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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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A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF THE Church-Catechism WITH Proofs from SCRIPTURE LONDON Printed by R. Roberts for the Author MDCLXXXIX IMPRIMATUR Liber cui Titulus A brief Exposition of the Church-Catechism H. Maurice Rmo in Christo P. D. Wilhelmo Archiep. Cant. à Sacris Decemb. 12. 1688. TO HIS HONOURED FRIEND THE Reverend Dr. BVSBY AFter so pious a Design as you have laid in Founding and Endowing a Catechetical Lecture in Westminster-Abbey for the Instruction of the Youth under your Care and my Three Years Employment therein It may seem to be a mean account of it to publish such an Exposition of our Church-Catechism as this is But setting aside my other endeavours in that way I am not concerned to offer this to you who I know estimate things not according to their Bulk but their Vse and if by the brevity order and perspicuity aim'd at in this Exposition I have contributed to so good an end I am sure not to fail of your Approbation and shall be encouraged to proceed in the finishing and publishing my larger Exposition for the use of those who have been before instructed in this I am SIR Your Faithful Servant John Williams A BRIEF EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH-CATECHISM ¶ A Catechism that is to say an Instruction to be learned of every Person before he be brought to be Confirmed by the Bishop PART I. Of the Baptismal Vow Q. What is your Name A. N. or M. Q. Why is this Question first asked What is your Name A. To put me in mind of the Faith I professed at my Baptism when I first received my Christian Name Q. Who gave you this Name A. My God-Fathers and God-Mothers in my Baptism wherein I was made a member of Christ the Child of God and an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Why is it asked Who gave you this Name A. To mind me of the Duty I then promised by my God-Fathers to perform Q. Why was your Christian Name given to you in Baptism A. Because I was then dedicated to Christ and taken into Covenant with him For the like reason the proper Name was given at Circumcision as to Isaac Gen. 21.3 4. to John Baptist Luk. 1.59 to our Saviour Luk. 2.21 Q. Why was your Name given you by God-Fathers A. As according to the ancient practice in the Jewish a and Christian Church they became Witnesses and Sureties for my better performing what was then requir'd of me a Isa 8.2 3. Q. What are the Privileges you receive and are admitted to by Baptism A. The Privileges are three as I was thereby made 1. A Member of Christ 2. The child of God 3. An Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven Q. Why are you said to be made a Member of Christ c A. Because I was not so born a but made by Baptism b a Joh. 1.12 13. As many as received him to them he gave power privilege to become the Sons of God which were born not of blood nor of the will of flesh nor of the will of man but of God. b Joh. 3.5 6. Except a man be born of Water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh c. Q. What is it to be a Member of Christ A. It 's to be a member of Christ's Church 1 Cor. 12.12 As the body is one and hath many members and all the members of that one body being many are one body so also is Christ or the Christian Church Vers 27. Ye are the body of Christ and members in particular Q. Why is a Member of Christ's Church said to be a member of Christ A. Because the Church is the Mystical body of Christ a and Christ is the head b of that body a Ephes 1.22 23. The Church which is his body b Ephes 5.23 Christ is the head of the Church Q. What is it to be a Child of God A. It 's to be in Covenant with God. So the Jews were the children of God a and of the Covenant b a Deut. 14.1 b Act. 3.25 Q. Why are you first said to be a Member of Christ and then a Child of God A. Because it 's through Christ I was made a child of God Ephes 1.5 Having predestinated us to the Adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself Q. What is it to be an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven A. It 's to be so by promise Thus we are said to have what God has promised and which we have a title to upon that promise Joh. 3.36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life Q What did your God-Fathers and God-Mothers then for you A. They did promise and vow three things in my name first that I should renounce the Devil and all his works the pomps and banity of this wiched World and all the sinful lusts of the flesh Secondly that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. And thirdly that I should keep Gods holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same all the days of my life Q. What are you obliged to renounce A. The three spiritual enemies to my present welfare and future happiness Q. What are they A. The Devil the world and the flesh Q. What is it to renounce them A. It 's inwardly to detest and actually to reject them so as not to follow nor be led by them Q. What is the Devil A. The Devil is the name of all the fallen and lost Angels a of which one is the Prince b a 2 Pet. 2.4 God spared not the Angels that sinned but cast them down to Hell. b Mat. 12.24 27. Beelzebub the Prince of the Devils Q. Why are you in the first place requir'd to renounce the Devil A. Because he is an irreconcilable enemy to our Saviour a and a very dangerous enemy to us b a Revel 12.7 There was war in Heaven Michael and his Angels fought against the Dragon and the Dragon fought and his Angels b 2 Cor. 6.15 1 Pet. 5.8 Your adversary the Devil as a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour Q. What is meant by the works of the Devil A. All sin 1 Joh. 3.8 The Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the Devil Q. Why is sin call'd the work of the Devil A. Because he first sinned a then seduced man to sin b and doth still tempt to it c a 1 Joh. 3.8 He that committeth sin is of the Devil for the Devil sinneth from the beginning b 2 Cor. 11.3 The Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty c Eph. 6.11 12. Put on the whole armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against Principalities c. Q. What is the second enemy you are to renounce A. This wicked world a with its pomps and vanity a Gal. 1.4 Who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us
from this present evil world Q. Why do you call it this wicked world A. Not from any evil in the world it self for it was made very good a but because of the evil it tempts to b and the evil use it 's put to by bad men a Gen. 1.31 God saw every thing that he had made and behold it was very good b 1 Joh. 2.15 Love not the world neither the things that are in the world If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him Jam. 4.1 2 4. Q. What is meant by Pomps A. Honour and worldly Glory Act. 25.23 Agrippa came with great pomp Q. What is it to renounce the Pomps of this world A. It 's to refrain from all immoderate desires after the honour and glory of the world and from all pride and ostentation in what any one enjoys of it 1 Joh. 2.16 The pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world Phil. 2.3 Let nothing be done through vain glory but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves Q. What do you understand by the Vanity of this world which you are to renounce A. Covetousness a or the lust of the eye 1 Joh. 2.16 a Eccles 4.7 8. I saw vanity under the Sun there is one alone and there is not a second yea he hath neither child nor brother yet is there no end of all his labour neither is his eye satisfied with riches c. 1 Tim. 6.9 10. They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and burtful lusts c. Q. What is the third enemy you are to renounce A. The sinful lusts of the flesh 1 Joh. 2.16 Q. What do you understand by the sinful lusts of the flesh A. All unlawful pleasures to which we are provoked by our sensual inclinations such as uncleanness drunkenness c. Gal. 5.19 21. The works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication c. Q. What is the second Duty you were in your Baptism obliged to perform A. To believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith Of this see the Belief Q. What is the third Duty then required of you A. To keep God's holy Will and Commandments and to walk in the same all the days of my life Of this see the Decalogue Q. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe and to do as they have promised for thee A. 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 Jesus Christ our Saviour And I pray to God to give me his grace that I may continue in the same unto my lives end Q. Why do you think your self bound thus to believe and do what they promised for thee A. Because what was then promised was in my name and by Proxies that acted in my stead Q. Are you resolved to do according to what they promised for you A. Yes by God's help or else I must expect to forfeit the blessings belonging to that state which I was then called and admitted into Heb. 2.3 How shall we escape if we neglect so great Salvation Q. What is that state A. A state of Salvation Q. Why do you call it a state of Salvation A. Because I have thereby all the means necessary to Salvation Rom. 1.16 The Gospel is the power of God unto Salvation to every one that believeth 2 Tim. 3.15 From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation Q. How came you into this state A. Our Heavenly Father called me to it through Jesus Christ and instated me into it by Baptism Tit. 3.5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Q. How do you think to be enabled to do and to continue in the performance of what was then required A. I depend upon the Grace of God a to prevent b assist c and confirm d me in it a 2 Cor. 3.5 Not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God. Phil. 2.13 It is God which worketh in you b to will c and to do d Phil. 1.6 Being confident of this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it Q. How do you think to obtain God's Grace A. I will pray unto God for it Luk. 11.9 10 13. Ask and it shall be given seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened unto you c. If ye being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more will your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him PART II. Of the Creed or Belief Q. WHat was the second Duty undertaken in your name A. That I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. Q. What do you mean by the Christian Faith A. The Doctrine revealed by Christ and contained in the Holy scripture Acts 24.24 Feâ—â—â— heard Paul concerning the Faith in Christ or the Christian Doctrine Q. What do you mean by the Articles of the Christian Faith A. I thereby mean such Points of Christian Doctrine as are most necessary to be believed Heb. 6.1 The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ Q. Where are those Articles briefly contain'd A. In the Apostles Creed Q. Why is it called the Apostles Creed A. Partly because of the Apostolical Doctrine contained in it and partly because it was in the main Branches of it composed in the Apostolical times as we read of a form of sound words 2 Tim. 1.13 Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief The Creed A. 1. I believe in God the father Almighty Maker of Deaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary 4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell. 5. The third day he rose again from the Dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the father Almighty 7. from thence he shall come to judge the Duich and the Dead 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints 10. The forgiveness of Sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the Life everlasting Amen Q. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief A. First I learn to believe in God the father who hath made me and all the World. Secondly In God the Son who hath redeemed me and all mankind Thirdly In God the Holy Ghost who sanctifieth me and all the elect People of God. Q. What do you observe from these three parts into which the Creed is divided A. 1. I observe a distinction of Persons the Father the Son and the