Ques. 28. Wherein consisteth Christ's exaltation? Quæs. In quo consistit Christi exaltatio? Ans. Christ's exaltation consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up into heaven, in sitting at the right hand of God the Father, and in coming to judge the world at the last day. Resp. Exaltatio Christi consistit in resurrectione ejus a mortuis tertio die, ascensu in coelum, sessione ad dextram Dei Patris, adventu ejus ad mundum judicandum die novissimo. Ques. 29. How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ? Quæs. Qua ratione participes efficimur redemptionis per Christum acquisitæ? Ans. We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit. Resp. Redemptionis per Christum acquisitæ participes efficimur ejusdem nobis efficaci per Spiritum ejus Sanctum, applicatione. Ques. 30. How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? Quæs. Quomodo nobis applicat Spiritus redemptionem per Christum acquisitam? Ans. The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling. Resp. Spiritus nobis applicat redemptionem per Christum acquisitam fidem in nobis efficiendo, ac per eandem nos Christo in vocatione nostra efficaci uniendo. Ques. 31. What is effectual calling? Quæs. Quid est vocatio efficax? Ans. Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. Resp. Vocatio efficax est Spiritus Dei opus, quo nos peccati ac miseriæ nostræ arguens, mentes nostras cognitione Christi illuminans, voluntates nostras renovans, prorsus nobis persuadet, et vires sufficit, ut Jesum Christum amplectamur, gratuito nobis oblatum in Evangelio. Ques. 32. What benefits do they Quæs. Quænam beneficia in hac
that are effectually called partake of in this life? vita consequuntur ii qui sunt vocati efficaciter? Ans. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, sanctification, and the several benefits which, in this life, do either accompany or flow from them. Resp. Qui vocati sunt efficaciter, justificationem, adoptionem, et sanctificationem in hac vita consequuntur, una cum omnibus iis beneficiis quæcunque solent in hac vita comitari illas, aut ab iisdem promanare. Ques. 33. What is justification? Quæs. Quid est justificatio? Ans. Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone. Resp. Justificatio est actus gratiæ Dei gratuitæ, quo peccata nobis condonat omnia, nosque tanquam justos in conspectu suo acceptat, propter solam Christi justitiam nobis imputatam, per fidem tantum apprehensam. Ques. 34. What is adoption? Quæs. Quid est adoptio? Ans. Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God. Resp. Adoptio est actus gratiæ Dei gratuitæ, quo in numerum recipimur ac jus obtinemus ad omnia privilegia filiorum Dei. Ques. 35. What is sanctification? Quæs. Quid est sanctificatio? Ans. Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness. Resp. Sanctificatio est opus gratiæ Dei gratuitæ, quo in toto homine secundum imaginem Dei renovamur, et potentes efficimur, qui magis in dies magisque peccato quidem moriamur, justitiæ autem vivamus. Ques. 36. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification? Quæs. Quænam sunt illa beneficia quæ justificationem, adoptionem et sanctificationem in hac vita vel comitantur, vel ab eis promanant? Ans. The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God's love, Resp. Quæ justificationem, adoptionem et sanctificationem in hac vita vel comitantur vel ab eis promanant beneficia, sunt certitudo amoris Dei,
peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end. pax conscientiæ, gaudium in Spiritu Sancto, gratiæ incrementum, in eaque ad finem usque perseverantia. Ques. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? Quæs. Quænam a Christo beneficia in morte percipiunt fideles? Ans. The souls of believers are, at their death, made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves till the resurrection. Resp. Animæ fidelium in morte fiunt perfecte sanctæ, ac protinus in gloriam transferuntur; corpora vero usque Christo unita in sepulchris ad resurrectionem usque quiescunt. Ques. 38. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection? Quæs. Quæ tandem beneficia a Christo percipiunt fideles in resurrectione? Ans. At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity. Resp. In resurrectione fideles suscitati in gloria, palam agnoscentur et absolventur in die judicii, fientque perfecte beati plena Dei in omne æternum fruitione. Ques. 39. What is the duty which God requireth of man? Quæs. Quid autem officii ac observantiæ ab homine exposcit Deus? Ans. The duty which God requireth of man is obedience to his revealed will. Resp. Officium quod ab homine Deus exposcit, est obedientia voluntati ejus revelatæ exhibenda. Ques. 40. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience? Quæs. Quid homini primum revelavit Deus, quod foret ipsi obedientiæ regula? Ans. The rule which God at first revealed to man, for his obedience, was the moral law. Resp. Obedientiæ regula, quam Deus homini primum revelavit, erat Lex moralis. Ques. 41. Wherein is the moral law summarily comprehended? Quæs. Ubinam summatim comprehenditur lex moralis? Ans. The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments. Resp. Lex moralis summatim comprehenditur in Decalogo.
Ques. 42. What is the sum of the ten commandments? Quæs. Dic quænam sit Decalogi summa? Ans. 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. Resp. Summa Decalogi est ut Dominum nostrum toto corde, tota anima, tota mente, totisque viribus nostris diligamus; proximum vero nostrum sicut nosmetipsos. Ques. 43. What is the preface to the ten commandments? Quæs. Quænam est Decalogi præfatio? Ans. The preface to the ten commandments is in these words: I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Resp. Decalogi præfatio hisce verbis continetur [Ego sum Dominus Deus tuus, qui te eduxi e terra Ægypti, e domo servitutis]. Ques. 44. What doth the preface to the ten commandments teach us? Quæs. Quid nos edocet Decalogi præfatio? Ans. 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. Resp. Decalogi præfatio nos docet, quod quoniam Deus est Dominus, nosterque Deus ac redemptor, ea propter præcepta ejus omnia tenemur observare. Ques. 45. Which is the first commandment? Quæs. Quodnam est mandatum primum? Ans. The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Resp. Mandatum primum est [Non habebis Deos alios coram me]. Ques. 46. What is required in the first commandment? Quæs. In mandato primo quid exigitur? Ans. 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. Resp. In mandato primo exigitur ut Jehovam esse unicum illum verumque Deum, Deumque nostrum cognoscamus simul et agnoscamus, atque ut talem colamus, ac glorificemus.
Ques. 47. What is forbidden in the first commandment? Quæs. Quid est quod prohibetur mandato primo? Ans. The first commandment forbiddeth the denying, or not worshiping and glorifying the true God, as God, and our God; and the giving that worship and glory to any other which is due to him alone. Resp. In primo mandato prohibetur veri Dei abnegatio, neglectusque ipsum tanquam Deum, Deumque nostrum colendi ac glorificandi; prout etiam cultum ac gloriam illi soli debita alii cuivis tribuere aut exhibere. Ques. 48. What are we specially taught by these words, "before me," in the first commandment? Quæs. Quid imprimis docemur verbis istis mandati primi [Coram me]? Ans. 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. Resp. Verba isthæc [Coram me] in mandato primo nos docent, Deum qui omnia intuetur, peccatum alium habendi Deum cum imprimis advertere, tum vero eodem offendi plurimum. Ques. 49. Which is the second commandment? Quæs. Quodnam est præceptum secundum? Ans. The second commandment is, 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 showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and Jceep my commandments. Resp. Secundum præceptum est [Non facies tibi imaginem quamvis sculptilem, aut similitudinem rei cujusvis quæ est in coelis superne, aut inferius in terris, aut in aquis infra terram; non incurvabis te iis, nec eis servies: siquidem ego Dominus Deus tuus Deus sum Zelotypus, visitans iniquitates patrum in filios ad tertiam usque quartamque progeniem osorum mei, exhibens vero misericordiam ad millenas usque diligentium me, ac mandata mea observantium].
Ques. 50. What is required in the second commandment? Quæs. Quid exigitur in secundo præcepto? Ans. 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. Resp. Præceptum secundum exigit, ut cultus omnes ac instituta religionis quæcunque Deus in verbo suo constituit, excipiamus, observemus, pura denique ac integra custodiamus. Ques. 51. What is forbidden in the second commandment? Quæs. Quid est quod in secundo præcepto prohibetur? Ans. The second commandment forbiddeth the worshiping of God by images, or any other way not appointed in his Word. Resp. Secundum præceptum interdicit nobis cultu Dei per simulacra, aut alia ratione quaviscunque quam in verbo suo Deus non præscripsit. Ques. 52. What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment? Quæs. Quænam sunt rationes præcepto secundo annexe? Ans. The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God's sovereignty over us, his propriety [2040] in us, and the [2041] zeal he hath to his own worship. Resp. Rationes secundo præcepto annexæ sunt, supremum Dei in nos dominium, illius jus in nobis peculiare, zelusque quo suum ipsius cultum prosequitur. Ques. 53. Which is the third commandment? Quæs. Age quodnam est tertium mandatum? Ans. 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. Resp. Mandatum tertium sic habetur [Nomen Domini Dei tui inaniter non usurpabis; non enim eum pro insonte habebit Dominus qui nomen ejus inaniter adhibuerit]. Ques. 54. What is required in the third commandment? Quæs. Quid exigitur in mandate tertio? Ans. The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God's names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works. Resp. Mandatum tertium exigit ut Dei nomina, titulos, attributa, instituta, verba, operaque sancte summaque cum reverentia adhibeamus.
Ques. 55. What is forbidden in the third commandment? Quæs. Quid prohibetur mandato tertio? Ans. The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of any thing whereby God maketh himself known. Resp. Mandatum tertium prohibet rei cujusvis qua Deus se notum facit, profanationem omnem ac abusum. Ques. 56. What is the reason annexed to the third commandment? Quæs. Quænam est ratio subnexa mandato tertio? Ans. 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. Resp. Ratio mandato tertio subnexa est, quod licet hujus præcepti violatores ab hominibus quandoque nil supplicii ferant, nihilominus tamen Dominus Deus noster eos justum ejus judicium neutiquam patietur subterfugere. Ques. 57. Which is the fourth commandment? Quæs. Recita mandatum quartum? Ans. 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 man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, 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. Resp. Mandati quarti verba sunt isthæc [Memineris diem Sabbati ut sanctifices eum; sex diebus operaberis et facies omne opus tuum, septimus vero dies sabbatum est Domini Dei tui, opus in eo nullum facies tu, neque filius tuus, neque filia tua, nec servus tuus, nec ancilla tua, neque jumentum tuum, nec hospes tuus quicunque intra portas tuas commoratur: Nam sex diebus perfecit Dominus coelum terramque, mare, et quicquid in illis continetur, septimo vero die requievit, quamobrem benedixit Dominus diei sabbati, eumque sanctificavit.] Ques. 58. What is required in the fourth commandment? Quæs. Quid a nobis exigit mandatum quartum? Ans. The fourth commandment Resp. Quartum mandatum a nobis