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Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary on Question 43

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Did God himself speak the ten commandments? Yes: God spake all these words, saying,
Ex. 20:1
. Was it fit they should be introduced with a solemn preface? Yes: Hear, O heavens, and give ear, 0 earth, for the Lord hath spoken,
Isa. 1:2
. Did he therein assert his own authority? Yes: I am the Lord thy God. Did he remind them of the great things he had lately done for them Yes: I am the Lord thy God, from the land of Egypt,
Hos. 12:9
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Was the condition of Israel in Egypt very miserable? Yes: for the Egyptians made them to serve with rigour,
Ex. 1:13
. Did God bring them out of Egypt? Yes: He brought Israel from among them, for his mercy endureth for ever,
Ps. 136:11
. Did he do it miraculously? Yes: With a B hand, and a stretched-out arm, for his mercy endureth for ever, ver. 12. Did this oblige them to keep his commandments? Yes: When I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I said, Obey my voice,
Jer. 7:22–23
. But does this concern us? Yes: for unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them,
Heb. 4:2
. For is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes: of the Gentiles also,
Rom. 3:29
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