Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1871 to 1900 > Mother's catechism (in Gaelic and English) = Leabhar cheist na mathar (ann an Gaelic agus ann am Beurla), no, Roimh-Chuideachadh do'n Dream a ta Og agus Aineolach : chum an Deanamh Comasach air leabhar cheist Eaglais na h-Alba thuigsinn

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C. Co ris a rinn Dia cumhnant
nan gr&s ?
Ri Criosd an ainm na
muinntir taghta.
C. Co iad a’mhuinntir thagh-
ta?
F. An dream sin a roghnaich
Dia o shiorruidheachd, agus
a thug e do Chriosd chum a
bhi air an saoradh o fheirg.
C. C’ar son a ghoirear cumh¬
nant nan gniomh do’n cheud
chumhnant ?
F. Do bhri gur gniomh, no
umhlachd a bha air iarruidn
ann.
C. Ciod a’ ghne umhlachd a
bha e ag iarruidh ?
F. Umhlachd iomlan.
C. C’ar son a ghoirear cumh¬
nant na beatha dheth ?
F. Do bhri gur e beatha an
luach a bha air a ghealltainn
air son a choimhead.
C. Ciod a’ ghne bheatha a
gheall e 1
F. Beatha aimsireil, spiora-
dail, agus shiorruidh.
C. Ciod am peanas a bha air a
bhagradh air son briseadh a’
chumhnaint so ?
Am bks: oir thubhairt Dia,
‘ Anns an la a dh’ itheas tu
dheth gu cinnteach bhsaich-
h tu.’
Ciod e gne bhkis a bha air
a bhagradh ?
F. Bks aimsireil, spioradail,
agus siorruidh.
C. Ciod e am bks aimsireil ?
F. Dealachadh an anama o’n
cborp.
C. Ciod e am bks spioradail ?
Q. With whom did God
make the covenant of
grace 1
A. With Christ, in name of
the elect.
Q. Who are the elect 1
A. Those whom God did
choose from all eternity,
and gave to Christ to be
redeemed from wrath.
Q. Why is the first cove¬
nant called the covenant
of works ?
A. Because works, or obe¬
dience, was the condition
of it.
Q. What sort of obedience
did it require ?
A. Perfect obedience.
Q. Why is it called the co¬
venant of life ?
A. Because life was the re¬
ward promised for keep¬
ing it.
Q. What sort of life did it
promise ?
A. A life temporal, spiritual,
and eternal.
Q. What was the penalty
threatened for breaking
this covenant 2
A. Death ; for God said, ‘ In
the day thou eatest thereof,
thou shalt surely die.’
Q. What sort of death was
it 2
A. Death temporal, spiritual,
and eternal.
Q. What is death tem¬
poral 2
A. The separation of the
soul from the body.
Q. What is death spiri¬
tual 2