5.

Q. Has it pleased God to make a revelation of his

mind and will to his creatures?

1. The sacred Volume of his Word
Reveals the counsels of the Lord:

In that bless'd book, and there alone,
He makes his will to mortals known.

6.

Q. Wherein consists the chief excellence and use of the Holy Scriptures?

A. God's kindest thoughts are here express'd,
Able to make us wise and bless'd;
The doctrines are divinely true,
Fit for reproof and comfort too.

7.

Q. What is the Bible principally designed to teach?
A. What our Almighty Maker is,

And what's the ways
y this God to please.

Q. What is God?

8.

A. God is a spirit just and wise,

And, though unseen by mortal eyes,

Present where'er his creatures dwell

Through earth and sea, through heav'n and hell.

9.

Q. In what relation does God stand to you?

A. He made and he preserves me still,

And keeps me safe from ev'ry ill;
His hand my daily wants supplies;
His ear is open to my cries;

And sure 'tis fit my soul should know

He is my Lord and Sov'reign too,

10.

Q. In what stats were our first parents created 1

A. Holy and happy, while they stood
Obedient to the will of God.

11.

Q. Did they continue in this state?
A. Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell,
Adam, our head, our father, fell;
When Satan, in the Serpent hid,
Propos'd the fruit that God forbid.

12.

Q. What were the consequences of Adam's sin to his posterity?

A. He, by his fall, has brought disgrace,

Ruin and death, on all his race.

13.

Q. What evil effects do you experience from it? :
A. My body weak, and dark my mind,

To good averse, to sin incliu'd.

14.

Q. Hath the depravity of your heart manifested itself in actual transgressions?

A. Yes! I have sinn'd against the Lord,

I own, in thought, in deed, in word;
And justly might be sent to hell,

In endless misery to dwell.

15.

Q. Is there any hope of salvation for sinners such as you are?

A. Bless'd be the Lord! His pard'ning grace,
To sinners of our fallen race,

The glorious Gospel doth proclaim,
In an exalted Saviour's name.

16.

Q. Who is the Saviour of sinners?
A. JESUS, IMMANUEL, all divine,

In him his Father's glories shine ›

He's Jesus and Jehovah too,

And ev'ry knee to him shall bow.

17.

Q. Did this glorious person condescend to take our nature upon him?

A. Yes! Though he reigns above the sky,
The Son of God, the Lord most high,
He in an humble virgin's womb

A feeble infant did become;
A stable was his lodging made,
And the rude manger was his bed.

18.

Q. What remarkable circumstances attended his en trance into our world?

A. Angels, descending to the earth,

Announce the young Redeemer's birth:
Simeon and Anna both proclaim
The sacred babe, and bless his name;
While Eastern sages from afar,
Directed by an unknown star,
With joy the infant Saviour greet,
And pay their homage at his feet,

19.

Q. How did Christ appear when he grew up?
A. Growing in life, he still was seen
Humble, laborious, poor, and mean:
The Son of God, from year to year,
Did as a carpenter appear.

20.

Q. Did he act in the character of a prophet, n

teacher of mankind?

4. He did; and with that kind intent

Through towns and villages he went;
And, by the miracles he wrought,
Confirm'd the heav'nly truths he taught.

21.

Q. What miracles were wrought by Jesus Christ in the course of his ministry?

4. The blind beheld hini, and the ear,

Which had been deaf, his voice could hear:
The dumb his praises speak; the lame
Leap like a hart, and bless his name:
The winds and waves his voice obey:
Death and the grave resign their prey:
Sickness confess'd his healing hand,
And devils fled at his command.

22.

Q. Did he illustrate and confirm his doctrines by his example?

A. Yes! In his life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters:
Such virtues in his conduct shine,
As prove his doctrines all divine.

23.

Q. Did Jesus Christ make an atonement for our sins by his death?

A. To save our souls from pains unknown,
He freely offered up his own;
While justice on his sacred head

The weight of our transgressions laid;
That sinners, who condemned stood,
Might find salvation in his blood.

24.

Q. Were the sufferings and death of the Son of God

necessary for our salvation?

A. If God's own Son would sinners save,

He must be humbled to the

grave;

That so a pard’ning God might shew
What vengeance to our erimes was das.

25.

Q. What kind of death did Jesus suffer for our sins?
A. Nail'd to the cross with tort'ring smart,
While anguish rack'd his tender heart,
See! by the hands of wicked men
The Lord of life and glory slain!

26.

Q. What sort of treatment did he receive during his sufferings?

4. The barb'rous throng, the cruel priests, Around him stood like savage beasts: The glorious suff'rer they deride,

And mock the pangs in which he died.

27.

Q. What extraordinary circumstances attended his death?

A. The sun withdrew his wonted light,

And wrapt the earth in shades of night;
The earth, as if with terror struck,
Down to its deep foundation shook;
Lo! the Centurion cries aloud,
"This surely is the Son of God!"
While the rent rocks in that dread hour,
And opening graves, proclaim his pow'r.

28.

Q. Did Jesus rise again from the dead?
A. In the cold tomb the Saviour lay,
Until the third, th' appointed day ;
When he triumphantly arose,
Victorious over all his foes;

Prov'd his recover'd life, and then

Ascended into heav'n again.

29.

Q. Is he employed in our behalf now he is in heaven?