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V. 2, God in his ordinary pro.,
vidence maketh use of means, yet Is free to work without, above, and against them at his pleasiye, con. V. 3, How providence is ex- ercised about sin, com. y. 4. See Sin. The actual influence of the Holy Spirit is required to do good works, con. xvi. 3. God's provi- dence towards angels, ca^ 19. To- ward man when created, cat. 20. God's providence is in a most special manner over his church, cw;, >(. 7. C(H. 43, 45, 63.
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ick worship not to be neglected,
MH. xxi. 6. Punishment. See Sin. Purgatory, the scripture acknow-
ledgeth no such place, c«n. xxxii. 1.
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QuARRKLtiNO at God's dccrccs and providences sinful, cat. 1 13.
Quarrelling and provoking words
. sinful, cat. 136.
Questions that are curious or unpro- fiuble are to be avoided, cat. 113.
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REAniNO the scriptures a part of religious worship, cott. xxL 5. How made effectual to salvation, cat. 155. It is the duty of all to read them apart by themselves, and with their families, con. i. 8. cat. 1 56. How the word of God is to be read, con. xii. 5. eat, 157.
Rebellion, a sin, cat. 128.
Reconciliation with God purchased by Christ's sacrifice ot himself, con. viii. 5. eat. 44.
Recreations to be moderately used, cat. 135, 136. But not on tht Lord's day, con. xxi. 8. cat. 119.
Redemption, how purchased by Christ, con. viii. 5. cai. 38, 39, 40. For all the elect, and them only, eon. iii. 6. To whom it is certain- ly applied, con. viii. 8, cat. 59. Although it wa« not actually wrought by Christ till after his incarnation ; yet the virtue, eflS- cacy, and benefits of it were com- municated to the elect in all ages successively from the beginning oi the world, con. viii 6. How it is applied to them, con. viii. 8. cat. 58, 59.
Regeneration. See Effectual Calling,
The Regenerate are all freely j Ci- tified, con. xi. 1. See Justtjication. And sanctified, eon. xiii. 1. See Sanctijication. The corruption of nature remains in them, and all the motions of it are sin, con, vi. 5.
But it Is pardoned and mortififcd through Christ, ib. The use of the moral law to them, eon, xix* 6. cat. 97.
Repentance, what, con. xv. 2. cat. 75. Although it be no satisfaction for sin, nor cause of pardon, yet no pardon without it, con. xv. 3. cat. 153. Nor condemnation where it is, con. xv. 4, 6. It it every man's duty to endeavour to repent particularly of his parti- cular sins, con. XV. 5. The doc- trine of repentance to be preached by every minister, as well as that of faith in Christ, con. xv. 1. Re- pentance to be declared to those that are ofiended, who are there- upon to be reconciled, con. xv. 6.
Reprobation, con. iii. 7. cat. 1 3.
Resurrection of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 52. The effect of his own power, cat. 5Q, It is a proof of his being the Son of God, and of his satisfaction to divine jus- tice, ts'c. ib. It is an assurance to believers of their resurrection, ib. They have fellowship with him in his resurrection, con. xxvi. 1. He rose again for their justification, eon. xi. 4. cat. 52. And through the virtue of his death and resur* rection they are sanctified, con, xiii. 1. cat. 75. They draw strength from his death and re- surrection for the mortifying of sin, and quickening of grace, cat, 52, 167.
The resurrection of the dead, of the just and unjust, con. xxxii. 2, 3. cat. 87.
Revelation. The divers ways of God's revealing his will, con. i. !.
Righteousness. Man was created righteous after the image of God, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. But by sin he fell from that original righteous- ness, con. vi. 2. cat. 25. And since the fall no man can attain to righteousness by the moral law, cat. 9^. Nor by having rightepus- pef5
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ness infused into them, can. xi. 1. cat. 70. But those whom God eiFecnially calleth, he accepteth and accounteth as righteous, by imputing the obedience and satis- faction of Christ to them, tliey re- ceiving and resting on him and his righteousness by faith, ib. See Faith, Itnputatlon^ JiistiJ'ication. , Why the r'ghteof.s are riot de- livered from death, lat. 85. Their state immediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. At the resur- rection and day of judgment, con. xxxii. 3. xxxiii. 2. cat. 87, 90.
Sabbath. By the law of nature, a due proportion of time ought to be set apart for the worship of God, con. xxi. 7- God hath in his word, by a positive and perpetual commandment, binding all men in all ages, appointed one day in seven for a sabbath, to be kept
N holy to himself, con. xxi. 7. cat. 20, 1 1 6. Which was the last day of the week from the beginning of the world to the resucrection of Christ, and the first day ever since, and so to continue to the end of the world, con. xxi. 7. eat. 116. How the sabbath is to be sanctified, con. xxi. 8. cut. 117. How it is profaned, cat. 119. Why we are commanded to re- member it, cat. 121. The Lord's day is a memorial of our creation and redemption, which contains a short abridgment of religion, ib. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it, cat. 120. Why the charge of keeping the sabbath is directed to governors of families, and other superiors, cat. 118.
A Sacrament. The institution, na- ture, and ends of it, con. xxvii. I. cat. 162. The parts of a sacra- ment, con. xxvii. 2. cat. 163.
There are only two sacramenta instituted by Christ con xxvii. 4. cat. J 64. Which are only to be dispensed by minisiers ot the word lawfully ordained, can. xxvii. 4. How they are made effectual to salvation, con. xxvii. 3. cat. 16l. The sacraments of the Old Testa- ment were the same for substance with those of the New, con. xxvii. 5. Wherein the sacraments of baptism and of the Lord's sup- per agree, cat. 176. Wherein they differ, cat. 177.
Sacrifice. The covenant of grace was administered under the law by sacrifices, con. vii. 5. viii. 6. cat. 34. Which signified Christ to come, lb. Who hath fully satisfied the justice of his Father, in his once offering himself a sacrifice without spot to God, con. viii. R. cat. 44. There is no real sacrifice made for sin in the Lord's supper, con. xxix. 2. That sacrament being instituted for the perpetual remembrance of Christ's one only sacrifice in his death, con, xxix. 1. cat. 168- To which the mass is most abominably injurious, con. xxix. 2.
Saints. See Believers^ Communion. They are not to be worshipped, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105.
Salvation, not to be attained by men who do not profess the Christian religion, be they never so diligent to live up to the light of nature, or the law of that religion which they profess, con. x. 4. cat. 60. There being no salva- tion but in Christ alone, ib. Who hath purchased it by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, con. viii. 5. cat. 83. For all the elect, and them only, con. iii. 6. To whom tbe outward means are made effectual for their salvation by the Spirit, con. vii. 5, 6. xxv. 3. cat. 154, 155, 161, 182. Who • worketh in their hearts faith in Jesus
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, eon. XI V. 1. eat. 72. Which is necessarily required of
■|liem for their justification and ^vation, con, vii. 3. xi. 1. cat. W, 71. The Spirit also worketh cptntance, and infuscth all other ving graces, con. xiii. I. cat. 32, ', 76, 77. Which necessarily • company faith, coh. xi. 2. cat. 73. The Spirit likewise enables them unto all obedience and the practice of lioliness, which is the way that God hath appointed them to sal- vation, con. xiii. 1. cat. 82. Elect infants dying in infancy are re- generated and saved by Christ through the Spirit, \Stc. con. x. 3. SanctiHcation, what, con. xiii. 1. cat. 75. Inseparably joined with justification, cat. 77. Wherein they differ, ii. It is throughout in the whole man, con. xiii. 2. cat. 75. But in this life it is not perfect in any, con. xiii. 2. cat. 77. Whence .this imperfection pro- ceeds, COH. xiii. 2. cat. 78. Through the continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spi- rit of Christ, the saints grow in grace, perfecting holiness in the fear of God, con. liiL 3. At death they are made perfect in holiness, ri. xxxii. 1. cat. 66. And at the tiuy of judgment they shall be fully and for ever freed from all sin, cat. 90. Satisfaction. Repentance is no satis- faction for sin, con. xv. 3. Nor good works, and why, con. xvi. 5. Neither we nor any other creature c'-n make the least satisfaction for Ml, cat. 194. Christ alone hath made a proper, real, and full satis- faction to the justice of his Father by his obedience and sufferings, con. . lii. 5. xi. 5. cat. 38, 71. Which atibfaction is imputed to believers, they receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness by faith, cofj. xL 1. cat. 70.
Scandalous, not to be admitted f the Lord's table, con. xxix. 8. cat. 173.
Scoffing and scorning sinful, cat. 113, 145.
The Scripture, why necessary, con. i. 1. What books to be owned for scripture, con. i. 2, 3. cat; 3. How proved to be the word of God, con. i. 5. cat. 4. Upon what authority the scripture ought to be believed and obeyed, con. i. 4. The sufficiency and perfection of the scripture, con. i. 6. cat. 2, 5. Its perspicuity, con. i. 7. The in- fallible rule of interpreting scrip- ture is the scripture itself, con. i. 9. The scripture is the only rule of faith and practice, con. i. 2. cat. 3, 5. and of worship, con. xxi. 1. cat. 108, 109. The Spirit speaking in the scriptures is the supreme judge of all controversies in religion, con. i. 10. The original text of the scriptures is that to which the church is finally to appeal, con. i. 8- But they are to be translated into vulgar languages, con. i. 8. cat. 1 5G. Be- cause all sorts of people have an interest in them, and are com- manded to read them, t6. How they are to be read, cat. 157- The illumination of the Spirit of God is necessary for the saving understanding of the scriptures, con. i. 6. cat. 1 57. How the read- ing of the word is made effectual to salvation, cat. 155. Misinter- preting, misapplying, or any way perverting the word, or any part of it, to profane jests, is sinful, cat. 118.
Sin, what, cat. 24. Original sin, what, cat. 25. The sin of our first parents, con. vL 1. cat. 21. By it they fell from their origi- nal righteousness, and communion with God, and had their natures wholly corrupted, eon. vi. 2. cat. 25,
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23, 27. The guilt of this sin is imputed, and the corruption of nature conveyed to all their posterity, con. vL 3. cat. 22, 26. Who are thereby bound over to the wrath of God and curse of the law, con. vi. 6- cat. 27, 194. From the original corruption of nature all actual sins proceed, con. vi. 4. cat. 25. Which are not all equally heinous, cat. 150. The aggravations of sin, cat. 151. The demerit of every sin, con. vi. 6. tat. 152. Punishments of sin in this world, con. v. 5, 6. xviL 3. xviii. 4. cat. 28, 83. In the world to come, con. xxxii. 1. xxxiii. 2. tat. 29, 86, 89. Sin is pardoned for Christ's sake alone, con. xi. 1.
