Question 20
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Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting lifea did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.b
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
Commentary
- An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
- John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on this question
- John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on this question
- Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
- Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
- Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
- Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on this question
- Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
- Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on this question
- Hugh Binning, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion (1659), on this question
Related texts
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized, 1647) Q. 20
- The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 23
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 30
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 31
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 32
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 33
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 34
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 35
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
Cite this
Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 20, symbolics.dev/wsc/20
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