A Little Catechism, 1692 eBook

John Mason
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 9 pages of information about A Little Catechism, 1692.

A Little Catechism, 1692 eBook

John Mason
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 9 pages of information about A Little Catechism, 1692.

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?

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