1695 Baptist Catechism · 1695

Q67. 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.
Answer · 1695 Baptist Catechism

Scripture proofs

  1. [1]
    Exodus 20:9

    Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

  2. [2]
    Exodus 20:11

    For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

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