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OF CATECHIZING.
Question 1.WHat is Catechisme?
Answ. It is the teaching of the Principles of the Doctrine of CHRIST, namely of Re∣pentance from dead works and of Faith, Heb. 6. 1. To them that have need of milke and not of strong meat, Heb. 5. 12. as being babes in Christ, 1 Cor. 3. 1. and the lambes of Christ, whom the Minister must feed as well as his Sheepe, Joh. 21. 15.
Quest. 2. Who must Catechise besides the Mi∣nister?
Answ. My Parents must Catechise me and teach me the truth of the Lord, Isa. 38. 19. My Father must teach mee the information of the Lord, Ephes. 6. 4. And my mother too must, Prov. 1. 8. So did Salomon's mother teach him, Prov. 31. 1. Yea, and the master of the house where I dwell, though he be not my father, yet hee must teach me if I be but one of his hous∣hold, Gen. 18. 19.
Qu. 3. How if Parents doe not teach their Children?
Answ. They are cruell Ostriches and their hearts are hardened, Job 39. 16. And God hath taken the Spirit of wisdome from them, vers. 17.