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The shorter catechism agreed upon
The shorter catechism agreed upon by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster.
printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1682
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 Reason annexed to the third Commandment is that however the breakers of this Commandment may escape punishment from men,f yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgement,
- f• Sa•. • 1•.
Qu. Which is the fourth Commandment?
A. The fourth Commandment is, ⟨p. 15⟩Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: i• it thou shalt not do any work, Thou, nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, nor thy Man-servant, nor thy Mai•-servant, nor thy Cattle, nor the Stranger that is within thy ga•es: for in six days the Lord made Heaven and Earth, the S•a, and all that in them i•, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and, •allow•d itg