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           A
           SHORT
           ,
           But
           Cleare
           ,
           DISCOVRSE
           ,
           Of
           the
           
             Institution
             ,
             Dignity
             ,
          
           and
           
             End
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords-Day
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           Occasion
           of
           those
           words
           of
           St.
           IOHN
           .
           
             I
             was
             in
             the
             spirit
             on
             the
          
           Lords-Day
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           
             George
             Hakewill
             ,
          
           Doctor
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           Arch-Deacon
           of
           
             Surrey
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
        
         
           Printed
           by
           
             Iohn
             Raworth
             ,
          
           for
           
             George
             Thomason
          
           and
           
             Octavian
             Pullen
             ,
          
           MDCXLI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             REVEL.
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             I
             was
             in
             the
             Spirit
             on
             the
             Lords-Day
             .
          
        
         
           THey
           are
           the
           words
           as
           ye
           see
           of
           Saint
           
             Iohn
          
           the
           holy
           Evangelist
           ,
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           ,
           the
           beloved
           Disciple
           ,
           the
           glorious
           Confessor
           ,
           the
           soaring
           Eagle
           ,
           the
           Sonne
           of
           Thunder
           ,
           the
           Divine
           by
           an
           Excellency
           ,
           and
           the
           Pen-man
           of
           this
           most
           Divine
           and
           excellent
           Book
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
             :
          
           And
           here
           he
           makes
           known
           unto
           us
           the
           place
           where
           ,
           the
           time
           when
           ,
           the
           state
           in
           which
           he
           was
           ,
           when
           the
           high
           and
           deep
           mysteries
           of
           this
           Book
           were
           made
           known
           unto
           him
           :
           The
           place
           where
           it
           was
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
             Patmos
             ,
          
           whither
           by
           
             Domitian
          
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           he
           was
           banished
           for
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           testimony
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           verse
           going
           before
           my
           Text
           :
           The
           time
           when
           ,
           
             on
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           the
           best
           Day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           shining
           among
           the
           other
           dayes
           
             vel●…t
             inter
             ignes
             Luna
             minores
             ,
          
           as
           the
           brightest
           Moon
           ,
           when
           she
           fills-her
           circle
           with
           light
           ,
           among
           the
           other
           Stars
           :
           The
           state
           in
           which
           himself
           then
           was
           ,
           
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           in
           Spirituall
           exercises
           ,
           in
           Spirituall
           meditations
           ,
           and
           ,
           by
           means
           thereof
           ,
           in
           Spirituall
           raptures
           and
           elevations
           ,
           in
           Spirituall
           ex●…asies
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           above
           the
           ordinary
           pitch
           of
           humane
           condition
           .
        
         
         
           Wee
           have
           here
           presented
           to
           our
           consideration
           these
           foure
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           certain
           time
           ,
           a
           certain
           day
           ,
           which
           may
           deservedly
           be
           called
           ,
           and
           is
           indeed
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             .
          
           The
           second
           ,
           That
           th●…
           d●…y
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           that
           particular
           day
           ,
           and
           why
           it
           is
           ●…o
           c●…lled
           .
           The
           third
           ,
           Is
           the
           great
           priviledges
           ,
           and
           speciall
           prerogatives
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           beyond
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           other
           .
           The
           fourth
           ,
           Is
           the
           duties
           which
           belong
           to
           us
           upon
           this
           day
           ;
           it
           is
           to
           be
           
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           as
           St.
           
             Iohn
          
           was
           ;
           though
           not
           in
           Spirituall
           Trances
           ,
           yet
           in
           Spirituall
           Exercises
           and
           Meditations
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           it
           is
           certain
           ,
           most
           certain
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           not
           ,
           nor
           ever
           was
           any
           Nation
           under
           the
           Cope
           of
           Heaven
           since
           the
           first
           Creation
           ,
           which
           acknowledged
           a
           Deity
           ,
           but
           withall
           it
           acknowledged
           a
           Divine
           Worship
           and
           Service
           due
           to
           this
           Deity
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           onely
           inward
           in
           the
           minde
           ,
           but
           outward
           ,
           in
           sacred
           and
           solemn
           Rites
           and
           Observances
           ,
           as
           being
           both
           the
           kindely
           effects
           ,
           and
           lively
           characters
           of
           ●…he
           in
           bred
           Notions
           and
           Motions
           of
           the
           Soul
           :
           And
           to
           this
           purpose
           they
           had
           not
           onely
           Temples
           ,
           and
           Altars
           ,
           and
           Sacrifices
           ,
           and
           forms
           of
           Invocation
           ,
           but
           Festivall
           dayes
           ,
           set
           dayes
           ,
           or
           dayes
           set
           apart
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           publique
           and
           Civill
           affairs
           ,
           so
           likewise
           for
           the
           religious
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           .
           And
           this
           they
           had
           partly
           from
           the
           dictate
           of
           reason
           ,
           which
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           every
           action
           requires
           ,
           as
           a
           place
           ,
           so
           a
           time
           suteable
           thereunto
           ,
           partly
           from
           experience
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           That
           that
           which
           is
           left
           at
           randome
           ,
           and
           hath
           no
           day
           prefixed
           ,
           is
           seldome
           performed
           as
           it
           should
           be
           on
           any
           day
           ;
           and
           partly
           
           from
           those
           broken
           remainders
           of
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           left
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           an
           imitation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           though
           from
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           main
           points
           of
           his
           Worship
           ,
           they
           had
           much
           degenerated
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           well
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           man
           created
           immediately
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Innocency
           ,
           had
           both
           a
           certain
           place
           and
           time
           for
           the
           Worship
           of
           his
           Maker
           ;
           Howsoever
           sure
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           before
           we
           reade
           of
           the
           fall
           of
           man
           ,
           we
           reade
           of
           a
           Seventh
           day
           ,
           blessed
           and
           sanctified
           by
           God
           himself
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           3.
           sanctified
           ,
           that
           by
           man
           it
           might
           be
           kept
           holy
           to
           his
           glory
           ;
           and
           blessed
           ,
           that
           man
           by
           keeping
           of
           it
           holy
           ,
           might
           receive
           a
           blessing
           from
           God
           .
           When
           
             Enos
          
           was
           born
           of
           
             Seth
             ,
          
           the
           sonne
           of
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           men
           then
           began
           to
           call
           upon
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           4.
           at
           the
           last
           verse
           :
           that
           is
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           to
           call
           upon
           his
           Name
           in
           Publique
           Assemblies
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           they
           had
           a
           certain
           place
           appointed
           ,
           lest
           otherwise
           men
           might
           be
           disappointed
           in
           their
           meetings
           :
           And
           most
           like
           it
           is
           that
           it
           was
           the
           same
           day
           which
           
             Abell
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Adam
          
           observed
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Patriachs
           after
           them
           ,
           that
           day
           in
           which
           God
           himself
           rested
           ,
           having
           fully
           finished
           the
           great
           work
           of
           the
           worlds
           Creation
           .
           
             Etiam
             ante
             legem
             non
             dubito
             primis
             illis
             patribus
             doctore
             Deo
             ,
             diem
             hunc
             solennem
             ,
             augustum
             &
             sacrum
             fuisse
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           learned
           
             Mercerus
             .
          
           Even
           before
           
           the
           Law
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           this
           Day
           by
           Gods
           teaching
           ,
           was
           solemn
           and
           sacred
           to
           those
           primitive
           Fathers
           .
           And
           
             Peter
             Martyr
             ,
             Nec
             ejus
             observatio
             coepit
             lege
          
           
           
             data
             in
             Sina
             ,
             sed
             ante
             celebrabatur
             ;
          
           Neither
           did
           the
           observation
           thereof
           begin
           with
           the
           giving
           of
           the
           
           Law
           in
           
             Sinai
             ,
          
           but
           it
           was
           celebrated
           before
           .
           Of
           the
           same
           opinion
           is
           
             Rivet
             ,
          
           who
           likewise
           answers
           all
           the
           
           arguments
           brought
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           which
           together
           with
           them
           I
           the
           rather
           embrace
           ,
           for
           that
           before
           the
           giving
           of
           the
           Law
           in
           Mount
           
             Sinai
             ,
          
           we
           have
           an
           expresse
           and
           severe
           charge
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           it
           in
           gathering
           
             Manna
             ,
             Exod.
          
           16.
           and
           upon
           that
           occasion
           two
           such
           miracles
           shewed
           to
           ratifie
           and
           magnifie
           that
           day
           ,
           as
           seldome
           shall
           ye
           reade
           of
           more
           remarkable
           thorow
           the
           book
           of
           God
           ;
           whereof
           the
           one
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Manna
          
           fell
           in
           great
           plenty
           upon
           all
           the
           other
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           Seventh
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           The
           other
           ,
           That
           being
           gathered
           on
           the
           Sixth
           day
           ,
           it
           remained
           sweet
           till
           the
           Seventh
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           on
           any
           other
           day
           of
           the
           week
           besides
           :
           Either
           of
           which
           miracles
           were
           doubtlesse
           as
           great
           or
           greater
           than
           that
           fabulous
           one
           of
           
             Plinie
             ,
          
           seconded
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Rabbins
           ,
           of
           a
           River
           in
           
             Iudea
             ,
          
           which
           is
           said
           to
           runne
           the
           sixe
           first
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           seventh
           to
           dry
           up
           ;
           so
           as
           we
           shall
           not
           need
           go
           seek
           out
           that
           River
           to
           authorize
           that
           day
           .
        
         
           Yet
           after
           all
           this
           was
           this
           very
           day
           again
           for
           the
           better
           observation
           of
           it
           ,
           proclai●…ed
           in
           Mount
           
             Sinai
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           a
           dreadfull
           and
           glorious
           manner
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           20.
           having
           a
           more
           solemn
           entrance
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           more
           weighty
           reasons
           to
           hedge
           it
           in
           and
           confirm
           it
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           of
           the
           Commandements
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           are
           negative
           onely
           ,
           the
           first
           of
           the
           second
           Table
           ,
           and
           this
           last
           of
           the
           first
           Table
           are
           affirmative
           ,
           nay
           this
           onely
           is
           both
           affirmative
           and
           
           negative
           ,
           standing
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           two
           Tables
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           they
           both
           depend
           upon
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           the
           reason
           that
           in
           some
           passages
           of
           Scripture
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           day
           is
           put
           for
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           and
           pressed
           with
           more
           earnestnesse
           both
           in
           the
           following
           Chapters
           of
           the
           same
           book
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           books
           following
           of
           
             Moses
          
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           than
           any
           of
           the
           other
           Precepts
           ;
           so
           as
           till
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           coming
           too
           ,
           nay
           ,
           for
           a
           while
           after
           his
           death
           and
           passion
           ,
           resurrection
           and
           ascention
           (
           that
           the
           mother
           Synagogue
           (
           as
           St.
           
             Augustine
          
           speaks
           )
           might
           be
           buried
           with
           the
           greater
           honour
           )
           it
           was
           d●…ely
           and
           constantly
           observed
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           .
           But
           when
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           time
           was
           come
           for
           the
           abrogation
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           the
           equity
           of
           the
           Commandement
           (
           which
           Divines
           do
           call
           the
           morall
           part
           thereof
           )
           remaining
           still
           in
           its
           full
           strength
           and
           vigour
           ,
           required
           not
           onely
           some
           certain
           time
           to
           be
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           publique
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           at
           least
           one
           day
           in
           Seven
           :
           which
           is
           not
           onely
           the
           judgement
           of
           
             a
          
           
             Chrysostome
             ,
          
           and
           
             b
          
           
             Peter
             Martyr
             ,
          
           and
           
             c
          
           
             Bellarmine
             ,
          
           and
           Doctor
           
             Fulke
             ,
          
           in
           his
           answer
           to
           the
           
             Rhemtsts
             ,
          
           commenting
           upon
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           other
           grave
           Divines
           ;
           but
           of
           our
           profound
           and
           judicious
           
             Hooker
             ,
          
           writing
           purposely
           against
           the
           Schismaticks
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           so
           as
           we
           need
           not
           suspect
           him
           of
           Puritanisme
           :
           Wee
           are
           bound
           (
           saith
           he
           in
           the
           5th
           Book
           of
           his
           Ecclesiasticall
           policy
           ,
           and
           seventeenth
           Paragraph
           ,
           Touching
           the
           manner
           of
           celebrating
           Festivall
           
           dayes
           )
           
             We
             are
             bound
             to
             accompt
             the
             sanctification
             of
             one
             day
             in
             seven
             ,
             a
             duty
             which
             Gods
             immutable
             law
             doth
             exact
             for
             ever
             ,
             although
             with
             us
             the
             day
             be
             changed
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             a
             new
             revolution
             ,
             begun
             by
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             ,
             yet
             the
             same
             proportion
             of
             time
             ,
             
               the
               same
               proportion
               of
               time
            
             continueth
             ,
             which
             was
             before
             by
             way
             of
             a
             perpetutuall
             homage
             ,
             
               a
               perpetuall
               h●…age
               ,
            
             never
             to
             be
             dispensed
             withall
             ,
             nor
             remitted
             .
          
           Then
           which
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           what
           can
           be
           spoken
           more
           plainly
           or
           more
           punctually
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           rather
           to
           be
           marked
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Author
           being
           a
           man
           of
           admirable
           learning
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           deep
           judgement
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           thereof
           making
           many
           doubts
           to
           himself
           ,
           (
           which
           the
           ignorant
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           shallow
           and
           narrow
           capacities
           ,
           hardly
           discern
           ,
           and
           easily
           swallow
           )
           is
           notwithstanding
           in
           the
           point
           so
           positive
           and
           peremptory
           as
           you
           see
           .
           Whereunto
           we
           may
           adde
           the
           testimony
           of
           our
           Homilies
           ,
           allowed
           to
           be
           read
           in
           our
           Churches
           by
           publique
           authority
           ,
           making
           also
           one
           day
           in
           the
           week
           by
           the
           morall
           part
           of
           the
           Commandement
           to
           be
           consecrated
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           in
           
           part
           ,
           but
           
             wholly
          
           to
           heavenly
           exercises
           of
           Gods
           true
           Religion
           and
           Service
           .
           And
           truely
           this
           our
           Churches
           resolution
           therein
           to
           me
           weighs
           more
           than
           the
           opinions
           of
           many
           others
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           though
           I
           will
           not
           censure
           ,
           much
           lesse
           absolutely
           condemne
           them
           .
        
         
           My
           conclusion
           shall
           be
           ,
           That
           as
           the
           tenth
           part
           ,
           
             ad
             minimum
          
           is
           Gods
           portion
           for
           the
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           so
           the
           seventh
           part
           of
           his
           proportion
           for
           time
           :
           and
           both
           of
           them
           not
           onely
           under
           the
           Leviticall
           
           Law
           but
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           the
           number
           of
           seven
           is
           sacred
           ,
           as
           
             Philo
          
           in
           his
           book
           
             de
             opificio
             mundi
          
           hath
           learnedly
           shewed
           ;
           but
           for
           proof
           thereof
           I
           will
           go
           no
           further
           then
           this
           very
           book
           of
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           wherein
           we
           read
           of
           
             Seven
             Angels
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seven
             Trumpets
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seven
             Vialls
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seven
             Seales
          
           and
           
             Seven
             Stars
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seven
             Candlesticks
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seven
             Churches
             ,
          
           and
           
             Seven
             Spirits
          
           before
           the
           throne
           of
           God
           ;
           all
           which
           seems
           to
           imply
           the
           number
           to
           be
           Mystical
           and
           sacred
           ,
           and
           consequently
           most
           properly
           due
           to
           religious
           exercises
           in
           publick
           ,
           consisting
           in
           the
           sacred
           Service
           of
           allmighty
           God
           .
        
         
           All
           which
           notwithstanding
           ,
           some
           such
           are
           found
           professi●…g
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           as
           Anabaptists
           and
           〈◊〉
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           deny
           any
           set
           time
           to
           be
           appropriated
           to
           Gods
           service
           ,
           by
           the
           law
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           further
           affirme
           ,
           that
           no
           such
           time
           is
           now
           by
           Christians
           living
           under
           the
           Gospell
           in
           any
           sort
           to
           bee
           observed
           :
           And
           to
           this
           end
           they
           wrest
           those
           passages
           of
           the
           Apostle
           
             Gal.
          
           4.
           10.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           14.
           5.
           
           
             Col.
          
           2.
           16.
           they
           wrest
           them
           I
           say
           ,
           the
           only
           scope
           of
           the
           Apostle
           in
           those
           passages
           being
           to
           cry
           downe
           the
           
             Ceremomall
          
           use
           ,
           or
           
             Superstitious
          
           abuse
           of
           dayes
           ,
           as
           well
           among
           the
           Iewes
           as
           the
           Gentiles
           ;
           not
           to
           make
           holy
           dayes
           set
           apart
           for
           Gods
           Service
           unlawfull
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           is
           certaine
           that
           in
           other
           places
           hee
           m●…kes
           the●…
           lawf●…ll
           ,
           and
           this
           day
           here
           spoken
           of
           in
           my
           Text
           in
           pa●…ticular
           ,
           aswell
           by
           his
           practice
           as
           his
           precept
           :
           w●…ich
           will
           appear
           in
           my
           second
           generall
           part
           which
           offers
           it selfe
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ;
           namely
           ,
           that
           t●…e
           day
           here
           spoken
           of
           in
           my
           Text
           is
           that
           particular
           day
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           by
           us
           Christians
           in
           a
           speci●…ll
           
           manner
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           service
           of
           God
           :
           In
           the
           handling
           whereof
           wee
           have
           two
           things
           to
           be
           considered
           :
           first
           the
           severall
           names
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           then
           why
           it
           is
           termed
           the
           Lords
           day
           .
        
         
           This
           day
           is
           sometimes
           called
           the
           
             Sabboth
             ,
          
           sometimes
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           sometimes
           the
           
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
          
           sometimes
           the
           
             Eighth
             day
             ,
          
           and
           sometimes
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           as
           here
           in
           my
           Text
           .
        
         
           The
           name
           of
           
             the
             Sabboth
          
           (
           I
           must
           confesse
           )
           in
           the
           ancient
           
             Councels
          
           or
           
             Fathers
          
           wee
           shall
           hardly
           find
           applyed
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           unlesse
           withall
           they
           adde
           
             Sabbathum
             Christianorum
          
           the
           S●…bboth
           of
           Christians
           ;
           For
           when
           they
           speak
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           absolutely
           ,
           without
           any
           addition
           ,
           they
           alwayes
           understand
           the
           Saturday
           the
           Seventh
           day
           ,
           the
           Sabboth
           day
           of
           the
           J●…wes
           ,
           which
           except
           it
           bee
           heedfully
           observed
           of
           those
           who
           are
           conversant
           in
           their
           writings
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           an
           occasion
           of
           much
           errour
           and
           mistake
           .
           Which
           notwithstanding
           I
           make
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           this
           day
           may
           without
           any
           just
           suspition
           of
           Iudaisme
           be
           called
           
             the
             Sabboth
             :
          
           and
           that
           for
           these
           Reasons
           .
           First
           ,
           because
           our
           Saviour
           himselfe
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           hath
           so
           called
           it
           :
           
             pray
             that
             your
             flight
             be
             not
             in
             the
             winter
             ,
             nor
          
           
           
             on
             the
             Sabboth
             day
             ;
          
           where
           he
           speakes
           of
           the
           destruction
           of
           
             Hierusilem
             ,
          
           which
           fell
           out
           about
           forty
           years
           after
           his
           Ascention
           ,
           whereas
           the
           Sabboth
           of
           the
           Iewes
           was
           abrogated
           by
           his
           resurrectio●…
           ,
           and
           consequently
           it
           cannot
           well
           bee
           understood
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           of
           Christians
           ,
           the
           day
           here
           spoken
           of
           .
           My
           second
           Reason
           is
           ,
           for
           that
           
             Sabbath
          
           signifying
           Rest
           ,
           the
           word
           in
           regard
           of
           that
           signification
           is
           appliable
           to
           our
           day
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           theirs
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           day
           of
           
           Rest
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           a●…
           to
           them
           :
           True
           indeed
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Sabbath
           was
           so
           called
           
             a
             day
             of
             rest
             ,
          
           in
           a
           double
           respect
           :
           First
           because
           God
           him●…e
           upon
           that
           day
           rested
           from
           the
           workes
           of
           the
           Creation
           ;
           and
           then
           because
           they
           in
           imitation
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           commandement
           from
           God
           were
           likewise
           to
           rest
           upon
           the
           same
           day
           ;
           whereas
           ours
           cannot
           be
           called
           a
           Sabbath
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           is
           Gods
           rest
           ;
           but
           only
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           second
           ,
           that
           is
           our
           rest
           .
           My
           third
           reason
           is
           ,
           for
           that
           our
           Lords
           day
           succeeded
           in
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           ,
           and
           was
           ordained
           to
           the
           same
           generall
           end
           ;
           as
           our
           spirituall
           exercises
           are
           called
           Sacrifices
           ,
           because
           they
           succeed
           in
           the
           place
           of
           their
           Sacrifices
           ,
           so
           may
           our
           Lords
           day
           not
           unfitly
           bee
           termed
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           because
           it
           succeeds
           in
           the
           place
           of
           t●…eir
           Sabboth
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           this
           day
           here
           spoken
           of
           in
           my
           Text
           is
           sometimes
           called
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           which
           though
           it
           be
           a
           name
           imposed
           by
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           who
           knew
           not
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           giving
           the
           names
           of
           the
           seven
           Planets
           to
           the
           seven
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           ;
           yet
           for
           distinctions
           s●…ke
           I
           see
           not
           ,
           but
           wee
           Christians
           may
           without
           superstition
           or
           relation
           to
           them
           call
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           weeke
           by
           the
           same
           names
           that
           they
           did
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           we
           do
           the
           Planets
           ;
           or
           as
           God
           himselfe
           calls
           the
           stars
           by
           ●…eathenish
           names
           ,
           
             Ple●…ades
             ,
             Orion
             ,
          
           and
           
             Arcturus
             with
             ●…is
             son●…es
             ,
             Iob
          
           38.
           or
           as
           S.
           
             L●…ke
             Acts
          
           28.
           ●…ells
           us
           that
           the
           ship
           of
           
             Alexandria
          
           in
           which
           S.
           
             Paul●…ailed
          
           had
           the
           signe
           of
           
             Castor
          
           and
           
             Pol●…ux
             ,
          
           heathenish
           Gods
           :
           yet
           it
           may
           not
           be
           denyed
           ,
           but
           the
           primitive
           Christians
           who
           daily
           conversed
           among
           those
           i●…olatrous
           Gentil●…s
           ,
           in
           de●…station
           of
           their
           Idolatry
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           
           part
           forbore
           those
           prophane
           heathenish
           names
           ;
           the
           first
           day
           they
           usually
           called
           
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           and
           the
           last
           
           
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           and
           those
           between
           the
           first
           and
           the
           last
           ,
           
             feria
             sec●…nda
             ,
             tertia
             ,
             qu●…rta
             ,
             quinta
             ,
             sexta
             ,
          
           the
           second
           ,
           third
           ,
           fourth
           ,
           fifth
           ,
           &
           sixth
           days
           of
           the
           week
           ;
           though
           they
           were
           not
           so
           scupulous
           ,
           but
           sometimes
           they
           were
           content
           to
           use
           the
           names
           of
           Sunday
           too
           ,
           as
           witnesseth
           
             Eusebi●…s
          
           in
           his
           fourth
           book
           of
           the
           life
           of
           
           
             Constantine
             ,
             Hunc
             salutarem
             di●…m
          
           (
           saith
           he
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           )
           
             quem
             lucis
             vel
             Solis
             appellamus
             ,
          
           and
           so
           it
           is
           called
           more
           then
           once
           by
           
             Iustinus
             Martyr
             ,
          
           in
           his
           second
           
             Apology
             :
          
           And
           truly
           considering
           that
           upon
           this
           day
           the
           light
           was
           made
           ,
           which
           being
           first
           dispersed
           was
           afterward
           gathered
           into
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           and
           withall
           that
           Christ
           the
           Sunne
           of
           righteousnesse
           (
           as
           he
           is
           called
           
             Mal.
          
           4.
           2.
           
           )
           rose
           again
           upon
           this
           day
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           but
           that
           we
           Christia●…s
           may
           without
           any
           just
           offense
           name
           it
           Sunday
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           it
           is
           sometimes
           called
           
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
          
           thus
           was
           it
           constantly
           called
           by
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           beginning
           both
           of
           the
           week
           and
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           thus
           by
           
             Moses
             Gen.
          
           1.
           5.
           thus
           by
           all
           the
           four
           Evangelists
           
             Math.
          
           28.
           1.
           
           
             Mark
          
           16.
           2.
           
           
             Luke
          
           24.
           1.
           
             Io.
          
           20.
           1.
           and
           again
           by
           St.
           
             Luke
             Acts
          
           20.
           7.
           and
           by
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           16.
           2.
           nay
           more
           then
           so
           ,
           amongst
           all
           nations
           ,
           that
           keep
           any
           account
           of
           weeks
           ,
           and
           moneths
           and
           years
           ,
           this
           day
           is
           accounted
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ;
           which
           without
           doubt
           they
           borrowed
           either
           by
           tradition
           from
           the
           Patriarchs
           ,
           and
           so
           from
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           or
           from
           the
           writings
           of
           
             Mos●…s
             ,
          
           which
           many
           of
           them
           read
           .
           But
           by
           the
           way
           wee
           are
           here
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           this
           being
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           cannot
           possibly
           
           bee
           the
           seventh
           ;
           one
           of
           the
           seven
           and
           the
           first
           and
           chief
           of
           the
           seven
           it
           is
           ,
           but
           the
           seventh
           (
           if
           we
           will
           follow
           Gods
           account
           )
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           nor
           cannot
           be
           so
           called
           :
           so
           that
           what
           is
           spoken
           in
           the
           fourth
           Commandement
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           as
           the
           seventh
           day
           ,
           I
           s●…y
           as
           t
           is
           the
           seventh
           day
           ,
           cannot
           bee
           appliable
           to
           this
           day
           of
           ours
           ,
           except
           we
           should
           make
           the
           first
           and
           the
           seventh
           all
           one
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           it
           i●…
           sometimes
           called
           
             the
             eighth
             day
             ;
          
           for
           as
           it
           is
           the
           first
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           week
           following
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           the
           eighth
           in
           regard
           of
           that
           going
           before
           .
           Sufficiēt
           war●…ā
           :
           we
           have
           for
           this
           name
           
             Ioh.
          
           20.
           26.
           where
           though
           wee
           read
           
             after
             eight
             dayes
             ,
          
           yet
           by
           the
           consent
           of
           all
           Divines
           it
           is
           to
           bee
           understood
           of
           the
           eigh●…h
           day
           after
           Christs
           Resurrection
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           same
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           with
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           going
           before
           :
           
             Nos
             in
             octava
             die
             ,
             quae
             et
             prima
          
           
           
             est
             perfecti
             Sabbathi
             ,
             festivitate
             laetamur
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           
             Hillarie
             :
          
           and
           St.
           
             Augustine
             ,
             Dies
             octavus
             qui
             &
             primus
             ,
          
           speaking
           of
           this
           day
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           
             Ianuarius
             ,
          
           the
           
           the
           same
           is
           both
           the
           first
           day
           and
           the
           eighth
           day
           ;
           where
           he
           likewise
           tels
           us
           ,
           that
           this
           day
           was
           not
           unknown
           to
           the
           holy
           Fathers
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           before
           the
           Incarnation
           of
           Christ
           ;
           
             nam
             &
             pro
             octava
             Psalmus
          
           
           
             inscribitur
             ,
             &
             octavo
             die
             circumcid●…bantur
             Infantes
             ,
          
           saith
           hee
           ;
           for
           both
           a
           Psalm
           is
           intituled
           for
           the
           eighth
           ,
           and
           the
           eighth
           day
           after
           their
           b●…rth
           were
           children
           circumcised
           .
           And
           again
           in
           his
           
             Enarration
          
           upon
           
             Psal.
          
           89.
           (
           or
           the
           90.
           as
           we
           reckon
           )
           speaking
           of
           the
           number
           of
           Fifteen
           made
           up
           of
           seven
           and
           eight
           ;
           
             Quorum
             primus
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             insinuat
             propter
             Sabbathi
             observationem
             Testam.
             vetus
             ,
             secundus
             Testam.
             novum
             propter
             Domini
             
             resurrectionem
             ;
          
           whereof
           the
           first
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           signifies
           the
           old
           Testament
           ;
           t●…e
           second
           the
           ●…ew
           Testament
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           our
           Lords
           Resurrection
           :
           
             Hinc
             sunt
             in
             Templo
             quinde
             .
          
           
           
             cim
             gradus
             ,
          
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           the
           ascent
           to
           the
           Temple
           was
           by
           fiftee●…e
           steps
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           fifteene
           psalmes
           of
           degrees
           ,
           that
           the
           Floud
           rose
           above
           the
           highest
           mount●…ins
           fift●…en
           cubits
           ,
           
             &
             si
             qui●…us
             aliis
             locis
             sacratus
             comme●…datur
             hic
             numerus
             ,
          
           and
           hence
           it
           is
           if
           this
           〈◊〉
           number
           be
           recommended
           unto
           us
           ,
           in
           any
           other
           places
           .
           Whereunto
           hee
           might
           have
           added
           ,
           that
           eight
           persons
           were
           saved
           in
           the
           Arke
           ,
           as
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           hath
           piecisely
           observed
           in
           his
           first
           Epistle
           and
           3.
           
             cap.
          
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           chapter
           of
           his
           second
           Epistle
           ,
           doth
           hee
           call
           
             N●…h
          
           the
           eighth
           person
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           and
           chiefly
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           as
           here
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           and
           ag●…in
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           16.
           1.
           as
           
             Beza
          
           in
           his
           Annotations
           on
           that
           place
           tells
           us
           ,
           according
           to
           an
           ancient
           ●…anuscript
           which
           himsel●…e
           both
           saw
           and
           read
           :
           where
           ,
           by
           
             the
             Lord
          
           no
           doubt
           is
           understood
           the
           
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           usuall
           name
           given
           him
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           both
           whiles
           he
           lived
           ,
           and
           af●…er
           his
           de●…th
           ,
           all
           other
           Lords
           bein
           bu●…
           Underlings
           ,
           and
           all
           Kings
           but
           vassals
           in
           regard
           of
           him
           ;
           from
           him
           they
           hold
           their
           Crown●…
           ,
           and
           ●…o
           him
           they
           m●…st
           bend
           their
           knees
           ,
           and
           give
           an
           account
           of
           their
           kingdomes
           ;
           To
           him
           I
           s●…y
           who
           h●…th
           on
           his
           
           fest●…re
           and
           on
           his
           thigh
           a
           na●…e
           written
           ,
           
             King
             of
             Kings
             and
             Lord
             of
             Lords
             ,
          
           being
           in
           his
           power
           and
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           farre
           above
           the
           greatest
           Lords
           on
           earth
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           above
           the
           meanest
           of
           their
           Subjects
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           this
           day
           is
           called
           
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           or
           
             this
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           because
           to
           the
           honour
           and
           service
           of
           the
           Lord
           it
           was
           both
           observed
           ,
           and
           enjoyned
           by
           his
           Apostles
           specially
           in
           memory
           of
           his
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           speciall
           order
           from
           himself
           ;
           of
           three
           of
           these
           ,
           namely
           that
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Lord
           it
           was
           observed
           by
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           specially
           in
           memory
           of
           his
           resurrection
           ,
           no
           Christian
           I
           think
           makes
           any
           doubt
           ;
           so
           as
           neither
           of
           them
           will
           need
           any
           further
           proof
           :
           two
           things
           then
           remain
           only
           to
           be
           proved
           :
           the
           one
           ,
           that
           this
           day
           was
           not
           only
           observed
           by
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           but
           by
           them
           also
           enjoyned
           to
           be
           observed
           by
           the
           Church
           :
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           both
           this
           observation
           and
           injunction
           were
           by
           speciall
           order
           from
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           To
           prove
           that
           it
           was
           by
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           enjoyned
           to
           be
           observed
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           bee
           requisi●…e
           to
           vouch
           any
           expresse
           precept
           of
           theirs
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           sufficient
           if
           by
           necessary
           deduction
           from
           any
           such
           precept
           it
           bee
           made
           clear
           ;
           neither
           can
           wee
           otherwise
           prove
           many
           doctrinall
           poynts
           in
           controversie
           ,
           between
           us
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
           Now
           for
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           proof
           I
           would
           goe
           no
           further
           then
           that
           precept
           of
           the
           Apostle
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           16.
           1.
           
           
             Concerning
             the
             Collection
             for
             the
             Saints
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             given
             order
             to
             the
             Churches
             of
          
           G●…latia
           ,
           
             even
             so
             do
             ye
             ,
             upon
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             let
             every
             one
             of
             you
             lay
             by
             him
             in
             store
             ,
             as
             God
             hath
             prospered
             him
             .
          
           That
           the
           Collection
           for
           the
           poor
           is
           here
           enjoyned
           ;
           it
           cannot
           be
           denyed
           ,
           the
           words
           themselves
           proclaim
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           Collection
           was
           inseparably
           annexed
           to
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           because
           on
           it
           the
           Congregation
           was
           assembled
           ;
           not
           
           onely
           this
           Text
           ,
           but
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           Writers
           give
           plentifull
           testimony
           :
           from
           whence
           the
           conclusion
           in
           my
           judgement
           is
           clear
           and
           fair
           ,
           That
           the
           Lords
           Day
           it self
           ,
           in
           which
           such
           Collections
           were
           made
           ,
           was
           consequently
           by
           them
           enjoyned
           ;
           for
           where
           two
           things
           are
           inseparably
           united
           ,
           he
           who
           enjoyns
           the
           on●…
           ,
           cannot
           ,
           but
           by
           consequent
           likewise
           ,
           enjoyn
           the
           other
           :
           As
           when
           God
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             there
             be
             light
             ,
          
           if
           light
           cannot
           be
           ●…ep
           from
           heat
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           effect
           as
           much
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             there
             be
             heat
             .
          
           Thus
           m●…ch
           doth
           Doctor
           
             Rivet
          
           collect
           from
           
           these
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           ,
           it
           should
           seem
           .
           Saint
           
             Augustine
             ,
          
           in
           his
           251
           Sermon
           ,
           
             de
             tempore
             ,
          
           gathered
           either
           〈◊〉
           this
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           passage
           of
           this
           kinde
           ;
           where
           he
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           Apostles
           not
           onely
           obs●…ved
           this
           day
           ,
           but
           
             religiosa
             solennitate
             habendum
             sanxerunt
             ,
          
           decreed
           it
           to
           be
           
           kept
           in
           a
           solemn
           religious
           manner
           :
           from
           whence
           we
           may
           safely
           concl●…de
           ,
           That
           at
           leastwise
           ,
           in
           his
           judgement
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           onely
           their
           practice
           ,
           but
           their
           precept
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           point
           remaining
           to
           be
           proved
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           both
           this
           p●…actice
           and
           precept
           of
           theirs
           ,
           was
           by
           order
           from
           the
           Lord
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           onely
           by
           secret
           inspiration
           ,
           but
           by
           overt
           Acts
           .
           As
           the
           Sacrament
           is
           c●…lled
           t●…e
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           instituted
           by
           t●…e
           Lord
           ,
           and
           that
           excellent
           Form
           of
           Prayer
           whic●…
           he
           hath
           left
           us
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           beca●…se
           it
           was
           co●…posed
           by
           the
           Lord
           ;
           so
           is
           this
           Day
           called
           the
           Lords
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           ordained
           by
           him
           .
           
             He
             is
             that
             Sonne
             of
             man
             ,
             who
             is
             Lord
             even
             of
             the
             Sabbat●…
             ;
          
           
           
           As
           he
           dissolved
           the
           Sabbath
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           so
           he
           appointed
           the
           Lords
           day
           of
           the
           Christians
           to
           succeed
           it
           .
           New
           Lords
           they
           say
           ,
           new
           lawes
           ,
           which
           in
           him
           was
           verified
           ;
           new
           Sacraments
           ,
           new
           sacrifices
           ,
           a
           new
           Priesthood
           ,
           a
           new
           Pentecost
           ,
           a
           new
           Sabbath
           .
           Thus
           old
           things
           passed
           away
           ,
           and
           al●…
           things
           by
           him
           became
           new
           ;
           and
           if
           all
           other
           things
           belonging
           to
           his
           service
           ,
           then
           surely
           the
           day
           too
           ,
           in
           which
           this
           service
           is
           solemnly
           to
           be
           performed
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           might
           be
           suteable
           to
           his
           service
           .
        
         
           This
           blessed
           day
           was
           not
           only
           foreseen
           ,
           and
           foretold
           by
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           but
           the
           
             making
          
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           Lord
           .
           
             This
             is
             the
             day
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             ,
             let
             us
             rejoyce
             and
             be
             glad
             in
             it
             ,
             Psal.
          
           118.
           24.
           where
           no
           doubt
           he
           prophecies
           of
           this
           very
           Lords
           day
           here
           mentioned
           in
           my
           Text
           ;
           and
           so
           have
           many
           of
           the
           Fathers
           rightly
           applied
           it
           :
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           
             a
          
           
             Athana●…ius
             ,
          
           and
           
             b
          
           
             Ambrose
             ,
          
           and
           
             c
          
           
             Chrysostome
             ;
          
           this
           is
           the
           day
           saith
           the
           great
           S●
           .
           
             d
          
           
             Augustine
             ;
          
           in
           which
           our
           Lord
           was
           baptized
           in
           
             Iordan
             ;
          
           in
           which
           he
           turned
           water
           into
           wine
           at
           a
           wedding
           feast
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           blessed
           five
           loaves
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           satisfied
           five
           thousand
           men
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           rose
           again
           from
           the
           dead
           ;
           In
           which
           he
           entred
           into
           the
           house
           where
           the
           Apostles
           were
           assembled
           ,
           the
           doors
           being
           shut
           ;
           in
           which
           he
           sent
           down
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           upon
           them
           ;
           finally
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           expect
           his
           comming
           to
           judgement
           .
           Besides
           all
           which
           ,
           
             Bellarmine
          
           in
           his
           third
           Book
           
             de
             cultu
             Sanctorum
             ,
          
           and
           eleventh
           Chapter
           ,
           is
           confident
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           also
           born
           on
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           which
           he
           proves
           by
           the
           Dominicall
           letter
           of
           that
           year
           ,
           falling
           just
           upon
           the
           25th
           of
           
             December
             .
          
           And
           shall
           we
           imagine
           
           that
           on
           this
           day
           he
           was
           born
           ,
           on
           this
           day
           baptized
           ,
           
           on
           this
           day
           wrought
           his
           first
           and
           greatest
           miracles
           ,
           on
           this
           day
           rose
           again
           ,
           on
           this
           day
           appeared
           to
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           and
           lastly
           ,
           on
           this
           day
           sent
           down
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           upon
           them
           (
           the
           three
           last
           of
           which
           are
           most
           evident
           in
           holy
           Scripture
           )
           and
           yet
           had
           no
           speciall
           designe
           for
           the
           sanctifying
           of
           this
           day
           in
           a
           speciall
           manner
           .
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           it
           may
           not
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           that
           upon
           this
           day
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           their
           successors
           received
           from
           him
           their
           
             Benediction
             ,
          
           their
           
             Mission
             ,
          
           and
           
             Commission
             ;
             Peace
             be
             unto
             you
             ,
          
           there
           is
           the
           
             Benediction
             ,
             Iohn
          
           20.
           19.
           
           
             As
             my
             Father
             hath
             sent
             me
             ,
             so
             I
             send
             you
             ,
          
           there
           is
           their
           Mission
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           21.
           
           
             And
             when
             he
             had
             said
             this
             ,
             he
             breathed
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             saith
             unto
             them
             ,
             Receive
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ;
             whose
             sins
             ye
             remit
             ,
             they
             are
             remitted
             ,
             and
             whose
             sins
             ye
             retain
             ,
             they
             are
             retained
             ,
          
           there
           is
           their
           Commission
           ,
           
             vers.
          
           22.
           23.
           
           And
           again
           ,
           his
           disciples
           being
           assembled
           as
           before
           (
           in
           all
           likelihood
           by
           his
           Commandment
           )
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           religious
           duties
           ,
           upon
           the
           very
           same
           day
           of
           the
           week
           following
           ,
           he
           appears
           to
           them
           again
           ;
           as
           for
           the
           imparting
           of
           other
           mysteries
           unto
           them
           ,
           so
           in
           particular
           for
           the
           ●…rengthning
           of
           
             Thomas
          
           his
           faith
           ,
           who
           at
           his
           former
           apparition
           was
           absent
           from
           that
           assembly
           :
           yea
           ,
           after
           this
           again
           ,
           before
           his
           Ascension
           he
           appeared
           unto
           them
           sundry
           times
           ,
           by
           the
           space
           of
           forty
           daies
           ,
           
           speaking
           of
           the
           things
           pertaining
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           good
           Divines
           are
           of
           opinion
           that
           he
           still
           appeared
           upon
           the
           same
           day
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           certain
           that
           ten
           dayes
           after
           his
           Ascension
           ,
           he
           sent
           down
           the
           
           holy
           Ghost
           the
           same
           day
           upon
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           being
           
           then
           again
           assembled
           ,
           being
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           or
           the
           Lords-day
           ;
           on
           which
           he
           also
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           an
           Angel
           imparted
           these
           most
           divine
           
             Revelations
          
           to
           St.
           
             Iohn
             ;
          
           All
           which
           should
           argue
           ,
           that
           this
           indeed
           was
           the
           day
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           selected
           and
           sealed
           for
           the
           religious
           Assemblies
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           in
           all
           future
           ages
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           .
           Neither
           is
           this
           my
           opinion
           alone
           ,
           but
           Saint
           
             Cyrill
          
           in
           his
           Exposition
           upon
           
           Saint
           
             Iohns
          
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           same
           minde
           ;
           and
           
             Maldonate
          
           the
           Jesuite
           freely
           confesseth
           ,
           that
           some
           
           Conjecture
           may
           from
           thence
           be
           made
           ,
           
             Diem
             Dominicum
             aliquam
             ex
             Christi
             voluntate
             originem
             habuisse
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Lords
           day
           had
           some
           kinde
           of
           rise
           ,
           from
           the
           will
           of
           the
           Lord
           himself
           :
           yet
           because
           he
           seeth
           the
           Schoolmen
           take
           another
           way
           ,
           he
           professeth
           himself
           unwilling
           to
           forsake
           their
           Company
           :
           But
           had
           he
           been
           free
           to
           take
           his
           own
           course
           ,
           no
           doubt
           he
           would
           easily
           have
           found
           therein
           somewhat
           more
           ,
           then
           a
           bare
           Conjecture
           .
        
         
           Which
           I
           am
           the
           rather
           induced
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           for
           that
           
             Ribera
          
           a
           Bird
           of
           the
           same
           
             Feather
          
           and
           
             Nest
             ,
          
           in
           his
           Commentaries
           upon
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ,
           tels
           us
           that
           
             Iustin
             Martyr
          
           in
           his
           second
           Apologie
           to
           
             Antoninus
          
           the
           Emperour
           teacheth
           ,
           
             Apostolos
             a
             Christo
             hujus
             diei
             celebritatem
             accepisse
             ,
          
           That
           the
           Apostles
           received
           the
           celebrity
           of
           this
           day
           from
           the
           Lord
           himself
           ;
           which
           he
           disproves
           not
           ,
           but
           rather
           allowes
           ;
           and
           withall
           addes
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           delivered
           it
           over
           ,
           and
           recommended
           it
           to
           the
           Church
           in
           their
           Constitutions
           ,
           as
           witnesseth
           
             Clemens
             ,
             Lib.
             2.
             cap.
             59.
             &
             lib.
             5.
             cap.
             9.
             &
             lib.
             7.
             cap.
          
           31.
           37.
           
           And
           
           herewith
           accords
           the
           great
           
             Athanasius
          
           in
           the
           very
           entrance
           of
           his
           Homilie
           
             De
             Semente
             ;
          
           Anciently
           saith
           he
           ,
           the
           Sabboth
           was
           in
           greatest
           request
           ;
           
             Sed
             eam
             solennitatem
             Dominus
             in
             diem
             Dominicum
             transtulit
             ,
          
           but
           the
           solemnity
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Lord
           himself
           hath
           now
           put
           over
           ,
           and
           conferred
           upon
           the
           Lords-day
           ;
           and
           again
           ,
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           
             Octavo
             Sabbathum
             dissolvit
             :
          
           
           And
           to
           me
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           
             Ianuarius
          
           seemeth
           to
           fall
           in
           the
           same
           way
           :
           The
           Lords
           day
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           was
           declared
           by
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
             Et
             ab
             illo
             coepit
             habere
             festivitatem
             suam
             ,
          
           not
           
             ab
             illa
             ,
          
           but
           
             ab
             illo
             ,
          
           from
           him
           it
           began
           to
           be
           made
           Festivall
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           Ancients
           might
           be
           added
           ,
           of
           our
           own
           Divines
           ,
           Doctor
           
             Fulk
          
           in
           his
           answer
           to
           the
           
             Rhemists
          
           on
           the
           words
           of
           my
           Text
           ;
           and
           Master
           
             Perkins
          
           not
           
           only
           in
           his
           Exposition
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           But
           in
           his
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           ;
           And
           among
           forraign
           Divines
           ,
           the
           learned
           
             Iunius
          
           as
           well
           in
           his
           Lectures
           ●…pon
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           3.
           as
           his
           notes
           upon
           
             Tertullian
             ;
          
           in
           the
           former
           of
           which
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           this
           day
           was
           set
           apart
           for
           holy
           uses
           ,
           
             Non
             humana
             traditione
             ,
             sed
             Christi
             ipsius
             observatione
             &
             instituto
             ,
          
           Not
           by
           any
           humane
           tradition
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           observation
           and
           institution
           of
           Christ
           
           hims●…lf
           ;
           in
           the
           latter
           ,
           
             Vt
             quem
             Dominus
             tum
             resurrectione
             sui
             corporis
             ,
             tum
             ordinaria
             Ecclesiae
             suae
             synaxi
             sanctificaverat
             ,
             ut
             Cyrillus
             in
             Iohan.
             annotavit
             :
          
           As
           being
           the
           day
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           consecrated
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           ordinary
           Assemblies
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           as
           
             Cyrillus
          
           upon
           
             Io●…n
          
           hath
           observed
           .
        
         
           The
           summe
           of
           all
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           the
           Apostles
           had
           
           not
           a
           freedome
           of
           choice
           left
           to
           themselves
           ,
           what
           day
           they
           would
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           publique
           exercises
           of
           Religion
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           foretold
           by
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           what
           was
           shaddowed
           before
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Law
           ;
           what
           they
           practised
           ,
           and
           delivered
           herein
           ,
           they
           received
           from
           the
           Lord
           :
           As
           one
           of
           them
           speaks
           for
           
           all
           ,
           in
           another
           case
           indeed
           ,
           yet
           not
           improperly
           appliable
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           :
           which
           being
           so
           ,
           they
           doubtlesse
           derogate
           much
           ,
           both
           from
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           Lords-day
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Lord
           himself
           ,
           the
           Author
           thereof
           ,
           who
           would
           make
           it
           no
           better
           then
           an
           humane
           ordination
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           an
           Ecclesiasticall
           Constitution
           ,
           framed
           according
           to
           the
           pattern
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ;
           and
           consequently
           changeable
           either
           by
           the
           Civill
           Magistrate
           ,
           as
           some
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Church
           as
           others
           :
           Whereas
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           were
           so
           constantly
           resolved
           of
           the
           immutable
           fixednesse
           thereof
           ,
           that
           they
           expected
           his
           return
           ,
           to
           the
           generall
           judgement
           upon
           the
           same
           
           day
           ,
           which
           himself
           had
           ordained
           in
           all
           succeeding
           ages
           to
           be
           kept
           holy
           :
           And
           therefore
           they
           thought
           they
           could
           never
           sufficiently
           grace
           it
           with
           the
           highest
           titles
           of
           preheminence
           ,
           they
           could
           possibly
           devise
           :
           which
           is
           my
           third
           generall
           part
           ,
           and
           now
           presents
           it self
           to
           our
           view
           :
           the
           notable
           prerogatives
           I
           mean
           ,
           and
           speciall
           priviledges
           of
           this
           day
           beyond
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           other
           .
        
         
           As
           all
           time
           ,
           so
           all
           dayes
           which
           are
           a
           part
           of
           time
           are
           of
           the
           Lords
           making
           :
           and
           as
           a
           part
           of
           time
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           equall
           among
           themselves
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           Dignity
           as
           Duration
           ;
           but
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           end
           
             to
             which
             ,
          
           and
           the
           use
           
             for
             which
          
           they
           are
           set
           apart
           ;
           so
           are
           they
           
           distinguished
           each
           from
           the
           other
           ;
           which
           by
           
             Syracides
          
           
           is
           well
           and
           truly
           exprest
           :
           why
           saith
           he
           ,
           doth
           one
           day
           excell
           another
           ,
           when
           as
           all
           the
           light
           of
           every
           day
           in
           the
           yeer
           is
           from
           the
           Sun
           ?
           whereunto
           he
           maketh
           answer
           ,
           By
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           they
           were
           distinguished
           ,
           and
           he
           altered
           seasons
           and
           feasts
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           hath
           he
           made
           high-dayes
           ,
           and
           hallowed
           them
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           hath
           he
           made
           ordinary
           dayes
           :
           And
           surely
           ,
           if
           any
           day
           be
           an
           high-day
           ,
           it
           should
           in
           reason
           be
           the
           Lords-day
           .
           The
           eminency
           whereof
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           amisse
           to
           consider
           comparatively
           in
           relation
           to
           other
           dayes
           :
           First
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           other
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           specially
           other
           Holidayes
           of
           the
           Christians
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Gentiles
           the
           Lords
           day
           was
           usually
           called
           
             Dies
             Solis
             ,
          
           Sunday
           ;
           So
           was
           the
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           
             Dies
             Saturni
             ,
          
           Saturns-day
           ,
           or
           Saturday
           ;
           and
           how
           much
           the
           Sun
           in
           bignesse
           exceeds
           ,
           and
           excells
           in
           brightnesse
           and
           influence
           ,
           the
           starre
           by
           them
           named
           
             Saturn
             ,
          
           so
           much
           doth
           the
           Lords-day
           exceed
           ,
           and
           excell
           the
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           .
           Their
           Sabbath
           was
           instituted
           in
           memory
           of
           the
           Creation
           ;
           our
           Lords-day
           of
           the
           Redemption
           of
           the
           world
           :
           Now
           for
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           God
           only
           spake
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           made
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           Redemption
           thereof
           ,
           the
           Eternall
           Word
           ,
           the
           Sonne
           of
           God
           himself
           must
           become
           incarnate
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           space
           of
           many
           yeers
           ,
           both
           do
           ,
           and
           suffer
           many
           things
           :
           by
           means
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           man
           was
           intituled
           to
           the
           earthly
           paradise
           ;
           by
           means
           of
           the
           Redemption
           ,
           to
           the
           heavenly
           :
           by
           the
           Creation
           he
           
           was
           made
           a
           Companion
           of
           the
           Angels
           ;
           by
           redemption
           they
           are
           made
           in
           some
           sort
           his
           inferiors
           ,
           being
           sent
           forth
           to
           minister
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           heirs
           of
           salvation
           :
           In
           the
           Creation
           all
           the
           other
           Creatures
           have
           their
           interest
           together
           with
           man
           ;
           the
           work
           of
           Redemption
           is
           proper
           to
           him
           alone
           :
           Again
           ,
           the
           Jewish
           Sabboth
           was
           renewed
           in
           memory
           of
           their
           deliverance
           from
           the
           bondage
           of
           
             Egypt
             ;
          
           but
           our
           Lords-day
           ordained
           to
           be
           kept
           holy
           ,
           in
           memory
           of
           our
           deliverance
           from
           the
           bondage
           of
           Sin
           and
           Satan
           ,
           who
           held
           us
           under
           in
           a
           farre
           more
           miserable
           slavery
           then
           that
           of
           
             Egypt
             .
          
           Moreover
           it
           is
           by
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           Israelites
           passed
           
           safely
           through
           the
           read
           Sea
           ,
           not
           on
           the
           Sabboth
           ,
           but
           on
           our
           Lords-day
           ;
           and
           both
           by
           him
           and
           
             Origen
             ,
          
           
           That
           the
           
             Manna
          
           fell
           first
           ,
           on
           the
           first-day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           but
           none
           on
           the
           Seventh
           :
           where
           by
           the
           
             Manna
             ,
             Origen
          
           after
           his
           allegorizing
           manner
           ,
           understands
           the
           sweet
           dew
           of
           heavenly
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           inferres
           ,
           
             Intelligant
             Iudaei
             jam
             tunc
             praelatam
             esse
             dominicam
             nostram
             Iudaico
             Sabbatho
             ,
          
           Let
           the
           Jews
           know
           th●…t
           even
           then
           our
           Lords-day
           was
           preferred
           before
           their
           Sabboth
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           other
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           and
           to
           other
           holy-dayes
           ;
           This
           Lords
           day
           shines
           among
           them
           ,
           as
           doth
           the
           Dominicall
           Letter
           clod
           in
           Scarlet
           among
           the
           other
           Letters
           in
           the
           Calendar
           ;
           or
           as
           the
           Sunne
           imparts
           light
           to
           all
           the
           other
           Stars
           ;
           so
           doth
           this
           day
           ,
           bearing
           the
           name
           thereof
           ,
           both
           Light
           and
           Life
           to
           all
           the
           other
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           .
           This
           day
           saith
           
             Eusebius
          
           is
           ,
           
             tum
             vere
             praecipuus
             ,
             tum
             haud
          
           
           
             dubie
             primus
             ,
          
           of
           all
           other
           dayes
           ,
           as
           truly
           the
           principall
           ,
           
           as
           it
           is
           undoubtedly
           the
           first
           .
           
             Athanasius
          
           cals
           
           it
           
             Diem
             sanctissimum
             ,
          
           and
           
             sanctissimum
             festum
             ,
          
           the
           most
           holy
           day
           ,
           the
           most
           holy
           festivall
           ,
           attributing
           unto
           it
           both
           the
           initiation
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           mans
           regeneration
           .
           
             Ig●…atius
          
           in
           his
           Epist.
           to
           the
           
             Magnesians
          
           stiles
           it
           ,
           
             Reginam
             &
             Princ●…m
             dierum
             ,
          
           the
           Queen
           and
           Princesse
           of
           dayes
           ;
           
             Chrysostome
             ,
             drem
             r●…galem
             ,
          
           a
           royall
           
           day
           ;
           
             Leo
          
           hath
           written
           purposely
           in
           commendation
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           his
           81.
           
           Epistle
           to
           
             Dioscorus
             .
          
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           in
           sundry
           Treatises
           of
           his
           ,
           takes
           occasion
           highly
           to
           extoll
           it
           ;
           as
           namely
           ,
           in
           his
           251.
           
           Sermon
           
             de
             tempore
             ,
          
           having
           spoken
           of
           some
           of
           the
           most
           remarkable
           things
           which
           fell
           out
           upon
           this
           day
           ,
           
             His
             &
             talibus
             indic●…is
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             Dominica
             dies
             extat
             insignis
             ,
          
           By
           these
           and
           such
           like
           Characters
           is
           the
           Lords-day
           become
           renowned
           :
           And
           again
           ,
           in
           his
           154.
           
           Sermon
           of
           the
           same
           Book
           ,
           
             Venerabilis
             est
             hic
             dies
             qui
             dominicus
             dies
             ,
             &
             dies
             primus
             atque
             perfectus
             est
             ,
             &
             dies
             clarus
             in
             quo
             visa
             est
             prima
             lux
             ,
          
           This
           Lords
           day
           is
           a
           venerable
           day
           ,
           The
           first
           day
           ,
           a
           perfect
           and
           shining
           day
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           light
           was
           first
           seen
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
             Pererius
          
           the
           J●…suite
           in
           his
           Commentaries
           upon
           the
           work
           of
           the
           first
           day
           ,
           having
           recounted
           no
           lesse
           then
           thirteen
           speciall
           Prerogatives
           thereof
           ;
           at
           last
           he
           thus
           concludes
           ,
           
             Haec
             sunt
             primi
             illius
             diei
             insignia
             atque
             ornamenta
             ,
             quibus
             ea
             dies
             mirabiliter
             nobilitatur
             atque
             decoratur
             ,
          
           These
           are
           the
           ensignes
           and
           ornaments
           of
           this
           first
           day
           ,
           wherewith
           it
           is
           wonderfully
           ennobled
           ,
           and
           garnished
           :
           Likewise
           the
           Hebrew
           Author
           of
           the
           Book
           called
           
             Sedar
             ,
             Olam
             ,
             Rabba
             ,
             cap.
          
           7.
           
           Recordeth
           many
           memorable
           
           things
           which
           were
           done
           upon
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           :
           as
           so
           many
           types
           that
           the
           chief
           worship
           
           of
           God
           should
           (
           under
           the
           new
           Testament
           )
           be
           celebrated
           upon
           this
           day
           .
           
             As
             that
             on
             this
             day
             the
             cloud
             of
             Gods
             Majesty
             first
             sate
             upon
             his
             people
             .
             
               Aaron
            
             and
             his
             children
             first
             executed
             their
             Priesthood
             .
             God
             first
             solemnly
             blessed
             his
             people
             .
             The
             Princes
             of
             his
             people
             first
             offered
             publikely
             unto
             God
             .
             The
             first
             day
             wherein
             fire
             descended
             from
             heaven
             .
          
           The
           certainty
           of
           these
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           the
           Author
           to
           prove
           ;
           but
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           for
           more
           than
           a
           thousand
           yeers
           after
           Christ
           ,
           to
           expresse
           the
           greatnesse
           of
           their
           joy
           upon
           this
           day
           ,
           neither
           fasted
           nor
           kneeled
           :
           Nay
           ,
           
             Tertullian
          
           goes
           further
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           
             de
             corona
             militis
             ,
             cap.
             3.
             
             Die
             dominico
             jejunare
             nefas
             ducimus
             ,
             &
             de
             geniculis
             adorare
             ,
          
           We
           hold
           it
           unlawfull
           upon
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           either
           to
           fast
           or
           to
           pray
           kneeling
           .
           And
           Saint
           
             Hilary
          
           in
           his
           Prologue
           set
           before
           his
           explanation
           of
           the
           Psalms
           ,
           gives
           the
           reason
           thereof
           ;
           
             ne
             festivitatem
             spiritualis
             hujus
             ●…eatudinis
             impedirit
             ,
          
           lest
           it
           might
           hinder
           the
           joy
           of
           our
           Spirituall
           happinesse
           on
           that
           day
           .
           Look
           then
           what
           the
           fire
           is
           among
           the
           Elements
           ,
           the
           
             Eagle
          
           among
           the
           Fowls
           ,
           the
           
             Whale
          
           among
           the
           fishes
           ,
           the
           
             Lion
          
           among
           the
           Beasts
           ,
           Gold
           among
           the
           other
           Metalls
           ,
           and
           Wheat
           among
           the
           other
           Grains
           ;
           the
           same
           is
           the
           Lords
           Day
           among
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           ;
           this
           Day
           differing
           as
           much
           from
           the
           rest
           as
           doth
           that
           Wax
           to
           which
           the
           Kings
           great
           Seal
           is
           put
           ,
           from
           ordinary
           Wax
           ,
           or
           that
           Silver
           upon
           which
           the
           Kings
           Arms
           and
           Image
           ●…re
           stamped
           ,
           from
           Silver
           unrefined
           ,
           or
           in
           Bullion
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           other
           holy
           dayes
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           farre
           transcendent
           above
           them
           too
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           beyoud
           other
           
           ordinary
           dayes
           :
           the
           other
           holy
           dayes
           ,
           consecrated
           by
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           amongst
           us
           religiously
           observed
           ,
           may
           not
           unfitly
           be
           resembled
           to
           those
           honorable
           women
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           45
           
             Psalm
             ,
             Kings
             daughters
             were
             among
             thy
             honorable
             women
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ordained
           by
           the
           Lord
           himself
           ,
           and
           from
           him
           derived
           unto
           us
           by
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           is
           as
           the
           Queen
           here
           standing
           at
           the
           Kings
           right
           hand
           in
           Gold
           of
           
             Ophir
             ,
          
           gloriously
           apparelled
           ;
           the
           rest
           are
           as
           waiting-Ladies
           ,
           she
           as
           the
           Empresse
           ,
           
             gradiensque
             Deas
             superem
             net
             omnes
             :
          
           and
           were
           they
           all
           brought
           into
           one
           Chain
           ,
           the
           Medale
           of
           this
           Chain
           could
           be
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Lords
           Day
           .
           This
           was
           ,
           doubtlesse
           ,
           the
           generall
           a●…d
           constant
           opinion
           of
           antiquity
           touching
           th●…s
           Day
           but
           I
           know
           not
           how
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           after
           ages
           ,
           by
           insensible
           degrees
           ,
           much
           degenerating
           from
           the
           simplicity
           of
           those
           primitive
           times
           ,
           so
           infinitely
           multiplied
           and
           magnified
           their
           holy
           dayes
           beyond
           all
           measure
           and
           reason
           ,
           that
           the
           Lords
           Day
           began
           to
           be
           fleighted
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           ,
           with
           many
           ,
           to
           be
           accounted
           a
           common
           holy
           day
           ,
           nay
           ,
           perchance
           ,
           inferiour
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Saints
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           with
           us
           it
           had
           lost
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           honour
           due
           unto
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           name
           ,
           by
           the
           Apostles
           imposed
           upon
           it
           .
           Which
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           a
           speciall
           occasion
           of
           that
           thick
           cloud
           of
           superstition
           which
           afterwards
           over
           shadowed
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           in
           appearance
           ,
           the
           reducing
           of
           this
           day
           to
           its
           originall
           honour
           and
           name
           ,
           would
           prove
           the
           readiest
           means
           to
           restore
           the
           Church
           again
           to
           her
           originall
           lustre
           and
           beauty
           ,
           even
           in
           those
           parts
           where
           that
           cloud
           is
           not
           yet
           dispelled
           ;
           as
           in
           all
           likelyhood
           
           the
           preserving
           of
           that
           name
           and
           honour
           with
           us
           ,
           would
           likewise
           serve
           to
           preserve
           that
           soundnesse
           of
           religion
           which
           now
           by
           Gods
           blessing
           we
           have
           long
           enjoyed
           under
           three
           such
           Princes
           ,
           as
           the
           world
           in
           their
           severall
           kindes
           ,
           and
           in
           succession
           ,
           cannot
           shew
           the
           like
           .
           And
           so
           I
           passe
           to
           my
           fourth
           and
           last
           generall
           part
           ,
           The
           duties
           of
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           
             in
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           that
           is
           in
           Sptrituall
           exercises
           ,
           as
           Saint
           
             Iohn
          
           upon
           this
           day
           was
           .
           Though
           he
           were
           then
           banished
           into
           the
           solitary
           Isle
           of
           
             Patmos
             ,
          
           where
           he
           had
           no
           means
           to
           converse
           with
           any
           Christian
           ,
           much
           lesse
           to
           communicate
           with
           their
           Assemblies
           in
           religious
           duties
           ,
           yet
           was
           he
           present
           with
           them
           in
           spirit
           ,
           as
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           was
           with
           the
           
             Colossians
             ,
          
           
           though
           absent
           in
           body
           ,
           much
           desiring
           to
           be
           present
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           joyning
           with
           them
           ,
           even
           in
           his
           private
           devotions
           .
           A
           good
           lesson
           for
           such
           as
           cannot
           have
           accesse
           to
           the
           publique
           Congregation
           ,
           considering
           they
           cannot
           do
           what
           they
           would
           ,
           yet
           to
           do
           what
           they
           may
           ,
           which
           is
           religiously
           to
           observe
           the
           Lords
           Day
           in
           their
           private
           houses
           or
           chambers
           ,
           in
           the
           ship
           or
           in
           the
           prison
           ,
           if
           their
           condition
           be
           such
           as
           they
           cannot
           come
           to
           the
           Lords
           House
           .
           This
           is
           it
           which
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           adviseth
           ,
           discoursing
           of
           the
           
           duties
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           
             veniat
             cuique
             possibile
             est
             &
             oret
             in
             conventu
             Ecclesiae
             pro
             peccatis
             suis
             Deum
             ,
          
           He
           who
           possibly
           can
           come
           ,
           let
           him
           come
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           let
           him
           there
           pray
           to
           God
           for
           the
           pardon
           of
           his
           sinnes
           ;
           
             Qui
             vero
             hoc
             non
             possit
             saltem
             in
             domo
             sua
             oret
             ,
             &
             non
             negligat
             Deo
             solvere
             votum
             &
             reddere
             pensum
             servitutis
             ,
          
           but
           he
           who
           cannot
           come
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           let
           him
           pray
           in
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           let
           him
           not
           neglect
           the
           paying
           of
           
           his
           Vows
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           rendering
           of
           that
           service
           which
           is
           exacted
           .
        
         
           Now
           for
           such
           as
           have
           free
           accesse
           to
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           these
           spirituall
           exercises
           are
           either
           publike
           or
           private
           ;
           publike
           ,
           in
           the
           Lords
           House
           ;
           private
           ,
           in
           our
           own
           houses
           with
           our
           families
           ,
           or
           in
           our
           chambers
           and
           closets
           ,
           in
           our
           Gardens
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Fields
           .
           The
           exercises
           to
           be
           performed
           ,
           are
           confession
           of
           our
           faith
           and
           our
           faults
           ,
           absolution
           ,
           thanksgiving
           ,
           humble
           and
           hearty
           prayer
           ,
           reading
           and
           expounding
           the
           sacred
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           private
           readi●…g
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           or
           other
           godly
           books
           ,
           the
           administration
           and
           participation
           of
           the
           holy
           Sacraments
           ,
           the
           singing
           of
           Divine
           Hymnes
           ,
           meditation
           and
           conference
           ,
           as
           well
           touching
           those
           things
           we
           have
           read
           and
           heard
           ,
           as
           touching
           the
           wonderfull
           works
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Creation
           ,
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           world
           :
           This
           is
           to
           be
           in
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           specially
           if
           these
           dutiesbe
           practised
           by
           us
           in
           a
           Spirituall
           manner
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           we
           perform
           them
           not
           faintly
           or
           formally
           ,
           but
           attentively
           and
           devoutly
           ,
           as
           knowing
           that
           
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             worshipped
             by
             us
             in
             Spirit
             and
             Truth
             ,
          
           with
           
           a
           perfect
           heart
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           willing
           minde
           ,
           as
           the
           good
           King
           
             David
          
           taught
           his
           Son
           
             Solomon
             :
          
           Withall
           
           we
           must
           remember
           ,
           that
           works
           of
           charity
           are
           not
           to
           be
           neglected
           on
           this
           day
           ,
           they
           being
           the
           marks
           and
           effects
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           we
           may
           the
           better
           intend
           these
           Spirituall
           works
           in
           a
           Spirituall
           manner
           ,
           we
           are
           still
           to
           carry
           in
           our
           mindes
           that
           this
           Day
           is
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           devills
           or
           ours
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           a
           part
           onely
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           day
           is
           his
           ,
           the
           devils
           day
           we
           
           make
           it
           ,
           if
           we
           employ
           it
           in
           sinfull
           acts
           ;
           our
           own
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           servile
           works
           of
           our
           particular
           callings
           ,
           or
           in
           bodily
           recreations
           ,
           which
           further
           not
           ,
           but
           hinder
           the
           practice
           of
           our
           Spirituall
           duties
           :
           For
           sinfull
           acts
           ,
           we
           must
           be
           carefull
           that
           we
           incurre
           not
           justly
           the
           censure
           of
           
             Tertullian
             ,
             Siccine
             exprimitur
             per
             publicum
          
           
           
             gaudium
             publicum
             dedecus
             ?
             Haeccine
             solennes
             dies
             decent
             quae
             alios
             non
             decent
             ?
             Malorum
             licentia
             pietas
             erit
             ?
             Occasio
             luxur●…ae
             religio
             deputabitur
             ?
          
           Is
           our
           publike
           joy
           thus
           expressed
           by
           the
           publike
           disgrace
           ?
           Shall
           that
           be
           thought
           to
           become
           an
           holy
           Day
           ,
           which
           doth
           not
           become
           any
           day
           ?
           Shall
           wicked
           licentiousnesse
           be
           accounted
           Piety
           ?
           and
           occasions
           of
           luxury
           ,
           Religion
           ?
           If
           wantonnesse
           ,
           if
           drunkennesse
           ,
           if
           fighting
           ,
           if
           railing
           ,
           if
           reviling
           ,
           if
           swearing
           ,
           if
           cursing
           be
           sinnes
           on
           every
           day
           ,
           surely
           much
           more
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           .
           Saint
           
             Hierome
          
           likewise
           in
           his
           Epistle
           to
           
             Eustochium
             ,
          
           seems
           much
           to
           mislike
           excessive
           Feasting
           and
           feeding
           upon
           these
           dayes
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           occasions
           of
           luxury
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           quarrelling
           and
           wantonnesse
           ;
           
             Valde
             absurdum
             est
             nimia
             saturitate
             velle
             honorare
             Martyrem
             quem
             scias
             Deo
             placuisse
             jejuniis
             ,
          
           It
           is
           most
           absurd
           to
           in●…end
           the
           honour
           of
           that
           Martyr
           with
           excessive
           Feasting
           ,
           whom
           we
           know
           to
           have
           pleased
           God
           with
           Fasting
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           can
           be
           no
           honour
           to
           the
           Martyr
           who
           lost
           his
           blood
           for
           the
           Lords
           sake
           ,
           much
           lesle
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           redeemed
           the
           Martyr
           by
           his
           blood
           .
        
         
           Of
           servile
           works
           is
           that
           noble
           Constitution
           of
           
             Leo
          
           
           the
           Empe.
           to
           be
           understood
           .
           
             We
             ordain
             ,
             according
             .
             
             to
             the
             true
             meaning
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Apostles
             thereby
             directed
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             sacred
             Day
             wherein
             our
             own
             integrity
             was
             restored
             ,
             all
             do
             rest
             and
             surcease
             labour
             ;
             that
             neither
             Husbandman
             nor
             other
             ,
             on
             that
             day
             ,
             put
             their
             hands
             to
             forbidden
             works
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Jews
             did
             so
             much
             reverence
             their
             Sabboth
             ,
             which
             was
             but
             a
             shadow
             of
             ours
             ,
             are
             not
             we
             which
             inhabite
             the
             light
             and
             truth
             of
             grace
             ,
             bound
             to
             honour
             that
             day
             which
             the
             Lord
             himself
             hath
             honoured
             ,
             and
             hath
             therein
             both
             delivered
             us
             from
             dishonour
             ,
             and
             from
             death
             ?
             Are
             not
             we
             bound
             to
             keep
             it
             singular
             and
             
               inviolable
               ,
            
             well
             contenting
             our selves
             with
             so
             liberall
             a
             grant
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             not
             incroaching
             upon
             that
             one
             which
             God
             hath
             chosen
             to
             his
             own
             honour
             ?
             Were
             it
             not
             wretchlesse
             neglect
             of
             religion
             to
             make
             that
             very
             day
             common
             ,
             and
             to
             think
             we
             may
             do
             with
             it
             as
             with
             the
             rest
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           religious
           Edict
           of
           his
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           indeed
           chiefly
           bent
           against
           bodily
           labour
           ,
           yet
           may
           it
           well
           be
           extended
           against
           such
           pastimes
           and
           recreations
           on
           that
           Day
           ,
           as
           cannot
           but
           withdraw
           us
           from
           the
           keeping
           of
           it
           inviolable
           .
           That
           unlawfull
           recreations
           may
           not
           be
           used
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           no
           Christian
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           will
           deny
           ,
           since
           they
           may
           not
           be
           used
           on
           any
           dayes
           ;
           so
           as
           all
           the
           doubt
           is
           touching
           lawfull
           recreations
           ,
           whereof
           some
           also
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           no
           man
           will
           affirm
           to
           be
           lawf●…lly
           used
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           as
           Hawking
           ,
           Hunting
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           unlawfull
           in
           themselves
           ,
           but
           unlawfull
           on
           that
           Day
           because
           it
           is
           the
           Lords
           D●…y
           :
           And
           for
           other
           recreations
           ,
           if
           bodily
           labour
           ,
           which
           on
           
           other
           dayes
           is
           not
           onely
           lawfnll
           ,
           but
           necessary
           ,
           be
           forbidden
           because
           it
           is
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           methinks
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           even
           lawfull
           recreations
           should
           be
           forbidden
           on
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           as
           tending
           no
           lesse
           to
           the
           violating
           of
           that
           Day
           than
           bodily
           labour
           ;
           If
           on
           that
           Day
           I
           may
           nor
           sow
           nor
           reap
           ,
           nor
           carry
           my
           Corn
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           most
           uncertain
           and
           catching
           weather
           ,
           though
           it
           carryes
           a
           fair
           shew
           of
           keeping
           those
           precious
           fruits
           of
           the
           earth
           from
           spoiling
           which
           God
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           hath
           sent
           me
           ,
           shall
           I
           presume
           to
           use
           those
           recreations
           on
           that
           Day
           ,
           which
           commonly
           end
           in
           the
           abuse
           of
           those
           good
           bl●…ssings
           ?
           Manlike
           exercises
           are
           ,
           doubtlesse
           ,
           very
           requisite
           ,
           but
           co●…sidering
           the
           number
           of
           other
           holy
           dayes
           in
           our
           Church
           (
           under
           favour
           be
           it
           spoken
           )
           I
           see
           no
           necessity
           of
           putting
           them
           in
           practice
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           nor
           of
           ranking
           the
           Lords
           Day
           with-other
           holy
           dayes
           .
        
         
           Some
           reformed
           Churches
           in
           other
           parts
           may
           perchance
           give
           way
           to
           the
           use
           of
           them
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           which
           in
           them
           is
           somewhat
           the
           more
           excusable
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           none
           other
           holy
           days
           ,
           though
           for
           mine
           own
           part
           I
           think
           it
           better
           if
           they
           had
           ,
           yet
           that
           the
           very
           same
           Pastors
           of
           those
           Churches
           who
           admitted
           or
           connived
           at
           the
           use
           of
           such
           manlike
           exercises
           ,
           as
           severely
           cryed
           down
           effeminate
           sports
           on
           that
           Day
           ,
           let
           one
           speak
           for
           all
           :
           If
           we
           employ
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           saith
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           to
           make
           
           good
           cheer
           ,
           to
           sport
           our selves
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           games
           and
           pastimes
           ,
           shall
           God
           in
           this
           be
           honoured
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           a
           mockery
           ?
           Is
           not
           this
           an
           unhallowing
           of
           his
           Name
           ?
           And
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           to
           
             Calvin
          
           we
           may
           adde
           
             Bellarmin
             ,
          
           
           the
           great
           Champion
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ;
           who
           in
           his
           explanation
           of
           the
           title
           of
           the
           91.
           
           
             Psalm
             ,
          
           according
           to
           their
           account
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           
             Psalm
          
           or
           song
           for
           the
           Sabbath-day
           thus
           writes
           ,
           
             Errant
             Iudaei
             qui
             otium
             Sabbati
             sibi
             datum
             esse
             existimant
             ad
             vacandum
             convivi●…s
             &
             deambulationi
             ;
          
           The
           Jews
           erre
           in
           thinking
           ,
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           was
           given
           them
           for
           feasting
           and
           walking
           abroad
           :
           wherein
           he
           seems
           to
           have
           followed
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           in
           his
           Enarration
           upon
           the
           same
           passage
           ;
           who
           in
           particular
           there
           censureth
           them
           for
           their
           dancing
           ,
           holding
           it
           more
           allowable
           to
           plough
           ,
           then
           to
           dance
           upon
           the
           Sabbath
           ;
           
             Melius
             est
             arare
             quàm
             saltarc
             ,
          
           these
           be
           his
           very
           
           words
           ;
           and
           then
           goes
           on
           ,
           
             Illi
             a
             bono
             opere
             Vacant
             ,
             ab
             opere
             nugatorio
             non
             vacant
             ,
          
           they
           rest
           from
           honest
           works
           ,
           from
           vain
           works
           they
           rest
           not
           :
           
             Et
             Iudaeos
             imitantur
             Christiani
             ,
          
           saith
           
             Bellarmine
             ;
          
           and
           those
           Christians
           imitate
           the
           ●…ews
           ,
           who
           do
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           Nay
           Saint
           
             Augustine
          
           in
           another
           place
           comes
           fully
           
           home
           to
           the
           same
           point
           ;
           where
           speaking
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           
             Ideo
             Dominicus
             appellatur
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             ut
             in
             eo
             a
             terrenis
             operibus
             ,
             vel
             mundi
             illecebris
             abstinentes
             ,
             tantùm
             divinis
             cultibus
             serviamus
             ;
          
           therefore
           it
           is
           called
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           that
           abstaining
           from
           earthly
           labours
           and
           worldly
           pleasures
           ,
           we
           may
           wholly
           intend
           Gods
           service
           :
           And
           again
           ,
           in
           severall
           places
           of
           that
           Sermon
           ,
           The
           holy
           Doctors
           of
           the
           Church
           decreed
           ,
           to
           transferre
           all
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           upon
           this
           day
           ;
           That
           what
           they
           in
           figure
           ,
           the
           same
           we
           might
           celebrate
           in
           Truth
           ;
           Let
           us
           therefore
           ,
           my
           brethren
           ,
           observe
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           and
           sanctifie
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           them
           of
           old
           ,
           it
           was
           given
           in
           charge
           ,
           touching
           
           the
           Sabbath
           ;
           
             From
             evening
             to
             evening
             ye
             shall
             keep
             my
             Sabbaths
             .
          
           Let
           us
           take
           care
           that
           our
           rest
           be
           not
           vain
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           evening
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           ,
           to
           the
           evening
           of
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           being
           free
           from
           all
           worldly
           businesse
           ,
           
             Soli
             divino
             cultui
             vacemus
             ,
          
           let
           us
           onely
           intend
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ;
           
             non
             foris
             fabulis
             ,
             sed
             intu●…
             psalmodiae
             &
             orationibus
             studete
             ,
          
           Do
           not
           spend
           your
           time
           in
           trifles
           ,
           and
           telling
           of
           tales
           abroad
           ,
           but
           in
           singing
           of
           Psalms
           and
           prayers
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           do
           not
           think
           
             unus
             punctus
             diei
             ad
             Dei
             officium
             ,
             &c.
          
           onely
           one
           little
           part
           of
           the
           day
           is
           consecrated
           to
           Gods
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           residue
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           night
           ,
           to
           your
           own
           pleasures
           :
           Thus
           Saint
           
             Augustine
             ,
          
           and
           with
           him
           doth
           Saint
           
             Gregory
          
           accord
           ,
           
             Dominico
          
           
           
             die
             à
             labore
             terreno
             cessandum
             est
             ,
             atque
             omnimodo
             orationibus
             insistendum
             ,
          
           upon
           the
           Lords
           Day
           we
           are
           to
           rest
           from
           earthly
           labour
           ,
           and
           wholly
           apply
           our selves
           to
           our
           devotions
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           sinnes
           of
           negligence
           have
           escaped
           in
           the
           six
           dayes
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           done
           away
           by
           our
           prayers
           on
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lords
           Resurrection
           .
           Somewhat
           more
           punctuall
           is
           
             Ephraim
             Syrus
             ,
             Festivitates
             dominicas
             honorare
             studiosè
             contendite
             ,
             celebrantes
          
           
           
             eas
             non
             panegyricè
             sed
             divinè
             ;
             non
             mundanè
             sed
             spiritualiter
             ;
             non
             instar
             gentilium
             sed
             Christianorum
             .
             Quare
             non
             poetarum
             frontes
             coronemus
             ,
             non
             choraeas
             ducamus
             ,
             non
             chorum
             exornemus
             :
             non
             tib●…is
             &
             cytharis
             auditum
             effoeminemus
             ,
             non
             mollibus
             vestibus
             induamur
             ,
             nec
             cingulis
             undique
             auro
             radiantibus
             cingamur
             ,
             non
             commessationibus
             &
             ebrietatibus
             dediti
             simus
             ,
             verum
             i●…ta
             relinquamus
             iis
             ,
             quorum
             Deus
             venter
             est
             ,
             &
             gloria
             in
             confusione
             ipsorum
             ,
          
           Earnestly
           endeavour
           to
           honour
           the
           Lords
           holy
           Day
           ,
           solemnizing
           it
           not
           in
           a
           pompous
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Divine
           ;
           not
           in
           a
           
           worldly
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           Spirituall
           manner
           ;
           not
           as
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           but
           as
           Christians
           :
           let
           us
           not
           hang
           up
           Garlands
           before
           our
           doors
           ;
           let
           us
           not
           be
           exercised
           in
           dancing
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           setting
           forth
           of
           playes
           ;
           let
           us
           not
           effeminate
           our
           hearing
           with
           piping
           and
           harping
           ;
           let
           us
           not
           be
           clad
           with
           eff●…minate
           apparell
           ,
           nor
           be
           girt
           with
           Girdles
           shining
           about
           with
           gold
           ;
           let
           us
           not
           be
           given
           to
           gluttony
           and
           drunkennesse
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           leave
           these
           things
           to
           them
           ,
           whose
           God
           is
           their
           belly
           ,
           and
           their
           glory
           to
           their
           shame
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           path
           with
           these
           great
           Lights
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           doth
           
             Peter
             Martyr
          
           walk
           ,
           
             Vnum
             in
             hebdomada
          
           
           
             requisivit
             in
             quo
             reliquis
             oper●…bus
             valedicentes
             uni
             illi
             tantum
             incumberemus
             ,
          
           he
           required
           one
           day
           in
           the
           week
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           bidding
           adieu
           to
           all
           other
           works
           ,
           we
           should
           onely
           intend
           his
           service
           .
           He
           who
           gave
           unto
           
             Adam
          
           a
           free
           liberty
           to
           eat
           of
           all
           the
           other
           trees
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           r●…served
           to
           himself
           the
           Tree
           of
           the
           knowledge
           of
           good
           and
           evill
           :
           which
           served
           much
           to
           aggravate
           
             Adams
          
           offence
           ,
           that
           having
           so
           large
           a
           scope
           to
           content
           himself
           withall
           ,
           he
           would
           ,
           notwithstanding
           ,
           fall
           upon
           the
           forbidden
           fruit
           ;
           which
           is
           our
           case
           ;
           if
           having
           all
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           week
           save
           one
           granted
           to
           our
           use
           ,
           we
           presume
           to
           intrude
           upon
           that
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           reserved
           to
           himself
           ,
           for
           his
           own
           use
           .
           It
           is
           to
           this
           purpose
           worth
           the
           observing
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           on
           the
           very
           Day
           of
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ,
           and
           ●…ow
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           appeared
           sundry
           times
           ;
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           at
           noon
           ,
           and
           at
           night
           ,
           thereby
           to
           shew
           ,
           That
           not
           a
           part
           onely
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           Day
           was
           his
           ;
           And
           again
           on
           the
           eighth
           day
           following
           ,
           which
           was
           
           likewise
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           he
           appeared
           to
           his
           Apostles
           at
           night
           ,
           to
           instruct
           them
           ,
           and
           confirm
           their
           faith
           ,
           thereby
           to
           teach
           us
           ,
           that
           even
           then
           it
           ceaseth
           not
           to
           be
           the
           Lords
           Day
           .
           And
           truely
           I
           see
           not
           how
           men
           can
           effectually
           profit
           by
           publike
           hearing
           ,
           who
           neglect
           private
           conference
           ,
           and
           meditation
           after
           they
           have
           heard
           :
           Meditation
           being
           the
           concoction
           of
           our
           Spirituall
           Food
           ,
           without
           which
           the
           soul
           cannot
           well
           be
           nourished
           .
           They
           who
           bought
           and
           sold
           
             in
             atrio
             Templi
             ,
          
           in
           the
           porch
           ,
           or
           utmost
           part
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           thereby
           prophaned
           the
           Temple
           it self
           and
           made
           it
           a
           den
           of
           theeves
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           censures
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           is
           as
           tender
           of
           this
           Day
           ,
           and
           every
           part
           thereof
           ,
           as
           of
           his
           House
           ,
           or
           rather
           more
           tender
           ;
           his
           House
           being
           consecarted
           to
           him
           by
           men
           ,
           but
           his
           Day
           ,
           by
           Himself
           ,
           to
           Himself
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           in
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           he
           was
           long
           without
           an
           House
           ,
           but
           not
           without
           a
           Day
           from
           the
           very
           first
           infancy
           thereof
           :
           which
           hath
           made
           me
           to
           wonder
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           are
           so
           zealous
           for
           the
           Lords
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           Portion
           ,
           received
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           should
           not
           likewise
           be
           as
           zealous
           for
           the
           religious
           observation
           of
           his
           Day
           ,
           especially
           considering
           that
           it
           may
           give
           men
           occasion
           to
           suspect
           ,
           though
           perchance
           unjustly
           ,
           that
           they
           pursue
           their
           own
           pomp
           and
           profit
           ,
           in
           being
           so
           hot
           for
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           ease
           and
           pleasure
           in
           being
           so
           cold
           for
           the
           other
           .
           He
           who
           stands
           for
           the
           Lords
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           Portion
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           the
           Lords
           ,
           cannot
           but
           stand
           likewise
           for
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           his
           ,
           his
           Day
           ,
           doubtlesse
           having
           as
           strong
           a
           relation
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           either
           his
           House
           or
           his
           
           Portion
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           stronger
           :
           He
           who
           layes
           sacrilegious
           hands
           upon
           a
           part
           of
           that
           which
           is
           consecrated
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           thereby
           violates
           the
           whole
           ;
           and
           therefore
           were
           
             Ananias
          
           and
           his
           wife
           stricken
           with
           sudden
           death
           ,
           because
           the●…
           kept
           back
           ,
           not
           the
           whole
           ,
           but
           a
           part
           of
           that
           money
           they
           had
           received
           for
           their
           Land
           ,
           and
           was
           entirely
           d●…e
           to
           the
           Lord
           and
           his
           Church
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           per●…it
           men
           to
           detain
           from
           the
           Lord
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Day
           ,
           let
           us
           take
           heed
           lest
           thereby
           they
           be
           the
           more
           emboldened
           to
           detain
           part
           of
           his
           Portion
           ,
           both
           from
           him
           and
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           people
           ,
           God
           knows
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           are
           of
           themselves
           apt
           enough
           to
           take
           more
           liberty
           than
           is
           fit
           ,
           to
           take
           an
           Ell
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           but
           an
           Inch
           allowed
           them
           ;
           and
           having
           once
           gotten
           the
           rains
           loose
           ,
           to
           run
           away
           in
           a
           full
           carreer
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           observed
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           more
           mischiefs
           have
           ensued
           upon
           publique
           Games
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           than
           on
           any
           other
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ;
           nay
           my self
           have
           observed
           more
           to
           have
           been
           drowned
           ,
           who
           went
           into
           the
           River
           onely
           to
           wash
           their
           bodies
           ,
           on
           the
           Lords
           D●…y
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           day
           beside
           .
           In
           
             Cornwall
             ,
          
           not
           farre
           from
           Saint
           
             Germans
             ,
          
           are
           in
           a
           fairplain
           ,
           certain
           stones
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           which
           the
           neighbouring
           people
           call
           the
           Hurlers
           ,
           because
           they
           stand
           in
           that
           order
           and
           distance
           each
           from
           other
           ,
           as
           Hurlers
           use
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           the
           current
           tradition
           among
           the
           inhabitants
           there
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           certain
           Hurlers
           ,
           for
           the
           prophanation
           of
           the
           Lords
           Day
           in
           that
           exercise
           ,
           were
           ,
           by
           Gods
           Judgement
           ,
           turned
           into
           those
           stones
           :
           which
           
             Camden
          
           calls
           a
           pious
           errour
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           beleeve
           it
           to
           be
           :
           yet
           withall
           from
           thence
           I
           observe
           the
           respect
           ,
           
           which
           even
           in
           regard
           of
           manlike
           exercises
           ,
           was
           born
           to
           that
           Day
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           depth
           of
           popery
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           such
           a
           tradition
           could
           not
           have
           gotten
           foot
           and
           prevailed
           among
           them
           .
           Neither
           do
           I
           alleadge
           this
           for
           want
           of
           true
           examples
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           there
           being
           many
           and
           me
           norable
           ,
           which
           are
           recorded
           by
           others
           ,
           as
           well
           of
           forraigne
           parts
           ,
           as
           our
           own
           Country
           ,
           in
           which
           (
           to
           the
           honour
           be
           it
           spoken
           of
           the
           reformed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           our
           Soveraigne
           Princes
           ,
           the
           protectors
           thereof
           )
           our
           Reverend
           Judges
           have
           restrained
           themselves
           ,
           and
           our
           ordinary
           Carryers
           have
           ,
           by
           publique
           Authority
           ,
           been
           restrained
           from
           travelling
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           (
           though
           both
           carry
           with
           them
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           publique
           good
           )
           to
           the
           great
           comfort
           of
           such
           as
           without
           all
           schismaticall
           humour
           or
           peevish
           affectation
           of
           singularity
           ,
           heartily
           embrace
           both
           the
           Doctrine
           professed
           ,
           and
           discipline
           practised
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           their
           hope
           is
           that
           other
           abuses
           yet
           remaining
           and
           tending
           to
           the
           prophanation
           of
           that
           Day
           may
           in
           good
           time
           likewise
           be
           reformed
           ,
           as
           in
           some
           forraigne
           reformed
           Churches
           they
           have
           lately
           been
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           for
           our
           instruction
           and
           imitation
           against
           the
           prophanation
           of
           this
           Day
           ,
           as
           well
           Generall
           Councells
           ,
           and
           Provinciall
           Synods
           have
           bent
           their
           Canons
           ,
           as
           Emperors
           ,
           and
           Kings
           ,
           and
           Commonweals
           their
           Laws
           :
           Such
           were
           
             Con●…tine
          
           the
           Great
           
           (
           the
           first
           Christian
           Emperour
           ,
           born
           in
           this
           Island
           )
           and
           
             Charles
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           
             Canutus
          
           the
           
             Dane
             ,
             Henry
          
           the
           6th
           ,
           and
           
             Edward
          
           the
           6th
           ,
           three
           of
           our
           most
           pious
           Princes
           ,
           who
           zealously
           stood
           for
           the
           religious
           
           observation
           of
           this
           Day
           ,
           as
           
             Nehemiah
          
           did
           for
           the
           sanctifying
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Sabboth
           .
        
         
           My
           Conclusion
           shall
           be
           ,
           That
           if
           some
           bodily
           recreations
           on
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           sanctifying
           thereof
           ,
           be
           thought
           requisite
           ,
           yet
           under
           correction
           ,
           I
           should
           conceive
           them
           more
           tolerable
           in
           the
           Pa●…or
           ,
           who
           that
           Day
           hath
           spent
           his
           spirits
           in
           a
           faithfull
           discharge
           of
           his
           Ministeriall
           Function
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           among
           the
           people
           ,
           rather
           in
           Trades-men
           and
           Husband
           men
           ,
           than
           in
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           make
           every
           day
           holy-day
           in
           following
           their
           sports
           ;
           and
           in
           all
           with
           these
           limitations
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           they
           be
           in
           their
           conscience
           fully
           perswaded
           that
           the
           games
           which
           they
           use
           be
           not
           onely
           lawfull
           in
           themselves
           ,
           but
           also
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Day
           ;
           for
           
             whatsoever
             is
             not
             of
             faith
             ,
             is
             sinne
             ;
          
           that
           which
           I
           
           think
           unlawfull
           ,
           or
           am
           not
           perswaded
           in
           my self
           that
           it
           is
           lawfull
           ,
           though
           in
           it self
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           yet
           to
           me
           it
           is
           sinne
           ;
           so
           as
           it
           is
           a
           safe
           rule
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           
             Quod
             dubitas
             ne
             feceris
             ,
          
           that
           which
           thou
           doubtest
           of
           ,
           do
           not
           .
           The
           second
           limitation
           is
           ,
           That
           our
           Recreations
           do
           not
           tend
           to
           the
           scandall
           of
           others
           ;
           
             If
             meat
             make
             my
          
           
           
             brother
             offend
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             I
             will
             eat
             no
             flesh
             while
             the
             world
             standeth
             ,
             lest
             I
             make
             my
             brother
             to
             offend
             ;
          
           and
           yet
           may
           publique
           Recreations
           one
           day
           in
           the
           week
           be
           more
           easily
           be
           forborn
           ,
           than
           meat
           whiles
           the
           world
           standeth
           .
           My
           third
           limitation
           is
           ,
           That
           these
           Recreations
           tend
           to
           the
           better
           sanctification
           of
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           in
           the
           refreshing
           of
           mens
           spirits
           ,
           Sanctification
           being
           by
           all
           Divines
           confessed
           to
           be
           the
           principall
           end
           thereof
           ,
           which
           being
           laid
           for
           a
           
           ground
           ,
           the
           consequence
           in
           my
           judgement
           ,
           is
           unavoidable
           ,
           That
           all
           our
           actions
           on
           that
           day
           ought
           more
           or
           lesse
           to
           be
           directed
           and
           squared
           thereunto
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           approved
           rule
           of
           the
           Schools
           ,
           
             Tantum
             destinati
             s●…mendum
             ,
             quantum
             ad
             finem
             prodest
             ,
          
           so
           much
           of
           the
           means
           as
           conduceth
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           .
           I
           will
           shut
           up
           all
           with
           that
           of
           the
           Evangelicall
           Prophet
           
             Esay
             ,
          
           only
           changing
           the
           
           Jewish
           Sabboth
           into
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           the
           Sabbath
           of
           the
           Christians
           ;
           
             If
             thou
             turn
             away
             thy
             foot
             from
             doing
             thy
             pleasure
             on
             my
             holy
             Day
             ,
             and
             call
             it
             a
             delight
             ,
             the
             holy
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             honorable
             ,
             and
             shalt
             honour
             him
             ,
             not
             doing
             thine
             own
             wayes
             ,
             nor
             finding
             thine
             own
             pleasure
             ,
             nor
             speaking
             thi●…e
             own
             words
             :
             Then
             shalt
             thou
             delight
             thy self
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             cause
             thee
             to
             ride
             upon
             the
             high
             places
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             feed
             thee
             with
             the
             Heritage
             of
          
           Jacob
           
             thy
             father
             ;
             For
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Lord
             hath
             spoken
             it
             .
          
        
         
           God
           grant
           that
           we
           may
           so
           truely
           serve
           the
           Lord
           by
           a
           due
           observation
           of
           his
           Day
           h●…re
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           eternall
           raigne
           with
           him
           hereafter
           .
        
      
       
         
           Part
           of
           a
           Speech
           delivered
           in
           the
           Starre-Chamber
           ,
           against
           the
           opinion
           of
           Mr.
           
             Traske
             ;
          
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           
             Lancelot
             ,
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Winchester
             ,
          
           deceased
           .
        
         
           
             IT
             hath
             ever
             been
             the
             Churches
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             Christ
             made
             an
             end
             of
             all
             Sabboths
             ,
             by
             his
             Sabboth
             in
             the
             Grave
             ,
             that
             Sabboth
             was
             the
             last
             of
             
             them
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Lords
             Day
             presently
             came
             in
             place
             of
             it
             :
          
           Dominicus
           dies
           Christi
           resurrectione
           declaratus
           est
           Christianis
           ,
           &
           ex
           illo
           coepit
           habere
           festivitatem
           suam
           ,
           
             saith
          
           Augustine
           ;
           
             The
             Lords
             Day
             was
             by
             the
             resurrection
             of
             Christ
             declared
             to
             be
             the
             Christians
             Day
             ;
             and
             from
             that
             very
             time
             (
             of
             Christs
             Resurrection
             )
             it
             began
             to
             be
             celebrated
             ,
             as
             the
             Christian
             m●…ns
             festivall
             .
          
        
         
           
             These
             two
             ,
             the
             Day
             and
             the
             Supper
             ,
             have
             the
             Epithet
             of
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           Dominicum
           
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             to
             shew
          
           Dominicum
           
             is
             a●…ike
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             both
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             for
             the
             practice
             .
          
        
         
           
             If
             you
             will
             have
             it
             in
             precept
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             gives
             it
             ,
             (
             and
             in
             the
             same
             word
             still
             )
             that
             against
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             the
             day
             of
             their
             Assem●…ly
             ;
          
           Every
           one
           should
           lay
           apart
           what
           God
           should
           move
           him
           to
           offer
           to
           the
           Collection
           for
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           then
           offer
           it
           :
           
             which
             was
             so
             ever
             in
             use
             .
             That
             ,
             the
             day
             of
             oblations
             .
             So
             have
             you
             it
             in
             practice
             and
             in
             precept
             both
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A43869e-190
           
             in
             Gen.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Loc.
             Com.
             c●…s
             2.
             c.
             p
             7.
             
          
           
             In
             2
             ●…
             Gen.
             exerci●…
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             a
             In
             Gen.
             2.
             Hom.
             18.
             
          
           
             b
             Loc.
             Com.
             Class.
             2.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             c
             De
             cult.
             .
             Sanct.
             lib.
             3.
             cap.
             11.
             
             His
             accedt
             Robertus
             Loeus
             in
             effigiatione
             ●…ua
             veri
             Sabbatismi
             ,
             pag
             48.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               〈◊〉
               and
               time
               of
               prayer
               .
            
             part
             .
             1a.
          
           
             Ma●…
             .
             24.
             20.
             
          
           
             Vide
             
               Hieron.
            
             Epist.
             
               H●…bid
               .
            
             quest
             .
             4.
             
             &
             
               Ambros.
            
             S●…
             61.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             19.
             
          
           
             In
             prolog.
             in
             
               Psalm
               .
            
             expla.
          
           
             Epist.
             119.
             
          
           
             Idem
             habet
             
               Cypri
               .
            
             Epist.
             8.
             
             Lib.
             3.
             
          
           
             Idem
             habet
             
               Hilar.
            
             in
             praefat
             in
             
               ●…salmos
               salmos
               .
            
          
           
             Revel.
             19.
             
          
           
             in
             2●
             
               Gen.
            
             ever
             cit.
             13
             versus
             finem
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
            
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
               〈◊〉
               Lo●…us
            
             in
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             Sab●…mi
             pag.
             47.
             
             His
             c●…usis
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             Apo
             stol●…
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ex
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             domin●…um
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             randum
             statuerent
             .
          
           
             Mar.
             2
             27.
             
          
           
             a
             Hom●…l
             .
             in
             hoc
             dictum
             ,
             Omnia
             mihi
             tradita
             sunt
             a
             patre
             .
          
           
             b
             Epist.
             83.
             
          
           
             c
             De
             resurrect
             .
             serm.
             5.
             
          
           
             d
             Serm.
             de
             tempo
             .
             15
             ●…
             .
          
           
             To
             these
             Prerogatives
             ,
             some
             〈◊〉
             ,
             that
             our
             Saviour
             was
             likewise
             circum●…i
             sed
             on
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             and
             that
             on
             the
             same
             day
             the
             star
             first
             appeared
             to
             the
             Wisemen
             .
             See
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               r●…lig
               .
            
             2.
             4.
             
          
           
             Acts
             1
             3.
             
          
           
             Acts
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             12.
             c.
             58.
             
          
           
             In
             Ioh.
             20.
             v.
             26.
             
          
           
             In
             hoc
             dictum
             .
             Om●…ia
             mibi
             ,
             &c.
             ●…ist
             ,
             119.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             2.
             cap.
             17.
             
          
           
             In
             cap
             16.
             
             Apol.
             Piscator
             eti●…m
             ,
             Dominicum
             diem
             ab
             ipso
             Domi●…o
             insti●…utum
             ,
             &
             ad
             sanctific●…dum
             m●…ndatum
             esse
             affim●…t
             .
             in
             A●…o
             .
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             23.
             
          
           
             Lact.
             7.
             
             ●…
             .
          
           
             Ca●…
             .
             33.
             
             ●…
             78
             ,
             79.
             
          
           
             Serm.
             de
             temp.
             154.
             
          
           
             Super
             ex
             Hom.
             7.
             
          
           
             Devi●…a
             Con●…tan
             .
             p.
             4.
             18
             ,
          
           
             In
             epist.
             ad
             ubique
             Orthodox
             .
             in
             Hom
             in
             hoc
             dillum
             ,
             om
             nia
             mihi
             tradita
             sunt
             .
          
           
             Serm.
             5.
             ●…e
             resurrect
             .
          
           
             Ex
             H.
             Wolphii
             〈◊〉
             .
             de
             Temp.
             lib.
             1.
             cap.
             2.
             
          
           
             2.
             5.
             
          
           
             Serm.
             251.
             
          
           
             Io.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             28.
             9.
             
          
           
             A●…ol
             .
             35.
             
          
           
             
               Leo
            
             Constit
             .
             54.
             
          
           
             
               In
               Deut.
            
             5.
             
             Serm.
             34.
             
          
           
             The
             same
             in
             effect
             he
             hath
             in
             his
             Book
             ,
             
               De
               d●…cem
               Chordis
               ,
               cap.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             De
             tem●…
             .
             Scrm.
             251.
             
          
           
             Epistol.
             Lib.
             11.
             
             Ep
             3.
             
          
           
             Serm.
             de
             festis
             ,
             pag.
             10.
             
             Edit.
             Colon
             .
             an
             1604.
             
          
           
             Lo●…
             .
             com
             .
             ●…lass
             2.
             cap.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
            
             de
             vita
             
               Const.
            
             lib
             4.
             c.
             18.
             19
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             ●…4
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             8.
             13.
             
          
           
             cap
             48.
             v.
             3
             ,
             14.