Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary: 50

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Are we to receive such ordinances as God has appointed? Yes: The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey,

Josh. 24:24

. Should we labour to understand them? Yes: What mean ye by this service?

Ex. 12:26

. And are we to observe them? Yes: Observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you,

Matt. 28:20

. And to observe them duly? Yes: as the duty of every day requires,

Ezra 3:4

Are we to keep God’s ordinances? Yes: That good thing which was committed to thee, keep,

2 Tim. 1:14

. Are we to keep them carefully? Yes: Keep them as the apple of thine eye,

Prov. 7:2

. Must we keep them pure without corruption? Yes: Add thou not to his words,

Prov. 30:6

. And entire, without diminution? Yes: We must walk in all the ordinances of the Lord,

Luke 1:6

. May we neither add nor diminish? No: Thou shalt neither add thereto nor diminish from it,

Deut. 12:32

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Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary on Question 50