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A58134 An explication of the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer with the addition of some forms of prayer / by John Rawlet ... Rawlet, John, 1642-1686. 1672 (1672) Wing R356; ESTC R4882 40,637 120

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they swear A. No this is but a vain excuse since sober and good men are easily believed on their bare word and common swearers are seldome thought to make conscience even of what they swear Q. Is it not enough to justifie these oaths that what is sworn is truth A. No for an oath must be taken only when we are lawfully called thereto in some weighty case which cannot otherwise be well determined Q. Who else may be said to take the name of God in vain A. They who are careless and irreverent in the worship of God and they who upon every light occasion cry out oh God or oh Lord when they have no sense nor thought of that glorious Majesty whose sacred name they rashly mention Q. What reason is urged to keep us from this sin A. The consideration of that vengeance which sooner or later God will certainly execute upon those who are guilty of this profaneness and contempt of his Majesty Q. What is the fourth Commandment A. Remember the Sabboth day to keep it holy six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabboth of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt not do any work thou nor thy Son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattel nor the stranger that is within thy gates for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the Sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabboth day and hallowed it Q. What are you taught in the fourth Commandment A. The fourth Commandment teacheth us that it is our duty to set apart one day in seven for the solemn worship and service of God Q. What reason is here mentioned for the enforcing this Command A. Gods allowance of six days in the week for our worldly employments and his own example in resting on the seventh when he had made the world in six days before Q. Which day in the seven did the Jews keep their Sabboth A. They kept the seventh day which we now call Saturday Q. Why do we Christians keep the first day of the week A. In remembrance of our redemption wrought by the Lord Jesus especially of his Resurrection which was upon the first day of the week Q. What warrant have we for so doing A. The example of the Apostles and primitive Christians recorded in Scripture where this day is styled the Lords day the practice of the Church of God in all ages since as also the custom of our own Church and the commands of our Rulers both in Church and State Q. How ought we to spend the Lords day A. In the worship and Service of God both publick and private especially in meditating on and praising him for his works of Creation and Redemption Q. Are there no works lawful on this day A. Yes works of necessity and mercy whether to man or beast but we ought to abstain from such employments and recreations as either prevent the duties of this day or else hinder our due profiting by them Q. What is to be done in private that we may best profit by the publick service of this day A. We ought by prayer and serious consideration to prepare our selves before-hand for the publick worship of God and when we come home to meditate on what we have heard and Masters of Families ought to pray with and instruct those that are under their charge Q. Who are they then that do not remember this day to keep it holy but profane it A. They who without any necessity take journeys or follow their employments on this day or else spend the same in idleness and pleasure neglecting the service of God in publick or in their Family accounting it a burden to spend a day in works of Piety and devotion Thus much of the Commandments of the first Table which enjoyn the duties we owe more immediately to God Now follow those of the second Table which respect our duty to man What is the fifth Commandment A. Honour thy Father and thy Mother that thy days may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Q. What are we taught in the fifth Commandment A. The fifth Commandment teacheth us to honour our Parents obeying all their lawful commands succouring and maintaining them if they stand in need of our help Q. Are there none beside our natural Parents to whom we owe obedience A. Yes we are also bound to reverence and obey all those who by their place and power may well be called our Parents to wit the civil Magistrate and our Spiritual Pastours and Teachers Servants must be subject to their Masters shewing all diligence and faithfulness and we must give due honour and respect to all those who are in any regard our Superiours Q. What promise is made to those who keep this Commandment A. A promise of long life and prosperity so far as God shall see it for their good Q. What reason may be given why this promise was made peculiarly to the keeping of this Command A. Because obedience and Subjection both in families and kingdomes ordinarily produce that peace and quietness which tends very much to our happiness even in this world Q. What is the sixth Commandment A. Thou shalt not kill Q. What is forbidden in this Commandment A. The murdering of our selves or any other person Q. Is it sufficient if we abstain only from murder A. No but we moreover ought to abstain from all rash anger inward malice and revenge from railing and provoking language from quarrelling and fighting Q. But what if others shall injure us in word or deed may we not return the like to them A. No but we must bless them who curse us do good to them that hate us forgive and love our very enemies that so we may overcome evil with good Q. Is there then no way of seeking our own right when we are injured and abused A. Yes by just and lawful means we may seek our right but without any malice or revenge in our hearts Q. Is there any case wherein the taking away of a mans life may be allowed A. Yes in execution of publick justice upon malefactours in a lawful war or when we are constrained to it in the just defence of our own lives Q. Who may be said to break this Command by taking away their own lives A. Not only they who lay violent hands on themselves but all those who by immoderate eating and drinking or any such wicked and wilful course destroy their health and so shorten their days Q. What is the seventh Commandment A. Thou shalt not commit adultery Q. What is forbidden in the seventh Commandment A. The seventh Commandment forbiddeth adultery and fornication with all the occasions and beginnings of these sins Q. From what particularly ought we to abstain in obedience to this Commandment A. We ought carefully to abstain
justifying and rewarding the righteous Q. Who is the Holy ghost A. The third person of the sacred Trinity proceding from the Father and the Son being one God with the Father and the Son Q. Why is the Divine Spirit called Holy A. Not only as he is holy in himself but also as it is his peculiar office to make men holy Q. What hath he done or still continues to do toward the making men holy A. He hath revealed the will of God in the holy Scriptures and carries on the interest and design of Christ in the world by turning mens hearts from the world to God from sin to holiness Q. For what reasons do you believe that the holy Scripture was wrote by men inspired by the Holy ghost A. Because the Doctrines of it are so worthy of God and have the confirmation of such miracles Q. Is the will of God perfectly revealed in Scripture A. God hath so perfectly revealed his will and our duty therein that nothing ought to be required of us either to be believed or practised as necessary to salvation which is not plainly contained in this his holy word Q. Are there not some Traditions as needful as the Scripture and of equal value with it A. We need no Traditions beside the Scripture but the Tradition or delivery of Christian Religion and the Holy Scriptures from one generation to another ever since the time of Christ and his Apostles gives us great assurance of their truth and helps us to judge what books belong to the Canon of Scripture and what do not Q. How does the Holy Ghost carry on the work of Christ upon the souls of men A. By enlightning their minds to discern the vanity of the world and the evil of sin and thereby enclining them to come to Christ that through him they may be reconciled to God and made happy in his love Q. How does the Spirit work these ●ffects upon the Soul A. By opening our hearts to attend to the word wherein our duty with the motives to it is revealed and by keeping the truths thereof upon our minds till they become effectual to our conversion though the way of its working cannot be distinctly told Q. Can a man be saved without the help of the Spirit A. No for if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his Q. To what end is the spirit so necessary A. Both to implant grace in our hearts and to confirm and encrease the same to comfort and guide us to strengthen us against temptations and to help us in the performance of all duties Q. To whom do we owe the praise of any good thing wrought in us or performed by us A. To the Spirit of God who works in us both to will and to do Q. But where lies the fault if men live all their days in sin and are never converted and brought home to God A. Wholly on themselves and not on God in the least Q. But how can that be since his Spirit alone can sanctify them can they help it if they are not sanctified A. Yes for by their sloth and wilfulness they grieve the good Spirit of God and hinder his workings and by their not improving that grace they have already received are themselves the cause why they receive no more Q. Is there then any thing to be done by us in order to our own conversion and salvation A. Yes for God commands us to work out our own salvation Q. What is it that we are to do A. We must hear and read the word of God and consider of it examine our hearts and keep continual watch over our ways and earnestly beg of God his holy Spirit to enable us to do what he requires of us Q. What do you mean when you say you believe the Holy Catholick Church A. I do hereby profess to believe that Jesus Christ hath a Church upon earth made up of all his true and living members which may be called that Body whereof he is the Head Q. Is there not some one Person here in earth appointed to be visible head over this Universal Church who is to be held Christs Vicar on Earth A. We read of no such thing in Scripture and therefore have no reason to believe it but under Christ Princes and Pastours are the Heads and Governours in their respective dominions and Churches Q. Why is this Church called holy A. Because the members thereof are separated from the rest of the world dedicated to God and engaged to holiness in heart and life Q. Who are they that belong to this Church A. As to outward appearance all such who are baptized into the name of Chri●t and do credibly profess their belief of the Gospel and their resolution to obey it Q. Who are the true and living members of this Church A. Such whose belief and life is agreeable to their profession Q. Why is it called the Catholique or Universal Church A. To shew that it is not confin'd to any particular place or nation as the Church of the Jews was but is spread abroad over the face of the earth Q. Is it proper then to give the name of Catholick onely to those who are of this or that particular Church or Sect A. No not at all but very unreasonable Q. How is it then that some say that the Church of Rome is the Catholique Church A. There is neither sense nor charity in it since it is as much as to say that one part and a bad one too is the whole and that no man can be a true Christian except he be of the Church of Rome Q. Are not all Christians in the world bound to be subject to the Church of Rome A. No not though it should be Reformed any more than they are bound to be subject to the Church of England or Scotland which are but parts of the Universal Church And many good Christians there were in the world before there was a Church at Rome and many have been since who perhaps never heard of any such place Q. Is it not all one then to be Papists and Catholicks A. Upon no account since Papists how many so ever they be are but a particular Sect of Christians as Anabaptists or Quakers are and a Sect that hath done a world of mischief to the Church of God by their dangerous innovations both in opinion and practice Q. Who then is properly and truly a Catholick Christian A. He that heartily believes all that Jesus Christ hath revealed and sincerely endeavours to do all that he hath commanded is the true Catholick of what Church or nation soever he be Q. What is one of the best signs of such a true Catholick A. To have a great deal of charity for all his fellow Christians though they are not in all things of the same opinion with himself Q.