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#AOC117 Is it lawful to swear by Saints, or other Creatures? No, for a lawful Oath is an Invocation of God, whereby we desire that he, as the only searcher of Hearts, bear Witness unto the Truth, and will punish the Swearer if he wittingly swear falsely: but th...
#GC117 You say then that before God has received us in His grace, we can nothing but sin, just as a bad tree cannot but produce bad fruit (Mat 7:17)? It is so. For even if our works appear beautiful outwardly, yet they are evil, since the heart, to which God looks, is perverted.
#BC118 What is the invisible church? The invisible church is the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one under Christ the head.
#WLC118 Why is the charge of keeping the sabbath more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors? The charge of keeping the sabbath is more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors, because they are bound not only to keep it themselves, but to see that it be observed by all...
#HC118 What has God commanded us to ask of Him? All the things we need for body and soul, as included in the prayer which Christ our Lord Himself taught us.
#AOC118 What is the fourth Commandment? Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath Day: six Days shalt thou labor, and do all that thou hast to do, but the seventh Day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt do no manner of Work,...
#GC118 Hence you conclude, that we cannot by our merits anticipate God, and so induce Him to be kind to us, but on the contrary that we do nothing but provoke Him to be against us? Yes. And therefore I say: merely through His goodness, without any regard to our works, He is pleased to accept us freely in Jesus Christ, imputing His righteousness to us, and does not impute our sin...
#WLC119 What are the sins forbidden in the fourth commandment? The sins forbidden in the fourth commandment are, all omissions of the duties required, all careless, negligent, and unprofitable performing of them, and being weary of them; all profaning the day by...
#HC119 What is the Lord’s prayer? Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgive...
#AOC119 What are we taught by the fourth Commandment? That one Day in seven be kept in the Worship of God, which under the old Testament was the last Day of the Week, but under the Gospel changed to the first Day of the Week, and this Lord’s Day to be sp...
#GC119 What do you mean then by saying that a man is justified by faith? That in believing the promises of the gospel and in receiving them in true affiance of the heart, we enter into this righteousness.
#WLC120 What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it? The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of it, God allowing us six days of seven for our own affairs, and reserving but one for himself, in the...
#HC120 Why has Christ commanded us to address God as Our Father? To awaken in us at the very beginning of our prayer that childlike reverence and trust toward God which should be basic to our prayer: God has become our Father through Christ and will much less deny...
#AOC120 What is the fifth Commandment? Honour thy Father and Mother, that thy dayes may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
#GC120 You mean then that as God offers righteousness to us by the gospel, so it is by faith that we receive it? Yes.
#WLC121 Why is the word Remember set in the beginning of the fourth commandment? The word Remember is set in the beginning of the fourth commandment, partly, because of the great benefit of remembering it, we being thereby helped in our preparation to keep it, and, in keeping it,...
#HC121 Why is there added, Who art in heaven? These words teach us not to think of God’s heavenly majesty in an earthly manner, and to expect from His almighty power all things we need for body and soul.
#AOC121 What doth God enjoin us in the fifth Commandment? That we yeild due honour, love, and faithfulness to our Parents, and so to all who bear Rule over us, and submit our selves with such obedience as is meet to their faithful Commandments and chastiseme...
#GC121 But after God has once received us, are the works which we do by His grace, not pleasing to Him? Yes, they are, in that He generously accepts them, not however in virtue of their own worthiness.
#WLC122 What is the sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man? The sum of the six commandments which contain our duty to man is, to love our neighbor as ourselves, and to do to others what we would have them to do to us.
#HC122 What is the first petition? Hallowed be Thy Name. That is: Grant us first of all that we may rightly know Thee, and sanctify, glorify, and praise Thee in all Thy works, in which shine forth Thy almighty power, wisdom, goodness,...
#AOC122 What is the sixth Commandment? Thou shalt do no Murder.
#GC122 How is that Are they not accepted as worthy, seeing that they proceed from the Holy Spirit? No. For there is always some weakness in them, the weakness of our flesh, through which they are defiled.
#WLC123 Which is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
#HC123 What is the second petition? Thy kingdom come. That is: So rule us by Thy Word and Spirit that more and more we submit to Thee. Preserve and increase Thy church. Destroy the works of the devil, every power that raises itself agai...
#AOC123 What doth God exact in the sixth Commandment? That neither in thought nor in gesture, much less in deed, I reproach, or hate, or harm, or kill my Neighbour, either by my self, or by another, but cast away all desire of revenge; furthermore, that...
#GC123 By what means, the, are they made acceptable? It is by faith. That is to say, that a person is assured in his conscience that God will not examine him harshly, but covering his defects and impurities by the purity of Jesus Christ, He will regard...
#WLC124 Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment? By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant, not only natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God’s ordinance, are over us in place of authority,...
#HC124 What is the third petition? Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. That is: Grant that we and all men may deny our own will, and without any murmuring obey Thy will, for it alone is good. Grant also that everyone may car...
#AOC124 But this Commandment seems to forbid Murther only? But in forbidding Murther, God doth further teach, that he hateth the Root, to wit, Anger, Envy, Hatred, and Desire of Revenge, and doth account them all for Murther.

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