262 ASSEMBLY'S SHORTER CATECHISM. 81. Q. What it forbidden in the tenthcommandment? A. Ti.e tenth commandment forbiddeth all 'discontentment will' our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour, and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his. Discontentment. A temper of mind unquiet or uneasy in our own state. To envy. To be uneasy at another's welfare. Inordinate motions and affections. Unreasonable and ungoverned desires and wishes. 82. Q. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God ? A. No mere man since the tall is able in this life perfectly to keep the com- mandments of God, but daily doth break them in thought, word, and deed. 83. Q. Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous ? A. Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are More heinous in the sight of God than others. Heinous. Hateful. Aggravation. That which makes an offence more grievous and faulty. 84. Q. What doth every sindeserve? A. Every sin deserveth God's wrath and curse, both in this life and that which is to come. Curse. See answer 19. 85. Q. What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin? A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God regttireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all the outward means, whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefitsof redemption. ilh. See answer 30, and 86, Repentance unto life. Such sorrow for sin, such hatred of it, and forsaking it, as is necessary to eternal life. See answer 87. Comntanicete, Give or bestow. Ben fits of redemption. Blessings of the gospel procured by Christ. See answer 32. 86. Q. What is faith in Jesus Christ ? A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive, and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in thegospel. Booing grace. Principle or temper in the heart which is given us by the favour of God, and ends in the saving of the soul. As he is offered to us in the gospel, that is, as a prophet, as a priest, as a king, as an example, &c. 87. Q. What is repentance unto life? A. Repentance noto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth with grief and hatred of his sin turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavours after newobedence. Apprehension. Perceiving, knowing. Mercy of God in Christ. Mercy which is promised to us, or which God be- stows on its for the sake of Christ. 88. Q. What are the outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption ? A. 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. " Ordinances. Seeanswer 50,. Sacraments. See answer 92. Elect. Sea answer 20, 21. Iiffechm/. Powerful. 89. Q. How is the word made effectual to salvation ? A. 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. To convince sinners. To make them know andbelieve their sin and danger, and the way of salvation. Convert sinners. Turo their hearts to love God and trust in Christ. Build them up. Make them increase.
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