Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

Question 100

What special things are we to consider in the ten commandments?

We are to consider, in the ten commandments, the preface, the substance of the commandments themselves, and several reasons annexed to some of them, the more to enforce them.

What special things are we to consider in the ten commandments?

We are to consider, in the ten commandments, the preface, the substance of the commandments themselves, and several reasons annexed to some of them, the more to enforce them.

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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 42

What is the sum of the ten commandments?

The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbour as ourselves.

Commentaries (8)

Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the ten Commandments? The sum of the ten Commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all…
Joseph Alleine’s text
Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? The sum of the Ten Commandments, is, to love,
Thomas Lye’s text
Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our…
Thomas Vincent’s text
1675, An Explicatory Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the summ of the ten Commandments? The summ of the ten Commandments is to Love the Lord our God with all our Heart, and with all our Soul, and with all our Mind, and with…
Its text
John Flavel, 1692, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the sum of the Ten Commandments? The sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all…
John Flavel’s text
Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
The Rule of Obedience being the Moral Law comprehended in the Ten Commandements; the next Question is, Quest. What is the Sum of the Ten Commandements? Resp. The Summ of the Ten…
Thomas Watson’s text
Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
What is the Sum of the Ten Commandments? The Sum of the Ten Commandments is to love the Lord our God with all our Heart, with all our Soul, with all our Strength, and with all our…
Matthew Henry’s text
Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 42, parallel to this question
The sum—The sum of a summary. (See Answer 41.) The pith and marrow of the moral law. to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind—The original of this…
Alexander Whyte’s text