Q. What other proof have you? A. Out of Phil. iii. 18. "Many walk," saith St. Paul, "whom I have often told you of, and now again weeping, I tell you of them, enemies to the cross of Christ, &c. whose end is perdition." And out of Ezek. ix. 4, where we read, "That such as were signed with the sign Tau, (which was a picture and figure of the cross) were saved from the exterminating angel, and only such." Q. What signifies the word dead? A. It signifies that Christ suffered a true and real death. Q. Why was it requisite he should die? A. To free us from the death of sin. Q. What means buried? A. It means, that his body was laid in a new sepulchre, and buried with honour, as the prophet had foretold. Isa. xi. 10. The Fifth Artiole. Q. WHAT is the Fifth Article? A. He descended into hell, the third day he arose again from the dead. Q. What means, he descended into hell? A. It means, that as soon as Christ was dead, his blessed soul descended into Limbo, to free the holy fathers who were there. Q. How prove you that? A. Out of Acts ii. 24, 27. "Christ being slain, God raised him up, loosing the sorrows of hell, as it was foretold by the prophet." Psalm xv. 10. "Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, nor wilt thou give thy Holy one to see corruption." Q. What other proof have you? A. Ephes. iv. 8, 9. "He ascending on high, hath led captivity captive; he gave gifts to men; and that he ascended, what is it but because he descended into the lower parts of the earth?" Q. Did he not descend to purgatory to free such as were there? A. It is most probable he did according to the first of St. Peter iii. 19, 20. "Christ being dead, came in spirit; and preached to them also that were in prison, who had been incredulous in the days of Noah, when the ark was building." Q. What understand you by, on the third day he rose again from the dead? A. I understand, when Christ had been dead part of three days, on the third day, which was Sunday, he raised up his blessed body from the dead. Q. Why did he not raise it again 300ner? A. To testify that he was truly dead, and to fulfil the prophecies. Q. Why did he retain the stigmas and marks of the sacred wounds? A. To confound the incredulity of men, and to present them often to his Father, as a propitiation of our sins. Q. What benefit have we by the resurrection? A. It confirms our faith and hope, that we shall rise again from death: "For he who raised up Jesus, will raise us also with Jesus." 2 Cor. iv. 14. The Sixth Article. Q. WHAT is the Sixth Article? A He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. Q. What means, he ascended into heaven? A. It means, that when Christ had conversed forty days on earth with his disciples, after his resurrection, teaching them heavenly things, then he ascended triumphant into heaven, by his own power. Q. From what place did he ascend? A. From the top of Mount Olivet. Q. Why from thence? A. That where he began to be humbled by his passion, there he might also begin to be exalted. Q. Before whom did he ascend? A. Before his mother, apostles, and disciples, Acts i. 9, &c. Q In what manner did he ascend? A. Lifting up his hands, and blessing them. Q. Why is it added, Into Heaven? A. To draw our hearts to heaven after him; "If ye have risen with Christ, seek ye the things which are above." Col. iii. 1. Q. What understand you by, Sits at the right hand of God? A. I do not understand, that God the Father hath any hands, for he is incorporeal, and a spirit: but that Christ is equal to his Father in power and majesty, as he is God; and that as man he is in the highest place in heaven. The Seventh Article. Q. WHAT is the Seventh Article? A. From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead. Q. What understand you by this article? A. I understand Christ will come at the last day from heaven, to judge all men according to their works. Q. Does every man receive a particular judgment at his death? A. He doth, but in the general judgment we shall be judged not only in our souls, as at our death, but also in our bodies. Q. Why is that necessary? A. That as Christ was openly rejected, so he may there be openly acknowledged to the great joy and glory of his friends, as also to the confusion of his enemies. And also, that as our bodies were sharers in our works, so they may be of our reward or punishment. Q. How prove you that in the judgment all men shall receive according to their works? A. Out of 2 Cor. v. 10, "We must all be manifested," saith St. Paul, "before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the proper things of the body, according as he hath done, whether good or evil." And out of St. Matt. xvi. 27, "The Son of man," saith our Lord, "shall come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then he will render to every one according to his works." Q. Is there any merit in our good works? A. There is, according to Apoc. xxii. 12. “Behold I come quickly," saith our Lord," and my reward is with me; to render to every man according to his works." Q. In what place shall this judgment be made? A. In the Valley of Jehosaphat, as many suppose, betwixt Jerusalem and Mount Olivet. Q. How prove you this? A. By its conformity to that of the prophet. "I will gather together all nations, I will send them into the Valley of Jehosaphat, and there will I plead with them upon my people, and my inheritance Israel." Joel iii. Q. What signs shall go before it? A. The sun and moon shall lose their light, there shall be wars, plagues. famines, and earthquees, in many places. Q. In what manner will Christ come unto it? A. In great power and majesty, attended with legions of angels. Q. Who are they that shall be judged? A. The whole race and progeny of man Q. What are the things that shall be judged? A. Our thoughts, words, and works, even to the secrets of our souls. Q. Who will accuse us? A. The Devils, and our own guilty consciences: in which all our thoughts, words, and deeds shall appear present, and be laid open to the whole world. Q. How shall the just and reprobate be placed? A. The just shall be on the right; the reprobate on the left hand of the Judge. Q. What shall be the sentence of the just? A. Come, O ye blessed of my Father, and receive ye the Kingdom which is prepared for you, for I was hungry and ye gave me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me, to drink," &c. St. Matt. xxv. 35, 36. Q. What shall be the sentence of the reprobate? A. "Go ye cursed into eternal fire, which hath been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat," &c. the same chap. ver. 41, 42. You see of what weight good works will be at that day. Q. Why is it added, the living and the dead? A. To signify, that Christ shall judge, not only such as are living at the time of his coming, but likewise all such as have been dead from the creation of the world; as also by the living, are understood angels and saints, by the dead, devils and damned souls. The Eighth Article. Q. WHAT is the eighth article? A. Of the third Person of the blessed Trinity, in whom we also believe and put our trust, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, and is the self-same God with them, distinct in nothing but in person. Q. How prove you that? A. Out of St. John i. v. 7. "There be three which give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one." Q. Why is the name of Holy Ghost appropriated to the third Person, since angels are all spirits and holy? A. Because he is such by excellency and nature, they only by participation. Q. At least why should it not be common to the other two persons? A. Because they are known by the proper names of Father and Son, but we have not any proper name for the Holy Ghost. Q. In what forms has the Holy Ghost appeared unto man? A. In the form of a dove, to signify the purity and innocence which he caused in our souls: and in the form of a bright cloud, and fiery tongue, to signify the fire of charity, which he produced in our hearts, as also the gift of tongues; and hence it is, he is painted in these forms. The Ninth Article. Q. WHAT is the ninth article?. A. I believe in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints. Q. What understand you by this? A. I understand that Christ hath a church upon earth, which he established in his own blood, and that he hath commanded us to believe that church, in all things appertaining to faith.. Q. With what kind of faith must we believe in the church? A. With the same divine faith, by which we believe in all the other articles revealed by God. Q. What is the church? A. It is the congregation of all the faithfnl under Jesus Christ, their invisible head; and his vicar upon earth, the Pope. Q. What are the essential parts of the church? A. A pope or supreme head, bishops, clergy, and laity. Q. How prove you that bishops are of divine institution ? A. Out of Acts xx. 28. "Take heed unto yourselves, and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.' Q. How believe you St. Peter, and the Pope his successor, to be the visible head of the church? A. First out of St. John xxi. 15, 16, 17, and 18, where Christ gave St. Peter (for a reward of his special faith and |