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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

and though there be ever so much good Water in the River without me yet if I drink not of it and have not some of it within me I cannot be refreshed nor satisfied nor can I live by all the Water that is in the River or Fountain without me unless I receive of it within me to refresh me But if there were no Water in the River without me I could have none to drink and receive within me but behoved to perish for thirst SECT XI Q. WHen we feel a great thirst and want of the Water of Life within us how are we to receive a supply to refresh and satisfie our thirsty Souls A. By asking it of God through Christ and praying to God in the Name of Christ with true Faith Q. How are we to pray to God and Christ whether as God and Christ are within us or without us or as both within us and without us A. We are to pray to God as he is Omnipresent who is above All and through All and in All as well as that he is Omniscient i. e. knowing all things and Omnipotent i. e. able to do all things and as the Saints Recorded in Scripture prayed to God in Heaven because that is the most glorious Place where he reveals his greatest Glory and is his Throne so they prayed to him who is the Great and Holy One in the midst of them And Christ promised to be in the midst of them that should meet together in his Name according to his spiritual Presence with them and in them Eph. 4. 6. 1 Kings 8. 23. 30. 39. 43. 49. 2 Chron. 6. 14. 21. 23. 25. Psal 46. 5. Psa 12. 6. Zeph. 3. 5. 17. Joel 2. 27. Ezek. 43. 7. Zech. 2. 10. 11. Matth. 18. 20. Q. Ought we not in all our Prayers Adorations and Thanksgivings to direct the Eyes of our Minds by Faith to God especially as dwelling in the glorified Manhood-nature of Christ without us in Heaven and also to Christ God-man in Heaven who in respect of his Bodily Presence is only in Heaven and is in us by his Spiritual Presence and gracious Influences A. Yea. Q. What Type was there of this in the Old Testament A. The Children of Israel when-ever they prayed being remote from it were to direct their Faces towards the Temple of Jerusalem 1 Kings 8. 29. 30. 38. 42. 48. Which Temple was a Type of our Lord's Body and Manhood-nature in Heaven to which our Minds by Faith and Love should be turned when we pray to God and Christ which yet doth not hinder but that we should and ought to pray to God and Christ spiritually Present with us and in us whose Presence filleth Heavens and Earth and who is not a God afar off only but a God nigh at hand a present and ready help to help and relieve us at all times Q. What Type was there in the Old Testament of Christ's Intercession for us in Heaven A. Moses's Intercession for the Children of Israel in the Mount who prevailed against Amaleck their great Adversary below while Moses in the Mount held up his Hands Exod. 17. 11. 12. making Intercession for them even so by Christ's continual Intercession for us in Heaven we have not only acceptance of God but receive power to overcome our Sins and Lusts and the Devil and all his Tentations that assault us here on Earth which were it not for Christ's continual Intercession for us in Heaven we could never do Q. Doth the Man Christ now in Heaven hear our Prayers whether uttered in Words or conceived in our Minds and knoweth all our afflictions tryals and exercises A. Yea certainly and his tender Heart and Soul is touched therewith for we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our Infirmities Heb. 4. 15. And seeing we have this great High Priest that is passed into the Heavens let us hold fast our Profession and let us come boldly unto the Throne of Grace that we may obtain Mercy and find Grace to help in time of need Heb. 4. 14. 16. Q. Are Saints or Angels to be prayed unto A. Nay Rev. 22. 9. Q. Seeing we cannot pray acceptably to God nor profitably to our selves without the present Aid and Assistance of the Spirit of God ought we not at all times to wait with inward attention to that Assistance to help us to pray and in our praying A. Yea Eph. 6. 18. Q. Is that Aid and Assistance of the Spirit perceptible to the Souls of the Faithful so as to be felt and discerned by them A. Yea when the Mind is in a right frame Q. Seeing it is possible that a Man may take that for an inward assistance of the Spirit of God which is not really such but some deception of Satan or strong imagination and on that mistake may have a false joy and counterfeit refreshment how is he to be helped in that Case A. Though the use of outward means is good in their place as Reading Conference Advice from others of greater Spiritual Experience and Attainments and examining both the Case and a Man 's own Sincerity by the outward help of the holy Scriptures yet a Spiritual discerning given of God is most necessary for his help 〈…〉 prevent a Man's being deceived and ●●●…ceived to discover the deception to him Heb. 5. 14. Q. Can it be supposed that any of the Faithful will want that assistance of the Spirit either to pray or give thanks or perform any religious Service that is their Duty to perform to God upon all occasions that their state and condition requires of them whether in private or publick in some measure or degree that God will accept A. Nay Q. Is it not therefore a great Error and Sin in them who omit Prayer and Thanksgiving and other religious Exercises upon that pretence and excuse that they want the motion and assistance of the Spirit thereunto A. Yea Jerem. 10. 25. Q. But ought we not to take great Care to have our Hearts and Minds in some prepared frame in order to Prayer or any other religious Exercise A. Yea. Q. How is that Preparation obtained A. Partly by internal Silence and partly by Meditation Q. How by internal Silence A. By suppressing and silencing not only all worldly Thoughts but all Self-thinking Self-willing and Self-acting whatsoever Note by Self-thinking Self-willing and Self-acting here is understood whatever a Man Thinks Wills or Acts by his meer natural strength of Mind without the gracious Aids and Assistances of the Holy Spirit all which do but Cloud and Vail the understanding and weaken and hinder the exercise of our Graces and the more Noble Faculties and Powers of our Souls and quench the Motions and Operations of the Holy Spirit Q. Is such an internal Silence possible and have any attained to it A. It is not only possible but many have attained to it and it is very necessary to attain to it which is gradually obtained and

in their Sins and the Apostles are false Witnesses and Christ 's Prophecy who foretold his Resurrection on the third Day hath failed 1 Cor. 15. 13 14 15. Q. But may not his Resurrection be owned and not his Ascension into Heaven with the same Body A. The one cannot be owned without the other for if Christ 's Body did not ascend it did evanish or return to Dust and Christ Dyed again and his Body suffered Corruption which could not be for the Scripture witnesseth that Christ having once dyed dyeth no more Death hath no more dominion over him Q What Scriptures in the Old Testament foretold Christ 's Ascension A. Diverse places such as Psal 24. 7 8 9 10. Psal 47. 5. Psal 68. 18. Isaiah 52. 13. Gen. 49 9. Q. What Figure in the Old Testament did signifie Christ 's Ascension A. The burnt Offering the Smoke of which ascended straight upwards whence it has its name in the Hebrew from a word that signifieth to ascend Q Was not Isaack's being said on the Altar and afterwards being raised alive a Figure of Christ 's Death and Resurrection according to Heb. 11. 19. Q. Is there a real place above the Earth called Heaven into which Christ hath entred with his Body and whole glorified Manhood of Soul and Body A. Yea. Q How doth this agree with Scripture that saith Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God 1 Cor. 15. 50. A. It is the same Body in Substance though changed greatly in Manner and Qualities from Natural or Animal Gen. 11. 12. Matth. 1. 17. to Spiritual from Mortal to Immortal such as the Bodies of the Saints shall be at the Resurrection Q. Why do we not see that Heavens with our bodily Eyes into which Christ 's Body is entered A. Because of the Weakness and Grossness of our Flesh and of our fleshly Sight which can scarce see the Body of the Air that we breath in nor behold the brightness of the Sun but when our Bodies shall be changed and made Spiritual at the Resurrection we shall see the glorious Heavens and also the glorious Body of Christ and the glorified Bodies of all the Saints in Heaven Q. Is there also a real place called Hell into which the Wicked both Soul and Body shall be cast at the Day of Judgment A. Yea which is that called Tophet Isaiah 30. 33. Which hath been ordained of old he hath made it deep and large the Pile thereof is Fire and much Wood the Breath of the Lord like a stream of Brimstone doth kindle it Q. What signifieth Tophet and why is it so called A. Tophet signifieth the beating of a Drum and was the place where the Idolatrous Israelites burned their Children and Sacrificed them alive to their Idol Molech where they used to beat Drums to hinder them from hearing the pitiful Cry of their Children therefore by a Metaphor Hell is called Tophet and by the like Metaphor Hell is called by Christ in the N. Testament Gehenna i. e. the Land or Field of Hinnon where all the Filth of the City of Jerúsalem was cast into that piece of Ground having formerly belonged to a Man called Hinnon Q. Why hath God so ordered it that as the place of Reward to the Saints and of Punishment to the Wicked should not be seen by us in this Life nor apprehended by any of our outward Senses so that none should come from the Dead to tell us of these things A. That thereby we might have the greater occasion for the Exercise of our Faith which is the Evidence of things not seen Heb. 11. 1. We have not only Moses and the Prophets Testimony concerning future Rewards and Punishments but the Testimony of Christ himself who rose from the Dead and hath given us in the Records of the holy Evangelists and Apostles in the New Testament full and sufficient Ground of Faith to believe these things to which the Spirit of Truth doth bear an inward Witness and who will not believe on such great Evidences nor would they believe if any should rise from the Dead to tell them Luke 16 31. Q. How is Christ the Object of our Faith for Remission of Sin and Justification is it as his Blood is shed in us and as he offers up himself a Sacrifice in us as some say to appease the Wrath of God A. Nay for all such Notion of Christ 's blood being shed in us and his offering up himself in us a Sacrifice for Sin to appease the Wrath of God is false and contrary to Scripture c. Q Is then Jesus Christ considered as he died for us without us and rose again and as he was the Sacrifice for our Sins by his Death and Blood that was outwardly shed the Object of our Faith for Remission of Sins and Justification A. Yea Rom. 10. 9 10. Coloss 1. 20. Heb 12. 2. Acts 10. 41. SECT VII Q. HOW doth Christ perform his Kingly Office A. By his various Administrations of it in the several Parts thereof Q. Which are the several Parts of it A. First Such as respect Angels both good and bad and the whole Creation Secondly Such as respect the World or that part of Mankind that do not belong to his Church Thirdly Such as belong to his Church Q. Hath Christ a Kingly Power and Government over all the good and holy Angels A. Yea Heb. 1. 6 7. Col. 2. 10. Eph. 1. 21. Phil. 2. 10. Mark 1. 25 9 25. Luke 4. 35 9 42. Q. Hath he also a Power and Government over the evil Angels and all evil and unclean Spirits and the Devil the Prince of them A. Yea as plainly appeared by the Power and Authority he used to cast forth the unclean Spirits out of the Bodies of many that were Possessed Q. Hath Christ also a Kingly Power and Government over Heaven and Earth and the whole Creation A. Yea as is evident from his own words that all Power in Heaven and Earth was his being given him of the Father Matth. 28. 18. Matth. 8. 26 27. Mark 2. 27 28. Acts 10. 36. And which he shewed by his commanding the Winds and the Seas and the great Miracles which he wrought who as he was Lord of the Sabbath so he was Lord of all Creatures Q. How doth Christ put forth his Kingly Power and Government over Devils and wicked Men seeing they are Disobedient to him A. By restraining and limiting their Power over-ruling their evil Designs and Actions and causing them to turn to his Glory and the Glory of his Father and to the good of his chosen and lastly by Judging and Punishing them at the last day Psal 76. 10. Rom. 8. 28. Acts 17. 31. Matth. 8. 29. Q. How doth Christ perform his Kingly Office over the World or that part of Mankind that do not belong to his Church and neither are nor shall become Members of it but remain Impenitent to the last A. By giving them a righteous Law universally in their