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A79564	The church catechism, analysed, explained, and improved The first part. Wherein, I. The text is set down whole, and entire. II. It is broken into questions, and answers in the very words of the catechism. III. The terms of it are explained, and such short questions and answers added, as are occasioned by it, and seem needful to the discovery of its true meaning, and use. At the end is added matter, and direction for all acts of devotion for morning and evening, mostly in the words of the catechism. The whole accomodated to the capacity, and use of them, that are yet to learn it, and recommend to the rich, to bestow among the poor.		1683 (1683)	Wing C3993A; ESTC R229600	26,096	48

sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life have a lively faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankful remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men Q. You say That they that come to partake of the Lords Supper are required to examine themselves What must they examine themselves of 176 A. They must examine themselves of three things 1. Whether or no they truly repent of their former sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new life 2. Whether or no they have a lively Faith in Gods mercy through Christ together with a thankful remembrance of Christs death 3. Whether or no they be in Charity with all men Q. How may a man know whether he truly repent of his former sins 177 A. Then doth a man truly repent of his former sins when he not only sees owns and confesses all his sins nor only is grieved and sorry for them but also abhors and forsakes them and doth not willingly sin any more Q. How may it be known Whether a man do stedfastly purpose to lead a new life 178 A. Then doth a man stedfastly purpose to lead a new life when his purposes are so strong that nothing prevails with him to return to his former sins but he is brought over to lead a new holy and obedient life Q. How may a man know Whether he hath a lively Faith in God's mercy through Christ 179 A. Then hath a man a lively Faith in Gods mercy when he so believes the mercifulness of God as that he sincerely uses the means and performs the conditions of obtaining the mercies of God Q. Which are those mercies of God through Christ 180 A. The chief mercies that God gives through Christ are 1. Pardon of all our sins 2. The assistance and grace of his holy Spirit 3. Eternal glory and happiness in Heaven Q. Why are these called the mercies of God through Christ 181 A. They are said to be through Christ 1. Because the mercies of God are bestowed on us for the sake of Christ and of what he was did and suffered for us 2. Because they are conveyed to us by Christ 3. Because they are bestowed in Christ's way by those means and upon those conditions that Christ hath appointed Q. How may a man know whether he be in Charity with all men 182 A. He that is in Charity with all men neither designeth nor wisheth nor furthereth the harm of any man but designeth wisheth and furthereth the good of all men to his power Q. What if upon Examination we find that we truly repent have a lively Faith and are in Charity with all 183 A. If when we have examined our selves we find that we truly repent and have a lively Faith and are in Charity with all men then we may safely and will chearfully and comfortably partake of the Lord's Supper Q. What if upon strict Examination we find that we do not truly repent of our former sins have not a lively Faith or are not in Charity with all men 184 A. Such a man is in a most wretched condition unprepared to live well unprepared to dye well unfit to partake of the Lord 's Holy Supper which he must abstain from until he be duly qualified for it Q. What ought such an one to do 185 A. He ought immediately to make himself sensible of his miserable estate and to pray earnestly for the grace and aid of God's holy Spirit and to sincerely endeavour by all God's appointed means to bring his mind to a true Repentance to a lively Faith and to universal Charity and then to come and partake of the Lord's Supper for the strengthning and refreshing of his soul FINIS Daily Acts of DEVOTION REmember my good Child that as ever you would be happy as ever you would keep the love of God and men as ever you would save your Soul from Sin Satan and Hell you must not only know and own your duty to God and your Neighbour but you must actually do it all the days of your life §. I. MORNING DEVOTIONS THerefore when thou first awakest in the morning look up to Heaven and say I thank thee O Lord my heavenly Father that by thy great mercy thou hast defended me from all the perils and dangers of this Night through thy onely Son our Saviour Jesus Christ Amen After sufficient sleep immediately quit thy Bed and give no way to sloth nor occasion to bad thoughts As thou art dressing suffer no vain talk nor worldly matters to prepossess thy mind but cast thy thoughts round the World consider the Heaven the Sky the Air the Waters the Earth and Hell and the Creatures in them particularly think on thy self and the excellent estate that Adam and Eve were made in and say How Mighty How Wise How good is that God that thus made all these things Blessed be God the Father who hath made me and all the World Then think into how sad an estate Adam and Eve by their sin brought themselves and all their Children and how much worse it would have been if God had not sent his Son to save men from it and say How wretched are men who are spoiled by Sin enslaved to the Devil and liable to Hell Blessed be God the Son who hath redeemed me and all Mankind Then think of the aids of the Holy Ghost and the many ways and means he useth to sanctifie Christians and say Blessed be God the Holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect people of God Next you may think how great a mercy it is that you are made a Member of Christ a Child of God and an Heir of the Kingdom of Heaven and say I heartily thank my Lord God our heavenly Father that he hath called me to this estate of salvation through Jesus Christ our Saviour When you are ready venture not out till you have withdrawn into the privatest place you can and there think how far you have broken your promise at Baptism and what faults you have committed and then with all humility of soul and sorrow of heart cast your self on your knees or face and say with reverence as in God's presence O Great Creator Sovereign Lord and Just Judge of Men I have been baptized into the Name and service of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost and have promised and vowed that by God's help I would renounce the Devil and all his Works the pomps and vanity of this wicked World and all the sinful lusts of the Flesh Thou O God! hast not refused me thy help But to my shame I confess I have too often yielded to the Temptations of the Devil and done his Works in Pride in Malice in Lying c. I have been foolishly taken with the pomps and vanities of this wicked World and with covetous desires after its needless Braveries Riches Pleasures and Honours I have beastlily followed the sinful Lusts and been led away by the carnal desires of the Flesh in

sure as we duely receive the outward sign so sure shall we receive the inward and spiritual grace Q. So then How many parts are there in each Sacrament 147 A. In each Sacrament there are two parts 1. The outward visible sign 2. And the inward spiritual grace Q. What is the outward visible sign in Baptism 148 A. In Baptism the outward visible sign is water wherein the person is baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Q. VVhat is the inward and spiritual grace signified by our being washed with water and given to us thereby 149 A. The inward and spiritual grace signified and given in Baptism is A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness for being by nature born in sin and the children of wrath we are hereby made the children of grace Q. What are we by nature 150 A. By nature we are born in sin and are the children of wrath Q. What are we made by being duely and rightly baptized 151 A. By being duely and rightly baptized we are made the children of grace Q. What doth that grace engage and enable us to do 152 A. The grace given at Baptism doth engage and enable us to dye unto sin and to be born anew to live a new life unto righteousness Q. VVhat is required of persons to be baptized 153 A. There is required of persons to be baptized First Repentance whereby they forsake sin And secondly Faith whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament Q. Here then are two things requir'd of all persons before they are to be baptized which is the first 154 A. Repentance is the first thing requir'd Q. What sort of Repentance is it that is requir'd 155 A. Not that Repentance only whereby a man acknowledges his sins nor that only whereby he is grieved and sorry for his sin but that Repentance is requir'd whereby men forsake sin and all sin Q. Which is the second thing requir'd of persons to be baptiz'd 156 A. Faith is the second thing Q. What Faith is it that is requir'd 157 A. That Faith is requir'd of persons to be baptized whereby they stedfastly believe the Promises of God made to them in that Sacrament of Baptism Q. What Promises hath God made to men that come truly to the Sacrament of Baptism 158 A. The chief Promise is set down in the 16th Chapter of Mark in the 15 and 16 verses thus Jesus said unto his Disciples Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved Q. Who are they that do indeed thus believe 159 A. They and they only do thus believe who are so satisfied of the truth and goodness of the Gospel that they are persuaded to undertake the Baptismal Vow and to be baptized into the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost and to live according to their Promise Vow and Engagement Q. Can Infants in their tender Age repent and believe 160 A. No Infants by reason of their tender Age cannot perform Repentance and Faith They cannot forsake sin nor stedfastly believe the Promises and Word of God Q. Why then are Infants baptized when by reason of their tender Age they cannot perform them 161 A. Because they promise them both by their Sureties which Promise when they come to Age themselves are bound to perform Q. You say Infants promise them both both what 162 A. They promise by their Sureties both Repentance and Faith both to forsake Sin and to believe the Promises of God Q. What are they hereupon bound to 163 A. They are bound themselves to perform this Promise and themselves to repent and believe Q. When are they bound to perform this themselves 164 A. When they come of Age to do it Q. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained 165 A. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was ordained for the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby Q. When Jesus Christ so loved us that he dyed on a Cross for us what was his death 166 A. The death of Christ was a Sacrifice offer'd to God for us and accepted by him Q. Do not we receive some benefits by the Sacrifice of the death of Christ 167 A. We receive many and great benefits thereby the pardon of our sins the help of his grace and Spirit and the promised hopes of eternal glory c. Q. May we forget the Sacrifice of the death of Christ and the benefits which we get by it or should we keep them in continual remembrance 168 A. The Sacrifice of Christ's death and the benefits that we receive thereby should be had in continual remembrance to the worlds end and therefore Christ ordained the Lord's Supper to keep up the continual remembrance thereof Q. What do they then do who refuse to celebrate the Lord's Supper 169 A. They that refuse and neglect to celebrate and partake of the Lord's Supper 1. Do refuse to do that which is to keep up the continual remembrance of Christ's love in dying a Sacrifice for us 2. They refuse to do that which is to keep up the continual remembrance of the many and great benefits we Christians receive by the sacrifice of his death 3. They refuse to do that which their Lord Christ hath ordained to keep up the continual remembrance of these things to the worlds end Q. Which is the outward part or sign in the Lord's Supper 170 A. The outward part and visible sign in the Lord's Supper is Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be received Q. Is it not enough that only Bread or only Wine be received in the Lord's Supper 171 A. The Lord hath commanded that both Bread and Wine be received by all that eat the Lord's Supper Q. Which is the inward part or the thing signified by the Bread and Wine 172 A. The thing signified by the Bread and Wine in the Lord's Supper is The Body and the Bloud of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the Faithful in the Lord's Supper Q. VVhat are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby by faithfully receiving the Lord's Supper 173 A. The benefits that we are partakers of thereby are The strengthening and refreshing our souls by the body and bloud of Christ as our bodies are strengthened and refreshed by the bread and wine Q. Is there nothing requir'd of persons before they come to the Lord's Supper that they may be strengthened and refreshed thereby 174 A. Yes some things are requir'd of persons before they come to the Lord's Supper that so they may be strengthened and refreshed thereby Q. VVhat is required of them that come to the Lords Supper 175 A. It is requir'd of them that come to the Lords Supper To examine themselves whether they truly repent of their former

slothfulness intemperance uncleanness c. O God! be merciful to me a Sinner I then also promised to believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith But O how shamefully have I neglected duly to consider them Openly to own and profess them And Conscientiously to live suitably to them Yea farther I vowed to keep God's Holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same Commandments of God not now and then but all the days of my life from my Baptism to my death But O my God I confess with sorrow and shame that I have too often resisted thy Holy Will and disobeyed thy Commandments and have not made Conscience to keep them nor walk in them all the days of my past life Dispose my mind O my God! to true Repentance and so for Jesus Christ's sake graciously forgive the sin of thy servant Inable me Conscientiously to renew my Covenant with God and give me grace sincerely to keep it Then lift up thy Heart thy Eyes and thy Hands towards Heaven and say I do verily think that I am bound To renounce the Devil and all his Works The Pomps and Vanity of this wicked World And all the sinful Lusts of the Flesh And here before God and his Angels I renounce them all And that I am bound to believe and profess all the Articles of the Christian Faith And to keep God's Holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same all the days of my life And by thy help O God so I will And because I know that I am not able to do these things of my self nor to walk in the Commandments of God and to serve him without his special grace therefore I now will call for it by diligent Prayer Then say Our Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily Bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into Temptation But deliver us from Evil. For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for Ever and Ever Amen Then add O my Lord God our heavenly Father the Giver of all Goodness I beseech thee to send thy Grace to me and to all People that we may worship thee serve thee and obey thee as we ought to do And I pray unto thee that thou would'st send us all things that be needful for our Souls and Bodies And that thou would'st be merciful unto us and forgive us our sins And that it would please thee to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily that neither our souls nor bodies be harmed And that thou would'st keep us from all sin and wickedness and from our ghostly Enemy the Devil and his Instruments and from everlasting Death And this I trust O Lord thou wilt do of thy mercy and goodness through our Lord Jesus Christ and therefore I say Amen so be it Then rising up you may consider with your self thus How patient how good and gracious is my Lord Who hath prolonged my life and good estate to this day Who hath provided me plenty of good things and yet allow me the means of grace and aids of his Spirit Who hath entrusted me with one day more to strengthen my faith to repent of my sins to serve my God to do good to my Neighbour and to work out my own salvation in with fear and trembling What manner of person ought I to be in all holy Conversation and Godliness Satan is malicious and cunning The World tempting evil Company inticing My flesh weak and deceitful But God's Eye is upon me The love of Christ constrains me I am under the Promises and Vows of Baptism My Soul and its eternal state lies at stake God's glory my Neighbour's good and my own welfare are deeply concerned in my carriage this day I shall be judged according to this days works Hell is open and gapes for the unfaithful and wicked breakers of God's Covenant Eternal Glory is before me the assured reward of faithful perseverance in well-doing Grant O Lord that I may this day truly do my duty in that state of life unto which thou hast called me Then read a Psalm and a Chapter in your course and when you have thought what work you have to do that day sit down on your knees and say O Lord my heavenly Father Almighty and Everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same by thy mighty power and grant that this day I may fall into no sin nor run into any kind of danger but that all my doings may be ordered by thy governance and I may do always that which is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen §. II. EVENING DEVOTIONS I Advise thee my dear Child as ever thou wouldest be truly Religious and happy when the day is done before thou art drowzy and unfit for such a work to get alone and having composed thy thoughts with reverence fall down on thy knees and say O Lord my heavenly Father thou hast safely brought me to the latter end of this day and hast defended me in the same by thy mighty power and hast kept me by thy grace from falling into many sins and from running into many kinds of danger and hast sent me all things needful for Soul or Body for all which I humbly and heartily thank thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. And I beseech thee to give me thy grace to help me to consider what I have done this day and to praise thee for what I have well done and to see confess and repent of what I have done amiss therein Amen Then take a view of all thou hast done that day and consider what duty to God to men or to thy self thou hast omitted and what thou hast thought or said or done amiss and say If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us but if we confess our sins with a due sense of them hearty sorrow for them and utter detestation of them and so forsake them God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness Then fall again on thy knees and say O God the Father Who hast made me and all the World have mercy on me a miserable sinner O God the Son Who hast redeemed me and all mankind have mercy upon me a miserable sinner O God the Holy Ghost Who do'st sanctifie me and all the elect People of God have mercy upon me a miserable sinner I confess before thee O Lord that I have been too negligent of my duty towards thee in not believing in thee not fearing thee not loving thee with all my heart and with all my mind and with all my soul and with all my strength but have over-loved other things besides thee O how have I neglected to worship