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a Catechism,

That is to say, an instruction to be learned of every child, before he be brought to be confirmed of the Bishop.

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Question. Who gave you this name?

Answer. My Godfathers, and Godmothers in my Baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, the Child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.

Question. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you? Answer. They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should forsake the devil and all his works, and pomps, the vanities of the wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the articles of the Christian faith. And thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and Commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

Question. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they have promised for thee?

Answer. Yes verily; and by God's help so I will. And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end. Question. Rehearse the Articles of thy belief.

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BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven 'and of earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, which was conceived of the holy Ghost; Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Ponce Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried, he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy catholic Church. The Communion of Saints.

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munion of Saints; The forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.

Question. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy belief? Answer. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world.

Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God.

Question. You said, that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you, that you should keep God's Commandments. Tell me how many there be?

Answer. Ten.

Question. Which be they?

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HE same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of

TExodus, wying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought

thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I. 2 Thou shalt have none other Gods but me.

II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in 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 that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the 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 blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

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The forgiveness of sins. The resurrection of the body. And the life everlasting. Amen.

Question. What dost thou chiefly learn in these articles of thy belief? Answer. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world.

Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God.

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You said, that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you, that you should keep God's commandments. Tell me how many there be?

Answer. Ten.

Question. Which be they?

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II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven Image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them. For I the Lord worship them.

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visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in 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

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IV. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou and thy son and thy daughter, thy manservant and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,

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V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

Question. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments? Answer. I learn two things; my duty towards God, and my duty towards my neighbour.

Question. What is thy duty towards God?

Answer. My duty towards God is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him, with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength: to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word; and to serve him truly all the days of my life.

Question. What is thy duty towards thy neighbour?

Answer. My duty towards my neighbour is to love him as myself, and to do to all men, as I would they should do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother; To honour and obey the King, 1and all that are put in authority under him: To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors and masters; To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters; To hurt nobody by word 2nor deed To be true and just in all my dealing; To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart: To keep my hands from picking and stealing; and my tongue from evil speaking, lying, and slandering; To keep my body in temperance, soberness, and chastity; Not to covet nor desire other men's goods: but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life, unto 3 which it shall please God to call me.

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Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not steal.

IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

Question. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments? Answer. I learn two things; my duty towards God, and my duty towards my neighbour.

Question What is thy duty towards God?

Answer. My duty towards God is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him, with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength: To worship him; To give him thanks; To put my whole trust in him; To call upon him; To honour his holy name and his word, and to serve him truly all the days of my life.

Question. What is thy duty toward thy neighbour?

Answer. My duty towards my neighbour is to love him as myself; And to do to all men, as I would they should do unto me. To love, honour, and succour my father and mother; To honour and obey the King, and his Ministers. To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual Pastors and Masters; To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters. To hurt nobody by word, nor deed. To be true and just in all my dealing. To bear no malice, nor hatred in my heart. To keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue from evil speaking, lying, and slandering. To keep my body in temperance, soberness and chastity. Not to covet nor desire other men's goods. But learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life, unto which it shall please God to call me.

Question. My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace; which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer. Let me hear therefore, if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer.

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