A CATECHISM FOR SOPHS. “Τῷ αὐτῷ τοιχεῖν κανόνι, τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν.” PHIL. III 16. BY THE REV. H. M. GROVER, RECTOR OF HITCHAM, BUCKS. LONDON: W. J. CLEAVER, BAKER STREET, PORTMAN SQUARE. MDCCCXLVIII. INTRODUCTION. THE following summary of scriptural doctrines, is designed to give settled and correct views upon several subjects relating to the spiritual world, which suggest themselves more especially to those whose minds are directed to the researches of ancient literature. The relations of mankind with the world of spiritual things, before the manifestation of our Lord in the flesh, is shewn by St. Paul to have undergone that change, which the exaltation of the human nature by the High Communion then proposed, demanded and the Scriptures relating to this : point are brought together, and arranged to give explanation to each other. A plain ana lysis of the doctrines of the law of nature, or that sustaining "Word of God's Power", by which the universe of His created works is upheld, is also presented; and the "Counsel" of God in the subjecting of the first man to a state of probation, shewn to be consistent with, and necessary to, the co-ordinate decree of his future exaltation, in the everlasting Son of the Father. A CATECHISM FOR SOPHS. Q. WHAT are you? A. By the grace of God, I am a Christian. A. By being born of Christian parents, and nurtured in the faith and monition of the Son of God. Q. In what does your profession, as a Christian, consist? A. In three particulars. First: in believing the doctrine delivered by Jesus Christ. Secondly: in using the means of grace appointed by Him. Thirdly: in performing the things which He commanded. Q. Where do you apply for a knowledge of these conditions of your Christian profession? A. To the Gospels of the four Evangelists, and other books of the New Testament; and to the pastoral teaching and preaching of the Church of Christ. § II. Q. Who is He that created you? A. It is God, who called the world out of nothing. B |