The Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism Explained: By Way of Question and Answer ...W. S. Young, 1840 |
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Acts Adam apostle atheism baptism baptized believers blessings blood body called chap Christ church commandment corruption covenant of grace creatures curse cxix death decrees desert of sin Deut divine duty earth effectual elect eternal evil Ezek faith Father glorify glory God's gospel hath heart heaven Holy Ghost honour infinite Jesus John iii John xiv John xvii justice kingdom Larger Catechism Lord Lord's Lord's prayer Lord's supper Luke man's mankind means ment mercy oath obedience Old Testament ordinances outward pardon perfect person Phil pray prayer precept promise Prov Psal QUEST receive redemption repentance respect resurrection righteousness Sabbath sacrament saints salvation sanctification scripture signified sinners sins soul Spirit ten commandments Testament Thess things Thou shalt tion truth union unto viii word worship wrath xxii xxiii
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Page 124 - For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.
Page 24 - God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Page 125 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 79 - What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, 'Thou shalt not covet.
Page 29 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 239 - A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Page 76 - Is the law then against the promises of God ? " God forbid : for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Page 83 - Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 188 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 167 - So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.