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Baptist Catechism, Question 67

Question 67

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 lawful Employments, his challenging a special Propriety in a Seventh, his own Example, and his blessing the Sabbath Day.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Exodus 20:9

9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Exodus 20:11

11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Source and edition

Baptist Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

Unlicense. Source transcription.

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