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28 Cards in this Set
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Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?
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A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
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Q. 14. What is sin?
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A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
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Q. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression?
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A. The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.
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Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
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A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
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Q. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
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A. The word of God, which is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
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Q. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
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A. 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.
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Q. 21. Who is the redeemer of God's elect?
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A. The only redeemer of God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.
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Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
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A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin.
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Q. 3. What do the scriptures principally teach?
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A. The scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
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Q. 31. What is effectual calling?
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A. 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.
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Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
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A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption and sanctification, and the several benefits which in this life do either accompany or flow from them.
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Q. 33. What is justification?
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A. Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
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Q. 34. What is adoption?
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A. Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of, the sons of God.
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Q. 35. What is sanctification?
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A. Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.
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Q. 4. What is God?
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A. God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.
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Q. 5. Are there more Gods than one?
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A. There is but one only, the living and true God.
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Q. 6. How many persons are there in the godhead?
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A. There are three persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
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Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?
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A. The decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.
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Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?
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A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
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Q. 85. What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin?
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A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.
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Q. 86. What is faith in Jesus Christ?
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A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.
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Q. 87. What is repentance unto life?
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A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.
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Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?
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A. The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption, are his ordinances, especially the word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.
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Q. 89. How is the word made effectual to salvation?
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A. The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching, of the word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.
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Q. 92. What is a sacrament?
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A. A sacrament is an holy ordinance instituted by Christ; wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.
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Q. 94. What is baptism?
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A. Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord's.
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Q. 96. What is the Lord's supper?
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A. The Lord's supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine according to Christ's appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment and growth in grace.
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Q. 98. What is prayer?
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A. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.
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