Question 53 — What are the ends of all this dispensation and order of things in the church?

Answer — The glory of God, the honour of Jesus Christ the mediator, the furtherance of the gospel, the edification and consolation of believers here, with their eternal salvation hereafter.

Rev. 4:9-11, 5:12,13; 1 Cor. 3:22,23; Eph. 4:11-16.

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