The Shorter Confession, An explanation

1 000b. Prefaces 2 000c. Contents 3 001. Of man's chief end 4 002. Of the holy scriptures, as only rule 5 003. Of the holy scriptures, what they teach 6 004. Of the nature of God 7 005. Of God's Unity 8 006. Of the Holy Trinity 9 007. Of the divine decrees 10 008. Of the execution of God's decrees 11 009. Of the Creation in gerneral 12 010. Of the creation of Man 13 011. Of Providence 14 012. Of the Covenant of Works 15 013. Of Adam's fall 16 014. Of sin in general 17 015. Of the first sin in particular 18 016. Of our fall in Adam 19 017. Of man's state by the fall 20 018. Of the sinfulness of man's natural state 21 019. Of the misery of man's natural state 22 020. Of the covenant of grace 23 021. Of the only Redeemer 24 022. Of Christ's incarnation 25 023. Of Christ's offices in general 26 024. Of Christ as a prophet 27 025. Of Christ as a priest 28 026. Of Christ as a king 29 027. Of Christ's humiliation 30 028. Of Christ's exaltation 31 029. Of the application of redemption 32 030. Of union with Christ 33 031. Of effectual calling 34 032. Of benefits in this life 35 033. Of justification 36 034. Of adoption 37 035. Of sanctification 38 036. Of their benefits 39 037. Of benefits at death 40 038. Of benefits at the resurrection 41 039a. Part 2, Preface 42 039b. Of man's duty to God 43 040. Of the laws of God 44 041. Of the ten commandments 45 042. Of the sum of the ten commandments 46 043. Of the preface to the commandments 47 045. Of the first commandment 48 049. Of the second commandment 49 053. Of the third commandment 50 057. Of the fourth commandment 51 063. The fifth commandment 52 067. The sixth commandment 53 070. The seventh commandment 54 073. The EIGHTH commandment 55 076. The NINTH commandment 56 079. The TENTH commandment 57 082. Of man's inability to keep the law 58 083. Of sin in its aggravations 59 084. Of the desert of sin 60 085. Of the means of salvation in general 61 086. Of faith in Jesus Christ 62 087. Of repentance unto life 63 088. Of Christ's ordinances in general 64 089. Of the word made effectual to salvation 65 090. Of the manner of reading/hearing the word 66 091. Of the sacraments as means of salvation 67 092. Of the nature of sacraments 68 093. Of the number of the sacraments 69 094. Of the nature of baptism 70 095. Of the subjects of baptism 71 096. Of the Lord's supper 72 097. Of the worthy receiving of the Lord's supper 73 098. Of the nature of prayer 74 099. Of direction in prayer 75 100. Of the preface of the Lord's prayer 76 101. Of the first petition 77 102. Of the second petition 78 103. Of the third petition 79 104. Of the fourth petition 80 105 81 105. Of the fifth petition 82 106. Of the sixth petition 83 107. Of the conclusion of the Lord's prayer 84 108. Historical notes