A Summary of Right and True Christianity

not in vain. So too an
Advocate original: "Advocaet"; a lawyer or legal representative. / Magistrate / or
those who are in any military or state ser-
vice. Christian is an honor- Jesus name; to be a
Christian is a calling original: "beroep"; a vocation or profession, used here to suggest that faith requires as much dedication as a trade. / a great
and glorious calling. Let u?s then
rightly observe and practice it / if we
wish to keep that name.

III. One must not bear a name wrongly
nor in vain: One must
fulfill what it signifies and requires.
A craft that one does not wish to do /
one leaves behind; indeed, one treats it with con-
tempt / if one holds it [without practicing it]. O what
contempt is shown to Christianity /
by the fact that it is not prac-
ticed! Would one not dis-
honor it less if one left it? Indeed, one
would then not so often cause it such great
and sensitive insult. Yet
one must not leave it / that would be
wrongly done: One must re-
tain it / but in such a way that one practices it /
and acquits oneself of the obligations
thereof.

IV. Christian comes from Christ / the
Anointed One original: "Gesalfden"; the Dutch translation of the Greek 'Christos', referring to the ritual of pouring oil on a person to set them apart for God's service., to give it to be understood /
that the Christian must be an anointed one /
and be anointed by God / anointed
with the Holy Spirit original: "Heyligen Geest". / and filled with
Him and His grace. It signifies a
person / baptized in Christ's name / who
has put Him on original: "aengedaen"; a biblical metaphor (likely from Galatians 3:27) meaning to clothe oneself in Christ’s character and identity. / has Him on /
and as if in / and upon themselves taken to Him to