our own estate, envying or grieving invidiam ac dolorem de bono proxiat the good of our neighbor, and all mi, una cum animi nostri motibus inordinate motions or affections et affectionibus circa ea quæ proximi to any thing that is his.

Ques. 82. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God? Ans. No mere man, since the fall, is able, in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God; but doth daily break them, in thought, word, and deed.

Ques. 83. Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?

Ans. Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.

Ques. 84. What doth every sin deserve?

Ans. Every sin deserveth God's wrath and curse, both in this life and that which is to come.

Ques. 85. What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?

sunt inordinatis quibuscunque.

Quæs. Quisquamne potis est mandata Dei perfecte observare?

Resp. Post lapsum nemo extat humana tantum natura constans, qui mandata Dei perfecte in hac vita implere potest, quominus ea quotidie tum cogitatione, tum dictis factisque violet.

Quæs. An vero sunt omnes violationes legis ex æquo graves?

Resp. Peccata sunt nonnulla aliis cum sua natura, tum propter varias eorum aggravationes in conspectu Dei graviora.

Quæs. Quid est quod meretur peccatum unumquodque ?

Resp. Unumquodque peccatum iram Dei meretur ac maledictionem cum in vita præsenti, tum in futura.

Quæs. Quid autem exigit a nobis Deus, quo nobis ob peccatum debitas iram ejus ac maledictionem effugiamus?

Resp. Quo iram Dei ac maledictionem ob peccatum nobis debitas effugiamus, exigit a nobis Deus fidem in Jesum Christum, resipi

Ans. To escape the wrath and curse of God, due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward scentiam ad vitam, una cum usu means whereby Christ communi- mediorum omnium externorum dilicateth to us the benefits of re- genti, quibus Christus nobis comdemption. municat redemptionis suæ beneficia.

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Ques. 86. What is faith in Jesus Christ?

Ans. Faith in Jesus Christ is a

saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.

Ques. 87. What is repentance unto life?

Quæs. Quid est fides in Jesum Christum?

Resp. Fides in Jesum Christum est gratia salvifica, qua illum recipimus, eoque solo nitimur, ut salvi simus, prout ille nobis offertur in evangelio.

Quæs. Quid est resipiscentia ad

vitam?

Ans. Repentance unto life is a Resp. Resipiscentia ad vitam est saving grace, whereby a sinner, gratia salvifica, qua peccator e vero out of a true sense of his sin, peccati sui sensu, ac apprehensione and apprehension of the mercy divinæ in Christo misericordia, doof God in Christ, doth, with grief lens ac perosus peccatum suum ab and hatred of his sin, turn from illo ad Deum convertitur, cum noit unto God, with full purpose of, va obedientia pleno proposito et coand endeavor after, new obedi- natu.

ence.

Ques. 88. What are the outward Quæs. Quænam sunt externa and ordinary means whereby Christ media quibus Christus nobis comcommunicateth to us the benefits of municat redemptionis suæ benefiredemption?

cia?

Ans. The outward and ordinary Resp. Media externa ac ordinameans whereby Christ communi- ria quibus Christus nobis commucateth to us the benefits of redemp-nicat redemptionis suæ beneficia tion, are his ordinances, especially sunt ejus instituta, verbum præserthe word, sacraments, and prayer; tim, sacramenta, et oratio; quæ all which are made effectual to the quidem omnia electis redduntur efelect for salvation. ficacia ad salutem.

Ques. 89. How is the word made effectual to salvation?

Quæs. Qua ratione fit verbum efficax ad salutem?

Resp. Spiritus Dei lectionem verbi præcipue vero prædicationem ejus reddit medium efficax convincendi,

Ans. The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the word, an effectual means of convincing and convert- convertendique peccatores, eosdemque

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ing sinners, and of building them in sanctimonia et consolatione ædiup in holiness and comfort through ficandi per fidem ad salutem. faith unto salvation.

Ques. 90. How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?

Ans. That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.

Ques. 91. How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

Quæs. Quomodo legi debet ac au

diri verbum, ut evadat efficax ad salutem?

Resp. Quo verbum evadat efficax ad salutem, debemus ei cum præparatione, ac oratione diligenter attendere; idemque fide excipere ac amore, in animis nostris recondere, ac in vita nostra exprimere.

Quæs. Qui evadunt sacramenta media efficacia ad salutem?

Ans. The sacraments become ef- Resp. Sacramenta evadunt efficafectual means of salvation, not from cia ad salutem media, non ulla in any virtue in them, or in him that ipsis vi, nec in eo qui illa adminidoth administer them, but only by strat; verum Christi solummodo the blessing of Christ, and the benedictione, ac Spiritus ejus in iis working of his Spirit in them that qui illa per fidem recipiunt operaby faith receive them.

tione.

Quæs. Quid est sacramentum? Resp. Sacramentum est ordinatio sacra a Christo instituta, in qua fidelibus per signa in sensus incur

Ques. 92. What is a sacrament? Ans. A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ; wherein, by sensible signs, Christ and the benefits of the new covenant are rentia Christus novique fœderis represented, sealed, and applied to beneficia repræsentantur, obsignanbelievers.

Ques. 93. Which are the sacraments of the New Testament?

Ans. The sacraments of the New
Testament are Baptism and the
Lord's Supper.

Ques. 94. What is Baptism?
Ans. Baptism is a sacrament,

tur, et applicantur.

Quæs. Quænam sunt sacramenta Novi Testamenti?

Resp. Sacramenta Novi Testamenti sunt Baptismus ac cana Dei.

Quæes. Quid est baptismus?
Resp. Baptismus est Sacra-

wherein the washing with water, mentum, in quo ablutio per aquam in the name of the Father, and of in nomine Patris ac Filii ac Spirithe Son, and of the Holy Ghost, tus Sancti, nostram in Christum doth signify and seal our ingraft- insitionem, et beneficiorum fœderis ing into Christ and partaking of gratiæ participationem, pactumque the benefits of the covenant of nostrum, nos nempe Domini futugrace, and our engagement to be ros esse totos, significat obsignatthe Lord's.

Ques. 95. To whom is Baptism to

be administered?

que.

Quæs. Quibus est Baptismus administrandus?

Resp. Baptismus non est administrandus quibusdam extra Eccle

Ans. Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible Church, till they profess siam visibilem constitutis, donec se their faith in Christ, and obedience in Christum credere, eique obedito him; but the infants of such as entes fore professi fuerint; verum are members of the visible church, infantes eorum qui membra sunt are to be baptized. Ecclesiæ visibilis sunt baptizandi. Quæs. Quid est cœna Domini?

Ques. 96. What is the Lord's Supper?

Resp. Cœna Domini est Sacramentum, in quo pane ac vino secun

ceptisque, mors ejus ostenditur; quæ qui digne participant, corporis ejus et sanguinis (non quidem corporeo

Ans. The Lord's Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according dum Christi institutum datis acto Christ's appointment, his death is showed forth, and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made et carnali modo, verum) per fidem partakers of his body and blood, fiunt participes, omniumque ipsius with all his benefits, to their spirit- beneficiorum ad nutritionem suam ual nourishment and growth in spiritualem suumque in gratia ingrace.

Ques. 97. What is required to the worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper?

Ans. It is required of them that would worthily partake of the

crementum.

Quæs. Ut digne quis participet cœnam Dominicam quid requiritur?

Resp. Qui cœnam Dominicam digne cupiunt participare, requiri

Lord's Supper, that they examine tur, ut semet examinent cum de cog

Ans. Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgment rum confessione, et grata beneficioof his mercies. rum ejus agnitione.

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