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A47130	A Christian catechisme, for the instruction of youth, and others to whom it may be useful in the grounds of Christian religion, and practice of Christian piety wherein the twelve articles of the Christian creed, and the Godhead and manhood natures of Christ and his prophetical, priestly, and kingly office are briefly explained : and the true Christian doctrin, concerning Christ his being a sufficient saviour, as he is both God and man : and with respect to both the absolute necessity, and excellent consistencie of his outward coming in the flesh, and his inward coming, and spiritual appearance in our hearts, through faith in him, and love and obedience to him, in order to our eternal salvation, declared and demonstrated by testimonies of Holy Scripture : and the divine excellency of the light within, in distinction from humane reason, asserted and vindicated : and the question concerning its sufficiency to salvation, truly stated and resolved : where also many other Gospel doctrins, and practical Christian truths and duties are held forth / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing K150; ESTC R19823	60,929	128

that justifieth the Circumcision i. e. the Jews by Faith and the Uncircumcision Rom. 3 30 〈◊〉 c. the Gentiles through Faith and another way than by Faith or without Faith in Christ Jesus the scriptures do not hold 〈◊〉 for attaining Eternal Life and Salvation Q. How doth Christ perform his Kingly Office in and over his Church A. By converting them and ●●●hering them out from among the Dross an●●●●…ish of the World to himself God having 〈…〉 in Christ Jesus before the Foundation of the World that they should be holy and having given them to him Ephes 1. 4. Joh. 6. 37. 39. Joh. 1● 6. by giving them the Holy-Spirit and the saving Gifts and Graces thereof to sanctifie renew and regenerate them into his own Image and Likeness and to crucifie and mortifie the Old Man in them with his deeds by pardoning their Sins and justifying them by giving them his Laws and writing them in their hearts by protecting and defending them and ruling them by his spiritual Presence and Indwelling in their hearts and by subduing his and their Enemies Matth. 1. 21. Acts 3. 26. 1 John 3. 58. Jer. 31. 18. 19. 33. 34. John 11. 92. Isa 11. 12. Isa 43. 5. 6. 7. John 16. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Titus 3. 4 5. 6. Mark 2. 10 John 10. 28. 29. Isa 9. 6. 7. John 17. 23. 26. Psal 110. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. Coloss 2. 11. 12. Q. Was not Christ's Resurrection from the Dead and his Ascension into Heaven as well as his giving and sending down the Holy Ghost upon his Disciples on the day of Pentecost all great and glorious Acts of his Kingly Office and Power A. Yea John 10. 17 18. Psal 68. 18. Eph. 4. 8 12 13. Q. What place of Scripture in the Old Testament was a Figure of Christ's giving the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost which was the fif●●●th day from his Resurrection A. The Feast of Weeks that was commanded to be kept on the fiftieth day from the day 〈…〉 Sheaf of the first Fruits was offered Levit. 23. 15. 16. Q. Is Christ to come from Heaven to judge all Men that ever lived or shall live even the quick and the dead A. Yea as the Scriptures plainly testifie 2 Tim. 4. 1. John 5. 27 28 29. Q. Will his coming and appearance be without us in his glorified Body and true Manhood Nature A. Yea. Acts 1. 11. Q. When will that time be that he will so come A. Of that Day and Hour knoweth no Man nor the Angels in Heaven Matth. 24. 36 42 44. The coming of Christ is infallibly certain but the particular time of it God would not have made known unto Men that we may be continually watching and give no way to security or sloath but be always preparing for our Lord 's coming Q. How or in what manner will Christ come A. He will come with great Power and Glory by which Power he will raise the dead Bodies of all Men both Just and Unjust in the Glory of his Father and of his holy Angels with the Voice of the Archangel and the mighty sound of a Trumpet in Kingly Power and Majesty who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords Matth. 15. 27. Mark 8. 38. 2 Thess 7. 8 9 10. 1 Thess 4 16. Q. Is then his coming to raise the dead and to judge the quick and the dead a part of his Kingly Office A. Yea Matth. 25. 34 40. Rev. 19. 16. SECT VIII Q. WHat did the Covenant of Works or the Law of Works require of Men A. The Law and Covenant of Works required of Men perfect and perpetual Obedience in their own Persons and doth so still require of all that are under it so that the breach of it and the transgression against it in the least point brings under Wrath and Condemnation and the Curse without any promise of forgiveness the terms of which are Do and Live Rom. 10. 5. Gal. 3. 10 12 13. Q. Were not many of the Jews and Twelve Tribes of Israel under the Covenant of Works A. Yea. Q. What was that Covenant of Works A. The Moral Law delivered to them in the two Tables of Stone from the Lord himself by the Hand of Moses the which Law written and engraven in Stones though Glorious is called by Paul the Ministration of Death and Condemnation 2 Cor. 3. 7 9. and some other positive and special Laws as contained in the Books of Moses Q. Was the Law of Circumcision the Passover the Sacrifices of Sin-offerings any part of the Covenant of Works A. Strictly considered they were not but according to the design of God and their true signification they all belonged to the Covenant of Grace as it was then administred as Signs and Seals thereof being a part of the more obscure Administration and Dispensation of it for that time as under Vails and Figures during that state of Minority as it were of the Church Q. But such as relyed and rested upon their Obedience that they performed to these Laws and had not Faith in Christ and relyed not upon the free Love Mercy and Grace of God in and through Christ did they not make it a Law of Works to themselves and so fell short of Justification A. Yea Rom. 10. 3. Q. And are not many called Christians in the same danger if they rely and rest upon their Obedience to any Law either Outwardly or Inwardly given them as the Foundation of their Justification A. Yea. Q. Are the Gentiles who have not either Law or Gospel outwardly Preached or Administred to them under any other Covenant of God than that made at first with Adam A. They are not under any other Covenant but they are under the Law of Righteousness writ or plac'd by God in their Hearts and Consciences Rom. 2. 15. Q. Why may not the Gentiles in their meer Gentile-dispensation be strictly said to be under a Covenant of Works without respect to Adam A. Because all Covenants that ever God made since with Men both were by some special Revelation and had some external Figure or Signs given by God for its Confirmation but so is not this Law universally put in all Men. Q. May not this divine Law or Light put in all Men be called the Law or Light of Nature which seemeth warranted by Rom 2. 14. where it is said The Gentiles do by Nature the things contained in the Law A. If by Nature in that place we understand the Nature of Man to be the subject of Reception and not the efficient Cause and Author of it it may be in called But tho' Man's Nature is the subject of it yet it is God and the eternal Word that is the efficient Cause Author and Original of it and not the corrupted and defiled Nature of Man Q. What is the nature of the Covenant of Grace called the New Covenant A. It holds forth Remission of Sin and Justification freely by the Grace and Favour of God through Jesus

Jesus A. Two his Godhead Nature and his Manhood-Nature Q. How are these Natures distinguished A. His Godhead nature is the same with the Godhead nature of the Father and of the Holy Ghost which was before all Time and before all Creatures having all Infinitie Perfections of Power Wisdom and Goodness c. His Manhood Nature was Created in time and of the same kind with the Nature of other Men. Q. How can two such differing Natures Constitute one Christ A. By the Personal or Hypostatical Union of the two Natures which is a great Mystery yet no wise Contradictory to true Reason as neither is the Mystery of the Holy Trinity nor any other Mystery of the Christian Faith Q. Have we any weak or obscure Resemblance of it in our selves A. Yea Every Man is Constituted so to speak of two Natures the one of the Body which is Visible Material and Mortal the other of the Soul which is Visible Intellectual and Immortal and yet these two by a Personal Union are but one Man Q. Hath the Manhood-nature of Christ a Created Soul and a Created Body as other Men A. Yea. Q. Was the Father or the Holy Ghost Personally United to the Manhood-nature of Christ or only the Son or Word A. Only the Son or Word as the Scripture testifieth the Word was made Flesh and did Tabernacle among us John 1. 14. Q. Had the Man Christ any Sinful Defilement or Guilt of Adam's Sin at his Conception or Birth in the Flesh A. Nay Heb. 4. 15. Q. Why was Christ Born of a Virgin A. That by his extraordinary manner of Generation it might be manifest that he was without all Guilt or Defilement of Adam's Sin and also that he might have no immediate Father but God Q. How was he then the Son of David and Abraham A. Because the Virgin Mary of whom he was Born was Descended of David and Abraham Q. Did Christ really partake of Mary's Substance A. Yea. Q. Is it not therefore a great Error in them who say that Christ's Body which was Born of the Virgin was altogether from Heaven having nothing of her bodily Substance in it A. Yea. Q. Is it not also another great Error in them who say because Christ was Conceived by the Holy Ghost that therefore as Man he was not Created or that his Manhood was not any created Being or Nature A. Yea. Q. Is it not another great Error in them that say Christ is only a Man and had no Being or Existence before all Time and Creatures A. Yea. Q. Is it not also a great Error in them who say Christ is only God and that neither his Flesh nor Soul was any part of him but only as a Garment as a Man's Garment is no part of him A. Yea. Q. Is it not also a great Error for any to say Christ is nothing else but the Light within every Man or the Word within A. Yea. Q. Is it not also a great Error to say Christ is the Holy Ghost or the Holy Ghost is Christ A. Yea. Q. How is Christ called the everlasting Father in Scripture Isaiah 9. 6. A. With respect to Men he is the Father of all Faithful Men and of his Church but not that he is his own Father Q. Was it foretold by any of the Prophets that Christ should be Born of a Virgin A. Yea by the Prophet Isaiah 7. 14. Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call his Name Immanuel i. e. God with us And also by Jeremiah 31. 22. The Lord hath created a new thing in the earth a woman shall compass a man Q. Was it not foretold by God himself to our first Parents after the Fall in these words That the seed of the woman should bruise the serpents seed Gen. 3. 15. A. Yea For because he was called the Seed of the Woman it did intimate that he was to be made or born of a Woman without her knowledge of a Man Q. How can it be proved from Scripture that he who was Born of the Virgin was not a meer Man but God as well as Man A. By the Names given him in Scripture the Testimonies concerning him his Miracles and the Worship given him by Angels and Men. Q. What Names given him prove that he is God A. His Name shall be called to wit of the Child born Wonderful Councellor the mighty God the Everlasting Father the Prince of Peace Isaiah 9. 6. and Jer. 23. 5 6. I will raise unto Davida righteous branch and a King shall reign and prosper And this is the Name whereby he shall be called the Lord our Righteousness and the Name Emmanuel is in English God with us Q. What are the Testimonies of Scripture that prove him to be God A. Such as Rom. 9. 5. Of whom as concerning the Flesh Christ came who is over all God Blessed for ever John 1. 1. The word was God and verse 14. And that word was made flesh Heb. 1. 1 2. God hath in these last Days spoke to us by his Son whom he hath appointed Heir of all things by whom also he made the Worlds or Ages verse 8. Unto the Son he saith Thy throne O God is for ever and ever Q. How do his Miracles prove that he is God seeing Moses and others of the Prophets wrought Miracles A. They wrought Miracles only as Servants and did not work them in their own Name but Christ wrought his Miracles in his own Name and as the Lord of and over all the Creatures he commanded the Winds and the Seas and they obeyed him he rebuked the Diseases and the unclean Spirits and so Cured the Diseased and Possessed Heb. 3. 5 Matth. 8. 26 27. Mark 1. 25. Luke 4. 39. Q. What places of Scripture do prove that the Angels do Worship him A. Heb. 1. 6. And let all the Angels of God worship him Phil. 2. 10. God hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow of things in heaven and things on earth This sheweth that as he is Worshipped by Angels so he ought to be Worshipped by all Men. And 1 Cor. 1. 2. The believing Corinthians and all the Saints every where called upon the name of Jesus Christ both their Lord and ours SECT V. Q HOW many Offices hath Christ A. Three the Office of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King Q Hath he not many other Offices as of a Head Husband Mediator Advocate Bishop Shepherd Captain Physician c. A. They are all contained under these three and reducible to them Q. How doth he perform the Office of a Prophet A. Teaching us by his Doctrin outwardly delivered to us in the Holy Scriptures either as Read or as Opened and Expounded unto us in Preaching by Men well and duly gifted and qualified with Ability of true Knowledge and who are good Examples in Life and Conversation and also by his inward Teaching

the Man Christ can be loved without having outwardly seen him or heard him by the same reason he can be believed and trusted in without the outward sight and hearing of him For further Information concerning Baptism and the Supper I refer to my Book called The Arguments c. against Baptism and the Supper Examined and Refuted Printed 1698. The CREED I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried he descended into Hell The third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right Hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge the quich and the dead I believe in the Holy Ghost the holy Catholick Church the Communion of Saints the forgiveness of Sins the Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting Amen The Ten Commandments XX. Chap. Exodus I. GOD spake all these words saying I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none other Gods but me II. Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in Heaven above or in the Earth beneath or in the Water under the Earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God visiting the sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that hate me and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou nor thy Son nor thy daughter thy man-servant nor thy maid-servant nor thy cattle nor thy 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 seventh day and hallowed it V. Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee VI. Thou shalt do no murder VII Thou shalt not commit adultery VIII Thou shalt not steal IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his The Lord's Prayer OUR Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen FINIS POST-SCRIPT BEcause I know there are many who will not allow that there is any Light generally in Men but that of meer Humane Reason and esteem any who think otherwise to be Fanatick and Enthusiastical I shall here insert some words out of a Printed Sermon of D. South on Luke 11. 35. vol. 3. which I judge worthy to be noticed well agreeing with what I have delivered in my fore-going Catechism on that Subject Pag. 47. 63. 64. 65. Other Protestant Authors I could cite asserting the same Pag. 68. Vol. 3. Some of the ablest of the Peripatetick School not without countenance from Aristotle himself in the 5th Chapter of his 3d Book 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hold That besides the Native Inherent Light of the Intellect which is essential to it as it is a Faculty made to apprehend and take in its Object after a spiritual way there is also another Light in the Nature of a Medium bearning in upon it by a continual efflux and emanation from the Great Fountain of Light and irradiating this intellectual Faculty together with Species and Representations of things imprinted thereupon According to which Doctrin it seems with great reason to follow That whatsoever interposes between the Mind and those irradiations from God as all Sin more or less certainly does must needs hinder the entrance and admission of them into the Mind and then darkness must by necessary consequence ensue as being nothing else but the absence or privation of Light For the further illustration of which Notion we may observe that the Understanding the Mind or Conscience of Man which we shall here take for the same thing seem to bear much the same respect to God which Glass or Christial does to the Light or Sun which appears indeed to the Eye a bright and shining thing nevertheless this shining is not so much from any essential Light or Brightness existing in the Glass it self supposing that that there be any such in it as it is from the Porousness of its Body rendring it Diaphanous and thereby fit to receive and transmit those Rayes of Light which falling upon it and passing through it represent it to common view as a Luminous Body But now let any thing of dirt or foulness fully this Glass and so much of the Shine of Brightness of it is presently gone because so much of the Light is thereby hindred from entering into it and making its way through it In like manner every act of Sin every degree of Guilt does in its proportion cast a kind of soil and foulness upon the intellectual part of the Soul and thereby intercepts those blessed irradiations which the Divine Nature is continually darting in upon it a little after I will not affirm this to be a perfect exemplification of the Case before us but I am sure it is a lively illustration of it and may be of no small use to such as shall throughly consider it And concerning the donation of a certain determinate number of Persons made to Christ to be his People by an Eternal Compact or Transaction between the Father and the Son by virtue of which Agreement or Transaction he was in the Fulness of Time to suffer for them and to accomplish the whole Work of their Redemption from first to last See pag. 415. of his Sermon on Isa 53. 8. where he hath these following words greatly worthy of notice For to affirm that Christ dyed only to verisie a Proposition That whosoever Believed should be Saved but in the mean time to leave the whole issue of things in reference to Persons so loose and undetermined That it was a question whether ever any should actually Believe and very possible that none ever might and consequently that after Christ had suffered had been striken and dyed for Transgression yet for any thing he had done in all this he might never have had a People this certainly is a strange and new Gospel and such as the Doctrine of our Church seems utterly unacquainted with See pag. 51. 56. of the fore-going Catechisme well agreeing to this ERRATA PAge 14. Line 8. r. invissible p. 16. l. 10. r. Serpent's Head p. 42. l. 27. after Heb. 11. 19. r. A. Yea p. 60. l. 31. r. Isaiah 28. p. 61. sor sy r. say p. 88. l. ult after the begin the Parenthesis p. 7. l. 24. sor is r. are p. 89. l. 16. r. 1 Mac. 4.