A Little Catechism; With Little Verses and Little Sayings for Little ChildrenMason, John
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A Little Catechism; With Little Verses and Little Sayings for Little Children
Mason, John
Bible -- Examinations, questions, etc.; Catechisms, English; Children -- Conduct of life -- Poetry
Answ. _Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy, six days shalt thou
labour and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor
thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattel, nor
thy stranger that is within thy gates; for in six dayes the Lord made
Heaven and Earth, the Sea, and all that in them is, and rested the
seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed
it_.
_Quest_. Which is the Fifth?
Answ. _Honour thy father and thy Mother, that thy days may be long upon
the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee_.
_Quest._ Which is the Sixth?
Answ. _Thou shalt not kill._
_Quest._ Which is the Seventh?
Answ. _Thou shalt not Commit Adultery._
_Quest._. Which is the Eighth?
Answ. _Thou shalt not steal._
_Quest._ Which is the Ninth?
Answ. _Thou shalt not bear false Witness against thy Neighbour._
_Quest._ Which is the Tenth?
Answ. _Thou shalt not Covet thy Neighbour's House, thou shalt not Covet
thy Neighbours Wife, nor his Man-servant, nor his Maid-servant, nor his
Oxe, nor his Ass, nor any thing that is thy Neighbour's._
Quest. _Are you bound to keep all these Commandments?_
_Answ._ YES.
Quest. _Are you bound to keep them in Thought, Word, and Deed?_
_Answ._ YES.
Quest. _How are you bound to keep them?_
_Answ._ By my Baptism and by the Word of God.
Quest. _Are you able to keep them of your self?_
_Answ._ NO.
Quest. _Why so?_
_Answ._ Because I was conceived and born in sin.
Quest. _From whence was that?_
_Answ._ From _Adam_'s Fall.
Quest. _How did_ Adam _fall_?
_Answ._ By Eating the forbidden Fruit.
Quest. _Do you sin daily?_
_Answ._ YES.
Quest. _What is Sin?_
_Answ._ The Breaking of God's Law.
Quest. _What doth Sin deserve?_
_Answ_. HELL.
Quest. _What is Hell?_
_Answ._ Darkness and Torments.
Quest. _How long doth it last?_
_Answ_. For Ever and Ever.
Quest. _Is it not a sad thing to lie under the Wrath of God for ever? to
lie in devouring Flames for Ever?_
_Answ._ YES.
Quest. _Can you deliver your self from Hell?_
_Answ._ NO.
Quest. _How must you be delivered._
_Answ._ Only by Jesus Christ?
Quest. _Who is Jesus Christ?_
_Answ_. The Son of God.
Quest. _Is he not Man also?_
_Answ._ YES. He was always God, and in the Fullness of time became Man,
and so he is both God and Man, in two Natures, and one Person for ever.
Quest. _What hath Christ done for Sinners?_
_Answ._ He hath died for them.
Quest. _What Death did he die?_
_Answ._ The Death of the Cross.
Quest. _Why died he that Death?_
_Answ._ Because it is written, _Cursed is he that hangeth upon a Tree_.
Quest. _Did Christ bear the Curse of God that was due to Sinners?_
_Answ._ YES.
Quest. _Are all the World saved by him?_
_Answ._ NO.
Quest. _Why so?_
_Answ._ Because he is not theirs.
Quest. _What must we do, that Christ may be ours?_
_Answ._ Believe on him.
Quest. _What is it to Believe on him?_
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