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Question 116

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What is required in the fourth commandment?

The fourth commandment requireth of all men the sanctifying or keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his word, expressly one whole day in seven; which was the seventh from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, and the first day of the week ever since, and so to continue to the end of the world; which is the Christian sabbath,a and in the New Testament called The Lord’s day.b

Proofs

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

  1. aDeuteronomy 5:12–14; Genesis 2:2–3; 1 Corinthians 16:1–2; Matthew 5:17–18; Isaiah 56:2, 4, 6–7
  2. bRevelation 1:10

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