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In Verse. Q. What benefits do persons who believe In Jesus Christ, from him at death receive? A. Believers' souls, at death, are made complete In holiness a, and gain heav'n's blissful seat b; While, join'd to Christ c, their bodies in the tomb Shall sleep in peace d, till he again shall come e. a Heb. xii. 23. b Phil. i. 23. c l Thess. iv. 14. d Isa. lvii. 2. e Job xix. 26. Q. And what advantages at last shall they Receive from Jesus at the judgment day? A. When the last trump shall rend the flaming skies, They shall in glory from their graves arise, Be own'd, acquitted, by their Judge and Lord a, And to unmingled happiness restor'd b. a Cor. xv. 43. Matt. x. 32. b 1 John iii. 2. 1 Thess. iv. 17. Q. Of man what duty doth the Lord require ? A. To yield his will, obedience quite entire a. a Micah vi. 8. Q. What rule did God to man at first reveal, By which he might obey his holy will? A. The rule, of which mankind should stand in awe, At first reveal'd, was call'd the moral law a. a Rom. ii. 14, 15. Q. Where is the moral law concisely shown ? A. The ten commandments make it briefly known a. a Deut. x. 4. Matt. xix. 17. Q. What do the sum of these commands impart ? A. To love the Lord our God with all our heart, With all our soul, with all our strength and mind And, as we love ourselves, to love mankind a. a Matt. xxii. 37, 38, 39, 40. Q. What is the preface to the ten commands? A. Thus, in the book of Exodus, it stands— I am the Lord thy God, who set thee free From Egypt's land, and house of slavery a a Exod. xx. 2. A2