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CATECHISM
QUESTION 1.
WHo made Man?
Anſw. GOD.
Q: 2. What is GOD?
A. He is a Spirit, infinite in wiſdom, power and goodneſs; the Maker, and Ruler of all things.
Q. 3. Is there but one God?
A. There is only one, the living and true God.
Q. 4. How many perſons are there in the God-head?
A. There are three Perſons in the God-head; the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghoſt; and theſe three are one.
Q. 5. How did God treate man?
A. He created him after his own Image, in righteouſneſs and true holiness.
Q. 6. Did man continue in that eſtaſte?
A. No, for our firſt Parents brake the Commandment of God, in eating the forbidden fruit and ſo brought themſelves and their poſterity into the eſtate of ſin and miſery.
Q. 7. What is ſin?
A. Sin is the breaking any of the Commandments of God.
Q. 8. What doth ſin deſerve?
A. Every ſin deſerves the wrath and curſe of God, both in this life, and that which is to come.
Q. 9. Do you then deſerve the wrath of God?
A. Yes, I deſerve it, and have great reaſon to fear it?
Q. 10. Is there any way to be ſaved from that wrath curſe which is due to us?
A. Yes, for Jeſus Chriſt the eternal Sen of God, having taken on him our nature, he humbled himſelf,
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