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.
Westminster Assembly 1643–1652Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
116 [i.e. 196], 55 p. · 46k words · Wing C5769 · ESTC R27273
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 duties required in the seventh Commandment, are, Chastity, in body, mind, affectionsz, wordsa, & behaviourb, & the preservation of it in our selves and othersc, watchfulness over the eyes, and all the sensesd, temperancee, keeping of chaste companyf, modesty in apparelg, marriage by those that have not the gift of continencyh: conjugal lovei, and cohabitationk, diligent labour in our callingsl, shunning all occasions of uncleanness, and resisting temptations thereuntom.
A. The duties required in the seventh Commandment, are, Chastity, in body, mind, affectionsz, wordsa, & behaviourb, & the preservation of it in our selves and others
A. The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties requiredn, are adultery, fornicationso, rape incestp, sodomy, and all unnatural lustsq, all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes and affectionsr; all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening theretos, wanton lookst, impudent or light behaviour: immodest apparelu, prohibiting of lawfulw, and dispensing with unlawful marriagesx, allowing, tolerating, keeping of ⟨p. 136⟩stews, & resorting to themy, entangling vows of single lifez, undue delay of marriagea, having more wives or husbands than one, at the same timeb, unjust divorcec, or desertiond, idleness, gluttony, drunkennesse, unchaste companyf, lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage-playsg, and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness either in our selves or othersh.
A. The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties requiredn, are adultery, fornicationso, rape incestp, sodomy, and all unnatural lustsq, all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes and affectionsr; all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening theretos, wanton lookst, impudent or light behaviour: immodest apparelu, prohibiting of lawfulw, and dispensing with unlawful marriagesx, allowing, tolerating, keeping of ⟨p. 136⟩stews, & resorting to themy, intangling vows of single lifez, undue delay of marriagea, having more wives or husbands than one, at the same timeb, unjust divorcec, or desertiond, idleness, gluttony, drunkennesse, unchast companyf
A. The duties required in the eighth Commandment are, truth, faithfulness & justice in contracts, & commerce between man & mank: rendering to every one his duel, restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereofm, giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of othersn: moderation of our judgments▪ wills, and affections, concerning worldly goodso; a provident care and study to getp, keep, use and dispose those thing• which are necessary ⟨p. 137⟩and convenient for the sustentation of our nature, & suitable to our conditionq, a lawful callingr, & diligence in its: frugalityt, avoiding unnecessary law suitsu, & suretyship, or other like engagementsw, and an endeavour by all just, and lawful means, to procure, preserve and further the weal and outward estate of others as well as our ownx.
A. The duties required in the eighth Commandment are, truth, faithfulness & justice in contracts, & commerce between man & mank: rendering to every one his duel, restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereofm, giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of othersn: moderation of our judgments▪ wills, and affections, concerning worldly goodso; a provident care and study to getp, keep, use and dispose those thing• which are necessary ⟨p. 137⟩and convenient for the sustentation of our nature, & suteable to our conditionq, a lawful callingr, & diligence in its: frugalityt, avoiding unnecessary law suitsu, & suretyship, or other like engagementsw, and an endeavour by all just, and lawful means, to procure, preserve and further the weal and outward estate of others as well as our ownx.
A. The sins forbidden in the eighth Commandment, beside the neglect of the duties requiredy, are thesez, robberya, man-stealingb, & receiving any thing that is stolenc, fraudulent dealingd, false weights & measurese, removing land marksf, injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and mang, or in matters of trusth: oppressioni, extortion k▪ usuryl, briberym, vexatious law-suitsn, unjust inclosures, and depopulati•n•o, engrossing commodities to enhance the pricep, unlawful callingsq, and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking, or withholding from our Neighbour ⟨p. 138⟩what belongs to him, or of enriching our selvesr, covetousnesss, inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goodst, distrustful and distracting cares & studies in getting, keeping, & using themu, envying at the prosperity of othersw, as likewise idlenessx, prodigality, wasteful gaming, and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estatey,26 and defrauding our selves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given usz.
A. The sins forbidden in the eighth Commandment, beside the neglect of the duties requiredy, are thesez, robberya, man-stealingb, & receiving any thing that is stollenc, fradulent dealingd, false weights & measurese, removing land marksf, injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and mang, or in matters of trusth: oppressioni, exto•tion k▪ usuryl, briberym, vexatious law-suitsn, unjust inclosures, and depopulati•n•o, ingrossing commodities to enhance the pricep, unlawful callingsq, and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking, or withholding from our Neighbour
A. The duties required in the ninth Commandment are, the preserving & promoting of truth between man and manb, & the good name of our neighbours as well as our ownc: appearing, and standing ford, and from the hearte, sincerelyf, freelyg, clearlyh, and fullyi, speaking the truth & only the truth in matters of judgment and justicek, and in all other things whatsoeverl, a charitable ⟨p. 139⟩esteem of our neighboursm; loving, desiring, & rejoicing in their good namen, sorrowing foro, & covering of their infirmitiesp, freely acknowledging their gifts and gracesq, defending their innocencyr, a ready receiving of a good reports, and unwillingness to admit of an evil report concerning themt, discouragings tale-bearersu, flatterers w, and slanderersx, love and care of our own good name, and defending it when need requirethy, keeping of lawful promisesz, studying and practising of whatsoever things are true, honest, lovely, and of good reporta.
A. The duties required in the ninth Commandment are, the preserving & promoting of truth between man and manb, & the good name of our neighbours as well as our ownc: appearing, and standing ford, and from the hearte, sincerelyf, freelyg, clearlyh, and fullyi, speaking the truth & only the truth in matters of judgment and justicek, and in all other things whatsoeverl, a charitable ⟨p. 139⟩esteem of our neighboursm; loving, desiring, & rejoycing in their good namen, sorrowing foro, & covering of their infirmitiesp, freely acknowledging their gifts and gracesq, defending their innocencyr, a ready receiving of a good reports, and unwillingness to admit of an evil report concerning themt
A. The sins forbidden in the ninth Commandment are, all prejudicing the truth and the good name of our neighbours as well as our ownb, especially in public judicaturec, giving false evidenced, suborning false witnessese, wittingly appearing & pleading for an evil cause, outfacing & over bearing the truthf, passing unjust sentenceg, calling evil good, & good evil, rewarding the wicked according to the work of the righteous, and the righteous according to the ⟨p. 140⟩works of the wickedh, forgeryi, concealing the truth, undue silence in a just causek, and holding our peace when iniquity calleth either for a reproof from our selvesl, or complaint to othersm, speaking the truth unseasonablyn, or maliciously to a wrong endo, or perverting it to a wrong meaningp, or in doubtful and equivocal expressions to the prejudice of truth or justiceq▪ speaking untruthr, lyings, slanderingt, backbitingu, detractingw, tale-bearingx, whisperingy, scoffingz, revi•inga, rashb, harshc, & partial censuringd, misconstruing intentions, words & act• oncee, flatteringf, vain glorious boastingg, thinking or speaking too highly or to meanly of our selves or othersh, denying the gifts and graces of Godi, aggravating smaller faultsk, hiding, excusing, or extenuating of sins when called to a free confessionl, unnecessary discovering of infirmitiesm, raising false rumoursn, receiving & countenancing evil reports oand stopping our ears against just defence⟨p. 141⟩p, evil suspicionq, envying or grieving at the deserved credit of anyr, endeavouring or desiring to impair its, rejoicing in their disgrace and infamyt, scornful contemptu, fond admirationw, breach of lawful promisesx, neglecting such things as are of good reporty, & practising or not avoiding our selves, or not hindering, what we can in others such things as procure an ill namez.
A. The sins forbidden in the ninth Commandment are, all prejudicing the truth and the good name of our neighbours as well as our ownb, especially in publick judicaturec, giving false evidenced, suborning false witnessese, wittingly appearing & pleading for an evil cause, outfacing & over bearing the truthf, passing unjust sentenceg, calling evil good, & good evil, rewarding the wicked accord•ng to the work of the righteous, and the righteous according to the ⟨p. 140⟩works of the wickedh, forgeryi, concealing the truth, undue silence in a just causek, and holding our peace when iniquity calleth either for a reproof from our selvesl, or complaint to othersm, speaking the truth unseasonablyn, or malicio•sly to a wrong endo, or perverting it to a wrong meaningp, or in doubtful and equivocal expressions to the p•ejudice of truth or justiceq
