286 THE HISTORICAL CATECHISM. out those places in the scripture to which the catechism refers, and thus they should acquaint themselves more particularlywith the character,and history of the persons named in the catechismby reading it in the bible thetselves. This would be a very delightful way of leading them to a more complete acquaintance with the holy scriptures, which contain in them all necessary truths and duties, to furnish them richly for every good word andwork, and which are able to make them wiseto salvation. THE HISTORICAL CATECHISM, FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. WHO was the Maker of the world ? Answer. The Almighty God made the heavens and the earth, and all things that are in them ; Gen. i. 1. and ii. 1. 2. Q. How long was God in making the world ? A. He made it by his word in the space of six days, and he rested' on the seventh, 'and called that day holy; Gen. i. 31. Heb. xi. 3. Gen. ii. 2, 3. Ex. xxxi. 15, 17. 3. Q. Who were the first man andwoman that God made? A. Adam and Eve ; Gen. i. 27. and iii. 20. 4. Q. In what state did God make them ? A. God made them in his own likeness, in a,holy and happy state ; Gen. i. 26. and v. 1. 5. Q. How did they behave themselves ? Did they continue in this state ? A. No : They sinned against God, by eating' of the fruitof a certain tree, which God had forbid them upon pain of death ; Gen. ii. 17. and iii. 6. 6. Q. How came they toeat of this fruit ? A. The evil spirit that lay hid in the serpent persuaded Eve to eat of it, and she persuaded Adam ; Gen. iii. 1, 2, 12. 2 Cor. xi. 3. 7. Q. What mischief followed from hence? A. Sin and death were brought into this world by Adam's disobedience, and spread among all his children ; Rom. v. 12, 19. 8. Q. Were Adam's children all sinners ? A. All of them were born in sin, but there were some in those early times who learned to know and Worship the Lord, and were called the sons of God ; Ps. li. 5. Rom. v. 19. Rom. iii. 12. Gen. iv. 26. and vi. 2. 9. Q. Did the knowledge and worship of God abide. long in their families ? A. In following ages all mankind grew so bad, that God drowned the world by a flood of water; Gen. vi. 5, 17. 10. Q. Whowas saved when the world was drowned ? A.
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