These Six laft Commandments, which are called the Second Table, are a Righteous Inftitution of our Duty towards our Neighbour. And the Sum thereof is what is meant in the laft Commandment, viz. To love him as ourselves. This, as our Saviour tells us, is the Second great Commandment; and fo as a Lieutenant it brings up the Rear.,

IV. The Fourth Branch of our Divifion is that which concerneth Prayer, Chap. 4. And here you are pre-inftructed in the Reafons and Grounds of Prayer, the Ufe of it, and fome neceffary Properties, or Qualifications of it, namely, Conftancy and Diligence.

Thefe are the fubject Matters of that preparatory Inftruction, (Saying, My good Child, know this, that thou art not able of thyself to do these things, &c.) And then you are called upon to fay the Lord's Prayer as followeth. Our Father, which art in Heaven, &c.

This moft admirable Form of Prayer is called the Lord's Prayer, because it was compofed by our Bleffed Lord himself, to be a Pattern of Prayer; according to which, and alfo a Form of Prayer, by, or with which, we ought to pray. And 'tis reducible to Four Parts, viz.c

i. The Addrefs or Pre

face.

Our Father, which art in Heaven. Sect. 1.

2.

Hallowed be thy Name.

2. Some Petitions that Thy Kingdom come.

more immediately relate! to God.

Thy Will be done in
Earth, as it is in Heaven.
Sect. 2.

Give us this Day our
daily Bread.
And forgive us our Tref-
paffes, as we forgive them
that trefpafs against us.
And lead us not into
Temptation, &c. Sect. 3.

For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever, Amen. Sect. 4.

And to teach you what it is that you defire in this Prayer, it is briefly explained to you in this Part of our Catechifm.

V. The Fifth Branch thereof is concerning the Chriftian Sacrament, viz. Baptism and the Lord's Supper, fee Chap. 5. And the Matters contained therein are all the following Particulars, viz.

1. The Number of the Evangelical Sacraments...

2. Their Neceffity.

3. The common Nature and the effential Parts thereof, viz.

Two only,viz. Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

They are generally neceffary to Salvation.

An outward visible Sign of an inward Spiritual Grace

4. The

4 The Author ofed by Chrift himself.

Given unto us, ordain

them.

fes.

To be a Means whereby we receive the fame

5. Their Ends and V-(viz. Spiritual and in

ward Grace) and alfo a Pledge to affure us there

of.

Water, wherein the Perfon is baptized, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft.

A Death unto Sin and a New Birth unto Righteoufnefs; for being by Nature born in Sin, and Children of Wrath, we are hereby, made Children of Grace.

Repentance, whereby they forfake Sin; and Faith, whereby they stedfaftly believe the Promifes of God made to them in that Sacrament....

Altho' by reafon of their tender Age they cannot perform them (i.e. Faith and Repentance) yet they promise them

both by their Sureties, which Promife when they come to Age, themselves are bound to perform.

10. The

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The continual Remembrance of the Sacrifice of the Death of Chrift,and of the Benefits that we receive thereby.

Bread and Wine which, the Lord hath commanded to be received.

The Body and Blood of Chrift, which are verily and indeed taken and received by the Faithful in the Lord's Supper.

The Strengthning and refreshing of our Souls by the Body and Blood of Chrift, as our Bodies are by the Bread and Wine.

To examine themselves whether they repent them truly of their former Sins, ftedfastly purpofing to lead a new Life, have a lively Faith in God's Mercy through Chrift, with a thankful Remembrance of his

Death, and be in Charity with all Men.

All these Points of Doctrine concerning the Chriftian Sacraments, are diftinctly contained and taught you in this Part of your Catechifm. But as fome of thefe Particulars are common to both the Sacraments, fome proper to one, others to the other of them; they are all reducible to these Three Heads, viz.

1. Con

I. Concerning the two Sacraments in general. See Sect.1.

II. Concerning Baptifm,

III. Concerning the Lord's Supper,

1

Sect. 2.

Sect. 3.

These are the Points and Principles that the Catechifm consists of, and into which it is refolvible. It immediately refolves itself into Five fpecial Parts, and each of thefe into feveral lefs Particulars: The First into Five. The Second into Twelve. The Third into Ten. The Fourth into Four. The Fifth into Fourteen, or more compendiously into Three. And fo the Catechifm prefents itself in the Similitude of a Tree. The whole Catechism is as the whole Tree. The five firft Parts are as fo' many Master-Limbs; and the Particulars of thofe Parts are as fo many Smaller Branches. And they are here first exhibited in their Dependencies and proper Places, in order to a fuller and methodical Explication of them, in the following Manner. But to apply this more familiarly to the Capacities of the Young and Ignorant, I fhall propound it Catechetically, by way of Question and Answer.

The Divifi

teshism.

The Questions and Answers.

Q. What are the Principles or chief Parts of this Catechifm?

A. They are thofe five that have been

es of the Ca- fpecified in the Analysis, viz. The several Explications of

See the Amalyfis.

1. The Chriftian Covenant.

2. The Chriftian Faith, &c.

Q. In what Place of your Catechifm have you thefe chief Parts thereof?

i

A. The first is contained in the four

Preliminary Questions.

19.

The