Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 21: Of religious worship, and the Sabbath day
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; 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.
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Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 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; 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.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 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 affaires before hand, doe not only observe an holy Rest, all the Day, from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly imployments, and recreations, but also are taken up the whole time, in the publique and private Exercises of his Worship, and in the Duties of necessity, and mercy.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 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; 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.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 21.8, which this paragraph revises
Doth the Light of Nature shew, that there is a GOD, who hath Lordship, and Soveraignty over all? Yes. Is the acceptable way of worshipping the true GOD, instituted by himself, and…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 21.8, which this paragraph revises
The Christian Sabbath should be observed as the ideal of the Christian’s daily life. This ideal will be realized not by secularizing the Lord’s day, but by infusing into everyday…
