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It 2S recommcHiicd to Teachers luho tise this Explana- tion of the Church Catechism to adopt the foUoiuing plan : First, to cause the young persons under their direction to repeat exactly the text as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer, and which is, by way of distinction, prifitcd here in Italic letters, between inverted commas. * Secondly^ when they have seen that this has been learned perfectly y to teach them the following explanation in connection with it. And, Thirdly, to catechise them in the references from Scripture, ^c, which are given at the bottom of each page in connection with both the text and the explanation. That the more advanced class may be prepared for this last exercise, each young person should be provided with a Bible. If this plan be acted on in schools, the same book will serve for three classes in progressive order. And if it should be found that the I'cferences at the end of each page are too numerous to be remembered by the young persons instructed., the Teacher may use them himself, with a view to enlarge upon the explanation. The pupils ought, how- ever, to be very earnestly u?ged to learn these texts, as the Scriptural knowledge thereby gained will be very great indeed by the time this book has been gone th?'ough. Shorter lessons ought, where necessary, to be given, in order that these portions of Scripture may be learnt, for they are, in fact, indispensable. "^ It will be preferable to use the " Catechism broken into Short Questions ' alone in the youngest class. \. \ 1^1 National Library of Canada Bibliothdque natlonale du Canada AN EXPOSITION OF THE CHURCH CATECHISM. PART I. OF THE BAPTISMAL COYEXANT. Teacuer. TITHAT do you mean by tlie word Cate- » » chism ? Scholar. A form of instruction, by Avay of question and answer, in the principles of the Christian religion, {a) T. Of what does the Christian religion consist? S. Of those truths relating to salvation by Christ which God has made known to us in the Bible, {h) (a) According to the Church of England, " the Catechis'» is an instruction to he learned of every person hefore he he brc ' t to he confirmed by the Bishop. The word " catechised" is us't .1 by S. Luke, i. 4.; it is translated "instructed " in our English Tes- tament. {h) Our religion is more particularly called the Christian rclufmi from Christ, because all its doctrines lead to Him and all its blessings flow through and from Him, and all its iirecepts are sanctioned by Him. From 8. Paul's epistle to Timothy, who Irom a child was taufjht the Holy Scriptures, we see that what- ever IS necessary to salvation is contained in and must be founded on them. See 2 Tim. iii. 16. IC. f ! 1 J ■ * AN* EXPOSITION OP 8. Into tivG parts, namely : I. The Baptismal Covenant, 11. The Creed, ) III. The Ton Commandments, } ^^^' ^^"<^y- IV. The Lord's Prayer, | Helps to q^ w, '^^^V^^^^^^^^ '^f the Sacraments, / fulfil it nant?" ^''"'^ '''" ^^'' ^''^'^ "Baptismal Cove- rs Because God makes a Covenant— that is, an a-ree- men with us, into which Baptism is His ordained mode >ot admission. "^uuo T. Did God ever make a covenant of wliich infants -were to be members? miants \^ S. Yes ; in Gen. xvii. God's covenant with Abraham ^18 related, and infants " • ' ' ^^^oianam .members of it. -.-.. ^^.^,,«.,^ ,,,^^^ ^vuranam ot eight days old were to be T. What is this covenant called ? 8. It is callecl an Everlasting Covenant, and it was to include all families of the earth, (a) ^ T. What does S. Paul say of this covenant? h. He calls it "the covenant that was confirmed be- traiit^ti! -ii^'ir ^'' '' -''- '--''^ ^'^ ^^-^«tit T. What is meant in Gal. iii. 8, where it is said that God "preached before the Gospel unto Abraham?'' b. Ihe word '-'before" belongs to the word "preached-" the words in the original are - pro-evangelized Abraham " and mean that God preached the gospel to Abrahm -before he law of which S. Paul is speaking T. What do you mean by " in the original?" J5. Ihe JNew Testament was originaUv — that is -if iirst-written in Greek, from which it ^vas transited {a) God's covenant is continually suoken nfl>nfh ,-., fi.. nn _.. , THE CHtmCH CATECHISM. tt m tlie Greek Testiinient." T. What gospel, then, ,li,l Go,l preach to Abraha>u? into God's covenant 1 *> S. Cecause God commanded infants to hf ma.ln member, of His Gospel Covenant when Ho uadol Ah Abraham, and told hin, that it was to be an evei lastins covenant for all fau.ilics of the earih. {«) 1. But are not the Jews the lamil.y of Abraham? ,.» fT*^!,'.. "' ''•v^'''"' ^'''"'^''' "■'' t'"" all "those that a 1 wl?;, l" "' '^^ '""= '^'''''^^'-■" "f ^''^aham : tl^t ' all who believe, and accept the Gospel. 1. ITes ; and those who would seek to shut out infanta now would do well to remember God's command to Abraham and his posterity: and they ought Tpec all v to be warned how our Saviour was angry with msl who would have kept little children from H m Hk words are very awful to those who would "ottend '• or cause injury to little ones: He says of such a one "that It were better that a millstone 4re hanged about his S Matt 'xviii Tm'T^f '" *'" ^''^'^ '' *he la" dit^'nfifThls covenant?" '"^' "°"'' '''^' "^ '^'^ -- MU ^""^ y'%'^^''^ to make us "members of Christ eliildren of God and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven," on condition that wo renounce the devil the world, and the flesh, believe all God's Word, and k e„ His commands. ' ^1* («) Observe how we are told Gen wii 14 tLof *i cUion is done awav (CUly. 'oyTJAl^^l T^'^Tr!'''"'"'- thJ " i-."""- •"■ '^^ Pet-'r tola his ila;;; TnlS* S "erm»- 6 AN EXPOSITION OF T. State more briefly the terms of thia covenant ? S. On Ciod's part, Forgiveness, Help, and Happiness : on man s part, Kepentance, Faith, and Obedience. T. " What in your name?'' S. ''N. or M:' T. AVhat two names have youl" 8. 3Iy Christian name and my surname. T. AVhence do you get your surname ? S. From my parents; and it reminds me of mv natural state. T. AVhat should your Christian name remind you oft 8. My Christian name should remind me that I am the child of God by adoption and grace. T. What do you mean by ' grace ? " 8. " Grace " means some favour given to us though ■we have not deserved it. ° T. Why do you caJl this name by which you answer your Christian name 1 8. It is my Christian name, because it was given me at my baptism, when I was solemnly given to Christ. (y li"'l^ or part of T. What is it to be a lueuibor of Christ ? of Cluis wh^vot 7f! ; " tx^''?"' '^ '=""'^'1 t>'" I5ody tho inemk-r^ (',) ""^' ""^' "'^ di-'cil-los are T. What is it to bo " a child of God ? " God tlio So n ;, 1 , ' *> "^'■'^'""^'l tlirough the merits of God the iw) Gho,^t;(V"''' """'' "" "'""""^^ "'• T. Wl'at is an " inheritor," or Jieir ? t4^|;x;trrinL!^^^^^^^^^^^ Hea'ven , .?' '' " '° ''° " ''"' '«''^""»' »f "'o ki„,do,n of for^i.o^''ilrfk'/'";'"''SO follows from the two former- Chris a'ehild o l^a-^ atl'" fthft '^'^'.'l', ""-«'' is an inheritor of the 1 'in , i, f u " " '•"''' "^ God everlasting life ?and l,do;;"f J'" °^ ^'''-'"' '"• '''" ''<>"■ "f figure is beautifil • foi 1 ' ffn .'"","''?'' "^ *'"= Churcli. Th ■ aSd bands, rice m ,n,n.L ."'° ,''""^ ''" ""-■ '«'lv, by ioi, w •spiritual Cd,TvmZt".X?nf Hl?r'' r f'°^ life Md strragth. Col ii 10 "'^"'"'"•"l' i-eceivcssimilMal u!1f ,V '■ """ '"-■ "^l-''- '• ^. «■ ■'«•." i. 12. 13, ,..„„.. viii. Paul shows in wliat it co„,tf w ■-• '^'"' ""^ ^^I'»3tl.! mean., tkc vmMc M,«/ ^°ttm^„^V r'' '* '"<"''«' ■S- Matt. liii. s:-33 6,',;' T n, I 1^ ?■ " , f "'■''■■' l'arable.-i. .See which He is tho Kin;(. Th' th 'Ojy " (See Eph. i. 2 e prince of thi.. workl." hut 23), of is^i. 1" o,;position to the kiLkom of in other j)laees it ineans a 8 AN EXPOSITION OF T. Do men possess these privileges by nature ? S. No; by natare man's heart is evil, and he is a child of wrath, (a) T. Was man created in this state of sin 1 S. :N"o ; man was first created after God's own image, m knowledge, righteousness, and holiness. (Z>) T. How, then, were mankind brought into this wretched state 1 8.^ By the sin of our first parents, who, being tempted by Satan in the form of a serpent, ate of the forbidden fruit, and thus disobeyed the commandment of God. (c) T. What was the consequence of their sin ? S. They corrupted the nature which God had given them, so that all naturally descended from them inherit a corrupt nature, and are, by nature, children of wrath, being born in sin. T. Why do you say " naturally descended ? " S. So as to except our Saviour, who, though born of a human mother, was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and therefore was without sin. T. How are we to be delivered from this state of sin and death 1 S. By grace, through faith in Christ :(fZ) and in bap- Tlie children state of glory in the life to come. See S. Matt. v. 20. of God are heirs of eternal glory. Rom. viii. 17. {a) Jer. xvii. 9, Mark vii. 21, 22, 23. Eph. ii'. 3. The ninth article of our chnrch states, that " Man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature mdmed to evil." See carefully the whole article. This doctrine is further enlarged on in different parts of 'our Liturgy, and especially in the General Confession. "We have <^n-ed and strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have fol- owed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have oflended against Thy holy V ,s. We have left undone those things which we ought to hav. done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done, and there is no health in us. (h) Gen lained exj by 07 Vr'iiat the iiiiaKC of God consists is further 10, Eph. iv. 24. (c) Gen. ii. 17. Gen. iii. 4--6. Rom. v. 12, [d) Ephesians ii. 8. J ^ r^ ^ i^itniitmitmttmmtmmiamm a 1 '• THE CHURCH CATECHISM. (j tism we make a profession of faitli in Christ and re give^the sacramental sign and pledge of union t"h salvationf^ ^^^ ""*''"'' ''°" ^^' "''^'^ 1>« eflectual to t w/h*? i""'"''/Pirit"='l grace is necessary. (M S. None whatever. T. Ought you not to be very careful to soe whether you are really hving as a child of God ought to Hve »• ies; I ought often to examine rev heart and conduct to see whether I am trying eariestlv to fulfil the conditions of my Baptismal covenant ^ " " Hv„'„„ f ' 1 ■ ^"^ ™"''* "^'^y^ remember that if you live carelessly in sin, your being baptized will 4e^tlv increase your guilt and danger :(c) you must ncverlo^.e^ that your baptism has laid you under very great and ifZ^, ."f""^'^'! «^'- You will have always to be "n earnest in trying sincere' •, by God's help, to "keep yom- part of the covenant, ieil me, then ^ ' Myluf ''''' ''"'"' '-''"-!''"''"■'>■ ««'' Oodmother. then S. " They did promise and cow three thinm in m„ name. Fust, that I should rcnounee the devtZ Z hin , -^'l l'"' "■' "" ■"""''■ ^eeondh,, that T And TlauUo. tl,at I should kcp God's holy viil and 4^1"^ liTZ^r" '" ^-»<" -t.r .vs„t,.e- 10 AN EXPOSITION OP Ml i Uplaf '''"*'' ""^ ""'"^ "' '''" »•«""' «« the day. of my S. Of three parts. (^>) iV.^*^'n^^f ^M 'ii°"^^ renouncG his three spiritual enem- ies: the devil, the world, and the flesh. (.) 1. What IS It to renounce them ? the';. '1^170*:. '"'' '° '^'" *'""'' ^'"' »° ^o-"^" T. Whom do you mean by the devil? ^^.T.^ Mention some of the names given to him in the («) Scripture view of the foreaoin" • Need of a change out of it, S, John iii. 7 "• Co£: ^^^t '""" "'■ =• ^'""-^ "'■ '-•' I*»™- vi. 3, 4. Member of Christ, 1 Cor. xii. 13. 27 ) Uiild of God, Gal. ill. 26, 27 ( S John w Inlieritor of Heaven, Rom. yiil 16 17 Instances which show that nothin^^ can disnenso wifi. i o .• where it can be had : '-nspcnse ^Mth baptism I. Cornelius, Acts x. 44, 47, 48. (d) fliere are in an V devils see S AFivl- ,. n i 4. i.i .^"'hi.-,,^;^ al;a^JlS"%j;!'S j^^I.'-"«,f^» «>-^ ..: or THE CHURCH CATECHISM. H ^^nIrlnuV^^ii^7n"^'r^' "Slanderer;" "The ^vMeh .eans '^^-^^.^^^ -^«^'a., i • lyhf t aw the works of the Devil « b- All kinds o - ,i„ and wickedness. (fA t Jwolfeof 'tht d.;i/ ''^ ^"^^ ^^'"^'' -« -°- -P-ially oppcition to the wm of Got' '"' '"''^' ^" ^'"=*' ^" T. How do we resemble him ? I fc'f snh^:tvi^r ^^^^^ of tt"r°he"o'Lt'?' "■''"™ ^'™ *-l't^ "^ to sins .ore Of t^e'f s\r:r tiri^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ T ^^f^^Sli the power of Christ, (e) (^) These names are found together, Eev vii Q in <6) S:n and wickedness are called tlJ tvnri ?., ' , cause he was the first author of sir, iV, \ r-^ ""^ ^^'^ ^^^^^^ ^e- 1 S. John iii. 8, S. Jolm viH 44 iu^ '^'t'"« ""-^'"''^ ^fod- by tempting our fir?t >arenf. 1 /^^'-^^•°"?ht -"^i^i into the world God, as we"ead \n he nJ n.^r o? - '^'- ^"^"^'/»'^»^l'n«^nts of S Ja^i of iS domS'T s' Johntl";; fl ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^l-^ (rt') The reflection presented to ^i r' -^ '.^'"''• us to renounce this Ail woikl ' "'^' '• '^^ °"^^'t ^' ^".^'^g^^ (c) 1 S. John V. 19. /A r . • ■ n, (./) Uene.sis i. 31. g' 12 AN EXPOSITION OF III T. What then causes the wickedness of the world ? the'mZ TX '"'^Pi^^^^' :'^''^ tempts men to abuse the things of the world, and to seek their happiness and pleasure entirely from them, (a) sti; I^? P^^'-^sures, riches, and honours of this earthly God (i) far as they stand m opposition to the will of fn ^^.'^'V^' F!?P' '""'^ ^^'''^'^' ^^ t^e ^^'orlt^ confined to the rich and the great 1 vS. :^o ; poor persons are in equal danger from the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, (c) person ^'^ '^°'' ^'''^' sometimes show itself in a poor S. When he stays away from Church, and neglects the public worship of God, because his clothes are not as good i he would wish them to be T. What is, in reality, " the world » to any one 1 b. Ihe persons whom he has, every day, to be with. i. ±iow may any one be tempted therein ? b. ihrough bad example, or bad advice, leading him to do wrong. *^ ou JtoTi'?'''' '^'''" anything in the world become danger- owe'to^GocL '^ ^''^' ""' ^' '^''°^^ "' "'^^''^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^ T. How do we, in this way, offer an insult to God ? ^^. We dishonour God when we show, by our conduct, {b} These are what the Apostle S. John calls '' tlie lust of the llesh the lust of the eye, and the pride of life." ] S^John li 16 (C-) For instance, if the grace of God have not changed the W " a poor labourer may be as proud in a cottage as a rkh manTn a 1 :a,ix-> THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 13 that there is something we tiiink more of than we do of (jrOd ? T. What is " idolatry f S. Putting anything in the place which God should nave m our hearts is idolatry. T. What sin is called by this name in the Xcw Tes- tament 1 8. Covetousness is called idolatry. Col. iii. 5. (a) T. ^Yhat k the third thing which you have promised to renounce? 8. " All the sinful lusts of the flesh]" T. What do you mean by the sinful lusts of the flesh? b. All the evil desires, tempers, and passions which proceed tron^ our corrupt nature. (/>) T. What is it to renounce the sinful lusts of the flesh ? 8. It IS not to encourage, but to resist all sinful desires,^ tempers, and practices, (c) T. You have already told mo the first engagement made in your baptism, which is, that you should re- nounce the devil, the world, and the flesh ; what is the second thing your Godfathers and Godmothers promised for you 1 S. "That I should believe all the articles of the Christian faith." T. Where are the articles of the Christian faith to be found? S. In the holy Scriptures. (>i) T. AVhere are they collected and summed up 1 S. In that form of words commonly called the AiVos- tles Creed. ' T. I shall examine you in the Apostles' Creed, when (a) The love of money is said to be ''tlic root of all evil ' 1 lim. VI. 10. See the verse. (6) S. Paul mentions the works of the flesh. Gal. v 19—91 { \' mr '^'''"'''^"^ '"^^^ ^^■"its or tiie Spirit. Gal. v. 22, 23 (c) i he Apostle S. Paul teaches us that to mortify the works of the llesh IS a necessary mark of the Christian character. Gal. V. .i4. (d) 2 Timothy iii. 15. u AN EXPOSITION OF IZ T\tT '"'""'^ P"'' "^ *^ Catechism. What was^ the third engagement made for you at jour bap- man,!~n?tf ^ t"'']'^ ^'"P ^"'^'^ '>«ly ^^'i" '"id com- life" (a) ' '''"" '° *'^'= ■^''""^ »" *« d")'-' of my be foui?r' "'■' ^°'^'' ''°'^ '"'" •''"'^ commandments t» T i^n *'""="''«* chapter of Exodus. T i' 11 "^ -^^ '^°""' '° ^'''' *'"«' I""' of the Catechism T hall examine you in the Commlmdnients. You have oW me the three engagements made for you by vo^r ne baptised. It is their duty to remind ™u what a thenT"a;di;r"""',"r' P™^'^^'«" ^'^ the'n n.ad ty them , and it is your duty to examine yourself whether S Sf/o 7 1 '1 *°" *'""«^ -'-■>-'- then pron" ibeu lor you. 1 ask you then to (fo o« tt«/ /(are promised for you i" -LrtlT^rf-'' '""/ ^'J (^°^'''1''h>^o / «■/«, a„,ll " , i-* '''?''■■,) T. What do you mean by being called in baptism to a state of salvation? S. The being j laced in such circumstances as to have all means necessary to salvation, (c) T. Through whose merits do you look for salvation ? S. Through Jesus Christ our Saviour; for out of Christ there is no salvation. T. What means should you use in order that you may continue in this state of salvation ? (*'?) T. I should offer up my fervent prayer to God to give me His grace, that I may continue in the same '• unto my life's end." (e) T. If you neglect to do so, will you lose your inheritance? S. Yes ; and it will be entirely through my own fault. T. How is that? S. Because my Heavenly Father has provided me with all the means necessary to my salvation, if only I will use them rightly. ^ T. Why is it necessary to " conmiue in this state unto your life's end ? " S. liecause he only that endureth to the end shall be saved. (/) (a) S. John vi. 44. S. John xv. 5. 2 Cor. iii. 5. (b) 2 Cor. xii. 9. Phil. ii. 13 ; iv. 13. (c) How thankful should we be for the means of salvation, par- ticularly when we remember the state of the poor heathen, millions of whom have no Bibles nor instructors. {(l) Acts iv. 12. Oh ! how precious should Christ be to our hearts, when we consider that every mercy or blessinf? which we receive from God, comes to us through Him and for His sake. {('.) We have great encouragement to oiler up our prayt rs to God, S.Lnkexi. 13, S. James i. 5. We are taught in our Liturgy, that from God, "all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed, " And tliat He is "always more ready to hear than we to pray, and is wont to give more than v>e desire or deserve." (/) S. Matt. xxiv. 13. 16 AN EXPOSITION OF PART II. OF THE CREED. baptism? proinised lor you at your ^^.a That I should behove all the articles of the Christian T. What is meant by believinrr or f-uih ? .■.ra.1 lili tl,„„,|, CtaiiVi ' ' '" "'"'"• ■"' -L. What effect does the JTolu tm.^^ i 0. Love to God nnd ir..,-. //\ i • world the fl,,„, J,-;^^ -Mg auj victory over the T Wl ' '""'°' "^ ^' "-e caunot please God I,) I- Whose gilt is faith ! '^ou- (<<; ^- The gift of God. (>') 1. On what foundation does true faitl, rest? ;• *"" "" "■''^^' °f «"1 i" the Holy .Scriju,,,., (,•) W IpiSsIrs"' '■ '""■""• ^«- «»''• -■ 6, for... part. (0 The Sixth article (Hour Ph,p.,.K „,,.. « r. _ 1 T. Ho THE CHURCH CATECHISM. ^^ ^'<:re the Holy Scriptures given to man ? ^^ ''J inspiration of God. ( *» 18 AN EZPOSITIOX OP Chunk; «n,;';jf ,ft^S'- ; : J^'^^.Ca^.c T. What is this cpoeil calJetl ? lived. (,,) ^ "'"'"' ">'' ''»'« '" winch thoy cvI;/:iti.';'ou;];psT '■"" ^'^ '"p^"' «- --"•' °f th^ T f'J ' ^ """* '''''^^■'^ tf"^'™ in my heart 0,) ^. Into three parts. I Of Po "?! '^ x'' ^^^' ^"'^^ ^'^'^ '^'^^ ? T T> ?1'^ ^^'^"^^' ''^"^^ ^^i'^ ^^ork of Creation i. J^opea this part of the Creed. '"' '^•I'ich is called thi C ml of S ir"'"-""'^ '^^7^'^^' ""^ that !:<-ii aiti.Ie of the Cicvd. ''^'''■' "^^' ^^ ^'^ "PPHed to ((^) 8. John iv '>-i 'Vh,, »^. * i.- 1 ]>-'rts, or luLSMons; of i„/i' ,,'';.' *-^l^ '^^^^ting ; witliout body, r' "^ "^''ty -f this cc::n;;d t l"f 1 J"Ii j^^^^^ -^^ /"Visibly; ^hjm., ^p.,,.r, and eternity, t!:. i^.therf^le^i^^n!? "" "'" aud the Holy T. \ Father S. 1. they re( 2. E( Christ. ( ^ 3. Be Father c T. W S. Be things. ( T. AV Father ? S. Th T. ^V\ and eartl: S. I m all thinff o seen or u T. Do( servin' ^^'^ '''="'« ^aker of heave,; seen or unseen. (/•) in^i'^iWe, that is .larkness as,vell as i„ the light ") '' "' ' 4dirott:ttL:!;di^^f"^"''^^-"^"^« Hin. for His greatness aud\tdL /ffto^n^'/U^'r''' all states and conditions of life, W^land^'s^^eidi; Z (rf) S. Matt, xix. 26 • ''°'"' '■ ^-' *-'"l- "•• ■«. 5- thotol'oTGe,:''!'' "■'"'"" "'*'" ^™'''' "> "»■ '''-t chapter of own glory. Koni. xi. 36. ^"^ '"'"^'^ ''»-^ t^""g« fo'' ins (!/} Psaliii cocxxix .S n,\ -n «-) Jsaiah xxvl 4. P,. xhli '' ""' *' <'> ""•■ »■ H- 20 AN EXPOSITION OF soek to know Him better as my recoiiciled Father in Christ, (a) T. Of vrl t doe* the second part of the Creed treat ? S. Of (; ^1 Son, and His work of redemption, r Hopo ,^ second p{ift of the Creed. iS. ' /iuu m Jt, i^ riirist hi.s only 8on," k^c. T. U it not your duty to believe in Christ, so as to trust in nnd depend on Him l ^ 8. Vos; I /ini commanufvl to do so, (/>) and without faith in f'hri^t 1 nannot be saved. ('") T. ^Vilat .i(y s the name Jesus signify? 8. The name Jesus signifies Jehovah, the Saviour, (d) T. Do you stand in need of a Saviour 1 ^ S. Yes, I do ; for I was by nature a lost and helpless sinner, and it is a great mercy to have a Saviour in whom I may trust. T. Is there no other Saviour but Jesus Christ '? S. No ; He is the only Saviour, (e) T. In what respect does Jesus perform the ollice of a 4Saviour of His people ? 8. He saves them from the guilt and burden of sin on the conscience, (/) from the love and power of sin in the f -art, (fj) and from the punishment due to sin in the ^\ orld to come. (It) T. What is the meaning of the name " Christ V S. It means the Anointed one. (/) (a) Witlioiit this reconciliation through Christ tlion^ can b(? no irne love of God, nor peace with llini'; and tlie Ahni^dity God must be deemed our enemy, not our Frimid and Father. (b) Christ himself directs us to believe in Him, S. John xiv. 1 ; and for this n\d the Scrii)ture.s were written. S. John xx. 31. (c) S. Ma\': xvi. 16. (d) This name wa^ given Him by an angel, sent by God, S. Matt. 1. 21, and at His Circumcision He was called Jesus,' S. Luke ii, .; , : which answers to the name EMj[AyuEL, which si'mifies God wrtl- us. S. Matt. i. 23. v-/ '^' ' • '^- • ^- \r > i I?, i/uiiii 1 ,, iULLer part. {{/) Titus ii. 14. (/<) 1 Thess. i, 10, latter part. (/) Messiah, C'hiist, Anointed, are all words of the ing in different : "iguages. S. John i. 41. J same m?an- T. S. Priesi the ai T. 8. is my and I] T. : s. : He ha as He Father T. ^ S. I pardon T. I S. I but Ch reign o- T. V Christ i S. T] T. H S. AV Father, {n) Ch; Ghost am Testamen anointed id) Lnl (^) Heb (e) He ] Son of Go •^r ration, a irom etern teach us x] Son of Goc love of Go( iv. 9. {/) S. J, f^"^:: J THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 21 T. Why is He cuUed the " Anointed ]" t^r^n' ^'"^' «f Hi«P^opk„ to wluch office. u'Cu T Ho" ifn^ anointed, "a^ 1. J:10A\ IS Oil- i.st your Prop! !ot? . S. I am spimualJy blind and irrnorant • and Climt T. How is Christ your Priost ? J. yhnt (lo j-oii moan 1,y " Intercediii" ?" T. How is Clirist your Kin^r 1 hJ'rl '^T' ^'^ ""1"^' "' '^'"''•'^^^ *^ ^^y 'Spiritual encniies ■ hut Christ IS my Iving to deliver me from th.m, ami o rei.crn over my heai-t. (rj) ' ^"" ^"^ Christ^)??''' '^''^ '^''^ ^'"'' '"^ "' '^^^ ^-''''^ ^^''' J^«'^« 'S. The "only Son" of God. (.') T. How then should we honour Christ? V.ii ! T^^ ^"'''*'"' ^^'" ^"^^^^ ^^'^^i •'^•^ ^ve honour the father, for He is one in glory with the Father. {/) Testament cluuj. v i-e sc^.';;,;f to tb '^'tf ''^'m> "! ^^T ^"'^'^ anointed with oil. ^ ^^ ^^''•'' ^^"^'^ ""^^<^« ^^y ^«^ing (a) Luke iv. 18. (/;) Hoi), ii. 17 ■ iv 26 07 oc (^) Heb. vii. 25. (f^) 1 Tim vJ ir i i " •' -7 ^ iv. 9. ^ ° ^^ *°" ^^ "16 for our sins. 1 S. Jolm (/) S. John V. 23. In the Nicene Cree.i we declare Christ to be '^ ^ i m 22 AN EXPOSITION OF T. What is Jesus Christ declared to be in the Greedy besides God's only Son ? S. We profess to believe in Him as " our Lord." T. Why is Ghrist called Lord } S. Because He is Jehovah, (a) T. How is Christ our Lord ? S. In many respects; 1st, as our Creator ;(?/) 2ndly,, as our Iledeemer ; (c) and 3rdly, as our Governor, (d) ^ T. Give me some general proofs from the Holy ►Scriptures that Christ is very God.. S. In the Scriptures Christ is asserted to be one with the Father, (e) Titles are given to Him which can belong to none but God. (/) Perfections are ascribed to Him which can belong to none but God. (rj) Works are said to be done by Him which none could do but God ;(/<) and divine Avorship is given to Him which it would be idolatry to give to any other than to God! (/) "God of God, light of light, very God of very God. " And in the- Proper Preface appointed to be Tised on Trinity Sunday, in the Com- Jiuinion Servioe, weave taught to sav, " Tliat which we believe oi the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and <)i"the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality." ia) 1 Tim. vi. 15. See further, Phil. ii. 9, 10, 11. ' {b) S. John i. 3. (c) 1 S. Pet. i. 18, 19. {d) S. John xiii. 13. {r) Our Lord Himself asserted it, S. John x. 30. The Father itssert(;d it, Heb. i. 8. Tlie inspired Apostle asserted it, Co- lossians ii. 9. (,/') Christ is called Jehovah, or Lord, Isaiah vi. 1—5, com- l»ared with S. John xii. 41. He is called "the rnighh/ God, the rrcrlasting Father," Isaiah ix. G. Thomas said unto Him, "Mir Lord (tnd ray God,'' S. John xx. 28. {()) Christ is said to be eternal. jAIicah v. 2. S. John i. 1, 2. E very irha-c present, S. Matt, xxviii. 20. UvehanejcaUe, Heb. xiii.. N. Omniscient, S. John xxi. 17. Almig/ifi/, Pliil. iii. 21. ^^ (h) He is said to have made all things, s'. John i. 3. Col. i. 16. To have performed wonderful miracles, 8. John vii. 31. To have given His Apostles power to perform miracles, S. Matt. x. 1. To have forgiven sin, S. Luke v. 20, 21. (/) He was worshipped bv the woman of Canaan, S. Matt xv OK T>,, 4lw> ,'i;„.,:.,l„,. ..fi....' it: - .• - -.^ . ..-' ' -■ «n, ,,_, mi- ui=v;ij;iC5 iuu-;- J i IS i-csiuri'Otlon, ^. Mi\[[. XWIIJ 17, By Stephen, the first (Christian martvr, Acts vii. 59. The liolv angels are commanded to worship Him, Heb. i. 6; and He is worshi])i)ed l)y all who are now in Heaven, Kev. v, 13. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 2S in I; n^'f l'^^""",* P'^^*'^ 0"^ Redeemer Jesus Christ of L'^y^g;;^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ''^'y Ghost, bor. T. Was Christ, then, man as well as God? o. He was free from sin. (h) T. Why was He born of a woman ? fc). That He might be capable of redeemino- the fallen g; iiAi jr '''""^' "™"^' ''''"''°° '"^ ^"'^^'^^ T. Repeat Gen. iii. 15. T. Why was He born of a Virgin ? o. To fulfil prophecy, (d) T. Of what family was the Virgin ]\rary 1 S. She was of the familyof Abraham and Bavid" from ^ tLrLrr' '''' ''-'' ''-'' ™ ^^ 4,lrt;::^z;^fe^'-p-i«edinmar- of I)avid;^(/)'^^' ' '''^'''^''' who was also of the famHj T. AVhere was Christ born ? S. In Bethlehem, as it was foretold, (rj) /*) ?'■>.'''• ^^- fJeb. vii. 26. 1 S. Peter ii oo i o n ... , (t-) Gal. iv. .«). Heb. ii. 14. ^- -^ '^'^erii. ^^. i j,. John m. 6. ((^) Isaiali vii. 14, (iiioted in S Matt I oq t • i j.iilt .|^U- ^L li'%n::i:.iyTi:^:;^'^^t^^^^ i- his third cliapter, tlie genealogy of Marv ^ ' ^' -^''^'' '^ (fl-) it was foretold, Mitah v o Thp fM,,,,. i ^""\-- -I i»e Ciiurch commemorates 24 AX EXPOSITION OF T. "What is the meaning of th(3 word "Bethlehem? " S. Bethlehem means *' House of Bread." T. Why was this a very fitting place for our Saviour's birth? S. Because He is, as He says of Himself, the Bread of Life that came down from Heaven. T. In what place at Bethlehem ^vas He born ? S. In a stable, and there laid in a manger, (a) T. Wliat further do you say in the Creed of Christ's humiliation ? S. *' He suffered under Pontius Pilate ; was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell." T. Was it possible for the Son of God to suffer 1 S. Yes ; for He suffered in His human nature. T. How did our Saviour suffer ?(/^) S. He was a Man of Sorrows from His cradle to His grave, as the four Go9])els relate ; and He suffered in His Soul as well as in His Body, (c) T. On wliat accoi.nt did Christ suffer and die ? S. To atone for tiie sins of men, and redeem them from the power of Satan, that they might, through Christ's merits, obtain everlasting life and happiness, (d) the Nativity, or Birtli, of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on Christmas I)ay. Oh! that all "who name the sacred name of Christ," and are called Christians, were sensible of the design of this great event, and then, instead of spending the season in vain And worldly mirth, they would, like the shepherds of Bethlehem, glorify and praise God. S. Luke ii. 20. Titus ii. 14. (a) S. Luke ii. 7. We should receive this astonishing mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God, or His coming in the flesh, viith. faith, relying on what the Scriptures declare, — with love to Him who, for our sakes, stripped Himself of His glory, 2 Cor. v. 14, vii. 9 ; and with humilUy, when we consider the depth of His humiliation. Pliil. ii. 5 — 8. (b) 1 S. Peter iv. 1, former part. He took human nature that He might suffer, and being God His sufferings were all powerful in tlieir efficacv. He >vas man that He might suffer, and God that He might redeem. (c) It was a d(!ep sense of the wrath of God which caused the greatness of His sufferings. S. Matt. xxvi. 38. S. Luke xxii. 44. (d) Isaiah liii. 4, 5, 10. 1 S. Peter ii. 24. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 25 Kmd It the feaviour had i.ot died ? T. What is the Saviour called on this account^ 0. Our Eedeemer. T. What is meant by " redeeming ? " S. Kedeem means to "buy back." T. Eepeat a text about this. S. 1 S. Peter i. 18, 19. T. Who was Pontius Pilate ? S. The Poman Governor of Judrea. (ft) 1. VVhat death did Christ suffer ? expLd?'* ^•en^arkable words did He utter before He S. He cried, " It is finished ! " (c) th JcrTss r' ^""" ^"' ^^'''' '^'''''^'^ ^y ^y^S on f,-n' "^^^'^l''?n''?^^ removed from the beUever the ting of death (d) but He has destroyed him that had the power of death— that is, the devil, (e) government was departed fromthe Jews a ^as f ^e^^lf^^^^^^^^^^ •should be when Christ should come. Gen. .^- lo *'^'^ '^'^^ '^ Z i'' '^- ?^ ^^J"^^^^ -mmemorates on Good'FddaV the solemn scene of our Lord's Crucifixion on Mount Sw^' ^' (c) Oh, what sweet words are these ' Thov L.Jt-t^' i • Saviour had said, " All that the Sl.Vr li n^ ' '^ ^^' 'l^'"^ believers," '^'" "'~ ' '"''' ^^I'cii lu uu nf^ilJh^ l"""" ^'^'"^^\a» ^^-^'^ trusts in Christ should not be afraid 26 AN EXPOSITION OP T. Did any wonderful thing happen on the Death of Christ? S. Yes; the veil of the Temple was rent in two, the earth did quake, the rocks rent, and the graves were opened, (a) T. What became of His Body after His Death 1 S. It was buried, (b) T. What became of His Soul 1 S. It is said, " He descended into hell," which word does not signify here, as in many parts of our English Bible, the place of torment, but the place and state of departed spirits, (c) T. Whiit do we learn from our Saviour's language on this point? S. Our Saviour uses two different words, both of which are translated "hell," in speaking of the other world. T. What is the first of these 1 S. Hades, which means " the unseen world," and is the word used for hell in the Creed. T. Where is the word Hades used by our Lord ? S. In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. S. Luke xvi. T. Does our Lord there speak of things before or after the resurrection ? {a) S. Matt, xxvii. 61, 52. (&) It was Joseph of Arimathea who obtained His Body for burial. S. John xix. 38—42. S. Matt, xxvii. 57—60. (c) The word hell is used in our English Bibles in several ways. —1st, for the grave ; 2nd, the place of torment; 3rd, the place of separate spirits. It could not be the first of these that is meant in the Creed, for in the foregoing part we profess that Christ was buried, and therefore it would be a repetition. Neither could it be to the place of torment that Christ went, for His sufferings were finished on the Cross, and, moreover, it is a place of punish- ment for sin, but our Saviour "did no sin. " It was therefore into the place of sepjirato spirits that He went : His soul was actually Separated from His Body. It wciii iulu Puradi.si', where the souls of the righteous, separated from their bodies, remain until the day of resurrection. This is confirmed by our Lord's own decla- ration to the penitent thief S. Luke xxiii. 43. u b f( tf A til W( in ^.r'i^ THE CacBCH CATECHISM. 27 LaLu^nlV/i. /"'' """' i"^y' Abraham that lit^™ 1» f *, ^^ '^' '° '^""^ ^'^ '^^'^ brethren, then tormek ^^ °° '''""''^ '=°""= '° """ P''-^^^ "f HadeetnshtT' *'"' '" ""''"'' "■°"^^' «^ ^''>=" ''-» S. Of two parts : one, the abode of happiness, where Uzarns was ; the other, the abode of tonnent,' wher: tne rich man was. T. How are thoy separated ? ^. Between them '' there is a crj-eat ^ulf fixed " .o that none can pass from the one pait to the otW ' 1. vvnat IS meant here by "gulf?" T wf ^'^'"^^ ^^^"^'"' ^^ iiupassal)le barrier. of Had! f ''"''''' ^'^ ^^''^'''' '^^'''' '''' ''' -^I^^^^^i"^' S. They spoke of it as - Paradise," "Abraham's Boson^J sometnnes " Under the Altar." (Seeliev. ^^^9 i. What other word does our Lord use for " liell/" fe. C^ehenna ; also called " the lake of fire." ' . 1. Muote a passage where our Lord uses this word. S. 8. Matt X. 28. See also S. Mark ix. 43, 45, 47 J-- J- what time does this refer? nnl li ?^'* ''^'' ^? *^'' ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^'^ resurre' ';on, for up to that time our bodies, after death, are in the ^n.ve • but body and soul are united again at the resurSc ton for ever and receive the final sentence at the ud 'n nt T Where is our Lord's descent into Kades Sv taught us m the New Testament ? ^ ^ Act ii.''22l-3|.^'''' '"''''"'' ^'' ^^'' ^'y '^ Pentecost. l 7t'^ !' ^A' ''''^'^^' "^ ^^'^'^^-^^ H^ohm of? . ^^- 1 b. Peter iii. 18—20. T.^^iat is said (Kev. xx. 13) conceinin. Hades at the last Death and Hades delivered were in them into the lake of fire. and Death and Had up tlie dead wliich e^ were cast 28 AN EXPOSITION OF T. Did the Body of Jesus remain in the grave 1 S. Ko ; *'He rose again the third day from the dead."" T. What do you mean by Christ's rising from the- dead ? S. I mean that His Soul was again united to His Body,, and He came out of the tomb. T. "What proofs have we in Scripture of the Kesur- rection of Christ 1 S. The most satisfactory ; for both men and angels testified of it. (a) T. What sliould we learn from the Eesurrection of Christ 1 S. 1. It should strengthen our faith that He is the Son of God. (b) 2. It should confirm our hope that the price of our redemption has been fully paid by Him. (c) 3. It s' uld be considered as a pledge that He will raise up His people also, (d) 4. It should teach us to die unto sin and to rise again unto righteousness, (e) T. How long did our Lord remain on earth after His Eesurrection ? 5. Forty days. (/) T. Where did our Lord then go ? S. " He ascended into Heaven." (g) {a) 1 Cor. XV. 5, 6, 7, 8. S. Luke xxiv. 4, 5, 6. {b) Rom. i. 4. (c) Koui. iv. 25. {(l) 1 Cor. xv. 20. (c) Col. iii. 1. The Clmri'li commemorates the Resurrection of Clirist, by keepin.j? the fii'st day of the week as tlie Satbath ; and more par- ticularly by observing the festival of Easter Day, or Easter Suuday, as the day of the year on which Christ rose from the dead. (/) Acts i. 3 tells us how He was employed, viz. in giving di- rections about His Church. (g) Acts i. 9. The Psalmist predicted the Ascension of Christ, Ps. Ixviii. 18. See also Ps. xxiv. 9, 10. We celebrate the- Ascension of our Lord on the fortieth day after Easter Sunday, commonly called Holy Thursday. In the Litany we sum up the- painful Sufferings of Christ, and His victory over death, and. implore from Him the benefit cf the whole : thus, " By Thine Agony and Bloody Sweat, by Thy Cross and Passion, by Thy precious Death and Burial, by Thy glorious Resurrection an(i THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 29 T. Into what part of Heaven did He ascend ? S. He was exalted to the highest degree of glory, where " He sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty." (a) T. What does He do there for His people 1 S. He makes intercession for them, (b) T. "Wliat is the last article of the creed concerning Christ ? S. That " He shall come again to judge hoth the quick and the dead." (c) T. Who is meant by th« quick and the dead ? S. All men, both those who shall be then living, and. those who are dead, (d) T. What is revealed concerning the last judgment ? S. That Christ shall come in the glory of His Father, with His saints and holy angels, (e) T. What will then take place ? S. The whole world shall be brought before His awful tribunal, (/) and there shall be a final separation between the godly and the ungodly, (g) T. Of what does the third part of the Creed treat 1 S.^ Of God the Holy Ghost, and His work of sancti- hcation. T. Repeat the third part of the Creed, S. " I believe in the Holy Ghost," &c. Ascension, and by the coming of tlie Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us," (a) S. Mark xvi. 19. Ephesians i. 20, 21, 22. (b) Rom. viii. 34. Heb. vii. 25. He shall sit there to inter- cede for them, till He has put all His enemies under His feet. (c) In that beautiful hymn in our Liturgy, called the Te Beum, we thus address Christ, " We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge." Oh ! that our hearts were impressed with the reality and importance of this solemn event ! {d) 2 Corinthians v. 10. Ik-velation i. 7. (e) S. Matt. XXV. 31. (/) S. Matt. xxv. 32, former part. ig) S. Matt. xxv. 32, 33. To those on the right hand, or the L'lodiv, the .ji.jtre shall sav. I^Ia^tt, xxv, 34. T" th-"-"" o" th"/'~f^ or the ungodiy7 Matt. xxv. 41. The solemnities of the Day of Judgment are further represented in 2 Thess. i. 7, 10, especially Key. XX. 11-15. » » i j ^0 AN EXPOSITION OF T. Do you place the same trust in the Holy Ghost as in the Father and the Son 1 S. Yes ; because the Holy Ghost is God, one in glory with the Father and the Son. (a) T. Why is the Spirit of God called //o7.y ? S. Not only because He is infinitely hob/ Himself, but because He sanctifies, or makes hoi//, all the elect people of God. (h) T. How does He do this 1 S. He convinces men of ilieir sin and misery, (c) — He leads them to Christ for pardon and salvation, (d) — He sheds abroad the love of God in their hearts, and thereby purifies their souls, (e) T. Must not tLe Spirit work thus on all who shall be admitted into heaven ? S. Yes ; even the regenerated Christian must dailv grow in grace, and in likeness to the Saviour, through tlie sanctifying influence of the Holy Ghost. (/) (a) We have abundant evidence from Scrii)tuve that the Holy Ohost is God. (1.) His titles prove Him to be God, He is called God, Acts v. 3, 4 ; 1 Cor. iii. 16. He is called the Lord [Jehovah] of Hosts, Isaiah vi. 5, 9, compared with Acts xxviii. 25, 26, and the Comforter, John xv. 26. (2.) His attributes prove Him to be God. He is Omniscient, 1 Cor. ii. 10. Omni- X>resent, Psalm cxxxix. 7. Eternal, Heb. ix. 14, (3.) His l)eculiar office in the work of redemption proves Him to be God. Romans viii. 14, 1 Cor. ii. 12. Besides which, the Scriptures were written by His inspiration. 2 S. Peter i. 21 ; and all nations are commanded to be baptised in His name, as well as in the name of the Father and of the Son. S. Matt, xxviii. 19. {h) He is called the Spirit of Holiness, Romans i. 4. He is Himself infinitely holy as God, and He restores all in whom He • dwells to the hohj image and likeness of God. 1 Cor. iii. 16, vi. 19. (c) S. John xvi. 8, 9. {d) S. John xv. 26, xvi. 10, 14. (c) Romans v. 5. 1 S. Peter i. 21, 22. (/) S. John iii. 5. The Collect for Whitsun-Dav, the day on which we commemorate the descent of the Holy Ghost on"^the . Apastles of Christ, teaches us to pray for the Holy Spirit, " that by Him we may have a right jud-^iiieiiL in all tlungs, and ever- more rejoice in His holy comfort." And again in the Collect for the 19th Sunday after Trinity, we are taught to pray for the direction of the Holy Spirit. THE CHURCU CATECHISM. 311 r Ghost as e in glory Himself, the elect r. (e)— He .. (t?)— He d thereby ivho shall ust daiJv ', through t the Holy od. He is I the Lord Lets xxviii. attributes .0. Omni- (3.) His to be God. Scriptures all nations 1 as in the 19. 4. He is whom He 16, vi. 19. 0, 14. the day on )st on the rit, "that and ever- Collect for av for the T. Can you do nothing good in the sight of God without the influence of the Holy Spirit ? S. :N'o ; for my heart is by nature continually inclined to evil, (a) T. Should you not then pray for the Holy Spirit ? S. Yes; and God has promised to give His Holy Spirit to them that ask Him for His Son's sake. {!>) T. What do you mean by the ''Holy Catholic.- Church," in which you profess to believe ? S. The word "Catholic" means universal, or the whole; and by the Holy Catholic Church I mean all those in every age and nation, both in paradise and on earth, who have been united to Christ as their spiritual Head, (c) T. But are all those who join in the outward ordi- nances of the Church actually holy ? S. No ; it is to be lamented that there are multitudes who are outwardly joined to the Church by baptism and profession, who are not fiiithful members of it, because they live in sin and wilful ignorance of the true doctrines, of Christ. {(J) {a) 1 Cor. ii. li. S. Mark vii. 21, 23. {b{ S Ijike xi. 9, 13. S. John xvi. 23, latter part. The fruit ot the Spirit is enumerated in Gal. v. 22, 23. (c) Ephesians iii. 15. Tlie XlXth Article of the Church of %"P- ?^ f J'S' " T^^^ ^'isil>^« Church of Christ is a congreiration . .ot faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordin- ^m^^u^ ?^^ ^^^^^^ thini,rs that of necessity are requisite to the same " 1 he Holy Catholic Church consists of two parts— viz. : that part which IS in Paradise, and that part which is on earth. That part which is in Paradise is called triumphant, because its mem- bers having finished their warfare, triumph and rejoice in the light and refreshment from God's ]»resence. Kev. iii". 21. That. Iiart which is on earth is called wi^YuVni;', that is, * 'lif?h ting, "because the members of it are still in a state of warfare with their spir- itual enemies. Ephesians vi. 12. In the Communion Service we pray foi^the whole state of Christ's Church militant on earth, in the -Tc Z^G^cw It IS culled ''The Iluly Cliurch turou^hout ai the world." ^ id) Romans ix. 0, latter part. Tlie parable of the tares among- the wheat, instructs us upon this point. S. Matt. ::iii. 25. In % 32 AN EXPOSITION OF T. Can any one particular set of Christians be called -the Catholic Church 1 S. No ; for the Catholic Church is the whole or uni- versal Church of Christ ; it comprehends all those who having been made Christians continue in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, (a) T. What things are mentioned in Scripture as dis- tinguishing the true members of the Church. Acts ii. 42 ? S. " They continued steadfastly in the Apostles' doc- trine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers," T. What name is given to the Church in the New Testament 1 S. The Church is called ''The Body of Christ." Eph. i. 22. 23. Col. i. 18. 24. T. What else] 5. " The Church of the Living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." T. Tim. iii. 15. T. What does S. Paul say as to the unity of the Church 1 6. In Eph. iv, 4, S. Paul says " there is one body." T. How does our Saviour express it 1 ^he prayer for nil sorts and conditwris of men, we are taught to pray in behalf of the Catholic Church, "That all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, aal in righteousness of life." (a) The Church of Rome is wholly in error in claiming an exclusive right to this title ; but it is as absurd to speak of it as if it alone were the Catholic Church, as to say that Rome and Italy are the whole world. Th€ Church of England, to which we belonm. xii. 5, ;s have ahso the Son, 1 Phil. ii. 1. 'finition of S. Yes ; all mankind are sinners, and I myself have comiuitted more sins than I can number, (a) T. What is the punishment duo to the unpardoned sinner? S. Eternal misery. {!>) T. Who can forgive sin ? 8. God only, (c) T. To whom does God grant forgiveness of sin 1 ('/) JS. To those who repent and believe the Gospel. T. What is the next privilege which tlie creed states- to belong to the uerubers of Christ's Church ? 8. " The resurrection of the body." T. 8hall ntjt all men be raised up at the last day ? 8. Yes ; all, without exception, both the righteous and the ungodly. (/.') T. What then is the privilege of the righteous as dis- tinguished from the ungodly 1 8. The ungodly shall be raised to shame and everlast- ing punishment, but the righteous to everlasting happi- ness. (/) T. What is included, then, under the Article, " The Life Everlasting" 1 8. The " Life Everlasting" includes the future eternal condition of happiness for the blessed, and of misery foe the lost. T. AVhat figures docs our Lord use to express the^ eternity of misery for the lost 1 8. He speaks of the misery of the lost as cau'^ed by " a worm that never dies, and a fire that is not quenched." T. Where is this to be found 1 8. 8. Mark ix. 43 — \S, where the first expression occurs three times, and the last five times. T. What is the word He used there for " hell" ? (a) Psalm xix. 12, xl. 12. {b) Komaus vi. 23. (c) Isaiah xliii. 25. Christ forgives sins, see S. Luke v. 20, 21^ therefore Christ is God. (d) S. Luke xiii. 3. Acts x. 43. Ephesians i. 7. tnfck; (c) Acts xxiv. 15. (/) The awful differ Corinthians v. 10 ence" the righteous and the ungodly 36 AN EXPOSITION OF ! ! S. Gehenna. I J^""^ ^'.^^^^^ ^y "li^e everlasting" for the blessed? b. Ihe enjoyment of God's presence and favour in heaven for ever and ever. heave^T^^^ '''^^ ^' *^'' employment of God's people in pratin^G'od:'^ '^ ^'"^^"^' ^"^^^^^'^^ ^^ ^--^' -^ Iife\e^^'^ ^^'"^ '^"""^'^ ^' *^'' '^'^'^ ""^^^^^^ «^ y^"^- nnf T ^""i ^^''' ^^PJ^tance towards God, and faith towards CWh of ?r- ?"''' ^^.'^^'^"° '-^ *^^^^ ^^^ber of the Church of Christ on earth, I may be admitted into His Church triumphant in Heaven, to sin- His prakes throughout eternity, (a) ° ^ T. Why do you say " Amen" at the end of the Creed ? b. Amen signifies z^.nZy, or m truth, and I say it to express my steadfast belief of the Creed r.«i; ^/ft""'^ dear child, the true behef of the several p.arts of the Creed is of the utmost importance to your happiness both here and hereafter. Oh ! mnv the Lord grant that whenever you repe it for the fut'ure, either m private or to your teachers, or in the house of God Tf ww' '°^^f.'S^^^^^' y^^r ^e^rt may feel a due sense outrTl"^' f ^r'-. ^'* "^^ '''^' ^1^«« this part oitt CrtfA^lX "°"^"^ ^"" "^ '""^ ^^"^'^^^ is poiated out in Dan. xii. 2. S. Johnv. 28, 29. S. Matt xxv 4f^ wicked, in S katt. XXV 41 Rev x^ s"" Fv. ^' T^T-'^' 1 ^^^ righteous shall be glorified 'l Cor xv 53 PI S H .'^ n ^ *.!;' therefore, is really' a merciful dbpensftion o^Goi t ribl^I?; 3? tt'^'f '''^^ ^'^J^^* t^« salvation of God Bv death rTrlLr^ the body again to dust that H. mn. .L ,•"? rf_^-^^..^°^ ,^"»gs moresulyect to disease, or cornipiionybutVeniov a Hfe^o^^n;!:; ^e^l^Srt:L;^^r?^#iiilT^^^^ (a) The 9on^ of the redeemed is given us in Ker. v. 9-13. THE CHDRCII CATECHISM. 37 heUe/r"* '^° '■""' ''"''-^^ '''«'•«/'■<"« these articks of your finrf aU f/ie elect peojile of God." {„) ' PART III. i I i OF THE COMMANDJiExXTS. parts of vo!,'ri?.T'"'f'' "' '"S" "'» A^-'t <"•.(! second '' GodmnAnl I'l ^'^''\tf^"-t your Godfathers and C.a^moM.r. did promise for you that you should leen Godsccnnmandments : tell me how many there he r' T. " Which ho they f ^^^:::i^i^'^:^' °f.----T ^^ tl. creed. Godhead-the pi ^r ho So, ^ J'e distmction of Persons in the peculiar offices- Fat.e; .'. T^ ^ f ^1?^^ ^^''''^- (2) Their Ghost sanctifies. 3) ^ iS':;f'jf i^^^'^ ^'^'^^^"l'^' ^he Holy God, the Son is G^d mdVl > ^^ ^^^^ l>^l'son-the Father fs it follows thai L-.^distiVl. ^' ^'^""'^ '' ^°'^' '-^"^ J»ence vi. 4. IS.Johnv.VTM ,oS^ See Dent, is indeed a deep niystery uui i^tll f ''?'. "''^i^"' "" ^"^ ^-o'l faith. It forms aSnent I t are i^Jf ^I'^I^ "' ^^^ ^'^""'^t^'''" of our Church. It is est ll-!],'-/" *L'^ doctrine and litur-y articles. It i; profSsed i 1. n"' ^''" ^!'^' ''''°"^' '-^"^ fifUi in her homilies^ irrunstZ, 1 ',''''?'• ^* '' ^« ^« ^^und vices. It appears be uH?„l • ^t ' t""^'^ '''''y l'""'^ ^f ^^er ser- three solen.rad!^:''^?;".;!'^^^^ ^;^^^»^ ^^'Wch opens with Son, andGodtheTloivGL^^t flmo'r .'•''^ u^^' Father, God the and with a fourth address to thot ^^^•'^"^^'"^^^"'Pr the Persons ; j 38 AN BXrOSITION OP .c f ,^^'\T'^ ''^'^^' ^""^ 'J^''^'' ''^ ^^'^ twentieth chapter of Exodus, saving, lam the Lord thy God, who • brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.'' (a) T. What are the ten commandments otherwise called ? {5. Ihe law of God. (^) ^ T. By whom was the law of the ten commandments given? a It was given by God to His servant Moses in order that he should make it known to the people of -Israel. T. How was it written 1 S' ^ri^^ ^^'^ ^^^""^'' ^^ ^^'^ ^*" t^"^*^ t^^ies of stone (c) 1. VVhere and how was it delivered? S. On mount Smai, witli circumstances of crreat soJemnity and terror.(^/) T. What is the sum and substance of the duty which the moral law enjoins ? S. Love to God, and love to man. T. Have you obeyed all the commandments of the law?' b :No ; I have broken them, not only by mv actions but by my words and thoughts, (e) " ' (a) With these words God prefaced th» announcement of the ten commandments. He thus declared the right which lie had o the obedience of the Israelites, not only as he was ''the Lord their God," but as they owed him gratitmle for bringing them out of their state of skvery to Pharaoh, in the land ^f Egypt And has He not an unspeakably greater claim upon the obedience ?,!,. li 1 V?^ now. not only as they are tlie creatures of His hands, but also as He has vouchsafed to ,v Ic.m them from the ''^'^''^'^'y ol sin and Satan, by His own cb^ar Son ? (6) the Decalogue (which means the Ten Commandments) is .'ailed the Moral hm^, to distinguish it from two other kinds of laws among the Jews ;-namely, the Ceremonial Law, or tiie Law Sic ';'!^^^*\ " their worship by sacrifices and other solemn ntes whuh all pointed to Christ; and the Jadkiul Law, by which the Jewish nation was to be governed, and justice to be administered between man and ^nan i^-^n' uc {c)Exodus xxxii. 15, 16 ; xxxiv. 1, '>8 («f)Exodus xlx 16, 18 ; XX. 18. Hebrews xii. 18, 19. (c)bct S. Matthew xxii. 37, 40. 1 Timothy i .0 :; ! THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 39 he fwentieth thy God, who of the house ?wise called ? iimandments t Moses in le people of of stone, (c) !S of great duty which. of the law?' MV actions, iiient of the • hieh he had 3 "the Lord inging them i of Egypt, lie obedience -ures of His in from the ndments) is er kinds of , or tlie Law her solemn 'd Law, by istiee to be 9. T. Have all men broken the commandments 1 fe. Yes ; all men c( iainly have, and are consequently Jiable to eternal misery. (a) T. Can any man then be saved by his own obedience or by the works of the law 1 " 8. No; because the law requires perfect obedience and no works of fallen man can be perfect in the sight of the infinitely holy God.(/y) ^ T. What then is the use of the law ? 8. It is designed to show us our state as sumQTs,(c\ to point out our need of a 8ayiour,(./) and to be the rule of our conduct. (^) f J* "^^r f'''^ commandments belong to the first table 01 the law ? 8. The four first, which teach us more immediately our duty to God. ^ T. "What h' the first commandment .?" 8. " Thou Shalt have none other Gods hut Me " 1. Are tliere any other gods besides the one true God ? .,; t;?J ^!^ mdhons of heathens worship false gods, (f) i. \\hat IS this sin called ? i ^ \f ; 8. Idolatry. T^ But do not many who are called Christians break the first commandment ? («)Tl)e law is spiritual, and reaches to the thoughts and nur PauTf:;^n 1 it tt' R "^" ''■'\'''' ^"^^^-^'-^^ actions sis.' raui lound it to he, llomans vii 7 14 (^-momans iii. 19. (Jalatians iii! 10.* S. James ii 10 (c)Cialatians ii. 1^. Romans iii 20 K)Romans iii. 20, last part. Romans vii 7 kJUlat.ans iii. 24. 33 Romans iii. 31. 1 Cor. ix. 21. (.;)Dent. VI. 4. 2 Iv ngs xix. 13 1 (W viii 4 « w i. .n the Bible of fal.,.. .,,,,3 Shich h;;th™ J'.ipJ- a i^aaf 1 lunss XV. 31, 32. Moloch, An.os v. 26. Aml'.nany "ountrie; nm fl!i '. ""i "'•■ "",•-: ''""« »"•' t™^' ('O'l known to i a 40 AN EXPOSITION OF S. Yes ; all who neglect God, or even love any per- son or thing more than God, or equally with Him, break the first commandment.(a) T. What does- the first commandment require of you ? S. It requires me '• to believe in God, to fear Him im) ' T. " Wliat is the second commandment ? *' Thou Shalt not how down to them, nor worship them - yor I the Lord thy Godam a jealous God, and visit tl^ sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, and shew mercn unto thousands in them that love Me and keen M„ ' commandments^ '' T. What is forbidden by this commandment ?(t-) S. To worship God by iny image or picture. (//^ 1. What are the principal duties required of you in ihis commandment ? SI am " to call upon God " by prayer, - to give Him thanks, to honour His holy word," by hearing, readin- and meditatin- upon it, and to attend upon all the ordinances of His holy religion. T. How ought God to be worshipped ? (a^ For instance tlie covetous man makes a god of his monev .See Lphesians v 5. Colossians iii. 5. The drunkard or g uttou ot his belly 1 hihppians iii. 19. The ambitious man of Ids honours and titles. The proud and self-righteous man make - (J) Hebrews xi. 6. S. Matthew xxii. 37, 33 .rilff.^.^/l^!i"l',"""?^'^"^«^«I'^f«rbid8 us to have any object wi!;'^'°'"'V""' ''";\""0' ^rue Lrud, so the second commandment r^\ Ti'' « V°f »^W>.t^e true God after a false manner. See Deut' ^'7^1^^^°^!^?' ^'}'^''' '^^'^^ ^his kind of idolatry. <5Pe L»eut. IV. 15, 18. Isaiah xlii. 8. Psalm xcvii. 7. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 41 S. In spirit, ami in truth ; that is, with holy disposi- tions produced in us by His Spirit, and after a manner agreeable to His word.(<'i) How is this commandment enforced ? S. By a threatening of judgment upon those who dis- obey it, and a gracious promise of mercy to those who obey it, and thus manifest that they love God and de- light in his worship. (/>) T. " What is the third commandment f S. ".Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord tJiy God "in vain ; for the Lord loill not hold him guiltless that " taketh His name in vain." T. "What is meant by the name of God ? S. Not only any of the titles which are given to God in the Holy Scriptures, but whatever describes His nature and perfections, (c) T. What are the principal things forbidden in this commandment 1 S. 1. Perjury, or taking a ftilse oath.(f?) — 2. All pro- fane cursing or svvearing.( aiicr aiscrearion, and we tind that it was observed by the' Jews' before the law 01 the two tables was given. Exod. ^xvL 23, 25! loly name in labit of com- fear cf God 3t hold him kihhath day. it thou hast of the Lord f icorli, thou "icrvant and mger that is Lord made hem is, and ' blessed the icinrf it ? 3ly for the led thus to the week, from the , to show his laii wlio was tion. Levi- ee before the ubtedly the to suppose Adani soon y the Jews xvi. 23, 25, THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 43 works ofcreation; but Christians observe the /r«< rf„,/ T, Have they good authority for this change 1 S. The Lord's Day. T. Is it ever caUed the Sabbath ? b. No • whenever the " Sabbath " is spoken of it al- ways means the seventh day. ' T. Why do we call it " Sunday?" b Because on it our Lord Jesus Christ, "The Sun of Righteousness arose with healing in his wings.'Yc) holy? "'''''''' should the Lord's day be kept, S. To keep the Lord's. Day holy we must not only ceas from all worldly business and thou^hte and amusements, but we must devote the day to a%ts of de votion and public worship, and doing good.(.0 r^^^P ^=^r^- ^^^^^KtT^^ IS ensured to all true Christians^/Hi:^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^-^ Hil&es'afterHhRr"' \''''^ ''^? ''^^'^'^ times visited See S John xf 9 26 fZTT T ^^'' ^''^ ^^>^ ^^ *^^« ^«ek. this day! Ac^s^ii first part Zh tl'^T'"*.?^ *^^^ "^^^ ^^''^ «» as the Sibbath Ac f x^; f Cor xW "2 h'^''' -7^ '^'' 1^' the Lord's day, Rev. i 10 ^' ^^'"*'' '^ "^^^ "^^^^^^^ {c) Mai, iv, 2, excuse for absentin? thlmlZl ', l"S,? T^o l"!^/"'"'' oi tnc aav, or engage themselves m some triHing oceupation. -m u AN EXPOSITION OF T May no other works but those of piety be done on the Lord s day ? ' a Yes, works of necessity, and of charity, (a) r Mention a work of charity very suitable for the Lord s Day. S. Teaching the ignorant the things of God that con- cern their eternal welfare. T. Any other ? S. Beading to the sick, the aged, or the blind, some portion of the Bible, or other good book. T. What are the principal acts of religion that should engage your attention on the Lord's Day 1 _ S. I shoiild be engaged in prayer to God in private, m my fomily, and in public,-in reading and hearing His Word,— and m singing His praises. • T \ ^^''^f^ ^^"^'^ '^^^^ *^^^ *^^e Christian consider the Lord s Day ? S. It will be his delight, for he loves the house and worship of God and he considers this day of rest as a type or %ure of the eterna.^ rest that remaineth for the people of God. (h) (a) S. Luke xiii. 15. S. Mark ii. 23—27. S Matt ' xii 19 But we sliould be careful that the works we perforin 'a/e reallu works of necessity or charity : househoki woks that cou d be done the day before are not allowable (b) Ps cxxii. 1. Ps. Ixxxiv. 1, 2, 10. Isniah Iviii 13 14 The Commandments of the first tible, from 4kh we learn our duty to God-not only forbid the sinls whicli they mention but they also imply the necessity of doing the opposL : 7 if y.^e are forbidden to worship a /a^.c God, it impl 4 that we are bound to worship the true God. ^ The 1st Commandment, therefore, bids us to worship the true God with our ?icarts and affections. ^ J^^t^""^ commands us to worship u ith our bodies .- tliese bodies mil!' '"""^ ^""^ 'P'"^' ''^ ^^'O'ship of God for ever worsSn God'wTfr"' T "'" ^^^^^^ ^" '^'' ^'^ Commandment to worship God with our ^owr/w.?, by "speaking good of His Name-" our voices are thus hallowed to His service ' The 4th Coiiimandment requires the consecration of the first- fruits of our time to worship God. ^Arl^l^f^'^//^'"'"* ^^^'i requires the consecration to the Divine Service of all our faculties. The worship of the heart is firsIL piety be done ty. {a) . itable for the God that con- le blind, some n that should )d in private, and hearing L consider the le house and y of rest as a lineth for the Matt. xii. 12. forin are rcalhj that coultl bo 1 Iviii. 1,3, 14. 'hich we leani they mention, >posito : e.g. it" es tliat we ar& rsliip the true .• tliese bodies I'ill then have God for ever, imandment tO' >f His ^^anie :" 1 of the first- to the Divine 2a rt is first in THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 45 tl>o second table of thi ™7 '""""''"'''»''"*« belong to 4^X '"' "'"' "='"" '"^ "'^ "l^'y to ,ny boui: ?^''"*' '" «'=°^'-^'' '« y"W duty towards your neigh- i. What does this commandment imply ? "Other, (d) to honoirZ '^ r",?" "^ '■»""^'' '">'l that aro'/ut in Sr ? undTr tto'^'J^l""" ""^ to all my governorc. J^L ■ ■' t° submit myself ■"asters ;i)oX; *^^°Yf''/ '"/""",' '^'''°''' ^/) ""d my bett^lv' ''"^^ ^""''y ""J reverently to all we have to '' bo/ down '' nm k r °'^'''' ^''"^' '"^"^^ ^Pi"t : Iience ^^^^m.^ mention VCixZv^^^'' S^'^^ "^^' ^'^'^^•^ ^ve make and spiritual songs" to ^h'^t'T '^'T^ /" P-^''^^'"^ '^"^^ ^O^mns seventh of all our ^^Vn, ^ o.h • ."'^ ^"'^^•^' ^^'^ f^^^e Hini one ever of the people of God ''"'^^'^^i^t^^^" ^^ the Sabbath rest, for («) 1 S. John iv. 21 (*) S. Matt, wii ^(i T ., V .(^■) 1 a Peter V 5 ^'^'^^^icus xix. IS. S. Matt, vii lo /^\ rpi , ^' -^' ^ oiossians iii 9n ICor.iv.l. lThess.v.l2 ty of the people towards th Titu ig) The duty of servants 13. Heb. xiii. 17. 1 Xi and ordi- ;in is pointed out in s h'. 9, 10. Col lii. 22, 23 to masters is sh m.v.l7. Gal.vi. 6. own in Eph. vi. 5, 6 46 AN EXPOSITION OP S. No; unless when they commaiid me to do anv thing plainly contrary to the Word of Gc^ ^' 1. What 13 annexed to this commandment? T d.^'f !^",^ P^o°i'«e to those who obey it. J-. vvnat IS that promise ? Q u ^Z^^^^ '"^ *^^^ ^^^'^^^ commandmejit V 0. lium Shalt do no murder." T. What is murder? T. Why do you say wilfully f 1. And why do you say unlaw/ullij ? t>. Because if a man slay another in his own defonco or m a ,,ust war, it is not murder. ' T What punishment do the laws of our country infli-t on the person that is guilty of murder 1 ^ o. J.he punishment of death, (c) T Are there any other means of committin<^ murder besides the act of taking away a man's life ? ° O. yes ; by suicide, or killing oneself ; by duellinir (,1\ eyen where neither of thepersoL is kiu'edTor ty^tsLt^- >ur parents, or le to do auy- ant? y it. 9 land which loU/ully and and without )wn defence, )untry inflict ting murder iuelling, (d) or by assist- ;rhaps chiefly ranted to the n of religious 1 Tim. iv. 8. I history, or- 6. Observe i own image, ship. Mucli vhose bodies that is, two y cause death mg THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 47 of this 8in. (f) """"■ ""''""' « '""«« is g"ilt.v fi " TJ f ^i' '"'^'''^^ commandment V T Wl f ' • '""^^ "''^ ^^^^'^^^'^ adultery r 1. What sins are forbidden in this commandment? ^ T. ^V hat, then, is required of you'by this command- •ch^ltit? ''"'P "'^ """^^ '" temperance, sobeme^, and in a duel, both t L priicimh a„T Jr",''^' '^ » Pf^"" •» killcl ^<»i.^^'»<^"t. 1 S. John (d) S. Matt. V. 28 44. Colo.ssians iii. 13 i, i(e) 1 S. Peter iii. 2, 3 Eph V. 3-14 (/') 1 S. Peter iv. 3. 48 AN EXPOSITION OF u' » iff^'"^ ^'^ '^'^ ^'^^'''^* commandment r o. r/iou shult not Htefil." nJndtV^T T^ "\^"^ '''^' ^^ transgressing thia com. luaudment, besules lioiise-breaking, highway robberv and actual theft ? ^^^b^'^yny rooDery, a,„f «;!^|-"'"\^''?'''l" ""' •^"""n'-'n'lment when, in buyin- li.wn« any probable liopes of repaying it. (,•) 1. Oive mo some further instances. >>. Iho servant is guilty of theft when ho injures or neglects h.s work ; and the subject when he evades tha Sirsrs^^^j-'"'-^-" ''- '-^^"' — T. How do WG break this commandment towards God ^ T. Then what does this commandment require of you ? to t irto ?- "Y ''^'1' ^'""^ P^^^"^^' ^^^^ stealing, and T u rf """^ .J"'^ '" ^'^^^ "^y dealings." 1. ll//,rt/f ^6' the ninth commandment V T wf ^^'T""' '"^^'^'^^ ^' *'^*^ '^Pt to Offend, (f) I. Vvlmt do you mean by bearing ''false \ agamstyourneighbr-ur? (^') 1 Thoss. iv. 6. (AN Prnv v,' 1 {c) Ps.xxxvii. 21. ^ ■ Irov. xi. 1. id) Roni. xiii. 7 *? witness" 7 (c) Mai. iii. 8 (0 i^. James i. 26. r ising this com- iway robbery, ill manner of tiis comraand- len, in buying ignorance of I measures, (/v) bour without le injures or iges when ho le evades the vful customs wards God ? ip, or of the uire of you ? stealing, and agaitiM ihij nmandment (/) 3e witness" THE CHURCH CATECHISM. ,^'>a"(l- Ju.^Uy provoked Hi., '"SSl"^' ""^ ''«-'• -'J Jmvo Sr„,"l"r''""8Ut.youtodo? to CHRr.ST aloii.. „,erc3V in J . f I '"""'^ "^^' ^« ^ee in t icy and jiarJon. (/") (^) S. Luke ill, 14 (*) Titus iii. 2. Ep], ivr O/r A . ;."rA r?T,- ^'^^ «• '^oh'r. viif,^4^ and th "' p ^^^'^"^ ''' ^ ^«^ '. 1 Tim^fi .• ,5'*-''^^ Sin. ,>. Luke xii. 15. xlebrews xiu *• i 7\v. i.i . ^ (fj\ Q itr •• timothy VI. 10 (a; iS. Mark yii. 91 00 ' {e) J^Jalatians ii. le'^Hi. lo. ^(/; isalm XXV. 11 ri....c.f„i of the law. Galatiana iii u "'^"^ <="■' deliver us from the curse AN EXPOSITION OF T. Should you ncw also pray for His grace, that you may be enabled to keep His commandments for the future ? S. Yes ; without His grace I can do nothing good ; and if He incline my heart to keep His commandments, it will be a proof to myself, as well as to others, that I possess tme faith in Christ, and thai Christ is indeed my Saviour. T. Yes, my dear child, after the reading of each com- mandment in the house of God, the Church puts this humbling language into our mouths, " Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law." May He grant you mercy, and enable you, under a sense of your own weakness, to abide in Christ as an all-sufficient Saviour ; and may He, by His Spirit, write aU His laws upon your heart, and engage you for the future to lovo and serve Him in all holy obedience. Let me now close this part of the Catechism by requiring from you a sum- mary view of the contents of the ten commandments, (a) " What (lost thou chleflij learn hy these command- fnents ?" S. I learn two thinr/s : ruj/ duty towards God, and my duty towards my neighhoury T. " What is thy duty towards God?" S. " My duty towards God is to believe in Him, to fear Him, and to love Him with all my heart, loith all my mind, icith all my soul, and with all my strength ; to (a) The second table guards against socud sins in a two-fold way : retrarding it as referring to our fellow-Christians, the Vtli Conrimandment guards them by requiring us to fulfil our duties as citizens of a commonwealth : the Vlth guards them in their persons : the Vllth in their domestic life : the Vlllth in their promrty : the LXth in their reputation : while the Xth strikes at the sm of the heart which leads anyone to violate the laws of (Jod from envy of others. Looked at with reference to the indi- vidual Christian, the Vth Commandment requires his obedience to those set over him by God's authority : the Vth forbids hatred ami violence, guarding his disposition : the Vllth his bodv, and Its desires : the Vlllth his hands : the iXth his tongue: the Xth his resignation to the will of God. ace, that you Bnts for the ►thing good ; imandments, thers, that I !st is indeed ^f each com- ch puts this . have mercy law." May- er a sense of all-sufficient all His laws iture to lovo ne now close 1 you a sum- ndments. (a) e command- lod, and my THE CHURCH CATECHISM. gj «'"" »"•. To love, iXmT^lr '^ ""'•' *'"'«^<' ''<* "bother. To honour aXoCLV'"' '"'K ^''"''"- "'"' t^ut in amority under her r 1'"'? '""' "" "'"^ «« memory, teacCsZiriLl I 7 ""' '"■""Vto oil my order ^nyself /.^ ^^ J S^^T' T' "!*"^™- To hurt nohody t,y ^drJ^or7eTV I!!:"" '""'T'- ^^ keep my body in tenimmJlZ "{"ndermff. To to covet or desire X ^ wf f"?' f '^ '■''''*'''^- ^ot 'ahour truly to r,et nZe oTu !,■?,'' ff *" ''""^ «"<^ Him, to fear with all my strength ; to in a two-fold ;ians, the Vth Ifil our duties them in their Illth in their le Xth strikes te the laws of 36 to the indi- his obedience forbids hatred, his body, and I tongue : the PART IV. Oy THK LORD'S PKAYER. '«»'»■ of God f«//o!:^'';4r:-f/'"/'i/''"''«««''- 'jrace, which thou mtJ/eZ,,': 7 /''''* "'' 'J"""' 52 AN EXPOSITION OF A?id forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass agaiiist us. And lead us not into temptation, hut deliver u^ from evil. Amen." T. You have in the foregoing parts of this Catechism been examined in the three branches of your baptismal covenant, and liave ah'eady confessed that you have no spiritual strength nor power in yourself: how then may you be enabled to fulfil them ? S. By God's S2)ecial grace, without which I can neither repent, helieve, nor obey, (a) T. What do you mean by God's special grace ? S. I mean the influence of the Holy Spirit which is freely given to His children, whereby their souls are converted, comforted, and sanctified, {h) T. AVhat must you do to obtain the "special crace" of God 1 ^ S. I must constantly make use of all the means of grace, and especially of that most important means, prayer, (c) T. To whom should your prayers be addressed ? S. To God, in the name of Christ, trusting only in His merits and mediation, {d) {a) See 2 Cor. iii. 5 ; Phil. ii. 13. This aoctriiie is well ex- pressed m the Tenth Article of our Churcli. In many of the <^ollccts we are taught to pray for the s]iecial i^race of God. Amongst others, see the Collects of Easter Sunday, and those for the 1st, 17th, 18th, and IQtli Sundays after Trinity. {h) The word grace literally means favour frccbi hcstoiccd. It always im])lies unworthincss in the person upon whom it is be- stowed. The salvation of the people of God is altogether of His grace, or unmerited favour, in and through Christ Jesus. It springs from His grace, is carried on by His grace, and is completed by His grace, that God may liave all the glorv. 2 Tim. i. 9. Romans iii. 25^; v. 20, 21. S. John i. 16. ^ 'c) There are Two principal means of grace, viz., Prayer and the Sacraments. These are (tailed means of grace, because in the right use of them grace is communicated to the soul. The Bible (teaches us our need, and tho risrht use of tlipse n^fnna .-.f n •-~ {d) Psalm Ixv. 2. S. John xv.l6, latter part. Heb. x.°19— 22. There is only "one mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus. " 1 Tim. ii. 5. Colossians ii. 18. 19. . 3 them that temptation, 5 Catechism ir baptismal oil liave no w then may can neither 'ace ? rit which is ir souls are ecial grace" e means of ant means, issed ? ing only in e is well ex- many of the 'ace of God. and those for besto'iccd. 1 1 loni it is be- i;other of His IS. It springs pleted by His 9. Romans , Prayer and ecause in the The Bible b. X. 19—22. an, the Man « I r THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 53 ^ T Are our prayers acceptable to God when tlie l.Pirf IS not engaged in them ? ^ ^'^^'^*' foT%hiX' ^f'T?y '''"''^^^ '^''''' *° '''''^' ^^'^ tilings tor which we ask the mere words can be of no avail pray at;i:b^l' '''' "^'^'^^^^ "^ ^'^'^^ ^^^^ - -^^ T WK V'^^ "If ^ .^'^'^ assistance of the Holy Spirit. (./) i. What are the different kinds of prayer^ ^ ^ 44^:;^o?in:^^ 2. Social prayer, or the worship of God with our families • T T^ r^'''' '' '\' ^^'^"^"P ^f ^^^1 in «ocrer ^ 1. Should you not often be employed in the holv exercise of prayer ? 1 J ^^i mt noiy S. Yes ; and particularly ;>;vVa/e ^.rr^v^r. (h) L At what time should you more especially dedicate yourself to private praj-er ? -^ uLuicate S. In the morning when I ri^p nurl in fi.^ ^ before I go to rest, (c) ' *^^^ ^''^'''"- (rt) Zecli. xii. 10. liom \-iii on ti ^ t iv. 16; S. Matthclv xxL-^''. s ^,1^°J■^ \^''-'S;^»'''. «*««-,s !'■« " • ^; *^'""":«' '"''■ 22 ; S. James i. 5. Tlinre arc al>„. ' df.L'i^.t;L!.'' "'■'°*' '^^■■' ■"•■'«"" "-■C.-. a,,,, the At the 9th hour (3 p.m.) Jesus died At the 1 2th hour (6 v. m. ) Jesus was ]>uried. ^^'''r.I'^flTlh ^^«.f ^^^ by Christians now, as thev worn b. DaniT ^"'^ r.emember what we read of David" and gethe prayi d that ni ^ny others repeat their prayer; 11 54 AN EXPOSITION OF T. In which of the three kinds of prayer should that excellent form, called the Lord's Prayer, be used 1 S. It was intended for our use in each of them, (a) T. Why do you call this prayer the Lord's Prayer ? S. Because our hlessed Lord taught it to His disciples, and commanded them to use it. (b) T. How many general parts are there in this prayer ?J 8. Three parts, namely, — 1. The introduction, or ad- dress. 2. The petitions. 3. The doxology, or that part which ascribes glory to God. (c) T. What is the introduction or addre-s? 8. *' Our '"ather which art in heaven." T. In what sense are Christians ^aught to call God their Father 1 8. Not only as they were created by Him, for in this sense God is the Father of all men ; but as they are re- conciled to Him through Christ, and born anew of water and His Holy Spirit, {d) T. When you address God in this prayer as our Father, do you address only the First Person of the blessed Trinity 1 in a formal, lifeless manner, without any serious impression of what they utter with their lips, or of the character of God to whoii\ they address themselves, (a) The pious Bishop Beveridge said of the fjord's Prayer, "Although we may use many other words, there is nothing we can ever want or desire, that is really good for us, or necessary either for life or godliness, but we ask it in this prayer of our Lord's composure, and that, too, in the same method, and in such terms as He Himself would have us ask it in, by whose mediation only it can be gi-anted." (b) Our Lord gave His disciples this prayer, not only for a pattcr>i of direction to teach them whit should be the subject of their petitions, as in S. Matt. vi. 9, but as a form to be ubed in offering up their petitions to God. S. Luke xi. 2. He thus seems have given it on two occasions ; the last time in direct answer the request of His disciples. He compiled it, chiefly, from the Jewish Liturgy. (c) Though the doxology or conclusion be not recited in the Church Catecliism, it is annexed to this prayer in the Gospel ac- cording to S. Matthew, ((/) Gal, ii. 10. S. Johni. 12, 13. Rom. viii. 15, 15. Gil. iv. 6. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 55i should that sed? 3m. (a) i Prayer 1 Ls disciples, is prayer?] tion, or ad- Dr that part ;o call God for in this ihey are re- !W of water oxiv Father, .he blessed mpressioa of r of God to L's Prayer, — nothing we or necessary M-ayer of our , and in such )se mediation )t only for a lie subject of be used in [e thus seems lirect answer ifly, from the cited in the e Gospel ac- !. G il. iv. 6. S. No ; for the First Person of the blessed Trinity is especially called the Father, not in respect of us, but of Christ ; in respect of us, the whole Trinity, the Father, Son, and Spirit, is " our Father, which is in heaven." (a) T. Why are you taught to address God as ''our'' Father? S. To remind me thai I am only one of the family of God, and to point out to me the duty of loving all man- kind, by praying for others as well as myself {b) T. Why are you taught to address God as '-'our Father which art in heaven'']— l^ He not every where present % S. Yes; He fills both heaven and earth with His presence; but heaven is called His. throne, where He - P'^culiarly manifests His glory. T. How many are the petitions of the Lord's Prayer 1 S. Seven. The three first more immediately refer to the glory of God, and the four last to our own benefit. T. What is the first petition 1 S. " Hallowed be Thy Kame." T. What do you mean by the '' Name" of God ? S. God Himself and all His perfections, (c) T. What do you mean by the word " hallowed?" S. Sanctified or reverenced, (d) (a) Christ is called the cvcrUisting Father, Isaiah ix. 6. And the children of God are said to be horn again of the Spirit. See b. John iii, 6. (6) See Eph. vi. 18. True Christians should endeavour to cultivate a spirit of love, even towards their enemies ; and ought to exercise an universal charity, in imitation of God's universal providence, Whoniaketh the sun to rise, and the rain to descend, both upon the evil and the good. S. Matthew v. 44, 45 But a more particular love is due from them to their fellow Christians As children of one Father, even God, and as members of one bodv, even Christ's, there should be but one heart and one mind amon<' them. Eph. iv. 1—6. (c) Exod. XXXiv. 6. 7. P>;nlm iv 10 . Wx-^iv -la c T_v_ xvii. 6. {d) To hallow any thing is to consider it as/io^t/, and to behave towards it as such. Psal ' tl m xcvi. 7. 8 50 AN EXPOSITION OF I' T^^f n^^fV' ^^^ ^ub^'^^nco of this petition 1 b. That God s Name, and all that concerns His service and glory should be universally known and honoured «] 8. i' should hallow His Name, by givin- Him due ^-f P --^ honour, and by living [o His servic^ and TeJtamTntl " "^' "' ''' "^"" '''^^^"^" ^^ ^^- ^^^- 8. In Phil. ii. 9, 10, it is said to be -above everv name," and at it - every knee should bow." ^ 1. itepeat the verses. T. What is the second petition of the Lord's Prayer ? h. ihy kingdom come." ^ cl^{ J^f- ^ ^'''' understand by the " kingdom" of Ood, of which you speak in this petition ? ParH. n/w' ^^''''^' "^^ H^"-^^''"^ ^^^'^« g'-^c'^ here on eaith or His reigning in the hearts of His children : ^ \S ^^^'^^^^ are m expectation, (c) -Ti* Y K''''' y^"^ taught to pray for, when you say Ihy kingdom come?" j^u sciy Him by their wicked lives ? ^^bb.tths,-and dishonour ov ■ a r^pfrif ?) T. What is the thml petition of the Lord's Prayer? • S. " Thy will he done on earth as it is in heaven." (r) T. How is the will of (rod made known to us 1 8. By the holy Scriptures, and by the works of His providence, (d) T. Should not those who offer up this petition be careful to live according to its meaning ? fe. Yes, they sliould believe and obey what the word of God declares and requires, (c) — thoy should be thank- ful for all His mercies, — and they should submit witli patience to His will in the heaviest atHictions. (f) T. How are we to do the will of God so far as it is known to us ? S. "As it is done in heaven " by the holy angels. T. In what manner do they perform His will? {a) We were born subjects of Satan and sin. Oh ! tliat we may be made truly loyal subjects of the kingdom of grace. See wherein it consists, Komaus xiv. 17. (b) 1 Thess. i. 10. Kev. xxi. 3, 4. 2 S. Peter iii. 12. See esp. the margin. There is a close connexion between the kingdom of grace and the kingdom of glory. The former is a school and preparation for the latter. Those who are subjects of the former are heirs of, and shall, through the gate of death, be admitted into, the latter. In our burial service this is devoutly expressed, when we pray, "That it may please God shortly to hasten Ilis king- dom, that we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of His holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in His eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord." (c) This third petition seems to include the two former, for as far as God's name is hallowed, and His kingdom established, " His will is done on earth as it is in heaven." It may be con- sidered as a summary of all that we can ask regarding God's glory. \e) Psalm cxix. 32, 34. (/■) See the conduct of Eli, 1 Sam. iii. 18. Of the disciples at Oemrea, Acts xxi. 14. And of oui" blessed Lord, S. Luke xxii. 42. ■bm 5S AN EXPOSITION OF S. Perfectly, constantly, and joyfully, (a) T. Have you thus done the will of God ] 8. No ; 1 have come very far short of it. T. Though neither you nor any other person can be qs perfect as the angels of God, should ycu not desire to imitate them ? S. Yes ; I am taught to pray that God's will may he done by me as it is done in heaven. T. To what do the four remaining petitions of the Lord's Prayer relate ? 8. To our necessities. T. What is the fourth petition 1 8. " Give us this day our daily bread." T. What is me^nt by the word "'jread?" 8. In the first place, it means those things which are necessary for our bodily sustenance, {h) T. What is there remarkable in this petition ? 8. We are taught to pray for " bread," that is for what is necessary merely to support us, in order that we may learn contentment, (c) T. And what further ? 8. We are taught to pray for " our daily bread," in order that we may trust to God's providence, and renew this petition every day for fresh supplies, {d) [a] Psidm ciii, 20, 21. Though true Christians cannot equal the angeis in the perfection of obedience, yet they may, through grace, imitate and in some degree resemble them. ' A more exalted pattern for imitation is held forth to us in 1 S. Peter i. 15 ; ii. 21, 22. {*) *' Bread," being the most common and useful nourishment of the body, is often in the Scriptures put for all kinds of pro- vision necessary ^ ' preserve life and health, (.cnesis iii. 19. ]*salm civ. 15. (c) Proverbs x x, 8. 1 Timothy vi. 8. {d) The rich a.s well as the poor man should daily renew this petition ; for though a man have abundance of the things of this life, they cannot nourish him, unless they be accompanied with the blessing of God ; and though a poor man have but a scanty subsistence, he should not murmur, but remember that he is a debtor to the Divine merov for every morsel he receives. sg!S=^'-yisae*ai THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 59 renew this T. Does this dependence upon God render our own exertions needless ? S. No ; whilst men lay aside every anxious care, (a) they should endeavour to gain their livelihood in an lionest way, looking up to God for His blessing. (/;) T. But should you not also understand this petition of the Lord's Prayer in a spiritual sense 1 S. Yes ; I should pray daily for a renewal of God's grace, that my soul may be fed by faith on Christ, who IS the Bread of Life that came down from heaven, (c) T. What is the fifth petition of the Lord's Prayer ] S. '* Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us." T. Have you not daily occasion to pray for the for- giveness of your sins ? S. Yes ; because I daily commit sin, and therefore need forgiveness. T. Through wliom must you pray for the pardon of your sins ? S. Through CfiRiyT alone, {d) T. And have you reason to expect that the Lord will hear your prayers ? S. Yes, if I come to Him in faith, with a deep sense of my need of pardon, {e) la) Psalm xxxvii. 5. 1 S. Peter v. 7. S. Mitt vi. 31, 32 33 (b) Acts XX. 34. 2 Thessalonians iii. 10. 1 Timothy v 8 (c) S. John vi. 51, 58. See 1 S. Peter ii. 2. Clirist is the true nourishment and support of the soul. "VVe should labour more dihgently to obtain His grace than for our temporal support S. John vi. 27. i^ n • (d) This important subject has been dwelt on very largely in the explanation of the Creed. Let it be observed, however that when we offer up the fifth petition of the Lord's Prayer, wo should consider it as including not only the remission of our sins by Christ's sufferings, but the justification, or accei)tance, of our persons through His merits. Phil. iii. 8, 9. Er.h. i. 6 7 Psalm xxxii. 1, 2, compared with Rom. iv. 6, 7, ' ' (e) Though every believer does not enjoy the privilege of con- fidently knowing that his sins are foraiven, vet wherever faith ip Christ is strong, the comfort of it wilfbe enjoyed ; and to profess 60 AN EXPOSITION OF i T. What do you learn from the words wliich are added to this petition, — " as we forgive them that tres- pass against us?" S. it should teach mo to have a forbearing and for- giving temper towards my fellow (;reatures/(a) T. If you forgive others the injuries they may have done to you, may you, on tlud (irrounf, expect to receive from God forgiveness of your sins ? S. No; it is only through the Llood of Christ that my sins can bo forgiven. (/>) T. But should not all true believers in Christ desire to exercise a spirit of brotherly love and forgiveness of injuries ? S. Yes, assuredly ; this is a necessary fruit of faith. (c) T. AVhat is the {rf» norsvinaf nil tlio iinomioo nf Plivtof firrVi+inrr ._ — „_, „ ,.,,, ,,_^,,,,,,j^ manfully against the world, the Mesh, and the devil. THE CHURCH CATECHISM. ^5 ptism insti- ples at His ascend? Thursday." Supper in- ly evening, light before aent 1(c) ' an inward I by Christ ame, and a ings which ndoubtedly th ordained itr the inward zing merely jpt a man be the Kingdom ve the great in which it d themselves lot found in ed to denote J Lord Jesus )rd's Supper, ein they are His strengtii '■'■} •'B"<-'"0 S. Xone whatever. («) T. What should be your chief concernl S. To obtain the inward spiritual grace, not resting in the outward visible form. (/y) ^^^6 ^'^ T. If there were no inward, invisible part in these ordinances could they be Sacraments ? 8 Ko, for ^sacrament must have both, the outward and inward part. uuwuiu ''i)^I^'^ '' ^^' ''^"'''^ ''''^'^" '"^'' ''^''"' '" .-. ^;/i' Z'^if ''^'^''''' ^^'' '^'"'''"'' '•' b<^''Pt^'^ed in the name qfthe Father, md of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:^ ,J' f^?,¥V^''''""^"'^''^^^^'" ^^^ ^^^ application and of the Holy Ghost " necessary ? «. Yes undoubtedly; if either 'of 1]. .m be omitted, there is no true bapti - {c) - ' T. What does the UoO of water in baptism represent to us f S. The necessity of being washed in the blood of Christ from all our guilt, and of bavin- our hearts cieansed by the renewing influence of the Holy Ghost im i 1 '^''''^ ^^'^ ^'''"' ""^ ''''"'^' "'^"^ ''^ ^^'P^^^'"^ {a) Too many who are called Christians, awfully deceive them- selves, grasping' at the shado.v whilst they lose the substanrp t I i^n '.^^^^I^^r'' --i P--t'^l- '^t the Lonl's^Table even ^^^^^^^^ It be in a formal way, they conclude that they are doinff al tint IS required of them as the disciples of Christ, forget ng^th con- ISSx '"• "''■ «-2Timo'thy^ii. 5.' 8ee Xo {b) We should not expect to receive the thing signified without iising the sign ; nor rest in the sign witliout rteiviii he tS' ignihed. In considering the doctrine of the Gospel S Jrament "? taught in the New Testament, there are three things to iTe alwavs aken mo account : 1, what wecansee in the sacramen? ' 2 wha't IS there that we cannot see ? 3, what benefit does it give us rkence every orchnance is a Sacrament in which these thifgs ar impHed _ (c) ^«^t'r was expressly appointed bv our Lord •«*.«« iT'f: ■o ; ami was used by the ApoVtles, see Acts x. 47, 48?' And It' an- pears from S. Matthew xxviii. 19, that the ordi, an'; must be ad- .ninistered m the name of the Father, the Son, and the IIoll Ghln <( "•«« persons of the Godhead-our Creator Redeemer, and Sanctifier. (a) in bapIC!"TeU °me nowT'^' '^ '^^ '"''^^^ -'"« ='«'' " >FAa?f ?^ the imoard and spiritual grace r ^' j ^f^f^ ^^^<^ *''^ «w^ « we«; ^^>#/i unto nohteous- T Zr / "'■" '""■"'^ "'"* *'"> 'Children of qmce " •■■ chUdreTof wrafh"r"" '^ "^'"^ "'=""'" ^-'•""''^e S. That I and ail mankind are corrupt in our naturp and were, by nature, in a state of guilt' and rndetn": bajt'is^''' ''' '''''''' "^'^^ *^' ^^^^^^^^ ^^ g^^ce in S. When they are brought to this Holy Sacrament in *^« ^^y set forth in the word of God. ^ ^'''^^"^^^^ ^^ I. What IS the thing signified in baptism % ness." '^^'^ ''"' ^"^ ^ '''''' ^^"^^ "^^° righteous- T. Wherein does this consist ? S. It is first of all, a change of state, for beinc? bv nature children of wrath, we are " translated out of the kmgdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God's Dear (a) The command of our Saviour to His discinles to „«« fi .see' Kom'V'Ts ''','«■" ?',"' '•' '""■«'" ""' ""'^ "'^ *'«> "ord of God pr.s:e ittiifMisz'j,eLii s™ li-/ ^ Ct-i-r the experience of everv true Ohristian • for ev^rv t™„ PI • ?-^ mourn, over the sinfulness of his 'heart, HursVa,^ ^iZ''^^ .?!'4:._!'L'^nf»,' »•"?■:« «e have derived fron, ouJ'firsT™;!''; (c) Coloss. i. 13. I. S. Pet. ii. 9. r THE CHFRCrr CATECHISM. 67 zed is conse- 3e persons of Sanctiiier. (a) I visible sign r to righteoiis- the children of grace." '■■ sin,, and the our nature, condemna- of gmce in acrament in 1 righteous- f being by out of the Grod's Dear > to use t1u6 rong proot of we are to be realise "that 5 we believe ?rence or in» vord of God, i and by our -but also by le Christian I, Rom. vii. first Tiarentfi f I T. What further blessing is receive 11 8. There is a communication of a new principle of spiritual life which will, if rightly cared for, destroy the power ot sin in the soul, and enable it, more and more, to live unto God.(r<) * np3; JT-^^^ '' *^'^ F'""^ '"' ""''"^ ^^^"^'^^ «^' a ^«Pti>^ed person living a careless or godless life ? fbf^^^ is/alse to his baptismal vow, and a despiser of punishment of those who tread under foot the Son of Ood, spoken of by S. Paul, Heb. x. 20. T. Kepeat the verse. T. Tell me now, I* What is required of persons to he baptised. ^^. Hepentance, tvhereh!/ they forsake sin, and faith ^^ ivherehj, they steadfastly believe the promises of God rnade to them in that sacramod." T. Why are these things required of persons who come to be baptised 1 i viii> them f^'"''""® ^^'"^ Scriptures teach the necessity of T. What is that rfpenuM-x which is required 1 b huch an humbling sense of my own guiltv and helpless state, as expresses its reality by ^sahinr^ sin.(,) 1. Wlnt IS the faith required ? ■ v / {«) Eph V. S ii. 10. See esp. I. The.ss. v. 19. Eph. v. 30. (i) God has o ten, ui the Bible, tauc^ht the absolute lieoessitv HehTr ' "■ ^^' ^^"^^ "^'" "^■•^^''^^^' ^''' viii. 36, 37! (c) True repentance is, as the word in the oilrrinal si-nifies a ing. lie %vill and the atlections. True repentance can onlv spnng irom real sorrow for sin, arising fron. si!, b o ght onS • he heart by the Holy Spirit, and after stri.t self-exan/ination w, 1 shew Its reality in (1) Confession of sin, 1 S. Joh 8 '9 " 2) Making amends to the best of our power for our fan t and bad example ; and (3) in avoidinc:, as much as we can he ner sneaicW f"'"'' '"^ employments that lead us to s m HiS speaking, true repentance implies, I. Contrition : II. (V.nf.^o/."'^ iii. oansiucUon : IV. Amendm«^nt. AN EKPOHITION OF S It is lUo steadfast telief of the promises of God ™ t K i^nlle tTiuTh -iri necessary, ^^rLT"' infants l,^l^f, -'-» hy reason of <' t,,cir under age they ^^'«1'«« f f "» *^Xir sureties : *' tohich promise, ivUn they come to aj , " T"'How^-«'Von.- rerentanee and faitk at their baptism 1 f^iifored into for them S By a solemu -J^^ff^t GodTathe. and God- by their sureties, tliat is, iuoil mothers.(c) ^ ,a, Faith isalwaysccnniled^J^-^^ •i;!V Thus iatlxeabsduUonU.e^^^^^^^^^ K . oth and absolvetli ^^^ ^^^"l;J^lso our .XXVU. Article saitli, Mieve His holy 9°^^^^ . • ^^S^'v are grafted into the Church ; - They that receive _uaptismri^/i«i/,^i of adoption to be the sons the piomises of forgiveness ^^ «" ;.X ^Ined and sealed ; faith is of God by the Holy Ghost, aie v^^ib > si ^^^^^^ ^^^ „ confirmed, and grace ";;:^^^f; l^,.^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^'^^^ ^^^^^'^ (/>) There are many «*^Fong s^X^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ I3 tism. Amongst the Church of ^^"8^'^^^^ ^^,",^?if '"I 1 dispensation has succeeded them are {D baptism undei the go-spel cusj> ^^^ ^^ circumcision circumcision ^t'-f.ri^to the Jewish Church, and an express was the rite of adnuss on into the jcn ^jministered in- command was given that this fit ■ ^^°H . ^^ -^^^ the Christian fants, so baptism is ^1^*;, ,f ^f ,4 the benefit of it. (2) Our Church, and mtants ^^^.f^^/,',^^^^^^^^^ ^vas universal : " Go and .Saviour's command respecting baptist ^ disciples of^J^^ teach"-(that is. not actually ^^^™J^ ^ ^igU^g them in the the original word «^g"^^««i7,, f Son and of the^loly Ghos . ' name of the Father and «f .\^;^\^,Ssed w^^^^^ <3) It appears that the Apostles harai^c^^^^^ ^ .^. -^ ^^^^ i,een InUdes children a. we a^^ gro.n peopU.^ ^^ .^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ dntended to exclude childi en special m ^^ ^^ ^ Iv have been made for it ^v«",\^ ,^^^^L 3 xd. 33, 34. .But the Jfut infants from God's covenant^ Acts^ x._^ ^^,^ strongest reason is ^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^^ers and Godmothers has existed m ic) The institution of Godtatners an^^ ^^^^^ pontinued, no doubt, the Church from the very h.ol, u^-..^ •::^J!t:"Mmk- THE CHURCH CATECHISM. 69 their baptismal cn^agrents P ''"''"^ "^'^'^ '''^^^''t to h. lhoora„,anceofcontin„ation. le.iJLu"' "'"'= '^ -"fi'-n'ati.u eallo.1 i„ the ne. S. Confirmation is called, iu the N'o,,- T * ^ laying on of hands," (Heb i o u„ v, '^ Testament, " the five other things of thTLlLi^ ^T'^ '' J°"'<''1 "-ith l^Whataro^he;:I,K'C;''"'•^"^■^• of Chii;?""'^"-^'»''o "principles of the doctrine "iLcJfr" "" """""S °^ "'« word here translated ^^. It moans an ''olomnnf" ^, not be done witliout "<^™ssary part, that can- s' ^'or "two'reasts "fi"f ," '=°''«""««- '" give o„r soleVrrntt' '7^,,"^ ';"°"«""'" ^ -secondly, because God confirm^ ^''^ -^^^l ,vow ; and, the seven-fold gifts of the Ho,™ ■S,::/'-""«'^- -S b^ -.,e,orfc\t;5„:i)lS,.--e to confirmation thiSn^^^Z^^^fe^r-'-"^ °««-^ mal Vo;"'/'" ''''■' '^"""'^' ""'- tl.ey ratify their baptis- neLI;;Vofeveiyot'':h:tilir^ '"'?''' °' *'^-=- bound to do then, who eict"alvSr'' '" "'*^' •'»' - . i-r"ti%rfl:et'rfT''"'=.'- -ents, and endeavoi!:r to ptti'se' tiLm*''1".f /^S from the custom lonf^ bpfnrp r,r.nT.„-r •«eful when the sp™ ot ar Sf7r,°>,''« ""=/""• " « very engagement bv renrp.,.;.?;!:.-.'''.'.'''."'' '» 'h''"- solemn trust. ThZ which h»ve the nattireof a coVenant'Tliirr., '" "'! ."■""'"ctioiis the eonfaetmg i«,,ies it i^ alwa"" Lo a "rlS" " ""''* '^ ""'"' "^ n AN EXPOSITION OF bG looking forward to this further ordinance of Christ ^vhen, befor. th€ assembh-d congregation, I shall deliber' T w ' conM'i those engagements. 1. ^i-you then be making any new engagement^ „/>.. 7 M ^v ^ """^^^ expressing my assent to one «/m/.Z^ made for me, and which I must keen if I would enjoy eteilhal life. ^ ;; th.^^h of Ckri.t, and of the benefit, which we f^r^^ T„ Why is this ord'-nance soiaetimes calh',d tho Lovd's »S upper? -i-u,.u» euppej"';""" ' "'"' '"'"'"^'"1 l-J- "'"• Lord at His last T. ]',y what ofh'jr lia.ao is it known'" " 'M^Vlf '°-T':''V'T"' "°'y f^'™""^"'"".!, ■ and the "n ^,S '""'• "''"^'^ '"«"»"*< " Thanksgivii!.. " 1. _\Vhat IS the chief design of this holy or.Ilnance ? h.ro enable us to plead '• the exceeding great love of o,.r Master and only Saviour Jesus Christ, thuVdyin. Z■J'^ t- '™ '"-*' 'l^,**'" *''« innumerable benefit^ for us."(i) '""'""" '''°<'<^-«''«'^""S He hath obtained tb;^'^3"V"''" '"?r'"''° "*■ '"'"•• «''«"'-> «-e come to this Holy bacrament ! S. With deep contrition and sorrow for our sins which occasioned the sufferings and death of our Saviou rand (a)SeeS. Matthew xxvi. 20-26. S. Luke xxii. 20 1 Cor xi 9^ 1 his sacrament was instituted bv o-ir T nr.l i .^ i'^oi x. 2o. which He was betrayed, during tL list on ^M^so^erlftl" place oi which, it seems, it waJint.nd..) f,.\'ll:'''^l''' "^ ^^'': lam I part. (b) Oomrrninion Servic F-. 25. This ordinance is t ..it 1 :."/'."" "^'"'''.>'=^' uuring tne least of Die P.^^nv,.!- u. +1 ■ mb tt:; wis' i'-'"'"'^' '' ''-'' ^"^^^"^^"^'^ '- succee r Tl^ ; eh I lainb that ^^ as slain was a type of Christ. See 1 Cor. y. ,■ , ' att«- Liik e x.vii. 19. 1 inue until Clirisf i.Qr :..aians xi. ^omins:.. e come to Allans xi. THE caURCn CATECHISM. 71 I- >? ^^'^ Sacrament for ti,,. n; I ,^- ^o ; t is also for h , ZJrT '"^ ''"'^ only ? ' ^ • How js it f„, tj^^ ,/,;Cf ''' P'""^"' ^in«er. ■'• -It was ordained for t' i^e^at^n' ' ""^^"^ «" H 'co;fe"y^ra."' " ^'"'-"S fort,, l^eath^as^ our ground of pardon ' '"' ''' "> I'^-^^d His -^- VVJiat dope? <^ T> T , J^- -out tIoe.>i <^ P 1 " iJt a J- l>oes CJirist then ,:>„..( w « •^•. No, for ,S. p^„j ' ;^'"« H's .Sacrifice ! -s;i' " '^ '- "'^''^ ; Hr&' "% «-•«- T Kn : ^ '^'^ s^'inct/fied " ^ #1 • ^^' Perfected for ^^. lie has L^one infn rr ° ,^ con-„tHia„s.^;;;;v "^^'^ "^^ ^^^^^-- -^-h «^e earliest ChrV^lf"!?^'^"^'^ be>,^„,,„;„ „„,., . . ^■t'au in the ^ew Tpo;'" ''^^■'^^I'tted it everv "f \7''"J?^'^^ ^J us • r I ! AN EXPOSITION OP He sufFered on the Cross, to present Himself, for ever, as the Memorial of that one and only sacrifice for sins: and so continually offers and pleads it there on our behalf 1. What was the typecf this ? S. The High Priest entering into " tlio Holiest of all " once every year. T. Quote 8 Paul's words as to the work of Christ. S. Heb. IX. 11, 12, 24. T. How then do we join Him here on earth 1 b. He instituted this Sacrament to be done '' in re- membrance,; or, as the word should be rendered, -for His memorial," i.e. as shewing forth His Death : thus b. 1 aul says,^ " As often as ye cat this Bread and drink this Cup, ye do shew the Lord's Death till He come." 1 Cor. XI. 2(j. T. Is it then with mere bread and wine we do this 1 h, m, ^or Christ Himself says of the Bread, " this i.s my Body ; and of the Wine, - this ie my Blood wludi IS shed lor you, and for many for the reinission of sids." i. I\'epcat 1 Cor. x. 16. Supper r^'''^ '' ^^'' """^'"'"''^ ^''"'^ ^' '''^'' ^^ ^^'' ^'"'^^' to fe ;:s^ '''''^ ''''' ''' "^-^ '-■'' — '^^-^ ment IS comp ete when only one of the elements is rce^^^^^^^^^^ tLShism «°ly ««^^-«'"««t : they are carefully stated in I. Its object ; why it was ordained. n. Its outward part ; bread and wine. a mystery known onlv to C.,^ ■ l?Jl!ul''T'-J'A'''e *° "?'«'" more words which our Saviour "« our bodice are l,j tli .■e|sipe,ft\:teoVM*^ ""^"^'^ ^''""^ -ive this Suppe.; .. „„ J*,4'^;:^ *° «"' -^'Hl drink of the lIm', '*'• Those who romn +^ •*. • ''i«hteous views or h K^ '^ H'revcreiitiy, or ivith self 'i"t,h, and charity ' ^"^'""^^ "^"'"^ -peu'ani' 1. How cloos X 1>..m1 1 -1 «• Those rece.Vo unwoHhiK-" ',' ""7''"'^' '■^«" "^^ '" "■">^^. who do "not dir.n'tiL'£rrd's B^d?"'- ^'""^'^ ii'e^^'ttj^rlSriia" ;»■";: '^™- We'ea„ receive th^r ,S'll!'-'i>' -t the iT^,V„^, ^-f believers /Cthen' ,(a> Others e m ie'^^if"'"™' '^'"^«- "'' ^:Xi.Y Seeol.o^l'aoStSxf'U"''"''""^' «« Art.cl, 74 AN EXPOSITION OP T. What does he say they do? S. 1 (or. xi. .30 T, Do.'H St P n rightly: ' '^' """ ^^ P^«P^^« tliemselves to come T. Quote illy words. S. 1 Cor. ^i 28 and 31. S. .St. John vi. 53-56. to I. L ckaHfJ,X ::rj^!T'" "^ ^" *'"^' "«" I would n^tdi;::tutL"^ '"^ ^''"" ■ -ough nan.e, since j ' u I /vo „ot Wn' "°T '" 'i"'^ ''^'^^^'^d o^i- req„iresyoutho\S boaUnrr""''™''^'^" *« Church 3-u to be^n the const.: ;S^: :f';;yf •e^-e exhort the important heads you Hvo Tn.t nf! t ''5'"''*'°" "" most sincerely that /o,". ^icL^ „av h" '"°l'!- ^ "'"l^^ subjects, so that v '4 v , "arri T .'^'" "" "'^^« ».ay be "a m.et parser „}Zse Mj'^:^' ^^ nation l Cor. xi/ 28 A„d7n r'''"'^^^^ ^^»«««if-exanu. Sf '''-^^y ^^-^^^^tL Se^is^.^ t^:;^-^ i;;i M 1 T»B Cnuucu CATECHISM. themselvefl " 'ere mean ? t verse shews, •vay 1 ^Ives to come d of corairiir fo the Lord's repent thein osing to lead ^rcy through 's death, and and though blesfed ordi- the Church 3t me exhort nination on ^- I hope it on these er a^e, you ries " » s seif-exanii- cri^^Lure our o comvvium- f."' '''"'■ P''Pils1Zn IrZ T""^ ^o'iaMlo see /' ^ouf^h- ^,11, once tk{''''r ''""'•'' *'''"^l'y- "Peat, fy Heart, iotht^ " .T" "" '"' '" '^"^ '^"" ''"cAers never fully eZj^//'''"."'''''''"^''-'- ^""^ P"ss une,„pioy,a ,ni,Ht /wf'! /""""■'"' "■'" ''' MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER. Never go out i„ t| '""^'-•■"'»■••^■ prayer to Oo„ : to livl wTthmi'I'tr ""•''""■" »' "'«'". «ithoul -'e W, 0. t.e «e,a U J^ rS,^;,^,]- ^^^ MORNING PRAYER, After dressini? sfan i ♦•n ' ho.' «»le>»n,td vet W " 7""f' ""J recollect what it i, into the Presence nf Vi, * ' "" ''onoiir and ble»«i„„ . .leliWt* act 7yot own™?" "'«'' ""■' ^^X^^K^IT^ m, ^ , , ^ , or tJieu sins aguinst Him. «■•• '^)- ■' '""■"' »"" "^' --«"y and tho, ,„r„„y ,00, OH^r''l.t™.^"^*'>»^— .andortheSo.,and„nheHo.v Thanks be to God- tl„. Fathfl tw « ^-eo.e,„.uwinS;;^:!;:x-,t:iK^ -est&rdet-dtirQ^^^^^^ Who giveth I.ORDhave-^erjr«?o.°!;:;"'"- OufFathrr. t(\ \^ f':XPo!SIT/r).N' (,|.' sincere and truthful in lir V ,""'''''>' "''nls an.l uhvs '"y.thoughts, and won s; ui;:; "Ve't'n; ^"" ""•» "l..stel,7r,i !'y u Iene.s.s. or folly, or ^.r, " , '' jy';!''^*-' ""'^:;';;'*"' "gainst Tl... "^ ail my (luth-s, that 1 trnvilTi) ?, ' '"' ''"'"^' '"<' ''ii'^nt to do. '^ "y '"'1' 'ind blessing m all I |,„v,. hlvHH all ,„y relations and friends ( i brothers, sisters. &c \ ■ fL ■ ^ ' ' ' '"''"<* "'«"«' P;in nfs w.th Uee and the Ho°v g", ™ I ." m' T"' '""^'■- , '''" Wl.on , oiiU ever. 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