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Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein…
Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunned, so that all true Christians, of what persuasion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.Catechistical guide to sinners, and to such converts that are babes in Christ wherein all the necessary points of religion are methodically proposed in Scripture-language, abundantly confirmed by the Holy Scriptures, and in some places concisely expounded : in the whole, all controversies are warily shunn'd, so that all true Christians, of what persuassion soever, may (if they need the help of others) use this catechism for their children, or others that are under their power and card / written upon request, by a lover of truth and peace.
London: printed by J.D., 1680
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Part 2 › Chapter 10: Some particular Duties which Believers ought to know and perform.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. They as Men trusting in God and obeying him, must seek to provide that which may preserve their Lives, and to avoid that which may destroy them.
Q. How may they thus seek that which may preserve their Lives?
A. When with Prayer and thankfulness to God daily for their daily Bread, they seek to get by diligence in some honest Employment, or, if need be, by Benefits from others, that which is needful, and to keep necessary things, ⟨p. 137⟩not wastefully spending them, nor sinfully with-holding them, when called to lend them unto the Lord.
A. When with Prayer and thankfulness to God daily for their daily Bread, they seek to get by diligence in some honest Imploiment, or, if need be, by Benefits from others, that which is needful, and to keep necessary things, ⟨p. 137⟩not wastfully spending them, nor sinfully with-holding them, when called to lend them unto the Lord.