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PAPISTS, ROMAN CATHOLIC

Protestants should not marry Catholics or nominal ChristiansT 24:20; CF 24:3

PASSIONS

To be restrainedLC 135-136; SC 68-69

PASSOVER

One of the types and ordinances by which the covenant of grace was administered under lawCF 7:5; LC 34

PATIENCE

Patient bearing of the hand of God, a dutyLC 135; SC 68

PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS

Elect cannot fall away from estate of graceCF 17:1; T 17:1-2; LC 77, 79; SC 36
How far they may fallCF 6:5; 11:5; 13:2; 17:3; 18:4; LC 78
How recoveredCF 11:5; 13:3
Kept from utter despairCF 18:4; LC 81
Upon what it dependsCF 17:2; LC 79

PERSONS OF THE GODHEAD

Equality provenLC 11
Three, distinguished by personal propertiesCF 2:3; LC 9-10; SC 6
Union of two natures in ChristCF 8:2; LC 36-37; SC 21-22
Works of each nature accepted of God and relied upon by believers as work of the whole PersonCF 8:7; LC 40

PICTURES

Lascivious pictures forbiddenLC 139; SC 72
Of God forbiddenLC 109
Of Jesus are unscripturalT 21:3

POLYGAMY

UnlawfulCF 24:1; LC 139; SC 72

POPE

Has no power over civil magistrates or their peopleCF 23:4

POWER

Ecclesiastical or civil, not to be opposed under pretense of Christian libertyCF 20:4

PRAISE

Not to be ascribed to fortune, idols, ourselves, or any other creaturesLC 105; SC 47
Part of worshipT 21:5
Psalms to be sungT 21:5-6
To be joined with prayerLC 196; SC 107

PRAYER

For what and whomCF 21:4; LC 183-184
How it is to be madeCF 21:3; LC 185
How the Spirit helps us prayLC 182
Part of worshipT 21:4
The duty of all menCF 21:3
The rule of prayerLC 186; SC 99
The Lord’s Prayer, how usedLC 187
To be made to God only, and in the name of Christ, by the help of the SpiritCF 21:2-3; LC 179
What it isLC 178; SC 98
What it is to pray in the name of ChristLC 180
Why prayer is to be made in Christ’s nameLC 181

PREACHING

A part of ordinary religious worship of GodCF 21:5
How made effectual to salvationLC 155, SC 89
How to preachLC 159
One of the means of grace under the New TestamentCF 7:6; LC 35; SC 89
Preaching the GospelT 18:7
The offer of salvation through ChristT 10:1
The Word to be preached only by ministers of the GospelLC 158

PREDESTINATION

CF 3:3-4; LC 13; T 3:1-3
How to handle the doctrine and what use is to be made of itCF 3:8

PREPARATION

For hearing the WordLC 160
For Lord’s SupperT 29:4; LC 171
For SabbathCF 21:8; LC 117

PRESBYTERY

DCG 6

PRIVATE WORSHIP

In families daily, a dutyCF 21:6; LC 156
In small groupsT 21:10
Leadership ofT 21:9

PRODIGALITY

A sinLC 142

PROFESSION OF GOSPEL

Adorned by good worksCF 16:2
Attended by a holy, righteous lifeLC 112, 167

PROPERTY

In goods and possessions not infringed by communion of saintsCF 26:3

PROPHECIES

Covenant of grace, administered by prophecies under the lawCF 7:5; LC 34

PROPHETICAL OFFICE OF CHRIST

How executedLC 43; SC 24

PROPITIATION

Christ’s sacrifice the only one for sins of the electCF 29:2

PROVIDENCE

Applies to all of lifeT 5:3
Consequences for attitude of the believerT 5:2
DefinitionCF 5:1; LC 18; SC 11
Events ordered according to the nature of second causesCF 3:1; 5:2
Gambling a sinful denialT 5:4
God in ordinary providence uses means, yet is free to work without, above, and against them at His pleasureCF 5:3
God’s providence in a most special manner over His churchCF 5:7; LC 43, 45, 63
God’s providence toward angelsLC 19
God’s providence toward man when createdLC 20; SC 12
How providence is exercised about sinCF 5:4
Influence of the Holy Spirit required to do good worksCF 16:3

PUBLIC WORSHIP

See DPW
Elements ofCF 21:3-5; T 21:4, 8; DPW 2
FuneralsDPW 5
Nature of worshipDPW 1
Not to be neglectedCF 21:6
Orders of service, suggestedDPW 2
Practice of worshipDPW 2
PraiseT 21:5-6
PrayerT 21:4
Required of all peopleT 21:1
Sacraments administeredDPW 3
Special ordinancesDPW 4
WeddingsDPW 5

PUNISHMENT

CapitalT 23:14
Of the wickedCF 32:1; 33:1- 2

PURGATORY

Scripture acknowledges no such placeCF 32:1; T 32:4