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Prayer.

A. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who 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.

Q. What will God do to those who are not good? A. He will punish them.

Q. Is God able to punish those who are not good?

A. Yes; he who made all things can do all things; he can take away all our friends, and every thing which he has given us; and he can make us die, whenever he pleases. Q. After you die, shall you live again?

A. Yes; God will raise us from the dead, and if we be good, we shall die no more.

Q. Where shall you

live again, if you have been good?

A. If I have been good, I shall go to heaven, where I shall be very happy for

ever.

Q. What shall become of the wicked, when they die?

A. They shall meet with their just punish

ment.

Q. When you do any thing which is wrong, should you not be afraid that God, who sees you, will punish you?

A. Yes; but he has promised to forgive us, if we be sorry for our sins, and endeavour to sin no more.

Q. Who has told us, that God will forgive us, if we repent of our sins, and endeavour to sin no more?

A. Many persons by whom God spake, and particularly Jesus Christ. Q. Who Christ?

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A. The well beloved Son of God, whom the Father sent to teach men their duty, and to persuade and encourage them to practise it.

Q. Where do we learn what we know concerning

Christ, and what he did, taught, and suffered for the good of men?

A. In the bible, which we should diligently read and study, for our improvement in knowledge and goodness, in order to fit us for heaven.

Q. Is there any form of words in which Christians express the principal articles of their belief?

A. Yes; the Apostles' Creed, which was composed in the first ages of Christianity, is such a form.

Q. Repeat the Apostles' Creed.

A. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he arose 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 living and the dead.

I believe in the holy Ghost; the forgiveness of

sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

PART II.

Q. Does the bible inform us what God himself is?

A. Yes; it teaches us that he is a being who had no beginning, and that he will have no end; that he is almighty, perfectly wise, and infinitely good; that he is every where present; and that he never changes in his nature or disposition.

Q. What does God require of us, in order to live and die in his favour?

A. All that God requires of us is comprehended in these two precepts; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart; and thy neighbour as thyself.

Q. In what manner must we express our love to God?

A. By a grateful sense of his goodness to us; by a constant care to do his will; and by an entire and cheerful submission to all the dispensations of his providence.

Q. How must we ex

press our love to our fellow men?

A. By doing to others, as we should think it right in them to do to us in the same circumstances.

Q. By what methods must we cherish our love to God, and increase our confidence in him?

A. We must frequently consider the benefits he confers upon us. We must also address ourselves to him in prayer, thanking him for the mercies he bestows upon us, confessing our sins before him, and asking of him whatever he knows to be needful and good for us.

Q. How shall we bring ourselves into the best disposition for performing our duty to God and man?

A. By a proper government of our passions, according to the dictates of reason and conscience; by living in temperance and chastity; and never indulging a proud, malicious, or selfish temper. Q. What should we do, when persons affront and injure us?

A. We should not return evil for evil; and if they repent, we must forgive them, as we hope that

God will forgive us our of fences against him.

Q. In what manner should we treat the inferior animals?

A. We should treat them with tenderness and humanity; and never torment them or destroy their lives to make ourselves sport; because they are the creatures of God, and because God has commanded us to be merciful unto them.

Q. Has God any where delivered distinct directions, concerning the several branches of our duty to him and to our neighbour?

A. Yes, in the ten commandments, which he delivered to the children of Israel from Mount Sinai.

Q. Which is the first commandment?

A. Thou shalt have no other gods but me.

Q. Which is the second commandment?

A. 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

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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain.

Q. Which is the fourth commandment?

A. 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 maid servant; thy cattle, and the stranger who 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. Q. Which is the fifth commandment?

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

Q. Which is the sixth commandment?

A. Thou shalt do no murder.

Q. Which is the seventh commandment?

A. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Q. Which is the eighth commandment?

A. Thou shalt not

steal.

Q. Which is the ninth commandment?

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

Q. Which is the tenth commandment?

A. 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.

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Q. What are principles which most effectually lead to the observance of these, and all

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