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#BC76 What is required in the seventh commandment? The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbour’s chastity, in heart, speech, and behavior.
#WSC76 Which is the ninth commandment? The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
#WLC76 What is repentance unto life? Repentance unto life is a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and word of God, whereby, out of the sight and sense, not only of the danger, but also of the filthiness and odio...
#HC76 What does it mean to eat the crucified body of Christ and to drink His shed blood? First, to accept with a believing heart all the suffering and the death of Christ, and so receive forgiveness of sins and life eternal. Second, to be united more and more to His sacred body through th...
#AOC76 Where doth Christ promise us that he will as certainly wash us with his Blood and Spirit, as we are washed with the Water of Baptism? In the Institution of Baptism, the words whereof are these, Go, teach all Nations, baptising them in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: he that shall believe, and be baptised, shall...
#GC76 Did He ascend in such a way that He is no longer on earth? Yes. For after He had performed all that He was enjoined by the Father, and was required for our salvation, there was no need for Him to remain on earth.
#BC77 What is forbidden in the seventh commandment? The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.
#WSC77 What is required in the ninth commandment? The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbour’s good name, especially in witness bearing.
#WLC77 Wherein do justification and sanctification differ? Although sanctification be inseparably joined with justification, yet they differ, in that God in justification imputeth the righteousness of Christ; in sanctification his Spirit infuseth grace, and e...
#HC77 Where has Christ promised that He will nourish and refresh believers with His body and blood as surely as they eat of this broken bread and drink of this cup? In the institution of the Lord’s supper: The Lord Jesus on the night when He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is my body which is for you. Do this in...
#AOC77 Is then the outward Baptism of Water the washing away of Sins? It is not; for the Blood of Christ alone cleanseth us from all Sin.
#GC77 What benefit do we obtain from this ascension? The benefit is twofold. For inasmuch as Jesus Christ entered heaven in our name, as He had descended for our sake, He has given us an entry, and assured us that the door, previously shut because of si...
#BC78 Which is the eighth commandment? The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.
#WSC78 What is forbidden in the ninth commandment? The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own, or our neighbour’s, good name.
#WLC78 Whence ariseth the imperfection of sanctification in believers? The imperfection of sanctification in believers ariseth from the remnants of sin abiding in every part of them, and the perpetual lustings of the flesh against the spirit; whereby they are often foile...
#HC78 Are then the bread and wine changed into the real body and blood of Christ? No. Just as the water of baptism is not changed into the blood of Christ and is not the washing away of sins itself but is simply God’s sign and pledge, so also the bread in the Lord’s supper does not...
#AOC78 Why then doth the Holy Ghost call Baptism the washing of the New-birth, and forgiveness of Sins? God speaketh so not without great cause, to wit, not only to teach us that as the filth of our Body is purged by Water, so our Sins also are purged by the Blood and Spirit of Christ, but much more to...
#GC78 But did Christ in going to heaven withdraw from us, in such a way that He has now ceased to be with us? No. On the contrary, He has promised that He will be with us to the end (Mat 28:20).
#BC79 What is required in the eighth commandment? The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others.
#WSC79 Which is the tenth commandment? The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that i...
#WLC79 May not true believers, by reason of their imperfections, and the many temptations and sins they are overtaken with, fall away from the state of grace? True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God, and his decree and covenant to give them perseverance, their inseparable union with Christ, his continual intercession for them, and the Spir...
#HC79 Why then does Christ call the bread His body and the cup His blood, or the new covenant in His blood, and why does Paul speak of a participation in the body and blood of Christ? Christ speaks in this way for a good reason: He wants to teach us by His supper that as bread and wine sustain us in this temporal life, so His crucified body and shed blood are true food and drink fo...
#AOC79 What Principle of Christ’s Doctrine in the holy Scripture followeth Baptism in order? Laying on of Hands, as in Hebrews 6:1–2
#GC79 Is it in bodily presence that He remains with us? No, for it is one thing to speak of His body which was taken up into heaven, and another to speak of His power, which is spread abroad everywhere (Luke 24:51; Acts 2:33).
#BC80 What is forbidden in the eighth commandment? The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbour’s wealth or outward estate.
#WSC80 What is required in the tenth commandment? The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.
#WLC80 Can true believers be infallibly assured that they are in the estate of grace, and that they shall persevere therein unto salvation? Such as truly believe in Christ, and endeavor to walk in all good conscience before him, may, without extraordinary revelation, by faith grounded upon the truth of God’s promises, and by the Spirit en...
#HC80 What difference is there between the Lord’s supper and the papal mass? The Lord’s supper testifies to us, first, that we have complete forgiveness of all our sins through the one sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which He Himself accomplished on the cross once for all; and, sec...
#AOC80 What is the form and end of this Ordinance? Christ’s Ministers laying their hands solemnly upon the Head of the Baptised, with Prayer to Almighty God for an increase of the Graces and Gifts of the Holy Ghost, to inable us to hold fast the Faith...
#GC80 How do you understand that He "sitteth on the right hand of the Father It means that He has received the dominion of heaven and earth, so that He reigns and rules over all (Mat 28:18).

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