The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 22.8

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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

expand_more [1] Isaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 13:15–22

expand_more [2] Matthew 12:1–13

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The following are not appropriate practices on the sabbath:

Worldly employment and recreations

Public exercises of worship

Private exercises of worship

Duties of necessity and mercy

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