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Rh A sin that we commit, feeling and knowing all the time that we are doing wrong.

Why is it called deadly?

Because so long as we persist in it, we continue under the wrath of God, and cut off from Him.

Prove that deadly sins wilfully committed after baptism are not unpardonable.

Because St. John says to Christians, "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous." And St. Peter encouraged Simon Magus to hope for forgiveness when he had committed a deadly sin after baptism. Acts viii. 9-24.

Prove that after we have departed from grace given and fallen into sin, we may, by the grace of God, rise again and amend our lives.

St. Peter rose again and amended his life, after he had departed from grace given by denying his Lord.

What is the subject of the seventeenth Article?

"Predestination and Election."

What is meant by "predestination V

"The everlasting purpose of God." Eph. iii. 11.

When did He make this purpose?

"Before the foundations of the world were laid." Eph. i. 4.

What do you mean by "election?"