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Orthodox Creed · Chapter 40

Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath-Day

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1. The Light of Nature sheweth there is a God, who hath a Soveraignty over all,a but the holy Scripture hath fully revealed it; as also that all Men should worship him according to God’s own Institution and Appointment. And hath limited us, by his own revealed Will, that he may not be worshipped according to the Imaginations and Devices of Men, or the Suggestions of Satan, under any visible Representations whatsoever,b or any other way not prescribed in the holy Scriptures: and all Religious Worship is to be given to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and to God alone;c not to Angels, Saints, or any other Creature, and since the Fall, not without a Mediator,d nor in the Mediation of any other but Christ alone;e nor is this Worshipping of God now under the Gospel, tied to any place, or made more acceptable by one place than another.f Yet the Assembly of the Church, ought not to be neglected by any.g And in order to his being worshipped, and served, God hath instituted one Day in Seven,h for his Sabbath to be kept holy unto him; which from the Resurrection of Christ, is the First Day of the Week,i which is called the Lord’s Day, and is to be observed and continued to the end of the World, as a Christian Sabbath, the last Day of the Week being abolished. And this Christian Sabbath is to be kept after a due and reverent manner, in preparing of our Hearts, and ordering of Affairs so beforehand, that we may rest that Day from Worldly and Carnal Imployments,j and frequent the solemn Assemblies of the Church,k and in all publick and private Duties of Religion, as Hearing, Meditating, and Conferring, and Reading in, or of the holy Scriptures,l together with Prayer, publick and private, and in the duties of Necessity, Charity, and Mercy, and not in any vain or Worldly Discourse, or idle Recreations whatsoever.m

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aRomans 1:19–20; 2:15
  2. b1 Chronicles 16:29; Psalm 95:6–8; 97:7; 99:5; Deuteronomy 8:6; Psalm 103:7; 14:6; Mark 7:7; Psalm 99:8–9; 106:29, 39; John 4:24; Revelation 9:20
  3. cExodus 34:14; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Matthew 28:19
  4. dDeuteronomy 5:26–30; John 14:6
  5. eGalatians 3:9; Hebrews 9:15; 1 Timothy 2:5
  6. fMatthew 18:20; John 4:21; Malachi 1:11; 1 Timothy 2:8
  7. gHebrews 10:25; Acts 2:42
  8. hExodus 20:8
  9. i1 Corinthians 16:1–2; Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10
  10. jIsaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 13:15–23
  11. kHebrews 10:25
  12. lRevelation 1:3; James 1:23, 25; Romans 10:14; Psalm 119:15; Zechariah 7:2; Luke 21:36; Acts 16:13, 16
  13. mIsaiah 56:2, 6

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