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A47179	A short Christian catechisme for the instruction of children in the grounds and practice of Christian religion being (for the most part) an abridgment of a larger, formerly printed, where many questions and answers that were in the larger, are omitted, and others shortened, to fit the capacity of children, and some new questions, with their answers inserted, on several heads, which were not in the larger / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing K212; ESTC R14138	15,116	34

became subject to Sickness and Death John 5.25 Eph. 2.1 Isaiah 59.2 Rom. 2.8 Q. Had Man died the bodily Death if he had not sinned A. Nay Gen. 3.18 Q. Did he need any Cloaths before he sinned A. Nay Q. What other Effects brought their Sin into the World A. It brought a Curse upon the Earth and Guilt and Condemnation and a sinful Defilement upon them and all their Posterity Gen. 3.17 Psal 51.5 Rom. 6.23 Q. Do the Souls of Men die with the Body A. Nay Matth. 10.28 2 Pet. 1.14 Q. Who was the Serpent that Tempted the Woman to eat of the forbidden Fruit A. That old Serpent the Devil Rev. 20.2 Q. Doth the Providence of God extend to all the Creatures from the greatest to the least and to all the Actions of Men and Angels A. Yea So that a Sparrow falls not to the Ground without the same Matth. 10.29 30. Psal 103.19 Q. How doth the Providence of God extend to the evil Actions of Men and Devils A. Not to be the Author or Approver of them but by his Wise and Powerful and holy Bounding and Over ruling them to the Praise of his Glory and to the Good of the Faithful Psal 76.10 Rom. 8.28 SECT IV. Q. WHO is the Redeemer of lost Men A. The Lord Jesus Christ Job 19.25 Q. How many Natures hath Christ Jesus A. Two his Godhead-nature and his Manhood-nature John 1.14 Q. Was his Manhood-nature Created and doth it consist of a created Soul and Body A. Yea. Q. How can two such Natures be one Christ A. By the personal Union of both as the Soul and Body of a Man is one Man 1 Cor. 8.6 Q. How was Christ the Son of David and Abraham A. Because he was born of the Virgin Mary who was descended of David and Abraham Mat. 1.1 20 25. Q. Did Christ's Body really partake of Mary's Substance A. Yea. Q. Why was he to be born of a Virgin A. That it might be manifest he was without all Guilt or Defilement of Sin and might have no immediate Father but God being conceived in the Womb of the Virgin by the Holy Ghost Q. What signifieth the Names Jesus and Christ A. Jesus signifieth Saviour and Christ Anointed SECT V. Q. HOW many Offices hath Christ A. Three the Office of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King Q. Hath he not many other Offices as Head Husband Mediator Advocate Bishop Shepherd Captain Physician A. They are all contain'd under these three Q. Was it needful that he should be both God and Man in one Person to perform all these his three Offices A. Yea. Q. Is not Christ the Foundation of all the Faithful in particular and of the whole Church in general as he is both God and Man and as he is Prophet Priest and King and as such is not he the Vine and they the Branches A. Yea Isaiah 28.16 1 Cor. 3.11 Eph. 2.20 1 Pet. 2.6 John 15.5 Q. How doth Christ perform the Office of a Prophet A. By teaching us by his Word and Doctrin outwardly delivered to us in the Holy Scriptures by Reading and Preaching and by his Spirit inwardly enlightning our Minds to understand what is outwardly delivered Isaiah 59.23 John 17.8 14 20. John 16.13 Q. Have not Men some knowledg of God without the Scriptures A. Yea and all Men may know some things of God and of his Will without the Scriptures partly by what God doth manifest in them and partly by the Works of Creation and Providence without them and towards them Rom. 1.19 20. John 1.9 Q. But are the peculiar Doctrins of the Christian Religion concerning the way of Life and Salvation revealed to Mankind without the Scriptures or some outward Means of Instruction according to the Doctrin of the Holy Scriptures A. Nay Q. How was the Doctrin of Salvation made known to Men before the Scriptures were writ A. The same Doctrin was taught by good and holy Men with word of Mouth which was accompanied with the inward teaching of the Spirit of God in all the Faithful Q. How had they that Doctrin outwardly conveyed unto them A. By means of the Prophets whom God raised up in the several Ages from Adam to Moses and the following Prophets Q. What is the Gospel of Salvation Is it not the Doctrin of Salvation as held forth in the Holy Scriptures by and through Jesus Christ with respect to his Birth Life Death Resurrection c. And spiritual Blessings received by him A. Yea Luke 2.10 Q. Is it not a greater Error to say that the Light within every Man that teacheth nothing of Christ Crucified and raised again is the Gospel of Christ yea the whole Gospel without any thing else A. Yea. Q. What place of Scripture in the Old Testament did show that Christ the promised Messiah should be a Prophet whom all were to hear A. Deut. 18.15 16 17 18. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet c. Q. What place in the Old Testament did show that he was to give Light to the Gentiles A. Isaiah 49.6 I will also give thee for a Light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my Salvation to the end of the Earth Q. Was that Prophecie fulfilled by the common Illumination given to all Mankind without the Preaching of the Gospel requiring Faith in Christ Crucified A. Nay But by the Preaching of the Gospel and the special Illuminations of Christ by the holy Spirit inwardly accompanying it 2 Cor. 4.4 6. Ephes 1 17 18. Q. How did it appear that the Man Jesus born of Mary was that Prophet A. By his Prophecies his Miracles his most excellent Doctrin and most holy Life and the many other things that did agree to him only and could agree to none other Q. What things did the Prophets chiefly bare witness unto and deliver as their Message A. The coming of Christ in the Flesh his Prophetical Priestly and Kingly Office the Promises of Salvation and Remission of Sin through Faith in him with the Gift of the Holy Spirit and the saving Gifts and Graces thereof Acts 26.22 23. SECT VI. Q. HOW did Christ perform the Office of a Priest A. By dying for our Sins and offering up himself a Sacrifice by his Death to satisfie the Justice of God and thereby to reconcile us unto God and by his continual Mediation and Intercession for us in Heaven 1 Cor. 15.3 Eph. 5.2 Heb. 9.26 Heb. 7.25 Q. Why was it necessary that he should dye for our Sins A. Because Death was the punishment due to us for our Sins which he being our Surety did undergo for us and the nature of an expiatory Sacrifice required that he should be slain and his Blood should be shed Q. What Blood is that which Christ hath redeemed us with and by which we are justified cleansed and sanctified A. The real Blood of his Body that was outwardly shed at his passion on the Tree of the Cross Q. Was the Priesthood of Christ

and by their obedience to it without some degree of faith in Christ crucified explicite or implicite A. It is of great use both to the Unbeliever and Believer to the Heathen and Christian Isaiah 40.3 Rom. 2.12 14.15 16. Q. What use hath it to the Heathen and Unbeliever A. As a preparatory ministration in a lower degree and kind of operation for convincing of moral duties and the contrary Sins and Vices for restraining them from great immorality for rendring them without excuse and liable to the judgment of Christ according to which they are to be judged and lastly for the government of the World and preserving good order equity and justice among Men It being that whereby mainly God's providential Kingdom is maintained and administred in the World according to Psalm 103.19 and his kingdom ruleth over all Q. What use hath it to true Believers and Christians A. It serves for a rule of life together with the Scriptures in things of moral honesty justice and temperance and obedience to it as a rule of moral life is so necessary that no Man can be saved without sincere obedience to it and all transgressions against it in any are hainous sins Mat. 7.12 Q. What is the summ of the moral Law A. To love the Lord our God with all our heart with all our Soul and with all our mind and to love our neighbour as our self on these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets Matth. 22.37 38.39 40. Deut. 6.5 Lev. 19.18 SECT X. Q. WHat are the Laws that God doth write in the hearts of the faithful as he has promised in the new Covenant Are they not the same contained in the holy Scriptures excepting the Ceremonial part and some other Laws peculiar to the Jews A. Yea Jerem. 31.31 Q. Are not many of these Laws belonging to the new Covenant other and distinct from the Law writ in the hearts of all Mankind commonly called the Law of Nature particularly such as respect the peculiar Doctrins and Precepts of the Christian Religion and the positive Institutions of Christ concerning Baptisme and the Supper and Christian Discipline in the Church of Christ A. Yea. Q. Doth God write those Laws of the new Covenant in the hearts of his People without all use of outward means A. Nay but in the use of them 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. What is the difference betwixt the writing of the Law in the hearts of Unbelievers and Heathens and that writing in the hearts of the faithful A. The former hath it writ in hard and stony hearts the other hath it writ in hearts of flesh that are made by the Lord soft and tender as he hath promised Ezek. 36.26 2 Cor. 3.3 Q. Of what service are the promises contained in the Scripture to the faithful A. Of exceeding great use and service for by them through the operation of the Spirit true Believers are made partakers of the Divine nature and have a lively hope begot in them that what God hath promised he will faithfully perform both in this life and in the life to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Heb. 13.5 2 Pet. 1.4 1 Pet. 4.8 19. Q. Is God and Christ in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers A. God and Christ as the word and also the Spirit are in all Creatures as to their essential presence Psal 139.7 it being one of God's Attributes to be omnipresent as well as omniscient and omnipotent and therefore they are in all Men both Believers and Unbelievers but in respect of their Operations and Manifestations the difference is great Q. What is the difference betwixt the manner of God and Christ their Operations and Manifestations in Be●●●vers and Unbelievers A. Believers have special and peculiar Manifestations and Operations of God Christ and the holy Spirit in them which Unbelievers have not and God and Christ and the holy Spirit are in the Faithful by union and communion and inhabitation or indwelling by Faith and Love but they are not so in Unbelievers hence it is that Unbelievers are said to be without God and Christ in the world without hope strangers and aliens from the Commonwealth of Israel 1 Cor. 2.12 14. Eph. 1.17 18. 1 John 1.3 Eph. 3.17 1 Cor. 6.17 Phil. 2.1 Eph. 2.12 Q. How is Christ the Saints hope of Glory Col. 1.27 is it only as within them considered only as God and as the Word or is it both as without out them as he is God-Man their Prophet Priest and King Mediator and Advocate and Head and also as within them as he is the Word Light and Life A. Christ is the Saints hope of Glory both ways considered for Paul gave thanks to God for the hope laid up for the believing Colossians in Heaven Col. 1.3 4.5 and surely that was without them and not within them only also the hope of the Faithful is said to be as an anker of the Soul sure and stedfast and which entreth into that within the veil whither the forerunner is for us entred even Jesus Heb. 6.18 19. and that place whither Jesus our High Priest is entred is not any place within us though he is spiritually present in us but Heaven without us there to appear in the presence of God for us and that in the true nature of Man Heb. 9.24 SECT XI Q IS Prayer and Thanksgiving with humble reverence both of Soul and Body unto God a most necessary duty to be performed by us both in private and publick and that frequently A. Yea Matth. 6.6 Jer. 10.25 Matth. 18.19 20. Q. Ought the Prayers of all true Christians and their Thanksgivings be offered up to God in the name of our blessed Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ God-Man and also to him together with the holy Spirit A. Yea John 14.1 3.14 John 16.24 Q. Are Angels and Saints to be prayed unto A. Nay Rev. 19.10 Matth. 4.9 Exod. 20.3 Q. Are Images to be made use of in the worship of God A. Nay Exod. 20.4 5. Acts 17.25 29.30 Q. For whom are we to pray A. Not only for our selves but for all Men for the King and all in Authority and for the whole Church of God and also for our Enemies 1 Tim. 2.1 2. Psal 51.18 Psal 137.5 Matth. 5.44 Q. How are we to pray and give thanks so as to be accepted A. In Spirit and in Truth in sincerity of Heart in Faith in Humility in Holy Fear with the Understanding with Love and Fervency of Heart with frequency and constancy to all which we need the continual help of God's Spirit and Grace to aid and assist us John 4.23 Jam. 1.6 5.16 1 Thess 5.17 1. Cor. 14.15 Heb. 12.28 Q. What are the things for which we are chiefly to pray A. They are briefly contained in that excellent form of Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples saying Our Father c. Q. Doth the Spirit of God teach us to pray without all outward means of instruction or use of the holy Scriptures A. Nay Q. May we