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The Whole Works, as Yet Recovered, of Robert Leighton, Ed. With Illustr. Notes, by W. West
The Whole Works as Yet Recovered of Robert Leighton Ed With Illustr Notes by W West Author:Robert Leighton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: A SHORT CATECHISM. SECTION I. Question. What is naturally every man's chief desire ? Answer, To be happy. Q. Which is the way to true happiness ? A. True religion. Q. What is true religion ? A. The true and lively knowledge of the Only True God, and of Him whom He hath sent, Jesus Christ. Q. Whence is this knowledge to be learned ? A. All the works of God declare His being and His glory; but the clearer knowledge of Himself and His Son Jesus Christ is to be learned from His own word, contained in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. Q. What do these Scriptures teach us concerning God ? A. That He is One, Infinite, Eternal Spirit, most wise, and holy, and just, and merciful, and the all-powerful Maker and Ruler of the world. Q. What do they further teach us concerning Him ? A. That He is Three in One, and One in Three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Q. What will that lively knowledge of God effectually work in us ? A. It will cause us to believe in Him, and to love Him above all things, even above ourselves, to adore and worship Him, to pray to Him, and to praise Him, and exalt Him with all our might, and to yield up ourselves to the obedience of allHis commandments as having both made us, and made Himself known to us for that very end. Rehearse then the articles of our Belief. A. I believe in God the Father,« less