Question 62
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What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own employments,a his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the sabbath day.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 Q. 60–62
- 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. 62
- The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 67
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 120
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 121
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
Cite this
Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 62, symbolics.dev/wsc/62
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