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42 The Larger Catechiſm. A. The Reaſons annexed to the Third Command- ment, in theſe words, [ The Lord thy God] and [For the Lord will not bold him guiltleſs, that taketh his Name in rain f. ] are, becauſe he is the Lord and our God, and therefore his Name is not to be profaned, or any way abuſed by us : Eſpecially becauſe he will be ſo far from acquitting and ſpeting the tranſ- greſſors of this Commandment, as that he will not ſuffer them to eſcape his righteous judgment v, al- beit many ſuch eſcape the Cenſures and Puniſhments of Men w. f Exod. xx. 7. t Lev. xix. 12. v Ezek. xxxvi. 21, 22, 23. Deut. e xxviii. 58, 59. Zech. v. 2, 3, 4. w I Sam. ii. 12, 17, 22, 24. with iii. 13. Q. Which is the Fourth Commandment? A. The Fourth Commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: Six Days fhalt thou la- bour and do all thy Work, but the ſeventh Day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: In it thou shalt mot do any Work, thou, nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, thy Man Servant, nor thy Maid Servant, nor thy Cattle, nor thy Stranger that is within thy gates: For in fix Days the Lord made Heaven and Earth, the ſea, and all that in them is, and reſted the ſeventh Days there, fore the Lord bleſſed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it x. x Exodus xx. 8, 9, 10, 11. Q. What is required in the Fourth Commandment? A. The Fourth Commandment requireth of all Men the ſanctifying, or keeping holy to God, ſuch ſet Times as he hath appointed in his Word, expreſſ- ly one whole Day in ſeven, which was the ſeventh from the Beginning of the World to the Reſurrecti- on of Chriſt, and the firſt Day of the Week ever ſince to continue to the End of the World, which is the Chriſtian Sabbath, and in the New Teſta- meet called the Lord's Day z. y Deut.