An Example of Plain Catechising Upon the Assembly's Shorter Catechism ...: With a Preface Briefly Demonstrating the Truth of the Christian Revelation ... |
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... Wherein doth the wisdom of God most brightly appear ? A. God's wisdom shines forth both in his works of creation and providence ; but the brightest discovery we have of it is in the contrivance of our redemption by Jesus Christ , in a ...
... Wherein doth the wisdom of God most brightly appear ? A. God's wisdom shines forth both in his works of creation and providence ; but the brightest discovery we have of it is in the contrivance of our redemption by Jesus Christ , in a ...
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... Wherein doth God's holiness , and hatred of sin , appear ? A. In making pure and holy laws , encouraging men to obey them ; threatening and punishing sin , which is contrary to them : and especially in sending his eternal Son to assume ...
... Wherein doth God's holiness , and hatred of sin , appear ? A. In making pure and holy laws , encouraging men to obey them ; threatening and punishing sin , which is contrary to them : and especially in sending his eternal Son to assume ...
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... Wherein doth the truth and faithfulness of God appear ? A. In accomplishing the predictions recorded in his word , in executing his threatenings against the wicked , and in fulfil- ling all his promises to his people , Matth . xxiv . 35 ...
... Wherein doth the truth and faithfulness of God appear ? A. In accomplishing the predictions recorded in his word , in executing his threatenings against the wicked , and in fulfil- ling all his promises to his people , Matth . xxiv . 35 ...
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... Wherein doth the soul resemble God in its natural faculties ? A. As it is an immortal spirit , endowed with understanding , will and memory . Q. Wherein did man at first resemble God in moral qualities ? A. In his knowledge ...
... Wherein doth the soul resemble God in its natural faculties ? A. As it is an immortal spirit , endowed with understanding , will and memory . Q. Wherein did man at first resemble God in moral qualities ? A. In his knowledge ...
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... Wherein did his holiness lie ? A. In the purity of his soul and its affections , whereby he was inclined to hate all sin , love what was pure and pleasant to God , and study a perfect conformity to his boly law , both in heart and life ...
... Wherein did his holiness lie ? A. In the purity of his soul and its affections , whereby he was inclined to hate all sin , love what was pure and pleasant to God , and study a perfect conformity to his boly law , both in heart and life ...
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Page 168 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Page 208 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 57 - All mankind by their fall, lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.
Page 147 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 74 - ... being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary...
Page 64 - God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
Page 171 - That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Page 105 - Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.
Page 145 - The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind ; and our neighbour as ourselves.
Page 158 - I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto. thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.