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Of the chief Matters contained in the CONFESSION of FAITH and LARGER CATECHISM.

Con. signifies the Confession of Faith. The first number denotes the Chapter, the following figures denote the Paragraphs.

Cat. signifies the Larger Catechism, and the figures denote the numbers of the Questions.

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The per

ginal corruption of nature, con. vi. 4. cat.

ACCEPTlievers are accept Admonition of the church, con.

ed as righteous in the sight of God only for the obedience and satisfaction of Christ, con. xi. 1. cat. 70. Which is imputed to them by God, and received by faith, con. xi. 1. cat. 70, 71, 72. How their good works are accepted in Christ, con. xvi. 6. Acceptance in prayer through Christ and his mediation, cat. 180.

Access. No access unto the presence of God without the Mediator Jesus Christ, con. xii. cat. 39, 55, 181. Who hath purchased for believers under the gospel, a greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of, con. xx. 1. Actions. God orders and governs all the actions of his creatures by his most wise and holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge and immutable decree, con. v. 1. cat. 18. See Providence. Actual sins proceed from the ori

XXX. 4.

Adoption, the nature and privileges of it, con. xii. cat. 74. Adultery, a just ground of divorce, con. xxiv. 5, 6. Aggravations of sin, cat. 151. Amen, the meaning of it, cat. 196. Angels, God's decree concerning

them, con. iii. 3, 4. cat. 13. How created, cat. 16. God's providence towards them, cat. 19. They are all employed at his pleasure in the administrations of his power, mercy, and justice, ib. Not to be worshipped, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105. Antichrist, what, con.

XXV. 6. The Pope is Antichrist, ib. Antiquity, no pretence for using the devices of men in the worship of God, cat. 109. Anxiety about the things of this

life sinful, cat. 105, 136, 142. The Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, is of no authority in the church, con. i. 3. Immodest Apparel forbidden, cat. "C c

139.

Ascension

Ascension of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 53.

Assembly. See Councils.'
Publick Assemblies for the worship

of God not to be carelessly or wilfully neglected, con. xxi. 6. Assurance of grace and salvation attainable in this life, con. xviii. 1, 2. cat. 80. Without extraordinary revelation, con. xviii. 3. cat. 80. Upon what it is founded, con. iii. 8. xviii. 2. cat. 80. It is strengthened by good works, con. xvi. 2. Believers may want it, con. xviii. 3. cat. 80, 172. They may have it diminished and intermitted; and be deprived of comfort, and the light of God's countenance, con. xi. 5. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. cat. 81. But they are never utterly destitute of that seed of God, and life of faith and love, &c. out of which assurance may, by the Spirit, be in due time revived, con. xviii. 4. cat. 81. And by which, in the mean time, they are supported from utter despair, ib. It is the duty of all to endeavour after assurance, con. xviii. 3. And to pray for it, cat. 194. The fruits of it; it inclines not to looseness, con. xviii. 3. Atheism, the denying or not having a God, cat. 105. Attributes of God, con. ii. 1, 2. cut. 7, 8, 101.

B

BAPTISM, what, con. xxviii. 1, 2. cat. 165. To continue to the end of the world, con. xxviii. 1. cat. 176. But once to be administered to any person, con. xxviii. 7. eat. 177. By whom, con. xxvii. 4. xxviii. 2. cat. 176. To whom, con. xxviii. 4. cat. 166. Dipping not necessary in baptism: But it may be rightly administered by sprinkling, con. xxviii. 3. Baptism not necessary to salvation, yet it is a sin

to neglect it, con. xxviii. 5. The efficacy of it, con. xxviii. 6. How to be improved, cat. 167. Wherein it agrees with the Lord's supper, cat. 176. And wherein they differ, cat. 177. Believers. See Faith, Justification, Acceptance, Adoption, Sanctification, Union, Communion, Liberty, Works, Perseverance, Assurance.

Benefits which the members of the invisible church enjoy by Christ, cat. 65. The benefits of Christ's mediation, cat. 57, 58. The Body of Christ, how present in the sacrament, con. xxix. 7.

cat. 170.

The mystical Body of Christ. True believers are members of Christ's mystical body, con. xxix. 1. cat. 168. Which is the whole number of the elect that have been, are, or shall be united to Christ as their head, con. XXV. 1. What that union is, cat. 66. See Communion. The Bodies of the elect after death, and at the resurrection, con. xxxii. 2, 3. cat. 86, 87. Of the wicked, ib. Lascivious Books not to be read, cat. 139.

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CALLING. See Effectual Calling. To have a lawful calling, and to be diligent in it, is a duty, cat. 141.

Vows of Celibacy unlawful, con. xxii. 7. cat. 139. Censures of the church, what, con. xxx. 2, 4. Their use, con. Xxx. 3. Who are to be proceeded against by the censures of the church, con. XX. 4. xxix. 8. XXX. 2. They are to be managed according to the nature of the crime, and the demerit of the person, con. xxx. 4. Penitent sinners are to be absolved from censures, con. xxx. 2.

Censuring.

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Censuring. Rash, harsh, and par-
tial censuring sinful, cat. 145.
Ceremonial law. See Law.
Charity towards our neighbour,
wherein it consists, cat. 135,
141, 144, 147. What contrary
to it, cat. 136, 142, 145, 148.
Giving and lending freely ac-
cording to our ability, and the
necessities of others, is a duty,
con. xxvi. 2. cat. 141.
Charms unlawful, cat. 113.
Chastity, cat. 138.

Children that die in infancy, how
saved, con. x. 3. The children
of such as profess the true reli-
gion are members of the visible
church, con. xxv. 2. cat. 62.
And are to be baptized, con.
xxviii. 4. cat. 166.
Christ, why so called, cat. 42. Is

the only Mediator between God
and man, con. vii. 1. cat. 36.
Who being very God, of one
substance, and equal with the
Father, con. viii. 2. cat. 11, 36.
In the fulness of time became
man, con. viii. 2. cat. 36, 37.
The necessity of his being God
and man, cat. 38, 39, 40. He
was ordained by God from
eternity to be Mediator, con.
viii. 1. He was sanctified and
anointed with the Holy Spirit
to execute the office of Media-
tor, con. viii. 3. cat. 42. To
which he was called by the Fa-
ther, con. viii. 3. And willingly
undertook and discharged it,
con. iv. 8. By his perfect obe-
dience and sacrifice of himself,
he purchased reconciliation and
eternal life for all the elect, con.
viii. 5. cat. 38. To whom, in all
ages, the benefits of his media-
tion are effectually applied, con.
viii. 6, 8. Christ's offices of pro-
phet, priest, king, cat. 43, 44, 45.
See Acceptance, Access, Body of
Christ, Church, Death of Christ,
Fxaltation, Expiation, Humilia-
tion, Imputation, Intercession,

Judge, Merit, Messiah, Name
of Christ, Personal Union, Propi-
tiation, Reconciliation, Redemp-
tion, Resurrection, Righteous-
ness, Sacrifice, Salvation, Satis-
faction, Surety.

Christian liberty. See Liberty.
The Church is the object of God's

special providence, con. v. 7.
cat. 63. Christ the only head
of it, con. viii. 1. xxv. 6. The
catholick church invisible, what,
con. xxv. 1. cat. 64. Given to
Christ from all eternity, con.
viii. 1. The benefits which the
members of it enjoy by Christ,
cat. 65, 66, 69, 82, 83, 86, 90.
The catholick church visible,
what, con. xxv. 2. cat. 62. Out
of it no ordinary possibility of
salvation, con. xxv. 2. Its privi-
leges, con. xxv. 3. cat. 63. Par-
ticular churches more or less
pure, con. xxv. 4. The purest
subject to mixture and error,
con. xxv. 5. There shall always
be a church on earth to worship

God according to his will, ib.
Church-censures. See Censures.
Church-government appointed by
the Lord Jesus in the hand of
church-officers, distinct from
the civil magistrate, con. xxx. 1.
cat. 45, 108. But they are not
exempted from obedience to the
magistrate, con. xxiii. 4. They
have the power of the keys
committed to them, con. xxx. 2.
What that power is, and its use,
con. xxx. 2, 3, 4. They are not
to be opposed in the lawful ex-
ercise of their powers upon pre-
tence of Christian liberty, con.
xx. 4. See Councils. There are
some circumstances concerning
church-government, which are
to be ordered by the light of
nature and Christian prudence,
according to the general rules
of the word, con. i. 6.
Circumcision, one of the ordinan-
ces by which the covenant of
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grace

grace was administered under
the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34.
Civil magistrate, or civil powers.
See Magistrate.

The Ten Commandments are the
sum of the moral law, con.
xix. 2. cat. 98. They are a per-
fect rule of righteousness, con.
xix. 2. Rules for understand-
ing them, cat. 99. The preface
explained, cat. 101. The first
Commandment, cat. 103,-106.
The second, cat. 107,-110.
The third, cat. 111,-114.

The fourth,

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115,-121.
123,-133.

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The Communion. See The Lord's
Supper.

Communion of saints, wherein it
consists, con. xxvi. 1, 2. The
enjoyment of it is one of the
privileges of the visible church,
cat. 63. In the Lord's supper
communicants testify their mu-
tual love and fellowship each
with other, cat. 168. That sa-
crament being a bond and pledge
of believers' communion with
Christ, and with each other, as
members of his mystical body,
con. xxix. 1. The communion
of saints doth not infringe a
man's property in his goods
and possessions, con. xxvi. 3.
Communion which the elect have
with Christ, con. xxvi. 1. In
this life, cat. 69, 83. Immedi-
ately after death, cat. 86. At
the resurrection and day of judg-

ment, cat. 87, 90. It is a con
sequence of their union with
him, con. xxvi. 1. It doth not
make them partakers of his
Godhead, nor equal with him,
con. xxvi. 3. It is confirmed in
the Lord's supper, cat. 168.
Unchaste Company not to be kept,
cat. 139. Nor corrupt com-
munications to be used or listen-
ed to, ib.
Condition. Perfect, personal, and
perpetual obedience, the con-
dition of the covenant of works,
con. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20. God
requires faith as the condition to
interest sinners in the Mediator
of the covenant of grace, cat. 32.
Confession of sin always to be made
in private to God, con. xv. 6.
And is to be joined with prayer,
cat. 178. When to be made
to men, con. xv. 6. Upon con-
fession the offending brother is
to be received in love, ib.
Conscience. See Liberty of Con-
science. Peace of conscience a
fruit of the sense of God's love,
con. xviii. 1, 3. cat. 83. Believers
may fall into sins which wound
the conscience, con. xvii. 3. xviÏl
4. The wicked are punished with
horror of conscience, cat. 28, 83.
Contentment. Submission to God
is our duty, cat. 104. Discon-
tent at his dispensations is sin-
ful, cat. 105. A full content-
ment with our condition is our
duty, cat. 147. Discontent-

ment with our own estate a sin,
cat. 148.

Controversies. It belongs to sy-
nods and councils ministerially
to determine controversies of
faith, and cases of conscience,
con. xxxi. 3. The Spirit speak
ing in the scriptures is the su
preme judge of all controversies
in religion, con. i. 10. The ori-
ginal text of the scriptures is
that to which the church is
finally to appeal, con. i. 8.

Our

Our Conversation ought to be in holiness and righteousness, answerable to an holy profession, cat. 112, 167. Corruption of nature, what, con. vi. 2, 4. cat. 25.

A consequence

of the fall of man, ib. Actual sin a fruit of it, con. vi. 4. cat. 25. How it is propagated, con. vi. 3. cat. 26. It doth remain during this life in the regenerate, and all its motions are truly sin, con. vi. 5. xiii. 2. cat. 78. But it is pardoned and mortified through Christ, con. vi. 5. Covenant. No enjoying of God but by way of covenant, con. vii. 1. Covenant of works, what, and with whom made, con. iv. 2. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20, 22. Perfect, personal, and perpetual obedience, the condition of it, con. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20. It is called a law, and a command, con. iv. 2. and a law given as a covenant, con. xix. 1. and a covenant of life, of which the tree of life was a pledge, cat. 20. Covenant of grace, what, con. vii.

3. cat. 30, 32. It was made with Christ as the second Adam, and with all the elect in him as his seed, cat. 31. In it God requireth of sinners faith in Christ, that they may be justified and saved, con. vii. 3. cat. 71. Faith being required as the condition to interest them in Christ, cat. 32. Who is the Mediator of this covenant, con. viii. 1. cat. 36. Why it is called a testament, con. vii. 4. It was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gospel, con. vii. 5. cat. 33. How it was administered under the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34. How under the gospel, con. vii. 6. cat. 35. Councils or Synods ought to be, con. xxxi. 1. They may be called by the civil magistrate, con. xxiii. 3. xxxi. 2. When

ministers may meet without the call of the civil magistrate, con. xxxi. 2. What power councils have, con. xxxi. 3. What submission due to their decrees, ib. Not infallible since the apostles' time, con. xxxi. 4. But their determinations are to be tried by the scriptures, con. i. 10. How far they may meddle in civil affairs, con. xxxi. 5. Creation of the world, con. iv. 1. cat. 15. Of man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. Of angels, cat. 16. Creatures.

Dominion over the creatures given to man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. They are cursed for our sakes since the fall, cat. 28. Religious worship to be given to no creature, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105. Curiosity. Bold and curious searching into God's secrets discharged, cat. 105. Curious prying into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113. Curious or unprofitable questions are to be avoided, ib. The curse and wrath of God, man liable to it, both by original and actual sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 27. How it may be escaped, con. vii. 3. cat. 153. Cursing sinful, cat. 113.

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DANCING. Lascivious dancing forbidden, cat. 139.

Dead not to be prayed for, con. xxi. 4. cat. 183.

Death, being the wages of sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 28, 84. It is appointed for all men, cat. 84. How it is an advantage to the righteous, cat. 85. The state of believers immediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. of the wicked, ib.

The Death of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 49. In it he saw no corruption, con. viii. 4. cat. 52. The divine nature having sustained the human from sinking under Cc 3

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