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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FAMILIES AND^fcoOLS CONNECTED
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No. III.
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ON THE EVIDENCES OF CHRI NITY, AND THB
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OK THE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY,
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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
m J?*v?fJ*"religion of the Patriarchs ?
T,
^e behef and worship of the early progenitors
of the different nations and families
of me" before the
mtroduction of idolatry. The Patriarchs,
eminently
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c^ed,hved before the giving of the law by Moses ;
Md the most lUustnous
of these were Adam, Abel.
Seth. Enoch, Noah, Melchizedek.
Jacob,
and JoK Abr^^ah^W^^^
F. What is
meant by Revelation ?
T. A
supernatural communication
of truth from
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oofdGodto rmwanp,ectmbgj whuis,ch bowtehasare tions
wthrautctedweairnettohbee-will
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we may hope from his
mercy, or fear from hia dia-
plea8ut".
man r.?Does Gk)d make revelationsof his will to evcrv ^
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^d
aetdl,arm ged.ifferentdegrees, for the benefitof mkainn-d
r. Have
allthese revelations been recorded ?
WRITT.EN.No ; rTehveelarteivoenlaitsidoinsti
wnhgiucihshweedre intmoadoeralto atnhde
PatriMchs were transmitted by
word of mouth, and
handed doivn from one
age to another. For this
reason revelation
among them is said to be
oral, or
tradttwn
IatXfr;omanbd^gthecolrornugptdeudr.atiTohnesoef
otrhiegiirnlailvtersutpsrheesr-,ved
doctrmes,
and traditional facts, were thus tmriatntse-d
to Moses,
who wrote them, and the Uws
Stintait,^in ^th.e^f'iveTb^ooJks^'
w^hTi.cdh inbeatrhehiwsildnaemre,nessanodf
mc^e^ the Pentateuch The other books of the
^dTe8tament,^ethihsteorical, poetical,or pro-
Sl'^'tr*^ ^^ten by inspired men called Pro-
^ed the Old Testament. Our Loixl committed
netting to wntmg j but his lifeand discourses
were
wntten^after his resurrection by four
ofhis disciples
*^" Holy Spirit.
Sall'^t^biSngisf^to^Tth^ei^r^
r^emembrance, Thewhbo6ok"*bofrtoheSghi
Apo8ftle^,^which
? contains an acbount of
^l^*iH^platingof Christianity in the world, was
^^2^."*Ap;o^st'le'd'^.*f^1^P^?*^^^"d the Revelation
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