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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.
A. The Sabbath or Lords day is to be Sanctified, by an holy resting all the daya, not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly employments & recreations as are on other days lawfulb; and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercyc) in ⟨p. 126⟩the public and private exercises of Gods worshipd: and to that end we are to prepare our hearts, and with such fore-sight, diligence and moderation to dispose, and seasonably to dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that daye.
A. The Sabbath or Lords day is to be Sanctified, by an holy resting all the daya, not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly imployments & recreations as are on other days lawfulb; and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is to be taken up in works of necessity and mercyc) in ⟨p. 126⟩the publick and private exercises of Gods worshipd: and to that end we are to prepare our hearts, and with such fore-sight, diligence and moderation to dispose, and seasonably to dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day