all our whole might and that continually Deut. 10.12 Deut. 11.13 1 Cor. 6.30 Luke 1.6 Ioh. 8.29 Psal 119.6.112 Mat. 28.20 Deut. 12.32 Q. What if we come short in this A. If there be first a willing minde God will accept according to that a man hath 2 Cor. 8.12 To him that hath shall be given God will give more grace Mar. 4.24 Mat. 13.12 Q. How shall we know true faith A. First by cleaving unto God when he hides his face from us Isa 8.17 Iob 13.15 Hab. 3.17,18 Rom. 4.18 Secondly by readinesse to yeeld obedience to the Law of faith Iam. 2.17.18.26 Thirdly by purifying the heart Act. 15.9 1 Ioh. 3.3 Fourthly by love to God and his Saints Gal. 5.6 Q. How many Commandements be there A. Ten which were at the first delivered by God Exod. 20. Q. Which be they A. I am the Lord c. Q. Is there any other commands A. There be many other commands whereby God forbiddeth us some things and commands us to do other things according to his own good pleasure Mar. 28.20 Q. What is a Sacrament A. An outward visible sign and seal appointed by God to represent and confirme a spirituall Grace Q. How many Sacraments be there A. Two Baptisme and the Supper of the Lord. Q. What is the outward sign in Baptisme A. Water wherewith or wherein the party baptized is to be sprinkled or dipped in the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Mat. 28,19 Mar. 16.16 Q. What is the inward grace signified and sealed to us by Baptisme A. First by this we are made visible Members of the visible Church of Christ 1 Cor. 12.13 Act. 2.41 Secondly To them that beleeve it signifies and seals their reall and firme union to Iesus Christ Rom. 6.3 Gal. 3.27 Eph. 4.5 Thirdly It signifies and seals the Spirituall washing of our souls from the guilt of sin Act. 2.38 Rom. 4.11 and the imputation of Christs righteousnesse Fourthly it signifies and seals the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost 1 Pet. 3.21 Tit. 3.5 Acts 13.24 Mat. 3.11 Mar. 1.8 Luk. 3.16 Q. Are all that are Baptized thus washed A. No The grace of God is not tied alwaies to the outward signe Those that are not elected have nothing sealed to them Simon Magus had the outward Signe but was not washed with the inward grace Act. 8.13.23 Q. Who be so washed A. Those that believe and repent Mar. 16.16 Acts 2.38 Q. What shall we think of those that are baptized A. As all that believe are inwardly washed by the Spirit so those that are elected have right to be washed in time But because we cannot infallibly judge who be elected and do believe we cannot certainly know who be washed in Baptisme by the Spirit 1 Cor. 2.11 Q. Who is then to be admitted to the Sacrament of Baptisme A. Those are to be Baptized that professe their Faith repentance and obedience to the Gospel of Iesus Christ and their children Mat. 3.6 Act. 8.13.38 Act. 2.41 Q. How do you prove that the Infants of Beleevers are to be Baptized A. First because all Saints have right to Baptisme and children of believing Parents are esteemed Saints 2 Cor. 7.14 Secondly because children are capable of the inward grace else they cannot be saved 3 Ioh. 3 36. Heb. 12.14 Q. How prove you by the Word of God that they may have the inward Grace A. God promises to circumcise their heart Deu. 30.6 Our Saviour saith that of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Mat. 10 14. And Peter saith that the Promise belongeth to them Act. 2.39 Q. What Promise is that A. In the verse before the promise made to those that are baptized is the remission of sins and the gift of the holy Ghost Act. 2.38 Q. What is the third Reason why children are to be baptized A. God appointed children to be circumcised Gen. 17.12 And Baptisme is a seale of the same Covenant of Grace Rom. 4.11 Act. 2.38.17 Gen. 11. Q. What is the fourth reason A. If children may not be baptized the Law was more glorious and full of Grace then the Gospel and the children of the Jews more happy before Christ then the children of Christians under Christ but the Scripture teaches the contrary 2 Cor. 3.8 9. Q. What is the fifth reason A. All were baptized in the Red Sea 1 Cor. 10.2 And we read that whole houses and families were baptized in the Apostles time Act. 16.15.33 1 Cor. 1.16 Q. What do you gather from that A. Because no man can say there were no children in those families or that the children were not baptized therefore we conceive there was some children baptized and we ought not to deny Baptisme to children Q What other reason have you A. Mat. 28.19 Christ commanded his Apostles to Baptize all Nations As God had formerly commanded to circumcise all Iews and if children had not been to have been baptized our Saviour would have excepted them in that command Q. How many signes and significant actions are there in the Lords Supper and what do they signifie A. There be six First the Materials bread and wine which signifie the body and blood of Christ Mat. 26.26.28 Secondly the setting these signes apart for this holy use which signifie how Christ was set apart from eternity for the work of our redemption Rev. 13.8 Ioh. 10.36 Thirdly the Blessing the signes which puts us in minde how Christ Iesus blessed the bread and the wine in the first institution for this holy Sacrament Mat. 26.26 1 Cor. 11.24 And how the Father blessed Christ in his doings Offices and sufferings to finish the work of our Redemption Mat 1.20 Rom. 3.29 Fourthly the breaking of the Bread and powring forth of the Wine shew how his body was broken his blood shed and his soule made an offering for our sins Fifthly the giving of the bread and wine is a token that God offers to the faithfull receive Christ Iesus and the benefit of all that he did and suffered of all his offices merits and promises of which gift these signes are a pledge 1 Cor. 10.16 Lastly as we take and eat the bread and drink the wine for the nourishment of our bodies so ought we to take and eat the body and blood of Christ by Faith for the nourishment of our souls Ioh. 53,54,55,56.63 1 Cor. 10.17.8 Q. What is it to take Christ by Faith in the Sacrament A. To rest upon God in Christ to make good unto us or give us the benefit of the doings sufferings offices merits and promises of Christ and to receive this Sacrament as a pledge signe and seale of the Lords engagement and intention to do the same Isa 26.3 Isa 50.10 Q. Do all receive Christ in this Sacrament A. No Only such as come rightly prepared Q. How must we prepare our selves A. First with knowledge of the doings sufferings offices and merits Laws promises and Sacraments of Christ which is called discerning the Lords body 1 Cor. 11.29 Secondly by due examination of our thoughts words and actions according to his Laws and taking that course which hath been taught to avoid the danger of sin 1 Cor. 11.28 Thirdly with true Faith First in God the Father to commit our souls to him in his son in his promises cōmands Sacraments as a saithfull Creator 2 Pet. 4.19 Isa 58.9 1 Thes 24.26 Secondly with Faith in Christ relie upon his doings sufferings offices and merits to blot our sins and free us from wrath to make us righteous and give us a Crown of glory Heb. 8.12 1 Thes 1.10 Rom. 3.20,21 1 Cor. 1.30 Phil. 3.9 Ioh. 17.22 Tim. 2.48 Q. What is the act of Faith required in the offices of Christ A. First we must rest upon him as our King Isa 62.11 Zach. 9.9 Mat. 2.5 Mat. 25.34 To rule us by the Law of righteousnesse Heb. 1.8 To confirme the charter of the promises 2 Cor. 1.20 Heb. 9.15 Rom. 15.8 To subdue all our enemies 1 Cor. 15.25.26 To protect us in all our adversities 1 Cor. 15.57 1 Pet. 1.5 1 Cor. 10.13 Heb. 13.5 6. Isa 46.4 Secondly we must rest upon him as a Priest Hebrews 6.20 To have offered a sufficient Sacrifice to satisfie for our sins 1 Ioh. 2.2 To be our Advocate 1 Ioh. 2.1 And to plead for the Pardon of those sins we confesse judge and humble our selves for by mouring repentance and turning from them And to intercede for us Heb. 7.25 Rom. 8.34 Rev. 8.3 And offer up our prayers to his father Lastly we must rest upon him as a Prophet Deut. 18.18 Act. 3.22 Not only to it struct us by his Word and Ministers Act. 26.18.4 Eph. 11. But also by the unutrerable working of his Spirit in heavenly motions Ioh. 16.13 Isa 44.3 Joh. 5.20 Act. 3.26 Eph. 1.17,18 And by giving us new understandings wills rectified affections to receive those motions And to create in our soules the image of his heavenly graces Ioh. 1.16 Rom. 8.29 Luk. 24.45 Q. What else is desire to come prepared A. To come with reverence to that glorious Majestly there present of that holy Ordinance there celebrated that invaluable grace there offered Psa 89.7 Mat. 21.37 Lev. 19.30 Lev. 26.2 Heb. 12.28 Q. What else is required to come prepared A. If in this Sacrament God scale the Pardon of our sins deliverance from wrath and the firme union of his love It is fitting we should forgive others lay down thoughts of wrath and revenge and come together with bowels of compassion and love Q. How prove you that A. God requires these things at all times how much more will he require we should come cloathed with these graces to his table Mat. 6.14,15 2 Cor. 2.7,8 Ia. 2.8 Rom. 12.9,10 14.18 20. Rom. 13 8. Coll. 3.12 1 Ioh. 3.23 Q. What is the danger for a man to come unprepared A. He may eat and drink unworthily and so eat and drinke his own damnation 1 Cor. 11.29 After unprepared Iudas eat the sop Satan entred into him Ioh. 13.27 He that came to the Lords Table wanting a Wedding Garment was bound hand and foot and cast into utter darknesse Mat. 22.12 FINIS
A short CATECHISME FOR The Instruction of the Inhabitants of S. M. For the better Preparation of the Sacrament of the LORDS-SUPPER The first Part. LONDON Printed by I. F. for Ralph Smith and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible in Cornhill near the Royall-Exchange 1645. A short Catechisme Quest HOw did God make man Answ After his own Image Gen. 1.27 Q What is the Image of God A. The Image of God is a resemblance of his holinesse and righteousnesse and his other attributes created in man Gen. 1.27 compared with Psal 145.7 Exod. 34.6 Eccles 7.29 Eph. 4.24 Col. 3.10 Q. Did man continue in this Image A No Adam lost it for himself and all us in eating the forbidden fruit Q How came we to lose this image by his sin A. First because Adam was a publike person and we being in his loynes his sin was imputed to us Rom. 5 12.19 and so we were all accounted sinners in his offence Secondly the separation of the image of God being the spirituall death happened unto all men by him because all men were accounted sinners in him Rom. 5 12.14.16,17,18 Q. What followed up on the losse of this Image A. First we are all born without this image Secondly we are therefore born in sin and conceived in iniquity Psal 51.5 Because being born with power to think speak and do and wanting this image which should teach or guide us to think speak and do aright we must needs sin in all these Q. How many kindes of sin is there A. Two Originall and Actuall Q. What is Originall sin A. Originall sin is an inclination of the whole man to all evill and that continually Gen. 6.5 Q. What is Actuall sin A. Actuall is a breach of the Law of God in thought word or deed 1 Io. 3.4 Pr. 24 9. Mat. 12 Q. How do we break the Law of God A. We break the Law of God when we do those things which God hath forbidden and leave undone those things which God hath commanded Rom. 7.19 Q. What are the wages of sin A. The wages of sin is eternal death Ro. 6.23 Q. Is there no way to avoid this death A. There is no way for a sinner to escape eternall death but only by Iesus Christ Act. 4.12 Q. What hath Christ suffered for us A. First Iesus Christ hath born our sins 1 Pet. 2.24 Heb. 9.28 2 Cor. 5.21 Secondly he hath suffered the wrath of God due to us for sin 1 Pet. 3.18 1 Cor. 15.3 Q. What hath Christ done for us A. First he hath fulfilled the Law which we ought to have kept Mat. 5.17,18 Rom. 10.5 Secondly he hath merited a Crown of righteousnesse by fulfilling that Law Phil. 2.9 Heb. 2.9 Heb. 12.2 Q. What benefit have we by his sufferings A. He will not impute those fins to us which he hath born 2 Cor. 5.19 Nor lay that wrath upon us which he hath suffered Rom. 5.9 1 Thes 1.10 Q. What benefit have we by his doings A. First God will impute his righteousenesse to us in fulfilling the Law Rom. 5.10 Rom. 10.5 Secondly he will give us his Crown of glory which his Son hath merited by his righteousnesse Joh. 17.22 Col. 3.4 Heb. 9.24 Ioh. 1.32 Q. What be the main priviledges we have by Christ A. First we are justified freely by his grace Act. 13.39 Rom. 3.24 Secondly we are sanctified by his spirit 1 Thes 5.23 And the image we lost in Adam is restored in Iesus Christ Rom. 8.28 1 Cor. 15.49 Thirdly we are adopted and made the sons of God 1 Ioh. 1.12 Gal. 3.26 Fourthly all the promises be made Yea and Amen to us in Christ 2 Cor. 1.20 Heb. 9.15 Q. Can any man live without sin A. No For the most righteous man that is sins in many things Iam. 3.2 Eccles 7.20 1 King 8.46 Q. What must we do to avoid the danger of sin A. First when we have committed any sins we must confesse them to God Ier. 3.13 Secondly we must judge our selves for them Thirdly we must mourn and repent of them Iam. 4.9 Mat. 3.2 Fourthly we must humble our selves before God for them Iames 4.10 Fiftly we must resolve and endeavour to leave them Isa 1.16 1 Pet. 2.11 Sixthly We must fight against them and labour to mortifie them 1 Tim. 6.12 Col. 3.5 Seventhly we must pray to God to forgive them and give us power against them for Iesus Christ his sake Hos 14.2 Rom. 6.14 Lastly we must labour to hate and abhorre them Pro. 8.13 Psal 97.10 Psal 119.104 Pro. 13.5 Q What will the Lord do for a sinner that takes this course A. First if we confesse our sins he hath promised to shew mercy and to forgive them Pro. 28.13 1 Ioh. 1.9 Secondly if we judge our selves for our sins he hath said we shal not be judged 1 Cor. 11.31 Thirdly if we mourn we shall be comforted Mat. 5.4 Isa 61.3 Ezech. 9.4 If we repent iniquity shall not be our ruine Ezech. 18.30 Fourthly if we humble our selves before God he will save us Iob 22.29 He will uphold us Pro. 29.23 He will give us more grace 1 Pet. 5.5 Iam. 4.6 Pro. 3.34 And he will dwell with us Isa 57 15. Fiftly if we forsake and turn from our sins they shall not be our ruine Ezech. 18.30 The Lord will pardon them Isa 55.7 abundantly so as they shall not be mentioned and we shall save our soules alive Ezech. 18.21,22.27,28 Sixtly if we fight the good fight we shall have a crown of righteousnes 2 Tim. 4.7,8 Seventhly if we humbly pray for pardon and power against sin he will forgive our sins and heal our souls 2 Chro. 7.14 Psal 10.17 Q. What else doth the Lord require A. Faith Joh. 14.1 1 Ioh. 3.23 Q. How many sorts of faith be there A. Three Historicall faith justifying faith and faith of Assurance Q. What is historicall faith A. Historicall faith is a grace of God wherby we beleeve what ever is written in the Book of God to be true 1 Cor. 12.3 Ioh. 3.33 Ioh. 5.46 Q. What is justifying faith A. Iustifying faith is a grace of God whereby I rest upon God in Iesus Christ to make good all his promises unto me Isa 26.3 Ioh. 1.12 Isa 50.10 Iob 13.15 Q. Explaine this by an Example A. God saith if we confesse our sins he will forgive I have confessed my sin to God saith the beleever and now I will rest upon God to forgive and pardon Q. What is faith of assurance A. Faith of assurance is a grace of God whereby I am fully perswaded that God in Christ wil make good all his promises unto me 1 Ioh. 5.10 Eph. 1.13 2 Tim. 1.12 Ro. 8.38 Ro. 4.21 Q. What will the Lord do for a true Beleever A. He that hath true faith shall not perish but have everlasting life Ioh. 3.16 Hab. 2.1 Ioh. 11.26 1 Pet. 1.9 Q. What else doth the Lord require A. The Lord requires that we should obey all his commands with