**TI89**MAINAppVariable file 07/25/04, 03:36RwscZGk NY\ q ^&K,q !#O%i&')*C,/-.0@2345E6~789{:;<6>@BCD EF.GHdKLbN0PQ^SVTUV XXwYZ%[#\\]~^~_6`faWbcd(fIg|h=ij(lmWopbrsuuUwxz|} 3=WSCSean Bird25 July 20041674Kchief endQUESTION 1. What is the  chief end of man?PA1: Man's chief end is to  glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever. &Pyrule to glorifyQ2: What rule hath God  given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy Him? PA2: The Word of God, which  is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the %only rule to direct us how .we may glorify and enjoy 7Him.@PVScripturesTeachQ3: What do the Scriptures  principally teach? PA3: The Scriptures  principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God %requires of man. .P(GodQ4: What is God?  PA4: God is a Spirit,  infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, %holiness, justice, .goodness, and truth.7P Aone GodQ5: Are there more Gods  than one?PA5: There is but one only,  the living and true God. Deut. 6:4; Jer. 10:10.P Ohow manyQ6: How many persons are  there in the Godhead?PA6: There are three  persons in the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these %three are one God, the .same in substance, equal 7in power and glory.@1 John 5:7; Matt. 28:19PFdecrees whatQ7: What are the decrees  of God? PA7: The decrees of God  are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for %his own glory, he hath .fore-ordained whatsoever 7comes to pass.@Eph. 1:4,11; Rom. 9:22-23PIdecrees howQ8: How doth God execute  his decrees?PA8: God executeth his  decrees in the works of creation and providence.P BcreationQ9: What is the work of  creation?PA9: The work of creation  is, God's making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the %space of six days, and all .very good.7Gen. 1; Heb. 11:3.P?create manQ10: How did God create  man?PA10: God created man male  and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and %holiness, with dominion .over the creatures.7Gen. 1:26-28; Col. 3:10; @Eph. 4:24PKprovidenceQ11: What are God's works  of providence?PA11: God's works of  providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing %all his creatures, and all .their actions.7Ps. 145:17; Ps. 104:24; @Isa. 28:29; Heb. 1:3; Ps. P103:19; Matt. 10:29-31.P specialQ12: What special act of  providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was %created? .PA12: When God had created  man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect %obedience; forbidding him .to eat of the tree of the 7knowledge of good and evil @upon the pain of death. PGal. 3:12; Gen. 2:17. Hosea 6:7P oFallQ13: Did our first parents  continue in the estate wherein they were created? PA13: Our first parents,  being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein %they were created, by .sinning against God. 7Gen. 3:6-8, 13; Eccl. 7:29P(sinQ14: What is sin? PA14: Sin is any want of  conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.%1 John 3:4P 1st sin Q15: What was the sin  whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?%PA15: The sin whereby our  first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their %eating the forbidden .fruit.7P`mankind sinfulQ16: Did all mankind fall  in Adam's first transgression? PA16: The covenant being  made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, %descending from him by .ordinary generation, 7sinned in him, and fell @with him, in his first Ptransgression. Gen. 2:16- 17; Rom. 5:12; 1 Cor. 15:21-22.PVfall resultQ17: Into what estate did  the fall bring mankind? PA17: The fall brought  mankind into an estate of sin and misery.Rom. 5:12.%Pqoriginal sinQ18: Wherein consists the  sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?PA18: The sinfulness of  that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guilt of Adam's first sin, %the want of original .righteousness, and the 7corruption of his whole @nature, which is commonly Pcalled Original Sin;  together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.Rom. 5:12, %19; Rom. 5:10-20; Eph. .2:1-3; Jas. 1:14-15; Matt. 715:19.@Pfmisery of fallQ19: What is the misery of  that estate whereinto man fell?PA19: All mankind by their  fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made %liable to all miseries in .this life, to death 7itself, and to the pains @of hell for ever.Gen. 3:8, P10, 24; Eph. 2:2-3; Gal.  3:10; Lam. 3:39; Rom. 6:23; Matt. 25:41, 46.PuGod's cov loveQ20. Did God leave all  mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?PA20. God having, out of  his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, %did enter into a covenant .of grace, to deliver them 7out of the estate of sin @and misery, and to bring Pthem into an estate of  salvation by a Redeemer. Eph. 1:4; Rom. 3:20-22; Gal. 3:21-22. %P JredeemerQ21: Who is the Redeemer  of God's elect? PA21: The only Redeemer of  God's elect is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, being the eternal Son of God, %became man, and so was, .and continueth to be, God 7and man in two distinct @natures, and one person, Pfor ever.  1 Tim. 2:5-6; John 1:14; Gal. 4:4; Rom. 9:5; Luke 1:35; Col. 2:9; Heb. 7:24-%25..PfChrist became manQ22: How did Christ, being  the Son of God, become man? PA22: Christ, the Son of  God, became man, by taking to himself a true body, and a reasonable soul, %being conceived by the .power of the Holy Ghost, 7in the womb of the Virgin @Mary, and born of her yet Pwithout sin. Heb. 2:14,  16; Heb. 10:5; Mt 26:38; Luke 1:27, 31, 35, 42; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 4:15;%Heb. 7:26..P [officesQ23: What offices doth  Christ execute as our Redeemer?PA23: Christ, as our  Redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, %both in his estate of .humiliation and 7exaltation. @Acts 3:21-22; Heb. 12:25 Pwith 2 Cor 13:3; Heb5:5-7;  Heb 7:25; Ps2:6; Is 9:6-7; Mt 21:5; Ps. 2:8-11.P ZprophetQ24: How doth Christ  execute the office of a prophet?PA24: Christ executeth the  office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by his word and Spirit, the will %of God for our salvation..John 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:10-12; 7John 15:15; John 20:31.@P XpriestQ25: How doth Christ  execute the office of a priest?PA25: Christ executeth the  office of a priest, in his once offering up of himself a sacrifice to %satisfy divine justice, .and reconcile us to God, 7and in making continual @intercession for us.PHeb. 9:14, 28; Heb. 2:17;  Heb. 7:24-25.P UkingQ26: How doth Christ  execute the office of a king? PA26: Christ executeth the  office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, %and in restraining and .conquering all his and our 7enemies. @Acts 15:14-16; Isa. 33:22; PIsa. 32:1-2; 1 Cor. 15:25. PThumiliation Q27: Wherein did Christ's  humiliation consist? PA27: Christ's humiliation  consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the %law, undergoing the .miseries of this life, the 7wrath of God, and the @cursed death of the cross; Pin being buried, and  continuing under the power of death for a time.Lk2:7; Gal4:4; Heb 12:2-3; %Isa. 53:2-3; Luke 22:44; .Matt. 27:46; Phil. 2:8; 71Cor15:3-4; Acts2:24-27,31@PPexaltationQ28: Wherein consisteth  Christ's exaltation? PA28: Christ's exaltation  consisteth in his rising again from the dead on the third day, in ascending up %into heaven, in sitting at .the right hand of God the 7Father, and in coming to @judge the world at the Plast day. Pspartakers Q29: How are we made  partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ? %PA29: We are made partakers  of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application %of it to us by his Holy .Spirit. 7PfQ30: How doth the Spirit  apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?PA30: The Spirit applieth  to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and %thereby uniting us to .Christ in our effectual 7calling. @P9Q31: What is effectual  calling? PA31: Effectual calling is  the work of God's Spirit, whereby convincing us of our sin and misery, %enlightening our minds in .the knowledge of Christ, 7and renewing our wills, he @doth persuade and enable Pus to embrace Jesus  Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. Pbenefit of callingQ32: What benefits do they  that are effectually called partake of in this life?%PA32: They that are  effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, %and sanctification, and .the several benefits 7which, in this life, do @either accompany or flow Pfrom them. PAjustificationQ33: What is  justification?PA33: Justification is an  act of God's free grace, wherein He pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us %as righteous in His sight, .only for the righteousness 7of Christ imputed to us, & @received by faith alone. PRom. 3:24-25; Rom. 4:6-8;  2 Cor. 5:19, 21; Rom. 5:17-19; Gal. 2:16; Phil. 3:9.%P 3adoptionQ34: What is adoption?  PA34: Adoption is an act of  God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right %to all the privileges of .the Sons of God. 7PDsanctificationQ35: What is  sanctification? PA35: Sanctification is the  work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the %image of God, and are .enabled more and more to 7die unto sin, and live @unto righteousness. P2 Thess. 2:13; Eph. 4:23- 24; Rom. 6:4, 6; Rom. 8:1Pbenefits Q36: What are the benefits  which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, %and sanctification?.PA36: The benefits which in  this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and %sanctification, are, .assurance of God's love, 7peace of conscience, joy @in the Holy Ghost, Pincrease of grace, and  perseverance therein to the end. Rom. 5:1-2, 5; Rom. 14:17; Prov. 4:18; 1 %John 5:13; 1 Pet. 1:5..Pmbenefits of deathQ37: What benefits do  believers receive from Christ at death? PA37: The souls of  believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do %immediately pass into .glory; and their bodies, 7being still united to @Christ, do rest in their Pgraves till the  resurrection. P{benefits of rezQ38: What benefits do  believers receive from Christ at the resurrection? %PA38: At the resurrection,  believers being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted %in the day of judgement, .and made perfectly blessed 7in the full enjoying of @God to all eternity. PZman's dutyQ39. What is the duty  which God requireth of man? PA39. The duty which God  requireth of man is obedience to His revealed will.%Mic. 6:8; 1 Sam. 15:22..Dt 29:29Pxrule for obedienceQ40. What did God at first  reveal to man for the rule of his obedience? PA40. The rule which God at  first revealed to man for his obedience, was the Moral Law. %Pa10 commandmentsQ41. Where is the Moral  Law summarily comprehended? PA41. The Moral Law is  summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments.PYsum of commandmntsQ42. What is the sum of  the Ten Commandments? PA42. The sum of the Ten  Commandments is, "to love the Lord our God" with all our heart, all our soul, %with all our strength, and .with all our mind; and our 7neighbor as ourselves. @PXpreface of 10Q43. What is the preface  to the Ten Commandments? PA43. The preface to the  Ten Commandments is in these words, "I am the Lord your God, who brought %you out of the land of .Egypt, out of the house OF 7SLAVERY." @Phpreface teachQ44. What doth the preface  to the Ten Commandments teach us? PA44. The preface to the  Ten Commandments teacheth us, That because God is The Lord, and our God, and %Redeemer, therefore we are .bound to keep all His 7commandments.@P@1stQ45: Which is the First  Commandment?PA45: The First Commandment  is, "thou shalt have no other gods before Me." PU1st requiresQ46: What is required in  the First Commandment? PA46: The First Commandment  requireth us to know and acknowledge God to be only true God, and our God; and %to worship and glorify Him .accordingly. 7PU1st forbidsQ47: What is forbidden in  the First Commandment? PA47: The First Commandment  forbiddeth the denying, or not worshipping and glorifying the true God, %as God, [and our God,] and .the giving of that worship 7and glory to any other @which is due to Him alone.Pbefore meQ48: What are we specially  taught by these words, "before me" in the First Commandment? %PA48: These words "before  me" in the First Commandment, teach us, That God who seeth all %things, taketh notice of, .and is much displeased 7with, the sin of having @any other God.PA2ndQ49: Which is the Second  Commandment?PA49: The Second  Commandment is, "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any %likeness of any thing that .is in heaven above, or 7that is in the earth @beneath, or that is in the Pwater under the earth,  thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy %God am a jealous God, .visiting the iniquity of 7the fathers upon the @children, unto the third Pand fourth generation of  them that hate Me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that %love Me, and keep my .commandments."7PV2nd requiresQ50: What is required in  the Second Commandment? PA50: The Second  Commandment requireth the receiving, observing, and keeping pure and entire, %all such religious worship .and ordinances as God hath 7appointed in His Word.@PU2nd forbidsQ51: What is forbidden in  the Second Commandment?PA51: The Second  Commandment forbiddeth the worshipping of God by images, or any other way %not appointed in His Word..Pl2nd reasons addedQ52: What are the reasons  annexed to the Second Commandment? PA52: The reasoned annexed  to the Second Commandment are, God's sovereignty over us, and the zeal He %hath to His own worship..PA3rdQ53: Which is the Third  Commandment? PA53: The Third Commandment  is, "thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord %will not hold him .guiltless that taketh His 7name in vain."@PU3rd requiresQ54: What is required in  the Third Commandment? PA54: The Third Commandment  requireth the holy and reverent use of God's names, titles, attributes, %ordinances, Word, and .works. 7PT3rd forbidsQ55: What is forbidden in  the Third Commandment?PA55: The Third Commandment  forbiddeth all profaning or abusing of anything whereby God maketh Himself %known..Mal. 1:6-7, 12; Mal. 2:2; 7Mal. 3:14.@Pb3rd reasonQ56: What is the reason  annexed to the Third Commandment? PA56: The reason annexed to  the Third Commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may %escape punishment from .men, yet the Lord our God 7will not suffer them to @escape His righteous Pjudgement. PA4thQ57: Which is the Fourth  Commandment?PA57: The Fourth  Commandment is, "Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt %thou labour, and do all .thy work: But the seventh 7day is the sabbath of the @LORD thy God: in it thou Pshalt not do any work,  thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid- servant, nor %thy cattle, nor thy .stranger that is within 7thy gates: For in six days @the LORD made heaven and Pearth, the sea, and all  that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed %the sabbath day, and .hallowed it."7PU4th requiresQ58: What is required in  the Fourth Commandment?PA58: The Fourth  Commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as He appointed %in His Word; expressly one .whole day in seven to be a 7holy Sabbath to Himself.Ppwhich dayQ59: Which day of the  seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath? PA59: From the beginning of  the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh %day of the week to be the .weekly Sabbath; and the 7first day of the week ever @since, to continue to the Pend of the world, which is  the Christian Sabbath. Gen. 2:2-3; 1 Cor. 16:1-2; Acts 20:7.%P J4th howQ60: How is the Sabbath to  be sanctified? PA60: The Sabbath is to be  sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly %employments and .recreations as are lawful 7on other days; and @spending the whole time in Pthe public and private  exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the %works of necessity and .mercy. 7PV4th forbidsQ61: What is forbidden in  the Fourth Commandment? PA61: The Fourth  Commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the duties %required, and the .profaning the day by 7idleness, or doing that @which is in itself sinful, Por by unnecessary  thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or %recreations. Pe4th reasonsQ62: What are the reasons  annexed to the Fourth Commandment?PA62: The reasons annexed  to the Fourth Commandment are, God's allowing us six days of the week for our %own employments, His .challenging a special 7propriety in the seventh, @His own example, and His Pblessing the Sabbath-day.  PA5thQ63: Which is the Fifth  Commandment? PA63: The Fifth Commandment  is, "honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land %which the Lord thy God .giveth thee." 7PU5th requiresQ64: What is required in  the Fifth Commandment? PA64: The Fifth Commandment  requireth the preserving the honour, and performing the duties, belonging to %every one in their several .places and relations, as 7superiors, inferiors, or @equals.PX5th forbidsQ65: What is the forbidden  in the Fifth Commandment?PA65: The Fifth Commandment  forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing anything against, the honour and %duty which belongeth to .every one in their several 7places and relations.Pc5th reasonsQ66: What is the reason  annexed to the Fifth Commandment? PA66: The reason annexed to  the Fifth Commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it %shall serve for God's .glory and their own good) 7to all such as keep this @commandment.PA6thQ67: Which is the Sixth  Commandment? PA67: The Sixth Commandment  is, "thou shalt not kill." PU6th requiresQ68: What is required in  the Sixth Commandment? PA68: The Sixth Commandment  requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life, and the life of %others. .PU6th forbidsQ69: What is forbidden in  the Sixth Commandment? PA69: The Sixth Commandment  forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbour %unjustly, or whatsoever .tendeth thereunto.7PB7thQ70: Which is the Seventh  Commandment?PA70: The Seventh  Commandment is, "thou shalt not commit adultery." %PW7th requiresQ71: What is required in  the Seventh Commandment? PA71: The Seventh  Commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbor's %chasity, in heart, speech, .and behaviour.7PW7th forbidsQ72: What is forbidden in  the Seventh Commandment? PA72: The Seventh  Commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions. %.PA8thQ73: Which is the Eighth  Commandment?PA73: The Eighth  Commandment is, "thou shalt not steal."PU8th requiresQ74: What is required in  the Eighth Commandment?PA74: The Eighth  Commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering the wealth and %outward estate of .ourselves and others.7PV8th forbidsQ75: What is forbidden in  the Eighth Commandment? PA75: The Eighth  Commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own or %our neighbour's wealth or .outward estate.7P@9thQ76: What is the Ninth  Commandment? PA76: The Ninth Commandment  is, "thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." %PU9th requiresQ77: What is required in  the Ninth Commandment? PA77: The Ninth Commandment  requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and %of our own and our .neighbour's good name, 7especially in witness- @bearing.PU9th forbidsQ78: What is forbidden in  the Ninth Commandment? PA78: The Ninth Commandment  forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudical to truth, or injurious to our own or %our neighbour's good name.P A10thQ79: Which is the Tenth  Commandment?PA79: The Tenth Commandment  is, "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy %neighbour's wife, nor his .manservant, nor his maid- 7servant, nor his ox, nor @his ass, nor any thing Pthat is thy neighbour's."PU10th requiresQ80: What is required in  the Tenth Commandment?PA80: The Tenth Commandment  requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and %charitable frame of spirit .toward our neighbour, and 7all this is his.@PU10th forbidsQ81: What is forbidden in  the Tenth Commandment?PA81: The Tenth Commandment  forbiddeth all discontentment with our own own estate, envying or %grieving at the good of .our neighbour, and all 7inordinate motions and @affections to any thing Pthat is his.P dperfectQ82: Is any man able  perfectly to keep the commandments of God?PA82: No mere man since the  fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but %doth daily break them in .thought, word, and deed.7P^sins equalQ83: Are all transgression  of the law equally heinous?PA83: Some sins in  themselves, and by reason of several aggravations are more heinous in the %sight of God than others. .Ezek. 8:6, 13, 15; 1 John 75:16; Ps. 78:17, 32, 56.@PFsin deservesQ84: What doth every sin  deserve?PA84: Every sin deserveth  God's wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.%PGod requiresQ85: What doth God require  of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse due to us for sin?%PA85: To escape the wrath  and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, %repentance unto life, with .the diligent use of all 7the outward means whereby @Christ communicateth to us Pthe benefits of  redemption. P AfaithQ86: What is faith in  Jesus Christ?PA86: Faith in Jesus Christ  is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, %as he is offered to us in .the gospel. Heb. 10:39; 7John 1:12; Isa. 26:3-4; @Phil. 3:9; Gal. 2:16.PErepentanceQ87: What is repentance  unto life?PA87: Repentance unto life  is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and %apprehension of the mercy .of God in Christ, doth, 7with grief and hatred of @his sin, turn from it unto PGod, with full purpose of,  and endeavour after, new obedience.PQ88: What are the outward  means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?%PA88: The outward and  ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of %redemption, are his .ordinances, especially the 7Word, sacraments, and @prayer; all which are made Peffectual to the elect for  salvation. P[WordMadeEffectiveQ89: How is the Word made  effectual to salvation?PA89: The Spirit of God  maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual %means of convincing and .converting sinners, and of 7building them up in @holiness and comfort, Pthrough faith, unto  salvation. Pword read & heardQ90: How is the Word to be  read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?%PA90: The the Word may  become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, %preparation, and prayer; .receive it with faith and 7love, lay it up in our @hearts, and practise it in Pour lives.  Pnsacraments effectQ91: How do the sacraments  become effectual means of salvation?PA91: The sacraments become  effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him %that doth administer them; .but only by the blessing 7of Christ, and the working @of his Spirit in them that Pby faith receive them. P6sacramentQ92: What is a sacrament? PA92: A sacrament is an  holy ordinance instituted by Christ, wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, %and the benefits of the .new covenant, are 7represented, sealed, and @applied to believers. P_sacrament of NTQ93: Which are the  sacraments of the New TestamentPA93: The sacraments of the  New Testament are, Baptism, and the Lord's supper. %P 0baptismQ94: What is baptism? PA94: Baptism is a  sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of %the Son, and of the Holy .Ghost, doth signify and 7seal our ingrafting into @Christ, and partaking of Pthe benefits of the  covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord's. %PObaptise whoQ95: To whom is baptism to  be administered?PA95: Baptism is not to be  administered to any that are out of the visible church, till they profess %their faith in Christ, and .obedience to him; but the 7infants of such as are @members of the visible Pchurch are to be baptized.  PELord's SupperQ96: What is the Lord's  supper?PA96: The Lord's Supper is  a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to %Christ's appointment, his .death is showed forth; and 7the worth receivers are, @not after a corporal and Pcarnal manner, but by  faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their %spiritual nourishment, and .growth in grace.7PvLord'sSup requiresQ97: What is required to  be the worthy receiving of the Lord's supper?PA97: It is required of  them that would worthily partake of the Lord's super, that they examine %themselves of their .knowledge to discern the 7Lord's body, of their @faith to feed upon him, of Ptheir repentance, love,  and new obedience; lest, coming unworthily, they eat and drink judgement to %themselves..P .prayerQ98: What is prayer? PA98: Prayer is an offering  up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to his will, in the name of %Christ, with confession of .our sins, and thankful 7acknowledgement of his @mercies.Pgrule for prayerQ99: What rule hath God  given for our direction in prayer?PA99: The whole Word of God  is of use to direct us in prayer; but the special rule of direction is that %form of prayer which .Christ taught his 7disciples, commonly called @The Lord's Prayer.PiDisciple's prayerQ100: What doth the  preface of the Lord's prayer teach us?PA100: The preface of the  Lord's prayer, which is, "Our Father which art in heaven," teacheth us to %draw near to God with all .holy reverence and 7confidence, as children to @a father, able and ready Pto help us; and that we  should pray with and for others.PP1st petitionQ101: What do we pray for  in the first petition?PA101: In the first  petition, which is, "Hallowed be thy name," we pray, That God would %enable us and others to .glorify him in all that 7whereby he maketh himself @known; and that he would Pdispose all things to his  own glory. PV2nd petitionQ102: What do we pray for  in the second petition?PA102: In the second  petition, which is, "Thy kingdom come," we pray, That Satan's kingdom may %be destroyed; and that the .kingdom of grace may be 7advanced, ourselves and @others brought into it, Pand kept in it; and the  kingdom of glory may be hastened.PU3rd petitionQ103: What do we pray for  in the third petition?PA103: In the third  petition, which is, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven," we pray, %That God, by his grace, .would make us able and 7willing to know, obey, and @submit to his will in all Pthings, as the angels do  in heaven. PM4thQ104: What do we pray for  in the fourth petition?PA104: In the fourth  petition, which is, "Give us this day our daily bread," we pray, That of %God's free gift we may .receive a competent 7portion of the good things @of this life, and enjoy Phis blessing with them. PL5thQ105: What do we pray for  in the fifth petition?PA105: In the fifth  petition, which is, "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors," %we pray, That God, for .Christ's sake, would 7freely pardon all our @sins; which we are able to Pbe rather encouraged to  ask, because by his grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others. %PU6th petitionQ106: What do we pray for  in the sixth petition?PA106: In the sixth  petition, which is, "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us %from evil," we pray, That .God would either keep us 7from being tempted to sin, @or support and deliver us Pwhen we are tempted.  Piconclusion prayerQ107: What doth the  conclusion the Lord's prayer teach us?PA107: The conclusion of  the Lord's prayer, which is, "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, &and the glory, for ever, /Amen." teacheth us, to 8take our encouragement in Aprayer from God only, and Pin our prayers to praise  him, ascribing kingdom, power and glory to him. And, in testimony of our &desire, and assurance to /be heard, we say, Amen. 8PSTDY@