A MANUAL

OF

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION,

TO

ASSIST PARENTS IN PREPARING THEIR CHILDREN

FOR THE

RITE OF CONFIRMATION,

AND THE MORE SOLEMN DUTY OF RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT OF

“ So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our heart
unto wisdom."-Ps. xc. 12.

“An unwise man doth not well consider this; and a fool doth no
understand it."-Ps. xcii. 6.

LONDON:
J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY.

1832.

LONDON:

ILOTSON AND PALMER, PRINTERS, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.

CONTENTS.

Page

The Preface . . . . . . ii.

Introductory Address, from a father to his chil-

dren . . . . . . . 1

PART I.

Containing a compendious view of the writings

which are known under the general name of

the Holy Scriptures. Proofs of their au-

thenticity . . . . . .

7

PART II.

Containing an abridged account of the Sacred

History, from the creation of the world to the

coming of our Saviour . . . . 52

Page.

PART III.

Containing an account of our Saviour's ministry

on earth, of the mysteries and doctrines

which He came among us to reveal, and o.

the duties which He has commanded us to

fulfil . . . . . . . 110

Questions referring to the text, and to which

the child, receiving religious instruction, is

to return answers in writing. . . . 279

PREFACE.

It will be necessary to say a few words, by way of Preface, to the following Manual. That it has no claim to authorship, must be evident to those who are conversant with works which have appeared of late years on religious subjects, and from which this is, in some measure, only a compilation. The object, then, of the writer, in putting the subject into its present form, (which comprehends little besides the heads of lectures upon revealed religion,) was, in the first instance, to assist him in the religious instruction which he is giving to his children ; and, in the next place, to engage parents in general to follow