Question 91

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But what are good works?

Only those which proceed from a true faith,^a are performed according to the law of God,^b and to his glory;^c and not such as are founded on our imaginations, or the institutions of men.^d

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aRomans 14:23
b1 Samuel 15:22; Ephesians 2:2, 10
c1 Corinthians 10:31
dDeuteronomy 12:32; Ezekiel 20:18; Matthew 15:9

Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 86, 91

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 100

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