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           A
           Serious
           and
           Brief
           DISCOURSE
           Touching
           the
           Sabbath-Day
           :
           Intended
           to
           decide
           and
           determine
           all
           CONTROVERSIES
           Respecting
           that
           SUBJECT
           .
        
         
           BY
           
             THOMAS
             CLEADON
             ,
          
           Rector
           of
           
             Radwinter
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             M.
          
           for
           
             Edward
             Brewster
             ,
          
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           
             Crane
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           .
           1674.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           OF
           THE
           SABBATH
           .
        
         
           THAT
           we
           may
           be
           truly
           and
           clearly
           informed
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           and
           receive
           these
           following
           Truths
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           
             Adam
          
           so
           long
           as
           he
           continued
           in
           the
           estate
           of
           Innocency
           in
           which
           he
           was
           created
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           was
           ,
           nor
           could
           be
           under
           the
           obligation
           of
           the
           ten
           Commandments
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           under
           the
           obedience
           of
           the
           fourth
           Commandment
           :
           for
           can
           it
           rationally
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           
             Adam
          
           being
           created
           perfectly
           holy
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           1.
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           made
           after
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           was
           perfect
           in
           
             Adam
             ;
          
           his
           Understanding
           was
           as
           full
           of
           concreated
           light
           of
           the
           knowledg
           of
           God
           and
           of
           his
           works
           ,
           as
           was
           necessary
           to
           his
           present
           happiness
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           suitably
           perfect
           in
           his
           will
           and
           affections
           ;
           and
           therefore
           while
           he
           continued
           in
           this
           perfect
           holy
           estate
           ,
           what
           need
           had
           he
           of
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           ?
           or
           of
           what
           use
           could
           they
           be
           unto
           him
           ?
           He
           knew
           not
           what
           it
           was
           to
           worship
           an
           Image
           ,
           or
           to
           take
           Gods
           Name
           in
           vain
           ;
           nor
           could
           he
           know
           any
           of
           the
           sins
           forbidden
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           duties
           commanded
           in
           the
           second
           Table
           of
           the
           Law
           ;
           nor
           was
           of
           it
           any
           use
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           was
           perfectly
           holy
           ;
           nor
           did
           he
           know
           that
           God
           would
           set
           apart
           one
           day
           in
           seven
           to
           be
           more
           holy
           than
           the
           rest
           ;
           for
           had
           he
           continued
           in
           the
           estate
           of
           Innocency
           more
           days
           than
           that
           in
           which
           he
           was
           created
           ,
           the
           eight
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           ninth
           ,
           and
           the
           tenth
           day
           ,
           and
           every
           had
           been
           alike
           holy
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           a
           Sabbath
           to
           him
           as
           the
           Seventh
           day
           ;
           for
           he
           would
           have
           been
           still
           perfectly
           holy
           ,
           and
           therefore
           not
           subject
           to
           bodily
           weariness
           ,
           and
           so
           needed
           not
           bodily
           rest
           ;
           nor
           would
           he
           then
           have
           needed
           any
           of
           those
           outward
           duties
           and
           ordinances
           of
           worship
           required
           of
           us
           
           in
           the
           second
           or
           fourth
           Commandments
           ,
           for
           our
           spiritual
           edification
           and
           comfort
           ;
           for
           he
           needed
           not
           either
           spiritual
           information
           or
           spiritual
           comfort
           ,
           or
           spiritual
           growth
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           since
           the
           fall
           ;
           a
           perfect
           estate
           of
           grace
           and
           holiness
           hath
           no
           need
           of
           any
           of
           these
           spiritual
           helps
           and
           means
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           the
           holy
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           have
           now
           need
           or
           use
           of
           them
           .
           And
           hence
           two
           things
           must
           necessarily
           be
           inferred
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           man
           was
           fallen
           from
           his
           Innocency
           before
           he
           was
           commanded
           to
           observe
           the
           seventh
           day
           as
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           or
           holy
           Rest
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           afterwards
           expressed
           in
           the
           fourth
           Commandment
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           Gods
           great
           design
           in
           creating
           man
           ,
           was
           not
           his
           continuance
           in
           the
           estate
           of
           innocency
           for
           one
           day
           ;
           ,
           and
           therefore
           as
           soon
           as
           man
           was
           created
           and
           put
           into
           Paradise
           God
           made
           a
           Covenant
           with
           him
           for
           himself
           and
           all
           his
           posterity
           ,
           That
           if
           he
           did
           eat
           first
           of
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           tree
           of
           knowledg
           of
           good
           and
           evil
           ,
           he
           and
           all
           his
           posterity
           should
           presently
           dye
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           spiritual
           death
           ,
           by
           being
           stript
           of
           that
           holy
           image
           of
           God
           in
           which
           he
           was
           created
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           did
           eat
           first
           of
           the
           tree
           of
           Life
           ,
           which
           stood
           next
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           then
           he
           and
           all
           his
           posterity
           should
           continue
           for
           ever
           in
           their
           present
           holy
           and
           happy
           estate
           .
           Now
           the
           Devil
           hearing
           and
           knowing
           that
           God
           had
           made
           this
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           fearing
           lest
           
             Adam
          
           should
           eat
           first
           of
           the
           tree
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           and
           all
           his
           posterity
           should
           live
           for
           ever
           ;
           he
           being
           full
           of
           envy
           ,
           and
           malice
           ,
           and
           subtilty
           ,
           he
           presently
           entred
           into
           the
           Serpent
           ,
           and
           in
           and
           by
           the
           Serpent
           perswaded
           and
           prevailed
           with
           
             Eve
             ,
          
           and
           by
           
             Eve
          
           perswades
           and
           prevailed
           with
           
             Adam
          
           to
           eat
           of
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           forbidden
           tree
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           both
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           posterity
           ,
           were
           deprived
           of
           that
           innocent
           and
           holy
           estate
           in
           which
           they
           were
           created
           ;
           therefore
           Gods
           great
           design
           in
           creating
           man
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           by
           his
           fall
           he
           might
           take
           occasion
           to
           glorifie
           both
           his
           Mercy
           and
           Justice
           in
           sending
           his
           Son
           into
           the
           world
           to
           be
           a
           Redeemer
           and
           Saviour
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           in
           promise
           immediately
           upon
           mans
           fall
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           3.
           15
           ;
           and
           by
           actual
           exhibition
           ,
           when
           the
           fulness
           of
           time
           was
           come
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           4.
           4
           
           :
           And
           therefore
           
           Adam's
           continuance
           in
           the
           estate
           of
           innocency
           for
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ,
           was
           most
           sutable
           to
           Gods
           great
           design
           in
           man's
           creation
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           also
           must
           necessarily
           be
           inferred
           ,
           That
           
             Adam
          
           being
           created
           perfectly
           innocent
           and
           holy
           ,
           could
           not
           fall
           from
           that
           holy
           and
           happy
           estate
           by
           any
           other
           way
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           doing
           some
           outward
           act
           ,
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           lawful
           ,
           which
           God
           should
           forbid
           him
           
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           God
           forbad
           him
           to
           eat
           of
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           tree
           of
           knowledg
           of
           good
           and
           evil
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           it self
           lawful
           ,
           but
           became
           unlawful
           for
           him
           to
           eat
           of
           that
           fruit
           ,
           by
           a
           positive
           negative
           precept
           from
           God
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           17.
           
           For
           God
           never
           made
           with
           man
           but
           two
           Covenants
           essentially
           differing
           one
           from
           the
           other
           ;
           the
           first
           was
           made
           with
           man
           in
           the
           estate
           of
           innocency
           ,
           before
           his
           fall
           ,
           expressed
           in
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           16
           ,
           17
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           you
           may
           call
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Works
           ;
           and
           this
           Covenant
           he
           brake
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           3.
           6.
           
           And
           the
           second
           Covenant
           God
           made
           with
           man
           in
           his
           lapsed
           or
           fallen
           estate
           ,
           being
           devoid
           of
           all
           spiritual
           good
           ,
           overspread
           with
           original
           sin
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           guilt
           of
           eternal
           death
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           touching
           the
           redemption
           and
           salvation
           of
           man
           ,
           a
           sinner
           ,
           by
           the
           death
           and
           sufferings
           of
           Christ
           ,
           both
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           and
           this
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           God
           did
           reveal
           and
           express
           to
           
             Adam
          
           immediately
           upon
           his
           fall
           ,
           in
           
             Gen.
          
           3.
           15.
           and
           what
           God
           hath
           revealed
           to
           be
           his
           will
           in
           reference
           to
           man
           a
           sinner
           ,
           ever
           since
           he
           made
           that
           promise
           ,
           hath
           been
           but
           an
           explication
           and
           amplification
           of
           that
           Covenant-promise
           made
           in
           Christ
           .
           Now
           this
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           (
           since
           that
           first
           promise
           made
           to
           man
           in
           his
           lapsed
           estate
           )
           God
           hath
           revealed
           to
           man
           a
           sinner
           ,
           or
           rather
           to
           his
           Church
           and
           people
           by
           such
           degrees
           and
           means
           as
           he
           pleased
           ;
           for
           as
           for
           the
           first
           two
           thousand
           years
           after
           that
           promise
           ,
           God
           revealed
           his
           will
           and
           mind
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           not
           by
           writing
           ,
           but
           either
           by
           visions
           ,
           or
           dreams
           ,
           or
           by
           audible
           voice
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           end
           of
           two
           thousand
           years
           ,
           when
           God
           brought
           his
           people
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           they
           being
           grown
           to
           a
           great
           Nation
           ,
           in
           their
           passage
           through
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           God
           established
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           with
           them
           in
           a
           more
           publick
           way
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           more
           solemn
           manner
           ,
           upon
           
             Mount
             Sinai
             ;
          
           and
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           before
           ,
           he
           spake
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           to
           them
           with
           his
           own
           mouth
           ;
           and
           also
           he
           wrote
           them
           in
           two
           Tables
           of
           stone
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           to
           be
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           succeeding
           Churches
           ,
           in
           covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           a
           rule
           to
           walk
           by
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           31.
           18.
           
           Now
           these
           Ten
           Words
           ,
           or
           Ten
           Commandments
           ,
           are
           no
           where
           in
           the
           Scripture
           called
           the
           Moral
           Law
           ;
           but
           by
           Divine
           Writers
           they
           are
           so
           called
           
             a
             morando
             ,
          
           because
           they
           were
           and
           are
           to
           continue
           a
           rule
           of
           righteousness
           and
           obedience
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           people
           of
           God
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           said
           to
           be
           moral
           ,
           not
           simply
           and
           absolutely
           ,
           but
           synecdochically
           ,
           or
           in
           some
           respect
           only
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           rightly
           to
           understand
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           
           two
           things
           :
           First
           ,
           The
           substance
           of
           every
           Commandment
           :
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           circumstances
           of
           every
           Commandment
           .
           Now
           the
           substance
           of
           every
           Commandment
           is
           moral
           ,
           of
           perpetual
           Equity
           ,
           and
           knowable
           by
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           or
           Reason
           in
           man
           fallen
           ;
           but
           the
           circumstances
           are
           positive
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           Revelation
           ,
           or
           Gods
           positive
           Commands
           expressed
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
           This
           is
           true
           of
           every
           one
           of
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           ;
           I
           shall
           instance
           only
           in
           two
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           will
           give
           light
           to
           all
           the
           rest
           :
           I
           shall
           instance
           in
           the
           Second
           and
           Fourth
           Commandments
           .
           First
           ,
           The
           Second
           Commandment
           concerneth
           the
           outward
           Worship
           of
           God
           ;
           now
           the
           morality
           or
           substance
           of
           this
           Second
           Commandment
           is
           this
           ,
           Thou
           shalt
           outwardly
           worship
           the
           Lord
           thy
           God
           only
           by
           such
           ways
           and
           duties
           as
           he
           shall
           command
           and
           appoint
           .
           And
           this
           may
           be
           known
           to
           fallen
           man
           by
           the
           light
           of
           Reason
           ;
           for
           that
           doth
           dictate
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           is
           to
           be
           worshipped
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           to
           be
           worshipped
           only
           by
           such
           duties
           ,
           ways
           and
           means
           ,
           as
           he
           shall
           command
           and
           appoint
           :
           but
           for
           the
           circumstances
           of
           this
           Commandment
           ,
           namely
           ,
           the
           particular
           duties
           and
           ordinances
           by
           which
           God
           will
           be
           outwardly
           worshipped
           ,
           they
           depend
           wholly
           upon
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           the
           positive
           Commands
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           duties
           of
           worship
           commanded
           of
           God
           both
           in
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           referred
           to
           the
           Second
           Commandment
           .
           So
           the
           substance
           or
           morality
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           ,
           is
           contained
           in
           these
           words
           only
           ,
           
             Remember
             the
             Sabbath-day
             to
             keep
             it
             holy
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           Thou
           shalt
           keep
           holy
           that
           day
           of
           Rest
           which
           I
           do
           appoint
           ;
           and
           this
           also
           the
           light
           of
           Reason
           may
           dictate
           ,
           That
           it
           belongeth
           to
           God
           only
           to
           set
           apart
           and
           appoint
           to
           his
           people
           a
           day
           of
           holy
           Rest
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           other
           words
           expressed
           in
           this
           Commandment
           ,
           are
           but
           circumstantial
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           Revelation
           ;
           as
           the
           appointing
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           to
           be
           the
           day
           of
           holy
           Rest
           to
           the
           people
           of
           God
           before
           Christ
           ,
           was
           by
           positive
           command
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           
             Adam
          
           in
           the
           estate
           of
           innocency
           could
           not
           know
           by
           his
           concreated
           light
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           finish
           his
           work
           of
           Creation
           in
           six
           days
           ;
           and
           yet
           God
           doth
           make
           that
           the
           ground
           of
           his
           instituting
           the
           Seventh
           day
           to
           be
           the
           day
           of
           holy
           Rest
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           3.
           much
           less
           could
           it
           be
           known
           by
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           or
           Reason
           in
           man
           fallen
           :
           We
           read
           of
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           that
           great
           Philospher
           ,
           who
           did
           excel
           in
           the
           light
           of
           Reason
           ,
           that
           he
           affirmed
           that
           the
           World
           had
           no
           beginning
           ;
           and
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           expresly
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           11.
           3
           ,
           
             By
             faith
             we
             understand
             that
          
           
           
             the
             worlds
             were
             framed
             by
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ;
          
           and
           that
           which
           we
           understand
           by
           faith
           ,
           we
           know
           by
           revelation
           only
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           faith
           ;
           and
           the
           Seventh
           day
           being
           a
           created
           time
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           six
           days
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           a
           holy
           time
           to
           fallen
           man
           ,
           but
           by
           Gods
           special
           and
           positive
           Command
           and
           Institution
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           second
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           for
           the
           right
           understanding
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           appointed
           of
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Sabbath
           or
           day
           of
           holy
           Rest
           to
           the
           people
           of
           God
           before
           Christs
           incarnation
           ,
           being
           but
           the
           positive
           part
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           ,
           did
           cease
           and
           end
           as
           a
           holy
           Sabbath
           at
           the
           time
           of
           Christs
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ;
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           Because
           though
           it
           was
           primarily
           commanded
           of
           God
           to
           be
           so
           observed
           ;
           yet
           afterwards
           a
           typical
           sense
           and
           use
           was
           by
           
             Moses
          
           from
           God
           added
           to
           it
           ;
           as
           Circumcision
           and
           the
           Passover
           ,
           they
           were
           instituted
           to
           be
           the
           ordinary
           Sacraments
           belonging
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           and
           were
           both
           seals
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ;
           the
           first
           of
           Initiation
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           confirmation
           and
           growth
           ;
           yet
           being
           also
           used
           as
           typical
           during
           the
           legal
           administration
           ,
           they
           both
           ceased
           with
           the
           Ceremonial
           Law
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           room
           of
           them
           Christ
           ordained
           Baptism
           and
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           to
           be
           the
           only
           Sacraments
           to
           all
           Christian
           Churches
           in
           time
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           So
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           it
           was
           primarily
           by
           a
           positive
           command
           of
           God
           set
           apart
           to
           be
           the
           Jews
           weekly
           holy
           Sabbath
           ;
           yet
           it
           came
           to
           be
           used
           also
           as
           typical
           ,
           to
           signifie
           to
           the
           faithful
           their
           spiritual
           rest
           in
           Christ
           in
           this
           ●ife
           ,
           and
           their
           eternal
           rest
           by
           and
           with
           Christ
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           
             Exod.
          
           31.
           13
           ,
           
             Verily
             my
             Sabbaths
             ye
             shall
             keep
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             a
             sign
             betwixt
             me
             and
             you
             throughout
             your
             generations
             ;
          
           which
           is
           meant
           also
           of
           the
           Seventh-day-Sabbath
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           in
           
             ver
             .
          
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16
           ;
           and
           in
           
             ver
             .
          
           17
           ,
           
             It
             is
             a
             sign
             between
             me
             and
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             for
             ever
             :
          
           and
           it
           is
           reckoned
           up
           amongst
           the
           other
           Jewish
           Festival
           Sabbaths
           in
           
             Levit.
          
           23.
           2
           ,
           and
           in
           
             Col.
          
           2.
           16
           ,
           17
           ,
           
             which
             are
             a
             shadow
             of
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             the
             body
             is
             Christ
             .
          
           And
           
             Heb.
          
           4.
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           9.
           
           
             There
             remaineth
             therefore
             a
             Sabbatism
             to
             the
             people
             of
             God
             ;
          
           and
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           this
           Sabbatism
           was
           typified
           by
           the
           Seventh-day-Sabbath
           in
           
             ver
             .
          
           4.
           
           And
           from
           these
           Scriptures
           it
           must
           be
           granted
           ,
           That
           God
           appointed
           the
           Rest
           of
           the
           Seventh-day
           not
           only
           as
           a
           sanctified
           time
           of
           his
           Worship
           publick
           and
           private
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           a
           sanctified
           sign
           of
           mans
           resting
           on
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           eternal
           Rest
           
           in
           Heaven
           ;
           and
           therefore
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           had
           finished
           his
           Sacrifice
           ,
           and
           was
           risen
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           the
           holy
           Rest
           of
           the
           Seventh-day
           ceased
           ,
           as
           did
           all
           the
           other
           types
           of
           
             Moses
          
           his
           Law
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           4.
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           room
           of
           it
           was
           appointed
           by
           Christ
           the
           First
           day
           of
           the
           week
           .
           For
           to
           deny
           that
           God
           hath
           instituted
           another
           day
           to
           be
           the
           day
           of
           holy
           Rest
           to
           Christians
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           to
           deny
           the
           Moral
           part
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           third
           thing
           therefore
           to
           be
           considered
           for
           the
           right
           understanding
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           upon
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           God
           did
           appoint
           the
           First
           day
           of
           the
           week
           to
           be
           the
           day
           of
           holy
           Rest
           to
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           which
           yet
           in
           his
           great
           wisdom
           is
           so
           contrived
           ,
           that
           the
           weekly
           return
           of
           it
           is
           but
           one
           day
           in
           seven
           ,
           that
           still
           man
           may
           have
           six
           days
           for
           his
           labour
           ,
           and
           God
           may
           have
           the
           Seventh-day
           to
           be
           his
           holy
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           this
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           moral
           part
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           ,
           and
           that
           expressed
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Remember
             thou
             keep
             holy
             the
             Sabbath-day
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           day
           that
           I
           shall
           appoint
           by
           posi●ive
           Command
           to
           be
           my
           holy
           Sabbath-day
           :
           Now
           that
           God
           hath
           appointed
           the
           First
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           Eight
           from
           the
           Creation
           ,
           and
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           ,
           hath
           been
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           made
           evident
           to
           any
           one
           ,
           who
           can
           but
           so
           far
           deny
           himself
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           that
           he
           may
           err
           and
           be
           mistaken
           in
           his
           opinion
           ,
           and
           is
           resolved
           to
           receive
           the
           truth
           whensoever
           and
           by
           whomsoever
           it
           shall
           be
           made
           manifest
           to
           him
           from
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           the
           proof
           of
           this
           Third
           particular
           ,
           consider
           ,
           that
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           being
           appointed
           of
           God
           by
           positive
           command
           the
           day
           of
           holy
           Rest
           to
           the
           Jews
           ;
           and
           that
           day
           being
           also
           made
           typical
           ,
           and
           so
           ceased
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           already
           proved
           ;
           it
           was
           necessary
           from
           the
           moral
           part
           of
           the
           Fourth
           Commandment
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           appoint
           another
           day
           for
           his
           holy
           Sabbath
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           ;
           for
           God
           only
           can
           so
           set
           apart
           and
           sanctifie
           a
           Sabbath
           day
           as
           to
           bind
           the
           inward
           as
           well
           as
           the
           outward
           man
           to
           be
           holily
           exercised
           all
           that
           day
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           expressed
           in
           
             Isa
             .
          
           58.
           13
           ,
           14.
           
           Now
           that
           the
           First
           day
           of
           the
           week
           is
           appointed
           and
           ordained
           of
           God
           to
           be
           the
           Christians
           holy
           Sabbath-day
           ,
           is
           sufficiently
           evidenced
           by
           these
           things
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           eight
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           ,
           being
           the
           day
           of
           Christs
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           is
           very
           eminent
           and
           famous
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           before
           the
           time
           of
           Christ
           his
           incarnation
           ;
           as
           ▪
           1.
           
           No
           creature
           was
           allowed
           for
           sacrifice
           until
           it
           was
           eight
           days
           old
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           22.
           27
           ,
           30.
           2.
           
           The
           Law
           of
           Circumcision
           was
           strictly
           tied
           to
           the
           eight
           day
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           17.
           12
           ,
           and
           in
           divers
           other
           places
           ▪
           3.
           
           The
           persons
           of
           the
           Priests
           were
           not
           perfectly
           consecrated
           to
           minister
           in
           their
           Office
           ,
           until
           the
           eighth
           day
           ,
           
             Levit.
          
           8.
           33
           ,
           and
           9.
           1.
           4.
           
           The
           leprous
           person
           was
           not
           perfectly
           cleansed
           until
           the
           eight
           day
           ,
           
             Lev.
          
           14.
           10
           ;
           nor
           the
           polluted
           
             Nazarite
             ,
          
           Numb
           .
           6.
           10.
           5.
           
           The
           last
           and
           great
           day
           of
           the
           Feast
           of
           Tabernacles
           ,
           was
           on
           the
           eight
           day
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Sabbath-day
           ,
           
             Joh.
          
           7.
           37
           :
           and
           all
           this
           to
           typifie
           the
           eminency
           of
           the
           Resurrection-day
           of
           Christ
           ,
           even
           above
           the
           Seventh
           from
           the
           Creation
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           did
           clearly
           intimate
           and
           imply
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           at
           Christs
           resurrection
           take
           off
           the
           Crown
           of
           honour
           from
           the
           Seventh
           day
           ,
           and
           set
           it
           upon
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Eight
           day
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Son's
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           having
           then
           finished
           the
           great
           work
           of
           man's
           Redemption
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           evident
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           been
           Gods
           frequent
           practice
           to
           set
           a
           character
           or
           mark
           of
           remembrance
           and
           honour
           upon
           his
           most
           considerable
           works
           and
           actions
           ,
           by
           setting
           apart
           a
           set
           and
           solemn
           time
           to
           be
           piously
           observed
           and
           kept
           upon
           that
           account
           :
           As
           for
           his
           other
           great
           works
           ,
           he
           commanded
           only
           an
           yearly
           solemnity
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Exod.
          
           12.
           42
           ,
           and
           chap.
           13.
           3
           ▪
           and
           in
           
             Hest
             .
          
           9.
           20.
           
           But
           the
           great
           work
           of
           the
           Creation
           God
           would
           have
           to
           be
           remembred
           and
           honoured
           by
           a
           weekly
           solemnity
           ,
           by
           setting
           apart
           and
           sanctifying
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           weekly
           return
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           his
           holy
           Sabbath
           ,
           or
           day
           of
           Holy
           Rest
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           3.
           
           And
           can
           we
           reasonably
           imagine
           ,
           that
           Gods
           Pleasure
           ,
           Acquiescence
           and
           Rest
           ,
           in
           raising
           his
           Son
           ,
           his
           only
           begotten
           Son
           ,
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           having
           finished
           the
           great
           work
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           a
           greater
           and
           a
           more
           glorious
           work
           than
           that
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           more
           dear
           and
           precious
           resentment
           to
           God
           the
           Father
           ;
           that
           yet
           this
           wonderful
           and
           blessed
           work
           ,
           the
           very
           admiration
           of
           Angels
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           honoured
           with
           a
           day
           of
           remembrance
           ,
           as
           frequent
           ,
           as
           solemn
           ,
           as
           sacred
           ,
           and
           by
           Gods
           own
           appointment
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           was
           ,
           how
           can
           it
           but
           seem
           very
           strange
           to
           a
           considerate
           ,
           believing
           ,
           and
           redeemed
           Christian
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Lord
           Jesus
           himself
           began
           to
           celebrate
           and
           solemnize
           the
           individual
           day
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           by
           an
           holy
           and
           heavenly
           
           conference
           with
           two
           of
           his
           Disciples
           as
           they
           were
           going
           from
           
             Jerusalem
          
           to
           
             Emaus
             ,
          
           Luk.
           24.
           30
           
           ;
           
             And
             behold
             two
             of
             them
             went
             the
             same
             day
             ;
          
           the
           Evangelist
           gives
           special
           notice
           of
           the
           day
           :
           and
           the
           same
           day
           he
           did
           administer
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Supper
           to
           them
           :
           Ver.
           30
           ,
           
             And
             it
             came
             to
             pass
             as
             he
             sate
             at
             meat
             with
             them
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           You
           see
           that
           they
           were
           then
           eating
           ;
           
             and
             then
             he
             took
             the
             bread
             ,
             and
             blessed
             it
             ,
             and
             brake
             it
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             to
             them
             ;
          
           these
           words
           he
           useth
           only
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           the
           Holy
           Supper
           .
           
             Now
             the
             same
             hour
          
           saith
           the
           Evangelist
           )
           
             they
             returned
             again
             to
             Jerusalem
             ,
             and
             found
             the
             eleven
             gathered
             together
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             were
             with
             them
             ,
          
           ver
           .
           33
           ,
           &c.
           and
           
             ver
             .
          
           36
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           Now
           why
           did
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           give
           such
           particular
           notice
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           the
           eight
           day
           ,
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           his
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           
             ver
             .
          
           1
           ,
           but
           to
           signifie
           that
           Christ
           on
           that
           day
           began
           to
           sanctifie
           the
           day
           of
           his
           resurrection
           in
           religious
           exercises
           ,
           to
           lead
           the
           way
           to
           all
           that
           should
           believe
           in
           him
           to
           do
           the
           like
           .
           Now
           beside
           this
           ,
           Christ
           made
           two
           other
           appearances
           ,
           and
           each
           of
           them
           was
           on
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           the
           day
           in
           which
           he
           rose
           again
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           not
           mentioning
           any
           thing
           spoken
           or
           done
           by
           him
           the
           six
           days
           between
           ;
           and
           why
           all
           this
           ,
           but
           to
           put
           a
           mark
           of
           special
           remembrance
           and
           honour
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           it
           being
           now
           to
           become
           the
           holy
           Sabbath-day
           to
           all
           Christian
           Churches
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           very
           observable
           ,
           that
           after
           Christs
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           before
           his
           ascension
           ,
           he
           spake
           to
           his
           Disciples
           of
           the
           things
           pertaining
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           1.
           3
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           what
           the
           Apostles
           were
           afterwards
           to
           do
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           Government
           ,
           and
           Preaching
           ,
           and
           Writing
           ;
           and
           then
           commands
           them
           that
           they
           should
           not
           depart
           from
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           but
           wait
           for
           the
           promise
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           
             ver
             .
          
           4
           ;
           which
           they
           did
           ,
           as
           in
           
             Acts
          
           2.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           
           Now
           the
           day
           on
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           was
           sent
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           fell
           upon
           the
           Apostles
           in
           that
           miraculous
           manner
           ,
           was
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           computation
           of
           the
           days
           of
           
             Pentecost
             ,
          
           which
           are
           here
           said
           to
           have
           been
           fully
           come
           (
           or
           fulfilled
           )
           ,
           
             Lev.
          
           23.
           15
           ,
           16.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           It
           was
           afterwards
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           ,
           to
           solemnize
           the
           First
           day
           of
           the
           week
           in
           a
           religious
           assembling
           of
           themselves
           for
           Sabbath
           duties
           and
           exercises
           ;
           as
           
             Acts
          
           20.
           7.
           
           
             And
             upon
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
             when
             the
             Disciples
             came
             together
             to
             break
             bread
          
           (
           meaning
           ,
           after
           their
           usual
           and
           accustomed
           manner
           )
           
           
             Paul
             preached
             unto
             them
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           in
           1
           Cor
           16.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           
             Vpon
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
             when
             ye
             are
             met
             together
             ;
          
           namely
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           usual
           custom
           :
           and
           in
           both
           these
           places
           ,
           the
           exact
           notation
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           did
           denote
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           the
           day
           to
           be
           kept
           by
           Christians
           for
           their
           weekly
           Sabbath
           ;
           for
           the
           Apostles
           had
           greatly
           sinned
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           Christian
           Churches
           to
           have
           sinned
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           direction
           and
           command
           from
           Christ
           to
           observe
           that
           day
           of
           the
           week
           holy
           ,
           as
           being
           now
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           ,
           1
           
             Cor
          
           14.
           37
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           abolished
           by
           Christ
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           already
           proved
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           In
           
             Rev.
          
           1.
           10
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           
             John
             ,
             I
             was
             in
             the
             spirit
             on
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           this
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           the
           Seventh-day-Sabbath
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           above
           fifty
           years
           after
           Christs
           resurrection
           when
           the
           Apostle
           
             John
          
           wrote
           to
           the
           Seven
           Churches
           of
           
             Asia
             ,
          
           and
           then
           the
           Seventh-day-Sabbath
           was
           generally
           laid
           aside
           by
           Christians
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           Christs
           Resurrection
           ,
           was
           generally
           observed
           and
           kept
           by
           them
           instead
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           this
           title
           was
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             John
          
           given
           to
           that
           day
           ,
           without
           any
           circumstance
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           was
           familiarly
           known
           ,
           and
           grown
           in
           frequent
           use
           and
           practice
           in
           all
           the
           Christian
           Churches
           .
           And
           as
           Christ
           ordained
           the
           Holy
           Supper
           instead
           of
           the
           Passover
           ,
           and
           therefore
           stiled
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           The
           Lords
           Supper
           ;
           so
           because
           Christ
           ordained
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           to
           be
           the
           Christians
           day
           of
           Holy
           Rest
           ,
           instead
           of
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           Seventh-day-Sabbath
           ;
           therefore
           it
           is
           stiled
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             John
             ,
          
           The
           Lords
           Day
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Ever
           since
           the
           Apostles
           time
           ,
           the
           First
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           being
           the
           day
           of
           Christs
           Resurrection
           hath
           been
           generally
           observed
           &
           kept
           as
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           in
           all
           Christian
           Churches
           throughout
           all
           succeeding
           Ages
           ,
           unto
           this
           day
           .
           Now
           that
           they
           all
           should
           live
           and
           dye
           in
           an
           erroneous
           &
           sinful
           practice
           ,
           without
           repentance
           ,
           so
           much
           controverted
           ,
           and
           an
           inconsiderable
           party
           of
           them
           ,
           much
           inferior
           to
           multitudes
           of
           them
           both
           in
           Learning
           ,
           Parts
           ,
           Gifts
           ,
           and
           Spiritual
           Grace
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           should
           yet
           only
           be
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           who
           hold
           the
           
             Jewish
          
           Sabbath
           ,
           the
           Seventh
           day
           from
           the
           Creation
           ,
           to
           be
           still
           in
           force
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           do
           observe
           and
           keep
           it
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           declared
           judgment
           and
           practice
           of
           all
           other
           Christians
           ,
           cannot
           be
           thought
           but
           to
           proceed
           either
           from
           ignorance
           ,
           or
           from
           pride
           ,
           or
           from
           both
           ,
           one
           or
           both
           of
           these
           having
           been
           the
           root
           and
           cause
           of
           all
           the
           Schisms
           ,
           and
           Errors
           ,
           and
           Heresies
           ,
           which
           do
           ,
           or
           ever
           have
           disquieted
           and
           disturbed
           the
           Churches
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .