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The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

Question 46

On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 46

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What is required in the first Commandment?

The first Commandment requireth us to know, and acknowledg God, to be the only true God, and our God, and to worship and glorifie him accordingly.

God requireth us,

1. To know him, to be the only True God.a*

2. To acknowledg him to be our God.b†

3. To worship, and glorifie him, as the only true God, and our God.c‡

Notes

  1. *1 Chron. 28.9. And thou Solomon, my Son, Know thou the God of thy Father.
  2. †Deut. 26.17. Thou hast avouched the Lord, this day, to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his Commandments, and to hearken to his voice.
  3. ‡Mat. 4.10. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Proofs

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

  1. a1 Chronicles 28:9
  2. bDeuteronomy 26:17
  3. cMatthew 4:10

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