Questions & Answers

#BC81 Which is the ninth commandment? The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
#WSC81 What is forbidden in the tenth commandment? The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.
#WLC81 Are all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace, and that they shall be saved? Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through...
#HC81 Who are to come to the table of the Lord? Those who are truly displeased with themselves because of their sins and yet trust that these are forgiven them and that their remaining weakness is covered by the suffering and death of Christ, and w...
#AOC81 Is it the Duty of every Christian to be under this Practice? It is so: And appeareth plainly, if we do first consider the Practice of the Primitive Saints, we may read in Acts 8:12–19, of Men and Women that were baptized by Philip in Samaria, which when the Chu...
#GC81 But what is meant by "right hand", and by "sitteth" It is a similitude taken from earthly princes, who are wont to place on their right hand those whom they make their lieutenants to govern in their name.
#BC82 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.
#WSC82 Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God? No mere man, since the fall, is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.
#WLC82 What is the communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ? The communion in glory which the members of the invisible church have with Christ, is in this life, immediately after death, and at last perfected at the resurrection and day of judgment.
#HC82 Are those also to be admitted to the Lord’s supper who by their confession and life show that they are unbelieving and ungodly? No, for then the covenant of God would be profaned and His wrath kindled against the whole congregation. Therefore, according to the command of Christ and His apostles, the Christian church is duty-bo...
#AOC82 Did not the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit follow upon laying on of Hands in the Apostles time? It did so: But not simply as the end of that Ordinance. For that Ordinance was appointed for the Ordinary Gifts of the Spirit to the Worlds end; though it is true, God honoured and crowned that Ordina...
#GC82 You do not mean anything more then than Paul when he says that Christ had been appointed Head of the Church, and raised above all principality, has secured a Name which is above every name (Eph 1:22; 4:15; Php 2:9)? That is so.
#BC83 What is forbidden in the ninth commandment? The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to the truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbour’s good name.
#WSC83 Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous? Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.
#WLC83 What is the communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible church enjoy in this life? The members of the invisible church have communicated to them in this life the firstfruits of glory with Christ, as they are members of him their head, and so in him are interested in that glory which...
#HC83 What are the keys of the kingdom of heaven? The preaching of the holy gospel and church discipline. By these two the kingdom of heaven is opened to believers and closed to unbelievers.
#AOC83 How art thou in the Lords Supper admonished and warranted that thou art Partaker of that only Sacrifice of Christ offered on the Cross, and of all his Benefits? Because Christ hath commanded me and all the Faithful to eat of this Bread broken, and to drink of this Cup, distributed in Remembrance of him, with this Promise adjoyned, first, that his Body was as...
#GC83 Continue? "From thence He will come to judge the quick and the dead." That is to say, He will appear again from heaven in judgment, as He was seen to ascend (Acts 1:11).
#BC84 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 is...
#WSC84 What doth every sin deserve? Every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.
#WLC84 Shall all men die? Death being threatened as the wages of sin, it is appointed unto all men once to die; for that all have sinned.
#HC84 How is the kingdom of heaven opened and closed by the preaching of the gospel? According to the command of Christ, the kingdom of heaven is opened when it is proclaimed and publicly testified to each and every believer that God has really forgiven all their sins for the sake of...
#AOC84 What is it to eat the Body of Christ? It is not only to imbrace, by an assured Confidence of Mind, the whole Passion and Death of Christ, and thereby, to obtain Forgiveness of Sins, and everlasting Life, but also by the Holy Ghost, who dw...
#GC84 As the judgment is not to be before the end of the world, how do you say that some men will then be alive, and thus will be dead, seeing it is appointed to all men once to die (Heb. 9:27, 28)? See Heb 9:27-28 - Paul answers this question when he says, that those who then survive will suddenly be changed so that their corruption will be abolished, and their bodies will put on incorruption (1...
#BC85 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 neighbour, and all that is his.
#WSC85 What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin? 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...
#WLC85 Death, being the wages of sin, why are not the righteous delivered from death, seeing all their sins are forgiven in Christ? The righteous shall be delivered from death itself at the last day, and even in death are delivered from the sting and curse of it; so that, although they die, yet it is out of God’s love, to free the...
#HC85 How is the kingdom of heaven closed and opened by church discipline? According to the command of Christ, people who call themselves Christians but show themselves to be unchristian in doctrine or life are first repeatedly admonished in a brotherly manner. If they do no...
#AOC85 Where hath Christ promised that he will as certainly give his Body and Blood so to be eaten and drunken, as they eat this Bread broken, and drink this Cup? In the Institution of the Supper, the Words whereof are these. Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Night that he was betrayed, took Bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this...
#GC85 You understand then that this change will be for them like a death, for it will abolish their first nature, and raise them up in a new state? That is it.

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