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Heidelberg Catechism.
FIRST PART.
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Of Man's Misery.
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QUESTION 3.
Whence knowest thou thy misery?
ANSWER.
Out of the Law of God.
Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. Rom. 3, 20.
QUESTION 4.
What does the Law of God require of us?
ANSWER.
This Christ teaches us in sum, Matth. 22: Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God with all thy heart and with thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment; and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy
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