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A Catechism containing the substance of the Christian religion in the words and phrases of Scripture.
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suffer a merciful and good Man to fall into Afflictions notwithstanding the fore-mentioned Promises A. Yes (a) Rom. 8.28 For we know all things work together for good unto them that love God (b) 2 Cor. 4.17 And these light Afflictions which are but for a moment work for them a far more exceeding and eternal Weight of Glory Q. You have well told me your Duty towards the Poor and Needy God grant that you practise it Tell me next your Duty towards your Brother that hath offended you A. We ought to forbear one another and forgive one another even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven us Col. 3.12 Eph. 4.32 Q. How often shall thy Brother sin against thee and thou forgive him till seven times A. Yes Until seventy times seven Mat. 18.22 Q. What if you do not forgive your Brother his Trespasses A. Neither will my heavenly Father forgive me my Trespasses Mat. 6.15 Q. What is your Duty towards your Brother that hath offended God A. I must not hate my Brother in my Heart but in any wise rebuke my Neighbour and not suffer Sin upon him Lev. 19.17 Q. What Encouragement have you so to do A. If any Man err from the Truth and one convert him let him know that he which converteth a Sinner from the Error of his Way shall save a Soul from Death and shall hide a multitude of Sins Jam. 5.20 Q. How should we reprove our sinning Brother A. If any Man be overtaken in a Fault they that be Spiritual should restore such a one with a Spirit of Meekness considering themselves lest they also be tempted Gal. 6.1 Q. Is it not your Duty to be as savourable as may be in judging your Brother A. Our Lord hath said (a) Mat. 7.1 2. Judg not that ye be not judged For with what Judgment ye judg ye shall be judged And (b) Rom. 14.4 who art thou that judgest another Man's Servant to his own Master he standeth or falleth Q. How ought those that are strong and knowing to behave themselves towards the weak and ignorant A. They that are strong ought to bear the Infirmities of the Weak and not to please themselves Rom. 15.1 Q. What is your Duty towards your Enemies A. 'T is my Duty to love mine Enemies Mat. 5.44 Q. How should you shew your Love to your Enemies A. By (a) 1 Pet. 3.9 not rendring Evil for Evil or Railing for Railing but contrariwise blessing (b) Rom. 12.21 And by overcoming Evil with Good Q. What Arguments have we to love and do good to our Enemies A. (a) Rom. 5.8 God commendeth his Love towards us in that while we were yet Sinners Christ died for us And (b) Mat. 5.45 so shall we be the Children of our Father which is in Heaven For he makes his Sun to rise on the Evil and on the Good and sendeth Rain on the Just and on the Unjust (c) Luke 6.35 And is kind to the Unthankful and to the Evil. Q. By the Answers you have given I perceive you are far from imagining that the Grace of the Gospel doth excuse us from good Works A. We are created in Christ Jesus unto good Works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them Eph. 2.10 Q. Is it sufficient to do good Works with our outward Man A. No but if any Man be in Christ or a true Christian he is a new Creature 2 Cor. 5.17 Q. What is it to be a new Creature A. To be a new Creature is to be (a) Eph. 4.23 renewed in the Spirit of our Mind (b) Rom. 6.17 and to obey from the Heart Q. Why is it necessary to be renewed in the Spirit of our Mind A. It is necessary to be renewed in the Spirit of our Mind because (a) Mat. 7.18 a corrupt Tree cannot bring forth good Fruit nor a good Tree bring forth evil Fruit. (b) Chap. 12.34 And out of the abundance of the Heart the Mouth speaketh Q. For what other Reason is it necessary that we should be renewell in the Spirit of our Mind and pure in Heart A. It is also necessary because Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all INiquity and purify to himself a peculiar People zealous of good Works Tit. 2.14 Q. Is there any other Reason why it should be necessary to be renewed in the Spirit of our Mind and be pure in Heart A. It is also necessary because hereby (a) Col. 1.12 we are made meet to be Partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in light (b) Joh. 3.3 And except we be born again we cannot see the Kingdom of God Q. Why can we not A. Because God is Light and in him is no Darkness at all and therefore we cannot have Fellowship with him and walk in Darkness 1 Joh. 1. 5 6. Q. Are you able of your self to believe and repent and make you a lcean Heart and obey God's Laws A. (a) Phil. 4.13 I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me (b) Joh. 15.5 but without him I can do nothing Q. Is Christ ready to enable you with his Grace and Spirit A. He hath promised that (a) Mat. 13.12 to him that hath shall be given that is that useth the Strength he hath already received and he shall have abundance (b) Luke 11.13 And that if we who are evil know how to give good Gifts unto your Children how much more shall our heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit unto them that ask him Q. What were those Operations of the Holy Ghost which were proper and peculiar to the first Ages of the Church A. First the Holy Ghost whom the Father did send in Christ's Name did teach the Apostles all things and brought all things to their Remembrance whatsoever he had said unto them Joh. 14.26 Secondly (a) Acts 2.1 4. when the Day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one accord in one place and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other Tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance (b) Mat. 3.11 And they were baptized with the Holy Ghost and with Fire (c) Acts 2.3 when there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of Fire which sate upon all of them Thirdly When (a) Mark 13.11 they were led before Rulers (b) Luke 12.12 the Holy Ghost did teach them in the same hour what they ought to say Fourthly To one was given by the Spirit the Word of Wisdom to another the Word of Knowledg by the same Spirit to another the working of Miracles to another Prophecy to another discerning of Spirits to another divers kinds of Tongues to another the Interpretation of Tongues 1 Cor. 12.8 9 10. Q. For what End were these extraordinary Gifts and Operations of the Holy Ghost A. By these the Holy Ghost was a Witness that God hath exalted his Son Jesus with his Right-hand
A CATECHISM Containing The Substance of the Christian Religion IN THE WORDS and PHRASES OF SCRIPTURE IMPRIMATUR Guil. Sill R. P. D. Henr. Episc Lond. Ã Sacris Domesticis LONDON Printed by J. D. and are to be sold by Jonathan Robinson in St. Paul's Church-Yard and Samuel Crouch in Pope's Head-Alley next Cornhill 1693. A CATECHISM Q. HOw came the Heavens and the Earth to be A. In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth Gen. 1.1 Q. HOw came your self to be and the rest of Mankind A. God made of one Blood all Nations of Men for to dwell on all the face of the Earth Acts 17.26 Q. Why did God create all things A. For his Pleasure or the fulfilling of his Will they are and were created Rev. 4. last Q. Why did God make your self and all Men A. That we might seek the Lord that is do his Will and enjoy his Favour Acts 17.27 Q. Who preserveth you and bestoweth upon you the good things you enjoy A. (a) Psal 36.6 The Lord preserveth both Man and Beast (b) Acts 17.25 He giveth unto All Life and Breath and all Things Q. What good Things hath God bestowed upon you A. If I should declare and speak of them they are more than can be numbred Psal 40.5 Q. What doth God require of you for his wonderful Goodness and loving Kindness to you A. He hath shewed thee O Man what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do Justly and to love Mercy and to walk Humbly with thy God Micah 6.8 Q. You have told me that God made and preserveth the World doth he not also govern it and all Things therein A. (a) Psal 67.4 God judgeth the People righteously and governs the Nations upon Earth (b) Psal 103.19 He hath prepared his Throne in the Heavens and his Kingdom ruleth over all Q. Is there any more than one God A. There is none other God but one 1 Cor. 8.4 Q. What is said of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost A. It is said That these Three are One 1 Joh. 5.7 Q. Can you perfectly understand what God is A. I cannot by searching find out God I cannot find out the Almighty to Perfection Job 11.7 Q. How hath God discovered himself to Mankind A. The invisible Things of him from the Creation of the World are clearly seen being understood by the Things that are made even his eternal Power and Godhead so that the Heathens themselves are without excuse And that which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath shewn it unto them Rom. 1.20 19. Q. Hath God made himself known any otherwise than by his Works of Creation and Providence A. Yes He spake in times past to the Fathers by the Prophets and hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son Heb. 1.1 Q. What do the holy Scriptures inform us concerning God's Nature and Perfections A. The holy Scriptures inform us that (a) John 4.24 God is a Spirit who is (b) Ps 90.2 from everlasting to everlasting (c) Rev. 4.8 most holy (d) Mat. 19.17 Ps 103.8 most good merciful (e) Ps 11.7 most just (f) Deut. 7.9 most faithful (g) Ps 147.5 most wise and (h) Luke 18.27 Dan. 4.35 most powerful Q. What do you understand by God's being a Spirit A. I understand by God's being a Spirit that he (a) Luke 24.39 hath not Flesh and Bones (b) 1 Tim. 1.17 Chap. 6. 16. is invisible and no Man hath seen or can see him with the Eyes of his Body (c) Esay 40.18 and that there is no likeness that we can compare unto him Q. What learn you from God's being a Spirit A. I learn from God's being a Spirit that he must be worshipped in Spirit and in Truth Or with the Soul as well as the Body Joh. 4.24 Q. What learn you from his being invisible c. A. I learn from his being invisible that we should take good heed to our selves lest we make to our selves any Likeness to worship him or graven Images Deut. 4.15 16. Exod. 20.45 Q. What do you understand by God's being most Holy A. I understand by God's being most Holy (a) Prov. 15.9 that the Way of the Wicked is Abomination to the Lord and that (b) Jam. 1.13 he cannot be tempted with Evil neither tempteth he any Man Q. What understand you by God's being most Good A. I understand by God's being most Good that (a) Ps 145.9 he is good unto all (b) Vers 16. and satisfies the Desire of every living Thing (c) Jam. 1.5 and giveth to all Men liberally and upbraideth not Q. What understand you by God's being most Merciful A. I understand by God's being most Merciful (a) Ps 145.9 that his tender Mercies are over all his Works (b) Exod. 34.67 that he is full of Compassion and Long-suffering forgiving Iniquity Transgression and Sin (c) 2 Pet. 3.9 That he is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to Repentance (d) Lam. 3.33 And doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the Children of Men. Q. What is meant by God's being most Just A. By God's being most Just is meant (a) Acts 10.34 that he is no Respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that feareth him and worketh Righteousness is accepted of him (b) Gen. 18.25 That God the Judg of all the Earth will do right and (c) Job 34.23 that he will not lay upon Man more than is right Q. What is meant by God's being most True and Faithful A. By God's being most True and Faithful is meant that (a) Titus 1.2 he cannot lie (b) Dan. 9.4 and that he keepeth Covenant and Mercy to them that love him and keep his Commandments Q. What is meant by God's being most Wise A. By God's being most Wise is meant that (a) Ps 139.2 3. he understan deth our Thoughts afar off and is acquainted with all our Ways (b) Rom. 11.33 And that his Judgments are unsearchable and his Ways past finding out Q. What understand you by God's being most Powerful A. By God's being most Powerful I understand (a) Luke 1.37 that with him nothing is impossible and (b) Ps 135.6 that he doth whatsoever he pleases in Heaven and in Earth Q. Now because that Knowledg which leads not to Practice is but little worth tell me what Duties you learn from these several Attributes or Perfections of the Divine Nature And first What learn you from the unspotted Purity and Holiness of God A. I learn from the Purity and Holiness of God that (a) 1 Pet. 1.15 as he who hath called me is holy so ought I to be holy in all manner of Conversation (b) 1 Joh. 3.3 and to purify my self as God is pure Q. What learn you from the infinite Goodness and Mercy of