A. The Lord's supper testifies to us, that we have a full pardon of all sin a by the only sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which he himself has once accomplished on the cross; and, that we by the Holy Ghost are ingrafted b into Christ, who, according to his human nature is now not on earth, but in c heaven, at the right hand of God his Father, and will there d be worshipped by us :-but the mass teacheth, that the living and dead have not the pardon of sins through the sufferings of Christ, unless Christ is also daily offered for them by the priests; and further, that Christ is bodily under the form of bread and wine, and therefore is to be eworshipped in them; so that the mass, at bottom, is nothing else than a ƒ denial of the one sacrifice and sufferings of Jesus Christ, and an accursed idolatry. d Mat. 26. 28. Luke 22. 19, 20. 2 Cor. 5. c Heb. 1. 3. and 8. 1, &c. John 4. 21, Luke 24. 52, 53. Acts 7. 55. e In canone 2 Concil. Trid. Sess. 13. 15. Col. 2. 22, 23. Jer. 2. 13. a Heb. 7. 27. and 9. 12, 26. 21. b Cor. 6. 17. and 12. 13. 22, 23. Col. 3. 1. Phil. 3. 20. Missæ and de consecra. distinct. 14. Mat. 15. 9. ƒ Isa. 1. 11, Q. 81. For whom is the Lord's supper instituted? A. For those who are truly sorrowful g for their sins, and yet trust that these are forgiven them for the sake of Christ; and that their remaining infirmities h are covered by his passion and death; and who also earnestly i desire to have their faith more and more strengthened, and their lives more holy; but hypocrites, and such as turn not to God with sincere hearts, eat and j drink judgment to themselves. g Mat. 5. 3, 6. Luke 7 37, 38. and 15. 18, 19. h Psa. 103. 3. i Psa. 116. 12, 13, 14. 1 Pet. 2. 11, 12. j 1 Cor. 10. 20, &c. and 11. 28, &c. Tit. 1. 16. Psa. 50. 15, 16. Q. 82. Are they also to be admitted to this supper, who, by confession and life, declare themselves infidels and ungodly? A. No; for by this, the covenant of God would be profaned, and his wrath k kindled against the whole congregation therefore it is the duty of the christian church, according to the appointment of 7 Christ and his apostles, to exclude such persons, by the keys of the kingdom of heaven, till they show amendment of life. k 1 Cor. 10. 21. and 11. 30, 31. Isa. 1. 11, 13. Jer. 7. 21. Psa. 50. 16, 22. 1 Mat. 18. 17, 18. XXXI. LORD'S DAY. Q. 83. What are a the keys of the kingdom of heaven? a Mat. 16. 19. A. The preaching b of the holy gospel, and christian dis cipline, c or excommunication out of the christian church: by these two, the kingdom of heaven is opened to believers and shut against unbelievers. b John 20. 23. c Mat. 18. 15-18. Q. 84. How is the kingdom of heaven opened and shut by the preaching of the holy gospel? A. Thus: when according to the command of d Christ, it is declared and publicly testified to all and every believer, that, whenever they e receive the promise of the gospel by a true faith, all their sins are really forgiven them of God, for the sake of Christ's merits; and on the contrary, when it is declared and testified to all unbelievers, and such as do not sincerely repent, that they stand exposed to the wrath of God, and eternal ƒ condemnation, so long as they are g unconverted:-according to which testimony of the gospel, God will judge them, both in this, and the life to come. d Mat. 28. 19. e John 3. 18, 36. g John 20. 21, 22, 33. Mat. 16. 19. Mark 16. 16. ƒ2 Thes. 1. 7, 8, 9. Q. 85. How is the kingdom of heaven shut and opened by christian discipline ? A. Thus when according h to the command of Christ, those, who under the name of christians, maintain doctrines, or practices i inconsistent therewith, and will not, after having been often brotherly admonished, renounce their errors and wicked course of life, are complained of to the church, j or to those, who are thereunto k appointed by the church; and if they despise their admonition, l are by them forbid the use of the sacraments; whereby they are excluded from the christian church, and by God himself from the kingdom of Christ; and when they promise and show real amendment, are again m received as members of Christ and his church. 9. h Mat. 18. 15. i 1 Cor. 5. 12. 1 Cor. 12. 28. 1 Tim. 5. 17. 5. 3, 4, 5. m 2 Cor. 2. 6, 7, 8, 10, j Mat, 18. 15-18. k Rom. 12. 7, 8, 2 Thes. 3. 14. Mat. 18. 17. 1 Cor. 11. Luke 15. 18. XXXII. LORD'S DAY. THE THIRD PART. OF THANKFULNESS. Q. 86. Since then we are delivered from our misery, merely of grace, through Christ, without any merit of ours, why must we still do good works? A. Because Christ, having redeemed and delivered us by his blood, also renews us by his holy spirit, after his own image; that so we may testify, by the whole of our /conduct, our gratitude a to God for his blessings, and that he may be b praised by us: also, that every one may be c assured in himself of his faith, by the fruits thereof; and that, by our godly conversation, others may be d gained to Christ. a 1 Cor. 6. 19, 20. Rom. 6. 13. and 12. 1, 2. 1 Pet. 2. 5, 9, 10. b Mat. 5. 16. 1 Pet. 2. 12. c 2 Pet. 1. 10. Gal. 5. 6, 24. d 1 Pet. 3. 1, 2. Mat 5. 16. Rom. 14. 19. Q. 87. Cannot they then be saved, who, continuing in their wicked and ungrateful lives, are not converted to God? A. By no means: for the holy scripture declares e that no unchaste person, idolator, adulterer, thief, covetous man, drunkard, slanderer, robber, or any such like, shall inherit the kingdom of God. e 1 Cor. 6. 9, 10. Eph. 5. 5, 6. 1 John 3. 14, 15. Gal. 5. 21. XXXIII. LORD'S DAY. Q. 88. Of how many parts doth the true conversion of man consist? A. Of two parts; of a the mortification of the old, and of the quickening of the new man. a Rom. 6. 4, 5, 6. Eph. 4. 22, 23. Col. 3. 5. 1 Cor. 5. 7. Q. 89. What is the mortification of the old man? A. It is a b sincere sorrow of heart, that we have provoked God by our sins; and more and. more to hate and flee from them. b Psa. 51. 3, 8, 17. Luke 15. 18. Rom. 8. 13. Joel 1. 12. 13. Q. 90. What is the quickening of the new man? A. It is a sincere joy of heart in God, through Christ, c and with love and d delight to live according to the will of God in all good works. c Rom. 5. 1, 2. and 14. 17. Isa. 57. 15. d Rom. 6, 10, 11. 1 Pet. 4.2. Gal. 2. 20. Q. 91. But what are good works? A. Only those which proceed from a true e faith, are performed according to the flaw of God, and to his g glory; and not such as are h founded on our imaginations, or the institutions of men. e Rom. 14. 23. h Deut. 12. 32. f1 Sam. 15. 22. Eph. 2. 2, 10. Ezek. 20. 18. Mat. 15. 9. ཡ་མ XXXIV. LORD'S DAY. Q. 92. What is the law of God? g 1 Cor. 10. 31. A. God spake all these words, Exod. xx. Deut. v. saying, I am the Lord thy God, which hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I. COм. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. II. Thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his name in vain. : IV. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy: six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. VI. Thou shalt not kill. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou alt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Q. 93. How are these ten commands divided? A. Into two a tables the b first of which teaches us, how we must behave towards God; the second, what duties we owe to our neighbour. a Ex. 34. 28, 29. b Deut. 4. 13. and 10. 3, 4. Q. 94. What doth God enjoin in the first command ? A. That I, as sincerely as 1 desire the salvation of my own soul, avoid and flee from all idolatry, c sorcery, d soothsaying, superstition, e invocation of saints, or any other creatures; and learn frightly to know the only true God; g trust in him alone, with humility h and patience i submit to him;j expect all good things from him only; k love, I fear, and m glorify him with my whole heart: so that I renounce n and forsake all creatures, rather than o commit even the least thing contrary to his will. c 1 Cor. 6. 9, 10. and 10. 7, 14. d Lev. 18. 21. Deut. 18. 10, 11, 12. e Mat. 4. 10. Rev. 19. 10. f John 17. 3. 36. 27. Col. 1. 11. g Jer. 17. 5, 7. h Heb. 10, Mat. 10. 28. m Mat. 4. 10. 37. o Mat. 5. 19. Q. 95. What is idolatry? A. Idolatry is, instead of, or besides that one true God, who has manifested himself in his word, to contrive, or have any other object, in which men place their trust.p p 2 Chron. 16. 12. Phil. 3. 18, 19. Gal. 4. 8. Eph. 2. 12. རིཡཝཾསཝཾསཝཾས�ཉྩས་ཡ�མ�ས XXXV. LORD'S DAY. Q. 96. What doth God require in the second command ? A. That we in no wise a represent God by images, nor worship b him in any other way than he has commanded in his word. a Deut. 4. 15. Isa. 40. 18. Rom. 1. 23, &c. Acts 17. 29. b 1 Sam. 15. 23. Deut. 12. 30. Q. 97. Are images then not at all to be made? A. God neither can, nor c may be represented by any means but as to creatures; though they may be represented, yet God forbids to make, or have any resemblance of them, either in order to worship them, d or to serve God by them. c Deut. 4. 15, 16. Isa. 46. 5. Rom. 1. 23. d Ex. 23. 24. and 34. 13, 14. Numb. 33. 52. Deut. 7. 5. |