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A07354	Mayers catechisme abridged. Or the A.B.C. inlarged With many necessary questions fitted vnto it, for the benefit of all that desire to teach or learne it effectually. A duty to which all wee of the Church of England are bound, it being generally appointed by authoritie.	Mayer, John, 1583-1664.	1623 (1623)	STC 17739; ESTC S107048	24,537	78

and the benefits which we receiue thereby Q. What is the outward part or signe of the Lords Supper A. Bread and Wine which the Lord hath commanded to be receiued Q. What is the inward part or thing signified A. The Body Blood of Christ which are verely and indeed taken and receiued of the faithfull in the Lords Supper Q. What are the benefits wherof we are partakers thereby A. The strengthening and refreshing of our soules by the Body and Blood of Christ as our bodies are by the Bread and Wine Q. What is required of them which come to the Lords Supper A. To examine themselues whether they repent them truely of their former sinnes stedfastly purposing to leade a new life haue a liuely faith in Gods mercy through Christ with a thankefull remembrance of his death and bee in charitie with all men Q. Wherein standeth true Repentance A. In three things First in knowledge and acknowledgement of our sinnes past Secondly Prou. 28.19 Iere. 3.25 Luke 13. Psal 51.17 Math. 5.4 2 Cor. 7.11 in godly sorrow and griefe of heart for them Thirdly in a godly purpose to forsake all sinne and to leade a new life for all time to come Q. What is faith A. Hebr. 11.1 Rom. 8.30 Iohn 6.47 Rom. 16.14 Acts 16.14 It is a certaine perswasion of the heart wrought by the spirit of God grounded vpon his promises that all my sinnes are forgiuen mee in Christ Iesus Q. Wherein standeth true Christian loue A. In affection when it is the same towards our neighbour Math. 19.19 1 Iohn 3 17. Iam. 2.15 16 that it is towards our selues voyde of malice hatred and enuy and desirous of his good as of our owne And in action when wee are ready to doe good vnto others as vnto our selues and to kéepe away hurt as from our selues Q. What shall he doe that after examination findes not these things in himselfe A. He may not kéepe away from the Lords Supper for this were a pronoking of God to wrath neither can hee come vnto it Mat. 22. without offending in a higher degrée Q. What may a man doe then in this case A. Hee must humbly sue vnto God for the pardon of his sinnes Mat. 5.24 to strike his hard heart that hee may melt into teares for them and constantly cleaue to his Commaundements and if there be any dissention he must goe and be reconciled to his brother Q. What ought a man to doe at the Lords Supper A. 1 Cor. 11.23 He ought thankefully to remember the inward graces of God towards him by séeing the outward signes Q. What are these graces A. They are three Q. Which is the first A. The Lords giuing of his Son Iesus Christ to death for vs set forth by the Ministers taking of the Bread and Wine Ioh 3.16 breaking and powring out and offering them to vs all Q. Which is the second A. Eph. 5.30 Our neere vnion vnto Christ and how we haue all our spirituall food from him set forth by our taking eating and inward digesting the Bread and Wine that become nourishment vnto vs and are vnited to the substance of our bodies Q. Which is the third A. The neare vnion that God hath made by Christ betwixt all the faithfull set forth by the same Bread Rom. 12.5 Gal. 3.28 being made of many graines of corne and by the same Wine made of many grapes Q. What is to bee done after the receiuing A. We must meditate of the couenant of new obedience renewed by this Sacrament that we may more carefully performe it and flie sinne and vice all the dayes of our life Godly Prayers A Morning Prayer for a priuate Family MOst mercifull God and heauenly Father wee giue thee hearty thankes for the sweet sleepe and comfortable rest which thou hast giuen vs this night past and for that thou hast commaunded by thy holy Word that no man should bee idle but alwayes occupied in godly and vertuous exercises euery man according to his calling wee most humbly beseech thee that thine eyes may attend vpon vs daily defend vs cherish comfort and gouerne vs and all our counsels studies and labours in such wise that we may spend and bestow this day and the residue of our whole life according to thy most blessed wil and pleasure setting thee alwayes before our eyes liuing in thy feare working that that may be found acceptable in thy sight hating wrong and louing iustice Also we beseech thee most merciful God to strengthen and keepe vs in the faith of thy Catholike Church kindle in vs the loue and light of thy holy spirit that we may walke godly and vertuously in this life die in the truth of thy word and liue with thee in euerlasting glory grant this most mercifull Father for thy deare Son Iesus Christ his sake in whose name we further pray as he hath taught vs saying Our Father which art c. An Euening prayer for a priuate Family ALmightie and euerliuing God wee giue thee most humble and heartie thanks that of thy free mercies thou hast preserued vs this day from all hurts and dangers vouchsafe also we most humbly beseech thee to keepe vs this night and euer hereafter to saue vs from all our enemies both bodily and ghostly giue our bodies quietnesse and sleepe but let our minds and soules continually watch vnto thee thinke on thee and thy holy Law that when the cheerefull light of the day shall appeare we being whole in body and soule may ioyfully rise againe bee thankfull vnto thee and diligently walke in our vocations to our comforts the glory of thy blessed name through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Prayer before the receiuing of the holy Communion O Most mercifull God and heauenly Father I miserable and wretched sinner acknowledge and confesse that I am not worthy the least of all thy mercies and most vnworthy to receiue thee vnder the roofe of my soule by participating of thy most blessed body bloud for horrible and infinite are the sinnes wherewith I am defiled therfore the very entrals of my heart are troubled and my bones doe shake because I finde my soule a most vnworthy ghest for so heauenly a supper But thou camst not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance and I know and doe constantly beleeue that notwithstanding my sins thou canst make me cleane and worthy and forgiue me my sins and through thy power and mercy I beseech thee grant thy grace vnto mee a sinner that I may worthily approach to this heauenly Sacrament Giue me grace before I presume to come to the receiuing hereof I may examine my selfe call my sinnes to minde and by vnfained and hearty repentance return vnto thee my Lord make mee with heauie sobs to confesse my sinnes and pardon all my offences accept me into thy fauour cleanse me from my wickednes and forgiue me all my sinnes Also graunt that receiuing this

care it hath been almost euer since Constantines time to magnifie their owne Church and themselues and to suppresse their aduersaries Q. But is it possible that the Roman Church being once a true Church should fall seeing God hath promised his Spirit to his Church to be alwaies present leading it into all truth A. The Lord tyeth not his Spirit to any place for then the famous Churches in Asia should still haue beene true Churches but the Spirit is alwaies present to the faithfull in all places of the world Q. Hauing found out the true Church are wee to beleeue in it as in God A. No for then we should sometime beleeue errours seeing the best men which are the Church may erre Q. What is it then to beleeue the Church A. To beleeue the doctrine of the Church wherin it followeth Christ the Prophets and Apostles the only sure pillars and ground of truth Q. What is that which followeth in these Articles viz. The communion of Saints the forgiuenesse of sinnes c. A. They be certaine speciall benesits belonging to the Church and to euery member thereof Q. What is the Communion of Saints A. Ephes 4. Iohn 15. Gal. 3.28 Reuel 6.11 Heb. 10.24 That holy and swéet followship which all the mēbers of Christs Church haue one with another in forrowing reioycing praying and praising God for and with one another Q. What is the forgiuenesse of sinnes A. That wonderful grace of God in Iesus Christ whereby hee passeth ouer our transgressions as if they had neuer béen committed and releaseth the punishment due to them Q What is the Resurrection of the body A. The raising of the body againe at the last day by Gods power Math. 22.31 Dan. 12.2 Iob 19.25 1 Cor. 15. that being ioyned to the soule it may stand before Gods iudgement Seat to giue account of all that it hath done whether good or euill and bee rewarded accordingly Q. What manner of bodies shall we haue in the Resurrection A. The very same which now we haue only whereas they be now naturall 1 Cor. 15. 35 43. Iob 19.25 they shall rise againe spirituall not subiect to death any more nor sustained by naturall meanes of meates and drinkes and sleepe and the like Q. Among those that die some are crooked through age some tender infants some blind and some lame shall their bodies at the resurrection then bee the same A. No for all these are weakenesses which shall be done away to the faithfull and strength perfection and comelinesse shall be to euery one of them Q. What is the Life euerlasting A. Psal 16.11 Esay 6.1 Reuel 21. Esay 66.23 1 Cor. 2.9 All that euer enduring happines all those ioyes which the Lord imparteth to al his elect in the world to come which are so great as that the eye hath not séene nor the eare heard neither can the heart conceiue throughly Q. Thou saydst that thou wert bound by vow in thy Baptisme to kéepe Gods holy will and Commandements tell me therefore how many Commandements are there A. Ten. God spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God which haue brought thée out of the ●and of Egypt out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Gods but me Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image nor the likenesse of any thing that is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not vow downe to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a iealous God and visite the sinnes of the Fathers vpon the Children vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousands in them that loue me and kéepe my Commandements Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord will not hold him guiltles that taketh his name in vaine Remember that thou kéepe holy the Sabbath day Sixe dayes thou shalt labour and doe all that thou hast to doe but the seauenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt doe no manner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy manseruant and thy maidsernant thy cattell the stranger that is within thy gates For in six dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seauenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seauenth day and hallowed it Honour thy Father and Mother that thy dayes may bee long in the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee Thou shalt doe no murther Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witesse against thy neighbour Thou shalt not couet thy neigh●ours house thou shalt not couet thy ●eighbors wife nor his seruant nor ●●s mayd nor his oxe nor his asse or any thing that is his Q. What doest thou learne out 〈◊〉 these commandements A. Two things my dutie to●ards God and my dutie towards ●y neighbour Q. What is thy dutie towards ●od A. My dutie towards God is to ●●léeue in him to feare him and to ●●ue him with all my heart with all ●y mind with all my soule and with 〈◊〉 my strength to worship him to ●●ue him thanks to put my whole ●●ust in him to call vpon him to ●●nour his holy name and his word ●●d to serue him truely all the dayes 〈◊〉 my life Q. What is thy dutie towards thy neighbour A. My dutie towards my neighbour is to loue him as my selfe an● to doe to all men as I would the should do to me to loue honour an● succour my father and mother 〈◊〉 honour and obey the King and hi● Ministers to submit my selfe to a●● my Gouernours Teachers spirit●all Pastors and Masters to orde● my selfe lowly and reuerently to a●● my betters To hurt no body b● word nor déed to be true and iust i● all my dealings to beare no malic● nor hatred in my heart to kéepe m● hands from picking and stealing an● my tongue from euill speaking l●●ing and flaundering to kéepe m● body in temperance sobernesse an● chastitie not to couet nor desire ●ther mens goods but learne and l●bour truly to get mine owne liuin● and to doe my dutie in that state 〈◊〉 life vnto the which is shall plea●● God to call me Q. How were these Commau●dements giuen A. Written with Gods own hand in two Tables of stone Q. In which Table do you learne ●our dutie towards God A. In the first containing the foure ●●rmer Commandements Q. How many bee the parts of ●●ery of these Commandements A. Two the Commandement it ●ife and the reason of it Q. Rehearse the first Commandement A. I am the Lord thy God c. Q. In which words is the Comandement contained A. The Commaundement is ●hou shalt haue none other Gods ●ut me Q. What are wee heere comanded A. To haue the Lord for our God that is to loue him aboue all Deut. 6.45 Mal.