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A brief exposition of the church-catechism, with proofs from Scripture; Book of common prayer. Catechism.
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Church of England.; Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
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and in breaking of bread and in prayers b 1 Cor. 12.26 27. Whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it c. Q. What is the second privilege belonging to the Church A. Artic. 10. Forgiveness of sin Forgiveness of sins Rom. 4.7 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Q. What is Sin A. It 's a transgression of the Law of God 1 Joh. 3.4 Q. What is the punishment due to sin A. Death temporal a and eternal b a Rom. 5.12 By one man Adam sin entred into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Rom. 6.23 The wages of sin is death Mat. 25.46 Q. What is the forgiveness of sin A. It's God 's not imputing it in the punishment Rom. 4.7 8. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin Rom. 5.13 Q. Upon what terms is sin forgiven A. Upon our Faith and Repentance Act. 26.17 18. I send thee to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light c. that they may receive forgiveness of sins c. through faith that is in me Q. By what means is God thus reconciled to sinful man A. It 's through Christ Ephes 4.32 God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you Q. Artic. 11. The Resurrection of the Body What is the third privilege A. The Resurrection of the Body Q. What do you understand by the Resurrection of the Body A. That the Body shall be raised out of the dust a and being again united to the soul shall be gloâ—â—ous b and immortal c. a 1 Cor. 15.36 That which thou sowest is not quickened except it die c. b Phil. 3.21 Who shall change our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body c 1 Cor. 15.53 This mortal must put on immortality Q. What is the fourth privilege Artic. 12. The Life everlasting A. Everlasting Life Q. What is implied in that A. A state of most perfect happiness which consists in the perfection of our natures a and the enjoyment of God b a Mat. 22.30 In the Resurrection they are as the Angels of God in Heaven b Psal 16.11 In thy presence is fulness of joyâ— and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore PART III. Of the Decalogue or Ten Commandments Q. The Decalogue WHat was the third thing promised at your Baptism A. That I should keep God's holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Q. What are the Characters of true Obedience that you collect from hence A. 1. It 's universal a keeping Gods holy Will and Commandments Psal 119.6 Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect to all thy Commandments 2. It 's a course of Obedience a walking in the same 1 King. 6.12 If thou wilt keep all my Commandments to walk in them Rom. 6.4 3. A perseverance in that course it 's to be all the days of my life Luk. 1.74 75. That we might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life Q. You said that your God-Fathers and God-Mothers did promise for you that you should keep God's Commandments tell me how many there be A. Ten. Q. Which be they A. 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 Q. What is there contained in this Preface A. It affords several Arguments to Obedience Q. What are they A. They are taken 1. From God's Authority God spake these words 2. From God's Soveraignty I am the Lord. 3. From God's propriety in them thy God Deut. 26.16 17. 4. From his goodness to them Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt Deut. 8.14 Q. â—â—â—â—hist Say the Commandments A. 1. Thou shalt have none other Gods but me c. Q. If the Commandments are Ten how are they said to be two by our Saviour Mat. 22.38 40 A. They are two as they are divided into Two Tables of love to God and our Neighbour Q. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments contained in the Two Tables A. I learn two things my Duty towards God and my Duty towards my Neighbour Q. What is thy Duty towards God A. My Duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him c. Q. How many Commandments belong to the first Table A. The first four Q. What is the first Commandment A. Commandment 1. Thou shalt have no other Gods but me Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. I am forbidden hereby 1. to have or own any more than one God a 2. To give the honour due to God to any other object whatsoever b a 1 Cor. 8.4 6. There is none other God but one b Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve Q. What is required in this Commandment A. To believe in him a to fear him b and to love him with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul and with all my strength c to worship him d to give him thanks e to put my whole trust in him f to call upon him g a Heb. 11.6 He that cometh to God must believe that he is b Eccles 12.13 Fear God and keep his Commandments for this is the whole duty of man. c Mat. 22.37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart c. d Mat. 4.10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. e Psal 92.1 2. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto thy name O thou most high f Prov. 3.5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding g Phil. 4.6 Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Q. Command 2. What is the second Commandment A. 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 jealous 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 Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. All Religious Worship given to an Image Q. What is an Image the worship of which is here forbidden A. An Image is any external Representation of God set up for the receiving Divine Worship Levit. 26.1 Ye shall make you no Idols nor graven Image neither rear you up a standing Image neither shall ye set up a Image of Stone in your Land to bow down
Name Q. What is meant by Hallowing A. 1. Thereby is meant the setting apart any thing for an holy use and service Thus God is said to Hallow the seventh day Exod. 20.11 and to Hallow the Children of Israel Levit. 22.32 2. By Hallowing is meant the using of what is holy after an holy manner So Levit. 22.32 I will be hallowed among the children of Israel See Levit. 10.3 Q. What then do you pray for in this Petition A. I pray that God himself may be honour'd known esteemed worshipped and praised a his Providence may be celebrated his service respected And especially that I and all others may be the happy instruments of doing honour to him his service and Religion by a holy and useful conversation b a Psal 113.2 3. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore From the rising of the Sun to the going down of the same the Lords name is to be praised b 1 Cor. 10.31 Whether ye eat or drink or whatsoever ye do do all to the glory of God. Mat. 5.16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Q. What is the second Petition Petit. 2. A. Thy Kingdom come Q. What is meant by the Kingdom of God A. That state which is begun by Grace in this world a and is perfected by Glory in the world to come b a Rom. 6.14 Ye are not under the Law but under Grace Mat. 21.43 The Kingdom of God or the Gospel shall be taken from you c. Mat. 24.14 b Mat. 13.43 The righteous shall shine forth as the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father 1 Cor. 15.24 Q. What is signified by the coming of that Kingdom A. We therein pray that this Kingdom may so come with power a that it may prevail where it is and be received where it is not that the Kingdom of Sin and Satan may be utterly destroy'd b and all the Kingdoms of this world may become the Kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ when he shall reign for ever and ever Revel 11.15 a Mark 9.1 b 1 Cor. 15.25 He must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet Q. What is the third Petition Petit. 3. A. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Q. What do you understand by the will of God which you pray may be done on earth A. I therein pray that God will accomplish in his good time whatever he hath promised a that I and all others may readily obey whatever he requires b and patiently submit to whatever he inflicts c a Ezek. 36.36 37. I the Lord have spoken it and I will do it I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them b 1 Chron. 28.9 Serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind c Act. 21.14 We ceased saying The will of the Lord be done Q. Petit. 4. What is the fourth Petition A. Give us this day our daily bread Q. What 's meant by Bread A. All food for sustenance Gen. 43.31 34. He said unto them Set on Bread. Q. Is not this term Bread also used in a spiritual sense A. Yes as Joh. 6.32 And so it 's also applied in the Catechism when we are said to be taught from hence to pray unto God that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies Q. What is meant by daily Bread A. That which is every day necessary for our subsistence and convenient for our comfort Prov. 30.8 Feed me with food convenient for me Q. Why do we every day pray Give us this day our daily bread A. Because we every day depend upon God for the supply of what we want and for the preserving continuing and blessing of what we have Deut. 8.3 Man doth not live by bread only but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live Mat. 4.4 1 Tim. 4.4 Q. What are you taught from hence A. 1. To be contented with my present portion in the world which God thinks fit to give me and I receive from him Heb. 13.5 Be content with such things as ye have 2. To depend continually upon God from whom all good doth proceed Jam. 1.17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above c. 3. To have recourse to him for whatever good I want and to praise him daily for whatever I have and receive Phil. 4.6 In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Q. What is the fifth Petition A. And forgive us our trespasses Petit. 5. as we forgive them that trespass against us Q. What is meant by Trespasses A. All sins of what sort or degree soever Col. 2.13 You being dead in your sins hath he quickned together with him having forgiven you all Tresposses Q. What is contained in that Branch As we forgive them that trespass against us A. Therein is set forth 1. The excellency of this grace of forgiving others as a qualification that where ever it is renders our prayers acceptable to God. Luk. 6.37 Forgive and ye shall be forgiven 2. The necessity of it as it 's a condition without which we shall not be forgiven Mat. 6.15 If ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses 3. The importance of it as it 's an Argument for God to forgive us Luk. 11.4 Forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to has offended us Q. What is the sixth Petition A. Petit. 6. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Q. What is meant by Temptation A. Thereby is meant such an occasion as may try a person's integrity and stedfastness of mind and in the event may be a means of our falling into sin Gen. 22.1 God did tempt Abraham 2 Chron. 32.31 Q. What do you then pray against in this clause Lead us not into Temptation A. I pray that God would not bring or suffer me to be brought into such circumstances as may through the lust of the flesh the love of the world or instigation of the Devil endanger my innocency here or salvation hereafter 1 Cor. 10.13 God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able c. Q. What is the Evil you pray to be delivered from A. 1. The evil of sin Habac. 1.13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity 2. The evil of affliction and punishment Jer. 18.8 If that Nation turn from their evil I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them 3. The evil world a and all the allurements and terrors of it a Gal. 1.4 4. The Devil the Tempter to sin Mat. 4.3 5. Damnation which is the wages of it Rom. 6.23 The wages of