1. The Creation of Man, and his first estate of Innocence, without death and misery.
Question: Who made man and woman?
Answer: The eternal God in his goodness.
Q. How did He make them?
A. Of an earthly body, and an heavenly Spirit.
Q. In whose image did He make them?
A. In his own Image.
Q. What is the Image of God?
A. Perfect uprightness in body and soul.
Q. To what end were they made?
A. To acknowledge and serve their maker.
Q. How should they have served him?
A. According to His holy will.
Q. How did they know His will?
A. By His Works, Word, and Sacraments.
Q. What liberty did they have to obey His will?
A. They had free will to obey and disobey.
Q. What profit did they have in their obedience?
A. They were blessed and happy in body and soul.
Q. Was this joy given to them only?
A. No. but it was given to them, and their posterity.
Q. With what condition was it given to them?
A. With condition of their obedience to God.
Q. Why was so small a commandment given?
A. To show God’s gentleness, and to try man’s obedience.
Q. What avails to know this joy loft?
A. Hereby we know Gods goodness, and our ingratitude.
Q. But we cannot come to this estate again.
A. We come to better estate in Christ.
Q. What should we learn of this discourse?
A. That the Church was first planted, blessed & made happy, through obedience to Gods Word.
An Introduction of the Life and Works of Scottish Reformation John Craig - Part 1
A Short Summary of the Whole Catechism - Introduction
0 comments:
Post a Comment