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O you believe that there is a God?

Ans. Yes.

Quest. How do you know that there is a God?

Ans. By His Works, and His Word.

Quest. How do you know by his Works?

Ans. Because the Heavens and the Earth, and all Things were made by Him.

Quest. But could none make these but GOD?

Ans. No: For they could not make themselves, and none but GOD could make them.

Quest. What call you GOD's Word?

Ans. The BIBLE, or the Holy Scriptures.

Quest. What Use have we for the Bible?

Ans. It tells us what we should Believe, and what we should Do.

Quest. And do the Holy Scriptures make known GOD?

Ans. Yes; More clearly than His Works.

Quest. What is GOD?

Ans. He is a most Perfect Spirit.

Quest. How is he a Spirit?

Ans. Because He is not a Body.

Quest. Can God be seen with our Eyes, or handled with our Hands?

Ans. No: He cannot.

Quest. And hath he not understanding, Will, and Power, and other Good Properties?

Ans. Yes; He hath.

Quest. How is GOD Infinite?

Ans. All His Perfections are without Bounds.

Quest. How is he Eternal?

Ans. He hath neither Beginning nor Ending. Rh