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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. 120. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment, the more to enforce it?
Q. 120. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment, the more to inforce it?
A. The Reasons annexed to the fourth Commandment, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of it, God allowing us six days of seven for our own affairs, and reserving but one for himself, in these words, [Six da•• shalt thou labour and do all thy workl.] from Gods challenging a special propriety in that day, [The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy Godm.] from the example of God, who in 6 days made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day, & from that blessing which God put upon that day, not only in sanctifying it to be a day for his service, but in ordaining it to be a means of blessing to us in our sanctifying it: [Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed itn.]
A. The Reas•ns annexed to the fourth Commandment, the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of it, God allowing us six days of seven for our own affairs, and reserving but one for himself, in these words, [Six da•• shalt thou labour and do all thy workl.] from Gods challenging a special propriety in that day, [The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy Godm.] from the example of God, who in 6 days made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day, & from that blessing which God put upon that day, not only in sanctifying it to be a day for his service, but in ordaining it to be a means of blessing to us in our sanctifying it: [Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it