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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13274 ***
+
+A LITTLE
+
+Catechism,
+
+WITH
+
+_LITTLE VERSES_,
+
+AND
+
+LITTLE SAYINGS,
+
+FOR
+
+Little Children.
+
+       *       *       *       *        *
+
+_LONDON_,
+
+Printed for John Lawrence at the _Angel_ in the _Poultrey_, 1692.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+_A Catalogue of Books_, &c. Husband Mr. _Joseph Rowlandson_, &c.
+
+Remarks on the Affairs of Trade of _England_ and _Ireland_, &c.
+
+_Officium Cleri Desiderium Populi_, or Canonical Obedience asserted and
+proved to be the Duty of Gospel Ministers, and the Desire of all good
+Hearers.
+
+_Books in_ Octavo.
+
+The Catechizing of Families, a Teacher of Householders how to teach
+their Households; useful also to School-masters and Tutors of Youth.
+
+Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, Grace, and free Justification
+vindicated against the Libertines, in two Books. The first a Breviate of
+Fifty Controversies. Second upon the re-printing of Dr. _Crisp's_
+Sermon.
+
+Full and Easy Satisfaction, which is the true Religion, in a Conference
+between a Doubter, a Papist, and a Reformed Catholic Christian.
+
+A Key for Catholics to open the jugling of the Jesuits, containing some
+Arguments by which the meanest may see the Vanity of Popery, &c.
+
+A
+
+CATECHISM
+
+For Little Children to Learn.
+
+
+Question. _Who made you?_
+
+_Answer._ GOD.
+
+Quest. _Who Redeemed you?_
+
+_Answ._ Jesus Christ.
+
+Quest. _Who Sanctifieth and preserves you?_
+
+_Answ._ The Holy Ghost.
+
+Quest. _Wherefore did God make you?_
+
+_Answ._ To Serve him.
+
+Quest. _How must he be served?_
+
+_Answ._ In Spirit and in Truth.
+
+Quest. _What is it to serve God?_
+
+_Answ._ To keep his Commandements.
+
+Quest. _How many Commandments be there?_
+
+_Answ._ Ten.
+
+Quest. _Which be they?_
+
+_Answ._ The same which God spoke 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._
+
+_Quest._ Which is the First?
+
+Answ. _Thou shalt have no other gods before me._
+
+_Quest._ Which is the Second?
+
+Answ. _Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven Image, or any likeness
+of any thing that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath,
+or that is in the Water under the Earth: thou shalt not bow down thy
+self to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,
+visiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children, unto the third
+and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto
+thousands, of them that love me and keep my Commandements._
+
+_Quest_. Which is the Third?
+
+Answ. _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_.
+
+_Quest_. Which is the Fourth?
+
+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?_
+
+_Answ._ To rest upon Him for Salvation.
+
+Quest. _What grounds of Encouragement have we to rest upon Christ for
+Salvation?_
+
+_Answ._ These six:
+
+    1. He is an only Saviour.
+    2. He is an able Saviour.
+    3. He is a willing Saviour.
+    4. He is a faithful Saviour.
+    5. He is a suitable Saviour.
+    6. He is an offered Saviour.
+
+Quest. _When is Christ offered?_
+
+_Answ._ In the Gospel.
+
+Quest. _Name some Places?_
+
+_Answ._ John 3. 16. _God so loved the World, that he gave his only
+begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
+have Everlasting Life._ John 6. 37. _Him that comes unto me, I will in
+no wise cast out._ I Tim. 1. 15. _This is a faithful saying, and worthy
+of all acceptation, that_ Jesus Christ _came into the World to save
+sinners._
+
+Quest. _Multitudes are called and invited, why do they not come to
+Christ?_
+
+_Answ._ Because they are not Humble.
+
+Quest. _Why are they not Humble?_
+
+_Answ._ Because they do not see their sins and sinfulness.
+
+Quest. _What must we do that we may see our sins and our sinfulnesses?_
+
+_Answ._ 1. We must search the Scriptures. 2. We must hear the Word of
+God Preached. 3. We must Examine our Consciences. 4. We must Pray to God
+for his Spirit.
+
+Quest. _If a poor Creature comes to Christ, crying, lamenting and
+confessing his sins, will Christ receive him?_
+
+_Answ._ YES, YES: His mercifull Arms are spread wide open to receive
+him.
+
+Quest. _What will the Lord do for such a one that comes to him?_
+
+    _Answ._ 1. He will Pardon all their sins.
+    2. He will give them Grace.
+    3. He will give them Peace.
+    4. He will Comfort them.
+    5. He will provide for them.
+    6. He will take their parts.
+    7. He will bring them to Heaven.
+
+Quest. _What is Heaven?_
+
+_Answ._ An everlasting Enjoyment of God in glory.
+
+Quest. _When the Lord has done this for a poor Creature, what must he do
+for this good God of his?_
+
+_Answ._ He must be Humble and Thankful.
+
+Quest. _How must he shew himself Humble and Thankful?_
+
+_Answ._ He must love the Lord with all his Heart, with all his Soul, and
+serve the Lord with all his strength, and he must love his Neighbour as
+himself, and for the Lords sake; and this he must do all the dayes of
+his Life.
+
+
+
+
+_VERSES,_
+
+_For little Children to Learn_.
+
+    I Must Pray
+    Both Night and Day.
+    Before I Eat,
+    I must entreat
+    That God would Bless to me my Meat.
+    I must not play
+    On the Sabbath-day:
+    But I must hear
+    God's Word in Fear.
+    I must not SWEAR.
+    I must not Lye, I must not Feign,
+    I must not take God's Name in vain.
+    I must not Rail.
+    I must not Steal.
+    It is a Sin
+    To steal a Pin,
+    Much more to steal a greater thing.
+    It's better for me to be poor,
+    And beg my Bread from door to door,
+    Than to steal my Neighbour's Store.
+    I must Work, and I must Pray,
+    And God will feed me day by day,
+    Mine honest Labours God will Bless,
+    But he hateth Idleness.
+    My King, and all my Governors,
+    My Parents and Superiors,
+    These I must Honour and Obey,
+    To these I must my Duty pay.
+    I must not be Rude nor Wild,
+    I must not be a Wanton Child:
+    I must sing no wanton Songs,
+    I must forgive my Neighbours wrongs:
+    I must speak of no Man ill,
+    But to all must bear good will:
+    I had better die
+    Than tell a Lie.
+    I must not sin,
+    A World to win.
+    My Tongue
+    Must do no wrong.
+    If my Tongue do here Rebel,
+    Then my Tongue must burn in Hell.
+    I must Read,
+    I must heed,
+    And on the Scriptures I must feed.
+    I must
+    Put my Trust
+    In Christ above,
+    The God of Love.
+    Christ alone my Soul can save,
+    And raise my Body from the Grave.
+    Christ alone must have my Heart,
+    Christ and I must never part.
+    Lord, Grant that I
+    In Faith may dye,
+    And live with Christ Eternally!
+              _AMEN._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+_SAYINGS,_
+
+_For little Children to Learn._
+
+
+Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy Youth; and thy Creator will
+remember thee in the dayes of thy Old Age.
+
+              Praying
+    Is better than Playing.
+    Grace is better than Gold.
+    Singing of Psalms
+    Is better than Ringing of Bells.
+    Mothers love young Children,
+    And Christ loves young Saints.
+    It is better not to live in the World,
+    Than to live without God in the World.
+    One day in God's Courts,
+    Is better than a thousand elsewhere.
+    God's Presence makes Heaven, and
+    God's Absence makes Hell.
+    If I draw nigh to God,
+    God will draw nigh to me.
+    In God's Favour is Life, and
+    In God's displeasure is Death.
+    If I put off my Repentance to another day,
+    I have a day more to Repent of,
+    And a day, less to Repent in.
+    Christ is a poor Sinners Hope.
+    Christ's Blood is a Souls Ransom.
+    To have a Portion in the World is a Mercy,
+    But to have the World for a Portion is Misery.
+    An Interest in Christ is the greatest Interest.
+    The Love of God is sweeter than Wine,
+    And better than Life.
+    God's Ways are the best Ways,
+    God's Peace is the best Peace, and
+    God's People are the best People.
+    The worst of the ways of GOD, are better than the
+                                   best of the ways of Sin.
+    'Tis better to suffer the greatest Suffering in the World,
+    Than to sin the least Sin in the World.
+    A poor Man is better than a Liar.
+    Without Holiness no Man shall see the Lord.
+
+
+
+    IF I BE NOT Holy,
+    Heaven cannot make me Happy.
+    I must do the Lords-Work
+    On the Lords-Day.
+    If I want a Dram of Grace to Tame my Tongue,
+    The time will come when I shall want a
+          drop of Water to Cool my
+                TONGUE.
+
+
+
+_FINIS._
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Little Catechism, 1692, by John Mason
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13274 ***