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A brief exposition of the church-catechism, with proofs from Scripture; Book of common prayer. Catechism.
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Church of England.; Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
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sin is death Q. What is the sum of what you pray for in this Petition A. I pray that it will please God to save and defend me in all dangers ghostly and bodily and that he will keep me from all sin and wickedness and from my ghostly enemy and from everlasting death Q. The Doxology What is the Doxology or Conclusion of the Lords-Prayer A. For thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen Q. What is meant by Doxology A. It 's a solemn form of praise and thanksgiving used in the Church of God. 1 Chron. 29.11 Thine O Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the Majesty c. Q. What is contained in this Doxology A. It contains an acknowledgment 1. Of Gods supereminent Excellencies which are the matter of our Adoration and Praise Such are his Dominion over all things call'd here the Kingdom and his Power by which he sustains and governs them and supplies the wants of all that pray to him Thine is the Kingdom and Power 2. Of the honour and thanks we are to render to him for whatever we receive and the end to which they are to be applied Thine is the Glory 1 Cor. 10.31 Whatsoever ye do do all to the Glory of God. 3. That as these perfections are perfectly and eminently originally and inseparably only in God so it 's the perpetual office of the Church Militant and Triumphant to ascribe them to him For ever and ever 1 Pet. 4.11 That God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever Amen Revel 5.13 Q. What doth the word Amen signifie A. In the close of a sentence Amen signifies consent and approbation a wishing and desiring b trust and confidence c a 1 Cor. 14.16 How shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen c b Jer. 28.6 Jeremiah said Amen the Lord do so 1 King. 1.36 c 1 Chron. 16.35 36. All the people said Amen Q. What is then the sense of Amen here A. It 's to say I trust God will do all that I have pray'd for of his mercy and goodness through our Lord Jesus Christ And therefore I say Amen So be it PART V. Of the Sacraments Q. HOW many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church The Sacraments A. Two only as generally necessary to Salvation that is to say Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Q. Are these two necessary to Salvation A. Yes generally necessary Q. Why are they said to be generally necessary A. Because no persons are excepted from the obligation of observing them that are capable and have an opportunity Q. How are these two necessary A. 1. As Baptism is the way of admission into the Church of Christ a out of which there is no promise of Salvation b a Ephes 2.12 Strangers from the Covenants of promise having no hope b Mat. 28.19 Go ye and teach all Nations baptizing them c. Joh. 3.5 2. The Lord's-Supper is the Testimony of our actual Communion with the Church a and a means of receiving that grace b which by Baptism we had the promise of a 1 Cor. 10.17 We being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one Bread. b Vers 16. The Cup of blessing which we bless is it not the Communion participation of the Blood of Christ The Bread which we break is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ Q. Doth the Church of Rome allow only two Sacraments as we do A. No for to these two they add five more viz. Confirmation Penance Extreme Vnction Orders and Matrimony and accurse all those that hold there are fewer or more than seven Sacraments truly and properly so called Q. But why are there no more than two Sacraments A. Because only these two have all the properties belonging to a true and proper Sacrament and which the other five are defective in Q. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament A. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us and ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same and a pledge to assure us thereof Q. What are the Properties belonging to a true Sacrament A. 1. That there be an outward and visible sign as water in Baptism and Bread and Wine in the Lord's Supper 2. An inward and spiritual grace thereby signified as the New birth by Baptism and the Body and Blood of Christ in the Lord's-Supper 3. A Divine Institution they are to be given to us and to be ordained by Christ himself Mat. 28.19 Go ye and teach all Nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 11.23 I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you 4. They are to be as a means whereby we receive the same Grace and a pledge to assure us thereof Matt. 26.28 This is my blood of the New Testament Covenant which is shed for many for the remission of sins Q. How many parts are there in a Sacrament A. Two 1. The outward visible Sign and 2. the inward Spiritual Grace Q. Of Baptism What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism A. Water wherein the person is Baptized In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Q. What is Christian Baptism A. It 's a Washing either by sprinkling a pouring on Water b or dipping c a person into it in the name of the Father Son and Holy-Ghost a Numb 8.7 Ezek. 36.25 Heb. 10.22 b Mark 7.4 c Acts 8.38 Q. What is the inward and Spiritual Grace or the thing signified by Baptism A. A death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness a for being by nature born in sin and the Children of Wrath we are hereby made the Children of Grace a Rom. 6.3 4 11. Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walk in newness of life Q. What is the state you and all mankind were in before Baptism A. We were by nature born in sin and children of wrath Eph. 2.3 Ye were by nature children of wrath even as others Q. What is the state you are now brought into A. We are hereby made the Children of Grace Eph. 2.4 5. God who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us even when we were dead in sins hath quickned us together with Christ by Grace ye are saved Q. How are you made a Child of Grace by Baptism A. As I am thereby taken into Covenant with God and have a title to the Grace and Blessings of that Covenant which my Baptism