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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. The Tenth Commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estateu, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbourw, & all inordinate motions and affections, to any thing that is hisx.
- u1 King. 21.4.
- wGal. 5.26.
- xRom. 7.7, 8. & 13 9.
Q. 82. Is any man able perfectly to keep the Commandments of God?
A. No mere man since the fall, is able in this life, perfectly to keep the Commandments of God y, but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deedz.
A. No meer man since the fall, is able in this life, perfectly to keep the Commandments of God y, but doth daily break them in thought, word, and deedz.