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A75062 An Abstract of the Scripture-catechism accommodated by the author, to the use of children and ignorant people / newly corrected by the author himself. 1675 (1675) Wing A142B; ESTC R42630 16,853 76

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In what consisteth everlasting life A. In the clear sight and possession of God in whom we shall enjoy and see the natures and perfections of all his creatures with an infinity of all good things Q. What will follow out of this clear sight and possession of God A. Divine love and unspeakable joy and out of that will flow Praise Jubilation and Thanksgiving for ever Q. What means the word Amen A. It means that the whole Creed is to be believed with divine Faith and therefore we must heartily assent to it CHAP. IV. Hope Expounded Q. WHat is Hope A. It is the gift of God infused into our souls by which we have a confident expectation of bliss and glory to be obtained by the merits and grace of Christ and our good works proceeding from his grace Q. On what is this confidence grounded A. On the merits and promises of Christ who hath promised Heaven to such as hope in him doing good works as also grace whereby to do them Q. What is the chief effect of Hope A. Prayer which is a lifting up of our minds to God whereby we beg for good things and to be freed from evil Q. What other effects hath it A. It causeth obedience to the Law of God a willingness to suffer for his sake and final perseverance Q. What Vice is opposite to Hope A. Despair and Presumption Q. What is Despair A. Diffidence in the Power of God and merits of Christ Q. What is Presumption A. A foolish confidence of salvation without endeavouring to keep the Commandments CHAP. V. Our Lords Prayer expounded Q. WHo made this most holy Prayer A. Christ himself St. Mat. 6. v. 9. Q. Why did he make it A. To teach us a set form of Prayer and how we ought to pray Q. Why did he make it so short and easie A. That all men might be capable of it Q. What beg we by it A. All those chief things which we can ask or hope for of God Q. What mean those words Our Father which art in Heaven A. They mean that God is our Father by Creation Adoption also if we be in state of grace and therefore we may boldly come to beg all blessings of him Q. Why Our Father and not my Father A. Because God is the common Father of all and all good Christia●s must pray for one another Q. What understand you by which art in Heaven A. That God is there manifesting his glory to the blessed therefore when we pray we must lift up our hearts to him in Heaven Q. Say the first Petition A. Hallowed be thy Name Q. What do we beg by this A. That God may be known worthily praised served and honoured by all his creatures Q. Say the second Petition A. Thy Kingdom come Q. What beg we by this A. That our miseries and afflictions of this life may be ended and that we may partake the joys of his Kingdom Q. What else A. That Christ may reign in us in this life by grace and in the next by glory presenting us a Kingdom to his Father Q. Say the third petition A. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven Q. What beg we by this A. That God would enable us by his grace to do his will in all things Q. What meaneth In Earth as it is in Heaven A. We beg by this that we may be as ready and chearful to obey the will of God on Earth as the Saints and Angels are in Heaven Q. Say the forth petition A. Give us this day our daily bread Q. What beg we by this A. All food and sustenance for our souls and bodies Q. What is the food of the soul A. The Word of God the holy Sacraments especially the blessed Eucharist and Divine grace Q. Why is the blessed Eucharist called our daily Bread A. Because it is daily offered on the Altar for our sins and we ought daily to receive it in spirit or desire Q. Say the fifth Article A. And forgive us our debts as w● forgive our debtors Q. What beg you by this A. That God would forgive us the sins of our life past and all the punishments due to them Q. Why is added as we forgive our Debtors A. To signifie that God will not forgive us unless we forgive our Enemies Q. Say the Sixth Petition A. And lead us not into Temptation Q. What beg we by this A. That God would not permit us to be tempted above our strength Q. Doth God tempt us to sin A. No he doth not God is not the tempter of evils he tempteth no man St. James 5. v. 13. Q By whom are we tempted A. By the Devil the World and our own Concupiscense Q. Is it any sin to be tempted A. Not without some consent or delight on our part Q. Say the seventh petition A. But deliver us from evil Q. What beg we by this A. That God would free us from all evil both spiritual and temporal Q. Who is the Author of all evil of sin A. The Devil for sin in God there is none 1 St. John chap. 3. v. 5. CHAP VI. The Hail Mary or Angelical Salutation Expounded Q. WHat is the Hail Mary A. It is most honourable Salutation and holy prayer to the blessed Virgin Mary Q. How many parts hath it A. Three Q. Say the first part A. Hail Mary full of grace our Lord is with thee Q. Who made this part of it A. The Holy Ghost although it were delivered by the Angel Gabriel Q. Say the second part A. Blessed art thou amongst Women and blessed is the fruit of thy Womb Jesus Q. Who spake this A. S. Elizabeth inspired by the Holy Ghost Q. Say the third and last part of it A. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Q. Who made this part A. The Catholick-Church in the Counsel of Ephesus against Nestor the Heretick who denyed our blessed Lady to be the Mother of God CHAP. VII Charity Expounded Q. WHat is Charity A. It is the gift of God infus'd into the souls by which we love God above all things and our Neighbours as our selves Q. Who are our Neighbours A. All Man-kind especially Catholicks Q. Why all Man-kind A. Because they are the Images of God and redeemed with the blood of Christ Q. Why especially Catholicks A. Because they are Members of the mystical body of Christ the Church Q. What is it to love God above all things A. To be willing to lose all things rather than the love and grace of God by any immortal sin Q. What is it to love our Neighbour as our selves A. To wish him as much good as our selves and do him no wrong Q. What is the highest act of Charity A. To give our life for God's honour or our Neighbours salvation Q. What are the effects of Charity A. It remitteth sin and giveth spiritual life to the soul He that loveth not remaineth in
death 1 John 3.11 CHAP. VIII Concerning the Commandments in general Q. VVHat is the chief end of the Commandments A. To teach us the love of God and our Neighbour He that loveth hath fulfilled the Law Q. Why did God give the Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in thunder and lightning A. To move us to a careful keeping of them Q. Is it possible to keep them all A. It is by Gods grace Zachary and Elizabeth were both just before God walking in all the Commandments of our Lord without reproof S. Luke 1. v. 6. Q. Are we bound to keep them A. We are He that shall break any one of these least Commandements and teach men so to do he shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven S. Mark 5. v. 10. The Commandements in particular The first Commandement Q. Say the first Commandement A. I am the Lord thy God c. thou shalt not have strange Gods before me c. Q. What are we commanded by this A. To love serve and worship one only true and living God and no more Q. What is forbidden by it A. To worship Idols or give any creature the honour due to God Q. What is the honour due to God A. Supream and Soveraign honour we must worship him as our Creator Redeemer and last end Q. Is it lawful to honour the Images of Christ and his Saints A. Yes with an inferior and relative honour in as much as they represent unto us heavenly things but not with God's honour Q Do Catholicks pray to Images A. No by no means we pray before them indeed to keep us from distractions but not to them for we well know that they can neither see nor hear nor help us Q. What benefit then have we of them A. They movingly represent to us the mysteries of our Saviours Passion the martyrdoms of his Saints Q. What benefit have we by honouring and Canonizing Saints A. It strongly moves us to imitate their examples by shewing their rewards Q. How do we honour Saints and Angels A. With an inferiour honour as the Friends and Creatures of God not as Gods or with Gods honour Q. Is it lawful to honour the reliques of Saints A. Yes with relative honour fo● the Handkerchief and Aprons which had but touched the body of S. Paul cast out Devils and cured all Diseases Act. 19 v. 11. The second Commandment Q. SAy the second Commandment A. Thou shalt not take the Na●● of the Lord thy God in vain Q. What forbidden by this A. All false rash and unnecessary Oaths Q. What is commanded by it A. To speak with reverence of God and his Saints Q. In what case is it lawful to swear A. When God's honour our own our Neighbours lawful defence requireth it Q. If a man swear to do evil is he bound to keep his Oath A. No he is bound to break it for an Oath is no bond of iniquity The Third Commandments Q. SAy the third A. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day Q. What is commanded by this A. To spend the Sunday in prayer and hearing divine service Q. What is forbidden by it A. Servile work and prophane imployment Q. Why was the Jewish Sabbath changed into the Sunday A. Because Christ rose from the dead and sent down the Holy Ghost upon a Sunday Q. By whom was it changed A. By the Church in the Apostles time The second TABLE of the LAW Expounded The Fourth Commandment Q. SAy the fourth A. Honour thy Father a●● thy Mother Q. What is commanded by this A. To love reverence and obe● our Parents in all that is not sin Q. What is forbidden by it A. All sowerness stubborness disobedience to Parents Q. Why are we bound to love the●● A. Because under God they ar● the chief causes of our very li●● and being Q. How to Honour them A. Not only inwardly in our hearts but also outwardly in our carriage Q. Why to obey them A. Because they have a power from God both to instruct direct and correct us Q. What is the reward of dutiful Children A. Long and happy life good Children if they Marry and a good death Q. What is the reward of undutiful A. A short and sinful life accompanied with an untimely death witness Absolon 2. of King 18. chap. Q. What signifies the word Father A. Not only our corporal Parents but also our Ghostly Fathers and all lawful Superiors Q. Is any great honour due to Priests and Ghostly Fathers A. Very great for they are Gods anointed who represent the person of Christ and are the Fathers and feeders of our souls Q. In what are we bound to be lieve and obey them A. In all things belonging to faith and the government of our souls The Fifth Commandment Q SAy the fifth A. Thou shalt not kill Q. What is forbidden by this A. All wilful Murther unju●● shedding of blood fighting an● quarrelling Q. What is commanded by it A. To defend our own and innocent Neighbours life The sixth Commandment Q SAy the sixth A. Thou shalt not commit Adultery Q. What is forbidden by this A. All carnal sin with anothers Wife or Husband as also fornication and pollution Q What else A. Unchast touching of our selves or others with all delight in lustful thoughts or kisses Q. What is commanded by it A. To love and be faithful to our own Wives and Husbands Q. Why is Lust hateful in the sight of God A. Because it defileth in us the Image of God the Member of Christ and the Temple of the Holy Ghost The seventh Commandment Q. SAy the seventh A. Thou shalt not steal Q. What is forbidden by this A. All unjust taking away or keeping of that which is another mans Q. What is commanded by it A. To give every man his own Q. What doth these oblige us to A. To restore the thing stolen to the right owner if we be able else the sin will not be forgiven us The Eighth Commandments Q. SAy the eighth A. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour Q. What is forbidden by this A. All false testimonies rash judgments and lies Q. What else A. Backbiting flattery detraction Q. What is he bound to who hath hurt his Neighbour in this kind A. To make him satisfaction and restore his good Name Q. What is commanded by this precept A. To speak and witness the truth in all things For the Devil is a lyer and the Father of lyes S. John the 8th v. 24. The 9th and 10th Commandments Q. SAy the ninth and tenth A. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours Wife Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbours goods Q. What is forbidden by these A. All inordinate desires of Lust Adultery and Theft Q. What else A. All deliberate and voluntary delight in covetous or impure thoughts Q. What are we commanded by these A. To entertain chast and honest thoughts and be contented with our own estates CHAP. IX The Commandments of the Church Q.