Q. 22. How did Christ, being the Son of God, become man?
A. Christ, the Son of God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, and born of her, yet without sin.
Read MoreQ. 21. Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect?
A. The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, became man, and so was, and continueth to be, God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever.
Read MoreQ. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
A. God, having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
Read MoreQ. 18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam’s first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
A. All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.
Read MoreQ. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?
A. The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.
Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
Read MoreQ. 14. What is sin?
Q. 15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
Read MoreA. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.
Read MoreA. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.
Read MoreA. God's works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures, and all their actions.
Read MoreA. God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.
Read MoreA. The work of creation is, God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.
Read MoreA. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.
Read MoreA. The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.
Read MoreA. There are three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
Read MoreA. There is but one only, the living and true God.
Read MoreA. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Read MoreA. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
Read MoreA. The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
Read MoreA. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
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