Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 62
What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own employments, his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the sabbath day.
Scripture proofs King James Version
- Exod. 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work
- Exod. 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
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- King James Version (Scripture proofs)
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- First published 1648
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