Excerpt from Key to the Shorter Catechism: Containing Catechetical Exercises, a Paraphrase, and a New and a Regular Series of Proofs on Each Answer But though we reflect with gratitude upon the kindness of our fathers in leaving behind them such a rich legacy, yet experience corn pels us to call in question their wisdom, in com mitting this Catechism, which was intended for adult Christians, into the hands of children. That very quality which forms its excellence as a compendium, and which, doubtless, made them so desirous to teach it immediately tn their children, renders it very improper for be ing prescribed as the first book by which a child is to be instructed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.