The Principles of Holy Christian Religion; Or, the Catechism of the Church of England Paraphrazed [By R. Sherlock]. by R. Sherlock. Or, the Catechism - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841. Excerpt: ... CHAP. II. OF THE COMMANDMENTS. Quest. What is the third part of your vow in Baptism? Answ. To keep God's holy will and Commandments, and to walk in the same all the days of my life3. And it is but just and reasonable that I should do what God hath commanded me in this life, if I will obtain what He hath promised me in the life to comeb: If thou wilt enter into life keep the Commandments". Quest. What are these Commandments God hath enjoined, and you have promised to observe and keep 1 Answ. fthe same tohich ffiob spafce fa the ». ©hapter of Exodus, Sajifag, I am the Sorb thg ffiob, aahtrh brought thee out of the &anD of Egypt, out of the j)ouse of honoage: which is the Preface, shewing God's right to command, and our obligation to obeyd. Luke i. 73. b Luke x. 25, 26; Rev. xxii. 14. Matt. xix. 17. a Levit. xviii. 4; Psalm CT. 45; Deut. xxvii. 9, 10; 1 John ii. 4, 5. Quest. Are the Commandments of God under the Gospel the same they were under the Law? Answ. They are the same for substance, for God is the same God for ever, and changeth not: they differ only in ceremonies and the manner of dispensation e. Quest. In what particular respects do they differ? Answ. Under the Law the commands of God were more clogged with ceremonies, more dark and obscure%, and not so fully understood as to the spiritual sense and meaning of them. But as Christ under the Gospel hath delivered them, 1. They are freed from the burden of manifold ceremonial rites, which were figurative and typical 2. They are more clear, perspicuous and intelligible; and this not so much in the letter, as in the spirit and life of the Law, as it reacheth to the very heart, and the thoughts and desires thereof. 3. The promises under the Gospel to those that shall be obedient to God's comm...

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