Question 55

May civil honour be given to creatures?

Yes. Thy father’s children shall bow down before thee,^a

But is divine worship due only to God?

Yes. Him only shalt thou serve,^b

Is the light of nature sufficient to direct us in the worship of God?

No. Whom ye ignorantly worship,^c

Should we therefore have recourse to the written word?

Yes. And^d

Should all God’s ordinances be received?

Yes. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth,^e

And observed?

Yes. Ye shall observe my statutes,^f

And kept pure without adulteration?

Yes. And thou not unto his’ words,^g

And entire without diminution?

Yes. Ye have not kept my ways, but “have been partial in my law,^h

Is this especially the duty of ministers?

Yes. The good thing which was committed to thee keep,ⁱ

May not our own fancies be the rule of our worship?

No. Remember the commandments of the Lord, and seek not after your own heart, and your own eyes,^j

Nor the customs of men?

No. After the doings of the land of Egypt, and after the doings of the land of Canaan, ye shall not do,^k

Nor the prescriptions of superiors?

No. Be it known unto thee, O King, that we will not serve thy Gods,^l

Should we therefore keep close to God’s word as our rule?

Yes. And look that thou make them after the pattern,^m

Nor be affrighted therefrom by the greatest reproaches or sufferings?

No. None of these things move me,ⁿ

Proofs

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

A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism (1752) on Q. 55, symbolics.dev/beddome1752/55

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