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<DIV CLASS="head">Matthew Henry</DIV>
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<h2>A Scripture Catechism, in the Method of the Assemblies Q1-9</h2>
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<p id="scq1"><b><i>Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy him forever.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Is man a reasonable creature? <i>Yes:</i> for there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding, <a id="si-Job 32:8" onClick="return mV('Job',32,8);">Job 32:8</a>. Has he greater capacities than the brutes? <i>Yes:</i> God teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven, <a id="si-Job 35:11" onClick="return mV('Job',35,11);">Job 35:11</a>.</p>
<p>2. Is man his own maker? <i>No:</i> it is God that hath made us, and not we ourselves, <a id="si-Psa 100:3" onClick="return mV('Psa',100,3);">Psa 100:3</a>. Is he then his own master? <i>No:</i> there is a Lord over us, <a id="si-Psa 12:4" onClick="return mV('Psa',12,4);">Psa 12:4</a>. Is he his own carver? <i>No:</i> should it be according to thy mind, <a id="si-Job 34:33" onClick="return mV('Job',34,33);">Job 34:33</a>. Is he his own end? <i>No:</i> for none of us lives to himself, or dies to himself, <a id="si-Rom 14:7" onClick="return mV('Rom',14,7);">Rom 14:7</a>.</p>
<p>3. Is it your business in the world to serve the flesh? <i>No:</i> for we are not debtors to the flesh, that we should live after the flesh, <a id="si-Rom 8:12" onClick="return mV('Rom',8,12);">Rom 8:12</a>. Is it to pursue the world? <i>No:</i> for we are not of the world, <a id="si-Jhn 17:16" onClick="return mV('Jhn',17,16);">Jhn 17:16</a>.</p>
<p>4. Is your happiness bound up in the creature? <i>No:</i> for all is vanity and vexation of spirit, <a id="si-Ecc 1:14" onClick="return mV('Ecc',1,14);">Ecc 1:14</a>. Will the riches of the world make you happy? <i>No:</i> for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth, <a id="si-Luk 12:15" onClick="return mV('Luk',12,15);">Luk 12:15</a>. Will the praise and applause of men make you happy? <i>No:</i> for it is vain glory, <a id="si-Gal 5:26" onClick="return mV('Gal',5,26);">Gal 5:26</a>. Will sport and pleasure make you happy? <i>No:</i> for the wise man said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What doth it? <a id="si-Ecc 2:2" onClick="return mV('Ecc',2,2);">Ecc 2:2</a>. Can the gain of the world make you happy? No, for what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? <a id="si-Mat 16:26" onClick="return mV('Mat',16,26);">Mat 16:26</a>.</p>
<p>5. Is God then your chief end? Yes, for of him, and through him, and to him are all things, <a id="si-Rom 11:36" onClick="return mV('Rom',11,36);">Rom 11:36</a>. Were you made for him? <i>Yes:</i> this people have I formed for myself, <a id="si-Isa 43:21" onClick="return mV('Isa',43,21);">Isa 43:21</a>. Were you redeemed for him? <i>Yes:</i> ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price, <a id="si-1Cr 6:19-20" onClick="return mV('1Cr',6,19,20);">1Cr 6:19-20</a>.</p>
<p>6. Is it your chief business to glorify God? <i>Yes:</i> we must glorify God in our body and in our spirit, which are God's, <a id="si-1Cr 6:20" onClick="return mV('1Cr',6,20);">1Cr 6:20</a>. Must this be ultimately designed in all our actions? <i>Yes:</i> do all to the glory of God, <a id="si-1Cr 10:31" onClick="return mV('1Cr',10,31);">1Cr 10:31</a>. Is God glorified by our praises? <i>Yes:</i> he that offers praise, glorifies me, <a id="si-Psa 50:23" onClick="return mV('Psa',50,23);">Psa 50:23</a>. And is he glorified by our works? <i>Yes:</i> herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, <a id="si-Jhn 15:8" onClick="return mV('Jhn', 15, '8-8');">Jhn 15:8</a>.</p>
<p>7. Is God your chief good? <i>Yes:</i> for happy is the people whose God is the Lord, <a id="si-Psa 144:15" onClick="return mV('Psa',144,15);">Psa 144:15</a>. Does all good come from him? <i>Yes:</i> for with him is the fountain of life, <a id="si-Psa 36:9" onClick="return mV('Psa',36,9);">Psa 36:9</a>. And is all good enjoyed in him? <i>Yes:</i> the Lord is the portion of my inheritance, and of my cup, <a id="si-Psa 16:5" onClick="return mV('Psa',16,5);">Psa 16:5</a>.</p>
<p>8. Is it your chief happiness then to have God's favour? <i>Yes:</i> for in his favour is life, <a id="si-Psa 30:5" onClick="return mV('Psa',30,5);">Psa 30:5</a>. Is that the most desirable good? <i>Yes:</i> for his loving kindness is better than life, <a id="si-Psa 63:3" onClick="return mV('Psa',63,3);">Psa 63:3</a>. Do you desire it above any good? <i>Yes:</i> Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us, <a id="si-Psa 4:6-7" onClick="return mV('Psa',4,6,7);">Psa 4:6-7</a>. And should you give all diligence to make it sure? <i>Yes:</i> herein we labour, that whether present or absent, we may be accepted of the Lord, <a id="si-2Cr 5:9" onClick="return mV('2Cr',5,9);">2Cr 5:9</a>.</p>
<p>9. Is communion with God in grace here the best pleasure? <i>Yes:</i> it is good for me to draw near to God, <a id="si-Psa 73:28" onClick="return mV('Psa',73,28);">Psa 73:28</a>. Is the vision and fruition of God in glory hereafter the best portion? <i>Yes:</i> for in his presence there is fulness of joy, <a id="si-Psa 16:11" onClick="return mV('Psa',16,11);">Psa 16:11</a>. Will you therefore set your heart upon this chief good? <i>Yes:</i> Lord, whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee; when my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever, <a id="si-Psa 73:25-26" onClick="return mV('Psa',73,25,26);">Psa 73:25-26</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq2"><b><i>Q. 2. What rule has God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. The word of God (which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament) is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Do we need a rule to direct us to our chief end? <i>Yes:</i> for we all like sheep have gone astray, <a id="si-Isa 53:6" onClick="return mV('Isa',53,6);">Isa 53:6</a>. Could we not find it out of ourselves? <i>No:</i> for man is born like the wild ass's colt, <a id="si-Job 11:12" onClick="return mV('Job',11,12);">Job 11:12</a>.</p>
<p>2. Is divine revelation necessary to religion? <i>Yes:</i> for faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, <a id="si-Rom 10:17" onClick="return mV('Rom',10,17);">Rom 10:17</a>. Is not the light of nature suffcient without it? <i>No:</i> for the world by wisdom knew not God, <a id="si-1Cr 1:21" onClick="return mV('1Cr',1,21);">1Cr 1:21</a>. Has God therefore given us a revelation? <i>Yes:</i> he hath showed thee, O man, what is good, <a id="si-Mic 6:3" onClick="return mV('Mic',6,3);">Mic 6:3</a>. Was there revelation from the beginning? <i>Yes:</i> at sundry times, and in divers manners, God spake unto the fathers, <a id="si-Hbr 1:1" onClick="return mV('Hbr',1,1);">Hbr 1:1</a>.</p>
<p>3. Are the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament the word of God, and a divine revelation? <i>Yes:</i> for all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, <a id="si-2Ti 3:16" onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,16);">2Ti 3:16</a>. Were they indited by the blessed Spirit? <i>Yes:</i> for holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, <a id="si-2Pe 1:21" onClick="return mV('2Pe',1,21);">2Pe 1:21</a>. Were they confirmed by miracles? Yes; God also bearing them witness both with signs and wonders, <a id="si-Hbr 2:4" onClick="return mV('Hbr',2,4);">Hbr 2:4</a>. Do they recommend themselves? Yes; for the word of God is quick and powerful, <a id="si-Hbr 4:12" onClick="return mV('Hbr',4,12);">Hbr 4:12</a>. Is not the Bible then a cheat put upon the world? <i>No:</i> for these are not the words of him that hath a devil, <a id="si-Jhn 10:21" onClick="return mV('Jhn',10,21);">Jhn 10:21</a>.</p>
<p>4. Was the book of the Scripture written for our use? <i>Yes:</i> whatsoever things were written aforetime, were written for our learning, <a id="si-Jhn 10:21" onClick="return mV('Rom',15,4);">c</a>. And is it of great use? <i>Yes:</i> for it is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, <a id="si-2Ti 3:16" onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,16);">2Ti 3:16</a>.</p>
<p>5. Are the Scriptures the great support of our religion? <i>Yes:</i> for we are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, <a id="si-Eph 2:20" onClick="return mV('Eph',2,20);">Eph 2:20</a>. Are they the standing rule of our faith and practice? <i>Yes:</i> we first have recourse to the law and to the testimony. <a id="si-Isa 8:20" onClick="return mV('Isa',8,20);">Isa 8:20</a>. Are they the only rule? Yes: for other foundation can no man lay, <a id="si-1Cr 3:11" onClick="return mV('1Cr',3,11);">1Cr 3:11</a>. Are they our guide? <i>Yes:</i> for the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, <a id="si-Pro 6:23" onClick="return mV('Pro',6,23);">Pro 6:23</a>. Do they show us the way to heaven and happiness? <i>Yes:</i> for in them we think we have eternal life, and they are they which testify of Christ, <a id="si-Jhn 5:39" onClick="return mV('Jhn',5,39);">Jhn 5:39</a>.</p>
<p>6. Are the Scriptures our oracle which we must consult? <i>Yes:</i> What is written in the law, how readest thou? <a id="si-Luk 10:26" onClick="return mV('Luk',10,26);">Luk 10:26</a>. Are they our touchstone which we must try by? <i>Yes:</i> if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them, <a id="si-Isa 8:20" onClick="return mV('Isa',8,20);">Isa 8:20</a>. Are they the weapons of our spiritual warfare? <i>Yes:</i> Get thee hence, Satan, for it is written, <a id="si-Mat 6:10" onClick="return mV('Mat',6,10);">Mat 6:10</a>; <a id="si-Eph 6:17" onClick="return mV('Eph',6,17');">Eph 6:17</a>.</p>
<p>7. Is the written word a sufficient rule? <i>Yes:</i> for the law of the Lord is perfect, <a id="si-Psa 19:7" onClick="return mV('Psa',19,7);">Psa 19:7</a>. Is it plain? <i>Yes:</i> for the word is nigh thee, <a id="si-Rom 10:8" onClick="return mV('Rom',10,8);">Rom 10:8</a>. Is the church's authority the rule of our faith? <i>No:</i> for our faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, <a id="si-1Cr 2:5" onClick="return mV('1Cr',2,5);">1Cr 2:5</a>. May we depend upon unwritten traditions? <i>No:</i> for we must refuse profane and old wives' fables, <a id="si-1Ti 4:7" onClick="return mV('1Ti',4,7);">1Ti 4:7</a>.</p>
<p>8. Will the written word be the rule of our judgment hereafter? <i>Yes:</i> for we must be judged by the law of liberty, <a id="si-Jam 2:12" onClick="return mV('Jam',2,12);">Jam 2:12</a>. Ought we therefore to be ruled by it now? <i>Yes:</i> as many as walk according to this rule, peace shall be on them, <a id="si-Gal 6:16" onClick="return mV('Gal',6,16);">Gal 6:16</a>. And to be comforted by it? <i>Yes:</i> for through patience and comfort of the Scriptures we have hope, <a id="si-Rom 15:4" onClick="return mV('Rom',15,4);">Rom 15:4</a>.</p>
<p>9. Are the Scriptures to be translated into vulgar tongues? <i>Yes:</i> for we should hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God, <a id="si-Act 2:11" onClick="return mV('Act',2,11);">Act 2:11</a>. And must we study them? <i>Yes:</i> Search the Scriptures, <a id="si-Jhn 5:39" onClick="return mV('Jhn',5,39);">Jhn 5:39</a>. And labour to understand them? <i>Yes:</i> Understandest thou what thou readest? <a id="si-Act 8:30" onClick="return mV('Act',8,30);">Act 8:30</a>. And must we rest satisfied with this revelation of God's will? <i>Yes:</i> for if we believe not Moses and the prophets, neither would we be persuaded though one rose from the dead, <a id="si-Luk 16:31" onClick="return mV('Luk',16,31);">Luk 16:31</a>. Is it a great affront to God to neglect his word? <i>Yes:</i> I have written unto them the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing, <a id="si-Hsa 8:12" onClick="return mV('Hsa',8,12);">Hsa 8:12</a>.</p>
<p>10. Must little children get the knowledge of the Scripture? <i>Yes:</i> Timothy is commended for this, that from a child he knew the Holy Scriptures, <a id="si-2Ti 3:15" onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,15);">2Ti 3:15</a>. And must their parents instruct them therein? <i>Yes:</i> they must teach them diligently unto their children, and talk of them, <a id="si-Deu 6:7" onClick="return mV('Deu',6,7);">Deu 6:7</a>.</p>
<p>11. Must we all love the word of God? <i>Yes:</i> O how love I thy law! And must we meditate therein? <i>Yes:</i> It is my meditation all the day, <a id="si-Psa 119:97" onClick="return mV('Psa',119,97);">Psa 119:97</a>. And will this be to our own advantage? <i>Yes:</i> for it is able to make us wise to salvation, <a id="si-2Ti 3:15" onClick="return mV('2Ti',3,15);">2Ti 3:15</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq3"><b><i>Q. 3. What do the Scriptures principally teach?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Is it necessary that we have a faith concerning God? <i>Yes:</i> for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him, <a id="si-Hbr 11:6" onClick="return mV('Hbr',11,6);">Hbr 11:6</a>. Can we have that faith without being taught? <i>No:</i> for how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? <a id="si-Rom 10:14" onClick="return mV('Rom',10,14);">Rom 10:14</a>. And have they not heard? <i>Yes:</i> verily their sound went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world, <a id="si-Rom 10:18" onClick="return mV('Rom',10,18);">Rom 10:18</a>.</p>
<p>2. Is not the knowledge of God a great privilege? <i>Yes:</i> for this is life eternal, to know thee the only true God, <a id="si-Jhn 17:3" onClick="return mV('Jhn',17,3);">Jhn 17:3</a>. Is it not the best knowledge? <i>Yes:</i> for the knowledge of the holy is understanding, <a id="si-Pro 9:10" onClick="return mV('Pro',9,10);">Pro 9:10</a>. Does the Scripture teach us that knowledge? <i>Yes:</i> for if we receive those words, and hide those commandments with us, then shall we understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God, <a id="si-Pro 2:1, 5" onClick="return mV('Pro',2,1,5);">Pro 2:1, 5</a>.</p>
<p>3. Do not the works of creation prove that there is a God? <i>Yes:</i> for we understand by the things that are made his eternal power and godhead, <a id="si-Rom 1:20" onClick="return mV('Rom',1,20);">Rom 1:20</a>. And do not the works of providence prove it? <i>Yes:</i> for verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth, <a id="si-Psa 58:11" onClick="return mV('Psa',58,11);">Psa 58:11</a> But do not the Scriptures tell us best what God is? <i>Yes:</i> for no man hath seen God at any time, the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him, <a id="si-Jhn 1:18" onClick="return mV('Jhn',1,18);">Jhn 1:18</a>.</p>
<p>4. Are we all concerned to get the knowledge of God? <i>Yes:</i> we should all know him, from the least even to the greatest, <a id="si-Hbr 8:11" onClick="return mV('Hbr',8,11);">Hbr 8:11</a>. Must children get that knowledge? <i>Yes:</i> I write unto you, little children, because you have known the Father, <a id="si-1Jo 2:13" onClick="return mV('1Jo',2,13);">1Jo 2:13</a>. And must we all grow in that knowledge? <i>Yes:</i> we must follow on to know the Lord, <a id="si-Hsa 6:3" onClick="return mV('Hsa',6,3);">Hsa 6:3</a>.</p>
<p>5. Are we to believe what the Scripture reveals concerning God? <i>Yes:</i> for these things are written that we may believe, <a id="si-Jhn 20:31" onClick="return mV('Jhn',20,31);">Jhn 20:31</a>. And must we believe all that the Scripture reveals? <i>Yes:</i> Believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets, <a id="si-Act 24:14" onClick="return mV('Act',24,14);">Act 24:14</a>. Must we believe that which is not revealed? No: for the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit of God, <a id="si-1Cr 2:11" onClick="return mV('1Cr',2,11);">1Cr 2:11</a>.</p>
<p>6. Does God require duty of man? <i>Yes:</i> for unto man He said, Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil, that is understanding, <a id="si-Job 28:28" onClick="return mV('Job',28,28);">Job 28:28</a>. Is it enough to believe the truth revealed, if we do not the duty that is required? <i>No:</i> for faith without works is dead, <a id="si-Jam 2:26" onClick="return mV('Jam',2,26);">Jam 2:26</a>. Is it enough to do the duty required, though we do not believe the truth revealed? <i>No:</i> for he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar, <a id="si-1Jo 5:10" onClick="return mV('1Jo',5,10);">1Jo 5:10</a>.</p>
<p>7. Does the Scripture teach us what duty God requires? <i>Yes:</i> He has showed thee what the Lord thy God requires of thee, <a id="si-Mic 6:8" onClick="return mV('Mic',6,8);">Mic 6:8</a>. And must we do the duty that the Scripture teaches? <i>Yes:</i> we must observe to do according to all that is written therein, and not turn from it to the right hand, or to the left, <a id="si-Jos 1:7" onClick="return mV('Jos',1,7);">Jos 1:7</a>. Must this obedience always accompany faith? <i>Yes:</i> for they which have believed in God must be careful to maintain good works, <a id="si-Tts 3:8" onClick="return mV('Tts',3,8);">Tts 3:8</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq4"><b><i>Q. 4. What is God?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Is God a Spirit? <i>Yes:</i> for Christ himself has said, God is a Spirit, <a id="si-Jhn 4:24" onClick="return mV('Jhn',4,24);">Jhn 4:24</a>. Is he a pure Spirit? <i>Yes:</i> for God is light, and with him is no darkness at all, <a id="si-1Jo 1:5" onClick="return mV('1Jo',1,5);">1Jo 1:5</a>. Has he a body as we have? <i>No:</i> Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as a man seeth? <a id="si-Job 10:4" onClick="return mV('Job',10,4);">Job 10:4</a>. Can he be seen with bodily eyes? No. For he is one whom no man hath seen, or can see, <a id="si-1Ti 6:16" onClick="return mV('1Ti',6,16);">1Ti 6:16</a>. Are not the angels spirits? <i>Yes:</i> He maketh his angels spirits, <a id="si-Psa 104:4" onClick="return mV('Psa',104,4);">Psa 104:4</a>. Are not the souls of men spirits? <i>Yes:</i> for he formeth the spirit of man within him, <a id="si-Zec 12:1" onClick="return mV('Zec',12,1);">Zec 12:1</a>. But is God a Spirit like unto them? <i>No:</i> for he is the Father of spirits, <a id="si-Hbr 12:9" onClick="return mV('Hbr',12,9);">Hbr 12:9</a>.</p>
<p>2. Is God infinite? <i>Yes:</i> for we cannot by searching find out God, <a id="si-Job 11:7" onClick="return mV('Job',11,7);">Job 11:7</a>. Is he contained in any place? <i>No:</i> for the heaven of heavens cannot contain him, <a id="si-1Ki 8:27" onClick="return mV('1Ki',8,27);">1Ki 8:27</a>. Is he everywhere present? <i>Yes:</i> for whither can we go from his Spirit, or flee from his presence? <a id="si-Psa 139:7" onClick="return mV('Psa',139,7);">Psa 139:7</a>. Can any hide himself in secret places that God shall not see him? <i>No:</i> for do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord, <a id="si-Jer 23:24" onClick="return mV('Jer',23,24);">Jer 23:24</a>.</p>
<p>3. Is God eternal? <i>Yes:</i> from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God, <a id="si-Psa 90:2" onClick="return mV('Psa',90,2);">Psa 90:2</a>. Had he beginning of days? <i>No:</i> for he is the Ancient of days, <a id="si-Dan 7:9" onClick="return mV('Dan',7,9);">Dan 7:9</a>. Shall there be any end of his life? <i>No:</i> for he is the same, and his years have no end, <a id="si-Psa 102:27" onClick="return mV('Psa',102,27);">Psa 102:27</a>. Is there with him any succession of time? No: for his days are not as the days of man, <a id="si-Job 10:5" onClick="return mV('Job',10,5);">Job 10:5</a>. Can he die? <i>No:</i> he is the only potentate, that hath immortality, <a id="si-1Ti 6:16" onClick="return mV('1Ti',6,16);">1Ti 6:16</a>.</p>
<p>4. Is God unchangeable? <i>Yes:</i> for he is the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning, <a id="si-Jam 1:17" onClick="return mV('Jam',1,17);">Jam 1:17</a>. Is there any decay of his perfections? No: for he fainteth not, neither is weary, <a id="si-Isa 40:28" onClick="return mV('Isa',40,28);">Isa 40:28</a>. Is there any alteration in his counsels? <i>No:</i> for he is not a man that he should repent, <a id="si-1Sa 15:29" onClick="return mV('1Sa',15,29);">1Sa 15:29</a>. Is it well for us that he is unchangeable? <i>Yes:</i> I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed, <a id="si-Mal 3:6" onClick="return mV('Mal',3,6);">Mal 3:6</a>.</p>
<p>5. Is God infinite in his being? <i>Yes:</i> for he has said, I AM THAT I AM, <a id="si-Exd 3:14" onClick="return mV('Exd',3,14);">Exd 3:14</a>. Is he self-existent? <i>Yes:</i> for the Father hath life in himself <a id="si-Jhn 5:26" onClick="return mV('Jhn',5,26);">Jhn 5:26</a>. Is he the best of beings? <i>Yes:</i> for who is a God like unto him? <a id="si-Exd 15:11" onClick="return mV('Exd',15,11);">Exd 15:11</a>. Is he the first of causes? <i>Yes:</i> for he is the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him, <a id="si-1Cr 8:6" onClick="return mV('1Cr',8,6);">1Cr 8:6</a>. Is he the highest of powers? <i>Yes:</i> for he King of kings, and Lord of lords, <a id="si-1Ti 6:15" onClick="return mV('1Ti',6,15);">1Ti 6:15</a>.</p>
<p>6. Is he a God of perfect knowledge? <i>Yes:</i> for his understanding is infinite, <a id="si-Psa 147:5" onClick="return mV('Psa',147,5);">Psa 147:5</a>. Can any thing be hid from him? <i>No:</i> for all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do, <a id="si-Hbr 4:13" onClick="return mV('Hbr',4,13);">Hbr 4:13</a>. Does he know things to come? <i>Yes:</i> for he declareth the end from the beginning, <a id="si-Isa 46:10" onClick="return mV('Isa',46,10);">Isa 46:10</a>. Does he know our hearts? <i>Yes:</i> for he understandeth our thoughts afar off; <a id="si-Psa 139:2" onClick="return mV('Psa',139,2);">Psa 139:2</a>. Does he know all our actions? <i>Yes:</i> for his eyes are upon the ways of man, <a id="si-Job 34:21" onClick="return mV('Job',34,21);">Job 34:21</a>.</p>
<p>7. Is God infinitely wise? <i>Yes:</i> for wisdom and might are his, <a id="si-Dan 2:20" onClick="return mV('Dan',2,20);">Dan 2:20</a>. Are all his works wisely done? <i>Yes:</i> in wisdom he hath made them all, <a id="si-Psa 104:24" onClick="return mV('Psa',104,24);">Psa 104:24</a>. And particularly the work of redemption? <i>Yes:</i> for it is the wisdom of God in a mystery, <a id="si-1Cr 2:7" onClick="return mV('1Cr',2,7);">1Cr 2:7</a>. Can the wisdom of God's counsels be fathomed? No: O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! <a id="si-Rom 11:33" onClick="return mV('Rom',11,33);">Rom 11:33</a>.</p>
<p>8. Is he a God of power? <i>Yes:</i> God hath spoken once, twice have I heard this, that power belongeth unto God, <a id="si-Psa 62:11" onClick="return mV('Psa',62,11);">Psa 62:11</a>. Is he Almighty? <i>Yes:</i> he is the Lord God Almighty, <a id="si-Rev 15:3" onClick="return mV('Rev',15,3);">Rev 15:3</a>. Is his power irresistible? <i>Yes:</i> for none can stay his hand, <a id="si-Dan 4:35" onClick="return mV('Dan',4,35);">Dan 4:35</a>. Is his sovereignty incontestable? <i>Yes:</i> for he giveth not account of any of his matters, <a id="si-Job 33:13" onClick="return mV('Job',33,13);">Job 33:13</a>. Is any thing too hard for him? <i>No:</i> for with God all things are possible, <a id="si-Mat 19:26" onClick="return mV('Mat',19,26);">Mat 19:26</a>.</p>
<p>9. Is he a God of perfect holiness? <i>Yes:</i> for holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, <a id="si-Isa 6:3" onClick="return mV('Isa',6,3);">Isa 6:3</a>. Is there iniquity with God? <i>No:</i> he is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, <a id="si-Hbr 1:13" onClick="return mV('Hbr',1,13);">Hbr 1:13</a>. Is this his glory? <i>Yes:</i> for he is glorious in holiness, <a id="si-Exd 15:11" onClick="return mV('Exd',15,11);">Exd 15:11</a>. And must we give him the glory of it? <i>Yes:</i> give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness, <a id="si-Psa 30:4" onClick="return mV('Psa',30,4);">Psa 30:4</a>. And must we study herein to resemble him? <i>Yes:</i> Be ye holy, for I am holy, <a id="si-1Pe 1:16" onClick="return mV('1Pe',1,16);">1Pe 1:16</a>.</p>
<p>10. Is he a just and righteous Governor? Yes: the Lord is righteous in all his ways, <a id="si-Psa 145:17" onClick="return mV('Psa',145,17);">Psa 145:17</a>. Did he ever do wrong to any of his creatures? <i>No:</i> there is no unrighteousness in him, <a id="si-Psa 92:15" onClick="return mV('Psa',92,15);">Psa 92:15</a>. And does justice please him? <i>Yes:</i> the righteous Lord loveth righteousness, <a id="si-Psa 11:7" onClick="return mV('Psa',11,7);">Psa 11:7</a>.</p>
<p>11. Is he a merciful God? <i>Yes:</i> he is the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, <a id="si-Exd 34:6" onClick="return mV('Exd',34,6);">Exd 34:6</a>. And a good God? <i>Yes:</i> thou art good, and dost good, <a id="si-Psa 119:68" onClick="return mV('Psa',119,68);">Psa 119:68</a>. Is he universally good? <i>Yes:</i> for he is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works, <a id="si-Psa 145:9" onClick="return mV('Psa',145,9);">Psa 145:9</a>. Is he in a special manner good to his own people? <i>Yes:</i> for truly God is good to Israel, <a id="si-Psa 73:1" onClick="return mV('Psa',73,1);">Psa 73:1</a>. And should we acquaint ourselves with his goodness? <i>Yes:</i> O taste, and see that the Lord is good, <a id="si-Psa 34:8" onClick="return mV('Psa',34,8);">Psa 34:8</a>.</p>
<p>12. Is he a God of truth? <i>Yes:</i> the truth of the Lord endures for ever, <a id="si-Psa 117:2" onClick="return mV('Psa',117,2);">Psa 117:2</a>. Will he perform all his promises? Yes: for he is faithful that hath promised, <a id="si-Hbr 10:23" onClick="return mV('Hbr',10,23);">Hbr 10:23</a>. Is there any danger of his deceiving us? <i>No:</i> it is impossible for God to lie, <a id="si-Hbr 6:18" onClick="return mV('Hbr',6,18);">Hbr 6:18</a>.</p>
<p>13. Is this a complete description of God? <i>No:</i> for, lo, these are but part of his ways; and how little a portion is heard of him! <a id="si-Job 26:14" onClick="return mV('Job',26,14);">Job 26:14</a>. Must we therefore always speak of God with reverence? <i>Yes:</i> for behold God is great, and we know him not, <a id="si-Job 36:26" onClick="return mV('Job',36,26);">Job 36:26</a>. And must we pray to him to teach us what we shall say? <i>Yes:</i> for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness, <a id="si-Job 37:19" onClick="return mV('Job',37,19);">Job 37:19</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq5"><b><i>Q. 5. Are there more gods than one?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. There is but one only, the living and true God.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Are there many gods? <i>No:</i> for though there be that are called gods, yet there is but one God, <a id="si-1Cr 8:5-6" onClick="return mV('1Cr',8,5,6);">1Cr 8:5-6</a>. Can there be any but one? <i>No:</i> for he has said, I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, <a id="si-Isa 46:9" onClick="return mV('Isa',46,9);">Isa 46:9</a>. Are you sure there is but one? <i>Yes:</i> for the Lord our God is one Lord and there is none other but he, <a id="si-Mar 12:29, 32" onClick="return mV('Mar',12,29,32);">Mar 12:29, 32</a>.</p>
<p>2. Is the God whom we serve that one God? <i>Yes:</i> for Jehovah he is God, Jehovah he is God, <a id="si-1Ki 18:39" onClick="return mV('1Ki',18,39);">1Ki 18:39</a>. Is he infinitely above all pretenders? <i>Yes:</i> for he is a great King above all gods, <a id="si-Psa 95:3" onClick="return mV('Psa',95,3);">Psa 95:3</a>. Is he God alone? <i>Yes:</i> O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, thou art the God, even thou alone, <a id="si-Isa 37:16" onClick="return mV('Isa',37,16);">Isa 37:16</a>. Are all other gods false gods? Yes. for all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens, <a id="si-Psa 96:5" onClick="return mV('Psa',96,5);">Psa 96:5</a>.</p>
<p>3. Is our God the true God? <i>Yes:</i> the Lord he is the true God, <a id="si-Jer 10:10" onClick="return mV('Jer',10,10);">Jer 10:10</a>. Is he the only true God? <i>Yes:</i> this is life eternal, to know the only true God <a id="si-Jhn 17:3" onClick="return mV('Jhn',17,3);">Jhn 17:3</a>. Is he the living God? <i>Yes:</i> the living God, and an everlasting King, <a id="si-Jer 10:10" onClick="return mV('Jer',10,10);">Jer 10:10</a>. Is he the Sovereign Lord? <i>Yes:</i> for he is God over all, blessed for evermore, <a id="si-Rom 9:5" onClick="return mV('Rom',9,5);">Rom 9:5</a>. Is this one God enough? <i>Yes:</i> for he is God All-Sufficient, <a id="si-Gen 17:1" onClick="return mV('Gen',17,1);">Gen 17:1</a>.</p>
<p>4. Is the Lord Jehovah the maker of all things? <i>Yes:</i> he is the everlasting God, even the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, <a id="si-Isa 40:28" onClick="return mV('Isa',40,28);">Isa 40:28</a>. Is he your Maker? <i>Yes:</i> he is the Lord our Maker, <a id="si-Psa 95:6" onClick="return mV('Psa',95,6);">Psa 95:6</a>. Is he the owner of all things? <i>Yes:</i> for he is the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth, <a id="si-Gen 14:19" onClick="return mV('Gen',14,19);">Gen 14:19</a>. Is he your rightful owner? <i>Yes:</i> we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand, <a id="si-Psa 95:7" onClick="return mV('Psa',95,7);">Psa 95:7</a>. Is he the ruler of all things? <i>Yes:</i> for his kingdom ruleth over all, <a id="si-Psa 103:19" onClick="return mV('Psa',103,19);">Psa 103:19</a>. Is he your ruler? <i>Yes:</i> O Lord, truly I am thy servant, I am thy servant, <a id="si-Psa 116:16" onClick="return mV('Psa',116,16);">Psa 116:16</a>. Is he the benefactor of all the creatures? Yes: for he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things, <a id="si-Act 17:25" onClick="return mV('Act',17,25);">Act 17:25</a>. Is he your benefactor? <i>Yes:</i> for he daily loadeth us with his benefits, <a id="si-Psa 68:19" onClick="return mV('Psa',68,19);">Psa 68:19</a>. Shall he therefore be yours by your own consent? <i>Yes:</i> O God, thou art my God, <a id="si-Psa 63:1" onClick="return mV('Psa',63,1);">Psa 63:1</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq6"><b><i>Q. 6. How many persons are there in the Godhead?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. 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.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Are there three gods? <i>No:</i> for the Lord is one, and his name one, <a id="si-Zec 14:9" onClick="return mV('Zec',14,9);">Zec 14:9</a>. Is there more than one person in the Godhead? <i>Yes:</i> for God said, Let us make man, <a id="si-Gen 1:26" onClick="return mV('Gen',1,26);">Gen 1:26</a>. Are there distinct persons in the Godhead? <i>Yes:</i> for he who is the brightness of his Father's glory, is the express image of his person, <a id="si-Hbr 1:3" onClick="return mV('Hbr',1,3);">Hbr 1:3</a>. Are there three persons in the Godhead? <i>Yes:</i> for there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, <a id="si-1Jo 5:7" onClick="return mV('1Jo',5,7);">1Jo 5:7</a>.</p>
<p>2. Is the Father God? <i>Yes:</i> for there is one God and Father of all, <a id="si-Eph 4:6" onClick="return mV('Eph',4,6);">Eph 4:6</a>. Is Jesus Christ the Word? Yes his name is called the Word of God, <a id="si-Rev 19:13" onClick="return mV('Rev',19,13);">Rev 19:13</a>. Is the Word God? <i>Yes:</i> for in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, <a id="si-Jhn 1:1" onClick="return mV('Jhn',1,1);">Jhn 1:1</a>. Is the Holy Ghost a divine person? <i>Yes:</i> for the Spirit searcheth all things, <a id="si-1Cr 2:10" onClick="return mV('1Cr',2,10);">1Cr 2:10</a>.</p>
<p>3. Is it the personal property of the Father to beget the Son? <i>Yes:</i> Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee, <a id="si-Psa 2:7" onClick="return mV('Psa',2,7);">Psa 2:7</a>. Is it the personal property of the Son to be begotten of the Father? <i>Yes:</i> for he is the only-begotten of the Father, <a id="si-Jhn 1:14" onClick="return mV('Jhn',1,14);">Jhn 1:14</a>. Is it the personal property of the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son? <i>Yes:</i> for Christ says, I will send you the Comforter, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, <a id="si-Jhn 15:26" onClick="return mV('Jhn',15,26);">Jhn 15:26</a>.</p>
<p>4. Are these three one God? <i>Yes:</i> for it is said expressly, these three are one, <a id="si-1Jo 5:7" onClick="return mV('1Jo',5,7);">1Jo 5:7</a>. Are they the same in substance, and equal in power and glory? <i>Yes:</i> for Christ says, I and my Father are one, <a id="si-Jhn 10:30" onClick="return mV('Jhn',10,30);">Jhn 10:30</a>. Can this doctrine be measured by reason? <i>No:</i> for flesh and blood hath not revealed it to us, <a id="si-Mat 16:17" onClick="return mV('Mat',16,17);">Mat 16:17</a>. But ought we to believe it? <i>Yes:</i> for we are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, <a id="si-Mat 28:19" onClick="return mV('Mat',28,19);">Mat 28:19</a>. and we are blessed with the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, <a id="si-2Cr 13:14" onClick="return mV('2Cr',13,14);">2Cr 13:14</a>. And ought we to improve it? <i>Yes:</i> that we all may be one, as the Father is in Christ, and he in the Father, that we also may be one in them, <a id="si-Jhn 17:21" onClick="return mV('Jhn',17,21);">Jhn 17:21</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq7"><b><i>Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. The decrees of God are his eternal purposes, according to the counsel of his own will : whereby for his own glory he hath foreordained whatever comes to pass.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Does God dispose of all things that come to pass? Yes: My times are in thy hand, <a id="si-Psa 31:15" onClick="return mV('Psa',31,15);">Psa 31:15</a>. Does he do it according to his own will: <i>Yes:</i> for he hath done whatsoever he pleased, <a id="si-Psa 115:2" onClick="return mV('Psa',115,2);">Psa 115:2</a>. Can any control his will? <i>No:</i> for he doth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, <a id="si-Dan 4:35" onClick="return mV('Dan',4,35);">Dan 4:35</a>. Has he determined before what he will do? <i>Yes:</i> for known unto God are all his works, from the beginning of the world, <a id="si-Act 15:18" onClick="return mV('Act',15,18);">Act 15:18</a>.</p>
<p>2. Is there a counsel then in all the will of God? <i>Yes:</i> for he worketh all things after the counsel of his own will, <a id="si-Eph 1:11" onClick="return mV('Eph',1,11);">Eph 1:11</a>. Is it an eternal counsel? <i>Yes:</i> for it was ordained before the world, <a id="si-1Cr 2:7" onClick="return mV('1Cr',2,7);">1Cr 2:7</a>. Is it free? <i>Yes:</i> Even so Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight, <a id="si-Mat 11:26" onClick="return mV('Mat',11,26);">Mat 11:26</a>. Is it unchangeable? <i>Yes:</i> the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, <a id="si-Psa 33:11" onClick="return mV('Psa',33,11);">Psa 33:11</a>. Is it for his own glory? <i>Yes:</i> that we should be to the praise of his glory, <a id="si-Eph 1:12" onClick="return mV('Eph',1,12);">Eph 1:12</a>.</p>
<p>Were all the events of time ordained from eternity? <i>Yes:</i> He performeth the thing that is appointed for me, <a id="si-Job 23:14" onClick="return mV('Job',23,14);">Job 23:14</a>. Does any thing come to pass by chance? <i>No:</i> for the lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord, <a id="si-Pro 16:33" onClick="return mV('Pro',16,33);">Pro 16:33</a>. Does every thing come to pass as God has ordained it? <i>Yes:</i> for there are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand, <a id="si-Pro 19:21" onClick="return mV('Pro',19,21);">Pro 19:21</a>.</p>
<p>4.Can we search out God's counsels? <i>No:</i> for his judgments are a great deep, <a id="si-Psa 36:6" onClick="return mV('Psa',36,6);">Psa 36:6</a>. Ought we not therefore to acquiesce in them? <i>Yes:</i> Here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him, <a id="si-2Sa 15:26" onClick="return mV('2Sa',15,26);">2Sa 15:26</a>. May we question God's proceedings? <i>No:</i> for his thoughts are above our thoughts, <a id="si-Isa 55:9" onClick="return mV('Isa',55,9);">Isa 55:9</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq8"><b><i>Q. 8. How does God execute his decrees?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Shall all God's decrees be executed? <i>Yes:</i> for the Lord of hosts hath sworn, surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass, <a id="si-Isa 14:24" onClick="return mV('Isa',14,24);">Isa 14:24</a>. Can any of them be defeated? <i>No:</i> for the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? <a id="si-Isa 14:27" onClick="return mV('Isa',14,27);">Isa 14:27</a>. Did God execute his decree in the work of creation? <i>Yes:</i> he hath created all things, and for his pleasure they are and were created, <a id="si-Rev 4:11" onClick="return mV('Rev',4,11);">Rev 4:11</a>. And does he execute his decrees in the works of providence? <i>Yes:</i> for out of the mouth of the Most High both evil and good proceed, <a id="si-Lam 3:38" onClick="return mV('Lam',3,38);">Lam 3:38</a>.</p>
<p>2. Did God begin to work in the creation of the world? <i>Yes:</i> Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundations of the earth, <a id="si-Hbr 1:10" onClick="return mV('Hbr',1,10);">Hbr 1:10</a>. Is he still working? <i>Yes:</i> for Christ says, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work, <a id="si-Jhn 5:17" onClick="return mV('Jhn',5,17);">Jhn 5:17</a>. Are all his works copied out of his counsels? <i>Yes:</i> for they are what his hand and his counsel determine before to be done, <a id="si-Act 4:28" onClick="return mV('Act',4,28);">Act 4:28</a>.</p>
<p>3. Are God's works many? <i>Yes:</i>O Lord, how manifold are thy works! <a id="si-Psa 104:24" onClick="return mV('Psa',104,24);">Psa 104:24</a>. Are they great? <i>Yes:</i> his work is honourable and glorious, <a id="si-Psa 111:8" onClick="return mV('Psa',111,8);">Psa 111:8</a>. Are they perfect in their kind? <i>Yes:</i> God is the Rock, his work is perfect, <a id="si-Deu 32:4" onClick="return mV('Deu',32,4);">Deu 32:4</a>. Can they be amended? <i>No:</i> whatsoever God doth, nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it, <a id="si-Ecc 3:14" onClick="return mV('Ecc',3,14);">Ecc 3:14</a>. Ought they to be studied? <i>Yes:</i> They are sought out of all them that have pleasure therein, <a id="si-Psa 111:2" onClick="return mV('Psa',111,2);">Psa 111:2</a>. Is it a great sin to neglect them? <i>Yes:</i> because they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operations of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up, <a id="si-Psa 28:5" onClick="return mV('Psa',28,5);">Psa 28:5</a>.</p>
<p>4. Can all God's works be thoroughly discovered? <i>No:</i> for no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end, <a id="si-Ecc 3:11" onClick="return mV('Ecc',3,11);">Ecc 3:11</a>. Can his designs in them be accounted for? <i>No:</i> for his way is in the sea, and his path in the great waters, <a id="si-Psa 77:19" onClick="return mV('Psa',77,19);">Psa 77:19</a>. But is he glorified in them? <i>Yes:</i> all his works do praise him, <a id="si-Psa 145:10" onClick="return mV('Psa',145,10');">Psa 145:10</a>.</p>
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<p id="scq9"><b><i>Q. 9. What is the work of creation?</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>A. 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.</i></b></p>
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<p>1. Did God create the world? <i>Yes:</i> in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, <a id="si-Gen 1:1" onClick="return mV('Gen',1,1);">Gen 1:1</a>. Did he create everything in the world? <i>Yes:</i> for without him was not any thing made that was made, <a id="si-Jhn 1:3" onClick="return mV('Jhn',1,3);">Jhn 1:3</a>, <a id="si-Jhn 12:7-9" onClick="return mV('Jhn',12,'7-9');">Jhn 12:7-9</a>. Did he create the world by his word? <i>Yes:</i> for through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, <a id="si-Hbr 11:3" onClick="return mV('Hbr',11,3);">Hbr 11:3</a>. Did all things come into being by that word? <i>Yes:</i> for by the word of God the heavens were of old, <a id="si-2Pe 3:5" onClick="return mV('2Pe',3,5);">2Pe 3:5</a>. And are they thereby preserved in being? <i>Yes:</i> by the same word they are kept in store, <a id="si-2Pe 3:7" onClick="return mV('2Pe',3,7);">2Pe 3:7</a>. Did God find any difficulty in making the world? <i>No:</i> for he spake and it was done; he said, Let there be light, and there was light, <a id="si-Psa 33:9" onClick="return mV('Psa',33,9);">Psa 33:9</a>; <a id="si-Gen 1:3" onClick="return mV('Gen',1,3);">Gen 1:3</a>. Did he need assistance in it? <i>No:</i> for he stretcheth forth the heavens alone, and spreadeth abroad the earth by himself, <a id="si-Isa 44:24" onClick="return mV('Isa',44,24);">Isa 44:24</a>.</p>
<p>2. Did he make all out of nothing? <i>Yes:</i> for the things which are seen were not made of the things which do appear, <a id="si-Hbr 11:13" onClick="return mV('Hbr',11,13);">Hbr 11:13</a>. Did he bring light out of darkness? <i>Yes:</i> for God commanded the light to shine out of darkness, <a id="si-2Cr 4:6" onClick="return mV('2Cr',4,6);">2Cr 4:6</a>. And order out of confusion? <i>Yes:</i> for the earth was without form and void, <a id="si-Gen 1:2" onClick="return mV('Gen',1,2);">Gen 1:2</a>. Did he make all in six days? <i>Yes:</i> for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, <a id="si-Exd 20:11" onClick="return mV('Exd',20,11);">Exd 20:11</a>. Did God make all well? <i>Yes:</i> God saw every thing that he had made, and behold it was very good, <a id="si-Gen 1:31" onClick="return mV('Gen',1,31);">Gen 1:31</a>. Did he make all firm? <i>Yes:</i> he hath made a decree which shall not pass, <a id="si-Psa 148:6" onClick="return mV('Psa',148,6);">Psa 148:6</a>. And all for himself? <i>Yes:</i> the Lord has made all things for himself, <a id="si-Pro 16:4" onClick="return mV('Pro',16,4);">Pro 16:4</a>.</p>
<p>3. Did God make all things by Jesus Christ? <i>Yes:</i> for by him also he made the worlds, <a id="si-Hbr 1:2" onClick="return mV('Hbr',1,2);">Hbr 1:2</a>. and created all things by Jesus Christ, <a id="si-Eph 3:9" onClick="return mV('Eph',3,9);">Eph 3:9</a>; <a id="si-Col 1:16" onClick="return mV('Col',1,16);">Col 1:16</a>; <a id="si-Jhn 1:3" onClick="return mV('Jhn',1,3);">Jhn 1:3</a>. Did God manifest his own perfections in the work of creation? <i>Yes:</i> for the heavens declare the glory of God, <a id="si-Psa 19:1" onClick="return mV('Psa',19,1);">Psa 19:1</a>. Must we give him the glory of this work? <i>Yes:</i> we must worship him that made the heaven and the earth, <a id="si-Rev 14:7" onClick="return mV('Rev',14,7);">Rev 14:7</a>. Must we give him thanks for his creatures? <i>Yes:</i> every creature of God is good, and to be received with thanksgiving, <a id="si-1Ti 4:4" onClick="return mV('1Ti',4,4);">1Ti 4:4</a>. May we be encouraged by the work of creation to trust in God? <i>Yes:</i> My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth, <a id="si-Psa 121:2" onClick="return mV('Psa',121,2);">Psa 121:2</a>.</p>
<p>4. Did God create the angels? <i>Yes:</i> He maketh his angels spirits, <a id="si-Hbr 1:7" onClick="return mV('Hbr',1,7);">Hbr 1:7</a>. Are they attendants upon him? <i>Yes:</i> thousand thousands minister unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before him, <a id="si-Dan 7:10" onClick="return mV('Dan',7,10);">Dan 7:10</a>. Are they employed for the good of the saints? <i>Yes:</i> they are sent forth to minister for them which shall be heirs of salvation, <a id="si-Hbr 1:14" onClick="return mV('Hbr',1,14);">Hbr 1:14</a>. Have true believers communion with them in faith, hope, and love? <i>Yes:</i> for we are come to an innumerable company of angels, <a id="si-Hbr 12:22" onClick="return mV('Hbr',12,22);">Hbr 12:22</a>.</p>
<p>5. Did all the angels continue in their integrity? <i>No:</i> there were angels that left their first state, <a id="si-Jud 6" onClick="return mV('Jud',1,6);">Jud 6</a>. Is it probable that they who fell, fell by pride? <i>Yes:</i> for they that are lifted up with pride, fall into the condemnation of the devil, <a id="si-1Ti 3:6" onClick="return mV('1Ti',3,6);">1Ti 3:6</a>. Were they punished for their sin? <i>Yes:</i> God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, <a id="si-2Pe 2:4" onClick="return mV('2Pe',2,4);">2Pe 2:4</a>.</p>
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