HenryWSC 93

Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary on Question 93

Show Catechism Question

Were there sacraments in innocency? Yes: The tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
Gen. 2:9
. Were there sacraments under the law? Yes: for the law had a shadow of good things to come,
Heb. 10:1
. Was circumcision a sacrament? Yes: He received the sign of circumcision,
Rom. 4:11
. Was the passover a sacrament? Yes: Christ our passover is sacrificed for us,
1 Cor. 5:7
.
Have we sacraments now under the gospel? Yes: for unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them,
Heb. 4:2
. Are baptism and the Lord’s supper our two sacraments? Yes: for we are baptized into one body, and all drink into one Spirit,
1 Cor. 12:13
. May men add any more sacraments? No: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee,
Prov. 30:6
.
HenryWSC 93