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#BC26 What offices doth Christ execute as our Redeemer? Christ as our Redeemer executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.
#WSC26 How doth Christ execute the office of a king? Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself in ruling and defending us and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.
#WLC26 How is original sin conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity? Original sin is conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity by natural generation, so as all that proceed from them in that way are conceived and born in sin.
#HC26 What do you believe when you say: I believe in God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth? That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and all that is in them, and who still upholds and governs them by His eternal counsel and providence, is,...
#AOC26 What is the Providence of God? The almighty Power of God, every where present, whereby he doth as it were by his hand uphold and govern Heaven and Earth, with all the Creatures therein, so that those things which grow in the Earth,...
#GC26 Do you not understand by "heaven and earth" all other creatures Yes indeed; under these two words all are included, because they are all heavenly and earthly.
#BC27 How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet? Christ executeth the office of prophet in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation.
#WSC27 Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition made under the law undergoing the miseries of this life the wrath of God and the cursed death of the cross in being buried...
#WLC27 What misery did the fall bring upon mankind? The fall brought upon mankind the loss of communion with God, his displeasure and curse; so as we are by nature children of wrath, bond slaves to Satan, and justly liable to all punishments in this wo...
#HC27 What do you understand by the providence of God? God’s providence is His almighty and ever present power, whereby, as with His hand, He still upholds heaven and earth and all creatures, and so governs them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, frui...
#AOC27 What doth this knowledg of the Creation and Providence of God profit us? That in adversity we may be patient, and thankful in prosperity, and have hereafter our chiefest hope reposed in God our most faithful Father; being sure that there is nothing which may withdraw us fr...
#GC27 But why do you call God a Creator only, seeing that it is much more to uphold and preserve creatures in their state, than to have once created them? This term does not signify that God brought His works into being at a single stroke, and then left them without a care for them. We ought rather to understand, that as the world was made by God in the...
#BC28 How doth Christ execute the office of a priest? Christ executeth the office of priest in his once offering up himself a sacrifice to satisfy divine justice and reconcile us to God, and in making continual intercession for us.
#WSC28 Wherein consisteth Christ’s exaltation? Christ’s exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day in ascending up into heaven in sitting at the right hand of God the Father and in coming to judge the world at the las...
#WLC28 What are the punishments of sin in this world? The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind, a reprobate sense, strong delusions, hardness of heart, horror of conscience, and vile affections; or outward, as the curs...
#HC28 What does it benefit us to know that God has created all things and still upholds them by His providence? We can be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and with a view to the future we can have a firm confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature shall separate us from His love; for...
#AOC28 Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, a Saviour? Because he saveth us from our sins; neither ought any safety to be sought for from any other, nor can elsewhere be found.
#GC28 But what about wicked men and devils Are they also subject to Him? Although He does not guide them by His Holy Spirit, nevertheless He curbs them by His power, so that they cannot budge unless He permits them. He even constrains them to execute His will, although it...
#BC29 How doth Christ execute the office of king? Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling, and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.
#WSC29 How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ? We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.
#WLC29 What are the punishments of sin in the world to come? The punishments of sin in the world to come, are everlasting separation from the comfortable presence of God, and most grievous torments in soul and body, without intermission, in hell fire forever.
#HC29 Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is, Saviour? Because He saves us from all our sins, and because salvation is not to be sought or found in anyone else.
#AOC29 Do they then believe in the only Saviour Jesus, who seek for happiness and safety of the Saints, or of themselves, or else where? No: for although in word they boast themselves of him as their only Saviour, yet indeed they deny the only Saviour Jesus: for it must needs be that either Jesus is not a perfect Saviour, or that those...
#GC29 What good do you derive from the knowledge of this fact? Very Much. It would go ill with us if devils and wicked men had power to do anything in spite of the will of God. Moreover we could never be at rest in our minds if we were exposed to them in danger,...
#BC30 Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? Christ’s humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being b...
#WSC30 How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.
#WLC30 Doth God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? God doth not leave all men to perish in the estate of sin and misery, into which they fell by the breach of the first covenant, commonly called the Covenant of Works; but of his mere love and mercy de...
#HC30 Do those believe in the only Saviour Jesus who seek their salvation and well-being from saints, in themselves, or anywhere else? No. Though they boast of Him in words, they in fact deny the only Saviour Jesus. For one of two things must be true: either Jesus is not a complete Saviour, or those who by true faith accept this Savi...
#AOC30 Why is he called Christ, that is, anointed? Because he was ordained of the Father, and anointed of the holy Ghost the chief Prophet and Teacher, who hath opened unto us the secret Counsel, & all the will of his Father concerning our Redemp...
#GC30 Let us now come to the second part? "And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord", etc.

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