1. What is to believe [111. 15.] in God?

To feel sure that He is God [v. 3.], and that the

Bible is His word.

2. What is to fear God?

To feel afraid of displeasing Him.

3. What is to love God?

To feel thankful for His goodness, and fond of doing His will. [111. 13.]

4. How are you bound to feel these things?

With all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength.

5. What does this mean?

With all that is within me, as much as ever I am able.

6. What else are you bound to do towards God?

To worship Him, that is devoutly to adore [x. 10.] Him.

7. What further are you bound to do?

To give Him thanks, that is to praise Him for His goodness.

8. What further?

To put my whole trust, or reliance in Him. 9. What next are you bound to?

To call upon Him, that is to pray to Him.

10. What else?

To honour His holy name [xI. 5.] and His word, which is the Bible. [xx. 1.]

11. What lastly are you to do?

To serve him truly, or in real earnest, all the days of my life. [111. 21.]

XXI. What is your duty towards your neighbour?

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 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 no body by word or deed. To be true and just in all my dealings. 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 which it shall please God to call me.

1. What does this duty amount to?

That I should love my neighbour as myself.

2. What is the way to do this?

To do to all men as I would they should do unto

me.

3. What then must you do to your parents?

Love, honour, and succour, that is help and assist, them.

4. How are you to do these things?

Just as, if I were to have children, I should wish them to do unto me.

5. Whom besides are you bound to honour and obey? ? The king, and all that are put in authority under him.

6. Who are these?

All magistrates, and their officers.

7. To whom else must you submit yourself?

To all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors, and

masters.

8. Who are these?

All who give me correction and instruction, especially the ministers of religion.

9. And who are your betters?

All who are in any way above myself.

10. How are you to behave towards them?

To order myself lowly, that is with humility, and reverently, that is with respect.

11. How is it your duty to behave to all people?

So as to hurt no one either in word [xvII. 2.] or deed.

12. And how deal with others?

So as to be true that is sincere, and just that is fair, in all my dealings. [xvi. 2.]

13. What further is your duty towards them?

To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart. [xiv. 2.] 14. What does this mean?

That I must not cherish so much as the wish to injure them.

15. How ought you to order your own hands?

To keep, that is restrain them, from picking and stealing. [XVI. 1.]

16. And your tongue?

From evil speaking, lying, and slandering. [xv11. 2.] 17. And how must you keep your body?

In temperance, soberness, and chastity. [xv. 2.]

18. And how your mind?

So as not to covet nor desire other mens goods. [XVIII.]

19. What rather ought you to do for yourself?

To learn and labour truly to get mine own living. 20. What lastly are you bound to do?

To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.

XXII. My good child, know this, that you are are not able to do these things of yourself, nor to walk in the commandments of God and to serve him, without his special grace, which you must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer: let me hear therefore if you can say the Lord's Prayer.

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done

in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

1. What is prayer?

It is to ask of God from the heart. 2. Why call you this the Lord's prayer?

Because it was taught us by Jesus Christ our Lord. 3. How do you address this prayer?

Our Father [v. 4.] which art in heaven. [v. 24.] 4. What first do you pray to Him?

Hallowed [XII. 10.] be Thy name, [XI. 5.] that is let it be held in holy reverence.

5. What next do you pray?

Thy kingdom come, [v. 40.]; that is, let the promise of Thy coming be soon fulfilled.

6. What next?

Thy will [111.13.] be done in earth as it is in heaven. 7. How is that?

Thoroughly, and joyfully, as by the angels of God.

8. What now do we pray for ourselves? Give us this day our daily bread.

9. What does this mean?

All things that be needful for our souls and bodies. 10. What else do we here ask of God?

Forgive [v. 37.] us our trespasses or sins, as we forgive them that trespass against us.

11. Of what should this remind us?

That if we forgive not each other, neither will God forgive us.

12. What further do we here pray?

And lead us not into temptation. [111. 5.]

13. Why should we ask this?

For fear of falling into sin. [v. 38.]

14. What lastly do we pray for?

But deliver us from evil.

15. What does this mean?

That God would keep us safe from all things hurtful, and above all from sin and Satan. [111. 5.]

16. How do you conclude this prayer?

For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

17. What is for ever and ever?

Without beginning, and without end.

18. What things do you say belong thus to God? The kingdom, that is all rule, the power, that is all ability, and the glory, that is all praise.

19. What is meant by saying this in the prayer?

That God is able and willing to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think.

XXIII. What do you desire of God in this prayer?

I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the Giver of all goodness, to send His grace unto me, and to all people, that we may worship Him, serve Him, and obey Him as we ought to do. And I pray unto God, that He will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies; and that He will be merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins; and that it will please Him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily; and that He will keep us from all sin and wickednes, and from our ghostly enemy, and from everlasting death. And this I trust he will do of His mercy and goodness, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore I say Amen. So be it. 1. What is to desire?

It is to long earnestly in the heart. [XXII. 1.] 2. What chiefly are we to long for?

That goodness of which the Lord God, our heavenly Father, [v. 24. v. 4.] is the only Giver.

3. What especially do you desire of Him in this prayer? To send His grace [Iv. 4.] unto me and to all people.