rot. What do we pray for in the first Petition? A. In the firft Petition [which is Hallowed be thy Name x] we pray, that God would enable us and o thers to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himTelf knowny; and that he would difpofe all Things to his own Glory z.

* Mat. 6. 9. y Pfal. 67. 2, 3. z Pfal. 83 throughout. Q. 102. What do we pray for in the Second Pe

tition ?

A. In the fecond Petition [which is Thy Kingdom come a] we pray, that Satan's Kingdom may be deftroyed 6, and that the Kingdom of Grace may be advanced c, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it d, and that the Kingdom of Glory may be haftened e.

Mat 6. 10. 6 Pfal. 68. 1. 18. Rev. 12. 10, II. 2 Theff. 3. 1. Rom. 10. 1. John 17 9, 20. e Rev. ge. 20,

Q103. What do we pray for in the third Petition? A. In the Third Petition [which is, Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven f we pray, that God by his Grace would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his Will in all Things g, as the Angels do in Heaven h.

f Mat. 6. 10. g Pfal. 67 throughout. Pfal. 119. 36. Mat. 26. 39. 2 Sam. 15. 25. Job 1. 21. h Pfal. 103.

20, 21.

Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth Petition? A. In the fourth Petition [which is, Give us this Day nr daily Bread i] we pray, that, of God's free Gift, we may receive a competent Portion of the good Things of this Life, and enjoy his Bleffing with them k.

i Mat. 6. 11. k Prov. 30, 8, 6. Gen. 28. 20, 1 Tim. 4. 4. 5.

Q. 105. What do we pray for in the fifth Petition? A. In the fifth Petition [which is, And forgive us our Debts, as we forgive our Debtors 1] we pray, that God, for Chrift's Sake, would freely pardon all our D d

Sins

/ Mat. 6. 12.

Sins m: Which we are the rather encouraged to ask, becaufe by his Grace we are enabled from the Heart to forgive others n.

m Pfal. 51. 1, 2, 7, 9, Dan. 9. 17, 18, 19. # Luke 1. 4. Mat. 18. 35.

Q. 106. What do we pray for in the Sixth Petition ? A. In the Sixth Petition [which is, And lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from Evil o] we pray, that God would either keep us from being tempted to Sin p, or fupport and deliver us when we are tempted q. o Mat. 6. 13. p Mat. 26. 41. q 2 Cor. 12. 7, 8. Q. 107. What doth the Conclufion of the Lord's Prayer teach us?

A. The Conclufion of the Lord's Prayer [which is, For thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory for ever. Amen r] teacheth us to take our Encouragement in Prayer from God only s, and in our Praye: s to praise him, afcribing Kingdom, Power and Glory to him. And, in Teftimony of our Defire and Affurance to be heard, we fay Amen u.

r Mat. 6. 13. s Dan. 9. 4, 7, 8, 9, 16, to 19. I Chron. 29. 10, to 13. u 1 Cor. 14. 16, to 22. Rev.

22. 20, 21.

The TEN COMMANDMENTS.

Exodus 20.

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OD fpake all thefe Words, faying, I am the Lord

of Egypt, out of the Houfe of Bondage.

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. II. 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 Waters under the Earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor ferve them: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, vifiting the Iniquity of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third and fourth Generation of them that

hate

hate Me, and fhewing Mercy unto Thousands of 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 the Sabbath-day to keep it holy : Six Days fhalt 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-fervant, nor the Maid-servant, nor thy Cattle, nor thy 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 bleffed the Sabbath Day, and hallowed it.

V. Honour thy Father and thy Mother, that thy Days may be long upon the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

VI. Thou shalt not Kill.

VII. Thou shalt not commit Adultery.

VIII. Thou shalt not Steal.

IX. Thou shalt not bear falfe Witnefs against thy Neighbour.

X Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbour's Houfe, thou fhalt not covet thy Neighbour's Wife, nor his Man-fervant, nor his Maid- fervant, nor his Ox, nor his Als nor any Thing that is thy Neighbour's.

UR Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy

in Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this Day our daily Bread; And forgive us our Debts, as we forgive our Debtors; and lead us not into Temptation, but deliver us from Evil; For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever.

Amen.
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I

The CREED.

Believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord, Which was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pon* i. e. Con- tius Pilate, Was crucified, dead and butinued in the ried; He defcended into Hell *, The State of the third Day he rofe again from the Dead, Dead, and He afcended into Heaven, and fitteth on under the Pow the right Hand of God the Father Aler of Death mighty; from thence he fhall come to till the third judge the Quick and the Dead. I believe Day. in the Holy Ghoft, The Holy Catholick Church, the Communion of Saints, The Forgiveness of Sins, the Refurrection of the Body, And the Life everlasting. Amen.

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O much of every Queftion, both in the Larger and Shorter Catechifm, is repeated in the Anfwer, as maketh every Anfwer an entire Propofition, or Sentence in itself; to the End the Learner may further improve it, upon all Occafions, for his Increase in Knowledge and Piety, even out of the Course of Catechifing as well as in it.

And albeit the Subftance of the Doctrine comprised in that Abridgment, commonly called The Apostles Greed, be fully fet forth in each of the Catechisms, fo as there is no Neceffity of inferting the Creed itfelf; yet it is here annexed, not as though it were compofed by the Apoftles, or ought to be efteemed Canonical Scrip ture, as the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Pray er (much less a Prayer, as ignorant People have been apt to make both it and the Decalogue) but because it is a brief Sum of the Chriftian Faith, agreeable, to the Word of God, and anciently received in the Churches of Chrift.

A

Solemn Acknowledgment

O F

PUBLICK SINS,

AND

Breaches of the COVENANT;

AND A

Solemn Engagement

TO ALL THE

DUTIES contained therein,

NAMEL Y,

Those which do in a more fpecial Way relate unto the Danger of thefe Times.

TOGETHER

With the Acts of the Commiffion of the General Affembly, and Act of the Committee of Estates, Anno 1648, for Renewing the League and Covenant; and Act of Parliament, Anno 1649, for Renewing the fame.