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SABBATH
- A time for worship of God ought to be set apartCF 21:7
- Change from the seventh to the first day of the weekCF 21:7; LC 116; SC 59
- God has given us a perpetual commandment, binding for all ages, appointing one day in seven for a Sabbath to be kept for HimselfCF 21:7; T 21:11; LC 20, 116; SC 57-62
- How to be sanctifiedCF 21:8; LC 117; SC 60
- How profanedLC 119; SC 61
- Promised blessings ofT 21:12
- Reasons annexed to the Fourth Commandment the more to enforce itLC 120; SC 62
- Why commanded to remember itLC 121
- Why keeping the Sabbath is directed to heads of families and other superiorsLC 118
SACRAMENT
- See BAPTISM, LORD’S SUPPER
- How made effectual unto salvationCF 27:3; LC 161; SC 91
- Institution, nature, and ends of itCF 27:1; T 27:3- 4; LC 162; SC 92
- Only two instituted by ChristCF 27:4; LC 164; SC 93
- Parts of a sacramentCF 27:2; LC 163
- Same for substance in both TestamentsCF 27:5
- To be dispensed only by lawfully ordained ministers of the GospelCF 27:4; T 27:1-2
- Wherein the two sacraments agreeLC 176
- Wherein the two sacraments differLC 177
SACRIFICE
- Covenant of grace administered under law by sacrificesCF 7:5; 8:6; LC 34
- Justice of His Father fully satisfied by the sacrifice of Christ the SonCF 8:5; LC 44; SC 25
- Lord’s Supper instituted for perpetual remembrance of Christ’s one only sacrifice in His deathCF 29:1-2; LC 168; SC 96
- No real sacrifice for sin made in the Lord’s SupperCF 29:2
SAINTS
SALVATION
- See CHRIST, COVENANT OF GRACE, FAITH
- Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated by the Spirit and saved through ChristCF 10:3
- Enables them to obey and practice holinessCF 13:1; LC 32
- Faith required for justification and salvationCF 7:3; 11:1; LC 32, 71; SC 33
- For all the elect and them aloneCF 3:6
- God’s offer genuineT 14:9
- He works in their hearts faith in ChristCF 14:1; LC 72; SC 86
- Not to be attained by men who do not make a true profession of faith in ChristCF 10:4; LC 60
- Outward means of salvation made effectual to the elect by the Holy SpiritCF 7:5-6; 25:3; LC 154-155, 161, 182; SC 88-89, 91
- Salvation in Christ aloneCF 8:5, 8; SC 86
- Saving faith requiredT 14:4-5
- The Spirit works repentance and infuses all saving graceCF 13:1; LC 32
- To be offered by preaching the gospelT 10:1-2
SANCTIFICATION
- And justificationT 13:4
- DefinitionCF 13:1; LC 75; SC 35
- Growth in grace is gradual through the working of the Holy SpiritCF 13:3
- Inseparably joined to justificationLC 77; SC 32
- Is throughout the whole manCF 13:2; LC 75
- Made perfect at deathCF 32:1; LC 86; SC 37
- Not perfect in this lifeCF 13:2; T 13:2-3; LC 77; SC 36
- Restores the image of GodT 13:1
- Whence this imperfection proceedsCF 13:2; LC 78
SATAN
- Satanic practices to be avoidedT 5:5
SATISFACTION
SCANDALOUS
SCOFFING
SCRIPTURE
- See REVELATION, OLD TESTAMENT, NEW TESTAMENT
- All equally authoritativeT 1:10
- Are to be translated into vulgar languagesCF 1:8; T 1:18; LC 156
- Authority not dependent on man’s reasonT 1:11, 16-17
- Authority not dependent on one’s subjective stateT 1:6
- Books to be owned as ScriptureCF 1:2-3; LC 3; SC 2
- Divinely inspiredT 1:5, 7-9, 13
- How proved to be the Word of GodCF 1:5; LC 4
- How reading is made effectual to salvationLC 155; SC 89
- How they are to be readT 1:19; LC 157; SC 90
- Is supreme judge of all controversies in religionCF 1:10
- Its clear statementsCF 1:7
- Objectively trueT 1:12-13
- Only rule for worshipCF 21:1; LC 108, 109
- Only rule of faith and practiceCF 1:2; T 1:4; LC 3, 5; SC 2, 3
- Original text is that to which the church is finally to appealCF 1:8
- Relation to God’s works-both mediated by ChristT 1:2-4
- Sufficient and perfectCF 1:6; T 1:5;LC 2, 5; SC 3
- They are illuminated by the Holy Spirit for saving understandingCF 1:6; LC 157; SC 89
- To be interpreted by itselfCF 1:9
- Variety, style, and manner of various parts of the BibleT 1:5, 19
- Why necessaryCF 1:1; T 1:1-2
SECOND CHANCE
- RejectedT 32:3
SESSION
SEX ROLES
- Ordained by GodT 4:6
SIN
- See REPENTANCE
- Aggravations of sinLC 151
- Corruption of nature, the source of all actual sinCF 6:4; T 6:1; LC 25; SC 18
- DefinitionLC 24; SC 14
- Every man bound to pray for pardonCF 15:6
- God continues to pardon the sins of the justifiedCF 11:5
- How pardon is to be prayed forLC 194; SC 105
- Not all equally heinousLC 150; SC 83
- Of our first parentsCF 6:1; LC 21; SC 13
- Original sinLC 25; SC 18
- Pardoned for Christ’s sake aloneCF 11:1; 15:3; LC 70; SC 33
- Punishment for it in this worldCF 5:5-6; 17:3; 18:4; LC 28, 83; SC 19
- Punishment in the world to comeCF 32:1; 33:2; LC 29, 86, 89; SC 19
- Result of Adam and Eve’s sinCF 6:2; LC 23, 25, 27; SC 16-19
- Sin unto deathCF 21:4; T 2:11; LC 183
- The guilt of this sin is imputed and the corruption of their whole nature is conveyed to their posterityCF 6:3; LC 22, 26-27, 194; SC 105
- Unpardonable—see HOLY SPIRIT, sin against
- Why and how sinners are hardenedCF 5:6; LC 68
- Why God permitted it in our first parentsCF 6:1
- Why He allows His children to sinCF 5:5
SINGING
SLANDERING
SONSHIP
- See ADOPTION
SOUL
SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
STANDARDS OF THE CHURCH
- T Intro.:12
- Subordinate to God’s WordT 31:5
STEWARDSHIP
- See ECONOMICS
SURETY
SUSPENSION
- See BD
- From the Lord’s tableCF 30:4
SWEARING
- See OATHS
- Profane or rash swearing by the name of God, or to swear by any other thing, forbiddenCF 22:2
SYNODS
- DCG 8
- See CHURCH GOVERNMENT, COUNCILS
- Court of God’s houseCF 31:1
- Meeting rulesDCG 9