To theReader.." the fame man few and many? I have therefore put butfew into the Catechifm to be Remembred, and put the reft in the Expoftion to be Read.Thpfe that think that fo fhort a fummary as the Creed, Lords Prayer andDecalogue, with the Baptifmal Covenant, which make up the firft Catechifm, is unufeful, are not ofmy judgement, nor of the an- cient Churches, whomade thefe the tat of mens Chriftianity,and fitnefs for Chriftian Communi- on. I know that the Expofition of the longer Catechifm, is too hard for the ignorant that have no .Inftruáer to open it further to them ; and that the firft part (about God) is harder than the reft : But that is from the incomprehenfiblenefs of God, withwhom yet order requireth us to begin; and it is fo in moft fyftemes of Theologie : And the Reader that underftandeth it not at firji, muff come back, and Rudy it again; For He that is thefirft andthe lait, muff be the firft and lait of all thefe ftudies. I had thought to have done as others, and have added another Catechifm with numerous and fhorter anfwers But I was afraid of overdoing. The hard paffages which the younger do not reach, are not unufeful to the riper, whomuff have their parts. The Lord be your Teacher, and biefs (when we are dead and gone) the Inf}ru&ions which we leave you, ac- cording to hisVVord and VVill The
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