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""O Thou that HEAREST prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come."-Ps. xciv. 9. xxxiv. 17. lxv. 2.

And He DOES all things as He pleases.

"Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and in all deep places." "Thou art worthy, O LORD, to receive glory and honour, and power; for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created."-Ps. cxxxv. 6.-Rev. iv. 11.-Ps. cxv. 3. Jonah i. 14.

God does whatsoever He pleases because

He is ALMIGHTY :

'And God said unto him "I am GOD ALMIGHTY.” "Then Job answered the LORD, and said: I know that THOU CANST DO EVERY THING, and that no thought of Thine can be hindered." For with GoD all things are possible."-Gen, xxxv. 11.-Job, xlii. 1. 2.-St. Matt, xix, 26.-St. Lukei. 37.—Ex. vi. 3.-Deut.x.17. And MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH, and all that in them is.

"By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth; for HE SPAKE, and IT WAS DONE; He commanded, and it stood fast." In six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day."-Ps. xxxiii. 6. 9.-Ex. xx. 11. -Ps. cxxxix. 14.-Gen. i. 1. 6. 7. ii. 2.-Jer. xxxii. 17.-Heb. xi. 3.-2 Pet. iii, 5.-Ps. xl. 5.-Is.xxv.7. 53. Q. So far you have shown me why GoD is called The FATHER;" what more does Scripture teach us?

A. It teaches us to call GoD "OUR FATHER." 54. Q. How can we, poor sinners, have a right to call the Most High GOD, "OUR FATHER?"

A. Because we are made" children of GoD by faith in CHRIST JESUs," His only Son. For as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." -Gal. iii. 26.-Rom. ix. 5.-St. John ii. 12. ix. 30.

55. Q. But if JESUS CHRIST be the "only Son of God," how are we also called the " sons of GOD.?"

A. JESUS CHRIST alone, is the Son of God from everlasting, being ONE with His FATHER, GOD BLESSED FOREVER; but we are made children of GOD by adoption, through Him.

56. Q. What do you mean by "adoption ?"

A. To" adopt a child" means, to take another person's child to be one's own, out of love for the child. We were ofour nature" children of wrath ;" but "GOD who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins," "hath given us the adoption of children by JESUS CHRIST, unto Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will."-Eph : ii. 3. 4. 5. i. 5.

57. Q. What great blessings do we receive by being adopted as CoD's children?

A. We receive a right to all His promises made to us in CHRIST; for if we be "children, then heirs of God; and joint-heir with CHRIST, to the kingdom of His Father and ourFather."-Rom. viii. 17.-Gal. iii. 29. -Tit. iii. 7.

58. Q. Who has obtained to us such great and precious promises of GOD?

A. JESUS CHRIST the Son of GoD, has obtained them to us by His Cross and precious Blood. 59. Q. How does God adopt us as His children?

A. By Baptism. It is the seal of GODS' covenant with us, that He for His part will be OUR FATHEK. 60. Q. What is our part in that covenant?

A. "That we should do His will and keep His commandments, and walk in the same all the days of our life." We therefore have a right to call GOD FATHER;" for we are His children by adoption, through JESUS CHRIST.

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61. Q. Now, tell me, what is your duty towards God? A. My duty towards GoD, is, to believe in Him with all my heart; and therefore, to fear, and to obey Him, because He is the ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH and my duty is, also, to "love Him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength;" to honour Him, and to put ny whole trust in Him to worship Him, to give Hin thanks, and to serve Him truly all the days of my lie; because He is my FATHER, through JESUS CHRIST

62. Q. How can you fulfil your duty to Hm?

A. By His help; for it is He which worketh in me both to will and to do according to His good pleasure." And I thank God, that He has given me a right faith in Him, who made all things both visible and invisible. Therefore as I believe with my heart, so also with my mouth I confess Him to be, GoD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HE/VEN AND Елкти.

ARTICLE II.

"AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON OUR LORD."

1. Q. What is the second Article of your belief? A. JESUS CHRIST. I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST.

2. Q. Who is JESUS CHRIST?

A. The second Person of the Most Holy Trinity, GOD THE SON; who was made man, and came into the world.

3. Q.

JESUS"?

Who "" Him the name gave A. The angel Gabriel, sent from God, to bring word to the Virgin Mary that the LORD JESUS should be born of her.-St. Matt. i. 20.-St. Luke xxxi. 35. What does the name JESUS" mean?

4. Q.

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A. One who delivers another from death. 6. Q. Why was GOD the SON called " Saviour?

JESUS," the

A. Because "He came to save His people from their sins," and to "deliver them from death."-St. Matt. i. 21.-1 Thess. i. 10.

7. Q.

A.

Who are His people?

Those who believe in Him. They are also called 'HIS BODY, THE CHURCH."

8. Q.

A.

9. Q.

A.

10. Q.

A.

From what death has He delivered them?

From that of the soul, namely, ETERNAL DEATH.
What is "eternal death ?"

It is to be for ever away from GOD.

Why do men deserve eternal death?

Because all men have sinned, and come short

of the glory of GOD."-Rom. iii. 23.

"There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after GOD. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one."-Rom. iii. 10-12.

11. Q. What is Sin?

A.

Sin is the transgression of the law" of GoD; and, "to sin," is, to disobey GOD.-1 John iii. 4. 12. Q. How was sin and death brought into the world?

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A. "By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon men, for that all have sinned;" "for the wages of sin is death."-Rom. v. 12.-vi. 23.

13. Q. Who was the man by whom sin entered into the world?

A.

14. Q.

The first man, Adam."

Had he any sin when God made him ?

A. No. "GOD created man in His own image and in His likeness;" He "breathed in him a living soul," and placed him in Paradise, where GoD conversed with him, and he with GOD.-Gen. i. 27.