A SHORT CATECHISM: BEING A brief Instruction of the most ignorant, before the receiving of the Sacrament of the LORDS SUPPER.  
By Obadiah Sedgewick.  
LONDON, Printed for Stephen Bowtell, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible in Popes-head-alley, 1647.   

A BRIEF INSTRUCTION OF The most ignorant, before the receiving of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper.  
Quest. WHAT is God?  
Answ. God is a most 
a Hab. 1.13. Rev, 4.8.  ho- 
b 1 King. 8.27. Psal 139.7.  infinite, 
c job 9.4. Rom. 16.27.  wise, 
d Psal. 119.68.  good, merciful, 
f Esay 44.21.  just, g spiritual, 
Matth. 19.17.  all-sufficient, 
i Exod. 6.3.  being of himself, 
e Psal. 116.5. Exo. 43.6.  and the only 
k Acts ●8.  Author being to others. 
●●…any 3.5. john 4.24.  
h Gen. 17.1.   
2. Q. How many God's b● there?  
A. There is but one only true God. 
1 King. 8.60. Esa. 44.8. 1 Cor. 8, 6.   
3. Q. How many person's ar● there?  
A. Three: 
1 john 57  1. God th● Father, 2. God the Sonn● 3. God the holy Ghost.  
4. Q. How do these thr●● persons agree?  
A. Every one of them God. 

1 The Father is God. 
Ephes. 4.6. john 11. 1 Thes. 5.23.   
2 The Son is God.  
3 The holy Ghost God.    
5. Q. How do these th●●● persons differ?  
A. 

The Father begets.  
The Son is begotten. 
Psalm. 2.7, john 1.14. john 14.26. john 15 26   
The holy Ghost procee●● from the Father and Son.    
6. Q. Who made man?  
A. God. 
Gen 1.27.   
7. Q. How did God make man?  
A. After his 
a Gen. 1.26, 27. Ephes. 4.24.  own image ●nd likeness, 
b Eccles. 7.29.  holy and righteous.  
8. Q. Did man continue in ●…is estate?  
A. No, but 
c Eccles. 7.29.  fell from it ●y eating 
d Gen 3.6.  of the forbidden ●●uit.  
9 Q. What followed up●● eating of the forbidden ●●uit?  
A. Sin and Death. 
Rom. 5. 1●.   
10. Q. What is sin?  
A. 
1 joh. 3.4.  It is the transgressi●● of Gods Law.  
11. Q. How many sorts of are there?  
A. Two, 

1. Original sin, ●●d  
2. Actual sin.    
12. Q. What is original sin?  
A. It is the universal pollution of the heart or nature, 
Eph. 21, 2 Jam. 1.14. Eccles. 9.3.  and an inclination to al● evil.  
13 Q. What is actual sin?  
A. Evil 
a Mat. 9.4.  thoughts, evils 
b Rom. 1.26.  affections, evil 
c 1 Cor. 15.33.  words▪ evil 
d John 3.20.  actions, all 
e Jam 4.17.  omission● of good, or commissions o● evil.  
14 Q. What is due to ma● for sin?  
A. Wrath, 
Eph. 2.3. Gal. 3.10. Rom. 5.12 2 Thes. 2.12.  curse, death and damnation.  
15 Q. Can any sinner deliver▪ himself from this fearful and miserable condition?  
A. No, for he is 
a Eph 2.1.  dead i● sins, and 
b Rom. 5.6.  without strength  
16 Q. Who is the Saviour and Redeemer of sinners?  
A. Only jesus Christ.  
17 Q. What was Ies●● Christ? 
1 Tim. 2.5 5. Acts 4 12.   
A. He was both God and man. 
1 Joh. 1.14.   
18 Q. How did jesus Christ deliver a sinner from God's wrath and damnation?  
A. By a perfect satisfaction to God's justice, 
Rom. 5 18, 19 Gal. 3.13.  in his active and passive obedience.  
19 Q. What offices did belong to Christ as Mediator?  
A. Three: He was 

1. A 
a Heb. 7.22.  Priest,  
2. a 
b Acts 3.22.  Prophet,  
3. a 
c Act. 5.3 1. Ps. 2.6  King.    
20 Q. What is required of any who shall be saved by Christ?  
A. 
d Mar. 15. Act. 2.38. Luke 3.3.  Repentance and 
e Joh. 3.16. Act 16.30, 31.  Faith.  
21 Q. What is Repentance?  
A. Repentance is a turning of the heart and life from all sin, 
Joel. 2.12, 13. Esa 55.7. Esa. 16.17.  unto God.  
22 Q. What is saving faith?  
A. It is a 
a 1 joh. 1.12.  right receiving of jesus Christ as Mediator, and a trusting only on him for 
b 2 Cor. 5.21.  righteousness, 
c Acts 13.38.  pardon of sins, and 
d 1 joh 5.11, 12  everlasting life.  
23. Q. What is the means by which faith is wrought?  
A. By the Word.  
24 Q. What is the means by which Faith and all other Graces are nourished and increased? 
Rom. 10 17. Ephes. 1.13   
A. The Sacrament of the Lords Supper is one of those means.  
25. Q. What is a Sacrament?  
A. It is an outward and visible sign, 
●om. 4.11.  and seal of the Covenant of Grace.  
26. Q. How many Sacraments are there under the New-Testament?  
A. Only two, 

1. Baptism, 
Mat. 28.19. Cor. 11.23, 24   
2. The Lord's Supper.    
27. Q. Which be the outward and visible signs in the Lord's Supper?  
A. Bread and Wine consecrated. 
Luke 22. 19.2●   
28. Q. What is the Bread a sign of?  
A. Of the body of Christ. 
1 Cor. 10.16.   
29. Q. What is the Wine a sign of?  
A. Of the blood of Christ. 
1 Cor. 10.16.   
30 Q. What is the thing signified in the Sacrament?  
A. jesus Christ crucified, 
1 Cor. 11.27, &  and all the benefits by his death.  
31. Q. How is jesus Christ received at the Sacrament?  
A. Not corporally, for so he is in heaven 
a Acts 3.21. , but spiritually, and by faith 
b john. 6.63. .  
32 Q. What is required of a person before he cometh to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper?  
A. He is to examine himself. 
Cor. 11.28.   
33 Q. Of what is he to examine himself?  
A. Especially of three Graces: 

1. Whether he truly reputes of his sins:  
2. Whether he truly believes in jesus Christ:  
3. Whether he be in charity.    
34 Q. How may a man know that he truly reputes of his sins?  
A. If 

1 Experimentally he knows his sins. 
●erem. 8.6.   
2 He be hearty broken and grieved for his sins. 
●●…el 2.13. Zach. ●2. 10.   
3 He hates all known sins. 
●zek. 36.31.   
4 He feareth to commit sin. 
2 Cor 7.11.   
5 He carefully endeavours to forsake all sin. 
Prov. 28.13.   
6 He walks in newness of obedience. 
Ro. 6.18. Ro.     
35 Q. Why must a person repent, who cometh to the Sacrament?  
A. 

1. He cannot else apply pardoning mercy. 
Esa. 55.7. R●●… 2.5.   
2 He will else come unworthily, 
1 Cor. 11.29.  for which God will judge him.    
36 Q. How may a man know that he truly believes in Jesus Christ?  
A. If 

1 His heart hath been broken for sins. 
Acts 2.37, 4 ●●… Esay 61.1.   
2 He seethe a need of Christ. 
Mat. 15.24.   
3 He be weary of sin, 
Mat. 11.28.  and so cometh to Christ.  
4 He can prise Christ above all. 
●●●lip. 3.8, 9   
5 He be willing to forsake all, 
●●ke 14.26.27.  so as to enjoy Christ.  
6 He receiveth Christ as Lord and Saviour. 
〈◊〉 1.12. Heb. 4.   
7 His heart be purified. 
〈◊〉 15 9     
37 Q. Why must a man be a Believer before he cometh to this Sacrament?  
A. Because, 

1 This Sacrament is a seal only to faith.  
2 He must discern the Lords body, 
●or. 11.29.  which cannot be done without faith.  
3 He can else receive no good by this Sacrament from Christ.    
38. Q How may a man know that he is in charity?  
A. 

1. If he can hearty forgive wrongs. 
〈◊〉 3.13, 14.   
2 If he can do good for evil. 
〈…〉 43, 44.     
39 Q. What is a person to do at the time of the Sacrament?  
A. He is 

1. to meditate of the greatness of his sins which pierced Christ. 
Zach. 12.10.   
2 To meditate of the great and wonderful love of God in Christ. 
joh. 3.16. Rom. 5.8.   
3 To meditate of that bitter and accursed death that Christ suffered to make peace for his soul.  
4 To lay hold on jesus Christ offered unto him, 
Mat. 26.28. Phil. 3.10, 11.  by faith.    
40 Q. What is a person to do after he hath received the Sacrament?  
A. 

1. He is to be thankful, 
Acts. 8 38, 39 Psal. 10 3.1, 2  if he hath received any good.  
2 He is to be humble and repent, 
Cor. 6.1.  if he hath received no benefit.  
3 He is to be careful to keep his Covenant and Vows. 
●sa 19.21. Psal. 6.11. Pro. 9.5, 6   
4 He is to be more fruitful. 
Pet. 3 18. Rom 2.     
FINIS.