200 ASSEMBLY'S SHORTER CATECHISM. 56. Q. What is-the reason annexed to the third commandment A. The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment mayescape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment. 57. Q. Which is the fourth commandment ? A. The fourth commandment is, " 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 man-servant, nor thy maid - servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day i where- fore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed st." Sabbath-day. The day of holy rest. Hallowed. Sanctified or set apart for holy uses.. 58. Q. What is required In the fourth commandment? A. The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set as he hash appointed in his word, expressly one whole day in seven, to be an holy sabbath to himself. 59. Q. Which day of theseven bath God appointed to be the weekly sabbath ? A. From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventhday of the week to be the weekly sabbath, and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the christian sabbath. Resurrection of Christ. His rising from the dead. Christian sabbalh. Day of rest for christians from worldly business and pleasure, and the day of the public worship. of God through Christ. - 60. Q. How is the sobbed' tobe sanctified? A. The sabbath is to be sanctified by an holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations, -as are lawful on other days, -.std spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God's worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy. Sanctified. Used or spent in a holy manner. Employment and recreation. Business and sport. Works of necessity. Eating, drinking, taking care of health, feeding of cattle, &c. - Works of mercy. Doing kindness to the sick, the miserable, the helpless. 61.14. What is forbidden in the fourth commandment ? A. The fourth commandment orbiddeth the omission, or careless perfor- mance of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words or works, about worldly employments and recreations. Omission. 'I'he not performing. Profaning. See answer 55. 62. Q. What arethe reasons annexed to the fourth commandment ? A. the reasons annexed to: the fourth commandment are, God's allowing us six days of the week for our own employment?, his challenging a special pro- priety in the seventh, his own example, asad his blessing the sabbath-day. Challenging. Laying claim to. Propriety. See answer 52. Blessing the sabbath. Appointing it to be a blessed time, or a day wherein men shall be blessed. 63, Q. Which is the fifth commandment? . A. The fifth commandment is, ', Honour thy father and thy mother, that` thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." Honour thy father and thy mother. Esteem, obey them, and maintain them if needful. 64. Q. What is required in the fifthcommandment ? A. The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honour, and per forming the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations, es superiors, inferiors, or equals. Superiors. Those who areabove us, as parents, masters, rulers.
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