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#BC66 What is forbidden in the fourth commandment? The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thought...
#WSC66 What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment? The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is, a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.
#WLC66 What is that union which the elect have with Christ? The union which the elect have with Christ is the work of God’s grace, whereby they are spiritually and mystically, yet really and inseparably, joined to Christ as their head and husband; which is don...
#HC66 What are the sacraments? The sacraments are holy, visible signs and seals. They were instituted by God so that by their use He might the more fully declare and seal to us the promise of the gospel. And this is the promise: th...
#AOC66 Doth then both the Word and sacraments tend to that dnd, as to lead our faith unto the sacrifice of Christ finished on the cross as to the only ground of our salvation? It is even so; for the Holy Ghost teacheth us by the Gospel, and assureth us by the sacraments, that the salvation of all of us standeth in the only sacrifice of Christ offered for us upon the cross.
#GC66 Why and how did that happen to Him? Because He presented Himself to God in order to make satisfaction in the name of sinners, it was necessary that He should suffer fearful distress of conscience, as if He had been forsaken by God, and...
#BC67 What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment? The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, are God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own lawful employments, his challenging a special propriety in a seventh, his own example, and his ble...
#WSC67 Which is the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.
#WLC67 What is effectual calling? Effectual calling is the work of God’s almighty power and grace, whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him thereunto ) he doth, in his accepted time,...
#HC67 Are both the Word and the sacraments then intended to focus our faith on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross as the only ground of our salvation? Yes, indeed. The Holy Spirit teaches us in the gospel and assures us by the sacraments that our entire salvation rests on Christ’s one sacrifice for us on the cross.
#AOC67 How many sacraments hath Christ ordained in the new Testament? Two; Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.
#GC67 Was His Father then opposed to Him? No. But He had to be afflicted in this way in fulfillment of what had been foretold by Isaiah, that "he was smitten by the hand of God for our sins and wounded for our transgressions" (Isa 53:5; 1Pe 2...
#BC68 Which is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
#WSC68 What is required in the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavors to preserve our own life, and the life of others.
#WLC68 Are the elect only effectually called? All the elect, and they only, are effectually called; although others may be, and often are, outwardly called by the ministry of the word, and have some common operations of the Spirit; who, for their...
#HC68 How many sacraments has Christ instituted in the new covenant? Two: holy baptism and the holy supper.
#AOC68 What is Baptism? Immersion or dipping of the Person in Water in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, by such who are duly qualified by Christ.
#GC68 But since He is God Himself, how could He be in such dread, as if He were forsaken by God? We must hold that it was according to His human nature that He was in that extremity: and that in order to allow this, His Deity held itself back a little, as if concealed, that is, did not how its po...
#BC69 What is required in the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honour and performing the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.
#WSC69 What is forbidden in the sixth commandment? The sixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbour, unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth thereunto.
#WLC69 What is the communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ? The communion in grace which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is their partaking of the virtue of his mediation, in their justification, adoption, sanctification, and whatever els...
#HC69 How does holy baptism signify and seal to you that the one sacrifice of Christ on the cross benefits you? In this way: Christ instituted this outward washing and with it gave the promise that, as surely as water washes away the dirt from the body, so certainly His blood and Spirit wash away the impurity o...
#AOC69 Who are the proper Subjects of this Ordinance? Those who do actually profess Repentance towards God, Faith in, and Obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ.
#GC69 How is it possible that Jesus Christ, who is the salvation of the world, should have been under such damnation? He was not to remain under it. For though He experienced the horror we have spoken of, He was by no means oppressed by it. On the contrary, He battled with the power of hell, to break and destroy it.
#BC70 What is forbidden in the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglect of, or doing any thing against the honour and duty which belongeth to every one in their several places and relations.
#WSC70 Which is the seventh commandment? The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
#WLC70 What is justification? Justification is an act of God’s free grace unto sinners, in which he pardoneth all their sins, accepteth and accounteth their persons righteous in his sight; not for any thing wrought in them, or don...
#HC70 What does it mean to be washed with Christ’s blood and Spirit? To be washed with Christ’s blood means to receive forgiveness of sins from God, through grace, because of Christ’s blood, poured out for us in His sacrifice on the cross. To be washed with His Spirit...
#AOC70 Are no Infants to be baptized? None by no means; for we have neither Precept nor Example for that Practice in all the Book of God.
#GC70 Thus we see the difference between the torment which He suffered and that which sinners experience when God punishes them in His wrath. For what He suffered for a time in Himself is perpetual in the others, and what was only a needle to sting Him is to them a sword to deliver a mortal wound? It is so, for Jesus Christ, even in the midst of such distress, did not cease to hope in God. But sinners whom God condemns rush into despair, defy, and even blaspheme Him.

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