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1833 1. Acts 2:41. 1834 2. Acts 2:38, 39; I Cor. 7:14; Luke 18:16; Rom. 11:16; Gen. 17:7-9, compare with Col. 2:11, 12; Gal. 3:17, 18, 29. 1835 1. Ps. 22:10, 11. 1836 2. Rom. 6:3-5. 1837 3. Rom. 6:2, 3; I Cor. 1:11-13. 1838 4. I Peter 3:21; Rom. 4:11, 12. 1839 5. Rom. 6:2-4. 1840 6. Gal. 3:26, 27. 1841 7. Rom. 6:22. 1842 8. I Cor. 12:13, 25, 26. See context. 1843 1. I Cor. 11:26. 1844 2. Matt. 26:26, 27; I Cor. 11:23-27. 1845 3. I Cor. 10:16, 21. 1846 4. I Cor. 10:17. 1847 1. GENERAL NOTE: At several points the Confession of Faith is more specific in its statements than the Scriptures. These statements are inferences drawn from the Scriptures or from statements based on the scriptures, or from the experience and observation of the Church. In such cases no texts are cited, but reference is made to this General Note. Copyright © 1996 by the Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (USA)
1848 1. The specifications enumerated in answers to Questions 170-175 are deduced from the nature of the Lord's Supper as set forth in the New Testament. The texts are given to show that these specifications are in accord with the general tenor of the Scriptures. Acts 3:21. 1849 2. Gal. 3:1; Heb. 11:1. 1850 3. John 6:51, 53.See context. 1851 4. I Cor. 10:16. 1852 1. I Cor. 11:28. 1853 2. II Cor. 13:5. 1854 3. I Cor. 5:7. Compare Exod. 12:15. 1855 4. I Cor. 11:29. 1856 5. II Cor. 13:5. See citation under figure 2 above. 1857 6. I Cor. 11:31. 1858 7. I Cor. 10:17. 1859 8. I Cor. 5:8; I Cor. 11:18, 20. 1860 9. Matt. 5:23, 24. 1861 10. John 7:37; Luke 1:53; Isa. 55:1. 1862 11. I Cor. 5:8. 1863 12. Heb. 10:21, 22, 24; Ps. 26:6. 1864 13. I Cor. 11:24. Copyright © 1996 by the Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (USA)
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THE BOOK OF CONFESSIONS P R E S B Y
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Windows Version: ISBN 0-664-50008-0
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made clearer from time to time; it
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We do not doubt but that the selfsa
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warrant than the invention and opin
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and what Christ Jesus himself did a
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they should be ministered by lawful
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Christ Jesus, to whose glorified bo
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econciled to God? A. God wills that
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heaven and earth with all that is i
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Q. 39. Is there something more in h
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A. First, that, with the Father and
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Q. 67. Are both the Word and the Sa
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emembrance of me." For as often as
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grateful to God for his goodness an
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him only, and love, fear and honor
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Q. 108. What does the seventh comma
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Q. 120. Why has Christ commanded us
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churches; as also instruction in al
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we should not listen to the fathers
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more vivid impression on the behold
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Christi, cap. 8, "The Lord said, 'A
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DEATH. By death we understand not o
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invented them. OF WHAT KIND ARE THE
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that you may enter into heaven by t
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eing unimpaired and permanent. NOT
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"Abraham saw my day and was glad" (
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shall not depart from Judah . . . u
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And we do not doubt that they were
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PAPAL INDULGENCES. We especially co
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WHAT IS FAITH? Christian faith is n
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of a Christian. And as much as we c
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of the truth" (I Tim. 3:15). THE CH
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fellowship with the true Church of
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him who sent me" (John 13:20). Like
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yet by no means ignorant, simplicit
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the governing and preserving of the
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THE SACRAMENTS {ARE} ADDED TO THE W
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Lord's Supper, the outward sign is
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great favor God has shown to the ra
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neither did godly antiquity believe
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the Supper, we first examine oursel
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which wholly agree in prayer" (Hist
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long before us by those, as I suppo
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from the dead, and any sort of comm
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the Lord instituted marriages. More
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e praise and glory and thanksgiving
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10. The Supreme Judge, by which (47
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2. After God had made all other cre
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he hath been pleased to express by
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effectually apply and communicate t
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their minds, spiritually and saving
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1. The grace of faith, whereby the
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proceed not from a heart purified b
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5. The moral law doth forever bind
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conscionable hearing of the Word, i
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and Sacraments; or the power of the
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2. The visible Church, which is als
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the gospel, lawfully called thereun
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2. To these officers the keys of th
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1. The Holy Spirit, the third Perso
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Q. 3. What do the Scriptures princi
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everlasting life, (649) did enter i
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justification, adoption, and sancti
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Q. 53. Which is the Third Commandme
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A. The Sixth Commandment requireth
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in Jesus Christ, repentance unto li
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Q. 100. What doth the preface of th
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done in earth, as it is in heaven.
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in time, (894) especially concernin
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Q. 26. How is original sin conveyed
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nature, perform obedience to the la
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third day by his own power; (1039)
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Q. 65. What special benefits do the
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danger, (1134) but also of the filt
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in torments and utter darkness; and
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Q. 98. Wherein is the moral law sum
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insensibleness under judgments, (12
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profane, (1368) superstitious, (136
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things at other times lawful; (1429
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A. The reason annexed to the Fifth
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sinful ways of taking or withholdin
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others? A. Sins receive their aggra
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A. It is required of those that hea
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or under the bread and wine in the
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worshiped with religious worship; (
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Christ may be purely dispensed, and
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unanimity the destruction of the Co
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and with the same seriousness is he
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authority of Jesus Christ, the Word
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the Redeemer is the Lord and Creato
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confident that he will continue to
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when they profess none. 4. RECONCIL
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entered upon his ministry of reconc
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22 and giving his life for the sins
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75 even as we watch for God's new h
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the official texts of the confessio
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frame a confession of faith. Six mi
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church order and conflict, ministry
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The Westminster Confession affirms
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44. (f) Ed. 1647 reads: "the vulgar
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78. 28. Rom. 11:33; Ps. 147:5. 79 2
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112 25. Rom. 2:8, 9; II Thess. 2:10
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144 20. Rom. 1:24, 26, 28; 11:7, 8;
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175 6. John 3:5-8; 6:37-44; Ezek. 3
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208 25. Matt., Chapters 26 and 27.
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237 2. Gen. 1:26. See under figure
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269 3. Phil. 3:9; Eph. 2:8; Acts 13
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303 6. I Thess. 5:23. 304 7. I John
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337 7. Titus 2:5; I Tim. 6:1; Titus
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369 9. Eph. 4:30. 370 10. Ps. 51:8,
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402 13. Gal. 3:24; Rom. 8:3, 4; Rom
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435 10. I John 5:14. 436 11. Ps. 47
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468 3. Deut. 6:13. 469 4. Jer. 5:7;
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then one Husband, at the same time.
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517 4. Matt. 13:47; Col. 1:13; Isa.
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549 1. Matt. 28:19. 550 2. Acts 2:4
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579 9. I Cor. 11:27, 29; I Cor. 10:
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609 (f) Added 1903. 610 For the pro
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643 1. Rom. 5:12, 19; I Cor. 15:22.
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677 1. John 1:12, 13; John 3:5, 6;
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711 1. Exod. 20:2. 712 1. Exod. 20:
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744 2. Ezek. 23:38. 745 3. Isa. 58:
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778 4. Prov. 14:5, 25. 779 1. Prov.
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812 6. Ps. 119:11. 813 7. Luke 8:15
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846 1. Ps. 119:35-36; Acts 21:14. 8
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876 6. Mal. 3:6; James 1:17. 877 7.
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910 4. Gen. 2:7; Matt. 10:28; Luke
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943 1. Gen. 3:8, 24. 944 2. Eph. 2:
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