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24 results for “Sabbath”, plus 10 in the Atlas
WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
8
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
… men, in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto Him: which, from the beginning of the world to …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all, is good, and doth good unto all, and is therefore to …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Religious worship is to be given to God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and to Him alone; not to angels, saints, or any other creature: and since …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Prayer, with thanksgiving, being one special part of religious worship, is by God required of all men: and that it may be accepted, it is to be made …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Prayer is to be made for things lawful; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter: but not for the dead, nor for those …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
The reading of the Scriptures with godly fear, the sound preaching and conscionable hearing of the Word, in obedience unto God, with understanding, faith and reverence; singing of …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
Neither prayer, nor any other part of religious worship, is now under the Gospel either tied unto, or made more acceptable by any place in which it is …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
6
How is the sabbath or the Lord's day to be sanctified?
The sabbath or Lord's day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day, …
Why is the charge of keeping the sabbath more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors?
The charge of keeping the sabbath is more specially directed to governors of families, and other superiors, because they are …
Which is the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy …
What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to enforce it?
… from God's challenging a special propriety in that day, The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: from the example of God, who in six days …
What was the providence of God toward man in the estate in which he was created?
… dominion, and ordaining marriage for his help; affording him communion with himself; instituting the sabbath; entering into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of personal, perfect, and …
What is required in the fourth commandment?
… and so to continue to the end of the world; which is the Christian sabbath, and in the New Testament called The Lord's day.
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
5
Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly sabbath?
… of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end …
How is the sabbath to be sanctified?
The sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such …
Which is the fourth commandment?
The fourth commandment is, Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy …
What is required in the fourth commandment?
… appointed in his Word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy sabbath to himself.
What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?
… challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the sabbath day.
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
5
48-1
… appointed in his word; expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy sabbath to himself.” (WSC 58).
48-2
… the last day of the week, but He sanctified the first day as the Sabbath by the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead. For this reason …
48-3
… seasonably laid aside, as that they may not be hindered thereby from sanctifying the Sabbath, as the Holy Scriptures require.
48-5
… not improperly detained from the public worship of God, nor hindered from sanctifying the Sabbath.
58-3
… is proper that public notice should be given to the congregation, at least the Sabbath before the administration of this ordinance, and that, either then, or on some day …
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Divines, cruxes, schools, and heads of doctrine
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Cruxes
Good and Necessary Consequence
How does Scripture warrant doctrines it does not explicitly state?
The Strict Sabbath
The Lord’s Day as the perpetual fourth commandment, kept holy whole-day.
Divines
Henry Wilkinson the Younger
1610–1675
Canon of Christ Church Oxford; Lady Margaret Professor 1648–1662.
George Walker
1581–1651
St John Evangelist Watling Street; doctrinal controversialist against the antinomians.
Thomas Young
1587–1655
"Smectymnuus"; Milton’s boyhood tutor; Master of Jesus College Cambridge.
Daniel Cawdrey
1588–1664
The Assembly’s most persistent anti-Independent polemicist; long controversy with John Owen.
Humphrey Chambers
1599–1662
Pewsey (Wilts) rector; chaplain to General Skippon; contributor to the Sabbath chapter.
Schools & traditions
The Free Church of Scotland (1843)
… of the anti-Erastian principle Gillespie had argued at Westminster. The Free Church preserved strict Sabbath observance, exclusive metrical psalmody, and the complete 1647 confessional text through the nineteenth and …
Cumberland Presbyterians (1810)
… in the hard Calvinist sense, and the atonement is general. They retained Westminster's polity, Sabbath, and sacramental theology. The Cumberland revision is the most explicitly Arminian-softened offshoot of the …