Questions 41-107 Flashcards

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Question 41: Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended?

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The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments.1

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Question 42: What is the sum of the ten commandments?

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The sum of the ten commandments is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbor as ourselves.1

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Question 43: What is the preface to the ten commandments?

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The preface to the ten commandments is in these words, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.1

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Question 44: What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us?

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The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us, that because God is the Lord, and our God, and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his commandments.1

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Question 45: Which is the first commandment?

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The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.1

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Question 46: What is required in the first commandment?

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The first commandment requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly.1

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Question 47: What is forbidden in the first commandment?

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The first commandment forbiddeth the denying,1 or not worshiping and glorifying, the true God as God,2 and our God;3 and the giving of that worship and glory to any other, which is due to him alone.4

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Question 48: What are we specially taught by these words before me in the first commandment?

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These words before me in the first commandment teach us, that God, who seeth all things, taketh notice of, and is much displeased with, the sin of having any other God.1

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Question 49: Which is the second commandment?

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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments

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Question 50: What is required in the second commandment?

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The second commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, all such religious worship and ordinances as God hath appointed in his Word.1

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Question 51: What is forbidden in the second commandment?

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The second commandment forbiddeth the worshiping of God by images,1 or any other way not appointed in his Word.2

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Question 52: What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment?

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The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God’s sovereignty over us,1 his propriety in us,2 and the zeal he hath to his own worship.3

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Question 53: Which is the third commandment?

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The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.1

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Question 54: What is required in the third commandment?

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The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God’s names, titles,1 attributes,2 ordinances,3 Word,4 and works.5

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Question 55: What is forbidden in the third commandment?

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The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of anything whereby God maketh himself known.1

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Question 56: What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?

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The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment.1

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Question 57: Which is the fourth commandment?

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The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservent, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.1

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Question 58: What is required in the fourth commandment?

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The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his Word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy sabbath to himself.1

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Question 59: Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly sabbath?

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From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly sabbath;1 and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian sabbath.2

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Question 60: How is the sabbath to be sanctified?

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The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days;1 and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship,2 except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.3

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Question 61: What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?

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The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission, or careless performance, of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.1

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Question 62: What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?

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The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own employments,1 his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the sabbath day.2

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Question 63: Which is the fifth commandment?

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The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.1

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Question 64: What is required in the fifth commandment?

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The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to everyone in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.1

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Question 65: What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?

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The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing anything against, the honor and duty which belongeth to everyone in their several places and relations.1

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Question 66: What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?

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The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is, a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.1

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Question 67: Which is the sixth commandment?

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The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill.1

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Question 68: What is required in the sixth commandment?

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The sixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavors to preserve our own life, and the life of others.1

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Question 69: What is forbidden in the sixth commandment?

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The sixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbor, unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth thereunto.1

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Question 70: Which is the seventh commandment?

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The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.1

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Question 71: What is required in the seventh commandment?

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The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbor’s chastity, in heart, speech, and behavior.1

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Question 72: What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?

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The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.1

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Question 73: Which is the eighth commandment?

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The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.1

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Question 74: What is required in the eighth commandment?

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The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others.1

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Question 75: What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?

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The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may, unjustly hinder our own, or our neighbor’s wealth or outward estate.1

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Question 76: Which is the ninth commandment?

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The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.1

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Question 77: What is required in the ninth commandment?

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The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbor’s good name,1 especially in witness-bearing.2Question 77: What is required in the ninth commandment?

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Question 78: What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?

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The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own, or our neighbor’s, good name.1

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Question 79: Which is the tenth commandment?

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The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.1

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Question 80: What is required in the tenth commandment?

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The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition,1 with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.2

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Question 81: What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

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The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate,1 envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.2

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Question 82: Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?

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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.1

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Question 83: Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?

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Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.1

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Question 84: What doth every sin deserve?

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Every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.1

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

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To escape the wrath and curse of God, due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life,1 with the diligent use of all the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption.2

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Question 86: What is faith in Jesus Christ?

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Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace,1 whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.2

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Question 87: What is repentance unto life?

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Repentance unto life is a saving grace,1 whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ,2 doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God,3 with full purpose of, and endeavor after, new obedience.4

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Question 88: What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?

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The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially the Word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.1

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Question 89: How is the Word made effectual to salvation?

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The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching, of the Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation.1

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

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That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer;1 receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts, and practice it in our lives.2

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Question 91: How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?

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The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them; but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of his Spirit in them that by faith receive them.1

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Question 92: What is a sacrament?

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A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ;1 wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.2

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Question 93: Which are the sacraments of the New Testament?

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The sacraments of the New Testament are, baptism,1 and the Lord’s Supper.2

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Question 94: What is baptism?

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Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,1 doth signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.2

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Question 95: To whom is Baptism to be administered?

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Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him;1 but the infants of such as are members of the visible church are to be baptized.2

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Question 96: What is the Lord’s Supper?

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The Lord’s Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ’s appointment, his death is showed forth;1 and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment, and growth in grace.2

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Question 97: What is required for the worthy receiving of the Lord’s Supper?

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It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lord’s Supper, that they examine themselves of their knowledge to discern the Lord’s body, of their faith to feed upon him, of their repentance, love, and new obedience; lest, coming unworthily, they eat and drink judgment to themselves.1

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Question 98: What is prayer?

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Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God,1 for things agreeable to his will,2 in the name of Christ,3 with confession of our sins,4 and thankful acknowledgment of his mercies.5

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Question 99: What rule hath God given for our direction in prayer?

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The whole Word of God is of use to direct us in prayer;1 but the special rule of direction is that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples, commonly called the Lord’s Prayer.2

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Question 100: What doth the preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

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The preface of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, Our Father which art in heaven, teacheth us to draw near to God with all holy reverence1 and confidence,2 as children to a father,3 able and ready to help us;4 and that we should pray with and for others.5

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Question 101: What do we pray for in the first petition?

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In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us, and others, to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known;1 and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.2

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Question 102: What do we pray for in the second petition?

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In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed;1 and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced,2 ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it;3 and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.4

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Question 103: What do we pray for in the third petition?

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In the third petition, which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, we pray that God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things,1 as the angels do in heaven.2

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Question 104: What do we pray for in the fourth petition?

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In the fourth petition, which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy his blessing with them.1

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Question 105: What do we pray for in the fifth petition?

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In the fifth petition, which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors, we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins;1 which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.2

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Question 106: What do we pray for in the sixth petition?

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In the sixth petition, which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, we pray that God would either keep us from being tempted to sin,1 or support and deliver us when we are tempted.2

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Question 107: What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

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The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen, teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only,1 and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him;2 and, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.3

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Question 107: What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

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The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen, teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only,1 and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him;2 and, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.3

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Question 107: What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

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The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen, teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only,1 and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him;2 and, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.3

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Question 107: What doth the conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?

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The conclusion of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen, teacheth us to take our encouragement in prayer from God only,1 and in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory to him;2 and, in testimony of our desire, and assurance to be heard, we say, Amen.3