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Westminster Larger Catechism
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By whom is the word of God to be preached?
The word of God is to be preached only by such as are sufficiently gifted, and …
How doth it appear that the scriptures are the word of God?
The scriptures manifest themselves to be the word of God, by their majesty and purity; by the consent of all the parts, …
What is the word of God?
The holy scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the word of God, the only rule of faith and obedience.
How is the word of God to be read?
… and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very word of God, and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire …
Is the word of God to be read by all?
Although all are not to be permitted to read the word publicly to the congregation, yet all sorts of people are bound to read it …
How is the word of God to be preached by those that are called thereunto?
They that are called to labor in the ministry of the word, are to preach sound doctrine, diligently, in season and out of season; plainly, not …
What is the preface to the ten commandments?
The preface to the ten commandments is contained in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land …
How is the word made effectual to salvation?
The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching of the word, an effectual means of …
How doth it appear that there is a God?
The very light of nature in man, and the works of God, declare plainly that there is a God; but his word and Spirit only do …
What rule hath God given for our direction in the duty of prayer?
The whole word of God is of use to direct us in the duty of prayer; but …
What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it?
… reasons annexed to the second commandment, the more to enforce it, contained in these words, For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of …
What is repentance unto life?
… a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and word of God, whereby, out of the sight and sense, not only of the danger, …
What is required of those that hear the word preached?
It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer; examine: What they …
What is justifying faith?
… a saving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and word of God, whereby he, being convinced of his sin and misery, and of the …
What reasons are annexed to the third commandment?
The reasons annexed to the third commandment, in these words, The Lord thy God, and, For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that …
What is required in the third commandment?
The third commandment requires, That the name of God, his titles, attributes, ordinances, the word, sacraments, prayer, oaths, vows, lots, his works, and …
What are the duties required in the second commandment?
… receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath instituted in his word; particularly prayer and thanksgiving in the name of Christ; …
What do we pray for in the third petition?
… are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and do the will of God, but prone to rebel against his word, to repine and murmur against his providence, …
What is the work of creation?
The work of creation is that wherein God did in the beginning, by the word of his power, make of nothing the …
Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
… or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deed.
How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?
Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in his revealing to the church, in all ages, by his Spirit and word, in divers …
What is required in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment requires of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his word, expressly one whole day …
What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it?
… 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 …
What are the sins forbidden in the third commandment?
The sins forbidden in the third commandment are, the not using of God's name as is required; and the abuse of it in an ignorant, vain, irreverent, …
What are we specially taught by these words before me in the first commandment?
These words before me, or before my face, in the first commandment, teach us, that God, …