a Gen. 1.31 God saw every thing that he had made and behold it was very good b 1 Joh. 2.15 Love not the world neither the things that are in the world If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him Jam. 4.1 2 4. Q. What is meant by Pomps A. Honour and worldly Glory Act. 25.23 Agrippa came with great pomp Q. What is it to renounce the Pomps of this world A. It 's to refrain from all immoderate desires after the honour and glory of the world and from all pride and ostentation in what any one enjoys of it 1 Joh. 2.16 The pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world Phil. 2.3 Let nothing be done through vain glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves Q. What do you understand by the Vanity of this world which you are to renounce A. Covetousness a or the lust of the eye 1 Joh. 2.16 a Eccles 4.7 8. I saw vanity under the Sun there is one alone and there is not a second yea he hath neither child nor brother yet is there no end of all his labour neither is his eye satisfied with riches c. 1 Tim. 6.9 10. They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and burtful lusts c. Q. What is the third enemy you are to renounce A. The sinful lusts of the flesh 1 Joh. 2.16 Q. What do you understand by the sinful lusts of the flesh A. All unlawful pleasures to which we are provoked by our sensual inclinations such as uncleanness drunkenness c. Gal. 5.19 21. The works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication c. Q. What is the second Duty you were in your Baptism obliged to perform A. To believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith Of this see the Belief Q. What is the third Duty then required of you A. To keep God's holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same all the days of my life Of this see the Decalogue Q. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promised for thee A. Yes verily and by God's help so I will And I heartily thank our Heavenly father that he hath called me to this state of Salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour And I pray to God to give me his grace that I may continue in the same unto my lives end Q. Why do you think your self bound thus to believe and do what they promised for thee A. Because what was then promised was in my name and by Proxies that acted in my stead Q. Are you resolved to do according to what they promised for you A. Yes by God's help or else I must expect to forfeit the blessings belonging to that state which I was then called and admitted into Heb. 2.3 How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation Q. What is that state A. A state of Salvation Q. Why do you call it a state of Salvation A. Because I have thereby all the means necessary to Salvation Rom. 1.16 The Gospel is the power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth 2 Tim. 3.15 From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation Q. How came you into this state A. Our Heavenly Father called me to it through Jesus Christ and instated me into it by Baptism Tit. 3.5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Q. How do you think to be enabled to do and to continue in the performance of what was then required A. I depend upon the Grace of God a to prevent b assist c and confirm d me in it a 2 Cor. 3.5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God. Phil. 2.13 It is God which worketh in you b to will c and to do d Phil. 1.6 Being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it Q. How do you think to obtain God's Grace A. I will pray unto God for it Luk. 11.9 10 13. Ask and it shall be given seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you c. If ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more will your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him PART II. Of the Creed or Belief Q. WHat was the second Duty undertaken in your name A. That I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. Q. What do you mean by the Christian Faith A. The Doctrine revealed by Christ and contained in the Holy scripture Acts 24.24 Fe●●● heard Paul concerning the Faith in Christ or the Christian Doctrine Q. What do you mean by the Articles of the Christian Faith A. I thereby mean such Points of Christian Doctrine as are most necessary to be believed Heb. 6.1 The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ Q. Where are those Articles briefly contain'd A. In the Apostles Creed Q. Why is it called the Apostles Creed A. Partly because of the Apostolical Doctrine contained in it and partly because it was in the main Branches of it composed in the Apostolical times as we read of a form of sound words 2 Tim. 1.13 Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief The Creed A. 1. I believe in God the father Almighty Maker of Deaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary 4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell. 5. The third day he rose again from the Dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the father Almighty 7. from thence he shall come to judge the Duich and the Dead 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints 10. The forgiveness of Sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the Life everlasting Amen Q. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief A. 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 People of God. Q. What do you observe from these three parts into which the Creed is divided A. 1. I observe a distinction of Persons the Father the Son and the