Question 59
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Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly sabbath?
From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian sabbath.a
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 Q. 57–59
- 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 Q. 57, 58, 59, 62
Related texts
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized, 1647) Q. 59
- The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 64
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 116
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 59, symbolics.dev/wsc/59
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