FATHER in CHRIST's name John XVI 23. Q. Doth not GOD know your needs till he be told in Prayer A. Yes Our Heavenly FATHER knoweth what things we have need of before we ask Matt. VI. 8. Q. Must you not join Praise with Prayer A. Yes By CHRIST I must offer the sacrifice of praise to GOD continually giving thanks in his name Heb. XIII 15. Q. Must you thank GOD for all things A. Yes I must give thanks always for all things Eph. V. 20. Q. Will GOD hear your Prayers if you live wickedly A. No. If I regard iniquity in my heart the LORD will not hear me Psal. LXVI 18. Q. Must you pray in Faith A. Yes I must pray in faith nothing wavering James I. 6. Q. Hath CHRIST taught you to pray A. Yes He hath bid us say Our FATHER c. Luke XL. 2. Q. Will GOD own you for his Child A. Yes We are the children of GOD by faith in CHRIST IESVS Gal. III. 26. Q. Hath GOD adopted you in CHRIST A. Yes We have received the SPIRIT of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father Rom. VIII 15. Q. Doth GOD pity you as his Children A. Yes Like as a Father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him Psalm CIII 13. Q. Will GOD then grant what you pray for A. Yes If we being evil know how to give good gifts to our children how much more shall our Father which is in Heaven give good things to them that ask him Matt. 7. 11. Q. In saying Our and not My Father do you pray for others A. Yes Supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks must be made for all men 1 Tim. II. 1 Q. Must you not be GOD's dutiful Children if you would have him hear you A. Yes We must be followers of GOD as dear children and walk in love Eph. V. 1 2. Q. Ought you not to reverence GOD as ruling in Heaven A. Yes Heaven is GOD's throne and Earth is his footstool I must exalt the LORD our GOD and worship at his footstool Isa. LXVI 1. Psal. XCIX 5. Q. Are you to expect all good things from GOD in Heaven A. Yes Every good gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights James I. 17. Q. Ought not your affections to be in Heaven with GOD A. Yes I must seek those things which are above where CHRIST sitteth on the right hand of GOD Col. III. 1. Q. Should you not live like a Citizen of Heaven A. Yes Our conversation must be in Heaven whence we look for the Saviour the LORD IESVS CHRIST Phil. III. 20. Q. Should you not earnestly desire to be with GOD in Heaven A. Yes I should desire to depart and to be with CHRIST Phil. I. 23. Q. Are you not first to desire above all things GOD's Glory A. Yes I must first pray Hallowed be thy Name Matt. VI. 9. Q. Do you pray that all men may duly honour and worship GOD A. Yes That we may sanctify the LORD GOD in our hearts that he may be our fear and our dread that all lands may sing forth the honour of his name and make his praise glorious Isa. V. 13. Psal. LXVI 1 2. Q. Do you pray for grace to do all things to the Glory of GOD A. Yes That we may do all to the Glory of GOD that GOD in all things may be glorified through IESVS CHRIST 1 Cor. X. 31. 1 Pet. IV. 11. Q. Do you pray for the coming of CHRIST's Kingdom A. Yes I pray Thy Kingdom come Matt. VI. 10. Q. Pray you that all people may be converted and become CHRIST's Subjects A. Yes That all the Kingdoms of the world may become the kingdoms of the LORD and of his CHRIST Rev. XI 15. Q. Do you pray that the Church may flourish and be enlarged A. Yes That the word of GOD may grow mightily and prevail and that the LORD would add to the Church dayly such as shall be saved Acts XIX 20. II. 47. Q. Do not you pray for the outward peace of the Church A. Yes That peace may be within her walls and prosperity within her palaces Psalm CXXII 7. Q. Do you pray that CHRIST may Reign in our hearts by his SPIRIT A. Yes That CHRIST may dwell in our hearts by faith that sin may not reign in our mortal bodies that every thought may be brought into captivity to the obedience of CHRIST Eph. III. 17. Rom. VI. 12. 2 Cor. X. 5. Q. Do you pray that all may be obedient to GOD's Will A. Yes I pray Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Matt. VI. 10. Q. How do the Angels in Heaven do GOD's Will Heartily A. Yes They do his Commandments hearkning to the voice of his word Psal. CIII 20. Q. Pray you that all may do GOD's Will as they do A. Yes That GOD would make us perfect in every good work to do his Will working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight through IESVS CHRIST Heb. XIII 21. Q. Do you pray for Grace to submit to GOD's Will A. Yes That we may submit our selves to GOD James IV. 7. Q. Do you not pray for all things needful to this present Life A. Yes I pray Give us this day our dayly Bread Matt. VI. 11. Q. Mean you by Bread all needful things A. Yes That GOD would give me neither poverty nor riches but food conveninient for me Prov. XXX 8. Q. Are you not to pray for more than what 's convenient A. No. Having food and raiment I must be therewith content 1 Tim. VI. 9. Q. May not you pray for any thing you desire A. No. We ask and receive not because we ask amiss that we may consume it on our lusts James IV. 3. Q. Pray you for Grace to depend on GOD for all things A. Yes That I may cast all my care upon him because he careth for me 1 Pet. V. 7. Q. Are you to depend on GOD without your own labour A. No. We must work with our hands that we may have lack of nothing 1 Thess. IV. 11 12. Q. Pray you that what you have may be justly gotten and truly your own A. Yes That I may work and eat my own bread 2 Thess. III. 12. Q. Do you pray that your Sins may be forgiven A. Yes I pray Forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that Trespass against us Matt. VI. 12. Q. Do you pray for Grace to forgive others A. Yes For if we forgive not men their trespasses neither will our heavenly father forgive us Matt. VI. 14. Q. Do you pray for the Grace of Repentance A. Yes For that godly sorrow that worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of 2 Cor. VII 10. Q. Must you not confess and forsake your sins A. Yes He that confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall have mercy Prov. XXVIII 13. 1 John I. 9. Q. Do you pray against the power of Temptation A. Yes I pray saying Lead us not into Temptation
for that all have sinned Rom. V. 12 19. Q. Are we all under the condemnation of death A. Yes Judgment is come upon all men to condemnation Rom. V. 18. Q. Is this death an everlasting death A. Yes An everlasting destruction from the presence of the LORD 2 Thess. I. 9. Q. Have we no Saviour to save us from destruction A. Yes IESVS who delivered us from the wrath to come 1 Thess. I. 10. Q. Can we be saved by no other A. No. There is no salvation in any other Act. IV. 12. Q. Who is JESUS Is he GOD A. Yes He is the true GOD over all GOD blessed for ever 1 Joh. V. 20. Rom. IX 5. Q. Is he not also Man A. Yes He is the Man CHRIST IESVS 1 Tim. II. 5. Q. Is he both GOD and Man A. Yes He is GOD manifested in the flesh 1 Tim. III. 16. Q. Was he made man of a woman A. Yes GOD sent forth his SON made of a woman Gal. IV. 4. Q. Was he begotten by a Man A. No. The HOLY GHOST came upon her and the Power of the Highest overshadowed her and she was found with child of the HOLY GHOST Luk. I. 35. Q. Was his Mother a pure Virgin A. Yes She was a Virgin whose name was Mary and had not known man Luke I. 27 34. Q. Is this JESUS the CHRIST A. Yes He is CHRIST the SON of the living GOD Matt. XVI 16. Q. JESUS signifieth a Saviour and CHRIST one that is anointed Was JESUS anointed with oil A. No. But with the HOLY GHOST and with Power Acts X. 38. Q. Was he anointed to the Office of a Mediator A. Yes He is the Mediator between GOD and men 1 Tim. II. 5. Q. Are men naturally at variance with GOD A. Yes We are enemies in our mind by wicked works The carnal mind is enmity to GOD not subject to the law of GOD nor indeed can be Col. I. 21. Rom. VIII 7. Q. Are we reconciled to GOD by CHRIST A. Yes GOD hath reconciled us to himself by JESUS CHRIST 2 Cor. V. 18. Q. Was CHRIST a Prophet A. Yes He was a Prophet mighty in word and deed Luke XXIV 19. Q. Did he declare GOD's will to men A. Yes He made known unto men all things that he had heard of the FATHER and came to call sinners to repentance John XV. 15. Matt. IX 13. Q. Was CHRIST a Priest A. Yes He is a Priest for ever called of GOD an High-priest Heb. V. 6 10. Q. Did he offer Sacrifice for sin A. Yes Once in the end of the world he appeared to put away sin by the Sacrifice of himself Heb. IX 26. Q. Did CHRIST himself suffer for sin A. Yes He suffered for sins the just for the unjust 1 Pet. III. 18. Q. Did he suffer under Pontius Pilate A. Yes In the Reign of Tiberius Caesar when Pontius Pilate was Governour of Judaea Luke III. 1. Q. Was he Crucified or nailed to a Cross A. Yes The Soldiers crucified him Matt. XXVII 35. Q. Did he die on the Cross A. Yes He humbled himself and became obedient unto death even the death of the Cross Phil. II. 8. Q. Did he die for his sins A. No. He was without sin Heb. IV. 15. Q. Died he then for our sins A. Yes GOD laid on him the iniquities of us all Isa. LIII 6. Q. Died he for all men A. Yes He gave himself a ransome for all 1 Tim. II. 6. Q. Did he so satisfy GOD for us A. Yes When we were enemies we were reconciled to GOD by the death of his SON the chastisement of our peace was upon him Rom. V. 10. Isa. LIII 5. Q. Was he GOD's SON A. Yes The only begotten of the FATHER GOD 's own SON Joh. I. 8. Rom. VIII 32. Q. Is GOD then the FATHER of JESUS CHRIST A. Yes He is the GOD and FATHER of our LORD IESVS CHRIST Eph. I. 3. Q. Was CHRIST buried A. Yes He was buried 1 Cor. XV. 4. Q. Continued he still in the state of the dead A. No. His soul was not left in Hell neither did his flesh see corruption Acts II. 26 31. Q. Did he rise again from the dead A. Yes He rose again the third day 1 Cor. XV. 4. Q. Did he shew himself alive A. Yes He shew'd himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs being seen forty days Acts I. 2 3. Q. Did he ascend into Heaven A. Yes He was received up into Heaven and sate down on the right hand of GOD Mar. XVI 19. Q. Is not GOD's right hand Divine Power and Majesty A. Yes The right hand of Power and Majesty Luke XXII 69. Heb. VIII 1. Q. Is JESUS our Advocate in Heaven A. Yes If any man sin we have an Advocate with the FATHER even JESUS CHRIST the righteous appearing in the presence of GOD for us 1 Joh. II. 2 3. Heb. IX 24. Q. Doth he intercede with GOD on our behalf A. Yes He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them Heb. VII 2 5. Q. Is JESUS a King A. Yes He is King of kings and Lord of lords 1 Tim. VI. 15. Q. Hath he the Power of a King A. Yes All Power is given unto him in Heaven and Earth Matt. XXVIII 18. Q. Is CHRIST our Lawgiver A. Yes He is the only Lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy Jam. IV. 12. Q. Will he reward his obedient Subjects A. Yes His reward is with him to give to every man according to his works Rev. XXII 12. Q. Will he sudue all his Enemies A. Yes He must Reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet 1 Cor. XV. 15. Q. Will he judge the World A. Yes He was ordained of GOD to be the Judge of quick and dead Acts X. 42. Q. Shall we all be judged by CHRIST A. Yes We must all appear before the judgment-seat of CHRIST 2 Cor. V. 10. Rom. XIV 10. Q. Must we be call'd to an account for all we do A. Yes Every one of us shall give account of himself to GOD Rom. XIV 12. Q. What Sentence will CHRIST give against Evil-doers A. He will say unto them Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Matt. XXV 41. Q. Did CHRIST after he went into Heaven send the Holy GHOST in his stead A. Yes He sent the Comforter the SPIRIT of truth which is the Holy GHOST that he might abide with us for ever Joh. XIV 16 17 26. Q. Is the Holy GHOST the SPIRIT of the FATHER or of the SON A. He is the SPIRIT of the FATHER and of the SON Matt. X. 20. Gal. 1. 6. Q. Is the Holy GHOST GOD A. Yes The SPIRIT of the LORD is the LORD 2 Cor. III. 17. Q. Was he sent to bear witness of CHRIST A. Yes He came to testify of CHRIST John XV. 26. Q. Was he to guide the Apostles into all
No. We must obey GOD rather than men Acts V. 29. Q. May we rebel against our Governors A. No. They that resist shall receive to themselves damnation Rom. XIII 2. Q. Are you to pay them tribute A. Yes We must pay them tribute and custom Rom. XIII 7. Q. Must you honour your Pastors and Teachers A. Yes We must esteem them highly in love for their work 's sake obeying them and submitting our selves and communicating unto them in all good things 1 Thess. V. 13. Heb. XIII 17. Gal. VI. 6. Q. Must Servants honour their Masters A. Yes Obeying and pleasing them well in all things Tit. II. 9. 1 Tim. VI. 1. Eph. VI. 5. Q. Must not Masters be good and just to their Servants A. Yes They must give unto their servants that which is just and equal Col. IV. 1. Q. May you kill another A. No. I must not kill Exod. XX. 13. Q. May no man be killed A. Yes He that is worthy of death may be put to death Deut. XVII 6. Q Must it not be by the Magistrate A. Yes He is an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil Rom. XIII 4. Q. Is it our duty to live in peace with all men A. Yes As much as in us lieth we must live peaceably with all men Rom. XII 18. Q. May you be angry with others A. Yes I may be angry if I sin not neither let the sun go down on my wrath nor give place to the devil Eph. IV. 26 27. Q. Must there be a good cause for your anger A. Yes Whoso is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment Matt. V. 22. Q. May you hate any man A. No. He that hateth his brother is a murtherer 1 John III. 15. Q. Are not envy and strife and all hurting another forbidden A. Yes Envy debate malignity spitefulness implacableness unmercifulness strife brawling variance and provoking Rom. I. 29 30 31. 1 Tim. III. 3. VI. 4. Gal. V. 20 26. Q. May you commit Adultery or Fornication A. No. I must not commit adultery Whoremongers and adulterers GOD will judge Exod. XII 14. Heb. XIII 4. Q. Are you bound to marry A. No. It is good for a man not to touch a woman but he that cannot contain should marry 1 Cor. VII 1. 9. Q. May married persons put away one the other A. No. VVhat GOD hath join'd together man must not put asunder except for fornication Matt. V. 32. XIX 6. Q. Must Wives honour and obey their Husbands A. Yes They must submit themselves unto their own Husbands as unto the LORD reverencing and loving them Eph. V. 22 24 33. Col. III. 18. Tit. II. 4. A. Are not Husbands to love their Wives A. Yes Even as their own bodies and as CHRIST loveth the Church not being bitter against them but giving honour unto them as unto the weaker vessel Eph. V. 25 28. Col. III. 19. Q. Is not all uncleanness and lasciviousness forbidden A. Yes Fornication uncleanness filthiness foolish talking and jesting lasciviousness and making provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof Eph. 5. 3 4. Gal. V. 19. Rom. XIII 14. Q. Must you then keep your self pure and chast A. Yes I must possess my vessel in sanctification and honour not in the lust of Concupiscence as the Gentiles which know not GOD 1 Thess. IV. 4 5. Q. Must you be modest in apparel and dresses A. Yes Adorning my self in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety 1 Tim. II. 9. Q. Must you not avoid all filthy talk A. Yes No corrupt communication must proceed out of my mouth Eph. IV 29. Q. Must you not be temperate in eating and drinking A. Yes Not walking in rioting and drunkenness revellings banquetings and excess of wine For they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of GOD Rom. XIII 13. 1 Pet. IV. 3. Gal. V. 21. Q. May you steal A. No. I must not steal do wrong or defraud Exod. XX. 15. 1 Cor. VI. 8. Col. III. 25. Q. May you oppress the poor A. No. We must not oppress one another Lev. XXV 14. Q. Must you pay the Labourer his wages A. Yes I must give him his hire the sun must not go down upon it Deut. XXIV 15. Lev. XIX 13. Jam. V. 4. Q. Must you pay truly what you borrow A. Yes The wicked borroweth and payeth not again Psal. XXXVII 21. Q. Must you pay all dues and debts A. Yes I must render to all their dues owing no man any thing but love Rom. XIII 7 8. Q. May you cheat or defraud in buying or selling A. No. The buyer must not say it is naught nor any one make dishonest gain falsifying the balances by deceit or selling the refuse Prov. XX. 14. Ezek. XXII 12. Amos VIII 5 6. Q. Must you labour for your own living A. Yes Let him that stole steal no more but let him labour working with his own hands the thing which is good that he may have to give to him that needeth Ephes. IV. 28. Q. Are you to relieve idle Beggars A. No. If any will not work neither should he eat 2 Thess. III. 10. Q. Is no unrighteousness to be done in judgment A. No. No unrighteousness must be done in judgment Lev. XIX 15. Q. May you bear false witness against any one A. No. I must not bear false witness against my neighbour Exod. XX. 16. Q. May you speak evil of others A. No. We must not speak evil one of another Jam. IV. 31. Q. May you lie A. No. We must not lie one to another but speak every man truth with his neighbour Col. III. 9. Eph. IV. 25. Q. May you carry about Tales of others A. No. We must not go up and down as Tale-bearers among our people nor as busie-bodies and tatlers Lev. XIX 16. 2 Thess. III. 11. 1 Tim. V. 13. Q. May you revile or slander others A. No. All backbiting whispering clamour railing reproaching false accusing slandering and reviling are condemn'd 2 Cor. XII 20. Eph. IV. 31. Psal. XV. 3. 1 Cor. VI. 10. 1 Tim. VI. 4. Q. Must you not seek the good of other men A. Yes We must not seek our own but every man another's wealth 1 Cor. X. 24. Q. May you covet or desire what is another man's A. No. VVe must not covet our neighbour's house wife goods nor any thing that is his Exod. XX. 17. Q. Can you of your self keep GOD's Commandments A. No. Without CHRIST I can do nothing Joh. XV. 5. Q. Is it GOD that must enable you A. Yes It is GOD that worketh in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure Phil. II. 13. Q. Will GOD for CHRIST's sake give you his holy SPIRIT to help you A. Yes Our Heavenly FATHER will give the Holy SPIRIT to them that ask him Luke XI 13. Q. Must you not pray much then A. Yes I must pray without ceasing 1 Thess. V. 17. Q. To whom must you pray A. I must ask the