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Larger Catechism Q 32. How is the grace of God manifested in the second covenant? A. The grace of God is manifested in the second covenant, in that he freely provideth and offereth to sinners a Mediator, 1 and life and salvation by him; 2 and requiring faith as the condition to interest them in him, 3 promiseth and giveth his Holy Spirit 4 to all his elect, to work in them that faith, 5 with all o...

Larger Catechism Q 31. With whom was the covenant of grace made? A. The covenant of grace was made with Christ as the second Adam, and in him with all the elect as his seed. 1 Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ. Romans 5:15-21 But the free gi...

Shorter Catechism Q 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? A. God, having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, 1 did enter into a covenant of grace to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer. 2 Larger Catechism Q 30. Doth God leave all mankind to pe...

Confession of Faith Chapter 7: Of God's Covenant with Man 3. Man, by his fall, having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a second, 1 commonly called the covenant of grace; wherein he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ; requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved, 2 and promising to give unto all those that are ordai...

Confession of Faith Chapter 7: Of God's Covenant with Man 2. The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, 1 wherein life was promised to Adam; and in him to his posterity, 2 upon condition of perfect and personal obedience. 3 Genesis 2:16-17 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil yo...

Shorter Catechism Q 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created? A. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death. 1 Larger Catechism Q 20. What was the providence of God toward man in the estat...

Confession of Faith Chapter 7: Of God's Covenant with Man 1. The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which he hath been pleased to express by way of covenant. 1 Isaiah 40:13-17...

Larger Catechism Q 29. What are the punishments of sin in the world to come? A. 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 hellfire forever. 1 2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from...

Larger Catechism Q 28. What are the punishments of sin in this world? A. The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind, 1 a reprobate sense, 2 strong delusions, 3 hardness of heart, 4 horror of conscience, 5 and vile affections; 6 or outward, as the curse of God upon the creatures for our sakes, 7 and all other evils that befall us in our bodies, names, estates, rela...

Shorter Catechism Q 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell? A. All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, 1 are under his wrath 2 and curse, 3 and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, 4 to death 5 itself, and to the pains of hell forever. 6 Larger Catechism Q 27. What misery did the fall bring upon mankind? A. The fall brought upon mankind the loss of communio...

Confession of Faith Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof 6. Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, 1 doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, 2 whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God, 3 and curse of the law, 4 and so made subject to death, 5 with all miseries spiritual, 6 tem...

Larger Catechism Q 26. How is original sin conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity? A. 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. 1 Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Job 14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out...

Confession of Faith Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof 5. This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated; 1 and although it be, through Christ, pardoned, and mortified; yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly sin. 2 Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”? E...

Shorter Catechism Q 18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell? A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, 1 the want of original righteousness, 2 and the corruption of his whole nature, 3 which is commonly called original sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it. 4 Larger Catechism Q 25. Wher...

Confession of Faith Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof 4. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, 1 and wholly inclined to all evil, 2 do proceed all actual transgressions. 3 Romans 5:6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing...

Shorter Catechism Q 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery. 1 Larger Catechism Q 23. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery. 2 Genesis 3:16-19 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your d...

Shorter Catechism Q 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression? A. The covenant being made with Adam, 1 not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression. 2 Larger Catechism Q 22. Did all mankind fall in that first transgression? A. The covenant being made with Adam as a pub...

Confession of Faith Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof 3. They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed; 1 and the same death in sin, and corrupted nature, conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation. 2 Acts 17:26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having de...

Confession of Faith Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof 2. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, 1 and so became dead in sin, 2 and wholly defiled in all the parts and faculties of soul and body. 3 Genesis 3:6-8 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree w...

Shorter Catechism Q 15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created? A. The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit. 1 Genesis 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,...

Shorter Catechism Q 14. What is sin? A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. 1 Larger Catechism Q 24. What is sin? A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, any law of God, given as a rule to the reasonable creature. 2 Leviticus 5:17 “If anyone sins, doing any of the things that by the Lord 's commandments ought not to be done, though he did no...

Shorter Catechism Q 13. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? A. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God. 1 Larger Catechism Q 21. Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him? A. Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through...

Confession of Faith Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof 1. Our first parents, being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit. 1 This their sin, God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. Genesis 3:13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this...

Confession of Faith Chapter 5: Of Providence 7. As the providence of God doth, in general, reach to all creatures; so, after a most special manner, it taketh care of his church, and disposeth all things to the good thereof. 1 1 Timothy 4:10 For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. Amos 9:8-...

Confession of Faith Chapter 5: Of Providence 6. As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden, 1 from them he not only withholdeth his grace whereby they might have been enlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts; 2 but sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had, 3 and exposeth them to such objects as...