Question 44

Is God the Lord Jehovah?

Yes. I am the Lord, that is my Name,^a

Is that a Reason why we should keep his Commandments?

Yes. Ye shall observe all my Statutes, and do them, I am the Lord,^b

Is he our God?

Yes. He is thy Praise, and he is thy God,^c

Is that a Reason why we should keep his Commandments?

Yes. For all People will walk every one in the Name of their God,^d

Is he our Redeemer?

Yes. Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer,^e

Has he redeem’d us from outward Troubles?

Yes. Behold the Lord hath kept me alive,^f

And are we therefore bound to keep his Commandments?

Yes. Truly I am thy Servant, thou hast loosed my Bonds,^g

And are we very ungrateful if we do not?

Yes. • thou hast given us such deliverance as this should we again break thy Commandments?^h

Hath God brought us out of a spiritual Egypt?

Yes. For Christ proclaims Liberty to the Captives,ⁱ

Are we deliver’d from the Bonds of Sin?

Yes. He shall Redeem Israel from all their Iniquities,^j

And is our Deliverance by Christ greater than theirs out of Egypt?

Yes. For if the Son make you free, you shall be free indeed,^k

And are we therefore bound to keep all his Commandments?

Yes. • we are deliver’d out of the Hands of our Enemies that we might serve him,^l

And was this the Design of our Redemption?

Yes. He gave himself for us, that he might Redeem us from all Iniquity,^m

Is there then all the Reason in the World why we should be Religious?

Yes. Come now and let us Reason together, saith the Lord,ⁿ