Question 39
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 39
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What is the Duty which God requireth of Man?
The Duty which God requireth of Man is obedience to his revealed Will.
Doth God require any thing to be performed by man to himself?
God requireth Duty from Man.
What is that Duty?
Obedience (to obey.)
What is the Rule of Mans obedience in General?
Gods revealed Will.
What mean you by that?
The written Word, or the holy Scriptures, wherein the main purport of them is not to reveal to us the existence or non-existence of our actions, but their moral conveniency; nor yet future contingences, & whatsoever shall come to pass in the world, but what may and ought to be done by intelligent creatures, and what by preventive love and enforcing obligations God will expect from us.a
What do you mean by those obligations that enforce the Duty which God requireth of man?
Those beneficial resultances, or benefits which flow from Gods relation to Man as his Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier.
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
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An Explicatory Catechism (1675) on Q. 39, symbolics.dev/explicatory1675/39
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