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This file was produced from\nimages generously made available by The Internet\nArchive/American Libraries.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE\n\nA, B, C.\n\nWITH THE\n\nChurch of England CATECHISM.\n\nTO WHICH ARE ANNEXED,\n\nPRAYERS used in the ACADEMY of the PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,\nin PHILADELPHIA.\n\nALSO,\n\nA HYMN on the NATIVITY of our SAVIOUR; and another for EASTER-DAY.\n\nPROV. xxii. 6. _Train up a Child in the Way he should go; and\nwhen he is Old he will not depart from it_.\n\n\n\n\nPHILADELPHIA:\n\nPrinted by YOUNG, STEWART, and M'CULLOCH,\n\nin _Chesnut-Street_, No. 7, below _Third-Street_.\n\nM, D C C, L X X X V.\n\n\n\nThe Roman Alphabets.\n\nA a b c d e g h i j k 1 m n o p q r f s t u v w x y z &.\n\nA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AE OE.\n\n\n_The Italic Alphabets_.\n\n_A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AE_.\n\n_A a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r f s t u v w x y z &_.\n\n\n& sh st ff ss fi si fl sl ffi ssi ssl ae oe.\n\n, ; : . ? ! - ( ) [ ] * [Double dagger] [Dagger] [Section sign] [Pilcrow sign]\n\n\nAb eb ib ob ub\n\nac ec ic oc uc\n\nad cd id od ud\n\naf ef if of uf\n\nag eg ig og ug\n\nak ek ik ok uk\n\nal el il ol ul\n\nan en in on un\n\nap ep ip op up\n\nas es is os us\n\nat et it ot ut\n\n\n_The Blanks left in Page 6, were formerly filled up with the Words_\n(King) _and_ (him); _but as that Form of Expression does not suit\nour Republican Governments, the Teacher will be pleased to fill up\nthe Blanks with what Words he may deem Expedient_.\n\n\n\nT H E\n\nCHURCH OF ENGLAND CATECHISM.\n\nQuestion. _What is your Name_?\n\n_Answer_. N. or M.\n\nQ. _Who gave you this Name_?\n\n_A_. My God-Fathers and God-Mothers in my Baptism; wherein I was\nmade a Member of Christ, the Child of God, and an Inheritor of\nthe Kingdom of Heaven.\n\nQ. _What did your God-Fathers and God-Mothers then for you_?\n\n_A_. They did Promise and Vow three Things in my Name: _First_, That\nI should renounce the Devil and all his Works, the Pomp and Vanity\nof this wicked World, and all the sinful Lusts of the Flesh:\n_Secondly_, That I should believe all the Articles of the Christian\nFaith: And, _Thirdly_, That I should keep God's holy Will and\nCommandments, and walk in the Same all the Days of my Life.\n\nQ. _Dost thou not think, that thou art bound to Believe, and to Do,\nas they have promised for thee_?\n\n_A_. Yes, verily; and by God's help so I will. And I heartily thank\nour Heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this State of\nSalvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God\nto give me his Grace, that I may continue in the same unto my\nLife's End.\n\nCatechist. _Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief_.\n\n_A_. I believe in God the Father Almighty,  Maker of Heaven and\nEarth:\n\nAnd in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by\nthe Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin _Mary_; suffered under Pontius\nPilate; was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into Hell,\nthe third Day he rose again from the Dead, he ascended into Heaven,\nand sitteth at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty; from\nthence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead.\n\nI believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; the Communion\nof Saints; the Forgiveness of Sins; the Resurrection of the Body,\nand the Life everlasting. Amen.\n\nQ. _What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief_?\n\n_A_. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, Who hath made me\nand all the World.\n\nSecondly, In God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all Mankind.\n\nThirdly, In God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the\nElect People of God.\n\nQ. _You said that your God-Fathers and God-Mothers did promise for\nyou, that you should keep God's Commandments. Tell me how many\nthere be_?\n\n_A_. Ten.\n\nQ. _Which be they_?\n\n_A_. The same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of _Exodus_,\nsaying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the Land of\n_Egypt_, out of the House of Bondage.\n\nI. Thou shalt have none other Gods but Me.\n\nII. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven Image, nor the\nLikeness of any Thing, that is in Heaven above, or in the Earth\nbeneath, or in the Water under the Earth. Thou shalt not bow down\nto them, nor worship them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,\nand visit the Sins of the Fathers upon the Children unto the third\nand fourth Generation of them that hate me; and shew Mercy unto\nThousands of them that love me, and keep my Commandments.\n\nIII. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain; for\nthe Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain.\n\nIV. Remember that thou keep holy the _Sabbath_ Day. Six Days shalt\nthou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the Seventh Day\nis the _Sabbath_ of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt do no Manner\nof Work, thou, and thy Son, and thy Daughter, thy Man Servant, and\nthy Maid Servant, thy Cattle, and the Stranger that is within thy\nGates: for in six Days the Lord made Heaven and Earth, the Sea, and\nall that in them is, and rested the Seventh Day: wherefore, the\nLord blessed the Seventh Day, and hallowed it.\n\nV. Honour thy Father and thy Mother, that thy Days may be long in\nthe Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.\n\nVI. Thou shalt do no Murder.\n\nVII. Thou shalt not commit Adultery.\n\nVIII. Thou shalt not Steal.\n\nIX. Thou shalt not bear false Witness against thy Neighbour.\n\nX. Thou shalt not covet thy Neighbour's House, thou shalt not covet\nthy Neighbour's Wife, nor his Servant, nor his Maid, nor his Ox,\nnor his Ass, nor any Thing that is his.\n\nQ. _What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments_?\n\n_A_. I learn two Things: My Duty towards God; and my Duty towards\nmy Neighbour.\n\nQ. _What is thy Duty towards God_?\n\n_A_. My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and\nto love him, with all my Heart, with all my Mind, with all my Soul,\nand with all my Strength; to Worship him, to give him Thanks, to\nput my whole Trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy\nName and his Word; and to serve him truly all the Days of my Life.\n\nQ. _What is thy Duty towards thy Neighbour_?\n\n_A_. My Duty towards my Neighbour, is to love him as myself, and\nto do to all Men as I would they should do unto me; to love, honour,\nand succour my Father and Mother; to honour and obey the------, and\nall that are put in authority under------; to submit myself to all\nmy Governors, Teachers, Spiritual Pastors, and Masters; to order\nmyself lowly and reverently to all my Betters; to hurt no Body by\nWord or Deed; to be true and just in all my Dealings; to bear no\nMalice nor Hatred in my Heart; to keep my Hands from Picking and\nStealing, and my Tongue from Evil-Speaking, Lying, and Slandering;\nto keep my Body in Temperance, Soberness, and Chastity; not to\nCovet nor Desire other Men's Goods, but to learn and labour truly\nto get mine own Living; and to do my Duty in that State of Life\nunto which it shall please God to call me.\n\nCatechist. _My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do\nthese Things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God,\nand to serve him, without his special Grace; which thou must learn\nat all Times to call for by diligent Prayer. Let me hear, therefore,\nif thou canst say the Lord's Prayer_?\n\n_A_. Our Father which art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy\nKingdom come, Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give\nus this Day our daily Bread. And forgive us our Trespasses, as we\nforgive them that Trespass against us. And lead us not into\nTemptation; but deliver us from Evil. _Amen_.\n\nQ. _What desirest thou of God in this Prayer_?\n\n_A_. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the Giver of\nall Goodness, to send his Grace unto me, and to all People, that\nwe may worship him, serve him, and obey him, as we ought to do.\nAnd I pray unto God, that he will send us all Things that be\nneedful both for our Souls and Bodies; and that he will be merciful\nunto us, and forgive us our Sins; and that it will please him to\nsave and defend us in all Dangers, ghostly and bodily; and that he\nwill keep us from all Sin and Wickedness, and from our ghostly\nEnemy, and from everlasting Death. And this I trust he will do of\nhis Mercy and Goodness, through our Lord Jesus Christ And therefore\nI say, _Amen_: So be it.\n\nQ. _How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his Church_?\n\n_A_. Two only, as generally necessary to Salvation; that is to say,\nBaptism, and the Supper of the Lord.\n\nQ. _What meanest thou by this Word_ Sacrament?\n\n_A_. I mean an outward and visible Sign of an inward and spiritual\nGrace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a Means\nwhereby we receive the same, and a Pledge to assure us thereof.\n\nQ. _How many Parts are there in a Sacrament_?\n\n_A_. Two: The outward visible Sign, and the inward spiritual Grace.\n\nQ. _What is the outward visible Sign, or Form in Baptism_?\n\n_A_. Water; wherein the Person is baptised, _In the Name of the\nFather, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost_.\n\nQ. _What is the inward and spiritual Grace_?\n\n_A_. A Death unto Sin, and a new Birth unto Righteousness: For\nbeing by Nature born in Sin, and the Children of Wrath, we are\nhereby made the Children of Grace.\n\nQ. _What is required of Persons to be baptised_?\n\n_A_. Repentance, whereby they forsake Sin; and Faith, whereby they\nstedfastly believe the Promises of God, made to them in that\nSacrament.\n\nQ. _Why then are Infants baptised, when, by Reason of their tender\nAge, they cannot perform them_?\n\n_A_. Because they promise them both by their Sureties; which\nPromise, when they come to Age, themselves are bound to perform.\n\nQ. _Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained_?\n\n_A_. For the continual Remembrance of the Sacrifice of the Death\nof Christ, and of the Benefits which we receive thereby.\n\nQ. _What is the outward Part or Sign of the Lord's Supper_?\n\n_A_. Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be received.\n\nQ. _What is the inward Part or Thing signified_?\n\n_A_. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed\ntaken and received by the Faithful in the Lord's Supper.\n\nQ. _What are the Benefits whereof we are Partakers thereby_?\n\n_A_. The strengthening and refreshing of our Souls by the Body and\nBlood of Christ, as our Bodies are by the Bread and Wine.\n\nQ. _What is required of them who come to the Lord's Supper_?\n\n_A_. To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of their\nformer Sins, stedfastly purposing to lead a new Life; have a lively\nFaith in God's Mercy through Christ, with a thankful Remembrance of\nhis Death and be in Charity with all Men.\n\n\n\nPRAYERS _used in the_ ACADEMY _of the_ PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL\nCHURCH, _in Philadelphia_.\n\n\nLET US PRAY.\n\n_Lord have Mercy upon us_.\n\nOur Father, which art in Heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom\ncome. Thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this\nDay our daily Bread. And forgive us our Trespasses, as we forgive\nthem that Trespass against us. And lead us not into Temptation;\nbut deliver us from Evil. AMEN.\n\nO Lord, our Heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast\nsafely brought us to the Beginning of this Day; defend us in the\nsame with thy mighty Power, and grant that this Day we fall into no\nSin, neither run into any Kind of Danger; but that all our Doings\nmay be ordered by thy Governance, to do always what is righteous in\nthy Sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.\n\n_But at Evening Prayer, instead of the foregoing Collect, the\nfollowing is to be used_.\n\nLighten our Darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord, and by thy great\nMercy defend us from all Perils and Dangers of this Night, for the\nLove of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. AMEN.\n\nO God, the Creator and Preserver of all Mankind, we humbly beseech\nthee for all Sorts and Conditions of Men; that thou wouldest be\npleased to make thy Ways known unto them, thy saving Health unto\nall Nations. More especially we pray for the good Estate of the\nCatholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good\nSpirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be\nled into the Way of Truth, and hold the Faith in Unity of Spirit,\nin the Bond of Peace, and in Righteousness of Life. Finally, we\ncommend to thy fatherly Goodness all those who are any ways\nafflicted or distressed in Mind, Body, or Estate; that it may\nplease thee to comfort and relieve them according to their several\nNecessities, giving them Patience under their Sufferings, and a\nhappy Issue out of all their Afflictions: And this we beg for\nJesus Christ his sake. AMEN.\n\nAlmighty God, Father of all Mercies, we thine unworthy Servants do\ngive thee most humble and hearty Thanks for all thy Goodness and\nloving Kindness to us, and to all Men. We bless thee for our\nCreation, Preservation, and all the Blessings of this Life; but\nabove all for thine inestimable Love in the Redemption of the World\nby our Lord Jesus Christ; for the Means of Grace, and for the Hope\nof Glory. And we beseech thee, give us that due Sense of all thy\nMercies, that our Hearts may be unfeignedly Thankful, and that we\nmay shew forth thy Praise, not only with our Lips, but in our Lives,\nby giving up ourselves to thy Service, and by walking before thee\nin Holiness and Righteousness all our Days, through Jesus Christ\nour Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all Honour and\nGlory, World without End. AMEN.\n\nAlmighty God, who hast given us Grace at this Time with one Accord\nto make our common Supplications unto thee, and dost promise that\nwhen two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt\ngrant their Requests; fulfil now, O Lord, the Desires and Petitions\nof thy Servants, as may be most Expedient for them; granting us in\nthis World Knowledge of thy Truth, and in the World to come Life\neverlasting. AMEN.\n\nThe Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the\nFellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. AMEN.\n\n\n\nGraces and Hymns.\n\n\nGRACE before MEAT.\n\nThe Eyes of all Things do look up and trust in thee, O Lord: Thou\nopenest thy Hand liberally, and fillest every living Thing. Good\nLord bless us, and all the Gifts which we receive from thee;\nthrough Jesus Christ, our Lord. AMEN.\n\n\nGRACE after MEAT.\n\nThe God of all Glory and Power, who hath created, redeemed, and\npresently fed us, be blessed and praised, both now and for evermore.\nAMEN.\n\n\n_Song of the Angels at the Nativity of our blessed Saviour_,\nLuke ii, from verse 8, to verse 15.\n\n  While Shepherds watch'd their Flocks by Night,\n    All seated on the Ground,\n  The Angel of the Lord came down,\n    And Glory shone around.\n\n  \"Fear not said he,\" for mighty Dread,\n    \"Had seized their troubled Mind;\n  \"Glad Tidings of great Joy I bring\n    \"To you and all Mankind.\n\n  \"To you, in David's Town this Day,\n    \"Is born, of David's Line,\n  \"The Saviour who is Christ the Lord,\n    \"And this shall be the Sign:\n\n  \"The heav'nly Babe you there shall find\n    \"To human View display'd,\n  \"All meanly wrapp'd in Swathing-bands,\n    \"And in a Manger laid.\"\n\n  Thus spake the Seraph; and forthwith\n    Appear'd a shining Throng\n  Of Angels, praising God, and thus\n    Address'd their joyful Song:\n\n  \"All Glory be to God on high,\n    \"And to the Earth be Peace:\n  \"Good-Will, henceforth, from Heav'n to Men,\n    \"Begin and never cease.\"\n\n\nFor EASTER-DAY.\n\n  Since Christ, our Passover, is slain\n    A Sacrifice for all:\n  Let all with thankful Hearts agree\n    To keep the Festival:\n\n  Not with the Leaven, as of old,\n    Of Sin and Malice fed;\n  But with unfeign'd Sincerity,\n    And Truth's unleaven'd Bread.\n\n  Christ being rais'd by Pow'r Divine,\n    And rescu'd from the Grave,\n  Shall die no more, Death shall on him\n    No more Dominion have.\n\n  For that he dy'd, 'twas for our Sins\n    He once vouchsaf'd to die:\n  But that he lives, he lives to God\n    For all Eternity.\n\n  So count yourselves as dead to Sin,\n    But graciously restor'd,\n  And made henceforth alive to God,\n    Through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\n  To Father, Son and Holy Ghost,\n    The God whom we adore,\n  Be glory, as it was, is now,\n    And shall be evermore.\n\n\nF I N I","title":"The A, B, C. 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