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; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it. Dominus coelum, terramque, mare et quicquid in illis continetur: septimo vero die requievit; quamobrem benedixit Dominus diei Sabbati, eumque sanctificavit. V. Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. V. Honora patrem tuum ac matrem tuam, ut prolongentur dies tui in terra illa quam tibi largitur Dominus Deus tuus. VI. Thou shalt not kill. VI. Non occides. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VII. Non mæchaberis. VIII. Thou shalt not steal. VIII. Non furaberis. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. IX. Non eris adversus proximum tuum testis mendax. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. X. Non concupisces proximi tui domum, non concupisces proximi tui uxorem, non servum, non ancillam, non bovem, non asinum neque aliud denique quicquam quod est proximi tui. The Lord's Prayer. Oratio Dominica. Matt. vi. Matt. vi. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Pater noster qui es in coelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum, adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua in terris sicut in coelis, panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, ac remitte nobis debita nostra, sicut nos remittimus debitoribus nostris, et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo, quia tuum est regnum, potentia et gloria in secula. Amen.
The Creed. Symbolum. I believe in God the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who [2057] was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell: [2058] the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, creatorem coeli ac terræ; et in Jesum Christum filium ejus unicum, Dominum nostrum; qui conceptus est e Spiritu sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine; passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus et sepultus; descendit ad inferos: [2059] tertio die resurrexit a mortuis: ascendit in coelum, et sedet ad dextram Dei patris omnipotentis: unde venturus est ad judicandum vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum: Sanctam ecclesiam catholicam: Sanctorum communionem: remissionem peccatorum, resurrectionem corporis et vitam æternam. Amen.
The oldest editions of the Westminster Shorter Catechism have the following addendum:
So much of every Question both in the Larger and Shorter Catechism, is repeated in the Answer, as maketh every Answer an entire Proposition, or sentence in itself: to the end the Learner may further improve it upon all occasions, for his increase in knowledge and piety, even out of the course of catechising, as well as in it. E quæstione qualibet utriusque catechismi repetitum dedimus in responsione quantum responsionem quamlibet reddat propositionem integram, sive sententiam absolutam. Eo nempe consilio ut discenti ulterius utilis esse possit, quoties occasio tulerit, ad cognitionis ac pietatis incrementum, vel extra catechisandi rationem. And albeit the substance of the doctrine comprised in that Abridgment commonly called, The Apostles' Creed, be fully set forth in each of the Catechisms, so as there is no necessity of inserting the Creed itself, yet it is here annexed, not as though it were composed by the Apostles, or ought to be esteemed Canonical Scripture, as the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer (much less a Prayer, as ignorant people have been apt to make both it and the Decalogue), but because it is a brief sum of the Christian faith, agreeable to the Word of God, and anciently received in the Churches of Christ. Et quamvis in alterutro Catechismo substantia doctrinæ in compendia illo {Symbolo apostolico vulgo dicto) comprehensæ plene ac perfecte exhibeatur, adeo quidem ut nulla supersit necessitas symbolum ipsum inserendi: nihilominus tamen hic illud subnectendum esse duximus; non perinde quasi aut ab ipsis Apostolis fuerit concinnatum, aut pariter cum decalogo, ac oratione Dominica pro Scriptura canonica haberi debeat: (nedum certe pro oratione, quo nomine ignara plebecula cum illud tum decalogum in proclivi fuit ut usurparet), verum quod sit fidei Christianæ breve compendium, verbo Dei consentaneum, ac in Ecclesiis Christi antiquitus receptum.
Cornelius Burges, Prolocutor pro tempore.
Henry Roborough, Scriba.
Adoniram Byfield, Scriba.
[2036] The London edition of 1658, Dunlop's Collection of 1719, and other editions read Testament.
[2037] Older editions omit the.
[2038] Older editions omit in.
[2039] Older editions omit in.
[2040] London ed. of 1658 reads property, and his zeal.
[2041] London ed. of 1658 reads property, and his zeal.
[2042] 1 London ed. of 1658: unto the Lord.
[2043] London ed. of 1658 inserts hath.
[2044] London ed. of 1658: what are the sins.
[2045] London ed. of 1658: the omission of careful.
[2046] London ed. of 1658 reads, or.
[2047] London ed. of 1658: employment.
[2048] London ed. of 1658: property.
[2049] London ed. of 1658: what.
[2050] London ed. of 1658 omits of.
[2051] London ed. of 1658: what.
[2052] London ed. of 1658: what.
[2053] London ed. of 1658: and.
[2054] London ed. of 1658 omits a.
[2055] London ed. of 1658 omits able and.
[2056] London ed. of 1658: might.
[2057] London ed. of 1658: which.
[2058] i. e., Continued in the state of the dead, and under the power of death, until the third day.
[2059] i. e., Permansit in statu mortuorum et sub potestate mortis usque ad diem tertium.