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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 116. What is required in the fourth Commandment?
A. The fourth Commandment requireth of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God, such set time as he hath appointed in his Word; expressly, one whole day in seven, which was the seventh from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, & the first day of the week e•e since, & so to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbathy, and in the new Testament called the Lords dayz.
A. The fourth Commandment requireth of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God, such set time as he hath appointed in his Word; expresly, one whole day in seven, which was the seventh from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, & the first day of the week e•e since, & so to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbathy, and in the new Testament called the Lords dayz.