Question: What is catechizing?
Answer: Teaching by voice and repetition of the grounds of the Christian religion
Question: where it should it be used and by whom
Answer: Both at home by master of the house and in the church likewise by the Minister
Question: why at home?
Answer: Because houses are the nurseriess of the church
Question: show some reasons and arguments to prove the necessities of catechizing and instruction in religion
1st: God accounted of Abraham for his care in this duty.
Secondly God commands all parents to perform this duty to their children
Thirdly all children are made blind in the knowledge of God and religion by Adam''s fall and consequently they must beene enlightened and informed with teaching if they will not die but Solomon therefore and our Saviour Christ bids the children be respected
Forthly, the examples of the godly in bringing their children with themselves. to holy exercises So Hannah bought up Samuel to the Tabernacle Mary, Jesus to the temple when he was 12 years old by way of which we perform the effect of consecrating our children to God
Fifthly common equity should move parents to this duty, for as their children received from them original sin by which they are made so blind in God''s matters it is equity that they should Labour to remove that blindness by teaching them after God''s word.
Sixthly: God promised as the greatest blessing to men that their children should speak to him under the Gospel. Bishop Usher.
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