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A scriptural catechism. The heads of the Christian religion plainly, briefly, and fully delivered…
A scriptural catechism. The heads of the Christian religion plainly, briefly, and fully delivered in a catechism, which endeavours a sufficient answer to every question, barely with a pertinent sentence of sacred Scripture, and enables the learner at once with great ease to confirm as well as assert the great articles of the faith once delivered unto the saints. / By Cotton Mather. ; [One line from John]
Boston: printed by R. Pierce for Nicholas Buttolph, 1691
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. Acts 2.47. The Lord added unto the Church daily such as should be saved.
Q. What are the Offices which the Commandment has now established in the Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ?
A. 1 Tim. 5.17. and 3.10. Let the Elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the Word and Doctrine. Likewise the Deacons, let these first be proved; then let them use the Office of a Deacon, being found blameless.
Q. What are the Disciplines which the Commandment orders us to maintain in the Churches of the Lord Jesus Christ?