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WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
20
Of the Law of God
God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which He bound …
Of the Law of God
Beside this law, commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as …
Of the Law of God
Neither are the forementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the Gospel, but do sweetly comply with it; the …
Of the Law of God
This law, after his fall, continued to be a perfect rule of righteousness, and, as such, …
Of the Law of God
The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience …
Of the Law of God
Although true believers be not under the law, as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified, or condemned; yet is it …
Of the Law of God
To them also, as a body politic, He gave sundry judicial laws, which expired together with the State of that people; not obliging any other now, …
Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the …
Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
… Gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, and condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law; and, in their being delivered from this present …
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear; and therein it is to …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
18
Are all transgressions of the law of God equally heinous in themselves, and in the sight of God?
All transgressions of the law of God are not equally heinous; but some sins in themselves, and by reason …
What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us …
That we may escape the wrath and curse of God due to us by reason of the transgression of the law, he requireth of …
What is the moral law?
The moral law is the declaration of the will of God to mankind, directing and binding everyone …
How did God create man?
After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female; formed the body …
What is sin?
Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, any law of God, given as a rule to the reasonable creature.
What doth every sin deserve at the hands of God?
Every sin, even the least, being against the sovereignty, goodness, and holiness of God, and against his righteous law, deserveth his wrath and curse, both in this life, …
What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment?
… sins forbidden in the first commandment are, atheism, in denying or not having a God; Idolatry, in having or worshiping more gods than one, or any with or instead …
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
… outward blessings of this life, and deserve to be wholly deprived of them by God, and to have them cursed to us in the use of them; and that …
Where is the moral law summarily comprehended?
The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments, which were delivered by the voice of …
Of what use is the moral law to all men?
The moral law is of use to all men, to inform them of the holy nature and …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
5
What is sin?
Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist?
… 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 …
What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?
The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law.
How is the sabbath to be sanctified?
… holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises …
Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
… themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
8
59-6
… enjoined on all ministers to be careful that, in this matter, they obey the laws of the community to the extent that those laws do not transgress the laws …
59-1
… of Christ. It is proper that every commonwealth, for the good of society, make laws to regulate marriage, which all citizens are bound to obey insofar as they do …
16-1
16-1. Ordinary vocation to office in the Church is the calling of God by the Spirit, through the inward testimony of a good conscience, the manifest approbation …
4-1
… a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine worship and godly living, agreeable to the Scriptures, and submitting to the lawful government of Christ's kingdom.
27-5
27-5. Scriptural law is the basis of all discipline because it is the revelation of God’s Holy …
12-5
… be put; to take the oversight of the singing in the public worship of God; to ensure that the Word of God is preached only by such men as …
Preliminary Principles
… setting forth the form of government founded upon and agreeable to the Word of God, reiterates the following great principles which have governed the formation of the plan: 1. …
The King and Head of the Church
… upon whose shoulders the government rests, whose name is called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace; of the increase of whose government and …