Cor. XI 24 25. John VI. 51. Q. Is CHRIST crucified the food of our Souls A. Yes His flesh is meat indeed and his blood is drink indeed he that eateth him shall live by him John VI. 55 57. Q. Must you really and indeed eat and drink the Body and blood of CHRIST A. Yes Except we eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood we have no life in us John VI. 53. Q. Must you eat and drink CHRIST's natural Body and Blood with your bodily Teeth as you do other meat A. No. It is the Spirit that quickeneth the flesh profiteth nothing John VI. 63. Q. What is it only Bread and Wine then that you chew and swallow down A. Yes I eat that bread and drink that cup which CHRIST blessed brake and gave to be eaten and drunk 1 Cor. XI 25 26. Q. Do you eat and drink CHRIST's Body and Blood only spiritually and by faith A. Yes He that cometh to CHRIST and believeth on him shall never hunger nor thirst but shall have everlasting life John VI. 35 40. Q. When you take and eat and drink bodily the Bread and Wine do you spiritually and by faith feed on CHRIST crucified A. Yes The cup that is blessed is the communion of the blood of CHRIST and the bread which is broken is the communion of the body of CHRIST 1 Cor. X. 16. Q. Is it not a dangerous thing to receive this Bread and Wine unworthily A. Yes Whosoever eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself 1 Cor. XI 29. Q. Ought you not then diligently to examine your self before-hand whether you be worthy or no A. Yes Let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread and drink of that cup 1 Cor. XI 28. Q. Are you to examine if you be a good Christian keeping faith and covenant with GOD A. Yes We must examine our selves whether we be in the faith and prove our own selves till we know our own selves how that CHRIST is in us 2 Corinth XIII 5. Q. Doth your eating CHRIST confirm more and more your union with CHRIST A. Yes He that eateth CHRIST's flesh and drinketh his blood dwelleth in CHRIST and CHRIST in him John VI. 56. Q. Shall you not be condemn'd if you be in CHRIST or a good Christian A. No. There is no condemnation to them that are in CHRIST JESUS Rom. VIII 1. THE END BOOKS Published by the Reverend Mr. Elis and Printed for Will Rogers A Letter to a Friend Reflecting on some Passages in a Letter to the D. of P. in Answer to the Arguing Part of his first Letter to Mr. G. 4to The Reflecters Defence of his Letter to a Friend against the furious Assaults of Mr. I. S. in his Second Catholick Letter in four Dialogues 4 to The Protestant Resolv'd Or A Discourse shewing the unreasonableness of his turning Roman-Catholick for Salvation 4 to Religion and Loyalty inseparable A Sermon Preached at the Assizes held at Nottingham September 5. 1690. 4to The Necessity of Serious Consideration and Speedy Repentance as the only way to be safe both Living and Dying 8 vo In the Press The Folly of Atheism Demonstrated to the Capacity of the most Unlearned Reader 8 vo By C. Elis A. M. Rector of Kirkby in Nottinghamshire BOOKS lately Printed for William Rogers A Sermon Preached at White-hall before the Queen on the Monthly Fast-day Sept. 16. 1691. 4to A Persuasive to frequent Communion in the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper 12 s. The Eighth Edition Price bound Six-pence Both by the most Reverend Father in God John Lord Archbishop of Canterbury A Sermon Preached on the 28th of June at St. Andrews Holborn by John Moor D. D. Bp. of Norwich Elect when he took his leave of that Parish 4 to A Sermon Preached at St. Mary le Bow on Sunday the 5th of July at the Consecration of the Most Reverend Father in God John Lord Archbishop of York and the Right Reverend Fathers in God John L. Bp. Norwich Richard L. Bp. of Peterborough Edward L. Bp. of Gloucester By Joshua Clark Chaplain to the Right Reverend the L. Bp. of Norwich A Sermon Preached at VVhite-hall before the Queen on the 17th of June 1691. being the Fast-day 4 to A Practical Discourse concerning Death 8 vo The Fifth Edition A Practical Discourse concerning a Future Judgment 8 vo These Three by William Sherlock D. D. Dean of St. Pauls Master of the Temple and Chaplain in Ordinary to Their Majesties Reflections upon Two Books the one Entituled The Case of Allegiance to a King in Possession the other An Answer to Dr. Sherlock's Case of Allegiance to Sovereign Powers in Defence of the Case of Allegiance to a King in Possession On those parts especially wherein the Author endeavours to shew his Opinion to be agreeable to the Laws of this Land in a Letter to a Friend 4 to The True Effigies of his Grace John Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Engraven from an Original lately Painted by Mrs. Mary Beal by Robert VVhite on a large Sheet of Paper Price 12 d.
THE LAMBS of CHRIST Fed with the Sincere Milk of the WORD In a SHORT Scripture-Catechism By the Author of CHRISTIANITY in SHORT Joh. XXI 15. Lovest thou me Feed my Lambs 1 Pet. II. 2. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by W. Rogers at the Sun over against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleetstreet and Tho. Elis Bookseller in Mansfield 1692. A SHORT Scripture-Catechism Quest. IS not Religion or the Fear of GOD your whole duty Answ. Yes To fear GOD and keep his Commandments is the whole duty of man Eccl. XII 13. Q. Can you fear GOD if you believe not first that there is a GOD A. No. I must first believe that GOD is Heb. XI 6. Q. Do you mean by GOD the Maker of all things A. Yes He that built all things is GOD Heb. III. 4. Q. Do you know by the things that are made that there is a GOD A. Yes By the things that are made may be known his eternal Power and Godhead Rom. I. 20. Q. Do not you know there is a GOD by his Word A. Yes GOD who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON Heb. I. 1. Q. Hath GOD a Body or is he a pure Spirit A. GOD is a Spirit John IV. 4. Q. Hath a Spirit flesh and bones A. No. A Spirit hath not flesh and bones Luke XXIV 34. Q. Can GOD then be seen A. No. He is invisible whom no man hath seen nor can see 1 Tim. I. 17. 1 John IV. 12. Q. Is GOD the fountain of life A. Yes With him is the fountain of life Psal. XXXVI 9. Q. Hath GOD beginning or ending A. No. He is eternal from everlasting to everlasting he is GOD Deut. XXXIII 27. Psal. XC 2. Q. Is GOD mutable Can he change A. No. He changeth not nor is there with him any shadow of turning Mal. III. 6. Jam. I. 17. Q. Is GOD every where A. Yes He filleth Heaven and Earth we cannot fly from his presence Jer. XXIII 24. Psal. CXXXIX 7. Q. Is he Almighty A. Yes He is the LORD GOD Almighty he can do every thing Gen. XVII 1. Job XLII 2. Q. Doth GOD know all things A. Yes He knoweth all things his understanding is infinite John XXI 17. Psal. CXLVII 5. Q. Is he a GOD of wisdom A. Yes He is the only wise God wisdom is his 1 Tim. I. 17. Dan. II. 20. Q. Is GOD perfectly Good A. Yes There is none good but one that is GOD he is good to all and his Goodness endureth continually Matt. XIX 17. Psal. CXIX 9. LII 1. Q. Is GOD most Holy A. Yes There is none holy as the LORD glorious in holiness 1 Sam. II. 2. Exod. XV. 11. Q. Is he most true and faithful A. Yes He is the LORD GOD of truth the faithful GOD Psal. XXXI 5. Deut. VII 9. Tit. I. 2. Q. Is he most just and righteous A. Yes GOD is most upright just and right is he Isa. XXVI 7. Deutr. XXXII 4. Q. Is he a merciful GOD A. Yes His mercy endureth for ever Psal. CXXXVI 1. Q. Is he most loving A. Yes GOD is love 1 Joh. IV. 8. Q. Is there any more than One GOD A. No. There is none other GOD but One 1 Cor. IV. 8. Q. Are not the FATHER SON and HOLY GHOST three GODS A. No. They are three but these three are One 1 Joh. V. 7. Q. Did GOD make Heaven and Earth A. Yes GOD made the world and all things therein Act. XVII 24. Q. Did he make any thing evil A. No. All that GOD made was very good Gen. I. 31. Q. Doth GOD preserve all things A. Yes He giveth to all life and breath and all things Act. XVII 25. Q. Doth he still rule and order all things A. Yes His Kingdom ruleth over all Psal. CIII 19. Q. Doth he take care of all things A. Yes Not a sparrow falleth to the ground without him Matt. X. 29. Q. Did GOD make nothing but what is seen A. Yes He created all things visible and invisible Col. I. 16. Q. Made he any Spirits called Angels A. Yes GOD maketh his Angels Spirits Heb. I. 7 14. Q. Did some of them become evil Angels called Devils A. Yes Some of them sinned and are evil Angels and Devils whom GOD cast down to Hell 2 Pet. II. 4. Ps. LXXXVIII 49. Mar. I. 24. Q. Is there not a Prince or chief of Devils A. Yes Beelzebub the Prince of Devils called the Dragon the old Serpent the Devil and Sathan Matth. XII 24. Rev. XII 9. Q. Who was the first Man A. The first man was Adam 1 Cor. XV. 45. Q. Did GOD make Adam A. Yes The LORD GOD formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul Gen. II. 2. Q. Who was the first Woman A. The first woman was Eve the mother of all living Gen. III. 20. Q. Did GOD make Eve A. Yes The LORD caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he took one of his ribs and made it a woman and brought her unto the man Gen. II. 21 22. Q. Hath not man a Soul or Spirit as well as a Body A. Yes For we are to glorify GOD both in our body and in our spirit 1 Cor. VI. 20. Q. Did GOD make man in his own Image A. Yes In his own image created he him Gen. I. 27. Q. Do you mean that he made him holy and good A. Yes GOD made man upright in righteousness and true holiness Eccl. VII 29. Col. III. 10. Eph. IV. 24. Q. Did GOD place the man in a Garden A. Yes He put the man into the Garden of Eden Gen. II 15. Q. Did GOD forbid him to eat of any Tree there A. Yes GOD commanded the man saying Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die Gen. II. 16 17. Q. Did Adam eat of that Tree A. Yes The Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty and she did eat and gave also to her husband with her and he did eat So by one man sin entered into the world 2 Cor. XI 3. Gen. III. 6 13. Rom. V. 12. Q. Is sin the breaking of GOD's Commandments A. Yes Sin is the transgression of the law 1 John III. 4. Q. What is the punishment of sin Is it death A. Yes The wages of sin is death Rom. VI. 23. Gen. II. 17. Q. Should not man have died if he had not sinned A. No. Death enter'd into the World by sin Rom. V. 12. Q. Did Adam's sin bring death on us all A. Yes In Adam all die 1 Cor. XV. 22. Q. Have we all sinned in Adam A. Yes By one man's disobedience many are made sinners and death hath passed upon all men
truth A. Yes He came to guide them into all truth John XVI 13. Q. Did he enable them to speak with Tongues and to work Miracles A. Yes They spake with other tongues as the SPIRIT gave them utterance and did signs and wonders in the name of GOD's holy Child IESVS Acts II. 4. IV. 29. Q. Have not all Christians the Holy SPIRIT A. Yes If any man have not the SPIRIT of CHRIST he is none of his Rom. VIII 9. Q. Is the Holy GHOST our Sanctifier who maketh us holy A. Yes GOD hath chosen us to salvation through sanctification of the SPIRIT and belief of the Truth 2 Thess. II. 13. Q. Can we not be saved without Holiness A. No. Without holiness no man shall see the LORD Heb. XII 14. Q. Is not the Holy GHOST the SPIRIT of Unity and Peace A. Yes By one SPIRIT we are all baptized into one body 1 Cor XII 13. Q Is the Church that one Body A. Yes The Church which is CHRIST's body Eph. I. 22 23. Q. Is there but one Catholick or Universal Church of all Christians A. No. There is but one body Eph. IV. 4. Q. Are there not many Churches or Congregations of Christians A. Yes But as all the members of the body being many are one body so also is CHRIST 1 Cor. XII 12. Q. Ought not all the Members of it to be Saints or Holy A. Yes We are called to be Saints a holy Nation Rom. I. 7. 1 Pet. II. 9. Q. Is CHRIST the Head of this Body A. Yes He is the Head of the Body the Church Col. I. 18. Q. Is there a Communion of Saints in the Church A. Yes We have fellowship one with another 1 Joh. I. 7. Q. Should we be all of one mind A. Yes Of one accord of one mind with one mouth glorifying GOD keeping the Vnity of the SPIRIT in the bond ef Peace Phil. II. 2. Rom. XV. 6. Eph. IV. 3. Q. May the Members separate or divide asunder A. No. There must be no Schism in the body 1 Cor. XII 25. Q. Should they not all love and care for one another A. Yes Having the same love the Members should have the same care one for another Phil. II. 2. 1 Cor. XII 25. Q. Hath CHRIST ordained Ministers to Teach and Rule the Church A. Yes He hath set in the Church Pastors and Teachers for the edifying of the Body of CHRIST 1 Cor. XII 28. Eph. IV. 12. Q. Is there Remission of Sins in the Church A. Yes CHRIST commanded that Repentance and Remission of Sins be preached in his name among all Nations Luke XXIV 47. Q. Must we repent of our Sins that they may be forgiven A. Yes We must repent and be converted that our sins may be blotted out Acts III. 19. Q. Must we not die for all that A. Yes It is appointed unto men once to die Heb. IX 27. Q. What do our Souls die A. No. The dust shall return to the Earth as it was but the Spirit shall return to GOD that gave it Eccl. XII 7. Q. Shall not our Bodies be raised again A. Yes There shall be a Resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust Acts XXIV 15. Q. When shall the Resurrection be A. At the last day in the end of the world John XI 24. VI. 39. Matth. XIII 36. Q. Is there a life everlasting after death A. Yes CHRIST hath promised us eternal live 1 John II. 25. Q. Who shall live eternally The Righteous A. Yes They shall go into life eternal Matt. XXV 46. Q Is it a happy life which they shall have A. Yes They rest from their labours are comforted enter into the joy of their LORD are like unto CHRIST and have an inheritance incorruptible undefiled and that fadeth not away Rev. XIV 13. Matth. XXV 21. V. 8. 1 Pet I. 4. 1 John III. 2. Q. What is the end of your faith A. The end of our faith is the salvation of our souls 1 Pet. I. 9. Q Will your faith without works save you A. No. If a man say he hath faith and hath no works his faith cannot save him Jam. II. 14. Q. Must your faith then be a working faith A. Yes A faith which worketh by love Gal. V. 6. Q. Is it not the work of Love to keep GOD's Commandments A. Yes This is the love of GOD that we keep his Commandments 1 John V. 3. Q. Is it GOD's command that you worship Him A. Yes I must worship the LORD my GOD and him only must I serve Deut. X. 20. Matt. IV. 10. Q. May you worship strange GODS Or Idols A. No. I must flee from Idolatry and keep my self from Idols 1 Cor. X. 14. 1 John V. 21. Q. Doth GOD command a spiritual worship A. Yes I must worship him in Spirit and in truth John IV. 24. Q. Will he not have also a bodily worship A. Yes I must glorify him with my body and my spirit which are his 1 Cor. VI. 20. Q. Should you not worship GOD in a humble posture of body A. Yes I should worship bow down and kneel before the LORD our Maker Psal. XCV 6. Q. Must you not labour to know GOD A. Yes I should abound in the knowledge of GOD Col. I. 10. Q. Must you not fear and stand in awe of GOD A. Yes I must stand in awe and not sin Psal. IV. 4. Q. Must you not love GOD above all things A. Yes I must love the LORD my GOD with all my heart with all my soul with all my mind and with all my strength Matt. XXII 38. Q. Can you love GOD and the World too A. No. If any man love the world the love of the FATHER is not in him 1 John II. 15. Q. Can you love GOD and love Sin too A. No. They that love the LORD bate evil Psal. XCVII 10. Q. Can you love GOD and hate your Brethren A. No. If any man say he loveth GOD and hateth his brother he is a lyer 1 John IV. 20. Q. Must you deny your self for GOD's sake A. Yes If any man come to CHRIST he must deny himself Matt. XVI 24. Q. Must you be content to leave all things for CHRIST A. Yes I must forsake all I have take up my Cross and lose my own life to be his disciple Luke XIV 33 36. Matt. XVI 24. Q. Must you not believe GOD's Word A. Yes I must receive his word not as the word of men but as it is indeed the word of GOD 1 Thess. II. 13. Q. Are you not to hope in GOD's Promises A. Yes I must rejoice in the hope of the glory of GOD and of eternal life which GOD that cannot lie hath promised before the world began Rom. V. 2. Tit. I. 2. Q. Can you hope in GOD and continue in Sin A. No. Having these promises I must cleanse my self from all filthineses of flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of GOD 2 Cor. VII 1. Q. Are you not to trust to