Heidelberg Catechism.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 Pet. 1, 18. 19.
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Pet. 1, 5.
And we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. Rom. 8, 28.
Tit. 2, 14. Hebr. 2, 14. 15. Matth. 10, 29. 30. 1 John 4, 13. Ezek. 36, 27.
QUESTION 2.
How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou in this comfort mayest live and die happily?
ANSWER.
Three things: First, the greatness of my sin and misery. Second, how I am redeemed from all my sins and misery. Third, how I am to be thankful to God for such redemption.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 7, 24. 25.
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