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 q. How doth God Adopt us?

A. By owning and dealing with us as His children through Christ.

q. What is Sanctification?

A. It's the renewing of our Natures, by the Grace of God's Spirit.

q. What doth God's Spirit work in us?

A. He enables us to love Good, and hate Evil.

q. What is repentance?

A. It's a turning from Sin with grief, and the study of Holiness.

q. What is it to be Holy?

A. It's to keep the Moral Law of God.

q. What is the Moral Law?

A. The Ten Commandments.

q. What is the Sum of the Ten Commandments?

A. Sincere Love to God and our Neighbour.

q. How many of these teach us our love to God?

A. The first four Commandments.

q. How many teach us our love to Man?

A. The last six Commandments.

q. What are the outward means of the Covenant of grace?

A. The Word, Sacrament and Prayer.

q. How must we use the word of God?

A. We must take pains to Understand, Believe, and Obey it.

q. What is a Sacrament?

A. An outward Sign of inward Grace.

q. Which are the two Sacraments?

A. Baptism, and the Lord's Supper.

q. What is the outward sign in Baptism?

A. Washing with water.

q. What doth that washing with water signifie?

A. That God is willing to wash away our sins by Christ's Blood.

q. What doth our receiving of Baptism signifie?

A. Our promise to keep his Covenant.

q. What are the outward signs in the Lord's Supper? A. Giving