Question 61
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What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission or careless performance of the duties required,a and the profaning the day by idleness,b or doing that which is in itself sinful,c or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.d
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
Commentary
- An Explicatory Catechism (1675), on this question
- John Flavel, An Exposition of the Assembly’s Catechism (1692), on Q. 60–62
- Thomas Vincent, An Explicatory Catechism (1673), on this question
- Joseph Alleine, A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism (1672), on this question
- Thomas Lye, The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions (1672), on this question
- Alexander Whyte, A Commentary on the Shorter Catechism (1883), on this question
- Matthew Henry, A Scripture Catechism (1703), on this question
- Thomas Watson, A Body of Practical Divinity (1692), on Q. 60–61
Related texts
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (modernized, 1647) Q. 61
- The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 66
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 119
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
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Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 61, symbolics.dev/wsc/61
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