Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Westminster Assembly

Question 8

How doth God execute his decrees?

God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

How does God execute his decrees?

God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

Diff style

Changes in The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 11

No change.

No change.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 11

How doth God execute his decrees?

God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647), Question 8

How doth God execute his decrees?

God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 11

How doth God execute his decrees?

God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 11

How does God execute his decrees?

God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized) (1647), Question 8

How does God execute his decrees?

God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 11

How does God execute his decrees?

God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence.

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Westminster Larger Catechism (1647), parallel to this question

Question 14

How doth God execute his decrees?

God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will.

Commentaries (9)

  • Hugh Binning, 1659, The Common Principles of the Christian Religion

    Heb. 11. 3. Through Faith we understand that the worlds were made, &c. with Gen. 1. We are come down from the Lords purposes & decrees to the execution of them, which is partly in…

    Hugh Binning’s text
  • Joseph Alleine, 1672, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism

    How doth God execute his decrees? God executeh his decrees in the works of Creation and Providence.

    Joseph Alleine’s text
  • Thomas Lye, 1672, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

    How doth God execute his Decrees? God executeth his Decrees, in the works of Creation and providence.

    Thomas Lye’s text
  • Thomas Vincent, 1673, An Explicatory Catechism

    How doth God execute his decrees? God doth execute his decrees in the works of Creation and Providence.

    Thomas Vincent’s text
  • 1675, An Explicatory Catechism

    How doth God execute his Decrees? God executeth his Decrees in the Works of Creation and Providence.

    Its text
  • Thomas Watson, 1692, A Body of Practical Divinity

    Quest. VII. What are the Decrees of God? The Decrees of God are his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his own will, whereby for his own glory he hath foreordained…

    Thomas Watson’s text
  • Matthew Henry, 1703, A Scripture Catechism

    How doth God Execute his Decrees? God Executeth his Decrees in the Works of Creation and Providence.

    Matthew Henry’s text
  • Alexander Whyte, 1883, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism

    creation—The act of creating: especially the divine act of bringing all things beyond the Divine Nature into existence. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”…

    Alexander Whyte’s text
  • Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism

    On The Baptist Catechism (1695), Question 11, which adapts this question

    Doth God execute his own decrees? Yes. My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure, Doth God make use of good angels for the execution of his decrees? Yes. They do his…

    Benjamin Beddome’s text