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The lambs of Christ fed with sincere milk of the Word in a short Scripture-catechism / by the author of Christianity in short.
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Ellis, Clement, 1630-1700.
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FATHER in CHRIST's name John XVI 23. Q. Doth not GOD know your needs till he be told in Prayer A. Yes Our Heavenly FATHER knoweth what things we have need of before we ask Matt. VI. 8. Q. Must you not join Praise with Prayer A. Yes By CHRIST I must offer the sacrifice of praise to GOD continually giving thanks in his name Heb. XIII 15. Q. Must you thank GOD for all things A. Yes I must give thanks always for all things Eph. V. 20. Q. Will GOD hear your Prayers if you live wickedly A. No. If I regard iniquity in my heart the LORD will not hear me Psal. LXVI 18. Q. Must you pray in Faith A. Yes I must pray in faith nothing wavering James I. 6. Q. Hath CHRIST taught you to pray A. Yes He hath bid us say Our FATHER c. Luke XL. 2. Q. Will GOD own you for his Child A. Yes We are the children of GOD by faith in CHRIST IESVS Gal. III. 26. Q. Hath GOD adopted you in CHRIST A. Yes We have received the SPIRIT of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father Rom. VIII 15. Q. Doth GOD pity you as his Children A. Yes Like as a Father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him Psalm CIII 13. Q. Will GOD then grant what you pray for A. Yes If we being evil know how to give good gifts to our children how much more shall our Father which is in Heaven give good things to them that ask him Matt. 7. 11. Q. In saying Our and not My Father do you pray for others A. Yes Supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks must be made for all men 1 Tim. II. 1 Q. Must you not be GOD's dutiful Children if you would have him hear you A. Yes We must be followers of GOD as dear children and walk in love Eph. V. 1 2. Q. Ought you not to reverence GOD as ruling in Heaven A. Yes Heaven is GOD's throne and Earth is his footstool I must exalt the LORD our GOD and worship at his footstool Isa. LXVI 1. Psal. XCIX 5. Q. Are you to expect all good things from GOD in Heaven A. Yes Every good gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights James I. 17. Q. Ought not your affections to be in Heaven with GOD A. Yes I must seek those things which are above where CHRIST sitteth on the right hand of GOD Col. III. 1. Q. Should you not live like a Citizen of Heaven A. Yes Our conversation must be in Heaven whence we look for the Saviour the LORD IESVS CHRIST Phil. III. 20. Q. Should you not earnestly desire to be with GOD in Heaven A. Yes I should desire to depart and to be with CHRIST Phil. I. 23. Q. Are you not first to desire above all things GOD's Glory A. Yes I must first pray Hallowed be thy Name Matt. VI. 9. Q. Do you pray that all men may duly honour and worship GOD A. Yes That we may sanctify the LORD GOD in our hearts that he may be our fear and our dread that all lands may sing forth the honour of his name and make his praise glorious Isa. V. 13. Psal. LXVI 1 2. Q. Do you pray for grace to do all things to the Glory of GOD A. Yes That we may do all to the Glory of GOD that GOD in all things may be glorified through IESVS CHRIST 1 Cor. X. 31. 1 Pet. IV. 11. Q. Do you pray for the coming of CHRIST's Kingdom A. Yes I pray Thy Kingdom come Matt. VI. 10. Q. Pray you that all people may be converted and become CHRIST's Subjects A. Yes That all the Kingdoms of the world may become the kingdoms of the LORD and of his CHRIST Rev. XI 15. Q. Do you pray that the Church may flourish and be enlarged A. Yes That the word of GOD may grow mightily and prevail and that the LORD would add to the Church dayly such as shall be saved Acts XIX 20. II. 47. Q. Do not you pray for the outward peace of the Church A. Yes That peace may be within her walls and prosperity within her palaces Psalm CXXII 7. Q. Do you pray that CHRIST may Reign in our hearts by his SPIRIT A. Yes That CHRIST may dwell in our hearts by faith that sin may not reign in our mortal bodies that every thought may be brought into captivity to the obedience of CHRIST Eph. III. 17. Rom. VI. 12. 2 Cor. X. 5. Q. Do you pray that all may be obedient to GOD's Will A. Yes I pray Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven Matt. VI. 10. Q. How do the Angels in Heaven do GOD's Will Heartily A. Yes They do his Commandments hearkning to the voice of his word Psal. CIII 20. Q. Pray you that all may do GOD's Will as they do A. Yes That GOD would make us perfect in every good work to do his Will working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight through IESVS CHRIST Heb. XIII 21. Q. Do you pray for Grace to submit to GOD's Will A. Yes That we may submit our selves to GOD James IV. 7. Q. Do you not pray for all things needful to this present Life A. Yes I pray Give us this day our dayly Bread Matt. VI. 11. Q. Mean you by Bread all needful things A. Yes That GOD would give me neither poverty nor riches but food conveninient for me Prov. XXX 8. Q. Are you not to pray for more than what 's convenient A. No. Having food and raiment I must be therewith content 1 Tim. VI. 9. Q. May not you pray for any thing you desire A. No. We ask and receive not because we ask amiss that we may consume it on our lusts James IV. 3. Q. Pray you for Grace to depend on GOD for all things A. Yes That I may cast all my care upon him because he careth for me 1 Pet. V. 7. Q. Are you to depend on GOD without your own labour A. No. We must work with our hands that we may have lack of nothing 1 Thess. IV. 11 12. Q. Pray you that what you have may be justly gotten and truly your own A. Yes That I may work and eat my own bread 2 Thess. III. 12. Q. Do you pray that your Sins may be forgiven A. Yes I pray Forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive them that Trespass against us Matt. VI. 12. Q. Do you pray for Grace to forgive others A. Yes For if we forgive not men their trespasses neither will our heavenly father forgive us Matt. VI. 14. Q. Do you pray for the Grace of Repentance A. Yes For that godly sorrow that worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of 2 Cor. VII 10. Q. Must you not confess and forsake your sins A. Yes He that confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall have mercy Prov. XXVIII 13. 1 John I. 9. Q. Do you pray against the power of Temptation A. Yes I pray saying Lead us not into Temptation
THE LAMBS of CHRIST Fed with the Sincere Milk of the WORD In a SHORT Scripture-Catechism By the Author of CHRISTIANITY in SHORT Joh. XXI 15. Lovest thou me Feed my Lambs 1 Pet. II. 2. As new-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by W. Rogers at the Sun over against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleetstreet and Tho. Elis Bookseller in Mansfield 1692. A SHORT Scripture-Catechism Quest. IS not Religion or the Fear of GOD your whole duty Answ. Yes To fear GOD and keep his Commandments is the whole duty of man Eccl. XII 13. Q. Can you fear GOD if you believe not first that there is a GOD A. No. I must first believe that GOD is Heb. XI 6. Q. Do you mean by GOD the Maker of all things A. Yes He that built all things is GOD Heb. III. 4. Q. Do you know by the things that are made that there is a GOD A. Yes By the things that are made may be known his eternal Power and Godhead Rom. I. 20. Q. Do not you know there is a GOD by his Word A. Yes GOD who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON Heb. I. 1. Q. Hath GOD a Body or is he a pure Spirit A. GOD is a Spirit John IV. 4. Q. Hath a Spirit flesh and bones A. No. A Spirit hath not flesh and bones Luke XXIV 34. Q. Can GOD then be seen A. No. He is invisible whom no man hath seen nor can see 1 Tim. I. 17. 1 John IV. 12. Q. Is GOD the fountain of life A. Yes With him is the fountain of life Psal. XXXVI 9. Q. Hath GOD beginning or ending A. No. He is eternal from everlasting to everlasting he is GOD Deut. XXXIII 27. Psal. XC 2. Q. Is GOD mutable Can he change A. No. He changeth not nor is there with him any shadow of turning Mal. III. 6. Jam. I. 17. Q. Is GOD every where A. Yes He filleth Heaven and Earth we cannot fly from his presence Jer. XXIII 24. Psal. CXXXIX 7. Q. Is he Almighty A. Yes He is the LORD GOD Almighty he can do every thing Gen. XVII 1. Job XLII 2. Q. Doth GOD know all things A. Yes He knoweth all things his understanding is infinite John XXI 17. Psal. CXLVII 5. Q. Is he a GOD of wisdom A. Yes He is the only wise God wisdom is his 1 Tim. I. 17. Dan. II. 20. Q. Is GOD perfectly Good A. Yes There is none good but one that is GOD he is good to all and his Goodness endureth continually Matt. XIX 17. Psal. CXIX 9. LII 1. Q. Is GOD most Holy A. Yes There is none holy as the LORD glorious in holiness 1 Sam. II. 2. Exod. XV. 11. Q. Is he most true and faithful A. Yes He is the LORD GOD of truth the faithful GOD Psal. XXXI 5. Deut. VII 9. Tit. I. 2. Q. Is he most just and righteous A. Yes GOD is most upright just and right is he Isa. XXVI 7. Deutr. XXXII 4. Q. Is he a merciful GOD A. Yes His mercy endureth for ever Psal. CXXXVI 1. Q. Is he most loving A. Yes GOD is love 1 Joh. IV. 8. Q. Is there any more than One GOD A. No. There is none other GOD but One 1 Cor. IV. 8. Q. Are not the FATHER SON and HOLY GHOST three GODS A. No. They are three but these three are One 1 Joh. V. 7. Q. Did GOD make Heaven and Earth A. Yes GOD made the world and all things therein Act. XVII 24. Q. Did he make any thing evil A. No. All that GOD made was very good Gen. I. 31. Q. Doth GOD preserve all things A. Yes He giveth to all life and breath and all things Act. XVII 25. Q. Doth he still rule and order all things A. Yes His Kingdom ruleth over all Psal. CIII 19. Q. Doth he take care of all things A. Yes Not a sparrow falleth to the ground without him Matt. X. 29. Q. Did GOD make nothing but what is seen A. Yes He created all things visible and invisible Col. I. 16. Q. Made he any Spirits called Angels A. Yes GOD maketh his Angels Spirits Heb. I. 7 14. Q. Did some of them become evil Angels called Devils A. Yes Some of them sinned and are evil Angels and Devils whom GOD cast down to Hell 2 Pet. II. 4. Ps. LXXXVIII 49. Mar. I. 24. Q. Is there not a Prince or chief of Devils A. Yes Beelzebub the Prince of Devils called the Dragon the old Serpent the Devil and Sathan Matth. XII 24. Rev. XII 9. Q. Who was the first Man A. The first man was Adam 1 Cor. XV. 45. Q. Did GOD make Adam A. Yes The LORD GOD formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul Gen. II. 2. Q. Who was the first Woman A. The first woman was Eve the mother of all living Gen. III. 20. Q. Did GOD make Eve A. Yes The LORD caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he took one of his ribs and made it a woman and brought her unto the man Gen. II. 21 22. Q. Hath not man a Soul or Spirit as well as a Body A. Yes For we are to glorify GOD both in our body and in our spirit 1 Cor. VI. 20. Q. Did GOD make man in his own Image A. Yes In his own image created he him Gen. I. 27. Q. Do you mean that he made him holy and good A. Yes GOD made man upright in righteousness and true holiness Eccl. VII 29. Col. III. 10. Eph. IV. 24. Q. Did GOD place the man in a Garden A. Yes He put the man into the Garden of Eden Gen. II 15. Q. Did GOD forbid him to eat of any Tree there A. Yes GOD commanded the man saying Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die Gen. II. 16 17. Q. Did Adam eat of that Tree A. Yes The Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty and she did eat and gave also to her husband with her and he did eat So by one man sin entered into the world 2 Cor. XI 3. Gen. III. 6 13. Rom. V. 12. Q. Is sin the breaking of GOD's Commandments A. Yes Sin is the transgression of the law 1 John III. 4. Q. What is the punishment of sin Is it death A. Yes The wages of sin is death Rom. VI. 23. Gen. II. 17. Q. Should not man have died if he had not sinned A. No. Death enter'd into the World by sin Rom. V. 12. Q. Did Adam's sin bring death on us all A. Yes In Adam all die 1 Cor. XV. 22. Q. Have we all sinned in Adam A. Yes By one man's disobedience many are made sinners and death hath passed upon all men