Paragraph 22.8

Of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

The sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe a holy rest all day, from their own works, words and thoughts, about their worldly employment and recreations,⁠1 but are also taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.⁠2

The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

21.8

This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs beforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all the day from their own works, words, and thoughts, about their worldly employments and recreations;⁠1 but also are taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.⁠2