Methodist Catechisms Containing a Summary of Christian Doctrine and Bible History. Issue 3. For the Use of Young Persons. On the evidences of Christianity, and the truth of the Holy Scriptures

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CATECHISMS
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METHODIST CHURCH,
GOMPILRD AND PUBLISHED FOR THE USB OF THB
FAMILIES AND^fcoOLS CONNECTED
WITH THAT BODY.
No. III.
POR THE USE OF YOUNO PERSONS.
ON THE EVIDENCES OF CHRI NITY, AND THB
TBUTH OF THE HOLY scm PTUKES.
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OK THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY, AND THE
TEUTH OF THE HOLT SORIFIUBBi
CHAPTER 1.
DElINmONS
AND EXPLANATION"
Yo^Uh, Wbit is Christianity
?
Teache' The doctrines,
morals, and manner ok
wontap 1 j^ightby Christ and his apostles, and re-
corded m the New Testament
T, What is Judaism ?
T. The
religion and laws of the Jews, a people de-
jcendedfrom Abraham. These
are contained in the
books of the Old Testament
J?*v?fJ*"religion of the Patriarchs ?
mT, ^e behef
and worship of the early progenitors
of the different nations and families of me" before the
mtroduction of idolatry. The Patriarchs,
eminently
80 c^ed,hved before the giving of the law by Moses
;
Md the most lUustnous of these were Adam, Abel.
Seth. Enoch, Noah, Melchizedek. Abrah^W
Jacob, JoK ^^ ^^^
and
F. What is meant by Revelation ?
T. A
supernatural communication of truth from
bod to man, bj which we are instructed in the
will
of God rwpectmg us, bothas to
what wearetobe-
. - . _. , -.^^ J "avTT TTw orv wU WOSjBXiip iilffg ?'~Wiial
we may hope from his mercy, or fear from hia dia-
plea8ut".
r. Does Gk)d
make revelationsofhis willto evcrv
man ? ^
immediate
revelations. He revealed his
wJln'f/irss^tt?o*A.dam ; then to Noah, and Abraham, and
otiiera among the Patriarchs to Moses
; and the
^phets; and finaUy by Christ and his Apostles.
We
acknowledge no other revelations?and thcie were
mt^ded,m differentdegrees, for the benefit
of mkainn-d
large.
at
r. Have allthese revelations been recorded ?
T. No ; revelation isdistinguished into
oral and
WRITTEN. The revelations which were made to the
PatriMchs were transmitted by
word of mouth, and
handed doivn from
one age to another. For this
reason revelation among them issaid to be oral, or
tradttwnaX ; and the long duration of their livespsreer-ved
from b^g
It corrupted. These originaltruths,
doctrmes, and traditional facts,
were thus tmriatntse-d
to Moses,
who wrote them, and the Uws
ttt^^.^'T^J^'T
^.d in the
wilderness of
Sinai, in the five books which bear his
name, and
mc^e^ the Pentateuch The other books of the
^dTe8tament,^ether
historical,
poetical,or pro-
Sl'^t
r*^ ^^ten by inspired Pro-
' men called
^ed the Old Testament. Our Loixl
committed
nettingto wntmg j but his lifeand discourses
were
wntten^after his resurrection by four ofhis disciples
Spirit.
S'^Sif^^T^^^^*^" Holy
wh6"broSghi
all^tbings to their
remembrance, The book* of the
Apo8ftle^,^which
?
^l^*iH^ contains an acbount of
platingof Christianity in the
world, was
^^2^."*;^'''^*f^1^P^?*^^^"d the Revelation
Apostled.
rfnW all under the inBuence of tho
Holy sSp^ir^it" These
collectivelyare denominated the