ling, con. xxviii. 3. Baptism not neces- sary to salvation, yet it is a sin to neglect it, con. xxviii. 5. The efficacy of it, con. xxviii. 6. How to be improved, cat. 167. Wherein it agrees with the Lord's sup- per, cat. 176. And wherein they differ, cat. 177.
Believers. See Faith, Justification, Accep- tance, Adoption, Sanctification, Union, Communion, Liberty, Works, Persever- ance, Assurance.
Benefits which the members of the invisi- ble church enjoy by Christ, cat. 65. The benefits of Christ's mediation, cat. 57, 58. The Body of Christ, how present in the sacrament, con. xxix. 7. cat. 170. The mystical Body of Christ. True be- lievers are members of Christ's mystical body, con. xxix. i. cat. 168. Which is the whole number of the elect that have been, are, or shall be united to Christ as their head, con. xxv. 1. What that -union is, cat. 66. See Communion. The Bodies of the elect after death, and at the resurrection, con. xxxii. 2, 3. cat. 86, 87. Of the wicked, ib.
Lascivious Books not to be read, cat. 139.
CALLING. See Effectual Calling. To have a lawful calling, and to be diligent in it, is a duty, cat. 141.
Vows of Celebacy unlawful, con. xxii. 7. cat. 139.
Censures of the church, what, con. xxx. 2, 4. Their use, con. xxx. 3. Who are to be proceeded against by the censures of the church, con. xx. 4. xxix. 8. xxx. 2. They are to be managed according to the nature of the crime, and the demerit of the person, con. xxx. 4. Penitent sin- ners are to be absolved from censures, con. xxx. 2.
Censuring. Rash, harsh, and partial cen- suring sinful, cat. 145. Ceremonial law. See Law. Charity towards our neighbour, wherein
it consists, cat. 135, 141, 144, 147. What contrary to it, cat. 136, 142, 145, 148. Giv- ing and lending freely according to our ability, and the necessities of others, is a duty, con. xxvi. 2. cat. 141. Charms unlawful, cat. 113. Chastity, cat 138.
Children that die in infancy, how saved, con. x. 3. The children of such as pro- fess the true religion are members of the visible church, con. xxv. 2. cat. 62. And are to be baptized, con. xxviii. 4.
Christ, why so called, cat. 42. Is the only Mediator between God and man, con. viii. 1. cat. 36. Who being very God, of one substance, and equal with the Fa- ther, con. viii. 2. cat. 11, 36. In the ful- ness of time became man, con. viii. 2. cat. 36, 37. The necessity of his being God and man, cat. 38, 39, 40. ordained by God from eternity to be He was Mediator, con. viii. 1. He was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit to
execute the office of Mediator, con. viii. 3. cat. 42. To which he was called by the Father, con. viii. 3. And willingly undertook and discharged it, con. iv. 8. By his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, he purchased reconciliation and eternal life for all the elect, con. viii. 5. cat. 38. To whom, in all ages, the benefits of his mediation are effectually applied, con. viii. 6, 8. Christ's offices of prophet, priest, king, cat. 43, 44, 45. See Acceptance, Access, Body of Christ, Church, Death of Christ, Exaltation, Expiation, Humiliation, Imputation, Intercession, Judge, Merit, Messiah, Name of Christ, Personal Union, Propitiation, Reconcili ation, Redemption, Resurrection, Righte ousness, Sacrifice, Salvation, Satisfaction, Surety.
Christian liberty. See Liberty. The Church is the object of God's special providence, con. v. 7. cat. 63. Christ the only head of it, con. viii. 1. xxv. 6. The catholick church invisible, what, con. XXV. 1. cat. 64. Given to Christ from all eternity, con. viii. 1. The benefits which the members of it enjoy by Christ, cat. 65, 66, 69, 82, 83, 86, 90. The catholick church visible, what, con. xxv. 2. cat. 62. Out of it no ordinary possibility of sal- vation, con. xxv. 2. Its privileges, con. XXV. 3. cat. 63. Particular churches more or less pure, con. xxv. 4. The purest subject to mixture and error, con. xxv. 5. There shall always be a church on earth to worship God according to his will, ib. Church-censures. See Censures. Church-government appointed by the Lord Jesus in the hand of church-offi- cers, distinct from the civil magistrate, con. xxx. 1. cat. 45, 108. But they are not exempted from obedience to the magis- trate, con. xxiii. 4. They have the power of the keys committed to them, con. xxx. 2. What that power is, and its use, con. Xxx. 2, 3, 4. They are not to be opposed in the lawful exercise of their powers upon pretence of Christian liberty, con. xx. 4. See Councils. There are some circumstances concerning church-go- vernment, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian pru- dence, according to the general rules of the word, con. i. 6.
Circumcision, one of the ordinances by which the covenant of grace was admi- nistered unto the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34. Civil magistrate, or civil powers. See Magistrate.
The Ten Commandments are the sum of the moral law, con. xix. 2. cat. 98. They are a perfect rule of righteousness, con. xix. 2. Rules for understanding them, cat. 99. The preface explained, cat. 101. The first Commandment, cat. 103-106. The second, cat. 107-110. The third, cat. 111-114. The fourth, cat. 115-121. The fifth, cat. 123-133. The sixth, cat. 134-136. The seventh, cat. 137-139. The eighth, cat. 140-142. The ninth, cat. 143-145. The tenth, cat. 146-148,
The sum of the first four command- ments, which contain our duty to God, cat. 102. The sum of the other six, which contain our duty to man, cat. 122. No man is able to keep the commandments of God perfectly, cat. 149.
The Communion. See The Lord's Supper. Communion of Saints, wherein it con- sists, con. xxvi. 1, 2. The enjoyment of it is one of the privileges of the visible church, cat. 63. In the Lord's supper communicants testify their mutual love and fellowship each with other, cat. 168. That sacrament being a bond and pledge of believers' communion with Christ, and with each other, as mem- bers of his mystical body, con. xxix. 1. The communion of saints doth not in- fringe a man's property in his goods and possessions, con. xxvi. 3. Communion which the elect have with Christ, con. xxvi. 1. In this life, cat. 69, 83. Immediately after death, cat. 86. At the resurrection and day of judg- ment, cat. 87, 90. It is a consequence of their union with him, con. xxvi. 1. It doth not make them partakers of his Godhead, nor equal with him, con. xxvi. 3. It is confirmed in the Lord's supper, cat. 168.
Unchaste Company not to be kept, cat. 139. Nor corrupt communications to be used or listened to, ib.
Condition. Perfect, personal, and per- petual obedience, the condition of the covenant of works, con. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20. God requires faith as the condition to interest sinners in the Mediator of the covenant of grace, cat. 32. Confession of sin always to be made in private to God, con. xv. 6. And is to be joined with prayer, cat. 178. When to be made to men, con. xv. 6. Upon con- fession the offending brother is to be received in love, ib. Conscience. See Liberty of Conscience. Peace of conscience a fruit of the sense of God's love, con. xviii. 1, 3. cat. 83. Be- lievers may fall into sins which wound the conscience, con. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. The wicked are punished with horror of con- science, cat. 28, 83. Contentment.
Submission to God is our duty, cat. 104. Discontent at his dispen- sations is sinful, cat. 105. A full con- tentment with our condition is our duty, cat. 147. Discontentment with our own estate a sin, cat. 148.
Controversies. It belongs to synods and councils ministerially to determine con- troversies of faith, and cases of con- science, con. xxxi. 3. The Spirit speak- ing in the scriptures is the supreme judge of all controversies in religion, con. i. 10. The original text of the scrip- tures is that to which the church is fi- nally to appeal, con. i. 8.
Our Conversation ought to be in holiness and righteousness, answerable to an holy profession, cat. 112, 167. Corruption of nature, what, con. vi. 2, 4.
cat. 25. A consequence of the fall of man, ib. Actual sin a fruit of it, con. vi. 4. cat. 25. How it is propagated, con. vi. 3. cat. 26. It doth remain during this life in the regenerate, and all its mo- tions are truly sin, con. vi. 5. xiii. 2. cat. 78. But it is pardoned and mortified through Christ, con. vi. 5.
Covenant. No enjoying of God but by way of covenant, con. vii. 1. Covenant of works, what, and with whom made, con. iv. 2. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20, 22. Perfect, personal, and perpetual obe- dience, the condition of it, con. vii. 2. xix. 1. cat. 20. It is called a law, and a command, con. iv. 2. and a law given as a covenant, con. xix. 1. and a covenant of life, of which the tree of life was a pledge, cat. 20.
Covenant of grace, what, con. vii. 3. cat. 30, 32. It was made with Christ as the second Adam, and with all the elect in him, as his seed, cat. 31. In it God re- quireth of sinners faith in Christ, that they may be justified and saved, con. vii. 3. cat. 71. Faith being required as the condition to interest them in Christ, cat. 32. Who is the Mediator of this co-
venant, con. viii. 1. cat. 36. Why it is called a testament, con. vii. 4. It was differently administered in the time of the law, and in the time of the gospel, con. vii. 5. cat. 33. How it was adminis- tered under the law, con. vii. 5. cat. 34. How under the gospel, con. vii. 6. cat. 35. Councils or Synods ought to be, con. xxxi. 1. They may be called by the civil ma- gistrate, con. xxiii. 3. xxxi. 2. When mi- nisters may meet without the call of the civil magistrate, con. xxxi. 2. What power councils have, con. xxxi. 3. What submission due to their decrees, ib. Not infallible since the apostles' time, con. xxxi. 4. But their determinations are to be tried by the scriptures, con. i. 10. How far they may meddle in civil af- fairs, con. xxxi. 5.
Creation of the world, con. iv. 1. cat. 15. Of man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. Of angels, cat. 16.
Creatures. Dominion over the creatures given to man, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. They are cursed for our sakes since the fail, cat. 28. Religious worship to be given to no creature, con. xxi. 2. cat. 105. Curiosity. Bold and curious searching into God's secrets discharged, cat. 105. Curious prying into God's decrees for- bidden, cat. 113. Curious or unprofit- able questions are to be avoided, ib. The curse and wrath of God, man liable to it, both by original and actual sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 27. How it may be escap- ed, con. vii. 3. cat. 153. Cursing sinful, cat. 113.
DANCING. Lascivious dancing forbidden, cat. 139.
Dead not to be prayed for, con. xxi. 4. cat. 183.
Death, being the wages of sin, con. vi. 6. cat. 28, 84. It is appointed for all men, cat. 84. How it is an advantage to the righteous, cat. 85. The state of believers immediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. of the wicked, ib.
The Death of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 49. In it he saw no corruption, con. viii. 4. cat. 52. The divine nature having sustained the human from sinking under the power of death, cat. 38. By his obedience and death, he made a proper, real, and full satisfaction to the justice of the Father, con. xi. 3. cat. 71. Through the virtue of his death and resurrection, believers are sanctified. con. xiii. 1. Believers have fellowship with Christ in his death, con. xxvi. 1. And from his death and resurrection they draw strength for the mortifying of sin, and quickening of grace, cat. 167. The Lord's supper is a memorial of his death, con. xxix. 1. cat. 168. And in that sacrament worthy communicants meditate affectionately on his death and sufferings, cat. 174. And receive and feed upon all the benefits of his death, con. xxix. 7.
The Decalogue. See Commandments. The Decrees of God, the nature, end, extent, and properties of them, con. iii. 1, 2. cat. 12. The decree of predestination, con. iii. 3, 4. Of election and reprobabation, con. iii. 5, 6, 7. cat. 13. How God executeth his decrees, cat. 14. IIow the doctrine of decrees is to be handled, and what use to be made of them, con. iii. 8. Curious prying into God's decrees forbidden, cat. 113.
Desertion. Wilful desertion unlawful, cat. 139. Such as cannot be remedied by the church or civil magistrate, is cause sufficient of dissolving the bond of marriage, con. xxiv. 6.
Despair sinful, cat. 105. Believers always supported from utter despair. con. xviii. 4. cat. 81.
Devil, all compacts and consulting with him sinful, cat. 105.
Diligence in our calling a duty, cat. 141. Dipping in baptism not necessary, con. xxviii. 3.
mandment, cat. 104. In the second, cat. 108. In the third, cat. 112. In the fourth, cat. 116. Duties of inferiors to their superiors, con. xxiii. 4. cat. 127. What is required of superiors, con. xxiii. 2. cat. 129. Duties of equals, cat. 131. Duties of the sixth commandment, cut. 135. Of the seventh, cat. 138. Of the eighth, cat. 141. Of the ninth, cat. 144. Of the tenth, cat. 147.
ECCLESIASTICAL powers not to be opposed upon pretence of Christian liberty, con. xx. 4. Ecclesiastical persons not exempted from obedience to the civil magistrate, con. xxiii. 4.
Effectual calling, what, con. x. 1. cat. 67. It is of God's free grace, not from any thing foreseen in man, con. x. 2. cat. 67. All the elect, and they only, are effectually called, con. x. 1, 4. cat. 68. The elect united to Christ in their effectual calling, cat. 66.
Election, out of God's mere free grace, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. From all eternity in Christ, ib. Election not only to eternal life and glory, but also to the means thereof, con. iii. 6. cat. 13. All the elect, and they only, are effectually called and saved, con. iii. 6. x. 1, 4. cat. 68. Though others may be outwardly called by the word, and have some common opera. tions of the Spirit, ib. Elect infants, and other elect persons who are incapable of being called by the word, how saved, con. x. 3. What use to be made of the doctrine of election, con. iv. 8. And how men may be assured of their eternal election, ib. See Assurance. Envy sinful, cat. 128, 136, 142, 145, 148. Equals, their duties and sins, cat. 131, 132. Equivocation. Speaking the truth in doubtful and equivocal expressions, to the prejudice of truth or justice, sinful,
Eucharist. See Lord's Supper. Exaltation of Christ, con. viii. 4. cat. 51. In his resurrection, cat. 52. In his ascension, cat. 53. In his sitting at the right hand of God, cat. 54. In his coming to judge the world, cat. 56. Self-examination, cat. 171. Excommunication, con. xxx. 2, 3, 4. Expiation. Sin cannot be expiated but by the blood of Christ, cat. 152.
FAITH, what, con. xiv. 2. cat. 72. God requireth nothing of sinners that they may be justified, but faith in Christ, con. xi. 1. cat. 71. Which he requireth as the condition to interest them in the Mediator of the covenant of grace, cat. 32. It justifies a sinner in the sight of God only as it is an instrument by which he receiveth Christ and his righteousness, con. xi. 2. cat. 73. Faith is the gift of God, con. xi. 1. cat. 71. It being the work of the Spirit, con. xiv. 1. cat. 59, 72. It is ordinarily wrought by
the ministry of the word, con. xiv. 1. Increased and strengthened by the word, sacraments, and prayer, ib. Often weakened, but always gets the victory, con. xiv. 3. Growing up in many to a full assurance, con. xiv. 3. cat. 80. Good works the fruit and evidence of true faith, con. xvi. 2. cat. 52. Which is never alone, but always accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but worketh by love, con. xi. 2. cat. 73.
Fall of man, the nature and effects of it, con. vi. cat. 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29. Why permitted, con. vi. 1. How all mankind concerned in it, con. vi. 3. cat. 22. Falling away. See Perseverance. Family worship daily, required of God, con. xxi. 6.
Fasting. Religious fasting, a duty, cat. 108. Solemn fasting a part of religious worship, con. xxi. 5.
Fellowship. See Communion. Foreknowledge. All things come to pass infallibly according to the foreknow- ledge of God, con. v. 2. Forgiveness. See Pardon.
Fornication committed after contract of marriage, a just ground of dissolving the contract, con. xxiv. 5.
Fortune. To ascribe any thing to for- tune, is sinful, cat. 105. Free-will. See Will. Frugality, a duty, cat. 141.
Wasteful gaming forbidden,
Glory. The communion in glory with Christ, which believers enjoy in this life, con. xviii. 1, 2, 3. cat. 83. Immediately after death, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86. At the resurrection and day of judgment, con. xxxii. 3. xxxiii. 2. cat. 87, 90. The Glory of God the end of his decrees, con. iii. 3. cat. 12. The glory of his grace the end of election, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. The glory of his justice the end of the decree of reprobation, con. iii. 7. cat. 13. The glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, the end of the creation, con. iv. 1. The manifestation of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy, is the end of all God's works of providence, con. v. 1. cat. 18. The end of God's appointing the last judgment is the manifestation of the glory of his mercy and justice, con. xxxii. 10. To glorify God is the chief end of man, cat. 1. God is glorified by good works, con. xvi. 2. Gluttony, a sin, cat. 139.
God. The light of nature showeth that there is a God, con. xxi. 1. cat. 2. What it declares concerning him, and of our duty to him, con. i. 1. xxi. 1. It is not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation, con. i. 1. cat. 2. The attributes or perfections of God, con. i. 1, 2. cat. 7, 101 There is but one only God, con. ii.
1. cat. 8. There are three persons in the Godhead, distinguished by personal pro- perties, con. ii. 3. cat. 9, 10. The co- equality of the persons proved, cat. 11. To him is due from all his creatures, whatsoever worship, service, or obedi- ence, he is pleased to require, con. ii. 2. Our duty to God, cat. 104, 108, 112, 116. What contrary to it, cat. 105, 109, 113, 119. Religious worship is to be given to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and to him alone; and that only in the mediation of Christ, con. xxi. 2. cat. 179, 181. God is to be worshipped in that way only which he hath instituted in the scriptures, con. xxi. 1. cat. 109. To glorify God, and fully to enjoy him for ever, is the chief end of man, cat. 1. Good works. See Works.
Gospel. How the covenant of grace is ad- ministered under the gospel, con. vii. 6. cat. 35. Without the gospel no salva- tion, con. x. 4. cat. 60. In it Christ doth not dissolve but strengthen the obliga- tion to the obedience of the moral law, con. xix. 5. Believers under the gospel have a greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of, con.
Government. See Church, Magistrate. The Grace of God. Election is of God's mere free grace, con. iii. 5. cat. 13. How the grace of God is manifested in the second covenant, con. vii. 3. cat. 32. Ef- fectual calling is of God's free and spe- cial grace, con. x. 2. cat. 67. Justifica- tion is only of free grace, con. xi. 3. cat. 70, 71. Adoption is an act of free grace, con. xii. cat. 74. The communion in grace which believers have with Christ, cat. 69. All saving graces are the work of the Spirit, con. xiii, xiv, xv. cat. 32, 72, 75, 76, 77. And do always accompany faith, con. xi. 2. cat. 73. Perseverance in grace, con. xvii. cat. 79. Increase in grace, con. xiii. 1, 3. cat. 75, 77. Assur- ance of grace, con. xviii. cat. 80, 81.
HARDEN. Why and how sinners are har- dened, con. v. 6. Believers may have their hearts hardened, con. xvii. 3. Head. The elect are inseparably united to Christ as their head, con. xxv. 1. xxvi. 1. cat. 64, 66. He is the only head of the church, con. xxv. 6.
Hearing. What is required of those that hear the word preached, con. xxi. 5. cat. 160.
Heaven, the state of the blessed, con. xxxii. 1. xxxiii. 2. cat. 86, 90.
Hell, the state of the damned, con. xxxii. 1. xxxiii. 2. cat. 29, 86, 89. The meaning of these words in the Creed, He descend- ed into hell, cat. 50.
Hereticks to be rejected, cat. 105. Holiness. God is most holy in all his coun- sels, works, and commands, con. ii. 2. Man was created holy after the image of God, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. But by the fall
he became wholly defiled, con. vi. 2. Believers are, by the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, quickened and strengthened to the practice of holiness, con. xiii. 1, 3. cat. 75. And are made perfectly holy in heaven, con. xxxii. 1. cat. 86, 90. See Sanctification.
The Holy Ghost equal with the Father, con. ii. 3. cat. 11. He is promised to the elect in the covenant of grace, con. vii. 3. cat. 32. By him they are united to Christ, con. xxvi. 1. For by him the redemption purchased by Christ is applied to them, con. viii. 8. xi. 4. cat. 58, 59. By him they are effectually called, con. x. I. cat. 67. And have faith wrought in their hearts, con. xiv. 1. cat. 59, 72. He is given to them in adoption, con. xii. cat. 74. And applying the death and resurrection of Christ to them, by his powerful operation, they are sanctified, con. xiii. i. cat. 75. Having repentance wrought, and all other saving graces infused into their hearts, con. xiii. 1. cat. 32, 75, 76, 77. Through the continual supply of strength from him, believers grow in grace, con. xiii. 3. cat. 75. The outward means are by him made effectual to the elect for salvation, con. vii. 5, 6. xxv. 3. cat. 155, 161. Prayer is to be made by his help, con. xxi. 3. cat. 182. Ability to do good works is from him, con. xvi. 3. Assurance of faith is attained by his witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God, con. xviii. 2. cat. 80. By his abiding within believers, they are secured from falling totally away from the state of grace, and are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, con. xvii. 2. cat. 79. Hope of glory, con. xviii. 1. cat. 83. The hope of hypocrites, con. xviii. 1. Humiliation of Christ, con. viii. 2, 4. cat. 46. In his conception and birth, cat. 47. In his life, cat. 48. In his death, cat. 49. After death, cat. 50.
Hypocrisy. Making profession of religion in hypocrisy, or for sinister ends, sinful, cat. I 3. The hypocrite's hope, con.
Hypostatical. See Personal.
IDLENESS unlawful, cat. 139, 142. Idolatry, all the kinds of it forbidden, cat. 105, 109. All monuments of idolatry ought to be removed, cat. 108. Jests. Perverting the scripture to profane jests, sinful, cat. 113.
Jesus, why so called, cat. 41. See Christ. Ignorant, not to be admitted to the Lord's table, con. xxix. 8. cat. 173.
Image. Man made after the image of God, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, con. iv. 2. cat. 17. This image is renewed by sanctification, cat. 75. And fully perfected in heaven, con. xxxii. i. cat. 86, 90.
Image-worship of all kinds discharged,
Imputation. The guilt of Adam's first
sin is imputed to all his posterity, con vi. 3. The obedience and satisfaction of Christ is imputed to believers, con. xi. 1. cat. 70. His righteousness is imputed to them, cat. 71, 77.
Incarnation of Christ, con. viii. 2. cat. 37,
Incest discharged, cat. 139. Incestuous marriages, which are within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden in the scriptures, can never be made lawful, con. xxiv. 4.
Unjust Inclosures and depopulations forbidden, cat, 142.
Increase of grace is from a continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, con. xiii. 1, 3. cat. 75, 77. Innocency. The state of man in innocency, con. iv. 2. cat. 17, 20.
Infants, how saved, con. x. 3. Infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized, con. xxviii. 4. cat. 166. Ingrossing commodities to inhance their price, unlawful, cat. 142. Inspiration. The books of the Old and New Testament are given by inspiration of God, con. i. 2. But the Apocrypha is not of divine inspiration, con. i. 3. Intercession. How Christ makes intercession, cat. 55. It is a part of his priestly office, cat. 44. He makes intercession, that the redemption which he hath purchased may be applied to all believ ers, con. viii. 8. cat. 55. And their perseverance depends upon his continual intercession for them, con. xvii. 2. cat. 79. Joy in the Holy Ghost the fruit of assurance, con. xviii. 1, 2. cat. 83. Believers, by falling into some sins, may grieve the Spirit, and be deprived of some measure of their comfort, con. xvii. 3. xviii. 4. Judge. Christ the judge of the world, con. viii. 1, 4. xxxiii. 1. How he shall come at the last day, cat. 56.
The Judgments of God upon sinners in this world, con. v. 6. cat. 28, 83. How believers may bring temporal judgments on themselves, con. xvií. 3., God is just and terrible in his judgments, con. ii. 1. The last judgment, what, con. xxxiii. 1. Appointed for angels and men, con. viii. 4. xxxiii. 1. cat. 88. The end of its appointment is the manifestation of God's mercy and justice, con. xxxiii. 2. Christ shall be the judge, con. viii. 4. xxxiii. 1. How he shall come to judge the world, cat. 56. Why he would have us certainly persuaded of it, con xxxiii. 3. Why the time of it is concealed, con. xxxiii. 3. cat. 88. The judgment of the righteous, con. xxxiii. 2. cat. 90. The judgment of the wicked, con. xxxiii. 2. cat. 89. Judicial law. See Law.
The Justice of God fully satisfied by Christ's obedience and death, con. viii. 5. xi. 3. cat. 38, 71. It is manifested in the works of providence, con. v. 1. In the justification of sinners, con. xi. 3. In the last judgment, con. xxxiii. 2. Justice in contracts and commerce between man and man, cat. 141, 142.
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