{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/heidcat.htm","path":"chr/heidcat.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/heidcat.htm","text":"As the Same is Taught in the Reformed Churches and Schools\nThe First Part - Of The Misery Of Man\nThe Second Part - Of Man's Deliverance\nOf God The Son\nOf God The Holy Ghost\nOf The Sacraments\nOf Holy Baptism\nOf The Holy Supper Of Our Lord Jesus Christ\nAnswer.\nam not my own, (b)\nbut belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; (c)\nwho, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, (d)\nand delivered me from all the power of the devil; (e)\nand so preserves me (f)\nthat without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; (g)\nyea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, (h)\nand therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, (i)\nand makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. (j)\n(a) Rom.14:7,8. (b) 1 Cor.6:19. (c) 1 Cor.3:23; Tit.2:14. (d) 1\nPet.1:18,19; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2,12. (e) Heb.2:14; 1 John 3:8; John\n8:34-36. (f) John 6:39; John 10:28; 2 Thess.3:3; 1 Pet.1:5. (g)\nMatt.10:29-31; Luke 21:18. (h) Rom.8:28. (i) 2 Cor.1:20-22; 2 Cor.5:5;\nEph.1:13,14; Rom.8:16. (j) Rom.8:14; 1 John 3:3.\nQ. 2.\nA.\nthe first, how great my sins and miseries are; (b)\nthe second, how I may be delivered from all my sins and miseries; (c)\nthe third, how I shall express my gratitude to God for such\ndeliverance. (d)\n(a) Matt.11:28-30; Luke 24:46-48; 1 Cor.6:11; Tit.3:3-7. (b) John\n9:41; John 15:22. (c) John 17:3; Acts 4:12; Acts 10:43. (d) Eph.5:8-\n11; 1 Pet.2:9,10; Rom.6:1,2,12,13.\n(a) Rom.3:20.\nQ. 4.\n(a) Deut.6:5; Lev.19:18; Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27.\nQ. 5.\nfor I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbour.(b)\n(a) Rom.3:10,20,23; 1 John 1:8,10. (b) Rom.8:7; Eph.2:3; Tit.3:3;\nGen.6:5; Gen.8:21; Jer.17:9; Rom.7:23.\nbut God created man good, (a)\nand after his own image, (b)\nin true righteousness and holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, heartily love him and live with him in eternal happiness to glorify and praise him. (c)\n(a) Gen.1:31. (b) Gen.1:26,27. (c) Col.3:9,10; Eph.4:23,24; 2\nCor.3:18.\nQ. 7.\nAdam and Eve, in Paradise; (a)\nhence our nature is become so corrupt, that we are all conceived and born in sin. (b)\n(a) Gen.3; Rom.5:12,18,19. (b) Ps.51:5; Gen.5:3.\nQ. 8.\nexcept we are regenerated by the Spirit of God. (b)\n(a) Gen.8:21; John 3:6; Gen.6:5; Job 14:4; Job 15:14,16,36; Isa.53:6.\n(b) John 3:3,5; 1 Cor.12:3; 2 Cor.3:5.\nfor God made man capable of performing it;\nbut man, by the instigation of the devil, (b)\nand his own wilful disobedience, (c)\ndeprived himself and all his posterity of those divine gifts.\n(a) Eph.4:24; Eccl.7:29. (b) John 8:44; 2 Cor.11:3; Gen.3:4. (c)\nGen.3:6; Rom.5:12; Gen.3:13; 1 Tim.2:13,14.\nQ. 10.\nbut is terribly displeased (a)\nwith our original as well as actual sins; and will punish them in his just judgment temporally and eternally, (b)\nas he has declared, \"Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are written in the book of the law, to do them.\" (c)\n(a) Gen.2:17; Rom.5:12. (b) Ps.5:5; Ps.50:21; Nah.1:2; Exod.20:5;\nExod.34:7; Rom.1:18; Eph.5:6; Heb.9:27. (c) Deut.27:26; Gal.3:10.\nQ. 11.\nbut also just; (b)\ntherefore his justice requires, that sin which is committed against the most high majesty of God, be also punished with extreme, that is, with everlasting punishment of body and soul.\n(a) Exod.34:6,7; Exod.20:6. (b) Ps.7:9; Exod.20:5; Exod.23:7;\nExod.34:7; Ps.5:5,6; Nah.1:2,3.\nand therefore we must make this full satisfaction, either by ourselves, or by another. (b)\n(a) Gen.2:17; Exod.20:5; Exod.23:7; Ezek.18:4; Matt.5:26; 2 Thess.1:6;\nLuke 16:2. (b) Rom.8:3,4.\nQ. 13.\nbut on the contrary we daily increase our debt. (a)\n(a). Job 9:2,3; Job 15:15,16; Job 4:18,19; Ps.130:3; Matt.6:12;\nMatt.18:25; Matt.16:26.\nQ. 14.\nand further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God's eternal wrath against sin, so as to deliver others from it. (b)\n(a) Ezek.18:4; Gen.3:17; Heb.2:14-17. (b) Nah.1:6; Ps.130:3.\nQ. 15.\nrighteous; (b)\nand yet more powerful than all creatures; that is, one who is also very God. (c)\n(a) 1 Cor.15:21; Jer.33:16; Isa.53:9; 2 Cor.5:21. (b) Heb.7:16,26. (c)\nIsa.7:14; Isa.9:6; Rom.9:5; Jer.23:5,6; Jer.23:6; Luke 11:22.\nwhich has sinned, should likewise make satisfaction for sin; (a)\nand one, who is himself a sinner, cannot satisfy for others. (b)\n(a) Ezek.18:4,20; Rom.5:12,15,18; 1 Cor.15:21; Heb.2:14-16; 1\nPet.3:18; Isa.53:3-5,10,11. (b) Heb.7:26,27; Ps.49:7,8; 1 Pet.3:18.\nQ. 17.\nby the power of his Godhead (a)\nsustain in his human nature, (b)\nthe burden of God's wrath; (c)\nand might obtain for, and restore to us, righteousness and life. (d)\n(a) Isa.9:6; Isa.63:3. (b) Isa.53:4,11. (c) Deut.4:24; Nah.1:6;\nPs.130:3. (d) Isa.53:5,11; Acts 2:24; 1 Pet.3:18; John 3:16; Acts\n20:28; John 1:4.\nQ. 18.\nand a real (b)\nrighteous man? (c)\n\"who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.\" (e)\n(a) 1 John 5:20; Rom.9:5; Rom.8:3; Gal.4:4; Isa.9:6; Jer.23:6;\nMal.3:1. (b) Luke 1:42; Luke 2:6,7; Rom.1:3; Rom.9:5; Philip.2:7;\nHeb.2:14,16,17; Heb.4:15. (c) Isa.53:9,11; Jer.23:5; Luke 1:35; John\n8:46; Heb.4:15; Heb.7:26; 1 Pet.1:19; 1 Pet.2:22; 1 Pet.3:18. (d)\n1 Tim.2:5; Heb.2:9; Matt.1:23; 1 Tim.3:16; Luke 2:11. (e) 1 Cor.1:30.\nQ. 19.\nand afterwards published by the patriarchs (b)\nand prophets, (c)\nand represented by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law; (d)\nand lastly, has fulfilled it by his only begotten Son. (e)\n(a) Gen.3:15. (b) Gen.22:18; Gen.12:3; Gen.49:10,11. (c) Isa.53;\nIsa.42:1-4; Isa.43:25; Isa.49:5,6,22,23; Jer.23:5,6; Jer.31:32,33;\nJer.32:39-41; Mic.7:18-20; Acts 10:43; Rom.1:2; Heb.1:1; Acts 3:22-24;\nActs 10:43; John 5:46. (d) Heb.10:1,7; Col.2:7; John 5:46. (e)\nRom.10:4; Gal.4:4,5; Gal.3:24; Col.2:17.\nonly those who are ingrafted into him, and, receive all his benefits, by a true faith. (b)\n(a) Matt.7:14; Matt.22:14. (b) Mark 16:16; John 1:12; John 3:16,18,36;\nIsa.53:11; Ps.2:12; Rom.11:17,19,20; Rom.3:22; Heb.4:2,3; Heb.5:9;\nHeb.10:39; Heb.11:6.\nQ. 21.\nbut also an assured confidence, (b)\nwhich the Holy Ghost (c)\nworks by the gospel in my heart; (d)\nthat not only to others, but to me also, remission of sin, everlasting righteousness and salvation, (e)\nare freely given by God, merely of grace, only for the sake of Christ's merits. (f)\n(a) James 2:19. (b) 2 Cor.4:13; Eph.2:7-9; Eph.3:12; Gal.2:16;\nHeb.11:1,7-10; Heb.4:16; James 1:6; Matt.16:17; Philip.1:19;\nRom.4:16-21; Rom.5:1; Rom.1:16; Rom.10:10,17; Rom.3:24.25. (c)\nGal.5:22; Matt.16:17; 2 Cor.4:13; John 6:29; Eph.2:8; Philip.1:19;\nActs 16:14. (d) Rom.1:16; Rom.10:17; 1 Cor.1:21; Acts 10:44; Acts\n16:14. (e) Rom.1:17; Gal.3:11; Heb.10:10,38; Gal.2:16. (f) Eph.2:8;\nRom.3:24; Rom.5:19; Luke 1:77,78.\nQ. 22.\nwhich the articles of our catholic undoubted christian faith briefly teach us.\n(a) John 20:31; Matt.28:19; Mark 1:15.\nQ. 23.\n2. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord:\n3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary:\n4. Suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell:\n5. The third day he rose again from the dead:\n6. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty:\n7. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead:\n8. I believe in the Holy Ghost:\n9. I believe a holy catholic church: the communion of saints:\n10. The forgiveness of sins:\n11. The resurrection of the body:\n12. And the life everlasting.\nthe first is of God the Father, and our creation;\nthe second of God the Son, and our redemption;\nthe third of God the Holy Ghost, and our sanctification.\nQ. 25.\nwhy speakest thou of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?\nthat these three distinct persons are the one only true and eternal God.\n(a) Deut.6:4; Eph.4:6; Isa.44:6; Isa.45:5; 1 Cor.8:4,6. (b) Isa.61:1;\nLuke 4:18; Gen.1:2,3; Ps.33:6; Isa.48:16; Ps.110:1; Matt.3:16,17;\nMatt.28:19; 1 John 5:7; Isa.6:1,3; John 14:26; John 15:26; 2\nCor.13:13; Gal.4:6; Eph.2:18; Tit.3:5,6.\nwho likewise upholds and governs the same by his eternal counsel and providence) (b)\nis for the sake of Christ his Son, my God and my Father; (c)\non whom I rely so entirely, that I have no doubt, but he will provide me with all things necessary for soul and body (d)\nand further, that he will make whatever evils he sends upon me, in this valley of tears turn out to my advantage; (e)\nfor he is able to do it, being Almighty God, (f)\nand willing, being a faithful Father. (g)\n(a) Gen.1,2; Job 33:4; Job 38,39; Ps.33:6; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15;\nIsa.45:7. (b) Matt.10:29; Heb.1:3; Ps.104:27-30; Ps.115:3; Matt.10:29;\nEph.1:11. (c) John 1:12; Rom.8:15; Gal.4:5-7; Eph.1:5. (d) Ps.55:23;\nMatt.6:25,26; Luke 12:22. (e) Rom.8:28. (f) Rom.10:12; Luke 12:22;\nRom.8:23; Isa.46:4; Rom.10:12. (g) Matt.6:25-34; Matt.7:9-11.\nwhereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs (b)\nheaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, (c)\nfruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, (d)\nriches and poverty, (e)\nyea, and all things come, not by chance, but be his fatherly hand. (f)\n(a) Acts 17:25-28; Jer.23:23,24; Isa.29:15,16; Ezek.8:12. (b)\nHeb.1:3. (c) Jer.5:24; Acts 14:17. (d) John 9:3. (e) Prov.22:2. (f)\nMatt.10:20; Prov.16:33.\nQ. 28.\nthankful in prosperity; (b)\nand that in all things, which may hereafter befall us, we place our firm trust in our faithful God and Father, (c)\nthat nothing shall separate us from his love; (d)\nsince all creatures are so in his hand, that without his will they cannot so much as move. (e)\n(a) Rom.5:3; James 1:3; Ps.39:9; Job 1:21,22. (b) Deut.8:10;\n1 Thess.5:18. (c) Ps.55:22; Rom.5:4. (d) Rom.8:38,39. (e) Job 1:12;\nJob 2:6; Acts 17:25,28; Prov.21:1.\nand delivereth us from our sins; (a)\nand likewise, because we ought not to seek, neither can find salvation in any other. (b)\n(a) Matt.1:21; Heb.7:24,25. (b) Acts 4:12; John 15:4,5; 1 Tim.2:5;\nIsa.43:11; 1 John 5:11.\nQ. 30.\nfor though they boast of him in words, yet in deeds they deny Jesus the only deliverer and Saviour; (a)\nfor one of these two things must be true, that either Jesus is not a complete Saviour; or that they, who by a true faith receive this Saviour, must find all things in him necessary to their salvation. (b)\n(a) 1 Cor.1:13,30,31; Gal.5:4. (b) Heb.12:2; Isa.9:6; Col.1:19,20;\nCol.2:10; 1 John 1:7,16.\nto be our chief Prophet and Teacher, (b)\nwho has fully revealed to us the secret counsel and will of God concerning our redemption; (c)\nand to be our only High Priest, (d)\nwho by the one sacrifice of his body, has redeemed us, (e)\nand makes continual intercession with the Father for us; (f)\nand also to be our eternal King, who governs us by his word and Spirit, and who defends and preserves us in that salvation, he has purchased for us. (g)\n(a) Heb.1:9; Ps.45:8; Isa.61:1; Luke 4:18. (b) Deut.18:15; Acts 3:22;\nActs 7:37; Isa.55:4. (c) John 1:18; John 15:15. (d) Ps.110:4. (e)\nHeb.10:12,14; Heb.9:12,14,28. (f) Rom.8:34; Heb.9:24; 1 John 2:1;\nRom.5:9,10. (g) Ps.2:6; Zech.9:9; Matt.21:5; Luke 1:33; Matt.28:18;\nJohn 10:28; Rev.12:10,11.\nQ. 32.\nand thus am partaker of his anointing; (c)\nthat so I may confess his name, (d)\nand present myself a living sacrifice of thankfulness to him: (e)\nand also that with a free and good conscience I may fight against sin and Satan in this life (f)\nand afterwards I reign with him eternally, over all creatures. (g)\n(a) Acts 11:26. (b) 1 Cor.6:15. (c) 1 John 2:27; Acts 2:17. (d)\nMatt.10:32; Rom.10:10; Mark 8:38. (e) Rom.12:1; 1 Pet.2:5,9;\nRev.5:8,10; Rev.1:6. (f) 1 Pet.2:11; Rom.6:12,13; Gal.5:16,17;\nEph.6:11; 1 Tim.1:18,19. (g) 2 Tim.2:12; Matt.24:34.\nbut we are children adopted of God, by grace, for his sake. (b)\n(a) John 1:1-3,14,18; Heb.1:1,2; John 3:16; 1 John 4:9; Rom.8:32. (b)\nRom.8:15-17; John 1:12; Gal.4:6; Eph.1:5,6.\nQ. 34.\nnot with silver or gold, but with his precious blood, and has delivered us from all the power of the devil; and thus has made us his own property. (a)\n(a) 1 Pet.1:18,19; 1 Pet.2:9; 1 Cor.6:20; 1 Cor.7:23; 1 Tim.2:6; John\n20:28.\ntrue and eternal God, (b)\ntook upon him the very nature of man, of the flesh and blood of the virgin Mary, (c)\nby the operation of the Holy Ghost; (d)\nthat he might also be the true seed of David, (e)\nlike unto his brethren in all things, (f)\nsin excepted. (g)\n(a) Rom.1:4; Rom.9:5. (b) 1 John 5:20; John 1:1; John 17:3; Rom.1:3;\nCol.1:15. (c) Gal.4:4; Luke 1:31,42,43. (d) John 1:14; Matt.1:18,20;\nLuke 1:32,35. (e) Ps.132:11; Rom.1:3; 2 Sam.7:12; Acts 2:30. (f)\nPhilip.2:7; Heb.2:14,17. (g) Heb.4:15.\nQ. 36.\nand with His innocence and perfect holiness, covers in the sight of God, my sins, wherein I was conceived and brought forth. (b)\n(a) Heb.7:26,27; Heb.2:17. (b) 1 Pet.1:18,19; 1 Pet.3:18; 1\nCor.1:30,31; Rom.8:3,4; Isa.53:11; Ps.32:1.\nthat so by his passion, as the only propitiatory sacrifice, (b)\nhe might redeem our body and soul from everlasting damnation, (c)\nand obtain for us the favour of God, righteousness and eternal life. (d)\n(a) Isa.53:4; 1 Pet.2:24; 1 Pet.3:18; 1 Tim.2:6. (b) Isa.53:10,12;\nEph.5:2; 1 Cor.5:7; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10; Rom.3:25; Heb.9:28;\nHeb.10:14. (c) Gal.3:13; Col.1:13; Heb.9:12; 1 Pet.1:18,19. (d)\nRom.3:25; 2 Cor.5:21; John 3:16; John 6:51; Heb.9:15; Heb.10:19.\nQ. 38.\nmight thereby free us from the severe judgement of God to which we were exposed. (b)\n(a) John 18:38; Matt.27:24; Acts 4:27,28; Luke 23:14,15; John 19:4.\n(b) Ps.69:4; Isa.53:4,5; 2 Cor.5:21; Gal.3:13.\nQ. 39.\nfor the death of the cross was accursed of God. (b)\n(a) Gal.3:13. (b) Deut.21:23.\nQ. 40.\nsatisfaction for our sins could be made no otherwise, than by the death of the Son of God. (b)\n(a) Gen.2:17. (b) Rom.8:3,4; Heb.2:9,14,15.\nQ. 41.\n(a) Matt.27:59,60; Luke 23:52,53; John 19:38-42; Acts 13:29.\nQ. 42.\nbut only an abolishing of sin, and a passage into eternal life. (b)\n(a) Mark 8:37; Ps.49:7. (b) John 5:24; Philip.1:23; Rom.7:24.\nQ. 43.\nthat so the corrupt inclinations of the flesh may no more reign in us; (b)\nbut that we may offer ourselves unto him a sacrifice of thanksgiving. (c)\n(a) Rom.6:6. (b) Rom.6:6-8,11,12; Col.2:12. (c) Rom.12:1.\nQ. 44.\nbut especially on the cross, has delivered me from the anguish and torments of hell. (b)\n(a) Ps.18:5,6; Ps.116:3; Matt.26:38; Heb.5:7; Isa.53:10; Matt.27:46.\n(b) Isa.53:5.\nQ. 45.\nsecondly, we are also by his power raised up to a new life; (b)\nand lastly, the resurrection of Christ is a sure pledge of our blessed resurrection. (c)\n(a) 1 Cor.15:16; Rom.4:25; 1 Pet.1:3. (b) Rom.6:4; Col.3:1,3;\nEph.2:5,6. (c) 1 Cor.15:12,20,21; Rom.8:11.\nQ. 46.\nand that he continues there for our interest, (b)\nuntil he comes again to judge the quick and the dead. (c)\n(a) Acts 1:9; Matt.26:64; Mark 16:19; Luke 24:51. (b) Heb.7:25;\nHeb.4:14; Heb.9:24; Rom.8:34; Eph.4:10; Col.3:1. (c) Acts 1:11;\nMatt.24:30.\nQ. 47.\nbut with respect to his Godhead, majesty, grace and spirit, he is at no time absent from us. (c)\n(a) Matt.28:20. (b) Heb.8:4; Matt.26:11; John 16:28; John 17:11; Acts\n3:21. (c) John 14:17-19; John 16:13; Matt.28:20; Eph.4:8,12.\nQ. 48.\nit must necessarily follow that the same is beyond the limits of the human nature he assumed, (b)\nand yet is nevertheless in this human nature, and remains personally united to it.\n(a) Acts 7:49; Jer.23:24. (b) Col.2:9; John 3:13; John 11:15;\nMatt.28:6.\nQ. 49.\nsecondly, that we have our flesh in heaven as a sure pledge that he, as the head, will also take up to himself, us, his members; (b)\nthirdly, that he sends us his Spirit as an earnest, (c)\nby whose power we \"seek the things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God, and not things on earth.\" (d)\n(a) 1 John 2:1; Rom.8:34. (b) John 14:2; John 17:24; John 20:17;\nEph.2:6. (c) John 14:16,7; Acts 2:1-4,33; 2 Cor.1:22; 2 Cor.5:5. (d)\nCol.3:1; Philip.3:14.\nQ. 50.\n\"and sitteth at the right hand of God\"?\nby whom the Father governs all things. (b)\n(a) Eph.1:20,21,23; Col.1:18. (b) Matt.28:18; John 5:22.\nQ. 51.\nand then that by his power he defends and preserves us against all enemies. (b)\n(a) Acts 2:33; Eph.4:8. (b) Ps.2:9; Ps.110:1,2; John 10:28; Eph.4:8.\nQ. 62.\nwho shall cast all his and my enemies into everlasting condemnation, (b)\nbut shall translate me with all his chosen ones to himself, into heavenly joys and glory. (c)\n(a) Luke 21:28; Rom.8:23; Philip.3:20; Tit.2:13; 1 Thess.4:16. (b) 2\nThess.1:6,8-10; Matt.25:41-43. (c) Matt.25:34; 2 Thess.1:7.\nsecondly, that he is also given me, (b)\nto make me by a true faith, partaker of Christ and all his benefits, (c)\nthat he may comfort me (d)\nand abide with me for ever. (e)\n(a) 1 John 5:7; Gen.1:2; Isa.48:16; 1 Cor.3:16; 1 Cor.6:19; Acts\n5:3,4. (b) Gal.4:6; Matt.28:19,20; 2 Cor.1:21,22; Eph.1:13. (c)\nGal.3:14; 1 Pet.1:2; 1 Cor.6:17. (d) Acts 9:31; John 15:26. (e) John\n14:16; 1 Pet.4:14.\nQ. 54.\nfrom the beginning to the end of the world, (b)\ngathers, defends, and preserves (c)\nto himself by his Spirit and word, (d)\nout of the whole human race, (e)\na church chosen to everlasting life, (f)\nagreeing in true faith; (g)\nand that I am and forever shall remain, (h)\na living member thereof. (i)\n(a) Eph.5:26; John 10:11; Acts 20:28; Eph.4:11-13. (b) Ps.71:17,18;\nIsa.59:21; 1 Cor.11:26. (c) Matt.16:18; John 10:28-30; Ps.129:1-5. (d)\nIsa.59:21; Rom.1:16; Rom.10:14-17; Eph.5:26. (e) Gen.26:4; Rev.5:9.\n(f) Rom.8:29,30; Eph.1:10-13. (g) Acts 2:46; Eph.4:3-6. (h) Ps.23:6; 1\nCor.1:8,9; John 10:28; 1 John 2:19; 1 Pet.1:5. (i) 1 John 3:14,19-21;\n2 Cor.13:5; Rom.8:10.\nQ. 55.\nsecondly, that every one must know it to be his duty, readily and cheerfully to employ his gifts, for the advantage and salvation of other members. (b)\n(a) 1 John 1:3; 1 Cor.1:9; Rom.8:32; 1 Cor.12:12,13; 1 Cor.6:17. (b) 1Cor.12:21; 1 Cor.13:1,5; Philip.2:4-8.\nQ. 56.\nbut will graciously impute to me the righteousness of Christ, (b)\nthat I may never be condemned before the tribunal of God. (c)\n(a) 1 John 2:2; 1 John 1:7; 2 Cor.5:19,21. (b) Jer.31:34; Ps.103:3,4;\nPs.103:10,12; Mic.7:19,23-25. (c) Rom.8:1-4; John 3:18; John 5:24.\nQ. 57.\nbut also, that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ, shall be reunited with my soul, and made like unto the glorious body of Christ. (b)\n(a) Luke 16:22; Luke 23:43; Philip.1:21,23. (b) 1 Cor.15:53,54; Job\n19:25,26; 1 John 3:2; Philip.3:21.\nQ. 58.\nsince I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, (a)\nafter this life, I shall inherit perfect salvation, which \"eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man\" to conceive, and that to praise God therein for ever. (b)\n(a) 2 Cor.5:2,3. (b) 1 Cor.2:9; John 17:3.\nQ. 59.\n(a) Hab.2:4; Rom.1:17; John 3:36.\nQ. 60.\nso that, though my conscience accuse me, that I have grossly transgressed all the commandments of God, and kept none of them, (b)\nand am still inclined to all evil; (c)\nnotwithstanding, God, without any merit of mine, (d)\nbut only of mere grace, (e)\ngrants and imputes to me, (f)\nthe perfect satisfaction, (g)\nrighteousness and holiness of Christ; (h)\neven so, as if I never had had, nor committed any sin: yea, as if I had fully accomplished all that obedience which Christ has accomplished for me; (i)\ninasmuch as I embrace such benefit with a believing heart. (j)\n(a) Rom.3:21-25,28; Rom.5:1,2; Gal.2:16; Eph.2:8,9; Philip.3:9. (b)\nRom.3:9. (c) Rom.7:23. (d) Tit.3:5; Deut.9:6; Ezek.36:22. (e)\nRom.3:24; Eph.2:8. (f) Rom.4:4,5; 2 Cor.5:19. (g) 1 John 2:2. (h)\n1 John 2:1. (i) 2 Cor.5:21. (j) Rom.3:22; John 3:18.\nQ. 61.\nand that I cannot receive and apply the same to myself any other way than by faith only. (b)\n(a) 1 Cor.1:30; 1 Cor.2:2. (b) 1 John 5:10.\nand in all respects conformable to the divine law; and also, that our best works in this life are all imperfect and defiled with sin. (b)\n(a) Gal.3:10; Deut.27:26. (b) Isa.64:6.\nQ. 63.\n(a) Luke 17:10.\nQ. 64.\n(a) Matt.7:18; John 15:5.\nQ. 65.\nwho works faith in our hearts by the preaching of the gospel, and confirms it by the use of the sacraments. (b)\n(a) Eph.2:8,9; Eph.6:23; John 3:5; Philip.1:29. (b) Matt.28:19,20; 1\nPet.1:22,23.\nQ. 66.\n(a) Gen.17:11; Rom.4:11; Deut.30:6; Lev.6:25; Heb.9:7-9,24;\nEzek.20:12; Isa.6:6,7; Isa.54:9.\nQ. 67.\n(a) Rom.6:3; Gal.3:27.\nQ. 68.\nQ. 69.\nadding thereto this promise, (b)\nthat I am as certainly washed by his blood and Spirit from all the pollution of my soul, that is, from all my sins, (c)\nas I am washed externally with water, by which the filthiness of the body is commonly washed away.\n(a) Matt.28:19. (b) Matt.28:19; Acts 2:38; Matt.3:11; Mark 16:16; John\n1:33; Rom.6:3,4. (c) 1 Pet.3:21; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3\nQ. 70.\nand also to be renewed by the Holy Ghost, and sanctified to be members of Christ, that so we may more and more die unto sin, and lead holy and unblamable lives. (b)\n(a) Heb.12:24; 1 Pet.1:2; Rev.1:5; Rev.7:14; Zech.13:1; Ezek.36:25.\n(b) John 1:33; John 3:5; 1 Cor.6:11; 1 Cor.12:13; Rom.6:4; Col.2:12.\nQ. 71.\nAnd \"he that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned.\", Mark 16:16.\nThis promise is also repeated, where the scripture calls baptism \"the washing of regenerations\" and the washing away of sins. Tit.3:5,\nActs 22:16. (a)\n(a) Tit.3:5; Acts 22:16.\nQ. 72.\nfor the blood of Jesus Christ only, and the Holy Ghost cleanse us from all sin. (b)\n(a) Matt.3:11; 1 Pet.3:21; Eph.5:26,27. (b) 1 John 1:7; 1 Cor.6:11.\nQ. 73.\nbut especially that by this divine pledge and sign he may assure us, that we are spiritually cleansed from our sins as really, as we are externally washed with water. (b)\n(a) Rev.1:5; Rev.7:14; 1 Cor.6:11. (b) Mark 16:16; Gal.3:27.\nQ. 74.\nfor since they, as well as the adult, are included in the covenant and church of God; (a)\nand since redemption from sin (b)\nby the blood of Christ, and the Holy Ghost, the author of faith, is promised to them no less than to the adult; (c)\nthey must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into the christian church; and be distinguished from the children of unbelievers (d)\nas was done in the old covenant or testament by circumcision, (e)\ninstead of which baptism is instituted (f)\nin the new covenant.\n(a) Gen.17:7. (b) Matt.19:14. (c) Luke 1:15; Ps.22:10; Isa.44:1-3;\nActs 2:39. (d) Acts 10:47. (e) Gen.17:14. (f) Col.2:11-13.\nQ. 75.\nfirst, that his body was offered and broken on the cross for me, and his blood shed for me, as certainly as I see with my eyes, the bread of the Lord broken for me, and the cup communicated to me; and further, that he feeds and nourishes my soul to everlasting life, with his crucified body and shed blood, as assuredly as I receive from the hands of the minister, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup of the Lord, as certain signs of the body and blood of Christ.\n(a) Matt.26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19,20; 1 Cor.10:16,17;\n1 Cor.11:23-25; 1 Cor.12:13.\nQ. 76.\nbut also, besides that, to become more and more united to his sacred body, (b)\nby the Holy Ghost, who dwells both in Christ and in us; so that we, though Christ is in heaven (c)\nand we on earth, are notwithstanding \"flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone\" (d)\nand that we live, and are governed forever by one spirit, (e)\nas members of the same body are by one soul.\n(a) John 6:35,40,47-54. (b) John 6:55,56. (c) Col.3:1; Acts 3:21;\n1 Cor.11:26. (d) Eph.3:16; Eph.5:29,30,32; 1 Cor.6:15,17,19; 1 John\n3:24; 1 John 4:13; John 14:23. (e) John 6:56-58; John 15:1-6;\nEph.4:15,16.\n Q. 77.\n \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Where has Christ promised that he will as\n certainly feed and nourish believers with his body and bleed, as they eat of\n this broken bread, and drink of this cup?\n A.\n \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"The Lord Jesus, the same night in which he\n was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and: said:\n eat, this is my body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me.\n After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying: this\n cup is the new testament in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye drink it, in\n remembrance of me.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For, as often as ye eat this bread, and drink\n this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.\" 1 Cor.11:23-26.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This promise is repeated by the holy apostle\n Paul, where he says \"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the\n communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the\n communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one\n body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.\" 1 Cor.10:16,17.\n \n(a) 1 Cor.11:23-25; Matt.26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19,20;\n1 Cor.10:16,17.\nQ. 78.\nbut as the water in baptism is not changed into the blood of Christ, neither is the washing away of sin itself, being only the sign and confirmation thereof appointed of God; (b)\nso the bread in the Lord's supper is not changed into the very body of Christ; (c)\nthough agreeably to the nature and properties of sacraments, (d)\nit is called the body of Christ Jesus.\n(a) Matt.26:29. (b) Eph.5:26; Tit.3:5. (c) Mark 14:24; 1\nCor.10:16,17,26-28. (d) Gen.17:10,11,14,19; Exod.12:11,13,27,43,48;\nExod.13:9; 1 Pet.3:21; 1 Cor.10:1-4.\nQ. 79.\n A.\n \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christ speaks thus, not without great reason,\n namely, not only thereby to teach us, that as bread and wine support this\n temporal life, so his crucified body and shed blood are the true meat and\n drink, whereby our souls are fed to eternal life; (a)\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0but more especially by these visible signs and\n pledges to assure us, that we are as really partakers of his true body and\n blood by the operation of the Holy Ghost as we receive by the mouths of our\n bodies these holy signs in remembrance of him; (b)\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and that all his sufferings and obedience are as\n certainly ours, as if we had in our own persons suffered and made satisfaction\n for our sins to God.\n \n(a) John 6:51,55. (b) 1 Cor.10:16,17.\nQ. 80.\nand, that we by the Holy Ghost are ingrafted into Christ, (b)\nwho, according to his human nature is now not on earth, but in heaven, at the right hand of God his Father, (c)\nand will there be worshipped by us. (d)\nBut the mass teaches, that the living and dead have not the pardon of sins through the sufferings of Christ, unless Christ is also daily offered for them by the priests; and further, that Christ is bodily under the form of bread and wine, and therefore is to be worshipped in them; so that the mass, at bottom, is nothing else than a denial of the one sacrifice and sufferings of Jesus Christ, and an accursed idolatry. (e)\n(a) Heb.7:27; Heb.9:12,25-28; Heb.10:10,12-14; John 19:30; Matt.26:28;\nLuke 22:19,20. (b) 1 Cor.6:17; 1 Cor.10:16. (c) Heb.1:3; Heb.8:1,2;\nJohn 20:17. (d) Matt.6:20,21; John 4:21-24; Luke 24:52; Acts 7:55,56;\nCol.3:1; Philip.3:20,21; 1 Thess.1:10; Heb.9:6-10. (e) Heb.9:26;\nHeb.10:12,14,19-31.\nQ. 81.\n(a) 1 Cor.10:19-22; 1 Cor.11:28,29.\nQ. 82.\ntherefore it is the duty of the christian church, according to the appointment of Christ and his apostles, to exclude such persons, by the keys of the kingdom of heaven, till they show amendment of life.\n(a) 1 Cor.11:20,34; Isa.1:11-15; Isa.66:3; Jer.7:21-23; Ps.50:16.\nQ. 83.\nQ. 84.\n(a) Matt.16:18,19; Matt.18:15-19; John 20:21-23.\nQ. 85.\n(a) Matt.18:15-18; 1 Cor.5:2-5,11; 2 Thess.3:14,15; 2 Cor.2:6-8.\nQ. 86.\nand that he may be praised by us; (b)\nalso, that every one may be assured in himself of his faith, (c)\nby the fruits thereof; and that, by our godly conversation others may be gained to Christ. (d)\n(a) Rom.6:13; Rom.12:1,2; 1 Pet.2:5,9,10; 1 Cor.6:20. (b) Matt.5:16;\n1 Pet.2:12; 1 Pet.1:6,7. (c) 2 Pet.1:10; Matt.7:17; Gal.5:6,22,23. (d)\n1 Pet.3:1,2; Rom.14:19.\nQ. 87.\n(a) 1 Cor.6:9,10; Eph.5:5,6; 1 John 3:14.\nQ. 88.\n(a) Rom.6:1,4-6; Eph.4:22-24; Col.3:5-10; 1 Cor.5:7; 2 Cor.7:10.\nQ. 89.\n(a) Rom.8:13; Joel 2:13; Hos.6:1.\nQ. 90.\nand with love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works. (b)\n(a) Rom.5:1; Rom.14:17; Isa.57:15. (b) Rom.6:10,11; Gal.2:20.\nQ. 91.\nare performed according to the law of God, (b)\nand to his glory; (c)\nand not such as are founded on our imaginations, or the institutions of men. (d)\n(a) Rom.14:23. (b) Lev.18:4; 1 Sam.15:22; Eph.2:10. (c) 1 Cor.10:31.\n(d) Deut.12:32; Ezek.20:18,19; Isa.29:13; Matt.15:7-9.\nQ. 92.\n1st commandment:\n2nd commandment:\n3rd commandment:\n4th commandment:\n5th commandment:\n6th commandment:\n7th commandment:\n8th commandment:\n9th commandment:\n10th commandment:\nQ. 93.\nthe first of which teaches us how we must behave towards God; the second, what duties we owe to our neighbour. (b)\n(a) Exod.34:28; Deut.4:13; Deut.10:3,4. (b) Matt.22:37-40.\nQ. 94.\nsorcery, soothsaying, superstition, (b)\ninvocation of saints, or any other creatures; (c)\nand learn rightly to know the only true God; (d)\ntrust in him alone, (e)\nwith humility (f)\nand patience submit to him; (g)\nexpect all good things from him only; (h)\nlove, (i)\nfear, (j)\nand glorify him with my whole heart; (k)\nso that I renounce and forsake all creatures, rather than commit even the least thing contrary to his will. (l)\n(a) 1 John 5:21; 1 Cor.6:9,10; 1 Cor.10:7,14. (b) Lev.19:31; Deut.18:9-\n12. (c) Matt.4:10; Rev.19:10; Rev.22:8,9. (d) John 17:3. (e)\nJer.17:5,7. (f) 1 Pet.5:5,6. (g) Heb.10:36; Col.1:11; Rom.5:3,4;\n1 Cor.10:10; Philip.2:14. (h) Ps.104:27-30; Isa.45:7; James 1:17. (i)\nDeut.6:5; Matt.22:37. (j) Deut.6:2; Ps.111:10; Prov.1:7; Prov.9:10;\nMatt.10:28. (k) Matt.4:10; Deut.10:20,21. (l) Matt.5:29,30;\nMatt.10:37; Acts 5:29.\nQ. 95.\n(a) Eph.5:5; 1 Chron.16:26; Philip.3:19; Gal.4:8; Eph.2:12; 1 John\n2:23; 2 John 1:9; John 5:23.\nQ. 96.\nnor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his word. (b)\n(a) Deut.4:15-19; Isa.40:18-25; Rom.1:23,24; Acts 17:29. (b)\n1 Sam.15:23; Deut.12:30-32; Matt.15:9.\nQ. 97.\nbut as to creatures; though they may be represented, yet God forbids to make, or have any resemblance of them, either in order to worship them or to serve God by them. (b)\n(a) Isa.40:25. (b) Exod.23:24,25; Exod.34:13,14,17; Num.33:52;\nDeut.7:5; Deut.12:3; Deut.16:21; 2 Kin.18:3,4.\nQ. 98.\nbut by the lively preaching of his word. (b)\n(a) Jer.10:8; Hab.2:18,19. (b) Rom.10:14,15,17; 2 Pet.1:19; 2\nTim.3:16,17.\nQ. 99.\nor perjury, (b)\nbut also by rash swearing, (c)\nmust not profane or abuse the name of God; nor by silence or connivance be partakers of these horrible sins in others; (d)\nand, briefly, that we use the holy name of God no otherwise than with fear and reverence; (e)\nso that he may be rightly confessed (f)\nand worshipped by us, (g)\nand be glorified in all our words and works. (h)\n(a) Lev.24:11-16. (b) Lev.19:12. (c) Matt.5:37; James 5:12. (d)\nLev.5:1; Prov.29:24. (e) Jer.4:2; Isa.45:23. (f) Rom.10:9,10;\nMatt.10:32. (g) Ps.50:15; 1 Tim.2:8. (h) Rom.2:24; 1 Tim.6:1;\nCol.3:16,17.\nQ. 100.\nfor there is no sin greater or more provoking to God, than the profaning of his name; and therefore he has commanded this sin to be punished with death. (b)\n(a) Prov.29:24; Lev.5:1. (b) Lev.24:15,16.\nQ. 101.\nand therefore was justly used by the saints, both in the Old and New Testament. (b)\n(a) Deut.6:13; Deut.10:20; Isa.48:1; Heb.6:16. (b) Gen.21:24;\nGen.31:53,54; Jos.9:15,19; 1 Sam.24:22; 2 Sam.3:35; 1 Kin.1:28-30;\nRom.1:9; 2 Cor.1:23.\nQ. 102.\nwhich honour is due to no creature. (b)\n(a) 2 Cor.1:23; Rom.9:1. (b) Matt.5:34-36; James 5:12.\nQ. 103.\nand that I, especially on the sabbath, that is, on the day of rest, diligently frequent the church of God, (b)\nto hear his word, (c)\nto use the sacraments, (d)\npublicly to call upon the Lord, (e)\nand contribute to the relief of the poor. (f)\nSecondly, that all the days of my life I cease from my evil works, and yield myself to the Lord, to work by his Holy Spirit in me: and thus begin in this life the eternal sabbath. (g)\n(a) Tit.1:5; 2 Tim.3:14,15; 1 Tim.5:17; 1 Cor.9:11,13,14; 2 Tim.2:2.\n(b) Ps.40:10,11; Ps.68:27; Acts 2:42,46. (c) 1 Tim.4:13,19;\n1 Cor.14:29,31. (d) 1 Cor.11:33. (e) 1 Tim.2:1-3,8-11; 1 Cor.14:16.\n(f) 1 Cor.16:2. (g) Isa.66:23.\nQ. 104.\nand also patiently bear with their weaknesses and infirmities, (b)\nsince it pleases God to govern us by their hand. (c)\n(a) Eph.5:22; Eph.6:1-5; Col.3:18,20-24; Prov.1:8; Prov.4:1;\nProv.15:20; Prov.20:20; Exod.21:17; Rom.13:1-7. (b) Prov.23:22;\nGen.9:24,25; 1 Pet.2:18. (c) Eph.6:4,9; Col.3:19-21; Rom.13:2,3;\nMatt.22:21.\nQ. 105.\nbut that I lay aside all desire of revenge: (b)\nalso, that I hurt not myself, nor wilfully expose myself to any danger. (c)\nWherefore also the magistrate is armed with the sword, to prevent murder. (d)\n(a) Matt.5:21,22; Matt.26:52; Gen.9:6. (b) Eph.4:26; Rom.12:19;\nMatt.5:25; Matt.18:35. (c) Rom.13:14; Col.2:23; Matt.4:7. (d) Gen.9:6;\nExod.21:14; Matt.26:52; Rom.13:4.\nQ. 106.\nhatred, (b)\nanger, (c)\nand desire of revenge; and that he accounts all these as murder. (d)\n(a) Prov.14:30; Rom.1:29. (b) 1 John 2:9,11. (c) James 1:20;\nGal.5:19,21. (d) 1 John 3:15.\nQ. 107.\nto show patience, peace, meekness, mercy, and all kindness, towards him, (b)\nand prevent his hurt as much as in us lies; (c)\nand that we do good, even to our enemies. (d)\n(a) Matt.7:12; Matt.22:39; Rom.12:10. (b) Eph.4:2; Gal.6:1,2;\nMatt.5:5,7,9; Rom.12:18; Luke 6:36; 1 Pet.3:8; Col.3:12; Rom.12:10,15.\n(c) Exod.23:5. (d) Matt.5:44,45; Rom.12:20,21.\nQ. 108.\nand that therefore we must with all our hearts detest the same, (b)\nand live chastely and temperately, (c)\nwhether in holy wedlock, or in single life. (d)\n(a) Lev.18:27,28. (b) Jude 1:23. (c) 1 Thess.4:3-5. (d) Heb.13:4;\n1 Cor.7:7-9,27.\nQ. 109.\nthoughts, desires, (b)\nand whatever can entice men thereto. (c)\n(a) Eph.5:3,4; 1 Cor.6:18-20. (b) Matt.5:27,28. (c) Eph.5:18;\n1 Cor.15:33.\nQ. 110.\nand robberies, (b)\nwhich are punishable by the magistrate; but he comprehends under the name of theft all wicked tricks and devices, whereby we design to appropriate to ourselves the goods which belong to our neighbour: (c)\nwhether it be by force, or under the appearance of right, as by unjust weights, ells, measures, fraudulent merchandise, (d)\nfalse coins, usury, (e)\nor by any other way forbidden by God; as also all covetousness, (f)\nall abuse and waste of his gifts. (g)\n(a) 1 Cor.6:10. (b) 1 Cor.5:10; Isa.33:1. (c) Luke 3:14; 1 Thess.4:6.\n(d) Prov.11:1; Prov.16:11; Ezek.45:9-12; Deut.25:13-16. (e) Ps.15:5;\nLuke 6:35. (f) 1 Cor.6:10. (g) Prov.23:20,21; Prov.21:20.\nQ. 111.\nfurther also that I faithfully labour, so that I may be able to relieve the needy. (b)\n(a) Matt.7:12. (b) Eph.4:28.\nQ. 112.\nnor falsify any man's words; (b)\nthat I be no backbiter, nor slanderer; (c)\nthat I do not judge, nor join in condemning any man rashly, or unheard; (d)\nbut that I avoid all sorts of lies and deceit, as the proper works of the devil, (e)\nunless I would bring down upon me the heavy wrath of God; (f)\nlikewise, that in judgment and all other dealings I love the truth, speak it uprightly and confess it; (g)\nalso that I defend and promote, as much as I am able, the horror and good character of my neighbour. (h)\n(a) Prov.19:5,9; Prov.21:28. (b) Ps.15:3; Ps.50:19,20. (c)\nRom.1:29,30. (d) Matt.7:1,2; Luke 6:37. (e) John 8:44. (f) Prov.12:22;\nProv.13:5. (g) 1 Cor.13:6; Eph.4:25. (h) 1 Pet.4:8.\nQ. 113.\n(a) Rom.7:7.\nQ. 114.\nyet so, that with a sincere resolution they begin to live, not only according to some, but all the commandments of God. (b)\n(a) 1 John 1:8-10; Rom.7:14,15; Eccl.7:20; 1 Cor.13:9. (b) Rom.7:22;\nPs.1:2; James 2:10.\nQ. 115.\nour sinful nature, and thus become the more earnest in seeking the remission of sin, and righteousness in Christ; (b)\nlikewise, that we constantly endeavour and pray to God for the grace of the Holy Spirit, that we may become more and more conformable to the image of God, till we arrive at the perfection proposed to us, in a life to come. (c)\n(a) Rom.3:20; 1 John 1:9; Ps.32:5. (b) Matt.5:6; Rom.7:24,25. (c)\n1 Cor.9:24; Philip.3:11-14.\nQ. 116.\nand also, because God will give his grace and Holy Spirit to those only,\nwho with sincere desires continually ask them of him, and are thankful for them. (b)\n(a) Ps.50:14,15. (b) Matt.7:7,8; Luke 11:9,10,13; 1 Thess.5:17.\nQ. 117.\nto the one true God only, who has manifested himself in his word, (b)\nfor all things, he has commanded us to ask of him; (c)\nsecondly, that we rightly and thoroughly know our need and misery, (d)\nthat so we may deeply humble ourselves in the presence of his divine majesty; (e)\nthirdly, that we be fully persuaded that he, notwithstanding that we are unworthy of it, will, for the sake of Christ our Lord, certainly hear our prayer, (f)\nas he has promised us in his word. (g)\n(a) John 4:24; Ps.145:18. (b) Rev.19:10; John 4:22-24. (c) Rom.8:26;\n1 John 5:14; James 1:5. (d) 2 Chron.20:12. (e) Ps.2:11; Ps.34:19;\nIsa.66:2. (f) Rom.10:14; James 1:6. (g) John 14:13,14; John 16:23;\nDan.9:17,18. (h) Matt.7:8; Ps.27:8.\nQ. 118.\nwhich Christ our Lord has comprised in that prayer he himself has taught us.\n(a) James 1:17; Matt.6:33.\nQ. 119.\n1 Hallowed be thy name.\n2 Thy kingdom come.\n3 Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.\n4 Give us this day our daily bread.\n5 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.\n6 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.\nFor thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.\nAmen.\n(a) Matt.6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4.\nQ. 120.\n(a) Matt.7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13.\nQ. 121.\nand that we may expect from his almighty power all things necessary for soul and body. (b)\n(a) Jer.23:23,24; Acts 17:24,25,27. (b) Rom.10:12.\nQ. 122.\nand to sanctify, glorify and praise thee, (b)\nin all thy works, in which thy power, wisdom, goodness, justice, mercy and truth, are clearly displayed; and further also, that we may so order and direct our whole lives, our thoughts, words and actions, that thy name may never be blasphemed, but rather honoured and praised on our account. (c)\n(a) John 17:3; Jer.9:24; Jer.31:33,34; Matt.16:17; James 1:5;\nPs.119:105. (b) Ps.119:137; Luke 1:46,47,68,69; Rom.11:33-36. (c)\nPs.71:8; Ps.115:1.\nQ. 123.\npreserve and increase thy church; (b)\ndestroy the works of the devil, and all violence which would exalt itself against thee; and also all wicked counsels devised against thy holy word; (c)\ntill the full perfection of thy kingdom take place, (d)\nwherein thou shalt be all in all. (e)\n(a) Matt.6:33; Ps.119:5; Ps.143:10. (b) Ps.51:18; Ps.122:6-9. (c)\n1 John 3:8; Rom.16:20. (d) Rev.22:17,20; Rom.8:22,23. (e) 1 Cor.15:28.\nQ. 124.\nand without murmuring obey thy will, which is only good; (b)\nthat every one may attend to, and perform the duties of his station and calling, (c)\nas willingly and faithfully as the angels do in heaven. (d)\n(a) Matt.16:24; Tit.2:11,12. (b) Luke 22:42; Eph.5:10; Rom.12:2. (c)\n1 Cor.7:24. (d) Ps.103:20,21.\nQ. 125.\nthat we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of all good, (b)\nand that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy gifts, can profit us without thy blessing; (c)\nand therefore that we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it alone in thee. (d)\n(a) Ps.104:27,28; Ps.145:15,16; Matt.6:25,26. (b) James 1:17; Acts\n14:17; Acts 17:27,28. (c) 1 Cor.15:58; Deut.8:3; Ps.37:3-5,16;\nPs.127:1,2. (d) Ps.55:23; Ps.62:11; Ps.146:3; Jer.17:5,7.\nQ. 126.\neven as we feel this evidence of thy grace in us, that it is our firm resolution from the heart to forgive our neighbour. (b)\n(a) Ps.51:1-7; Ps.143:2; 1 John 2:1,2; Rom.8:1. (b) Matt.6:14,15.\nQ. 127.\nand besides this, since our mortal enemies, the devil, (b)\nthe world, (c)\nand our own flesh, (d)\ncease not to assault us,\ndo thou therefore preserve and strengthen us by the power of thy Holy Spirit, that we may not be overcome in this spiritual warfare, (e)\nbut constantly and strenuously may resist our foes, till at last we obtain a complete victory. (f)\n(a) John 15:5; Ps.103:14. (b) 1 Pet.5:8; Eph.6:12. (c) John 15:19. (d)\nRom.7:23; Gal.5:17. (e) Matt.26:41; Mark 13:33. (f) 1 Thess.3:13;\n1 Thess.5:23.\nQ. 128.\nand all this we pray for, that thereby not we, but thy holy name, may be glorified for ever. (b)\n(a) Rom.10:11,12; 2 Pet.2:9. (b) John 14:13; Jer.33:8,9; Ps.115:1.\nQ. 129.\n(a) 2 Cor.1:20; 2 Tim.2:13.","title":"Heidelberg Catechism","type":"page"}