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 I CATECHISM. 
 
 BY H. BALLOU. 
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PREFACE. Tr.H. 
 
 i>£^ CHILDREN, 
 
 SINCE Jesus Christ, out* 
 Lord and Saviour, has declared in 
 his word that you are of the king- 
 dom of heaven, you muft reafonably 
 fuppofe that your parents and guar- 
 dians are defirous of inducing you, 
 by every proper method, to apply 
 your minds to ftudy thofe fcriptures 
 which contain a revelation of and 
 concerning that ever glorious and 
 bleffed kingdom to which you be- 
 long. 
 
 For this purpofe the following 
 queftions and anfwers are compiled 
 into this little book, and for the 
 fame purpofe it is now put into 
 your hands. By committing thefe 
 queftions and anfwers to memory, 
 with the book, chapter and verfe, it 
 is believed a good beginning will be 
 made in a profitable ftudy of the 
 fcriptures, which contain a treafure 
 of heavenly wifdom more valuable 
 than all the riches of the earth. 
 
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 Should this be realifed in any 
 confiderable degree, as a ccnfequence 
 arifing from this little work, and 
 the riling generation be led thereby 
 to efteem thofe fcriptures which too 
 many, both old and young, neglect, 
 the author, who is taught by Christ 
 to love little children, will receive 
 the moll ample reward for his la- 
 bors. 
 
 Little children, love one another. 
 
 H.B. 
 
CHILD'S 
 SCRIPTURAL CATECHISM. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 J^ i. WHO created all things ? 
 A. In the beginning God created 
 the heavens and the earth. 
 
 Gen. i. %, 
 
 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to re- 
 ceive glory, and honor, and power, 
 for thou haft created all things, and 
 for thy pleafure they are and were 
 created. 
 
 Rev. iv. ii. 
 
 4^ 2. Were all things good which 
 God created ? 
 
 A, And God faw every thing 
 that he had made, and, behold, it 
 was very good. 
 
 Gsn. i. %\. 
 
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 SEC. II. 
 
 ^ 3. In what ftate did God cre- 
 ate man ? 
 
 A And God faid, let us make 
 man in our image, after our like- 
 nefs ; and let them have dominion 
 over the fish of the sea, and over 
 the fowl of the air, and over the 
 cattle, and over all the earth, and 
 over every creeping thing that creep- 
 eth upon the earth. So God creat- 
 ed man in his own image : in the 
 image of God created he him \ male 
 and female created he them. 
 
 Gen. i. 26, 27. 
 
 Y 4J. 4. Is man's dominion over the 
 works of God's hands again fpoken 
 of in fcripture ? 
 
 A* Thou madeft him to have do- 
 minion over the works of thy 
 hands \ thou haft put all things un- 
 der his feet. 
 
 Pfalm viii. 6. 
 
 4^ 5. "What is the image of God 
 in which man was created ? 
 
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 A. God, who at fundry times, 
 
 and in diverfe manners, fpake in 
 time paft unto the fathers by the 
 prophets, hath in thefe laft days 
 fpoken unto us by his Son, whom 
 he hath appointed heir of all things, 
 by whom alfo he made the worlds ; 
 who being the brightnefs of his glo- 
 ry, and the exprefs image of his 
 perfon, and upholding all things by 
 the word of his power, when he 
 had by himfelf purged our fins, fet 
 down on the right hand of the Ma- 
 jefty on high. 
 
 Heb- i- I, 2, 3. 
 
 Who hath delivered us from 
 the power of darknefs, and hath 
 translated us into the kingdom of 
 his dear Son ; in whom we have re- 
 demption through his blood, even 
 the forgiven efs of fins ; who is the 
 image of the invifible God, the firft 
 born of every creature. 
 
 Loi i. 13: 14, 15. 
 
 .§. 6. How is the dominion of 
 man over the works of God's hands, 
 and the fubjugation of all things un- 
 
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 der him, as expreffed in the 8th 
 Pfalm, explained ? 
 
 A, Thou madeft him a little lower 
 than the angels : thou crownedft 
 him with glory and honor, and didft 
 fet him over the works of thy hands; 
 thou haft put all things in fubjection 
 under his feet. For in that he put 
 all in fubjeclion under him, he left 
 nothing that is not put under him. 
 But now we fee not yet all things 
 put under him : but we fee Jesus, 
 who was made a little lower than 
 the angels for the fufFering of death, 
 
 CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HON- 
 OR ; that he by the grace of God 
 mould tafle death for every man. 
 
 fieb n. 7, 8. 9. 
 
 For in him dwelleth all the fullnefs 
 of the Godhead bodily. And ye 
 are complete in him, which is the 
 head of all principality and power. 
 
 Col. ii 9, fO. 
 
 I would have you to know that 
 the head of every man is Chrift. 
 
 1 Cor. xi 3. 
 
SEC. III. 
 
 ^. 7. In what ftate was man firft 
 formed ? 
 
 A. And the Lord God formed 
 man of the duft of the ground, and 
 breathed into his noftrils the breath 
 of life j and man became a living 
 foul. 
 
 Gen. ii. 7. 
 
 For the creature was made sub- 
 ject to vanity, not willingly, but 
 by reafon of him who fubjected the 
 fame in hope. 
 
 Rot?*, viii. 20. 
 
 £». 8. What is the firft command 
 which was given to man after he 
 was formed of the duft of the 
 ground and made fubjecr. to vanity ? 
 
 A. And the Lord God command- 
 ed the man, faying, of every tree 
 of the garden thou mayeft freely 
 eat ; but of the tree of the knowl- 
 edge of good and evil thou fhall not 
 eat of it. 
 
 Gen, ii. 16, 17. 
 
 i£. 9. Was this command difo* 
 beyed ? 
 
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 A. AncJ when the woman faw 
 that the tree was good for food, and 
 that it was pleafant to the eyes, and 
 a tree to be defired to make one 
 wife, flie took of the fruit thereof, 
 and did eat ; and gave alfo unto her 
 hufband with her, and he did eat. 
 
 Gen. Hi. 6. 
 
 i£. io. What did God forewarn 
 man would be the confequence of 
 his partaking of the forbidden fruit ? 
 
 A. In the day that thou eateft 
 thereof thou malt furely die. 
 
 Gen. ii. 17. 
 
 j^. il« Was it through deception 
 that the woman was enticed to eat 
 of the forbidden fruit ? 
 
 A, Now the serpent was more 
 subtle than any beaft of the field 
 which the Lord God had made. 
 And he faid unto the woman, yea, 
 hath God faid, ye mall not eat of eve- 
 ry tree of the garden ? And the 
 ferpent faid unto the woman, ye 
 ihall not furely die : for God doth 
 know that, in the dav ve eat there- 
 
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 of then your eyes fliall be opened ; 
 and ye fhall be as gods, knowing 
 good and evil. 
 
 Gen. iii. I, 4, 5. 
 
 For Adam was firft formed, then 
 Eve. And Adam was not deceived; 
 
 but the WOMAN BEING DECEIVED, 
 
 was in the tranfgreflion. 
 
 1 Tim. ii. 13, 14. 
 
 «9. 12. How is this temptation, 
 fin and death explained ? 
 
 A. Let no man fay, when he is 
 tempted, I am tempted of God : for 
 God cannot be tempted with evil, 
 neither tempteth he any man : but 
 every man is tempted, when he is 
 drawn away of his own luft, and en- 
 ticed. Then when luft hath con- 
 ceived, it bringeth forth fin ; and 
 fin, when it is finifhed, bringeth 
 forth death. 
 
 James i. 13, 14, 15. 
 
 ^13. Did death enter into the 
 world by £n ? 
 
 A. By one man fin entered into 
 the world, and death by fin \ and 
 
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 ib death patted upon all men, for 
 that all have finned. 
 
 Rom. v. 12. 
 i£. 14. How is the death, which 
 is the confequence of fin, explained ? 
 A. And you hath he quickened, 
 who were dead in trespasses and 
 sins. Even when we were dead in 
 sins, hath he quickened us together 
 with Chrift. 
 
 EpL ii. I, 5. 
 
 SEC. IV. 
 
 ^ 1 5. "What is God, the creator 
 of all things ? 
 
 A. God is a spirit : and they 
 that worfhip him, muft worfhip him 
 in fpirit and in truth. 
 k . St. John iv. 24. 
 
 God is love. 
 
 1 John iv. 8. 
 
 g. 16. Is there more God's than 
 one ? 
 
 A. The Lord our God is one 
 Lord. 
 
 Deut, vi. 4. 
 
 There is but one God. 
 
 1 Cer» viii. 6* 
 
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 Q. 17. What character does Go& 
 
 ftandin, in relation to us ? 
 
 A . Have we not all one father ? 
 
 Hath not one God created us ? 
 
 Mai ii. 10. 
 
 After this manner, therefore, pray 
 ye : Our father which art in heav- 
 en ; hallowed be thy name. 
 
 Mat. vi. 9. 
 
 For we are alfo his offspring. 
 
 Atts xv ii. 28. 
 
 J£. 18. If God be love and a 
 
 FATHER tO ALL, is he not GOOD tO 
 ALL his WORKS ? 
 
 A. The Lord is good to all ; 
 and his tender mercies are over 
 all his works. Thou openeft thine 
 hand, and fatisfieft the defire of eve- 
 ry living thing. 
 
 Pfalm cxlv. 9, 16. 
 
 SEC. V. 
 j£. 19. What is the firft promife 
 of the Saviour ? 
 
 A. And I will put enmity be- 
 tween thee and the woman, and be- 
 tween thy feed and her feed : it 
 
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 fhall bruife thy head and thou fliak 
 bruife his heel. 
 
 Gen. iii. 15. 
 
 J£. 20. Is the Saviour called the 
 feed of Abraham ? 
 
 A. In Ifaac ftiall thy feed be call- 
 ed. 
 
 Gen. xxt. 12. 
 
 And in thy feed mail all the na- 
 tions of the earth be bleffcd. 
 
 Gen. xxii. 18. 
 
 4^ 21. Does the fcripture any 
 where fay that this feed is Chrift ? 
 
 A. Now to Abraham and to his 
 
 feed were the promifes made. He 
 
 faith not, and to feeds, as of many : 
 
 but as of one, and to thy feed, 
 
 which is Chrift. 
 
 Gal. iii. 16. 
 
 J£. 22. What is the blMing which 
 is promifed to all the nations of 
 the earth in Christ ? 
 
 A. And the fcriptures forefeeing 
 that God would justify the hea- 
 then through faith, preached be- 
 fore the gospel unto Abraham fay* 
 
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 ing, in thee fhall all nations be 
 
 JBLESSED. 
 
 SEC. VI. 
 
 Q, 23. Is Chrift called the Son of 
 God ? 
 
 A. Thou art Christ the Son of 
 the living God. 
 
 Mtf. xvi. 16. 
 And we believe, and are fare, that 
 thou art that Christ, the Son of 
 the living God. 
 
 St. John vi. 69. 
 
 J-^ 24. For what purpofe did 
 God fend his Son into the world ? 
 
 A. For God fent not his Son into 
 the world to condemn the world ; 
 but that the world through him 
 might be faved. 
 
 St John iii. 17. 
 
 For I came down from heaven, 
 not to do mine own will, but the 
 will of him that fent me. And this 
 is the Father's will which hath fent 
 me, that of all which he hath giv- 
 en me I fhould lofe nothing, but 
 
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 fliould raife it up again at the laft 
 day. 
 
 St. John vii. 38, 39. 
 
 Q 25. Who has the Father giv- 
 en to Chrift ? 
 
 A. I will declare the decree ; the 
 Lord hath faid unto me, thou art 
 my Son ; this day have I begotten 
 thee. Afk of me, and I mall give 
 thee the heathen for thine inheri- 
 tance, and the uttermoft parts of the 
 earth for thy poifeflion. 
 
 Pjalm ii. 7, 8. 
 
 J^ 26. What is the nature of the 
 
 fihation with which Chrifl came to 
 
 fave the world, or his people, which 
 
 are the uttermoii parts of the earth ? 
 
 A. And me fhall bring forth a 
 fon, and thou malt call his name 
 Jesus ; for he fhally^ his people from 
 their Jim. 
 
 Mat i. at. 
 
 And ye know that he was mani- 
 fefted to take away our fins. 
 
 1 John iii. $. 
 
SEC. VII. 
 
 Q 27. What is fin ? 
 
 A. Whofocvcr committeth fin 
 tranfgreffeth alfo the law ; for fin is 
 the tranfgreffion of the law* 
 
 1 John iii. 4. 
 
 Q 28. What is the fum of all the 
 law and the prophets as explained 
 by Chrift. 
 
 A, jefus faith unto him, thou 
 {halt love the Lord thy God'with all 
 thy heart, and with all thy foul, and 
 with all thy mind. This is the fir ft 
 and great commandment. And the 
 fecond is like unto it, thou fhall 
 love thy neighbour as thyfelf. On 
 thefe two commandments hang all 
 the law and the prophets. 
 
 Mat- xxii. 37, 38, 39, 40. 
 
 Q. 29. There are many command- 
 ments in the law ; are they all ful- 
 filled by love ? 
 
 A, Owe no man any thing, but 
 to love one another : for he that 
 ioveth another hath fulfilled the law* 
 
 r this, thou fliall not commit 
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 adultery, thou fhalt not kill, thou 
 fhalt not fteal, thou {halt not bear 
 falfe witnefs, thou fhalt not covet ; 
 and if there be any other command- 
 ment, it is briefly comprehended in 
 this faying, namely, thou lhalt love 
 thy neighbour as thyfelf. Love 
 worketh no ill to his neighbour : 
 therefore love is the fulfilling of the 
 law. 
 
 ^ Rom. xiii. 8, 9, 10. 
 
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 SEC. VIII. 
 
 j^ 30. Was it neceffary, accord- 
 ing to the law of Mofes, and the 
 testimonies of the prophets, that 
 Chrift mould fufFer death ? 
 
 A. Then he faid unto them, O 
 fools, and flow of heart to believe 
 all that the prophets have fpoken ! 
 Ought not Chrift to have fuffered 
 thefe things, and to enter into his 
 glory ? And begining at Mofes and 
 all the prophets, he expounded unto 
 them in all thefcriptures the things 
 concerning himfelf. 
 
 St. Luke xxiv. 25, 26, 17. 
 
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 ^.31. Was it neceffary for Chrift 
 
 to die that he might deftroy him who 
 had the power of death ? 
 
 zf. Forafmuch then as the chil- 
 dren are partakers of flefh and blood, 
 he alfo himfelf likewiie took part of 
 the fame ; that through death he 
 might deftroy him that had the 
 power of death, that is, the devil ; 
 and deliver them who, through fear 
 of death, were all their lifetime fub- 
 jecl to bondage. 
 
 Heb. ii. 14, 15. 
 
 .9. 32. Was the death of Chrift 
 neceffary to commend the love of 
 God to us ? 
 
 A. But God commendeth his 
 love toward us, in that, while we 
 were yet finners, Chrift died for us. 
 
 Rom. v. 8. 
 
 j^ 33. Does God love men while 
 they are dead in fins ? 
 
 A. But God who is rich in mer- 
 cy, for his great love wherewith he 
 loved us, even when we were dead 
 in fins, hath quickened us together 
 with Chrift. 
 
 fyt>. ii. 4, 5- 
 
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 ^ 34. Did God fend his fori into 
 the world becajjfe he loved the 
 world ? 
 
 A. For God fo loved the world that 
 he fent his only begotten fon, that 
 whofoever believeth in him ihould 
 not perifh, but have everlafting life. 
 
 St. JohnXil 16. 
 
 J^ 35. Does God's love and the 
 manifeftation of it, caufe us to love; 
 him ? 
 
 A . We love him, becaufe he firft 
 loved us. 
 
 1 John iv. 19. 
 
 SEC. IX. 
 
 j^ 36. Does not Chrifl teach the 
 neceflity of being born again ? 
 
 A. Jefus anfwered and faid unto 
 him, verily, verily, I fay unto thee, 
 except a man be born again, he can- 
 not fee the kingdom of God. 
 
 I John iii. 3. 
 
 J£. 37. By what fimilitude did 
 Chrifl illuftrate the fpiritual agen- 
 cy in, and the procefs of, the new 
 birth f 
 
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 A. The wind bloweth where it 
 lifteth, and thou heareft the found 
 thereof, but canft not tell whence it 
 cometh, and whither it goeth : fo is 
 every one that is born of the fpirit. 
 
 St. John iii. 8. 
 
 «$. 38. How is the new birth fur- 
 ther explained ? 
 
 A. But as many as received him, 
 to them gave he power to become 
 the fons of God, even to them that 
 believe on his name : which were 
 born^ not of blood, nor of the will 
 of the flefh, nor of the will of man, 
 but of God. 
 
 St. John i 12, 13. 
 
 But after that the kindnefs and 
 love of God our Saviour to- 
 ward man appeared, not by works 
 of righteoufnefs which we have 
 done, but according to his mercy he 
 faved us, by the wajhing of regenera- 
 lion, and renewing of the Holy Ghq/i ; 
 which he fhed on us abundantly 
 through Jefus Chrift our Saviour. 
 Tiiur iii. 4, 5, 6. 
 
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 Being born again, not of corrup- 
 tible feed, but of incorruptible, by 
 the word of God, which liveth and 
 abideth forever. 
 
 I Peter i. 23. 
 
 J^ 39. By what evidence may wc 
 know whether we are born of God, 
 or not ? 
 
 A. We know that we have pajfed 
 from death unto life^ becaufe we love the 
 brethren : he that loveth not his 
 brother abideth in death. 
 
 1 John iii. 14. 
 
 Beloved, let us love one another : 
 for love is of God ; and every one 
 that loveth is born of God, and 
 knoweth God. 
 
 1 John iv. 7. 
 
 SEC. X. 
 
 Ǥ. 40. Has God revealed the 
 council of his will and divine pur- 
 pofe in regard to the final flate of 
 mankind ? 
 
 A. Having made known unto us 
 the myftery of his will,' according 
 to his good pleafure, which he hath 
 
purpofed in himfelf : that, in the 
 difpenfation of the fulnefs of times, 
 he might gather together in one all 
 things in Chrift, both which are in 
 heaven,and which are on earth, even 
 in him. 
 
 Epb. \. 9, 10. 
 For it pleafed the Father, that in 
 Lim mould all fulnefs dwell ; and 
 (having made peace through the 
 blood of his crofs) by him to recon- 
 cile all things unto himfelf; by him, 
 I fay, whether they be things in 
 earth, or things in heaven. 
 
 Col i. 19, 20. 
 
 Who will have all men to be faved, 
 and to come unto the knowledge of 
 the truth* 
 
 1 Tim. ii. 4. 
 
 J£\ 41. Do the fcriptures teach us 
 that God will do his pleafure accord- 
 ing to the foregoing icriptures ? 
 
 A. My counfel fhall ftand and 1 
 will do all my pleafure. 
 
 I fa'tah xlvi. to- 
 
 The pleafure of the Lord fhall 
 profpcr in his hand. 
 
 Ifaiah\\\\, IO. 
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 Who worketh all things after the 
 eounfel of his own will. 
 
 Eph. i. 1 1. 
 
 Q. 42. In the reconciling of all 
 things to God, through the peace 
 made by the blood of the crofs, will 
 the grace of God abound as exten- 
 fively as fin hath abounded ? 
 
 A. Moreover, the law entered 
 that the offence might abound ; but 
 where fin abounded, grace did much 
 more abound ; that as fin hath 
 reigned unto death, even fo might 
 grace reign through righteoufnefs 
 unto eternal life, by Jefus Chrift our 
 Lord. 
 
 Rom. v. 21, 22. 
 
 Q. 43. As we have feen that all 
 men have fallen under the condemna- 
 tion of death having all actually par- 
 taken of fin which entered into the 
 world by one man, may we expeel: 
 that the juftification through Chrift 
 unto life, will be as univerfally ex- 
 tended ? 
 
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 A. Therefore, as by the offence 
 
 of one judgment came upon all m n 
 to condemnation ; even fo by the 
 righteoufncfs of one, the free gift 
 came upon all men unto juflification 
 of life. 
 
 Rom. ▼. i8. 
 
 O. 44. As the fcripture faith, he 
 
 L that loveth not his brother abideth 
 
 ^ fri iJ eath, muft not the law which is 
 
 love, be written in the heart of man 
 
 in order for him to be juftified unto 
 
 life? 
 
 A. But this (hall be the covenant 
 that I will make with the houfe of 
 Ifrael ; after thofe days, faith the 
 Lord, 1 will put my law in their in- 
 ward parts, and write it in their 
 hearts ; and will be their God, and 
 they (hall be my people.. 
 
 Jeremiah xxxi 33. 
 
 For this is the covenant that I 
 will make with the houfe of Ifrael, 
 after thofe days, faith the Lord, I 
 will put my laws into their mind, 
 and write them in their hearts : and 
 I will be unto them a God, and they 
 fhall be to me a people. 
 
 C Heb> viii. 10. 
 
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 Jf . 45. If by the righteoufnefs o( 
 one, who is the Lord our righteouf- 
 nefs, the free gift came upon all men 
 unto juftification of life^ will not as 
 many be made alive in the righte- 
 oufnefs of Chrift as die in thtjin of 
 the earthly Adam ? 
 
 A. As in Adam all die, even fo in 
 Chrift fhall all be made alive. 
 
 1 Cor. xv. 2 2. 
 
 i^ 46. If where fin abounded 
 grace did much more abound, and 
 if all men are juftified unto life, and if 
 all who die in Adam are finally made 
 alive in Chrift, will God caft any off 
 forever, will he not have mercy on 
 all? 
 
 A. For the Lord will not caft off 
 forever : but though he caufe grief, 
 yet will he have companion accord- 
 ing to the multitude of his mercies. 
 For lie doth not afflict willingly nor 
 grieve the children of men. 
 
 Lamentations ill! 31*32, 33. 
 
 For God hath concluded them all 
 in unbelief, that he might have mer- 
 cy upon all. 
 
 Rom. xi. 32. 
 
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 SEC. XL 
 
 O. 47. Does God, in his divine 
 providence, chaftife mankind for 
 their wickednefs and does he render 
 unto every man according to his 
 deeds ? 
 
 A. My fon, defpife not the chaf- 
 tening of the Lord ; neither be wea- 
 ry of his correction : for whom the 
 Lord loveth he correcleth, even as a 
 father the fon in whom he delight- 
 eth. Prov. iii. 12, 13. 
 
 Who will render to every man 
 according to his deeds. 
 
 Rem ii. 6. 
 
 O. 48. If God have mercy on all 
 and render to every man according 
 to his works, in his judgments, may 
 we not praife him for both his mer- 
 cy and judgments ? 
 
 A. I will fing of mercy and judg- 
 ment : unto thee, O Lord, will I fing. 
 
 Ffalms ci. 1. 
 I 
 LORD help my youthful lips to fing 
 The honors of my God and king, 
 Write on my tender, growing mind : 
 Thy judgments juft, thy mercies kind. 
 
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 Print in my heart thy love and fear : 
 My duty make my conftant care, 
 From vile temptations turn my eyes 
 And make thy fimple child more wife. 
 
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 Should ftubbomnefs in me prevail, 
 M^ke me thy chaftening rod to feel ; 
 That rod which melts the haughty down 
 Is mercy fmiling in a frown. 
 
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 That life and peace which Jefus gives, 
 In which the foul that's humble lives; 
 May I thro* truth and mercy (hare, 
 And be, O Lord, thy conftant care. 
 
 SEC. XII. 
 
 £K 49. What is the duty of chil- 
 dren to their parents ? 
 
 A. Honor thy father and thy 
 mother, as the Lord thy God hath 
 commanded thee. 
 
 Deut. v. 16. 
 
 Children, obey your parents in the 
 Lord, for this is right. Honor thy 
 father and thy mother (which is the 
 firft commandment with promife) 
 that it may be well with thee, and 
 thou mayeft live long on the earth. 
 
 £ph. vi. 1, 2, 3. 
 
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 Children, obey your parents in all 
 things, for this is well pleating unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 Col. iii. 20. 
 
 J£. 50. What has Jefus fpoken 
 for our inftrucrion and comfort re- 
 fpecting little children ? 
 
 A. And they brought young chil- 
 dren to him, that he fhould touch 
 them ; and his difciples rebuked 
 them that brought them. But when 
 Jefus faw it he was much difpleafed, 
 and faid unto them, fuffer the little 
 children to come unto me, and for- 
 bid them not : for of fuch is the 
 kingdom of God. Verily I fay unto 
 you, whofoever fhall not receive the 
 kingdom of God as a little child, 
 he fhall not enter therein. And he 
 took them up in his arms, put his 
 hands upon them and bleffed them. 
 Si. Murk s 13 4 15. 16 
 
 Children are an heritage of the 
 Lord. 
 
 Pfafrn exxvii. 3, 
 
 And he took a child, and fet him 
 in the midfl of them ; and when he 
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 had taken him in his arms, he faid 
 
 unto them, whofoever mall receive 
 
 one of fuch children in my name, re- 
 
 ceiveth me ; and whofoever receiv- 
 
 eth me, receiveth not me, but him 
 
 that fent me. 
 
 Mark \% 36, 37/ 
 
 i^ 5 1 • What is the duty of fer- 
 vants to their guardians or mailers ? 
 
 A. Servants, obey in all things 
 your matters according to the fleih ; 
 not with eye fervice, as men-pleafers, 
 but in finglenefs of heart, fearing 
 God. 
 
 Col. iii. 2 2. 
 
 .% 52. Do the fcriptures recom- 
 mend to youth an early attention to 
 their Creator, and the things of re- 
 ligion ? 
 
 A. Remember now thy Creator 
 in the days of thy youth, while the 
 evil days come not, nor the years 
 draw nigh, when thou fhalt fay, I 
 have no pleafure in them. ' 
 
 Eccl xii. 1. 
 
 Train up a child in the way he 
 mould go ; and when he is old he 
 will not depart from it. 
 
 Prov* xxi'; 6. 
 
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 And that from a child thou haft 
 
 known the holy fcriptures, which 
 
 are able to make thee wife unto fal- 
 
 vation through faith which is in 
 
 Chrift Jems. 
 
 1 Tim. iii. 15. 
 
 O. 53. What account have we of 
 the attention of the bleffed Jefus to 
 his father's bufinefs at the tender 
 age of twelve years ? 
 
 A. And it came to pafs, that af- 
 ter three days they found him in 
 the temple, fitting in the midit of 
 the Doctors, both hearing them, and 
 aiking them queftions. And all that 
 heard him were aftonifhed at his un- 
 derstanding and anfwers. And when 
 they faw him they were amazed : 
 and his mother faid unto him, fon, 
 why haft thou thus dealt with us ? 
 behold thy father and 1 have fought 
 thee forrowing. And he laid unto 
 them, how is it that ye fought me ? 
 v. iit ye not that 1 rnuft be about my 
 Father's bufinefs ? 
 
 St. Luks ii. 46, 47, 48,49. 
 
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 So early did my Lord begin 
 
 A finfui world to fave, 
 From fuperftition, death and fin. 
 For which his life he gave. 
 
 2 
 
 Where doctors of divinity 
 
 In learn'd debates engage ; 
 On man's laft end or deftiny 
 
 And fcan the facred page, 
 
 3 
 At twelve years old was Jefus found. 
 
 With heav'nly truih and love, 
 
 An i did thofe doctors learn'd confound 
 
 With wifdom from above. 
 
 4 
 O, may I learn to bear his crofs, 
 
 His wiioGm to obtain ; 
 All *orldiy wifdom court as drofs, 
 
 Compared with Jefus* name. 
 
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 SEC. XIII. 
 
 Q. 54. Did the Lord Jefus rife 
 from the dead ? * 
 
 A. The Lord is rifen indeed. 
 
 St, Juke XXiV. 34. 
 
 "Who was delivered for our offen- 
 ces and was railed again for our juf- 
 tification. 
 
 Rom. iv. 25. 
 
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 dead,does not his gofpel teach us the 
 doctrine of life and immortality ? 
 
 A. Who hath faved us, and called 
 us with an holy calling, not accord- 
 ing to our works, but according to 
 his own purpofe and grace, which 
 was given us in Chrift Jefus before 
 the world began ; but is now made 
 manifeft by the appearing of our 
 Saviour Jefus Chrift, who hath abol- 
 ifhed death, and hath brought life 
 and immortality to light through 
 
 the gofpel. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 9, io. 
 
 I 
 Death abolifiVd, now we fing, 
 Jtfus makes an end of fin, 
 Riii ng from the Pilent tomb, 
 Smiling in immortal bloom. 
 
 2 
 
 Death no more (hall us difmay, 
 Hope receives a heav'nly ray, 
 From the world of light above, 
 Prom the fount of endlefs love. 
 
 3 
 Death has yielded up his fting» 
 To our Lord a conquering king, 
 Ending now all fintul ftrife, 
 Death is fwallow'd up of life. 
 
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 4 
 Glory unto Jefus biing, 
 Hark ! methinks the angels fing I 
 Grant, O Lord, a child like me 
 This thy immortality. 
 
 THE CHILD'S PRAYER 
 
 FOR THE MORNING. 
 
 FATHER in Heaven, in whofe 
 hand my breath is, and by whofe fa- 
 vor I have been fpared from death 
 through the paft night ; by whofe 
 goodnefs alfo, I have been refrefhed 
 with quiet fleep, and now enjoy the 
 bleffing of health, and rejoice in the 
 light of this morning, moft gra- 
 cioufly be pleafed to grant that my 
 heart may be truly thankful for 
 thefe and all thy mercies. Moft mer- 
 cifully grant thy bleffing to attend 
 me through the day, that I may 
 ferve thee with a fingle eye, and 
 honor my father and my mother in 
 the difcharge of every duty. Amen. 
 
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 THE CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 FATHER of my fpirit and giver 
 of life, moft gracioufly afllffc a feeble 
 child to return thee fuitable thanks 
 for all the bleflings of the day pad ; 
 and may thy guardian providence 
 attend my fleeping hours and bring 
 me refreshed with fleep, to enjoy 
 the coming day in thy moft delight- 
 ful fervice. Amen. 
 
 A GENERAL PRAYER. 
 
 MOST holy and gracious Father 
 in Heaven, be pleafed in mercy to 
 affift thy humble child to afk of 
 thee, in the flame of my ever blefled 
 Saviour, a gracious pardon of all 
 my fins, and true penitence of heart 
 that I may fin no more. Continue 
 thy divine favor in the beftowment 
 of food and raiment, day by day, 
 and the ftill greater bleffing of 
 health, never fuffering my heart to 
 become ungrateful. 
 
 May I always be as willing to for- 
 give thofe who injure me, as I am 
 to expect thy pardon of my owji 
 offences. Amen. 
 

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