Lord’s Day 2Questions 3–5
Reformed Church in America English, 1879
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1879 Reformed Church in America Q&A text with inline proof references. Source: Wikisource scan transcription.
This English edition was published in the United States in 1879, before the current U.S. public-domain cutoff. Rights evidence. Verified 2026-07-14.
Whence knowest thou thy misery?
Out of the law of God (Rom. 3;20).
What doth the law of God require of us?
Christ teaches us that briefly (in Matt. 22;37-40): “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first and great commandment (Rom. 13;10); and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself (Matt. 7;12). On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Canst thou keep all these things perfectly?
In no wise (1 John 1;8); for I am prone by nature to hate God (Rom. 8;7) and my neighbor (Titus 3;3).