Notes: Query 8. The Direct Act of Justifying Faith
Notes: Query 8. The Direct Act of Justifying Faith
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Joh 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.
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That is, the Five Articles of Remonstrance (1610).
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That is, the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563.
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Vicious intromission – sinfully putting one thing into another.
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Confidence in special mercy.
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A Latin Catechism, entitled Rudimenta Pietatis and Summula Catechismi, for the use of grammar schools. It is ascribed to Andrew Simpson, who was master of the grammar school at Perth, and the first Protestant minister at Dunbar. It was used in the high-school at Edinburgh down to 1710. Besides this, the Latin editions of the Heidelberg Catechism and Calvin’s Catechism (translated by Patrick Adamson) were also in use.
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Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.