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The church-catechism enlarg'd and explain'd in an easie and familiar method, with the scripture-proofs annexed thereunto.
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not then in your Name promise or declare the Vow that you should be bound to perform Luke 5 18-20 Yes If you had been Baptized at Age should you not in your own Name have made the Promise Yes †VVhoever then made the Profession in your Name do you not now acknowledge it was your Promise and your Vow Psalm 119.106 Yes § IS not the Baptismal Vow to Renounce and forsake all your Spiritual Enemies Yes 1. Must you not Renounce the Devil under whose Power you were by Nature Eph. 2.2 Yes Is it enough to Renounce the Worship of the Devil which is practised by Idolaters 1 Cor. 10.20 and by Wizards and Charmers Deut. 18.10 11 12. No. Must you not renounce and resist him as an Adversary and a tempter with all his works Jam. 4.7 Yes * Must you not renounce the Suggestions of Satan and his instruments which are the works that He practiseth for your ruin Eph. 2.2 Yes * Must you not renounce the works that Signally bear the Devils Image 1 Joh. 3.8 Such as Lying Joh. 8.44 pride 1 Tim. 3.6 Malice Eph. 4.26 27. Treachery Joh. 6.70 71. and the Seducing others Acts 13.10 Yes 2. Is not the world another Enemy that you are bound to renounce Gal. 1.4 1 Joh. 5.4 Yes Are you bound to leave the Society of men and to dwell alone in woods and rocks or to renounce your Callings and Estates and vow Poverty Acts 20.35 No. * Must we not renounce the examples flatterys and enticings of wicked men Rom. 12 2. Prov. 1.10 Yes May we then like the Company or have a voluntary Fellowship with notoriously ungodly men Eph. 5.11 No. * Must we not renounce the things of the world so far as they are contrary to Christ or would draw us from him Luke 14.26 Yes Did not the first Christians renounce by the name of Pomps and Vanities the Pompous shews in the Pagan Theatres and Processions Yes * May we then be allowed to frequent prophane Stage-plays or the revels in Wakes and drunken Festivals Gal. 5.21 No. * May we immoderately or unseasonably seek or affect the riches honours or pleasures of the world 1 Joh. 2.15 16. No. 3. Is not the flesh with the sinful lusts thereof the other enemy that we must renounce Gal. 5.24 Yes Is not original Sin and corruption the fountain of all actual Sins call'd the works of the flesh Jam. 1.14 Gal. 5 19-22 Yes Doth it no◠lust against the Spirit and draw even the Members of the body to Sin Gal. 5.17 Rom. 6.19 Yes * May we then follow the depraved dictates and reasonings of a fleshly mind Rom. 8.7 Col. 2.18 No. * Must we not especially abhor the gross sins and fleshly lusts that War against the Soul 1 Pet. 2.11 Yes § ARE we not to observe in our Baptismal Vow what we are to believe as well as what we are to renounce Yes 1. Are not the Holy Scriptures Acts 24.14 and particularly the Articles of the Creed the Doctrinal object of our Faith Joh. 20.31 Yes Can we believe these without understanding their meaning and some good esteem of their excellency Luk. 1.4 No. * Must we not assent to the truth of these Articles and live and dye in contending for the Faith Acts 8.37 Jud. 3. Yes Is it enough to profess these Doctrines with the mouth without believing with the Heart Rom. 10.9 10. No. Is it enough to believe them implicitly because the Church believes them without ever examining and trying them by the word 1 Joh. 4.1 No. * Must we not believe with application to our Hearts particularly in what relates to Christ Eph. 1.13 Yes 2. Is not Christ Himself then the immediate and Personal Object of our Faith as a Mediator appointed by God and dying for us Rom. 3.25 Yes * Is not Faith to receive Christ as offer'd in the Gospel Joh. 1.12 and to rely on his merits and righteousness Yes Is it enough then to assent to the Articles as true without a consent to the offers and terms of the Gospel Jam. 2.19 20. No. * Is not saving Faith wrought powerfully by the Spirit Eph. 1.19 and doth it not work by love and all good fruits Gal. 5.6 Jam. 2.18 Yes Is Faith then a strong conceit or perswasion that Christ dy'd for you though you live in sin and were never humbled for it Mat. 7.22 23. No. § ARE we not further engag'd by the Baptismal Vow to a continual obedience to the Holy will of God Yes Did you promise a sinless Obedience for the ends of the Covenant of Works 1 Joh. 1.8 9. No. But is not sincere Obedience to the will of God declared in his word indispensably required in the Covenant of Grace Gal. 6.16 Jam. 1.25 Yes * Is not this new Obedience from the efficacy of the Spirit and constraint of Divine Love 2 Cor. 5.14 15. Yes Yet are we forbidden to take Motives of our Obedience from fear of punishment or hope of reward Jer. 32.40 No. * Are not the ends of it that God may be glorify'd Mat. 5.16 Our Neighbour edify'd 1 Pet. 3.1 2. and our Selves made meet for Heaven Col. 1.12 Yes Will God then accept of that partial Obedience that comes from meer custom and Education and is done for self-applause or pretence of merit Gal. 2.16 No. * Must not our Obedience be free and willing without being griev'd at any of his Commands 1 Joh. 5.3 Yes * Must it not be universal with all the Heart and with a respect to all his Commandments and that in all our actions Psal 119.128 Prov. 7.2 Yes * Must it not be constant even all the days of our Lives Luk. 1.74 75. Yes Question Dost thou think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promis'd for thee Answer Yes verily and by God's help so I will and I heartily thank our Heavenly Father that He hath called me to this State of Salvation through Iesus Christ our Saviour and I pray unto God to give me his Grace that I may continue in the same to my lives end § HAVE you considered your Solemn Vow and Promise made in Baptism Luk. 14.28 31. Yes Do you now in the presence of God and this Congregation make a profession of your standing to your Baptismal Covenant Josh 24.22 27. Yes * You say you will now but will you make this profession in the most difficult and costly circumstances when the glory of God is concern'd Rev. 2.3 4. Yes * Do you make this profession only for hereafter without setting about the performance presently Psal 119.60 No. You say you will but can you do it in your own strength 2 Cor. 3.5 No. * Do you then profess this in and by the help strength and assistance of God Phil. 4.13 Yes And is God wanting to his Church as to sufficiency of means for your help therein Isa 5.4 No. § ARE all that live under the Gospel outwardly called to the State of Salvation and knowledge of the
to the Light of Nature as well as the Law of Christ and doth it not expose the Guilty to a severe Condemnation 1 Cor. 6.10 Yes * May we use any unlawful calling 2 Pet. 2.15 or any Guile or defrauding though in a lawful calling Mark 10.19 1 Thes 4.6 No. * May we put off bad or false Wares and Mony for good or use False Weights and Measures Amos. 8.5 6. Prov. 11.1 No. * May we set unconscionable Prices on our Goods Levit. 25.14 16. or Work upon the ignorance or necessities of them we deal with Prov. 22.22 23. No. * May we buy of those that we vehemently suspect have no right to Sell or immoderately praise our own or dispraise anothers Goods Prov. 20.14 No. * Is it not grievous Theft to be false in Places or matters of Trust especially in the Wills of the Dead Gal. 3.15 Yes * May we refuse to pay just Debts if we are able Rom. 13.8 or borrow without being likely to pay unless we lay open our Case Psal 37.21 No. * May we trespass upon the Lands of others Prov. 22.28 or with-hold corn to advance the Price in a time of scarcity Prov. 11.26 No. * May we keep Lost Goods which we have found without a suâ—table diligence to enquire out the Owner Deut. 22.2 3. No. § MUST we then in a Lawful use of some good Câ—lling cast our care upon the Lord and eat our own bread Eph. 4.28 2 Thes 3.11 12. Yes * Must we not do to others as we would be done by Mat. 7.12 Give to all their due Rom. 13.7 and Linder what we can any damage from befalling our Neighbours Estate Deut. 22.1 Yes Can there be true Repentance for sins of injustice without restoring what we have defrauded to the utmost of our power Mic. 6.10 11. Luk. 19.8 No. * Must we not give largely of our well-gotten Goods to the Poor according to their necessity especially to the Godly and them that suffer for Christs sake 2 Cor. 8.2 Yes Qu. Which is the Ninth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not bear false Witness c. § DOTH not this in the Letter forbid the affirming any thing falsely against another in Courts of Judicature Acts 6.11 13. and 24.9 Yes * May we therefore for fear favour or malice conceal the truth Acts 24.19 20. or knowingly change or wrest the words of another Mar. 26.60 61. No. * May we suborn false Witnesses 1 Kings 21.9 10. oâ— may Judges and Juries Wittingly admit of them to Justify the Wicked or condemn the Righteous Deut. 1. â—7 No. * And though it be in common converse may we raise false Reports Neh. 6.6 8. or lightly take them up and spread them Psal 15.3 No. * May we put the worst Constructions on our Neighbours words and actions 1 Sam. 22.9 10. or carry about Tales openly or secretly to disgrace him Levit. 19.16 No. Is not all false Witnessing and Slandering injurious to Men and hateful to God Prov. 6.19 20. and 19.5 Yes * Doth not this Condemn all Lying as highly provoking to God contrary to all Society amongst men and making men like the Devil the Father of it Prov. 6.16 17. Joh. 8.44 Yes Is it Lawful to Lye under pretence of Gods Glory the preservation of Religion Joh. 13.7 Rom. 3.7 8. or for any Worldly gain whatsoever Prov. 21.6 No. And if we may not Lye for our own or others Profit may we for their Sport or Pleasure Prov. 26.18 19. No. May we use Artificial modes of Lying by Equivocations and Mental Reservations Acts 5.8 No. Yet the more pernicious and hurtful any Lye is to our Neighbour is it not so much the more abominable Psal 52.4 Yes § MUST not all behave themselves in Courts of Judicature as under the awe of the peculiar presence and Oath of God Psal 82.1 2. Yes * Must we not in our whole Conversation Love the Truth and when we are called to speak utter it Eph. 4.25 Yes May we Promise any thing that we intend not to perform or neglect the performance if it be Lawful No. * Must we not rejoyce in the good Name of our Neighbour and be grieved when they deserve or receive disgrace 1 Cor. 12.26 Yes Must we not Charitably think the best 1 Cor. 13.5 and cover thâ—ir Faults 1 Pet. 4.8 and in what we can speak well of them 1 Sam. 19.4 5. Yes Yet must we neglect to reprove them for their Faults Levit. 19.17 till they prove scorners or desperate Mat. 7.6 No. * Can we rightly take care of our Neighbours good Name if we do not by a Holy walking endeavour to preserve our own 1 Sam. 2.30 Eccl. 7.1 No. Qu. Which is the Tenth Commandment Answ Thou shalt not Covet thy Neighbours House c. § ARE we forbidden not only the acts and setled thoughts of sin but even the first motions and stirrings thereof in our Souls Rom. 7.7 Yes * May we comply with the Devils motiâ—ns 〈…〉 5.3 or suffer our selves to be drawn aside by oâ—◠〈…〉 to affect any thing forbidden by God's Law Jam. 1.14 No. * May we desire what is anothers to his hurt Acts 20.33 or envy our Neighbours happiness and delight in his loss Prov. 23.17 18. No. * Though we Covet not anothers Goods may we set our affections on our own or distract our mind and wast our strength in persuit of the World Luk. 12.15 17. Yes Doth not Covetousness bring a Curse on the Goods Bodies Families and Souls of Worldlings Habak 2.9 10. Yes § DOTH not this require all inward purity of the Soul and the regulating our affections by the Word Prov. 4.23 Yes Must we not rejoyce in our Neighbours prosperity Rom. 12.12 and be contented with what Condition the providence of God allots us 1 Tim. 6.6 8. Heb. 13.5 Yes Question What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments Answer I learn two things my duty towards God and my duty towards my Neighbour § WAS not the Law Written on two Tables the one containing our Duty to God the other our duty to men and both Comprehended in Love Exod. 34 1-5 Rom. 13.10 Yes Can those two be separated in our Practice and Obedience or is our Holiness true without righteousness Luk. 1.75 No. Yet are not the duties of the first Table more noble than the duties of the Second as the Object of them which is God is greater than Man Job 33.12 Yes Question What is thy duty towards God Answer My duty towards God is to believe in him to fear him and to love him with all my Heart with all my mind with all my Soul and with all my Strength To Worship him to give him thanks to put my whole trust in him to call upon him to Honour his Holy Name and his word and to serve him truly all the days of my Life § DOTH not the Four first Commandments make up the first Table and is not Love to God the Sum of them all Mat. 22.37 38. Yes Can we