Question. Which be the chiefest parts of the Word of God?
Answer. The Law and the Gospel.
Scripture References: John 1:17; Luke 16:16; Acts 1:3, 30; Rom. 6:14-15
Question. How be these two known, the one from the other?
Answers. The Law teacheth us our duty towards God, and our Neighbour, and chargeth us straightly to do the same: promising everlasting life to such as do fulfill the Law, and threatning eternal damnation to such as do break the same.
Scripture References: Math. 22:37-40; Luke 10:27-28; Rom. 10:5, Gal. 3:10
Question. What doth the Gospel teach?
Answers. It promiseth that God, through faith in Christ, will be merciful to forgive the offenders of the Law, such as be sorry therefore, and purpose to amend.
Scripture References: Math. 2:15; Luke 5:32; John 1:17; Acts 3:38-39 and 15:38-39