A SHORT Instruction For such as accuse their MEMORY, to excuse their IGNORANCE.  
Printed in the Year 1698.   

A SHORT Instruction, &c.  
Q. HOW many Gods are there?  
A. One.  
Q. How many Persons?  
A. Three.  
Q. Which are they?  
A. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.  
Q. Which of the Three Persons was made Man, and died for us?  
A. God the Son, the second Person.  
Q. Was God the Father made Man?  
A. No.  
Q. Was God the Holy Ghost made Man?  
A. No.  
Q. What is a Sacrament?  
A. It is a visible Sign of an invisible Grace.  
Q. How many Sacraments are there?  
A. Seven.  
Q. Which are they?  
A. Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Order, and Matrimony.  
Q. How many Parts are there in the Sacrament of Penance?  
A. Three.  
Q. Which are they?  
A. Contrition, Confession, and Satisfaction.  
Q. What is Contrition?  
A. It is a hearty Sorrow for our Sins, proceeding from the love of God, joined with a firm purpose of Amendment.  
Q How many kinds of Sin is there?  
A Two.  
Q. Which are they?  
A. Original and Actual  
Q. What is Original Sin?  
A. The Sin we are all born in.  
Q. What is Actual Sin?  
A. The Sin we ourselves commit.  
Q. How many Kinds of Actual Sins are there?  
A. Two.  
Q. Which are they?  
A. Mortal and Venial.  
Q. What is a mortal Sin?  
A. A great Sin that kills the Soul, and deserves Hell.  
Q. What is a Venial Sin?  
A. A Sin that doth not kill the Soul, but yet displeaseth God.  
Q. What Sacrament taketh away Original Sin?  
A. Baptism.  
Q. What Sacrament taketh away Actual Sin?  
A. Penance.  
Q. Are we obliged to confess all our Mortal Sins?  
A. Yes, or else we commit a new grievous Sin, and none of our Sins are pardoned us.  
Q. Are we obliged to confess all our Venial Sins?  
A. No.  
Q. What if we doubt, whether a Sin be Mortal or Venial?  
A. Then we are obliged to confess it.  
Q. What is the Blessed Eucharist?  
A. It is the true Body and Blood of JESUS CHRIST, true God and true Man, whole CHRIST, under the outward Forms of Bread and Wine.  
Q. Doth the Bread and Wine remain after Consecration?  
A. No, they are turned into the Body and Blood of Christ.  M. 
Say the Ten Commandments.  S. 


1. Thou shalt have no other Gods but me.  
2. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.  
3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath Day.  
4. Honour thy Father and Mother.  
5. Thou shalt not kill.  
6. Thou shalt not commit Adultery.  
7. Thou shalt not Steal.  
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy Neighbour.  
9. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbour's Wife.  
10. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbour's Goods.    
Q. How many are the Commandments of the Church.  
A. Six.  
Q. Which are they?  
A. 1. To hear Mass on all Sundays and holidays.  
2. To fast Lent, Vigils, Ember-days, and Fridays, by the Custom of England, with abstinence from Flesh on Saturdays.  
3. To confess our Sins, at least once a Year.  
4. To receive the Blessed Eucharist at Easter, or thereabouts.  
5. To pay tithes to the Pastors.  
6. Not to Celebrate Marriages in Lent, nor Advent.  
Q. Which are the Four last Things?  
A. Death, judgement, Hell, and Heaven.  
Q. Is it profitable to remember them often?  
A. Yes, according to that; In all thy Works, remember thy Last Things, and thou wilt never sin, Eccl. 7. 40.  
FINIS.