and to do, as they have promis-1 commandments: Tell me how ed for thee? many there are. Ans. Ten. Quest. Which are they? Ans. Yes, verily; and by God's help so I will: And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ Saviour: and I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end. our Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief. I Answer. BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. Quest. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief? Ans. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the people of God. Answer. THE same which God spake in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I. Thou shalt have none other gods but me. II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and show mercyunto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments. III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day, Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: Wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed Quest. You said that your Sponsors did promise for you, it. that you should keep God's V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be VIII. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue from evil speaking, lying, and slandering: To keep my body in temperance, soberness, and chastity: Not to covet nor desire other men's goods; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me. Catechist. My good child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the commandQuest. What dost thou chief-ments of God, and to serve him, ly learn by these commandments? Ans. I learn two things; my duty towards God, and my duty towards my neighbour. Quest. What is thy duty towards God? Ans. My duty towards God without his special Grace, which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent Prayer: Let me hear, therefore, if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer. Answer. UR Father, who art in him; and to love him with all Name; Thy Kingdom come; my heart, with all my mind, Thy Will be done on Earth, as with all my soul, and with all it is in Heaven; Give us this my strength; to worship him; day our daily bread; And forto give him thanks; to put my give us our trespasses, as we whole trust in him; to call up-forgive those who trespass on him; to honour his holy against us; And lead us not Name and his Word; and to into temptation; But deliver serve him truly all the days of us from evil. Amen. my life. Quest. What is thy duty towards thy neighbour? Ans. My duty towards my neighbour is, to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the Civil Authority: To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors, and masters: To Order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters: To hurt no body by word or deed To be true and just in all my dealings: To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart: To Quest. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer? Ans. I desire my Lord God, our heavenly Father, who is the giver of all goodness, to send his grace unto me, and to all people; that we may worship him, serve him, and obey him, as we ought to do: And I pray unto God, that he will send us all things that are needful both for our souls and bodies; and that he will be merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins; and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers both of soul and body; and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness, and from our spiritual enemy, and from everlasting death: And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness, through our Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore I say, Amen: So be it. OW Question. How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church? Ans. Two only, as generally necessary to Salvation; that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Quest. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament? Ans. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us; ordained by Christ himself; as a means, whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Quest. How many there in a Sacrament parts are Ans. Two; the outward visible sign, and the inward spiritual grace. Quest. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism? Ans. Water; wherein the person is baptized, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Quest. What is the inward and spiritual grace? Ans. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness: For being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace. Quest. What is required of persons to be baptized? Ans. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and Faith, whereby they steadfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament. Quest. Why then are Infants baptized,, when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them? Ans. Because they promise them both by their sureties; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform. Quest. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained? Ans. For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive thereby. Quest. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper ? Ans. Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be received. Quest. What is the inward part or thing signified? Ans. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are spiritually taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. Quest. What are the bene→ fits whereof we are partakers thereby? Ans. The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the Body and Blood of Christ, as our bodies are by the bread and wine. Quest. What is required of those who come to the Lord's Supper? Ans.To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of their former sins, steadfastly purposing to lead a new life; have a lively faith in God's mercy, through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of his death; and be in charity with all men. The Minister of every Parish shall diligently upon Sundays and Holy Days, or on some other convenient occasions, openly in the Church, instruct or examine so many Children of his Parish, sent unto him, as he shall think convenient, in some part of this Catechism. And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Mistresses, shall cause their Children, Servants, and Apprentices, who have not learned their Catechism, to come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to hear, and to be ordered by the Minister, until such time as they have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn. So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, and can answer to the other questions of this short Catechism, they shall be brought to the Bishop. And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought unto him for their confirmation, the Minister of every Parish shall either bring, or send in writing, with his hand subscribed thereunto, the Names of all such Persons within his parish, as he shall think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed. THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION, Or, Laying on of Hands upon those who are baptized, and come to Years of Discretion. Upon the Day appointed, all what their Godfathers and Godthat are to be then confirm- mothers promised for them in ed, being placed and stand- Baptism, may themselves with ing in order before the Bi- their own mouth and consent, shop; be, or some other Mi- openly before the Church rati nister appointed by him, fy and confirm the same; and shall read this preface fol- also promise, that, by the grace lowing: of God, they will evermore enO the end that confirma-deavour themselves faithfully tion may be ministered to to observe such things as they, the more edifying of such as by their own confession, have shall receive it, the Church assented unto. hath thought good to order,that none shall be confirmed, but such as can say the Creed, the ¶ Then shall the Bishop say, ye here, in the presence Dor God, and of this ConLord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments; and can also gregation, renew the solemn answer to such other Ques-promise and vow that ye made, tions, as in the short Catechism or that was made in your naine, are contained: which order is at your Baptism; ratifying and very convenient to be observed; confirming the same; and acto the end that children, being knowledging yourselves bound now come to the years of dis- to believe and to do all those cretion, and having learned things which ye then under Reaven, Hallowed be thy UR Father, art in Name: Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. And these Collects. ALMIGHTY and everlast ing God, who makest us ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who hast vouch- both to will and to do those safed to regenerate these thy things which are good, and acservants by Water and the Holy ceptable unto thy Divine MaGhost, and hast given unto them Jesty; we make our humble forgiveness of all their sins; supplications unto thee for strengthen them, we beseech these thy servants, upon whom, thee, O Lord, with the Holy after the example of thy holy Ghost, the Comforter; and dai- Apostles, we have now laid our ly increase in them thy mani- hands; to certify them, by this fold gifts of grace; the spirit of sign, of thy favour and gracious wisdom and understanding, the goodness towards them. Let spirit of counsel and ghostly thy Fatherly hand, we beseech strength, the spirit of know- thee, ever be over them: Let ledge and true godliness; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of thy holy fear, now and thy Holy Spirit ever be with them: And so lead them in the thy Word, that in the end they knowledge and obedience of may obtain everlasting life, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who, with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen. ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments; that through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we |