Question. Which are the ten commandments of the ancient law of Moses?

Answer. The following:

1. Thou shalt have none other gods but me. 2. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images; nor worship them.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

4. Thou shalt remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.

5. Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother. 6. Thou shalt do no murder.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

10. Thou shalt not covet any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Question. What do you chiefly learn in these commandments?

Answer. I learn my duty towards God, and my duty towards my neighbor.

Question. Did our Lord Jesus Christ sanction these commandments in his gospel?

Answer. Yes. For he said, "the first and great commandment of the law is, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind; and the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And also all the duties enjoined in the other commandments he enforced in his holy teaching, and his perfect example.

Question. How will you be able to keep these laws?

Answer. By diligent attention and watchfulness not to do any thing which is forbidden; and by prayer to God to help my weakness.

Question. Can you repeat the Lord's Prayer?

Answer. Yes. Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil; For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Question. What do you learn in this prayer?

Answer. That God is to be reverenced and adored and loved as my heavenly Father: that all things necessary for my life and comfort are his gift that he will forgive my sins, if I forgive those who offend me: that he is able to save me and keep me from evil, when I am tempted to do wrong.

Question. How many sacraments are there in the Church?

Answer. Two: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Question. What means the word sacrament? Answer. An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

Question. What is the outward sign in baptism?

Answer. Water, which is used either by dipping the person in it, or pouring or sprinkling it upon him; and the Minister at the same time saying, I

baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; or, Ibaptize thee in the name of Jesus Christ.

Question. What inward grace does this outward sign represent?

Answer. A death unto sin, and a new spiritual birth unto righteousness.

Question. What is required of persons to be baptized?

Answer. Repentance of all their sins, and faith in Christ as their Saviour.

Question. Why then are infants baptized?

Answer. That their parents may bind themselves to train them up to a Christian life, and as children of God.

Question. For what was the ordinance of the Lord's Supper ordained?

Answer. To be a continual remembrance of him; of all he did and said; of his sufferings, his death, his resurrection; and of all the benefits which the world enjoys in the completion of his mission on earth.

Question. What are the outward signs of this ordinance?

Answer. Bread and wine.

Question. What is the signification of these elements?

Answer. They are to represent the body and blood of Christ; and while we eat of them, we are in holy remembrance to feed upon the bread of life which he gives to the world; i. e. we are to think devoutly of him, and in love to bind ourselves to serve him, and pray that through his Word and

Spirit we may partake of his life and grow up int him as our Head.

Question. What ought all to do before coming to this supper?

Answer. They ought seriously to examine themselves to repent of their sins; and steadfastly to purpose to lead a new life; to have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of his death; and to be in charity with all men.

Question. What do you understand the Church of Christ to be?

Answer. The fellowship or society of all Christians, visible or invisible.

Question. What is the visible Church, and what is the invisible?

Answer. The visible Church consists of all who profess the name of Christ; and the invisible Church consists of all who are at heart children of God, even the blessed company of all faithful people.

ADMISSION TO THE COMMUNION,

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THE RITE OF CONFIRMATION.

Candidates for Confirmation, that is, admission into the communion of the Church, shall have first received the Sacrament of Baptism, if not in infancy, or at some subsequent period, then now. To any such person or persons presenting themselves, the Minister shall say, the presence of the Congregation:

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Do you believe in the Gospel of our Lord Jesus

Christ, as revealed and taught in the Scriptures of the New Testament? Do you receive it as Divine, and accept it as the rule of life and the of salvation?

Ans. I do.

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Do you truly and earnestly desire, in presence of this congregation, to confirm the object which your parents devoutly coveted at your baptism; and to secure which, they then solemnly bound themselves to instruct you in the knowledge of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord?

Ans. I do.

Are you willing and desirous to become a member (members) of Christ's Church; and, by your faith and conversation, your loathing and avoidance of sin, your love and pursuit of all things holy, pure, and of good report, are you resolved, with the