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B21355	A catechism, or, Familiar instructions on the principal points of the Christian religion written for the use of his own family by Mr. Drelincourt.; Catechisme, ou, Instruction familiere sur les principaux points de la relgion chrêtieno. English	Drelincourt, Charles, 1595-1669.	1698 (1698)	Wing D2159	63,542	132

and who have transmitted their Corruption to their Posterity according to what the Apostle saith Rom. 5. By one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned Q. God having created the world doth he let it go at all adventure A. By no means for as he created it by his infinite Power he governs and conducts it by his wise and admirable Providence so that there falls not a Sparrow on Earth without his Will and even the hairs of our head are all told Matthew 10. Therefore our Lord Jesus Christ says St. John 5. My Father works hitherto and I work Of the second part of the Creed Q. WHo is Jesus Christ A. It is the only Son of God who was Conceived of the Holy Ghost and Born of the Virgin Mary of the Nature of Jesus Christ Q. Is Jesus Christ God Man or Angel A. He is true God and true Man Q. How do you prove that he is God A. By four principal means First by his works secondly by the service that ought to ●e paid him thirdly by the essential properties of the Godhead which are attributed to him and finally because the name of true God ●s often given him in Holy Scripture Q. In what passage of the Scripture is it that he ●s called God A. In the 1 of S. John In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and Rom. 9. He is over all God blessed for ever more and in the Epist to Tit. cap. 2. He is the great God and Saviour and in the first Epist to St. John 5. He is the true God and Eternal Life Q. How do you prove that he is man A. St John expresly saith in the first chapter of his Gospel That the word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us and the Apostle Heb. 2. That as Children he was partaker of flesh and blood All the History of the Gospel teaches us that during his abode in the world he did all the functions of a true man and he often calls himself the Son of Man Q. Why is it said that he was made flesh and not only that he made himself man A. It is to teach us that he took our nature with all its Infirmities Q. But did he take upon himself all sorts of Infirmities A. He did not take upon himself any personal Infirmities but only all the Infirmities of Human Nature that are not vitious wherefor● the Apostle says That he was in all poin●● tempted like as we are ●et without sin Heb. 2.4 Q. Did the Son of God take himself a humane Soul and Body A. He took the one and the other and therefore he says That God prepared him a Body Heb. 10. and often he speaks of the Joy Sadness and Anguish of his Soul Q. Did he unite himself to a humane person A. No but he united to himself the Humane Nature in unity of Person so that as in the Godhead there are Three Persons in unity of Nature so in Jesus Christ there are two Natures in unity of Person Therefore it is said that God redeemed his Church by his Blood and that the Jews have Crucified the Lord of Glory Acts the 20. 1 Cor. c. 2. Q. How were these two Natures united together A. They were united in such manner that they were neither altered nor confounded But they have kept and shall keep eternally their Essential properties Q. Why is it necessary that our Redeemer should be man A. That he might die for us and that Sin might be expiated in the same nature that it was committed Q. And why was it necessary that he should be God A. That he might overcome death and fully satisfy the Justice of God to forgive our Sins and to defend us against Satan and against all the power of Hell and to introduce us into the Glory and Felicity of the Kingdom of Heaven Of the Offices of Jesus Christ Quest WHAT signifies the name of Jesus A It signifies Saviour Q. Who gave him that Name A. God himself by the Ministery of the An●el Gabriel who told the Virgin Mary Behold ●hou shalt Conceive in thy Womb and bring ●orth a Son and shall call his Name Jesus St. ●uke 1. Q. Why was this name given him A. Because it is he who saves us and delivers ●s from the spiritual Captivity of Satan of Sin ●f the Law of Death and of Hell Q What signifies the word Christ A. It is a Greek word which signifies Anoint●● and Sacred and it is the name that the Hebrews express by that of Messias Q. Why was that name given to our Lord A. To teach us that it is he who was pregured by the Kings Priests and Prophets who ●ere anointed under the Old Covenant Q Where is it spoken of th● unction of Kings A. In the History of Samuel who anointed ●aul and David to be Kings of Israel Q. Where is it spoken of unction of the Priests A. In the 40. Chapter of Exodus where God Commands Moses to anoint Aaron and his Sons ●o Minister in the Priests Office Q. Where is it mentioned that Prophets were a●ointed A. In the 19 Chap. of the first Book of Kings where it is said That Elijah anointed ●lisha for Prophet Q. What did signifie that Vnction A. It signified two things First the vocation into the Office Secondly all the Gifts and Graces necessary to Minister in it Q. Where is mention made of the Vnction of our Lord Jesus Christ A. In Isaiah 61. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek and Is 45. God thy God hath anointed thee with the Oyl of gladness above thy fellows Q. Who foretold our Lord Jesus Christ being a King A. The Kingly Prophet David Ps 110 The Lord said unto my Lord Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine Enemies thy footstool Q. Where is mention made of his Priesthood A. In the same Psalm The Lord hath sworn and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek Q. And where is mention made of his being a Prophet A. Deut. 18. The Lord thy God will raise up a Prophet from the midst of thee of my Brethren like unto me unto them you shall hearken Q. What is the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ A. It is wholly Spiritual and Divine for as he said himself to Pontius Pilate his Kingdom is not of this World John 18. Q. In what consists his being a King A. In that he governs his Church by his word and spirit and that he hath established his Empire within our Souls Q. Wherein consists his Priesthood A. In that he offered himself without spot to God by the Eternal spirit and that he is entred into the heavenly Sanctuary to appear in the presence of God for us Heb. 9. Q. How is he an eternal Priest A. In that his

spheres of the Planets and of the Stars and it is in that Heaven that God hath placed the Tabernacle of the Sun as it is said Ps 19. The third is the heavenly Paradice where St. Paul saith he was caught up and heard unspeakable words 2 Cor. 12. of this third heaven it is here spoken Q Is God contained in that Heaven A. The heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him The heaven is his Throne and the Earth is his Footstool 1 King 8. Isaiah 8.66 Q. Why do you say then that God is in Heaven A. Because it is there where he makes manifest his Glory in a particular manner and where the triumphant Saints and the Angels of Light praise and worship him without ceasing There thousand thousands minister to him and ten thousand times ten thousand stand continually before him Dan. 7. Of the first Petition Q. IN how many ways is the name of God taken A. In three principally first for his fame as it said Ps 8. O Lord our God how excellent is thy name in all the Earth Secondly for the names God makes himself known by as the Prophet Jeremiah sa●s cap. 28. the name whereby he shall be called is the Lord our Righteousness Thirdly for God himself as it is said Joel 2. whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved Q. In how many ways is the word hallow taken A. In three first for rendring a thing holy that was not so before thus the Holy Ghost sanctifies us and makes us new Creatures Secondly for dedicating and consecrating for an holy use Thus Moses sanctified Aaron and his Sons and all the Utensils of the Tabernacle Lastly for acknowledging and making manifest the sanctity of a thing which in itself is holy And thus it must be taken here Q. What signifies then that the name of God be hallowed A. That God be acknowledged adored and glorified every where in the world Of the second Petition Q. HOw many sorts of Reigns or Kingdoms are there A Three the reign of Nature the reign of Grace and the reign of Glory Q. What do you mean by the reign of Nature A. That which God exercises generally over all creatures and of this reign it is spoken Psalms 93. the Lord reigneth he is cloathed with Majesty Q What do you mean by the reign of Grace A. That which Jesus Christ exercises on Earth by his Spirit in his Church and in the heart of his Elect. Our Lord speaks of it St. Luke 17. the Kingdom of God comes not with observation neither shall they say lo here or lo there for behold the Kingdom of God is with you Q. And what is the reign of glory A. It is the glorious felicity which waits for us in heaven where we shall reign with Jesus Christ for ever and ever Rev. 22. and it is in that respect that he will say to us in the last day come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the World Mat. 25. Q What difference is there between the reign of grace and that of glory A. They do not differ in kind but only in degree for grace is glory begun and glory is grace compleated wherefore the one and the other is called the Kingdom of God Q. What reign is spoken of in this petition Thy Kingdom come A. It is not of the reign of nature but of the reign of grace and of that of glory Q. ●ow is that A. It is that we pray to God that he will lead all thoughts prisoners to his subjection and that he will hasten the vengeance of his Enemies ●nd the glorious deliverance and magnificent triumph of his Children according as the bride cries out Rev. 22. Come Lord Jesus come Of the third Petition Q. HATH God more than one will A. Properly speaking God being an Act most pure and most simple there can be ●n him but one only will but to make him●elf be understood by us and to suit himself to ●ur infirmities he speaks to us of two sorts of ●ills Q. Which be they A. The one is his eternal Councel touching ●hings that he is pleased to do or permit of the which the Apostle speaks Eph. 1. he pre●estinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will The other is the Declaration what he will have us do wherefore the same Apostle speaks Thes 4. This is the will of God even your Sanctification that ye should abstain from Fornication Q. Of which of these two wills must this Petition be understood thy will be done A. Of both Q. How A. It is that we pray God to make us to be subject to the conduct of his providence in such manner that whatsoever befals us we may say as the faithful ●cts 21 the will of the Lord be done and on the other side that he will give us Grace to obey his holy commands and with David to say to him with all my heart Ps 143. teach me to do th● will for thou art my God Q What signifies what is added in Earth as i● is in Heaven A. That we may submit to all that God doth and that we may apply our selves to do all wha● he commands us with the same humility the same zeal and the same promptness as the Angels in heaven who admire all his works and who fly to the execution of all his Commandments Q May we hope for such perfection here A. Not absolutely but at least we ought to aspire to it and to apply our selves therein ●i● we come to Heaven where there shall be n● defect in our obedience and where we shall se● God face to face 1 Cor 13. Of the fourth Petition Q. WHat do you mean by the bread which you beg of God A. I mean all things necessary for the sustenance and maintenance of this temporal life and it is the ordinary stile of holy Scripture Q. Why is it that God comprehends all sorts of sustenance under the name of bread A. To teach us to be content with what is necessary without begging of him what is delightful or to use them soberly and with thanksgiving if through his liberality he gives them us Q. What do you mean by our bread A. That which is necessary for us which is our own and that we do eat in the sweat of our brows Q. Since it is ours why do we beg it of God A. Because all our labour is useless without the blessing of God who enriches or impoverishes when it pleases him Q. Why do we beg bread of God but for one day A. To teach us to rely on his providence and on his paternal care and to oblige us to call upon him every day Q. But doth God forbid us all sort of care A. He forbids not the care of an holy forecast Contrarily he sends us to the School of Ants Proverbs 6. Go to the Ant

true repentance A. It is God himself who converts us and begetteth in our hearts the hatred of vice and the love of virtue Q. 4. Which are the principal virtues of Christians A. Faith Hope and Charity Q. 5. Which of those Virtues is the greatest A. It is Charity Q. 6. VVhy A. Because it endures for ever Q. 7. My Child do you desire to live and to die in that true Piety A. I desire it with all my heart The Lord confirm you in his love and in his grace the Lord replenish you with the gifts of his holy Spirit and form you unto his Image the Lord cause you to grow in all sorts of Virtues and enable you for ever to persevere in his holy Covenant So be it Pray to God with all your heart to give you the grace thereof The Childs Prayer MY God and my heavenly father since it pleases thee to be praised by Childrens mouths bear with my faults and make thy strength perfect in my great weakness thou hast given me the grace of being born in thy Church and to suck Piety with Milk Give me grace to grow in the holy knowledge of thee and above all in thy fear and love let me bear fruits worthy of my birth and of the education thou hast honoured me with that therein thy holy name may be glorified that thy Church be edified thereby and that I be the joy and the comfort of those whom thou hast made use of to bring me into the World and to instruct me in thy word Let me during all the days of my life serve and adore thee in the company of thy Children till I go to glorifie thee in Heaven with the Saints and Angels who contemplate thy face Hear me O Lord since thou art my God and my Father and that I call upon thee in the name and through the infinite merit of Jesus Christ my Saviour who commanded me thus to pray Our Father which art in Heaven c. Lord my God thou hast put in my heart the seed of true faith increase and fortify it in me and grant that all the days of my life I make Confession thereof saying with thy Church I believe in God the father Almighty maker 〈◊〉 Heaven and Earth c. My God give me thy good Spirit and give me grace to fulfil thy Holy and Divine Commandments The tenor whereof follows I 〈◊〉 the Lord thy God c. Addition to the Catechism For Children more advanced in Age and in Knowledge Q. WHY do you profess Religion A. It is not only because I have had the happiness to be born educated and brought up in it but also because through the grace of God I know that it is the true Christian Religion that our Lord Jesus Christ brought from Heaven that his holy Apostles have preached and his happy Martyrs have signed with their blood Q. How do you know that A. I know it by the reading of holy Scripture for we believe nothing at all of what is necessary to Salvation that is not clearly and expresly found in that Scripture divinely inspired or cannot be drawn therefrom by evident and necessary consequences Q. Hath Christian Religion had or can it have need of Reformation A. Not in considering it such as 't is in it self for in that regard it is wholly divine Q. Why then is it called the Reformed Religion A. Properly speaking it is not the Religion but the Church which was Reformed that is to say that was purged from the errors and abuses that through Ignorance and Malice of men it had been defiled with Q. What signifie then these words Reformed Religion A. That it is true and pure Christianity such as is taught in the Gospel and which is separated from all human traditions and inventions For our Lord absolutely condemns them in matter of his worship in vain saith he do you worship me teaching for doctrines the Commandments of men Matt. 15. Q. Would you not enter into the communion of the Church of Rome if you did find your worldly advantages therein A. No for I do not believe I could save my self therein and it would profit me nothing if I should gain all the World and should lose my Soul Q. Why do you believe you could not save your self in the communion of the Church of Rome A. Because it adores the Sacrament and renders to a simple Creature the Honour and the Glory that belongs only to God It pretends to Sacrifice Jesus Christ in Propitiatory Sacrifice for the remission of the sins of the quick and of the dead although that great God and Saviour did not command it and that his Apostles have done nothing like it it bereaves the faithful of the blessed Cup that our Lord commanded us to drink in remembrance of him It teaches another Purgatory than the precious blood of that glorious Redeemer which cleanses us from all Sin and hath the Divine Service in a tongue that the People understand not against what the Apostles orders in the first to the Cor. c. 14. Q. Is there nothing else that hinders you from entring into the Roman Communion A. There are several other reasons which hinders me for ever to participate of its Communion for it adheres to and obeys the Pope who usurped an authority and power which belongs to God only It believes that we are saved through the merit and dignity of our works though the Gospel teaches quite contrary It invokes the Saints although in all the word of God there is neither Commandment or Example thereof It adores material Crosses and Relicks and renders to Angels a Religious worship against what is commanded to adore and worship God alone They bow to Images and worship them Religiously against what God expresly forbids in his Law It hath invented an infinite number of holy days that are dedicated and Consecrated unto Creatures instead of which God permits us to work six days of the week * Agnus Dei a thing amongst those of the Roman Church which they wear about their Necks and that he will not have us give his glory to another It condemns Ecclesiastical persons Marriage instead of what the Apostles teach that Marriage and the undefiled bed is honourable among all It commands at some certain times to abstain from meats that God permits provided one use them with sobriety and thanksgiving Finally it hath veneration for the Jubilees Indulgences Agnus Dei the holy Beads and Chaplets and numbers of other things which are vain and superstitious Q. But could not you save your self in believing in your heart what we believe and living however in the outward profession of the Church of Rome A. By no means for with the heart Man believeth unto Righteousness and with the mouth Confession is made unto Salvation Rom. 10. God will be glorified in our bodies and in our spirits because they belong to him and that he equally redeems them 1 Cor. 6. Our Lord will deny before God his Father and his Angels whomsoever shall deny him before men one must be cold or hot for the luke-warm he spues out of his mouth Rev. 3. Mat. 18. in fine it is an infalliable truth that all those shall not inherit the kingdom of Heaven who render to the Creatures the honour and glory that belongs but to the Creator 1 Cor. 6. Q. But do you not well see that in persevering in Religion you shall be hated and persecuted by the World A. Our Lord foretold it If the World hateth you saith he you know that it hated me before it hated you if ye were of the World the world would love his own but because ye are not of the World but I have chosen you out of the World wherefore the World hateth you John 15. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven Matt. 5. Q. Do you promise then before God and his holy Angels to live and die in that true and holy Religion whereof through the grace and mercy of God ye make profession A. I promise it with all my heart and I hope that God will give me the assistance of his Spirit with so much efficacy that all the Worlds promises and threatning shall never make me turn aside from so Christian and so necessary a Resolution EXHORTATION REmember that it is to God that you make this promise and that one day you must give him an account when you shall appear before his Throne My Child do not hearken to the Seducers who make traffick of Souls do not keep evil Companies who corrupt good manners do not follow ill Examples and though it should be an Angel from Heaven that should preach to you beyond what is in the Gospel let him be accursed Consecrate your self wholly unto the Service of him who gave himself for you and who redeemed you by his own blood Lastly pray to God with holy fervency that he encrease your Faith fortify your Hope inflame your Charity and your zeal for his Glory Pray to him to sanctify you through his Spirit to form you unto his Image and to give you grace constantly to persevere in his holy Covenant For he who to the end shall persevere shall be saved and shall possess and inherit the Kingdom prepared us from the foundation of the World Unto the King Eternal Immortal Invisible the only wise God be Honour and Glory for Ever and Ever Amen 1 Tim 1.17 FINIS