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 God says: 'I would thou wert cold or hot. But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth ' (Apoc. iii. 15, 16).

'''28. What benefit should we reap from the doctrine of the Capital Sins? '''

We should carefully avoid them as the sources of all evil, and most earnestly endeavor to acquire the opposite virtues.

Application. Every morning, when you get up, resolve to guard most carefully during the day against your chief fault. At night examine your conscience on it; and if you have failed, repent, and purpose to confess it as soon as possible.

'''29. Which are the Six Sins against the Holy Ghost? '''

1. Presumption of God's mercy; 2. Despair; 3. Resisting the known Christian truth; 4. Envy at another's spiritual good; 5. Obstinacy in sin; and 6. Final impenitence.

'''30. Why are they called sins against the Holy Ghost? '''

Because by them we resist, in an especial manner, the Holy Ghost, since we knowingly and willingly despise, reject, or abuse His grace.