ANALYSIS OF THE CATECHISM. GENERAL INTRODUCTION. The only comfort of man in life and death, Question 1. The things necessary for man to know, that he, enjoying this comfort, may live and die happily, which are severally treated of in the three parts of the Catechism, viz: I. The misery of man; II. His deliverance, and III. His gratitude to God for his deliverance, Question, 2. THE FIRST PART. THE MISERY OF MAN. The source of man's misery, Question 3-5. The origin of human depravity, Question 7. THE SECOND PART. MAN'S DELIVERANCE. The deliverance of man, Question 12-14. The only Mediator between God and man, the Lord Jesus Christ, Question 15-18. The Holy Gospel, in which the Lord Jesus Christ is revealed to us as an all sufficient Mediator, Question 19. The extent of the salvation provided in the Lord Jesus Christ, Question 20. True faith, Question 21. The objects of true faith, Question 22 and 23. The Holy Trinity, Question 24 and 25. God the Father, Question 26. The Providence of God, Question 27. God the Son; His name Jesus, Question 29 and 30. His followers called Christians, Ques- His Godhead or divine nature, Question 33. Christ our Lord, Question 34. His assumption of human nature, Question 35 and 36. His sufferings, death and burial, Ques-. tion 37-43. His descension into hell, Question 44. His resurrection from the dead, Ques tion 45. His ascension into heaven, Question. His sitting at the right hand of God, His coming again to judge the quick and God the Holy Ghost, Question 53. The Christian Church, Question 54. The Communion of Saints, Question 56. The Resurrection of the Body, Question 57. Eternal Life, Question 58. Man's Justification, Question 59-64. The Holy Sacraments, Question 65-68. Baptism, Question 69-74. The Lord's Supper, Question 75–82. The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,. Question 83-85. THE THIRD PART. Good works and true Conversion, Question 86-91. The Ten Commandments, Question 92. The division of the Ten Commandments into two tables,. The first Commandment, Question 94 and 95. The second Commandment, Question 96-98. The third Commandment, Question 99-102. The fourth Commandment, Question 103. The fifth Commandment, Question 104. The sixth Commandment, Question 105-107. The seventh Commandment, Question 108 and 109. The eighth Commandment, Question 110 and 111. The ninth Commandment, Question 112. The tenth Commandment, Question 113. The inability of Man to keep the law of God perfectly, Prayer in general, Question 116-118. The Lord's Prayer, Question 119. The preface to the Lord's prayer, Question 120 and 121. The first petition, Question 122. The second petition, Question 123. The third petition, Question 124. The fourth petition, Question 125. The fifth petition, Question 126. EXERCISES ON THE HEIDELBERGH CATECHISM.. I. Lord's Day. Q. 1.-What is thy only comfort in life and death. A.—That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who, with his precious blood, hath fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me, that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head: yea that all things must be subservient to my salvation: and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready henceforth to live unto him. EXPLANATIONS.. a. Comfort, source of consolation and happiness.. b. Only, to the exclusion of every other. c. Body, the material part of man. d. Soul, the immaterial and immortal part of man. e. Life, the present state of existence. f. Death, the separation of the soul from the body. i. Faithful, true to the performance of his promises and engagements. j. Savior, a deliverer from danger and misery. k. Precious, valuable; of great price. |