1695 Baptist Catechism · 1695

Q63. What is required in the fourth Commandment?

The fourth Commandment requireth, the keeping Holy to God one whole Day in Seven, to be a Sabbath to himself
Answer · 1695 Baptist Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    Exodus 20:8-11

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: …

    Deuteronomy 5:12-14

    Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.