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           A
           DISCOVRSE
           OF
           THE
           SABBATH
           AND
           THE
           LORDS
           DAY
           .
           
             WHEREIN
          
           THE
           DIFFERENCE
           BOTH
           IN
           THEIR
           INTSITUTION
           and
           their
           due
           OBSERVATION
           is
           briefly
           handled
           .
        
         
           BY
           CHRISTOPHER
           DOW
           ,
           B.
           D.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           M.
           FLESHER
           for
           JOHN
           CLARK
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           under
           
             S.
             Peters
             Church
          
           in
           
             Cornhill
             .
             MDC
             XXXVI
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THe
           substance
           of
           this
           discourse
           ,
           being
           at
           first
           ,
           the
           materialls
           of
           some
           letters
           written
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           a
           private
           friend
           ,
           was
           afterwards
           drawne
           together
           into
           the
           forme
           in
           which
           it
           now
           appeares
           ,
           and
           found
           the
           favour
           ,
           from
           some
           unto
           whom
           it
           was
           communicated
           ,
           to
           bee
           desired
           to
           the
           Presse
           ;
           for
           which
           end
           it
           hath
           lyen
           in
           the
           Licensers
           hand
           ,
           now
           above
           a
           yeare
           expecting
           the
           cōduct
           of
           that
           Reverend
           Prelate
           who
           upon
           speciall
           occasion
           then
           offered
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           appeares
           )
           by
           command
           ,
           undertook
           this
           argument
           :
           Which
           having
           performed
           ,
           like
           himselfe
           ,
           with
           such
           variety
           of
           learning
           and
           profoundnesse
           of
           judgement
           ,
           this
           Pamphlet
           of
           
           mine
           may
           now
           justly
           seeme
           as
           unnecessary
           to
           follow
           ,
           as
           heretofore
           it
           was
           unable
           and
           unworthy
           to
           leade
           the
           way
           :
           yet
           considering
           that
           the
           brevity
           of
           it
           might
           make
           it
           passe
           and
           finde
           acceptance
           with
           some
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           being
           of
           a
           mean
           straine
           ,
           it
           might
           better
           meete
           with
           common
           capacities
           ,
           then
           larger
           and
           more
           elaborate
           tractates
           ;
           I
           was
           willing
           it
           should
           see
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           its
           owne
           garbe
           without
           any
           polishing
           or
           alteration
           .
           And
           so
           I
           commend
           thee
           and
           it
           to
           Gods
           blessing
           .
        
      
       
         
           PErlegi
           hunc
           tractatum
           Theologicum
           ,
           cuititulus
           est
           
             [
             A
             discourse
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             &c.
             ]
          
           in
           quo
           nihil
           reperio
           sanae
           doctrinae
           ,
           aut
           bonis
           moribus
           contrarium
           ,
           quominus
           cum
           utilitate
           publicâ
           imprimi
           possit
           ,
           ita
           tamen
           ,
           ut
           si
           non
           intra
           tres
           menses
           proximè
           sequentes
           typis
           mandetur
           ,
           haec
           licentia
           sit
           omnino
           irrita
           .
        
         
           
             Ex
             Aedibus
             Lambethanis
             
               Novemb.
               18.
               1635.
               
            
          
           
             GUIL
             .
             BRAY.
             
          
           R.
           P.
           D.
           Arch.
           Cant.
           Capel
           .
           Domesticus
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           DISCOVRSE
           OF
           THE
           SABBATH
           AND
           LORDS
           DAY
           .
        
         
           THat
           men
           may
           not
           bee
           deceived
           with
           shewes
           ,
           and
           mistake
           
             Iudaisine
          
           for
           
             Christianity
             ;
          
           or
           that
           they
           ,
           who
           so
           mistaking
           ,
           use
           to
           disrellish
           all
           things
           which
           suit
           not
           with
           the
           principles
           of
           their
           
             Catechismes
             ,
          
           may
           not
           thinke
           they
           have
           ingrossed
           all
           Religion
           and
           Piety
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           they
           thereby
           incouraged
           to
           proceed
           in
           their
           hard
           censures
           of
           those
           that
           concurre
           not
           with
           them
           :
           And
           that
           the
           piety
           and
           religious
           care
           ,
           which
           is
           eminent
           in
           the
           Governours
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           may
           appeare
           in
           their
           true
           lustre
           ,
           and
           outshine
           those
           mists
           ,
           wherewith
           some
           seeke
           to
           obscure
           them
           :
           And
           that
           it
           may
           appeare
           also
           that
           they
           whose
           chiefest
           care
           ,
           next
           to
           their
           duty
           to
           God
           ,
           is
           to
           yeeld
           all
           ready
           and
           cheerefull
           obedience
           to
           
             Gods
             Vicegerent
             ,
          
           and
           to
           those
           
             Reverend
             Fathers
          
           which
           
           under
           God
           ,
           and
           His
           
             Sacred
             .
             Majesty
          
           have
           the
           oversight
           of
           this
           
             Church
             ,
          
           are
           not
           hood-winkt
           in
           their
           obedience
           ,
           or
           blindly
           led
           to
           yeeld
           to
           their
           Commands
           without
           respect
           to
           religion
           or
           conscience
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           rather
           obey
           
             them
          
           then
           
             God
             ;
          
           I
           have
           adventured
           upon
           that
           obloquie
           ,
           which
           hath
           beene
           the
           lot
           of
           such
           as
           (
           though
           upon
           never
           so
           good
           grounds
           )
           dissent
           from
           these
           men
           in
           opinion
           .
           And
           this
           I
           the
           rather
           doe
           in
           this
           subject
           ,
           for
           as
           much
           as
           in
           it
           I
           have
           not
           onely
           the
           authoritie
           of
           the
           sacred
           Scriptures
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           the
           rule
           of
           things
           to
           be
           beleeved
           and
           done
           )
           but
           ,
           the
           consent
           also
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           neither
           the
           
             Ancient
             Fathers
          
           nor
           the
           
             Reformed
             Churches
          
           (
           to
           omit
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           whose
           Doctrine
           though
           in
           this
           case
           not
           to
           be
           condemned
           ,
           is
           of
           little
           credit
           with
           those
           whom
           I
           dissent
           from
           )
           ever
           teaching
           other
           Doctrine
           then
           that
           which
           I
           shall
           endeavour
           the
           defence
           of
           .
           For
           whereas
           in
           other
           things
           which
           they
           dislike
           among
           us
           ,
           they
           have
           for
           Patrons
           the
           principall
           Authors
           of
           the
           Reformation
           abroad
           ,
           and
           the
           Prime
           Doctors
           among
           them
           ,
           whose
           learning
           and
           piety
           ,
           much
           admired
           by
           them
           ,
           may
           seeme
           to
           pleade
           for
           their
           over-earnest
           ,
           and
           heedlesse
           embracing
           of
           their
           
             Principles
             :
          
           In
           these
           
             Sabbatarian
             Paradoxes
             ,
          
           they
           are
           singular
           and
           left
           alone
           ,
           without
           the
           Patronage
           of
           those
           whom
           otherwise
           they
           so
           much
           admire
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           example
           of
           any
           
             Church
          
           in
           
             Christendome
             .
          
           And
           I
           beleeve
           further
           (
           being
           ledd
           thereunto
           by
           their
           doctrine
           ,
           delivered
           in
           their
           Writings
           extant
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           generall
           and
           constant
           relation
           ,
           
           of
           all
           that
           have
           knowne
           their
           practise
           and
           compared
           it
           with
           ours
           )
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           
             State
          
           in
           
             Christendome
          
           who
           have
           made
           better
           provision
           for
           the
           due
           observance
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           and
           the
           decent
           performance
           of
           the
           sacred
           Acts
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           then
           are
           to
           bee
           found
           in
           the
           
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           and
           
             Temporall
             Lawes
          
           of
           this
           
             Realme
             ,
          
           nor
           where
           such
           
             Lawes
          
           are
           more
           duely
           executed
           by
           those
           in
           Authority
           ,
           or
           more
           generally
           observed
           or
           practised
           by
           all
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           at
           this
           day
           among
           us
           .
           These
           considerations
           have
           animated
           mee
           to
           this
           worke
           ,
           hoping
           thereby
           to
           settle
           the
           mindes
           of
           such
           as
           are
           contrary
           minded
           rather
           for
           want
           of
           due
           consideration
           ,
           then
           out
           of
           wilsulnesse
           and
           contempt
           of
           Authority
           .
        
         
           Hee
           that
           goes
           about
           to
           vindicate
           the
           just
           liberty
           of
           
             Christians
          
           in
           the
           use
           of
           lawfull
           recreations
           on
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           shall
           finde
           himselfe
           upon
           a
           double
           disadvantage
           .
           1.
           
           In
           regard
           of
           the
           preconceived
           opinion
           among
           weake
           people
           ,
           of
           their
           pietie
           and
           religious
           zeale
           which
           hold
           the
           contrary
           .
           And
           2.
           in
           that
           the
           strict
           observance
           of
           that
           day
           ,
           is
           by
           some
           made
           a
           prime
           
             character
          
           of
           a
           
             good
             Christian
             ,
          
           to
           distinguish
           him
           from
           a
           
             carnall
             Worldling
             ,
          
           and
           so
           the
           
             Question
          
           in
           hand
           accounted
           as
           an
           infallible
           marke
           to
           know
           the
           state
           of
           Religion
           ;
           which
           stands
           or
           falls
           according
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           either
           way
           determined
           .
           It
           behoves
           mee
           therefore
           to
           walke
           with
           a
           wary
           and
           sure
           foot
           ,
           and
           following
           the
           truth
           to
           strike
           an
           equall
           course
           betweene
           an
           
             over
             nice
             strictnesse
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             profane
             licence
             :
          
           and
           so
           to
           speake
           in
           this
           cause
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           
             soberly
             religious
          
           
           shall
           have
           no
           just
           cause
           to
           complaine
           ;
           nor
           the
           
             profane
          
           be
           incouraged
           to
           go
           on
           in
           licentiousnesse
           .
           Either
           of
           which
           wayes
           as
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           offend
           ,
           so
           in
           whether
           of
           the
           two
           a
           man
           offends
           most
           ,
           is
           as
           uneasie
           to
           determine
           ;
           the
           one
           letting
           loose
           ,
           the
           other
           ensnaring
           mens
           consciences
           ;
           the
           one
           shutting
           up
           the
           kingdome
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           way
           thither
           more
           narrow
           then
           it
           is
           ;
           the
           other
           making
           it
           broader
           ,
           and
           enlarging
           the
           mouth
           of
           Hell.
           My
           aime
           and
           endeavour
           shall
           bee
           to
           avoid
           both
           .
        
         
           Among
           those
           things
           which
           have
           occasioned
           the
           generall
           prevailing
           of
           the
           
             Opinion
             ,
          
           That
           the
           
             Sunday
          
           or
           
             Lords
             Day
          
           ought
           to
           bee
           observed
           with
           such
           
             strictnesse
          
           as
           will
           admit
           no
           works
           which
           may
           be
           called
           
             Ours
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           call
           them
           )
           
             workes
             of
             our
             particular
             Callings
             ,
          
           and
           much
           lesse
           
             Recreations
             :
          
           it
           is
           none
           of
           the
           least
           that
           now
           of
           a
           long
           time
           among
           us
           (
           contrary
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Primitive
             Church
             ,
          
           yea
           and
           of
           our
           owne
           in
           the
           memory
           of
           our
           
             Fathers
             )
          
           it
           hath
           lost
           its
           
             Christen
             name
             ,
          
           and
           entertained
           the
           
             Iewish
             ,
          
           being
           vulgarly
           knowen
           and
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             .
          
           Whence
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           that
           men
           (
           prone
           more
           to
           respect
           names
           then
           things
           )
           never
           heeding
           the
           difference
           betweene
           the
           old
           
             Sabbath
          
           and
           our
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           or
           thinking
           it
           to
           bee
           little
           or
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           take
           those
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           so
           severely
           prohibit
           all
           work
           upon
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           as
           if
           they
           did
           no
           lesse
           belong
           to
           
             us
          
           now
           ,
           then
           heretofore
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
             :
          
           and
           by
           this
           meanes
           ,
           those
           precepts
           ,
           threatnings
           ,
           and
           promises
           which
           concerned
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           are
           pressed
           upon
           us
           point
           blanck
           .
           Whereas
           indeed
           they
           concerne
           us
           onely
           indirectly
           ,
           and
           cannot
           without
           fetching
           a
           compasse
           ,
           be
           alledged
           at
           all
           for
           our
           
             Sunday
             .
          
           Now
           the
           Scripture
           being
           so
           expresse
           (
           as
           it
           is
           apprehended
           )
           for
           the
           strict
           observance
           of
           our
           
             Sunday
          
           under
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           no
           marvell
           if
           men
           have
           made
           it
           a
           prime
           
             Case
          
           of
           
             Conscience
             ,
          
           and
           that
           so
           many
           
             scruples
          
           are
           dayly
           raised
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           
             traditions
          
           broached
           about
           the
           
             beginning
          
           and
           
             ending
          
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ;
          
           about
           the
           
             works
          
           of
           a
           mans
           particular
           
             Calling
             ,
          
           what
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           how
           farre
           
             lawfull
          
           on
           that
           
             Day
             :
          
           what
           are
           the
           proper
           
             duties
          
           of
           the
           
             Day
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ?
           For
           the
           cleare
           resolution
           therefore
           of
           this
           
             Question
             ;
             Whether
             the
             use
             of
             Recreations
             may
             stand
             with
             the
             due
             observation
             of
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           it
           is
           convenient
           that
           I
           have
           some
           recourse
           to
           the
           Sabbath
           .
           Where
           because
           I
           love
           not
           
             Cramben
             saepiùs
             coctam
             apponere
             ,
          
           or
           to
           stuffe
           my
           discourse
           with
           a
           tedious
           explanation
           of
           those
           things
           which
           are
           commonly
           known
           ;
           and
           every
           where
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           I
           will
           with
           as
           much
           brevity
           as
           the
           cause
           will
           suffer
           ,
           inquire
           into
           these
           4.
           particulars
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             Whether
             ,
             and
             how
             farre
             forth
             the
             fourth
             Commandement
             concerning
             the
             Sabbath
             is
             moral
             ,
             and
             perpetuall
             ,
             and
             so
             belonging
             to
             Christians
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             When
             and
             by
             whom
             the
             Lords
             day
             was
             instituted
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             What
             workes
             the
             lews
             might
             doe
             on
             their
             Sabbath
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Whether
             ,
             and
             what
             liberty
             Christians
             now
             have
             on
             the
             Sunday
             more
             then
             they
             had
             ,
             and
             how
             farre
             that
             liberty
             is
             to
             be
             extended
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             To
             begin
             with
             the
             first
             .
          
           The
           
             law
          
           which
           God
           gave
           unto
           his
           people
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           (
           according
           to
           the
           
             three-fold
             variety
          
           of
           the
           
             object
             ,
          
           or
           things
           prescribed
           )
           is
           
             three-fold
             ,
             Morall
             ,
             Ceremoniall
             ,
          
           and
           
             Iudiciall
             .
          
           The
           
             Morall
          
           is
           that
           which
           concernes
           the
           
             manners
          
           of
           men
           ,
           
           and
           belongs
           to
           them
           as
           men
           :
           and
           this
           commands
           those
           things
           which
           are
           in
           themselves
           acceptable
           ,
           and
           well-pleasing
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           those
           which
           hee
           will
           have
           all
           men
           every
           where
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           to
           observe
           ,
           as
           the
           perpetuall
           ,
           and
           unchangeable
           rule
           of
           living
           ,
           being
           the
           expresse
           image
           of
           the
           minde
           of
           God
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           ,
           hee
           (
           who
           is
           the
           Law-giver
           )
           judges
           it
           meete
           and
           right
           ,
           that
           the
           reasonable
           creatures
           should
           order
           their
           lives
           .
           The
           
             Ceremoniall
          
           
           belongs
           to
           men
           ,
           as
           joyned
           together
           in
           that
           
             Society
          
           which
           is
           called
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           this
           containes
           those
           
             precepts
          
           which
           concerne
           the
           
             externall
             worship
          
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           were
           given
           by
           him
           to
           the
           
             Iewish
             Church
             ,
          
           in
           accommodation
           to
           the
           times
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           
             Church
          
           was
           
             under
             age
             ,
          
           and
           
             under
             the
             promise
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           instituted
           for
           the
           
             signifying
             ,
             prefiguring
             ,
          
           and
           
             sealing
          
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           
             promises
          
           made
           to
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           in
           the
           exhibition
           of
           our
           
             Saviour
             :
          
           and
           withall
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           
             order
             ,
          
           and
           
             decencie
          
           in
           their
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             meetings
             ,
          
           and
           
             performances
             .
          
           The
           
             judiciall
          
           belongs
           to
           men
           as
           
           joyned
           in
           a
           
             civill
             Society
          
           or
           
             Cōmon-wealth
             ,
          
           contayning
           the
           forme
           of
           
             civill
             government
             ,
          
           to
           be
           used
           by
           them
           ,
           tending
           to
           their
           good
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           a
           
             Society
             ,
          
           and
           to
           the
           preservation
           ,
           and
           exacting
           of
           the
           
             eutward
             worship
          
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           
             discipline
          
           thereof
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           commanded
           in
           the
           
             Morall
          
           and
           
             Ceremoniall
          
           
           Lawes
           .
           So
           that
           the
           
             Ceremoniall
          
           Law
           determined
           
           the
           
             Morall
          
           in
           order
           to
           God
           ;
           the
           
             Politicall
          
           or
           
             judiciall
          
           in
           order
           to
           men
           in
           a
           
             civill
             society
             ;
          
           and
           both
           in
           accommodation
           to
           that
           
             state
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             :
          
           And
           these
           though
           they
           have
           in
           them
           something
           which
           is
           
             juris
             moralis
             ,
          
           and
           so
           farre
           forth
           are
           contained
           under
           the
           
             Morall
             precepts
             ,
          
           yet
           being
           fitted
           to
           serve
           that
           
             state
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           which
           was
           to
           be
           held
           in
           expectation
           of
           the
           
             Messias
             ;
          
           when
           the
           time
           came
           that
           he
           was
           
             actually
             exhibited
             ,
          
           and
           so
           the
           promise
           fulfilled
           ,
           the
           
             shadowes
          
           were
           then
           of
           no
           longer
           use
           ,
           
           the
           
             body
          
           being
           come
           :
           and
           therefore
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           they
           were
           abrogated
           
             de
             jure
             ,
          
           so
           that
           they
           became
           
             unnecessary
             ,
          
           and
           
             unprofitable
             ,
          
           and
           had
           their
           power
           of
           
             obligation
          
           taken
           away
           :
           And
           afterward
           when
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           doctrine
           
             Christians
          
           came
           to
           understand
           that
           
             Christ
          
           was
           the
           
             end
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           when
           the
           
             Temple
          
           (
           the
           seate
           of
           their
           religion
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           destined
           to
           the
           use
           of
           those
           
             ceremonies
             )
          
           was
           destroyed
           ,
           they
           were
           
             de
             facto
          
           actually
           and
           fully
           taken
           away
           :
           and
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           before
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           
             Christ
          
           were
           commanded
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           
             interim
             ,
          
           betweene
           his
           
             death
          
           and
           the
           
             destruction
          
           of
           the
           
             Temple
          
           (
           which
           was
           the
           space
           allotted
           for
           the
           
             solemne
             funeralls
          
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
             Synagogue
             )
          
           were
           tolerable
           ,
           though
           already
           dead
           ,
           became
           from
           that
           time
           forward
           deadly
           and
           intolerable
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           onely
           the
           
             Morall
          
           Law
           remaines
           now
           in
           force
           ,
           for
           the
           practise
           of
           
             Christians
             ;
          
           The
           
             ceremoniall
          
           and
           
             judiciall
          
           (
           excepting
           in
           that
           wherein
           they
           are
           reducible
           to
           this
           )
           are
           antiquated
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           date
           .
           Now
           the
           precepts
           of
           the
           
             Morall
          
           Law
           are
           summarily
           
           comprehended
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
          
           or
           
             ten
             Commandements
             :
          
           which
           had
           this
           prerogative
           peculiar
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           delivered
           (
           not
           by
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           but
           )
           by
           
             God
          
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           written
           in
           
             tables
          
           of
           
             stone
             ,
          
           and
           preserved
           in
           the
           
             Arke
             ;
          
           to
           shew
           their
           dignity
           above
           others
           ,
           and
           to
           note
           out
           the
           perpetuity
           of
           observance
           ,
           which
           was
           due
           unto
           them
           .
           Where
           ,
           before
           wee
           apply
           these
           things
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           ,
           two
           things
           are
           to
           be
           noted
           .
           First
           ,
           
           That
           howsoever
           all
           the
           precepts
           of
           the
           
             Morall
          
           law
           belong
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           
             Nature
          
           (
           as
           being
           agreeable
           to
           reason
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           rule
           of
           Humane
           actions
           )
           and
           are
           in
           that
           respect
           of
           perpetuall
           observance
           ;
           yet
           all
           of
           them
           are
           not
           of
           the
           same
           ranke
           ,
           nor
           belong
           in
           the
           same
           degree
           and
           manner
           to
           the
           law
           of
           
             Nature
             .
          
           There
           are
           some
           things
           which
           by
           the
           instinct
           
           of
           
             nature
             ,
          
           and
           naturall
           light
           of
           the
           understanding
           ,
           wee
           presently
           see
           to
           be
           
             good
          
           or
           
             bad
             ,
          
           and
           which
           are
           so
           plaine
           ,
           that
           without
           any
           great
           consideration
           ,
           they
           may
           by
           the
           
             first
             principles
             ,
          
           or
           
             common
             notions
          
           implanted
           in
           us
           ,
           be
           either
           approved
           ,
           or
           rejected
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           absolutely
           of
           the
           
             law
          
           of
           
             nature
             .
          
           Others
           there
           are
           that
           require
           more
           consideration
           of
           
             circumstances
             ,
          
           and
           the
           use
           of
           
             Discourse
          
           to
           apprehend
           ,
           and
           judge
           of
           them
           :
           and
           these
           are
           so
           of
           the
           
             law
          
           of
           
             nature
             ,
          
           that
           notwithstanding
           they
           require
           the
           helpe
           of
           
             discipline
             ,
          
           by
           which
           those
           which
           are
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           not
           able
           by
           diligent
           consideration
           or
           discourse
           ,
           to
           attaine
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           them
           ,
           may
           be
           instructed
           by
           the
           wise
           and
           learned
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           ,
           to
           the
           knowledge
           whereof
           humane
           reason
           stands
           in
           neede
           of
           
           
             Divine
          
           Instruction
           .
           And
           these
           two
           latter
           sorts
           ,
           especially
           the
           last
           ,
           though
           they
           in
           some
           sort
           belong
           to
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           (
           and
           were
           haply
           at
           our
           first
           Creation
           ,
           written
           in
           the
           tables
           of
           mans
           heart
           ,
           in
           more
           plaine
           Characters
           ,
           and
           more
           easie
           to
           be
           read
           then
           now
           since
           the
           fall
           ,
           they
           are
           )
           may
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           be
           termed
           
             morall
             (
             non
             ratione
             naturae
             ,
             sed
             disciplinae
             )
          
           not
           in
           regard
           of
           
             nature
          
           dictating
           ,
           but
           in
           regard
           of
           
             Discipline
          
           informing
           
             nature
             .
             Secondly
             ,
          
           that
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
          
           (
           as
           it
           enjoynes
           the
           externall
           observation
           of
           the
           
             seaventh
             day
             )
          
           is
           not
           
             morall
          
           either
           of
           these
           wayes
           .
           Whence
           S.
           
             Augustine
          
           a
           saith
           ,
           That
           
             among
             all
             those
             ten
             Commandements
             ,
             that
             onely
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             is
             figuratively
             to
             be
             observed
             ;
          
           whereas
           
             (
             as
             hee
             after
             saith
             )
             Wee
             observe
             the
             other
             Commandements
             there
             properly
             as
             they
             are
             cōmanded
             without
             any
             figurative
             signification
             .
          
           And
           generally
           the
           
             Ancients
          
           (
           as
           
             Calvin
          
           hath
           truly
           observed
           )
           called
           this
           Precept
           b
           
             a
             shadow
             ,
          
           which
           
             (
             as
             he
             there
             saith
             )
          
           was
           
             truly
             ,
          
           but
           not
           
             fully
          
           said
           of
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           do
           better
           ,
           and
           more
           fully
           expresse
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           
             Cōmandement
             ,
          
           which
           say
           it
           is
           c
           
             partly
             morall
             ,
          
           and
           
             partly
             ceremoniall
             .
          
           So
           
             Peter
             Martyr
             ,
          
           and
           generally
           all
           
             Divines
          
           both
           
             reformed
          
           and
           others
           ,
           use
           now
           to
           speake
           .
           Now
           if
           any
           shall
           therefore
           thinke
           it
           unworthy
           a
           place
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           rankt
           with
           those
           precepts
           which
           are
           
             morall
             ,
          
           and
           of
           perpetuall
           observance
           ;
           d
           
             Aquinas
          
           may
           seeme
           to
           give
           them
           full
           satisfaction
           ,
           who
           
           saith
           ,
           1.
           that
           the
           Precept
           concerning
           the
           Sanctification
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           is
           put
           among
           the
           Precepts
           of
           the
           
             Decalogue
          
           for
           that
           which
           is
           
             moral
          
           in
           it
           .
           2.
           
           That
           this
           Precept
           as
           
             Ceremoniall
             ,
          
           ought
           rather
           to
           have
           a
           place
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
          
           then
           any
           other
           :
           The
           other
           
             Ceremonies
          
           being
           signes
           of
           some
           
             particular
             effects
          
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           this
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           was
           a
           signe
           of
           a
           
             generall
             benefit
             ,
             viz.
          
           the
           
             Creation
          
           of
           the
           
           
             Vniverse
             :
          
           So
           that
           that
           which
           
             Amesius
          
           will
           have
           a
           most
           certaine
           rule
           ,
           and
           received
           among
           all
           the
           best
           
             Divines
          
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           )
           That
           all
           ,
           and
           onely
           the
           
             Morall
          
           precepts
           were
           delivered
           by
           the
           voyce
           of
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           by
           Him
           written
           in
           the
           
             tables
          
           of
           
             stone
             ,
          
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           unlesse
           Saint
           
             Augustine
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
             Martyr
             ,
          
           &c.
           be
           in
           his
           esteeme
           none
           of
           the
           best
           Divines
           .
           Yet
           perhaps
           wee
           may
           admit
           that
           rule
           so
           farre
           as
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           
             all
          
           the
           
             Morall
             Precepts
          
           are
           contayned
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
             ,
          
           and
           that
           every
           
             Precept
          
           there
           contayned
           is
           
             Morall
             ,
          
           though
           
             all
          
           of
           every
           Precept
           be
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           may
           have
           something
           that
           is
           
             ceremoniall
          
           annexed
           to
           it
           :
           which
           haply
           God
           thought
           good
           to
           place
           among
           the
           
             morall
             precepts
             ,
          
           to
           intimate
           the
           perpetuall
           necessity
           of
           having
           some
           
             ceremonies
          
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           though
           that
           
             ceremonie
          
           be
           not
           necessarily
           perpetuall
           ,
           but
           (
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           nature
           )
           to
           expire
           at
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           :
           which
           though
           wee
           admit
           ,
           yet
           cannot
           any
           justly
           charge
           us
           ,
           that
           wee
           diminish
           any
           of
           the
           
             tenne
             words
             ;
          
           or
           that
           wee
           expunge
           
             one
             Commandement
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             Decalogue
             ;
          
           
           in
           as
           much
           as
           wee
           affirme
           ,
           that
           onely
           which
           was
           
             ceremoniall
          
           in
           this
           
             Commandement
          
           to
           bee
           expired
           
           and
           out
           of
           date
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           in
           it
           a
           
             morality
          
           still
           remaining
           ,
           which
           retaines
           its
           full
           power
           of
           obligation
           ,
           and
           exacts
           the
           same
           obedience
           ,
           under
           the
           same
           penalty
           ,
           which
           it
           did
           at
           its
           first
           promulgation
           or
           inscription
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           
             Adam
             .
          
           In
           which
           respect
           ,
           the
           
             Church
          
           hath
           good
           cause
           still
           to
           use
           her
           accustomed
           Antiphona
           at
           the
           repeating
           of
           this
           
             Commandement
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           at
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           
             Lord
             have
             mercy
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             encline
             our
             hearts
             to
             keepe
             this
             law
             .
          
        
         
           And
           here
           ,
           because
           some
           who
           love
           to
           have
           this
           
             Commandement
          
           termed
           
             morall
          
           (
           though
           thereby
           they
           intend
           no
           more
           then
           what
           hath
           beene
           already
           granted
           )
           use
           so
           to
           argue
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           did
           not
           acknowledge
           it
           at
           all
           to
           be
           
             ceremoniall
             ;
          
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amisse
           ,
           before
           wee
           proceed
           any
           further
           ,
           to
           answere
           some
           of
           the
           principall
           arguments
           that
           are
           brought
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           wil
           begin
           with
           that
           of
           our
           
             Saviour
             ,
             Math.
          
           
           5.
           17.
           
           
             Thinke
             not
             that
             I
             came
             to
             destroy
             the
             Law
             or
             the
             Prophets
             ;
             I
             came
             not
             to
             destroy
             ,
             but
             to
             fulfill
             .
          
           Which
           words
           (
           in
           their
           opinion
           )
           make
           strongly
           for
           the
           
             morality
          
           and
           
             perpetuall
             obligation
          
           of
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
             :
          
           For
           from
           hence
           they
           argue
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           That
           which
           our
           Saviour
           did
           not
           
             destroy
             ,
          
           but
           
             fulfill
             ,
          
           is
           still
           in
           force
           ;
           but
           hee
           did
           not
           
             destroy
          
           the
           law
           contayned
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
             :
          
           Therefore
           it
           is
           still
           in
           force
           .
        
         
           For
           answere
           hereunto
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           in
           this
           argument
           two
           things
           are
           by
           them
           supposed
           .
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           they
           suppose
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           
             Law
          
           in
           this
           
           place
           ,
           is
           meant
           only
           the
           
             law
          
           contained
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
          
           or
           
             ten
             Commandements
             .
          
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
          
           That
           our
           Saviours
           
             fulfilling
             ,
          
           and
           not
           
             destroying
          
           this
           law
           ,
           was
           the
           
             ratifying
          
           and
           
             perpetuating
          
           of
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           under
           the
           
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           If
           wee
           grant
           them
           both
           these
           ,
           wee
           shall
           condemne
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
          
           for
           altering
           the
           day
           from
           the
           
             seventh
          
           to
           the
           
             eight
          
           or
           
             first
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
          
           which
           cannot
           stand
           with
           this
           exposition
           of
           our
           Saviours
           speech
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           following
           ,
           saith
           expresly
           ,
           
             That
             not
             one
             jot
             or
             title
             shall
             passe
             from
             the
             Law.
          
           But
           both
           these
           are
           beside
           the
           meaning
           and
           intent
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           as
           will
           easily
           appeare
           to
           any
           that
           (
           with
           indifferency
           )
           doth
           consider
           his
           words
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           
             First
             ,
          
           the
           
             Law
          
           which
           our
           Saviour
           here
           speakes
           of
           ,
           is
           of
           larger
           extent
           and
           latitude
           ,
           and
           comprehends
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Decalogue
          
           or
           
             law
             morall
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             Ceremoniall
          
           and
           
             judiciall
          
           also
           :
           As
           being
           indeed
           put
           for
           the
           
             Pentateuch
          
           or
           
             five
             bookes
          
           of
           
             Moses
             :
          
           And
           so
           ,
           
             The
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           as
           much
           as
           ,
           
             Moses
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Prophets
             :
          
           Which
           formes
           of
           speech
           ,
           are
           used
           as
           a
           
             Periphrasis
          
           of
           the
           
             old
             Testament
             ,
          
           of
           which
           these
           two
           are
           the
           maine
           essentiall
           parts
           :
           The
           
             Bookes
          
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           so
           containing
           and
           describing
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           they
           reserre
           whatsoever
           else
           they
           containe
           unto
           that
           ,
           receive
           their
           
             denomination
          
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           from
           the
           principall
           subject
           of
           them
           .
           The
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             their
             Bookes
             ,
          
           comprehend
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             old
             Testament
             ,
          
           which
           the
           
             Hebrewes
          
           divide
           into
           the
           
             former
          
           and
           
             latter
             Prophets
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Hagiographa
             :
          
           
           All
           which
           (
           though
           they
           be
           not
           
             Prophesies
             )
          
           
           being
           written
           by
           
             divine
             inspiration
             ,
          
           and
           by
           
             holy
             men
          
           as
           they
           were
           moved
           by
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ,
          
           may
           justly
           be
           termed
           ,
           
             The
             word
             of
             Prophecy
             ,
          
           and
           passe
           
           under
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
             .
          
        
         
           That
           the
           
             Law
          
           is
           taken
           in
           this
           sense
           ,
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           use
           of
           the
           same
           phrase
           else
           where
           :
           Where
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           duties
           commanded
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
             ,
          
           but
           
             Christ
          
           and
           
             faith
             in
             him
             ,
          
           is
           said
           to
           be
           taught
           and
           witnessed
           by
           the
           
             Law
             :
          
           to
           which
           purpose
           the
           Apostle
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           useth
           the
           same
           phrase
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           28.
           23.
           
           
             Rom.
          
           3.
           21.
           
           Now
           ,
           what
           word
           in
           all
           the
           
             Decalogue
          
           gives
           witnesse
           to
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           or
           perswades
           the
           
             faith
             ,
          
           which
           is
           required
           in
           him
           ?
           Certainly
           ,
           (
           however
           some
           have
           found
           not
           onely
           the
           
             faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             Sacraments
          
           also
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           commanded
           in
           the
           
             Decalogue
          
           yet
           ,
           )
           there
           is
           no
           one
           word
           there
           which
           imports
           any
           such
           thing
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           the
           very
           context
           evinces
           thus
           much
           :
           for
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           having
           thus
           prefaced
           his
           exposition
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           keeps
           not
           himselfe
           within
           the
           bounds
           of
           the
           
             Moral
             Law
             ;
          
           as
           appeares
           
             verse
          
           18.
           
           And
           therefore
           
             Interpreters
          
           generally
           upon
           this
           place
           ,
           shew
           how
           our
           Saviour
           did
           not
           
             destroy
          
           but
           
             fulfill
          
           the
           
             Ceremoniall
             Law
          
           also
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             Morall
             ,
          
           which
           were
           altogether
           needlesse
           ,
           if
           by
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           that
           onely
           were
           understood
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           the
           
             Law
          
           being
           (
           as
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           )
           thus
           largely
           taken
           ,
           any
           man
           may
           easily
           perceive
           that
           the
           
             not
             destroying
          
           but
           
             fulfilling
          
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           
             ratifying
          
           and
           the
           
             perpetuating
          
           of
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           under
           the
           
             Gospel
             :
          
           for
           who
           sees
           not
           ,
           that
           upon
           this
           ground
           they
           might
           conclude
           for
           
             Circumcision
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           
             legall
             Passeover
          
           and
           
             Sacrifices
             ,
          
           with
           all
           their
           
             typicall
             Rites
          
           and
           
             Ceremonies
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           ;
           our
           Saviour
           as
           hee
           was
           to
           
             fulfill
          
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Morall
          
           but
           the
           
             Ceremoniall
          
           and
           
             Iudiciall
          
           Law
           also
           :
           so
           he
           speakes
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           did
           indeed
           ,
           
             not
             destroy
          
           but
           ,
           
             fulfill
          
           them
           all
           ,
           though
           in
           a
           different
           manner
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           fulfilled
           the
           
             whole
             Law
             ,
          
           by
           his
           actuall
           and
           personall
           obedience
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           supplying
           the
           defects
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           ,
           being
           unable
           to
           justifie
           us
           in
           it selfe
           ,
           might
           ,
           by
           the
           helpe
           of
           his
           grace
           and
           accession
           of
           faith
           in
           him
           ,
           bee
           able
           to
           performe
           that
           
           which
           otherwise
           it
           could
           not
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           fulfilled
           the
           
             Ceremoniall
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           so
           the
           
             Iudiciall
          
           too
           ,
           so
           farr
           as
           it
           was
           
             typicall
             ;
          
           besides
           his
           subjection
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           a
           reall
           exhibition
           of
           that
           whereof
           they
           were
           
             shadowes
             .
          
           And
           though
           by
           this
           meanes
           ,
           their
           observation
           (
           according
           to
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           )
           ceased
           ,
           yet
           did
           hee
           not
           hereby
           
             destroy
             ,
          
           but
           
             perfect
          
           them
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             ,
          
           speaking
           of
           
             Circumcision
             ,
          
           which
           was
           a
           
             legall
             Ceremony
             .
             Doe
             we
             then
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             make
             voide
          
           
           
             the
             Law
             through
             faith
             ?
             God
             forbid
             :
             yea
             ,
             we
             establish
             the
             Law.
          
           This
           place
           then
           ,
           expounded
           according
           to
           the
           truest
           meaning
           and
           intent
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           makes
           nothing
           for
           the
           
             totall
             morality
          
           of
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
             ,
          
           nor
           is
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           contradictory
           to
           what
           I
           have
           delivered
           concerning
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           they
           argue
           from
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           which
           was
           (
           say
           they
           )
           in
           the
           
             beginning
          
           of
           the
           
             World
             ,
          
           in
           the
           time
           of
           mans
           
             innocencie
             ,
          
           
           when
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           
             Ceremony
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           
             morall
          
           and
           
             perpetuall
             .
          
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answere
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           not
           universally
           true
           ,
           that
           whatsoever
           precept
           was
           given
           to
           
             Adam
          
           in
           Innocency
           ,
           was
           therefore
           
             Morall
          
           and
           
             perpetuall
             ;
          
           for
           then
           the
           
             Symbolicall
          
           Precept
           of
           not
           
             eating
          
           of
           the
           
             forbidden
          
           fruit
           ,
           must
           be
           such
           ;
           which
           no
           man
           ,
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           will
           affirme
           .
           2.
           
           If
           it
           be
           true
           (
           which
           
             Willet
          
           hath
           affirmed
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           
             ten
             reasons
          
           which
           
           he
           there
           alledgeth
           )
           that
           
             Adam
          
           fell
           the
           same
           day
           that
           he
           was
           
             created
             ,
          
           then
           did
           he
           fall
           before
           the
           giving
           of
           the
           
             Precept
          
           for
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           and
           had
           it
           not
           in
           the
           state
           of
           
             Innocencie
             .
          
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           this
           is
           a
           meere
           conjecture
           disputable
           any
           way
           ,
           so
           as
           a
           man
           may
           better
           oppose
           whatsoever
           is
           affirmed
           ,
           then
           solidly
           conclude
           any
           thing
           .
           3.
           
           If
           it
           bee
           not
           false
           that
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           was
           then
           
             instituted
             ,
          
           yet
           it
           hath
           and
           may
           ,
           not
           without
           good
           reason
           be
           doubted
           of
           .
           That
           place
           which
           is
           brought
           for
           it
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           2.
           doth
           not
           convincingly
           prove
           it
           .
           And
           if
           the
           reasons
           ,
           which
           are
           alledged
           for
           the
           
             prolepsis
          
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           bee
           ,
           without
           prejudice
           ,
           considered
           ,
           their
           opinion
           who
           so
           expound
           it
           will
           not
           seeme
           improbable
           ,
           as
           1.
           
           That
           there
           is
           no
           mention
           any
           where
           made
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           have
           beene
           observed
           by
           the
           
             Patriarchs
             .
          
           2.
           
           Where
           it
           is
           first
           spoken
           of
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           16.
           it
           is
           spoken
           of
           as
           a
           new
           thing
           not
           knowne
           to
           have
           beene
           observed
           before
           .
           3.
           
           In
           that
           it
           is
           called
           a
           
             signe
          
           betweene
           
             God
          
           and
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
          
           that
           he
           was
           their
           
             sanctifier
          
           
           and
           
             deliverer
          
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           which
           it
           could
           not
           bee
           if
           it
           were
           given
           to
           all
           
             Nations
          
           in
           
             Adam
             .
          
           But
           lastly
           ,
           
           granting
           the
           whole
           Argument
           .
           I
           would
           faine
           know
           how
           that
           day
           ,
           that
           was
           then
           instituted
           and
           sanctified
           ,
           could
           cease
           ,
           and
           another
           be
           substituted
           .
           How
           could
           it
           bee
           
             Morall
          
           and
           
             perpetuall
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           determine
           with
           the
           
             Iewish
             Church
             ?
          
           The
           words
           which
           are
           brought
           as
           the
           
             Institution
             ,
          
           say
           ;
           
             God
             rested
             the
             seventh
          
           (
           N.
           B.
           )
           and
           for
           that
           cause
           ,
           
             God
          
           
           
             blessed
             the
             seventh
             day
             ,
          
           and
           
             sanctified
          
           it
           ,
           viz.
           
             that
             seventh
             day
          
           on
           which
           hee
           rested
           .
           The
           Text
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           God
           rested
           the
           
             seventh
             day
             ,
          
           and
           
             therefore
             he
             would
             have
             one
             of
             the
             seven
             to
             be
             sanctified
             ;
          
           That
           is
           but
           the
           
             exposition
          
           or
           
             glosse
             ,
          
           not
           the
           
             Text
             ;
          
           the
           word
           of
           
             man
             ,
          
           not
           of
           
             God.
          
           But
           some
           may
           haply
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           particular
           day
           was
           alterable
           ,
           and
           upon
           good
           ground
           was
           altered
           .
           This
           I
           grant
           ,
           but
           say
           withall
           ,
           that
           he
           which
           holds
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           to
           be
           instituted
           before
           the
           fall
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           cause
           
             Morall
          
           and
           
             perpetuall
             ,
          
           cannot
           so
           say
           ,
           but
           either
           hee
           must
           wave
           his
           owne
           Principles
           ,
           or
           cry
           up
           the
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           
             postliminiò
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           they
           argue
           from
           that
           of
           our
           Saviour
           
             (
             Matth.
          
           24.
           20.
           
           )
           who
           foreshewing
           the
           destruction
           of
           Jerusalem
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           adviseth
           them
           to
           pray
           ,
           that
           their
           slight
           bee
           not
           in
           the
           Winter
           ,
           neither
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
             Day
             .
          
           
             
               If
               (
               say
               they
               )
               this
               Precept
               had
               beene
               Ceremoniall
               ,
               then
               had
               it
               beene
               all
               one
               to
               fly
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               day
               ,
               as
               on
               any
               other
               day
               :
               because
               all
               Ceremonies
               were
               before
               that
               time
               (
               which
               was
               not
               till
               forty
               yeares
               after
               Christs
               Ascension
               )
               to
               bee
               abrogated
               .
               But
               in
               that
               Christ
               doth
               allow
               this
               feare
               of
               flying
               on
               the
               Sabbath
               Day
               more
               then
               on
               any
               other
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               ,
               hee
               shewes
               plainely
               that
               
               the
               force
               of
               the
               Sabbath
               was
               not
               abrogated
               by
               his
               resurrection
               ,
               and
               therefore
               no
               Ceremony
               .
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           they
           argue
           .
           To
           which
           it
           were
           answere
           
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           that
           hereby
           they
           still
           rush
           upon
           the
           same
           rocke
           ,
           and
           while
           they
           labour
           to
           establish
           a
           needlesse
           
             morality
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           they
           unawares
           bring
           in
           
             Iudaisme
             .
          
           For
           the
           
             Sabbath
             day
          
           there
           ,
           cannot
           with
           any
           shew
           of
           reason
           bee
           taken
           (
           though
           now
           a
           dayes
           it
           is
           too
           common
           so
           to
           take
           it
           )
           for
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             :
          
           and
           if
           our
           Saviour
           did
           intend
           by
           bidding
           his
           Disciples
           pray
           that
           their
           flight
           might
           not
           happen
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
             day
             ,
          
           to
           intimate
           the
           necessity
           of
           the
           observation
           of
           that
           Day
           by
           
             Christians
             :
          
           Then
           did
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           crosse
           
           our
           Saviours
           intent
           in
           numbring
           that
           among
           the
           shadowes
           which
           vanished
           at
           Christs
           death
           ;
           and
           then
           hath
           also
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ever
           since
           erred
           in
           so
           accounting
           it
           ,
           and
           condemning
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           an
           
             Anathema
          
           to
           those
           that
           in
           
           this
           point
           shall
           be
           found
           to
           
             Iudaize
             .
          
           S.
           
             Chrysostome
          
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           thinking
           that
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           which
           our
           Sauiour
           there
           speaks
           of
           ,
           did
           belong
           to
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           that
           upon
           that
           ground
           hee
           expounds
           that
           speech
           of
           our
           Saviour
           as
           spoken
           not
           to
           his
           
             Apostles
          
           but
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
             .
             Thou
             seest
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             that
             he
             speakes
             to
             the
             Iewes
             —
             for
             the
             Apostles
             were
             not
             to
             keepe
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           But
           grant
           that
           it
           were
           spoken
           to
           the
           Disciples
           ;
           yet
           can
           no
           such
           thing
           bee
           thence
           collected
           as
           they
           would
           have
           .
           For
           our
           Saviour
           had
           good
           ground
           so
           to
           advise
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           notwithstanding
           God
           at
           that
           time
           required
           no
           keeping
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             .
          
           For
           though
           the
           Ceremonies
           
           of
           the
           Law
           (
           and
           this
           among
           the
           rest
           )
           were
           dead
           with
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           were
           they
           not
           buried
           (
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           )
           nor
           the
           practise
           of
           them
           deadly
           
           till
           the
           Temple
           was
           destroyed
           :
           till
           which
           time
           ,
           even
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           were
           zealous
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           retentive
           of
           their
           old
           Ceremonies
           :
           to
           which
           weaknesse
           of
           theirs
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           there
           accommodates
           his
           speech
           ,
           willing
           rather
           that
           their
           owne
           experience
           in
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Temple
           should
           teach
           them
           that
           harsh
           lesson
           of
           the
           abolishing
           of
           the
           
             Legall
             Ceremonies
             ,
          
           then
           by
           a
           praemature
           urging
           it
           ,
           to
           startle
           such
           as
           were
           yet
           weake
           in
           faith
           ,
           or
           hinder
           others
           of
           that
           Nation
           from
           beleeving
           in
           Him.
           Besides
           ;
           be
           it
           that
           Christians
           did
           hold
           themselves
           freed
           from
           the
           observance
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           yet
           being
           among
           those
           who
           still
           made
           conscience
           of
           it
           ,
           even
           to
           superstition
           ,
           (
           as
           did
           the
           unconverted
           Jewes
           )
           it
           could
           not
           but
           prove
           very
           incommodious
           to
           their
           speedy
           and
           farre
           flight
           (
           which
           the
           greatnesse
           and
           suddennesse
           of
           the
           danger
           required
           )
           in
           as
           much
           as
           thereby
           they
           should
           expose
           themselves
           to
           the
           fury
           of
           those
           who
           were
           no
           lesse
           zealous
           in
           compelling
           others
           ,
           then
           superstitious
           in
           observing
           it
           themselves
           .
           In
           these
           respects
           our
           Saviour
           might
           well
           admonish
           his
           Disciples
           to
           pray
           that
           their
           flight
           might
           not
           bee
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
             day
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           not
           
           teach
           them
           to
           
             observe
          
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           after
           his
           death
           ,
           or
           that
           while
           the
           observation
           of
           it
           lasted
           ,
           they
           should
           thinke
           themselves
           so
           tied
           in
           conscience
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           on
           that
           day
           flie
           farre
           to
           save
           their
           lives
           :
           and
           much
           lesse
           to
           establish
           the
           
             Morality
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           which
           neither
           He
           ,
           nor
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           nor
           the
           following
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           till
           within
           these
           few
           yeares
           )
           ever
           designed
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           without
           some
           difference
           added
           to
           distinguish
           it
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Jewes
           .
           For
           though
           we
           finde
           it
           sometimes
           called
           
             our
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Sabbath
             of
             Christians
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           that
           in
           the
           maine
           end
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           succeeded
           that
           ,
           yet
           generally
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           simply
           put
           ,
           and
           without
           addition
           ,
           notes
           the
           
             Iewish
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             Day
          
           on
           which
           it
           was
           celebrated
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           
             Saturday
             ;
          
           and
           the
           day
           before
           that
           which
           we
           keepe
           ,
           which
           is
           therefore
           called
           by
           the
           Evangelists
           and
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             one
             ,
          
           or
           the
           
             first
             day
          
           from
           the
           
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           and
           by
           S.
           
             Iohn
          
           in
           the
           
             Revelation
             ,
          
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             :
          
           by
           which
           name
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           the
           same
           day
           had
           among
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           (
           viz.
           the
           
             Sunday
             )
          
           it
           hath
           ever
           since
           been
           knowne
           in
           the
           Christian
           world
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           leave
           these
           ,
           and
           now
           returne
           thither
           whence
           (
           for
           the
           answering
           of
           these
           objections
           )
           I
           have
           digressed
           .
           And
           having
           seene
           the
           nature
           and
           severall
           degrees
           of
           Morall
           Precepts
           ;
           and
           in
           generall
           ,
           that
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
          
           hath
           in
           it
           somewhat
           
             not
             moral
             ,
          
           That
           I
           may
           apply
           these
           things
           to
           our
           present
           purpose
           ,
           and
           manifest
           the
           truth
           thereof
           :
           I
           will
           more
           particularly
           inquire
           into
           the
           nature
           of
           that
           
             Commandement
             ,
          
           and
           in
           it
           distinctly
           
           consider
           these
           4.
           things
           .
           First
           ,
           
             A
             Day
             ,
          
           or
           
             time
          
           set
           apart
           for
           Gods
           service
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           
             seventh
             day
             ,
          
           or
           one
           in
           the
           revolution
           of
           
             seven
             .
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           particular
           
             seventh
          
           there
           mentioned
           ,
           namely
           the
           
             seventh
          
           from
           the
           
             Creation
             .
          
           Fourthly
           ,
           the
           strict
           
           
             surcease
          
           or
           
             rest
          
           from
           ordinary
           labours
           on
           that
           day
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           denied
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           very
           Law
           of
           Nature
           it selfe
           (
           to
           use
           the
           words
           of
           a
           
             Worthy
          
           of
           our
           Church
           )
           requireth
           no
           
           
             lesse
             the
             sanctification
             of
             
               times
               ,
            
             then
             of
             
               places
               ,
               persons
               ,
            
             and
             
               things
               .
            
             For
             which
             cause
             it
             hath
             pleased
             God
             heretofore
             as
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             so
             of
             
               times
            
             likewise
             ,
             to
             exact
             some
             parts
             by
             way
             of
             perpetuall
             homage
             .
          
           And
           that
           (
           as
           
             Aquinas
             )
          
           it
           is
           morall
           ,
           
           that
           man
           should
           depute
           some
           time
           of
           his
           life
           for
           the
           service
           of
           God.
           For
           there
           is
           in
           man
           a
           kind
           of
           naturall
           inclination
           ,
           that
           to
           every
           thing
           necessary
           there
           bee
           a
           time
           assigned
           :
           as
           to
           our
           bodily
           refection
           ,
           sleepe
           and
           the
           like
           :
           Whence
           also
           to
           the
           spiritnall
           refection
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           whereby
           the
           soule
           is
           refreshed
           in
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           dictate
           of
           naturall
           reason
           ,
           a
           man
           deputes
           some
           time
           .
           And
           so
           to
           have
           some
           times
           for
           holy
           Offices
           comes
           under
           the
           
             Morall
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           is
           absolutely
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           of
           
             Nature
          
           written
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           every
           man
           ,
           being
           involved
           in
           that
           principle
           which
           even
           depraved
           nature
           hath
           ever
           acknowledged
           ;
           
             viz.
          
           that
           
             God
             is
             to
             be
             worshipped
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           
             Amesius
          
           hath
           well
           
           observed
           that
           thus
           farre
           the
           time
           of
           Gods
           worship
           falls
           under
           that
           precept
           which
           exacts
           the
           worship
           it selfe
           :
           and
           as
           God
           when
           he
           created
           the
           world
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           have
           concreated
           time
           with
           it
           :
           
           so
           when
           he
           ordained
           religious
           actions
           ,
           he
           appointed
           also
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           a
           time
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           a
           necessary
           circumstance
           ,
           without
           which
           they
           could
           not
           be
           performed
           .
           And
           as
           the
           
             time
          
           in
           which
           such
           actions
           are
           done
           ,
           so
           that
           some
           
             Day
             ,
          
           or
           
             Dayes
          
           should
           be
           destinated
           and
           set
           apart
           for
           the
           more
           
             solemne
             performance
          
           of
           those
           
             actions
             ,
          
           may
           seeme
           to
           be
           a
           dictate
           of
           the
           same
           
             Law
          
           of
           
             nature
             :
          
           in
           as
           much
           as
           the
           
             Heathens
          
           who
           had
           no
           other
           guide
           but
           the
           
             law
          
           of
           
             Nature
             ,
          
           had
           their
           solemne
           
             Feasts
          
           and
           
             set
             Dayes
          
           in
           all
           ages
           consecrated
           to
           the
           worship
           of
           their
           Gods
           ;
           whereby
           they
           manifested
           (
           though
           not
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           true
           God
           ,
           yet
           )
           their
           acknowledgement
           of
           that
           Principle
           ,
           
             That
             God
             is
             to
             be
             worshipped
             ,
          
           and
           the
           conveniencie
           of
           assigning
           some
           
             Dayes
          
           peculiarly
           to
           that
           end
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           second
           :
           That
           
             one
             day
          
           in
           the
           revolution
           of
           
             seaven
          
           should
           be
           thus
           set
           a
           part
           :
           this
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           absolutely
           of
           the
           
             Law
          
           of
           
             nature
             :
             Nature
          
           being
           ignorant
           of
           this
           ,
           without
           the
           instruction
           of
           the
           
             written
             Law
             ,
          
           in
           which
           God
           hath
           revealed
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           concerning
           the
           
             Quota
             pars
             ,
          
           or
           how
           much
           of
           our
           time
           hee
           requires
           to
           be
           consecrated
           to
           Him
           :
           And
           this
           will
           easily
           appeare
           to
           any
           that
           doth
           without
           prejudice
           consider
           it
           .
           For
           it
           is
           an
           easie
           thing
           to
           give
           an
           estimate
           of
           what
           
             Principles
          
           are
           
             naturall
          
           and
           written
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           and
           what
           are
           gotten
           by
           
             instruction
             ,
             discipline
             ,
          
           and
           
             information
             :
          
           Now
           men
           may
           by
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           from
           the
           creature
           ,
           climbe
           up
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Creator
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           God
           conclude
           his
           worship
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           his
           
           Worship
           ,
           conclude
           a
           time
           (
           as
           to
           all
           other
           things
           )
           to
           be
           due
           to
           it
           .
           But
           to
           goe
           further
           ,
           and
           to
           determine
           what
           part
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           wee
           cannot
           .
           For
           it
           will
           not
           follow
           that
           because
           
             some
             time
          
           is
           due
           ,
           therefore
           the
           
             seaventh
             day
             ,
          
           more
           then
           the
           
             eighth
          
           of
           every
           moneth
           ,
           which
           was
           observed
           by
           the
           
             Graecians
          
           in
           
           honour
           of
           
             Neptune
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           day
           ,
           above
           ,
           or
           under
           that
           number
           .
           And
           for
           this
           cause
           it
           is
           (
           saith
           Saint
           
             Chrysostome
             )
          
           that
           in
           the
           giving
           of
           this
           Commandement
           
           concerning
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           (
           which
           hee
           calls
           
             a
             Precept
             not
             made
             knowne
             to
             us
             by
             our
             conscience
             )
          
           God
           added
           a
           reason
           ,
           as
           
             because
             Ged
             rested
             the
             seventh
             day
             from
             all
             his
             worke
             ;
          
           and
           againe
           ;
           
             because
             thou
             wast
             a
             servant
             in
             Egypt
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Whereas
           in
           those
           Precepts
           that
           are
           purely
           morall
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             doe
             no
             murther
             ,
          
           hee
           onely
           gives
           the
           precept
           ,
           without
           giving
           any
           reason
           at
           all
           .
           Why
           so
           ?
           
             (
             saith
             that
             Father
             ,
             )
          
           because
           our
           
             conscience
          
           had
           taught
           us
           this
           before
           ;
           so
           that
           God
           speakes
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           that
           knew
           and
           understood
           reason
           sufficient
           for
           the
           Prohibition
           .
           Neither
           doth
           
             Eusebius
          
           (
           though
           alledged
           by
           
           some
           to
           that
           purpose
           )
           any
           way
           contradict
           this
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           That
           not
           onely
           the
           
             Hebrewes
             ,
          
           but
           all
           almost
           ,
           both
           
             Philosophers
          
           and
           
             Poets
          
           acknowledged
           the
           
             seaventh
             day
          
           to
           be
           
             sacred
             :
          
           For
           here
           it
           is
           not
           questioned
           ,
           whether
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           which
           wanted
           the
           law
           of
           God
           to
           informe
           them
           ,
           did
           hold
           the
           
             seaventh
             day
          
           as
           hallowed
           ,
           but
           whether
           they
           were
           induced
           by
           the
           instinct
           of
           
             nature
          
           so
           to
           account
           it
           ;
           or
           that
           so
           accounting
           it
           ,
           they
           held
           themselves
           bound
           to
           consecrate
           
             that
             ,
          
           more
           then
           any
           
             other
          
           to
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           :
           The
           
             Gentiles
          
           (
           as
           
             Eusebius
          
           at
           
           large
           declares
           )
           came
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           it
           from
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           and
           did
           in
           that
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           become
           their
           
             Imitators
             ,
          
           and
           receive
           it
           into
           their
           manners
           .
           Or
           upon
           some
           other
           ground
           or
           superstition
           they
           might
           account
           the
           number
           of
           
             seaven
          
           to
           be
           sacred
           ;
           as
           because
           by
           that
           number
           the
           
             Planets
          
           (
           which
           they
           honoured
           as
           their
           chiefest
           
             Deities
             )
          
           were
           terminated
           :
           for
           which
           cause
           (
           we
           know
           )
           by
           their
           names
           they
           intituled
           their
           dayes
           .
           But
           what
           ever
           were
           the
           motive
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           without
           all
           question
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           held
           the
           number
           of
           
             seaven
          
           in
           great
           veneration
           ,
           accounting
           
           it
           the
           number
           of
           perfection
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           mysteries
           ;
           So
           it
           is
           as
           unquestionable
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           light
           of
           nature
           they
           knew
           not
           that
           that
           part
           of
           our
           time
           was
           to
           be
           separated
           to
           Gods
           service
           .
           And
           therefore
           
             Zanchius
          
           speakes
           more
           inconsiderately
           
           then
           beseemes
           his
           learning
           ,
           when
           hee
           saith
           ,
           That
           
             Nature
          
           teacheth
           all
           men
           to
           consecrate
           
             one
             day
             of
             seaven
          
           to
           the
           externall
           worship
           of
           God
           :
           Which
           ,
           
           others
           (
           and
           among
           them
           
             Amesius
             )
          
           better
           considering
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           onely
           of
           
             positive
          
           right
           ,
           and
           
             morall
             ,
          
           not
           in
           regard
           of
           
             nature
             ,
          
           but
           of
           
             discipline
             ,
          
           as
           comming
           under
           that
           ranke
           of
           
             morall
          
           Precepts
           ,
           which
           neede
           instruction
           to
           helpe
           naturall
           reason
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           judge
           of
           them
           .
           Now
           ,
           albeit
           
             Calvine
          
           
           (
           who
           in
           this
           as
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           wants
           not
           his
           followers
           )
           thinks
           the
           
             seaventh
             day
             ,
          
           not
           to
           be
           so
           stood
           on
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           would
           tye
           the
           Christian
           world
           precisely
           to
           that
           :
           Yet
           there
           are
           many
           grave
           and
           judicious
           Divines
           ,
           both
           Ancient
           and
           Moderne
           ,
           that
           judge
           the
           institution
           of
           one
           Day
           in
           seaven
           to
           be
           
           so
           farre
           morall
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           doth
           binde
           the
           Church
           perpetually
           and
           immutably
           .
           Thus
           among
           the
           Ancients
           
           Saint
           
             Chrysostome
          
           upon
           those
           words
           ,
           
             And
             God
             blessed
             the
             seaventh
             day
             and
             hallowed
             it
             ,
          
           
             Genes
             .
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Here
               ,
            
             saith
             hee
             ,
             
               from
               the
               beginning
               God
               intimates
               to
               us
               this
               Doctrine
               ,
               instructing
               us
               to
               separate
               and
               lay
               aside
               one
               day
               in
               the
               compasse
               of
               every
               weeke
               for
               spirituall
               exercises
               .
            
             And
             among
             our
             
               moderne
               Writers
            
             that
             admired
             
               Hooker
               ,
            
             saith
             .
             
               That
               wee
               are
               bound
               to
               account
               the
               sanctificatiō
               of
               one
               day
               in
               seven
               ,
               a
               duty
               which
               Gods
               immutable
               law
               doth
               exact
               for
               ever
               .
            
          
           Thus
           hee
           ,
           with
           many
           others
           ,
           whose
           judgements
           I
           honour
           ,
           yet
           dare
           not
           herein
           wholly
           subscribe
           to
           them
           neither
           :
           For
           the
           
             Law
          
           exacting
           the
           observation
           of
           
             one
             day
          
           in
           
             seaven
             ,
          
           being
           onely
           
             positive
          
           (
           as
           must
           needs
           be
           granted
           )
           cannot
           containe
           in
           it selfe
           any
           perpetuall
           obligation
           .
           For
           all
           Lawes
           of
           that
           nature
           (
           though
           made
           by
           God
           himselfe
           )
           admit
           mutation
           (
           at
           least
           )
           when
           the
           
             matter
          
           concerning
           which
           ,
           or
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           
             Persons
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           given
           ,
           is
           changed
           :
           Now
           the
           
             Day
             ,
          
           concerning
           which
           this
           Precept
           was
           given
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           was
           given
           ,
           being
           changed
           ,
           I
           see
           no
           reason
           ,
           why
           the
           proportion
           of
           
             one
             in
             seaven
             ,
          
           should
           be
           simply
           and
           in
           it selfe
           immutable
           ;
           Yet
           thus
           much
           ,
           I
           willingly
           grant
           them
           ,
           that
           (
           some
           time
           to
           be
           set
           apart
           for
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           being
           absolutely
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           nature
           )
           that
           proportion
           of
           time
           ,
           which
           God
           himselfe
           made
           choyce
           of
           for
           his
           owne
           People
           ,
           is
           the
           fittest
           that
           can
           be
           imagined
           :
           and
           Nature
           informed
           by
           God
           ,
           cannot
           but
           acknowledge
           His
           
             wisedome
          
           
           and
           
             goodnesse
          
           in
           this
           choyce
           ,
           in
           that
           hee
           hath
           so
           attempered
           it
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           long
           space
           betweene
           can
           make
           us
           forget
           our
           duty
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           the
           quicke
           returne
           of
           it
           hinder
           our
           providing
           for
           the
           necessities
           of
           nature
           .
           And
           hereupon
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           hath
           taken
           it
           as
           an
           obligation
           belonging
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           (
           as
           it
           is
           in
           our
           
             Church
          
           
           Homily
           )
           
             Gods
             will
             and
             commandement
             was
             to
             have
             a
             solemne
             time
             ,
             and
             standing
             day
             in
             the
             weeke
             ,
             wherein
             the
             people
             should
             come
             together
             ,
             and
             have
             in
             remembrance
             his
             wonderfull
             Benefits
             ,
             and
             render
             him
             thanks
             for
             them
             as
             appertaineth
             to
             loving
             ,
             kinde
             ,
             and
             obedient
             people
             .
          
           Thus
           farre
           then
           ,
           this
           Commandement
           extends
           to
           us
           Christians
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           to
           consecrate
           some
           part
           of
           our
           time
           to
           God
           ,
           is
           
             morall
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             seaventh
          
           part
           ,
           though
           not
           
             morall
             ,
          
           yet
           
             fitly
             chosen
             ,
          
           and
           appointed
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           observed
           by
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Christ
          
           (
           not
           as
           simply
           immutable
           ,
           yet
           )
           as
           most
           worthy
           to
           be
           retayned
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           third
           particular
           .
           The
           particular
           
             seventh
             day
          
           there
           mentioned
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           
             seaventh
             day
             from
             the
             Creation
             ;
          
           This
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           
             Morall
          
           any
           way
           ,
           but
           is
           
             ceremoniall
          
           and
           temporary
           ,
           and
           expired
           with
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
             Church
             .
          
           And
           this
           is
           generally
           confessed
           by
           all
           ,
           whom
           the
           heresie
           of
           
             Iudaisme
          
           hath
           not
           infected
           :
           and
           the
           mutation
           of
           the
           Day
           approved
           by
           the
           practise
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             world
          
           ever
           since
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           times
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           disclaime
           to
           the
           
             morality
          
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           one
           of
           these
           three
           must
           needs
           hence
           be
           inferred
           .
           Eyther
           that
           that
           which
           is
           
             morall
          
           may
           bee
           
           changed
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Christ
          
           hath
           now
           for
           this
           sixteen
           hundred
           years
           
             erred
          
           in
           the
           
             change
          
           of
           it
           ;
           orlastly
           ,
           that
           the
           particular
           day
           prescribed
           to
           the
           Jews
           was
           
             Ceremoniall
             ,
          
           and
           not
           perpetuall
           .
           The
           first
           ,
           no
           man
           will
           say
           that
           vnderstands
           the
           nature
           of
           
             morall
          
           precepts
           ,
           and
           their
           dependance
           upon
           the
           
             Law
          
           of
           
             nature
             ,
          
           which
           is
           one
           and
           the
           same
           with
           all
           men
           every
           where
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           regard
           immutable
           .
           And
           he
           deserves
           not
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Christian
           that
           dares
           affirme
           the
           
             second
             .
          
           It
           remaines
           therefore
           that
           we
           pitch
           upon
           the
           
             third
             ,
          
           &
           confesse
           that
           herein
           that
           
             Commandement
          
           was
           
             Ceremoniall
          
           &
           not
           perpetuall
           .
           But
           besides
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Church
           we
           have
           the
           warrant
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
             S.
             Paul.
          
           
           who
           ranks
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           among
           the
           
             shadows
          
           of
           things
           to
           come
           whereof
           the
           
             body
          
           is
           
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               the
               body
            
             
             
               had
            
             (
             they
             are
             the
             words
             of
             the
             late
             learned
             Bishop
             of
             
               Winchester
               )
               the
               shadowes
               vanish
               :
               that
               which
               was
               to
               come
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               come
               to
               what
               end
               any
               figure
               of
               it
               ?
               it
               ceaseth
               too
               .
               So
               that
               to
               hold
               the
               shadow
               of
               the
               Sabbath
               is
               to
               continue
               ,
               is
               to
               hold
               that
               Christ
               the
               body
               is
               not
               yet
               come
               .
            
          
           Neyther
           can
           the
           force
           of
           this
           
           place
           be
           avoyded
           by
           saying
           that
           the
           Iewes
           had
           other
           
             Sabbaths
          
           that
           were
           there
           meant
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Sabbaths
          
           of
           
             weekes
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             first
          
           and
           
             last
             dayes
          
           of
           their
           great
           
             feasts
          
           which
           were
           called
           
             Sabbaths
             .
          
           For
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           speakes
           indefinitely
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             dayes
             ,
          
           &
           hath
           not
           there
           left
           any
           ground
           to
           rayse
           any
           distinction
           upon
           ,
           or
           to
           shew
           that
           he
           aymed
           onely
           at
           them
           more
           then
           this
           .
           That
           he
           speakes
           there
           in
           the
           
             plurall
             number
          
           will
           not
           
             helpe
          
           this
           shift
           ,
           but
           rather
           
             crosse
          
           it
           :
           it
           
             helpes
          
           it
           not
           ,
           because
           we
           know
           it
           is
           usuall
           
           in
           the
           new
           Testament
           to
           use
           that
           number
           when
           the
           Sabbath
           in
           question
           is
           spoken
           of
           :
           it
           
             crosseth
          
           it
           rather
           in
           that
           being
           in
           the
           
             plurall
             number
          
           it
           may
           rather
           seeme
           to
           comprehend
           all
           their
           
             Sabbaths
          
           whatsoever
           they
           were
           :
           and
           so
           to
           be
           far
           from
           excluding
           this
           .
           The
           place
           then
           is
           cleare
           ,
           and
           alone
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           the
           point
           in
           hand
           :
           To
           which
           I
           will
           onely
           adde
           ;
           that
           the
           reason
           drawn
           from
           the
           example
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           rested
           upon
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           day
           ,
           namely
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Creation
          
           was
           finished
           ,
           endured
           onely
           till
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             new
             Creation
          
           in
           which
           al
           things
           were
           
             made
             new
          
           by
           
             Christ
             ;
          
           at
           which
           time
           it
           ceased
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           a
           second
           reason
           taken
           from
           that
           
             new
             Creation
          
           comming
           in
           place
           ,
           the
           former
           both
           reason
           &
           day
           (
           become
           now
           old
           )
           are
           
             passed
             away
             ,
             and
             behold
             all
          
           
           
             things
             are
             become
             new
             .
          
           For
           this
           worke
           of
           
             redemption
          
           or
           
             new
             Creation
          
           being
           the
           greater
           may
           deservedly
           take
           place
           of
           the
           other
           .
           And
           as
           the
           
             Prophet
             Ieremy
          
           
           speaking
           of
           the
           
             deliverance
          
           that
           God
           would
           vouchsafe
           his
           people
           from
           the
           
             Babilonish
             captivity
             ,
          
           saith
           :
           
             
               Behold
               the
               dayes
               shall
               come
               (
               saith
               the
               Lord
               )
               that
               it
               shall
               no
               more
               be
               said
               ;
               the
               Lord
               liveth
               that
               brought
               up
               the
               Children
               of
               Israel
               out
               of
               Egypt
               :
               but
               the
               Lord
               liveth
               which
               brought
               up
               the
               children
               of
               Israel
               from
               the
               land
               of
               the
               North
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           So
           may
           wee
           say
           of
           the
           
             day
          
           appointed
           for
           his
           
             worship
             ;
          
           that
           the
           
             day
          
           wherein
           he
           finished
           the
           worke
           of
           
             Creation
          
           shall
           no
           more
           be
           observed
           ,
           but
           the
           
             day
          
           wherein
           our
           
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
          
           by
           his
           resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           finished
           the
           worke
           of
           our
           
             redemption
             ,
          
           and
           begun
           a
           new
           life
           to
           be
           finished
           in
           all
           his
           members
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           
           tels
           us
           )
           are
           by
           his
           
             resurrection
          
           begotten
           vnto
           a
           lively
           
           hope
           of
           an
           eternall
           Inheritance
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           and
           last
           thing
           in
           this
           Commandement
           and
           that
           which
           denominated
           the
           
             day
          
           is
           the
           
             resting
          
           from
           ordinary
           labours
           .
           And
           this
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           divers
           ends
           it
           had
           admits
           a
           diverse
           consideration
           .
           1.
           
           This
           rest
           may
           be
           considered
           as
           a
           means
           without
           which
           the
           dutyes
           of
           Gods
           worship
           cannot
           be
           performed
           .
           For
           seeing
           the
           generall
           &
           publique
           dutyes
           of
           piety
           and
           devotion
           ,
           and
           our
           owne
           private
           businesses
           cannot
           both
           bee
           followed
           at
           once
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           such
           a
           
             cessation
          
           from
           ordinary
           labours
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           wherein
           men
           are
           to
           performe
           those
           dutyes
           ,
           as
           that
           thereby
           they
           be
           not
           
             hindered
          
           in
           the
           performance
           thereof
           :
           in
           which
           regardthose
           workes
           that
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           at
           other
           times
           are
           not
           prohibited
           ,
           are
           on
           that
           day
           vnlawfull
           ,
           so
           farre
           
           as
           they
           hinder
           a
           man
           from
           applying
           himself
           to
           divine
           dutyes
           :
           and
           therein
           are
           contrary
           to
           the
           observance
           of
           that
           
             precept
             ,
          
           which
           requires
           the
           performance
           of
           them
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           God
           commands
           a
           day
           to
           be
           dedicated
           to
           Him
           ,
           he
           doth
           likewise
           in
           the
           same
           command
           such
           a
           rest
           as
           a
           meanes
           necessary
           to
           that
           end
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           thus
           farre
           it
           is
           connected
           with
           ,
           &
           participates
           of
           the
           
             morality
          
           of
           that
           
             Precept
          
           that
           enjoynes
           the
           dutyes
           for
           which
           it
           was
           appointed
           ;
           &
           in
           this
           consideration
           we
           are
           no
           lesse
           bound
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           
             rest
          
           from
           our
           labours
           on
           
             the
             dayes
          
           devoted
           to
           Gods
           solemne
           worship
           ,
           then
           were
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           and
           (
           as
           Uenerable
           
             Hooker
          
           sayth
           )
           
             The
             voluntary
             scandalous
             contempt
             of
             that
             rest
             from
             
             labour
             wherewith
             God
             is
             publikely
             served
             ,
             we
             cannot
             too
             severely
             correct
             and
             bridle
             .
          
        
         
         
           Another
           end
           of
           this
           
             rest
          
           is
           mentioned
           .
           
             Deut.
             5.
             14.
             viz
             :
          
           that
           there
           might
           be
           a
           time
           of
           
             rest
          
           allowed
           to
           
             servants
          
           and
           labourers
           for
           their
           refreshment
           .
           And
           this
           no
           lesse
           concernes
           
             us
             ,
          
           then
           it
           did
           
             them
             ;
          
           for
           necessity
           of
           nature
           requires
           some
           time
           of
           remission
           from
           labour
           :
           and
           religion
           teacheth
           us
           ,
           to
           be
           
             mercifull
             even
             to
             our
             beasts
             ,
          
           and
           much
           more
           to
           our
           
             servants
          
           
           who
           are
           our
           brethren
           .
           But
           this
           is
           not
           so
           connected
           with
           the
           observance
           of
           the
           day
           of
           Gods
           publique
           worship
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           may
           at
           other
           times
           be
           supplyed
           ,
           yet
           is
           then
           so
           far
           requisite
           ,
           as
           it
           makes
           for
           the
           solemne
           performances
           of
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           that
           all
           ,
           as
           well
           servants
           ,
           as
           others
           ,
           may
           joyne
           together
           in
           the
           service
           of
           God
           :
           which
           while
           they
           doe
           ,
           they
           at
           once
           enjoy
           the
           refreshment
           of
           their
           bodyes
           ,
           and
           freedome
           to
           refresh
           their
           soules
           ,
           with
           holy
           and
           religious
           exercises
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           
             rest
             ,
          
           as
           it
           was
           prescribed
           to
           the
           
             Iews
             ,
          
           had
           yet
           a
           further
           end
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           which
           ,
           it
           was
           exacted
           so
           strictly
           ,
           and
           beyond
           that
           which
           eyther
           the
           solemne
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           necessary
           refreshment
           of
           labouring
           persons
           did
           require
           .
           And
           that
           was
           
             figurative
          
           for
           the
           signifying
           of
           things
           
             past
             ,
             present
             ,
          
           and
           
             future
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Things
             past
             ;
          
           and
           so
           it
           was
           a
           memoriall
           of
           Gods
           
             resting
          
           from
           his
           worke
           of
           
             Creation
             :
          
           and
           as
           the
           day
           which
           they
           observed
           ,
           so
           the
           strict
           
             rest
          
           upon
           that
           day
           served
           as
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           cōmon
           benefit
           of
           
             Creation
          
           which
           they
           thereby
           acknowledged
           to
           bee
           Gods
           work
           ,
           when
           they
           celebrated
           that
           day
           wherein
           God
           rested
           from
           creating
           ,
           &
           sanctified
           it
           by
           an
           holy
           and
           totall
           surcease
           from
           their
           owne
           workes
           .
           
           And
           this
           end
           is
           assigned
           by
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           annexed
           
           to
           the
           commandement
           as
           a
           principal
           reason
           of
           the
           institution
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ;
           it
           was
           a
           memoriall
           likewise
           of
           their
           
             deliverance
          
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           so
           expressely
           said
           to
           bee
           
             Deut.
          
           5.
           15.
           where
           ,
           in
           the
           repetition
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           this
           reason
           ,
           is
           added
           instead
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           &
           God
           is
           therefore
           sayd
           to
           command
           them
           to
           keepe
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           that
           they
           might
           remember
           their
           
             servitude
          
           in
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             deliverance
          
           from
           thence
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ;
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           was
           a
           
             signe
          
           also
           of
           their
           
             present
             condition
             ,
          
           and
           a
           note
           to
           distinguish
           them
           from
           all
           other
           people
           ,
           they
           being
           then
           the
           onely
           peculiar
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           whom
           hee
           had
           separated
           ,
           and
           sanctified
           to
           himselfe
           :
           For
           a
           
             signe
          
           of
           which
           
             peculiar
             sanctification
          
           they
           were
           commanded
           to
           observe
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           as
           we
           read
           
             Exod.
             31.
             13.
             
             &
             Ezech.
          
           20.
           12.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           Lastly
           ;
           the
           
             rest
          
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           was
           a
           
             Type
          
           whereby
           was
           prefigured
           that
           
             rest
          
           which
           remained
           
           for
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           be
           purchased
           for
           them
           by
           Christ
           .
           Into
           which
           rest
           they
           which
           believe
           do
           enter
           ,
           and
           shall
           have
           the
           full
           possession
           thereof
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           glory
           ,
           when
           ,
           after
           all
           their
           works
           finished
           ,
           they
           shall
           
             rest
          
           from
           their
           labours
           .
           And
           
           this
           
             rest
          
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           designing
           by
           the
           name
           of
           a
           
             Sabbatisme
             ,
          
           intimates
           the
           prefiguring
           of
           it
           by
           that
           
             Sabbath
          
           which
           the
           people
           of
           God
           under
           the
           Law
           were
           to
           observe
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           as
           the
           place
           of
           this
           Celestiall
           ,
           and
           eternall
           
             rest
             ,
          
           was
           shadowed
           out
           by
           the
           
             promised
             Land
             ,
          
           so
           the
           
             rest
          
           it selfe
           for
           the
           nature
           ,
           &
           condition
           of
           it
           was
           no
           lesse
           presignified
           by
           their
           
           usuall
           
             Sabbaths
             .
          
           Now
           in
           relation
           to
           these
           good
           things
           which
           were
           thus
           vailed
           under
           the
           outward
           observation
           of
           this
           
             rest
             ,
          
           it
           was
           very
           requisite
           that
           the
           
             rest
          
           whereby
           they
           were
           represented
           ,
           should
           be
           ,
           as
           strict
           as
           might
           be
           ;
           for
           the
           more
           exact
           the
           figure
           
           is
           ,
           the
           better
           it
           signifies
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           strictly
           the
           rest
           was
           observed
           ,
           the
           more
           lively
           was
           the
           representation
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           it
           aymed
           at
           .
           To
           this
           if
           we
           add
           the
           condition
           of
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           enjoyned
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           the
           compleate
           reason
           ,
           why
           it
           was
           with
           that
           strictnesse
           commanded
           and
           exacted
           ,
           &
           the
           violation
           of
           it
           with
           such
           severity
           punished
           .
        
         
           For
           first
           ,
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           though
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           heire
           &
           Lord
           of
           all
           ,
           yet
           being
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           saith
           ,
           
           a
           
             child
             ,
             differed
             not
             from
             a
             servant
             ,
          
           and
           as
           servants
           were
           to
           be
           held
           in
           bondage
           under
           the
           strict
           yoke
           of
           outward
           observances
           ,
           &
           of
           this
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           till
           the
           fulnesse
           of
           time
           came
           ,
           when
           God
           sent
           forth
           
           his
           Sonne
           made
           of
           a
           woman
           ,
           made
           under
           the
           law
           ,
           to
           redeem
           them
           that
           were
           vnder
           the
           law
           ,
           that
           wee
           might
           receive
           the
           adoption
           of
           sonnes
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           
             Iews
          
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           long
           abode
           in
           a
           place
           of
           continuall
           servile
           toyle
           ,
           could
           not
           suddainely
           be
           weaned
           and
           drawne
           unto
           contrary
           offices
           ,
           without
           some
           impression
           of
           terror
           ;
           whence
           the
           severity
           with
           which
           this
           duty
           ,
           was
           enjoyned
           ,
           and
           the
           violation
           thereof
           punished
           ,
           was
           to
           them
           most
           necessary
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           needfull
           ,
           then
           to
           punish
           with
           extremity
           the
           first
           transgressors
           of
           those
           Lawes
           that
           require
           a
           more
           exact
           observation
           for
           many
           ages
           to
           
           come
           .
           These
           considerations
           then
           being
           peculiar
           unto
           them
           ,
           that
           
             strict
             rest
          
           which
           was
           thereupon
           exacted
           ,
           being
           but
           
             accidentally
             annexed
          
           to
           the
           principall
           sanctification
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           cannot
           belong
           unto
           us
           by
           vertue
           of
           that
           command
           by
           which
           it
           was
           enjoyned
           them
           .
           And
           this
           is
           confessed
           even
           by
           those
           that
           stand
           most
           for
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             :
          
           who
           grant
           that
           the
           
             strictnesse
             of
             the
             rest
          
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           was
           
             Ceremoniall
             ,
          
           and
           did
           belong
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           onely
           and
           is
           abrogated
           by
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           
             Christ
             .
          
           
           So
           
             Elton
             .
          
           And
           
             Amesius
             .
             It
             may
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             there
          
           
           
             was
             somewhat
             a
             more
             strict
             observation
             of
             the
             Sabbath
          
           
           
             commanded
             in
             those
             times
             ,
             as
             fitted
             to
             the
             pedagogy
             and
             time
             of
             servitade
             ,
             which
             obteynes
             not
             in
             all
             ages
             .
          
           So
           he
           ,
           and
           generally
           the
           most
           of
           those
           which
           propugne
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             .
          
        
         
           To
           give
           a
           briefe
           and
           full
           resolution
           to
           the
           first
           question
           propounded
           .
           
             viz.
             whether
             ,
             and
             how
             farre
             forth
             the
             fourth
             Commandement
             concerning
             the
             Sabbath
             is
             morall
             ,
             and
             perpetuall
             ,
             and
             so
             belonging
             to
             us
             Christians
          
        
         
           To
           the
           former
           part
           ,
           I
           say
           the
           fourth
           Commandement
           is
           
             partly
             morall
             ,
          
           and
           
             partly
             Ceremoniall
             .
          
           To
           the
           
             latter
          
           I
           say
           .
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           
             morall
             ,
          
           and
           perpetuall
           that
           some
           time
           be
           dedicated
           to
           the
           solemne
           ,
           publique
           worship
           and
           service
           of
           God.
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           
             one
          
           day
           in
           the
           revolution
           of
           
             seaven
             ,
          
           be
           consecrated
           to
           this
           end
           ,
           is
           not
           
             morall
             ;
          
           yet
           very
           
             convenient
          
           and
           fitly
           observed
           ,
           and
           retayned
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           .
           Thirdly
           ;
           that
           the
           particular
           
             seaventh
             day
             ,
          
           which
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           observed
           ,
           is
           neither
           
             morall
             ,
          
           nor
           sit
           to
           bee
           observed
           ,
           being
           altogether
           abrogated
           and
           
           out
           of
           date
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           .
           Lastly
           ;
           the
           resting
           from
           ordinary
           labours
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           connected
           with
           the
           dutyes
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           and
           a
           means
           without
           which
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           performed
           ,
           is
           no
           lesse
           necessary
           on
           the
           dayes
           consecrated
           to
           that
           end
           now
           ,
           then
           heretofore
           ;
           but
           as
           it
           concerned
           the
           
             Iewish
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           it
           is
           together
           with
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           abrogated
           .
           So
           that
           
             Christians
          
           are
           not
           bound
           either
           to
           rest
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           did
           ,
           or
           to
           rest
           on
           their
           owne
           
             Sabbaths
          
           or
           dayes
           consecrated
           to
           Gods
           service
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           strictnesse
           ,
           which
           was
           enjoyned
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           on
           theirs
           .
           Thus
           much
           shall
           serve
           to
           have
           spoken
           of
           the
           first
           generall
           question
           .
        
         
           Having
           explained
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
          
           touching
           the
           
             Iewish
             Sabbath
             :
          
           I
           come
           now
           to
           speake
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ;
          
           in
           which
           ,
           that
           which
           was
           
             Morall
          
           in
           that
           Commandement
           ,
           is
           and
           ever
           hath
           beene
           observed
           by
           
             Christians
             .
          
           The
           
             institution
          
           of
           which
           ,
           when
           and
           by
           whom
           it
           was
           ,
           being
           the
           second
           generall
           part
           of
           our
           inquirie
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           all
           Divines
           are
           not
           of
           one
           opinion
           .
           Some
           ground
           
             this
          
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           
             Iewish
             Sabbath
          
           
           upon
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
             ,
          
           which
           
             (
             say
             they
             )
          
           includes
           both
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           of
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Christians
             :
          
           Because
           the
           
             Lord
          
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           
             Remember
             that
             thou
             keepe
             holy
             the
             seventh
             Day
             ,
          
           but
           
             Remember
             that
             thou
             keepe
             holy
             the
             Sabbath
             Day
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           
             Day
             of
             rest
             :
          
           which
           ,
           before
           the
           comming
           of
           Christ
           ,
           was
           the
           
             seventh
          
           from
           the
           
             Creation
             ;
          
           but
           afterward
           ,
           the
           
             first
             day
          
           of
           the
           weeke
           ,
           or
           
             Lords
             Day
             .
          
        
         
           But
           these
           men
           while
           they
           over
           greedily
           seeke
           
           after
           a
           
             divine
             foundation
          
           for
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           doe
           not
           consider
           that
           they
           stretch
           the
           Precept
           beyond
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Lawgiver
           .
           For
           though
           it
           bee
           granted
           that
           the
           Lord
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           
             Remember
             to
             keepe
             holy
             the
             seventh
             day
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             day
          
           of
           
             ceasing
          
           indeterminately
           ,
           yet
           seeing
           in
           the
           following
           explication
           ,
           which
           God
           added
           ,
           it
           is
           determined
           unto
           that
           
             particular
             seventh
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           
             seventh
          
           from
           the
           
             Creation
             ,
          
           to
           which
           it
           expresly
           is
           referred
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           speciall
           reason
           of
           the
           Institution
           :
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           there
           cannot
           without
           forcing
           ,
           and
           manifest
           absurdity
           ,
           bee
           said
           to
           bee
           as
           the
           
             Genus
          
           to
           the
           
             Iewish
             ,
          
           and
           
             Christian
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           and
           to
           include
           both
           .
           For
           is
           it
           not
           manifestly
           absurd
           ,
           and
           unbeseeming
           a
           rationall
           man
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           Supreame
           Law-giver
           ,
           to
           say
           ;
           
             God
             in
             sixe
             dayes
             made
             heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
             and
             rested
             the
             seventh
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             cause
             sanctified
             the
             seventh
             Day
             ;
             Ergo
             ,
          
           Hee
           will
           have
           men
           in
           imitation
           of
           him
           to
           rest
           sometime
           
             (
             viz.
             before
             the
             comming
             of
             Christ
             )
          
           on
           that
           day
           whereon
           hee
           rested
           ,
           and
           sometime
           
             (
             viz.
             after
             Christs
             comming
             )
          
           to
           rest
           on
           the
           day
           in
           which
           hee
           began
           to
           worke
           .
           Neither
           can
           this
           absurdity
           bee
           salved
           (
           as
           some
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           
           doe
           )
           by
           saying
           ,
           there
           is
           alwayes
           more
           meant
           in
           the
           Precepts
           and
           prohibitions
           ,
           then
           in
           words
           are
           expressed
           :
           for
           those
           things
           which
           are
           so
           meant
           without
           particular
           expression
           ,
           must
           either
           be
           necessarily
           connected
           with
           ,
           or
           some
           way
           subordinat
           to
           that
           which
           is
           expressed
           ,
           that
           so
           it
           may
           be
           included
           in
           it
           .
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           it
           ought
           no
           way
           to
           be
           excluded
           ,
           as
           (
           we
           see
           )
           this
           is
           by
           Gods
           owne
           exposition
           
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           which
           hee
           alledgeth
           ,
           which
           can
           no
           way
           agree
           both
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           Day
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           others
           urge
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           Lords
           
           Day
           ,
           as
           founded
           upon
           Gods
           sanctification
           of
           the
           seventh
           Day
           at
           the
           Creation
           ,
           which
           being
           before
           all
           Ceremonies
           ,
           must
           (
           say
           they
           )
           needes
           binde
           Christians
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Jewes
           .
           But
           this
           labours
           of
           the
           same
           weaknesse
           ,
           and
           absurdity
           ,
           which
           the
           other
           did
           .
           For
           what
           day
           did
           God
           sanctifie
           there
           ?
           Surely
           not
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           Weeke
           ,
           but
           the
           seventh
           from
           the
           Creation
           ,
           which
           they
           must
           with
           the
           Jewes
           cry
           up
           againe
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           have
           their
           argument
           hold
           good
           .
           But
           besides
           this
           ,
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           this
           foundation
           appeares
           in
           that
           (
           as
           hath
           beene
           shewed
           )
           they
           cannot
           prove
           that
           God
           instituted
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           and
           commanded
           it
           to
           bee
           observed
           from
           that
           time
           forward
           ;
           but
           onely
           that
           
             Moses
          
           there
           ,
           relating
           the
           story
           of
           the
           Creation
           ,
           intimates
           the
           reason
           of
           Gods
           after
           Commanding
           his
           people
           to
           rest
           upon
           that
           Day
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           granting
           that
           to
           be
           the
           
             Institution
          
           (
           which
           cannot
           be
           proved
           )
           and
           that
           not
           the
           
             seaventh
             day
             from
             the
             Creation
          
           (
           as
           the
           words
           expresly
           say
           )
           but
           
             a
             seaventh
             ,
          
           or
           
             one
          
           in
           
             seaven
             ,
          
           were
           thereby
           intended
           to
           be
           perpetuall
           ,
           &
           to
           belong
           to
           us
           Christians
           :
           If
           all
           this
           be
           granted
           ,
           here
           will
           yet
           be
           but
           a
           partiall
           foundatiō
           ,
           and
           no
           compleat
           
             institution
          
           of
           that
           particular
           day
           which
           we
           observe
           :
           for
           ,
           all
           this
           notwithstanding
           ,
           why
           might
           not
           the
           
             second
             ,
             third
             ,
             fourth
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           have
           beene
           observed
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           institution
           of
           one
           in
           seaven
           no
           way
           violated
           ?
        
         
         
           Others
           therefore
           (
           no
           doubt
           espying
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           it
           )
           
           forsake
           this
           hold
           ,
           and
           seeke
           for
           authority
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           
             Divine
             Institution
             ,
          
           out
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             .
          
           And
           among
           these
           
             Amesius
          
           will
           have
           it
           to
           bee
           done
           by
           
             Christ
             himselfe
             :
          
           laying
           this
           for
           a
           ground
           worke
           ,
           that
           
             He
             alone
             could
             change
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             that
             was
             Lord
             of
             it
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Christ
             .
          
           So
           that
           according
           to
           him
           ,
           Christ
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           change
           ,
           and
           that
           either
           
             mediately
          
           by
           his
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           assisted
           by
           his
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Institution
           of
           it
           ,
           no
           lesse
           then
           he
           did
           in
           the
           doctrine
           which
           they
           taught
           :
           or
           else
           ,
           (
           as
           hee
           holds
           to
           bee
           most
           probable
           )
           
             immediately
             ,
          
           and
           in
           his
           
             owne
             person
             ;
          
           and
           the
           probability
           of
           this
           he
           labours
           to
           prove
           by
           divers
           Arguments
           ;
           wherein
           hee
           doth
           (
           as
           one
           hath
           well
           observed
           in
           the
           like
           case
           )
           as
           if
           one
           should
           demand
           a
           Legacy
           ,
           by
           force
           and
           vertue
           of
           some
           written
           Testament
           wherein
           there
           being
           no
           such
           thing
           specified
           ,
           he
           pleades
           ,
           that
           there
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           arguments
           from
           the
           love
           and
           good
           will
           ,
           which
           alwayes
           the
           Testator
           bore
           him
           ;
           imagining
           that
           these
           or
           the
           like
           proofes
           will
           evince
           a
           Testament
           ,
           to
           have
           that
           in
           it
           which
           other
           men
           by
           reading
           ,
           can
           no
           where
           finde
           .
           Certainely
           it
           is
           a
           bold
           and
           a
           strange
           course
           ,
           for
           men
           to
           adventure
           to
           argue
           ,
           that
           God
           must
           needs
           have
           done
           the
           thing
           ,
           which
           they
           imagine
           was
           to
           bee
           done
           :
           whereas
           in
           matters
           that
           concerne
           the
           actions
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           most
           dutifull
           ,
           and
           safe
           way
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           is
           to
           search
           what
           God
           hath
           done
           ,
           and
           with
           meekeresse
           to
           admire
           that
           ,
           rather
           ,
           then
           to
           dispute
           what
           he
           ,
           in
           congruity
           of
           reason
           ,
           ought
           to
           
           doe
           .
           Hee
           might
           therefore
           have
           spared
           all
           the
           reasons
           he
           brings
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           thereof
           ,
           to
           have
           alledged
           one
           place
           out
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           which
           doth
           command
           the
           
             change
          
           of
           the
           
             Day
             ,
          
           especially
           seeing
           he
           denies
           it
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           for
           many
           reasons
           by
           him
           there
           urged
           )
           to
           bee
           an
           
             unwritten
             Tradition
             :
          
           which
           seeing
           hee
           doth
           not
           ,
           nor
           indeede
           can
           doe
           ,
           what
           doth
           he
           else
           by
           all
           his
           arguments
           ,
           but
           endeavour
           to
           lay
           an
           aspersion
           of
           imperfection
           upon
           the
           
             Scriptures
             ,
          
           and
           of
           neglect
           in
           
             Christ
          
           himselfe
           of
           that
           office
           ,
           which
           as
           the
           great
           Prophet
           of
           his
           
             Church
          
           belonged
           to
           him
           ?
           As
           if
           unlesse
           hee
           had
           beene
           as
           carefull
           to
           appoint
           the
           observation
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
          
           was
           to
           appoint
           the
           old
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           hee
           could
           not
           
             (
             absit
             verbo
             blasphemia
             )
          
           be
           as
           faithfull
           in
           the
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           
             Moses
          
           was
           .
           But
           farre
           be
           such
           blasphemous
           thoughts
           from
           us
           ,
           farre
           be
           it
           from
           us
           to
           measure
           the
           faithfulnesse
           of
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           by
           our
           phansies
           :
           or
           to
           judge
           him
           unfaithfull
           ,
           because
           he
           did
           omit
           that
           which
           our
           shallow
           conceits
           judge
           necessary
           and
           fit
           for
           him
           to
           doe
           .
           Wee
           know
           that
           the
           
             high
             Priest
             of
             our
             profession
             ,
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             was
          
           
           
             faithfull
             to
             him
             that
             appointed
             him
             ,
             as
             also
             Moses
             was
             faithfull
             in
             all
             his
             house
             .
          
           And
           this
           
             faithfulnesse
          
           of
           his
           was
           by
           him
           sufficiently
           demonstrated
           ,
           in
           that
           hee
           fully
           declared
           the
           will
           of
           his
           Father
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           in
           all
           things
           to
           be
           beleeved
           and
           done
           ,
           and
           shewed
           
             how
             ,
          
           and
           
             what
          
           worship
           Christians
           must
           give
           unto
           God
           ,
           though
           the
           circumstances
           of
           that
           worship
           as
           
             Time
          
           and
           
             Place
          
           (
           in
           as
           much
           as
           concerned
           the
           particular
           designing
           of
           either
           )
           hee
           left
           to
           be
           determined
           by
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           promised
           
           to
           be
           with
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
           And
           as
           he
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           be
           lesse
           faithfull
           in
           the
           house
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           then
           
             Moses
          
           or
           
             Salomon
          
           (
           who
           provided
           the
           one
           a
           
             Tabernacle
             ,
          
           the
           other
           a
           
             Temple
             )
          
           because
           he
           did
           not
           appoint
           
             set
             places
          
           for
           Gods
           worship
           ;
           so
           neither
           can
           hee
           be
           justly
           taxed
           for
           not
           appointing
           the
           
             set
             times
          
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           these
           two
           circumstances
           of
           time
           and
           place
           ,
           being
           of
           equall
           necessity
           and
           use
           ,
           and
           joyned
           together
           by
           God
           himselfe
           ,
           
             Lev.
             19.
             30.
             
             Yee
             shall
             keepe
             my
             Sabbaths
             ,
             and
             reverence
             my
             Sanctuarie
             .
             I
             am
             the
             Lord.
          
           Neither
           is
           the
           difference
           of
           
             Places
          
           more
           taken
           away
           now
           under
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
          
           then
           of
           
             Times
             .
          
           But
           as
           the
           true
           worshippers
           of
           God
           are
           not
           tyed
           to
           worship
           either
           in
           
             Ierusalem
             ,
          
           or
           any
           
           other
           peculiar
           place
           ,
           but
           may
           worship
           him
           in
           
             spirit
             and
             truth
             in
             all
             places
             ,
          
           lifting
           up
           
             pure
             hands
             :
          
           so
           
           neither
           are
           they
           tyed
           to
           any
           speciall
           
             time
          
           or
           
             day
             ,
          
           but
           may
           
             pray
             continually
             ,
          
           and
           at
           all
           times
           .
           And
           
           therefore
           they
           who
           are
           so
           indifferent
           for
           the
           
             place
             ,
          
           that
           they
           can
           be
           content
           to
           account
           a
           
             Wood
             ,
          
           a
           
             Parlor
             ,
          
           or
           a
           
             Barne
             ,
          
           place
           good
           enough
           for
           Christians
           to
           meete
           in
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           Gods
           publick
           worship
           ,
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           complaine
           for
           want
           of
           a
           
             set
             day
             ,
          
           or
           
             time
             ,
          
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           The
           truth
           
           is
           ,
           that
           that
           peculiar
           blessing
           which
           God
           once
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           &
           thereby
           differenced
           them
           from
           all
           others
           ,
           is
           enlarged
           to
           all
           
             times
             &
             places
             ;
          
           and
           any
           day
           and
           place
           may
           ,
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           be
           dedicated
           and
           set
           apart
           for
           Gods
           worship
           ;
           and
           being
           so
           dedicated
           ,
           &
           set
           apart
           ,
           they
           inherit
           that
           
             holinesse
          
           which
           was
           once
           peculiar
           unto
           the
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           duties
           then
           &
           there
           performed
           
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           abundance
           of
           grace
           vouchsafed
           now
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Gospell
             ,
          
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           more
           present
           at
           such
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           places
           ,
           then
           heretofore
           in
           those
           of
           his
           own
           assigning
           .
           But
           it
           was
           not
           necessary
           that
           
             Christ
             himself
             ,
          
           or
           his
           
             Apostles
             from
             him
             ,
          
           should
           by
           expresse
           
             precept
          
           particularly
           designe
           ,
           either
           of
           these
           :
           if
           any
           think
           such
           
           precept
           to
           be
           necessary
           ,
           let
           them
           shew
           the
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           where
           such
           precept
           is
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           or
           else
           confesse
           the
           Scripture
           to
           be
           deficient
           in
           things
           necessary
           ,
           and
           so
           forsake
           their
           colours
           of
           
             reformation
             ,
          
           and
           passe
           over
           into
           the
           Campe
           of
           the
           
             Romanists
             .
          
           If
           they
           be
           ashamed
           of
           this
           ,
           let
           them
           learne
           and
           confesse
           :
           That
           ,
           however
           it
           be
           necessary
           that
           some
           time
           be
           dedicated
           to
           Gods
           service
           ,
           yet
           the
           determination
           to
           this
           or
           that
           particular
           day
           ,
           is
           not
           necessary
           to
           be
           defined
           by
           Scripture
           :
           which
           they
           may
           perhaps
           the
           more
           easily
           be
           brought
           to
           see
           ,
           if
           they
           consider
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           it
           is
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           with
           other
           things
           of
           equall
           necessity
           with
           this
           in
           the
           generall
           (
           as
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           Fasting
           ,
           and
           Prayer
           it selfe
           )
           which
           yet
           for
           the
           particular
           ,
           
             when
             ,
          
           and
           
             how
             often
          
           they
           are
           to
           be
           used
           ,
           is
           not
           any
           where
           in
           
             Scripture
          
           defined
           ,
           nor
           necessary
           so
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           But
           some
           who
           will
           have
           the
           
             Lords
             day
          
           so
           called
           ,
           
           because
           Christ
           himselfe
           instituted
           it
           ,
           say
           ,
           
             
               That
               ,
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               by
               the
               authority
               of
               that
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               alway
               assisted
               them
               in
               their
               ministeriall
               office
               ,
               did
               alter
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               themselves
               kept
               ,
               and
               ordained
               it
               to
               be
               kept
               in
               all
               Churches
               ,
               as
               may
               appeare
            
             1.
             
             Cor.
             16.
             1.
             
             
               Where
               he
               saith
               ,
               Every
               first
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               ,
               when
               yee
               meete
               together
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           But
           certainly
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           
           evident
           ,
           even
           to
           a
           vulgar
           consideration
           ,
           that
           no
           such
           thing
           doth
           appeare
           out
           of
           that
           place
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           doth
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           say
           there
           ?
           That
           hee
           would
           have
           Christians
           
             meete
          
           every
           first
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           ,
           to
           serve
           God
           ?
           No
           surely
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           word
           of
           
             meeting
          
           in
           the
           text
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           foysted
           in
           ,
           to
           deceive
           the
           credulous
           Reader
           .
           That
           which
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           on
           that
           day
           hee
           would
           have
           every
           one
           lay
           by
           him
           in
           store
           ,
           as
           God
           hath
           prospered
           him
           .
           This
           implies
           neither
           the
           meeting
           together
           of
           the
           Church
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           nor
           the
           performance
           of
           any
           religious
           duty
           ;
           but
           onely
           a
           
             repositing
          
           or
           
             laying
             up
             ,
          
           and
           that
           not
           in
           a
           
             common
             banke
             ,
          
           but
           every
           man
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           
             by
             himselfe
             .
          
           *
           Againe
           ,
           grant
           that
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           (
           as
           he
           did
           not
           )
           had
           enjoyned
           Christians
           to
           
             meete
          
           on
           that
           
             day
             :
          
           and
           at
           their
           meeting
           to
           make
           a
           
             Collection
          
           for
           the
           poore
           ;
           yet
           could
           not
           this
           serve
           for
           a
           sufficient
           institution
           of
           that
           
             Day
          
           to
           succeede
           the
           Jewes
           
             Sabbath
             :
          
           unlesse
           such
           
             collections
          
           did
           involve
           in
           them
           all
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           on
           that
           day
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           or
           were
           so
           connected
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           bee
           separated
           :
           which
           no
           man
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           will
           affirme
           .
           To
           leave
           these
           therefore
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           an
           over-weening
           conceit
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           are
           willing
           to
           catch
           at
           any
           shadow
           that
           may
           seeme
           to
           countenance
           it
           ,
           and
           gaine
           to
           it
           the
           reputation
           of
           
             Divine
             institution
             ;
          
           Let
           us
           pitch
           upon
           that
           which
           is
           certaine
           ,
           which
           though
           it
           rise
           not
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           an
           immediately-divine
           authority
           ,
           yet
           is
           sufficient
           to
           ground
           our
           practise
           upon
           ,
           and
           to
           exact
           the
           due
           observation
           of
           the
           Day
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           most
           certaine
           ,
           that
           our
           Blessed
           
           Saviour
           did
           honour
           this
           day
           with
           his
           most
           glorious
           a
           resurrection
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           often
           b
           apparitions
           upon
           it
           to
           his
           Disciples
           :
           and
           thereby
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           pointed
           out
           this
           day
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           as
           worthy
           to
           be
           made
           choice
           of
           to
           be
           celebrated
           in
           honour
           of
           him
           :
           who
           on
           that
           day
           began
           his
           glorious
           exaltation
           ,
           after
           his
           triumph
           over
           Principalities
           and
           
           powers
           ,
           upon
           his
           Crosse
           whom
           he
           there
           spoyled
           ,
           having
           nayled
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           cancelled
           ,
           the
           hand-writing
           of
           Ordinances
           that
           was
           against
           us
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           obligation
           to
           observe
           the
           Jewish
           rites
           and
           ceremonies
           ,
           and
           among
           these
           their
           
             Sabbath
             :
          
           
           which
           from
           that
           time
           forward
           ,
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           would
           
           have
           no
           man
           to
           judge
           
             Christians
          
           in
           :
           who
           as
           they
           were
           freed
           from
           it
           by
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           so
           by
           his
           resurrection
           they
           had
           ground
           sufficient
           ministred
           to
           direct
           them
           to
           the
           observation
           of
           a
           new
           Festivall
           .
           Whence
           S.
           
             Augustine
          
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Lords
             Day
             was
             declared
             —
             to
             Christians
             by
             the
             resurrection
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             time
             began
             to
             be
             celebrated
             .
          
           So
           that
           for
           ought
           that
           appeares
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           did
           not
           command
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           to
           be
           observed
           .
           Hee
           did
           (
           to
           use
           the
           words
           of
           the
           same
           Father
           )
           
             Vouchsafe
             to
             demonstrate
             ,
             and
             consecrate
             it
             ;
          
           or
           (
           as
           he
           else-where
           speakes
           )
           
             The
             raising
             againe
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             promised
             us
             an
             everlasting
             Day
             ,
             and
             consecrated
             for
             us
             the
             Lords
             Day
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           lesse
           certaine
           that
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           (
           upon
           this
           ground
           no
           doubt
           )
           did
           
             observe
             this
             Day
             ,
          
           and
           had
           thereon
           their
           holy
           assemblies
           ,
           as
           
             Acts
          
           20.
           7.
           
           And
           that
           for
           the
           same
           cause
           the
           Apostle
           designed
           it
           for
           the
           storing
           up
           of
           their
           almes
           ,
           
           that
           the
           memory
           of
           the
           benefits
           which
           on
           that
           day
           they
           obtained
           ,
           might
           make
           them
           more
           readily
           contribute
           to
           the
           necessities
           of
           their
           brethren
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Chrysostome
          
           hath
           observed
           upon
           1.
           
           
             Cor.
          
           16.
           1.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           it
           obtained
           the
           name
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           as
           appeares
           
             Revel
          
           1.
           10.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           the
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           immediately
           after
           the
           Apostles
           (
           whether
           by
           constitution
           ,
           or
           onely
           in
           imitation
           of
           them
           ,
           is
           not
           knowne
           ,
           nor
           much
           materiall
           )
           did
           observe
           this
           Day
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Christians
             Festivall
             ;
          
           stiling
           it
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           and
           conveighed
           the
           same
           practise
           by
           continuall
           succession
           even
           to
           this
           day
           :
           as
           the
           late
           learned
           
             Bishop
          
           of
           
             Winchester
          
           
           shewes
           ,
           avowing
           it
           on
           his
           credit
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             not
             an
             Ecclesiasticall
             Writer
             in
             whom
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             found
             .
          
        
         
           Wee
           finde
           thus
           much
           then
           without
           contradiction
           .
           That
           it
           hath
           been
           the
           practise
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           Sunday
           or
           Lords
           
           Day
           ,
           and
           that
           ever
           since
           ,
           yea
           in
           the
           very
           Apostles
           times
           :
           a
           practise
           warranted
           by
           the
           example
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           vouchsafed
           to
           that
           day
           by
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           himselfe
           .
           Whence
           we
           may
           conclude
           with
           a
           late
           learned
           Divine
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Christian
             Church
             did
             not
             erre
             ,
             when
             in
             stead
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             it
             appointed
             the
             Lords
             Day
             to
             bee
             observed
             ;
             of
             which
             ,
             there
             is
             mention
             made
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             though
             there
             be
             no
             Precept
             for
             the
             observation
             of
             it
             .
          
           In
           which
           words
           of
           his
           ,
           I
           will
           observe
           
             three
             things
             .
          
           First
           ,
           that
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             [
             the
             Church
             ]
          
           not
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           or
           Apostolicall
           men
           :
           (
           for
           though
           
           that
           be
           most
           probable
           ,
           and
           hath
           for
           it
           the
           authority
           of
           S.
           
             Augustine
             ,
          
           and
           for
           that
           it
           hath
           beene
           
           ever
           observed
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           it
           may
           justly
           be
           ascribed
           to
           them
           ,
           yet
           )
           because
           if
           they
           did
           it
           ,
           they
           did
           it
           not
           as
           therein
           reporting
           the
           
             immediate
          
           a
           
             Precept
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           nor
           by
           any
           power
           that
           was
           
             properly
             Apostolicall
             ,
          
           but
           by
           vertue
           of
           their
           Pastorall
           power
           and
           office
           ,
           which
           was
           common
           to
           them
           with
           their
           Successours
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           termed
           an
           
             Ordinance
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
          
           and
           it
           little
           concernes
           us
           to
           know
           whether
           it
           were
           delivered
           by
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           ,
           or
           their
           next
           after-commers
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           .
           The
           b
           
             Church
             appointed
             this
             Day
             ,
          
           but
           whether
           at
           the
           first
           by
           expresse
           constitution
           it
           were
           commanded
           ,
           or
           by
           custome
           onely
           observed
           ,
           it
           appeares
           not
           .
           
             Aquinas
          
           attributes
           it
           to
           both
           :
           and
           how
           ever
           ,
           thus
           much
           is
           out
           of
           question
           ,
           that
           this
           Custome
           or
           Constitution
           was
           afterward
           by
           many
           c
           
             Canons
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           
             Constitutions
          
           of
           Christian
           d
           Emperours
           ratified
           and
           approved
           ,
           and
           many
           things
           ordained
           tending
           to
           the
           right
           &
           due
           observance
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
             did
             not
             herein
             erre
             ,
          
           as
           having
           sufficient
           to
           warrant
           it
           out
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           no
           Precept
           for
           it
           .
           Yea
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Scripture
           did
           yeeld
           no
           example
           of
           this
           practise
           ,
           or
           other
           ground
           for
           it
           in
           particular
           ,
           yet
           had
           not
           the
           Church
           
             erred
          
           in
           ordaining
           it
           .
           For
           things
           pertaining
           to
           
             order
          
           &
           
             decencie
          
           in
           the
           
             Church
          
           (
           such
           as
           is
           among
           others
           ,
           the
           particular
           determination
           
           of
           the
           set
           times
           of
           Gods
           worship
           )
           being
           undetermined
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           be
           ordered
           ;
           so
           as
           they
           be
           done
           according
           to
           the
           generall
           Lawes
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           without
           contradiction
           to
           any
           positive
           Law
           in
           Scripture
           .
           Neither
           is
           it
           derogatorie
           to
           the
           word
           
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           any
           whit
           detracting
           from
           the
           perfection
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           affirme
           that
           (
           though
           it
           sufficiently
           and
           abundantly
           containe
           in
           it
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           ,
           yet
           )
           it
           hath
           left
           a
           number
           of
           other
           things
           ,
           free
           to
           be
           ordered
           at
           the
           discretion
           of
           the
           
             Church
             .
          
           And
           as
           to
           take
           from
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           sufficient
           determination
           of
           things
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           ,
           were
           an
           injurie
           ,
           and
           an
           impairing
           of
           that
           honour
           which
           God
           challengeth
           to
           his
           word
           ;
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           hath
           ever
           deservedly
           yeelded
           to
           it
           ;
           so
           it
           were
           no
           lesse
           injurie
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           abridge
           it
           of
           the
           power
           of
           determining
           of
           this
           and
           such
           like
           things
           ,
           which
           being
           not
           of
           absolute
           necessity
           ,
           are
           yet
           convenient
           and
           profitable
           .
           For
           this
           prerogative
           &
           power
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           hath
           ever
           obtained
           and
           enjoyed
           ,
           (
           even
           
           when
           it
           was
           most
           obliged
           to
           hold
           to
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           prescribing
           the
           Ceremonies
           belonging
           to
           the
           service
           of
           God
           )
           that
           it
           might
           without
           imputation
           of
           adding
           to
           ,
           or
           altering
           the
           law
           of
           God
           ,
           from
           time
           to
           time
           appoint
           sundry
           rites
           and
           observances
           ,
           not
           any
           where
           prescribed
           in
           the
           Law.
           Such
           were
           the
           appointment
           of
           the
           
             houres
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             dayly
             sacrifices
             ;
          
           the
           building
           of
           
             Synagogues
          
           throughout
           the
           land
           ,
           to
           heare
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           in
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           not
           up
           to
           
             Ierusaleme
          
           the
           
           Feast
           of
           the
           
             Dedication
          
           which
           was
           solemnised
           even
           by
           our
           
             Saviour
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           never
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           
           Law
           :
           and
           many
           more
           which
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           any
           particular
           command
           ,
           onely
           following
           the
           light
           of
           reason
           ,
           in
           her
           discretion
           judged
           meete
           .
           And
           certainly
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           hath
           not
           now
           lesse
           power
           ,
           or
           priviledge
           then
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           then
           had
           ,
           to
           which
           it
           is
           no
           way
           inferiour
           ,
           but
           farre
           superiour
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           measure
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           is
           assisted
           ,
           as
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           so
           in
           ordaining
           Lawes
           for
           the
           edification
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           Now
           least
           any
           should
           thinke
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           indifferencie
           to
           obey
           ,
           or
           disobey
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           are
           thus
           constituted
           without
           the
           expresse
           command
           of
           God
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           transgressions
           of
           such
           Constitutions
           are
           no
           sinnes
           ;
           I
           will
           close
           this
           point
           with
           that
           which
           worthy
           
             Hooker
          
           (
           from
           whom
           I
           have
           borrowed
           the
           
           greatest
           part
           of
           this
           last
           discourse
           )
           hath
           judiciously
           and
           fully
           delivered
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           
             Vnto
             Lawes
             thus
             made
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             and
             received
             by
             a
             whole
             Church
             ,
             they
             which
             live
             within
             the
             bosome
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             must
             not
             thinke
             it
             a
             matter
             indifferent
             either
             to
             yeeld
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             yeeld
             obedience
             .
             Is
             it
             a
             small
             offence
             to
             despise
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ?
             My
             sonne
             keepe
             thy
             Fathers
             commandement
             ,
          
           
           (
           saith
           Salomon
           )
           
             and
             forget
             not
             thy
             mothers
             instruction
             ,
             binde
             them
             both
             alwayes
             about
             thine
             heart
             !
             It
             doth
             not
             stand
             with
             the
             duty
             which
             wee
             owe
             to
             our
             Heavenly
             Father
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             our
             Mother
             the
             Church
             ,
             we
             should
             shew
             ourselves
             disobedient
             .
             Let
             us
             not
             say
             we
             keepe
             the
             commandements
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             when
             
             wee
             breake
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             other
             :
             for
             unlesse
             we
             observe
             both
             ,
             wee
             obey
             neither
             —
             Yea
             that
             which
             is
             more
             ,
             the
             Lawes
             thus
             made
             God
             himselfe
             doth
             in
             such
             sort
             authorize
             ,
             that
             to
             despise
             them
             ,
             is
             to
             despise
             in
             them
             Him.
          
           Thus
           hee
           with
           much
           more
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           Which
           I
           therefore
           thought
           good
           to
           adde
           ,
           that
           no
           man
           might
           think
           that
           while
           I
           ascribe
           it
           to
           its
           true
           Originall
           ,
           I
           goe
           about
           to
           impaire
           the
           authority
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           withdraw
           any
           thing
           from
           the
           due
           observance
           of
           it
           .
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           done
           with
           this
           second
           Question
           ,
           
             viz.
             When
             and
             by
             whom
             the
             Sunday
             or
             Lords
             Day
             was
             instituted
             .
          
        
         
           These
           things
           thus
           discussed
           and
           cleared
           ,
           it
           may
           now
           seeme
           superfluous
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           
             liberty
          
           that
           wee
           Christians
           have
           ,
           how
           farre
           it
           may
           justly
           be
           extended
           in
           regard
           of
           ordinary
           labours
           upon
           the
           Sunday
           .
           For
           if
           it
           be
           granted
           that
           the
           
             strict
             rest
          
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           was
           
             Ceremoniall
             ,
          
           and
           abrogated
           with
           the
           Day
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Day
           which
           we
           keepe
           is
           not
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
             ,
          
           but
           by
           the
           
             custome
          
           or
           
             Constitution
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             :
          
           It
           wil
           not
           be
           hard
           for
           any
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           Christians
           are
           not
           bound
           to
           rest
           on
           that
           day
           from
           all
           works
           ,
           further
           then
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           enjoyned
           it
           require
           .
           Yet
           for
           more
           full
           satisfaction
           ,
           I
           will
           adde
           some-what
           more
           particularly
           ,
           concerning
           those
           two
           Questions
           that
           remaine
           :
           To
           enquire
           then
           first
           ,
           
             What
             works
             the
             lewes
             might
             doe
             or
             their
             Sabbath
             .
          
        
         
           This
           wil
           easily
           be
           dispatcht
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           herein
           the
           Scripture
           is
           very
           plaine
           ,
           and
           little
           or
           no
           difference
           of
           opinion
           among
           Divines
           :
           Yet
           will
           it
           
           not
           be
           altogether
           needlesse
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           the
           liberty
           we
           now
           have
           under
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           compared
           with
           theirs
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           will
           the
           better
           appeare
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           
             workes
          
           are
           fitly
           reduced
           under
           three
           
           heads
           .
           The
           first
           of
           which
           are
           
             Workes
             of
             necessity
             ,
          
           such
           as
           could
           not
           well
           be
           deferred
           or
           prevented
           .
           Of
           which
           sort
           are
           reckoned
           divers
           ,
           which
           how
           ever
           Pharisaicall
           superstition
           had
           prevailed
           with
           the
           people
           to
           scruple
           at
           ,
           yet
           were
           never
           ,
           in
           the
           intention
           of
           the
           Law-giver
           ,
           prohibited
           them
           ,
           as
           may
           appeare
           by
           the
           doctrine
           &
           practise
           of
           our
           
             Saviour
             ;
          
           who
           was
           both
           wayes
           the
           
             best
             expositor
          
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           who
           both
           wayes
           came
           ,
           not
           to
           destroy
           ,
           but
           to
           
             fulfill
          
           it
           .
           And
           among
           those
           thus
           allowed
           by
           
           our
           Saviour
           we
           finde
           ,
           the
           
             providing
             of
             foode
          
           in
           the
           case
           of
           hunger
           ;
           the
           
             watering
          
           (
           and
           by
           the
           like
           reason
           the
           foddering
           )
           of
           
             cattell
             ,
          
           the
           
             saving
          
           them
           from
           
             imminent
             danger
             .
          
           Whence
           by
           
             analogie
          
           and
           congruity
           of
           reason
           ,
           wee
           may
           conclude
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           many
           more
           things
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           :
           as
           that
           of
           
             Mattathias
          
           and
           his
           company
           ,
           resolving
           
           to
           fight
           upon
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           to
           save
           their
           lives
           .
           So
           the
           
             quenching
          
           of
           an
           house
           on
           fire
           ,
           the
           
             saving
             of
             corne
             ,
          
           and
           other
           necessary
           substance
           from
           perishing
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           To
           which
           wee
           may
           adde
           
             workes
             communis
             honestatis
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             decent
             attiring
          
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           workes
           which
           necessity
           of
           nature
           hath
           imposed
           upon
           men
           ,
           and
           thereby
           allowed
           as
           fit
           to
           be
           done
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           sort
           of
           workes
           permitted
           them
           ;
           
           were
           
             workes
             of
             mercie
             and
             charity
             :
          
           as
           to
           
             visite
             the
             
             sicke
             ,
             heale
             the
             diseased
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           :
           which
           wee
           finde
           approved
           by
           our
           
             Saviours
          
           often
           practise
           ;
           and
           together
           with
           those
           before-mentioned
           ,
           justified
           by
           that
           
             axiome
          
           of
           his
           :
           
             The
             Sabbath
             was
             made
          
           
           
             for
             man
             ,
             and
             not
             man
             for
             the
             Sabbath
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           (
           according
           to
           
           Erasmus's
           Glosse
           )
           
             it
             is
             fit
             that
             the
             observation
          
           
           
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             should
             give
             place
             to
             mans
             benefit
             ,
             and
             not
             that
             man
             should
             perish
             for
             the
             Sabbath
             :
          
           as
           also
           by
           that
           of
           the
           
             Prophet
          
           by
           him
           cited
           :
           
             God
             will
             have
             mercy
             and
             not
             Sacrifice
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           rather
           have
           the
           miseries
           of
           men
           relceved
           ,
           then
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Law
           observed
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           and
           last
           sort
           of
           works
           ,
           were
           
             workes
             of
             piety
             ,
          
           belonging
           to
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           reade
           the
           Law
           ,
           to
           teach
           the
           people
           ,
           to
           circumcise
           children
           ,
           to
           offer
           Sacrifice
           ,
           with
           their
           attendants
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           fires
           for
           them
           ,
           to
           slay
           and
           prepare
           the
           beasts
           :
           for
           these
           workes
           though
           servile
           in
           themselves
           ,
           being
           directed
           to
           the
           service
           of
           God
           were
           sacred
           ,
           and
           no
           way
           violating
           the
           
             Sabbaths
             rest
             .
          
           So
           our
           Saviour
           
           testifies
           that
           notwithstanding
           these
           workes
           ,
           done
           by
           the
           Priests
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             Priests
             were
             blamelesse
             ,
          
           and
           not
           transgressours
           of
           the
           Law
           :
           And
           the
           Jewes
           had
           it
           among
           their
           traditions
           ,
           that
           
           
             in
             the
             Temple
             there
             was
             no
             Sabbath
             .
          
           Intimating
           that
           the
           
             Sabbaths
             rest
          
           must
           give
           place
           to
           those
           things
           which
           were
           to
           be
           done
           by
           the
           Priest
           in
           the
           Temple
           for
           the
           service
           of
           God.
           Having
           seene
           what
           might
           be
           done
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ;
          
           let
           us
           now
           see
           ,
           whether
           ,
           and
           what
           liberty
           Christians
           now
           have
           on
           the
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           and
           how
           farre
           that
           liberty
           is
           to
           be
           extended
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           last
           part
           of
           our
           Inquirie
           .
        
         
         
           And
           here
           though
           some
           few
           (
           transported
           with
           
           a
           heedlesse
           zeale
           of
           maintayning
           the
           dignity
           of
           this
           day
           )
           have
           not
           strucke
           to
           affirme
           that
           the
           
             Iewes
             had
             as
             much
             liberty
             as
             we
             have
             ,
             &
             that
             we
             are
             as
             much
             restrained
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             :
          
           Yet
           the
           most
           ,
           even
           of
           the
           strictest
           ,
           and
           most
           precise
           exactors
           of
           the
           
             Sundayes
             rest
             ,
          
           doe
           grant
           a
           liberty
           which
           Christians
           now
           have
           ,
           more
           then
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           had
           .
           But
           
             what
             liberty
             this
             is
             ,
             wherein
             it
             consists
             ,
             &
             how
             far
             to
             be
             extended
             ,
          
           is
           not
           on
           all
           hands
           agreed
           upon
           .
        
         
           Some
           there
           are
           who
           when
           they
           come
           to
           define
           this
           liberty
           ,
           they
           pin
           it
           up
           within
           so
           narow
           a
           room
           ,
           that
           it
           proves
           either
           none
           at
           all
           or
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
           
             Amesius
          
           saith
           ;
           
             There
             is
             nothing
             can
             be
             brought
             out
             of
          
           
           
             Scripture
             cōcerning
             the
             strist
             observatiō
             of
             the
             Sabath
             ,
             which
             was
             commanded
             to
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             belong
             to
             all
             Christians
             ,
             except
             the
          
           
           
             kindling
             of
             fires
             ,
             and
             the
             dressing
             of
             ordinary
             dyet
             .
          
           And
           these
           ,
           he
           thinkes
           it
           probable
           too
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           might
           ordinarily
           doe
           on
           their
           Sabbath
           ,
           
             though
             upon
             speciall
             occasions
             ,
             they
             were
             forbidden
             them
             :
          
           so
           that
           he
           seemes
           to
           retract
           that
           liberty
           which
           before
           he
           granted
           them
           .
           But
           others
           doe
           
           freely
           grant
           these
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           like
           them
           ,
           as
           making
           of
           beds
           ,
           carrying
           of
           burthens
           (
           to
           wit
           ,
           on
           speciall
           ,
           and
           urgent
           occasions
           )
           and
           these
           they
           allow
           by
           this
           name
           of
           
             workes
          
           of
           Christian
           liberty
           .
           
             Egregiam
             vero
             libertatem
             !
          
           A
           great
           liberty
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           and
           worthy
           that
           precious
           blood
           by
           which
           it
           was
           purchased
           !
        
         
           But
           two
           things
           may
           here
           be
           demanded
           .
           First
           ,
           how
           it
           will
           appeare
           that
           Christians
           have
           this
           liberty
           ?
           
           And
           here
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           can
           see
           )
           we
           must
           be
           contented
           to
           take
           their
           own
           authority
           :
           for
           Scripture
           they
           alledge
           none
           to
           purpose
           .
           Those
           two
           places
           which
           are
           cited
           by
           
             Elton
          
           on
           this
           occasion
           speak
           no
           such
           thing
           ;
           &
           besides
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           there
           
           sayd
           (
           whatever
           it
           be
           )
           proves
           no
           peculiar
           liberty
           belonging
           to
           Christians
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           had
           not
           .
           For
           in
           them
           our
           Saviour
           justifies
           his
           Disciples
           from
           transgressing
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           which
           was
           then
           in
           force
           ,
           but
           doth
           not
           shew
           what
           might
           be
           done
           afterward
           ,
           when
           by
           his
           death
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           should
           be
           abrogated
           .
           If
           they
           alledge
           that
           our
           Saviour
           bad
           the
           
             sicke
             man
          
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           
             to
             take
             up
             his
             bed
             ,
          
           (
           which
           may
           seeme
           to
           have
           some
           reference
           to
           
             making
             of
             beds
             ,
          
           or
           
             carrying
             of
             burthens
             )
          
           It
           may
           be
           answered
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           doth
           not
           there
           shew
           what
           might
           ordinarily
           be
           done
           ;
           but
           by
           his
           authority
           gives
           a
           
             speciall
             dispensation
          
           to
           the
           sicke
           man
           to
           take
           up
           his
           bed
           &c.
           without
           which
           dispensation
           ,
           the
           man
           could
           not
           have
           beene
           excused
           from
           breaking
           the
           Sabbath
           .
           So
           that
           here
           is
           no
           certainty
           (
           according
           
           to
           their
           principles
           )
           for
           any
           thing
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           which
           the
           Jewes
           might
           not
           doe
           ,
           but
           that
           men
           must
           (
           for
           all
           their
           pretended
           liberty
           )
           either
           
             Iudaize
             ,
          
           or
           else
           adventure
           for
           this
           small
           liberty
           with
           a
           doubting
           conscience
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           may
           also
           be
           demanded
           .
           How
           wee
           shall
           know
           that
           onely
           this
           liberty
           is
           allowed
           
             Christians
             ?
          
           This
           also
           we
           must
           take
           upon
           ▪
           their
           credit
           .
           For
           reason
           or
           Scripture
           they
           alledge
           none
           at
           all
           .
           And
           if
           they
           ,
           without
           either
           reason
           or
           Scripture
           shall
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           give
           lawes
           to
           the
           Church
           
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           bounds
           to
           Christian
           liberty
           ;
           I
           see
           no
           cause
           ,
           why
           wee
           may
           not
           upon
           solid
           grounds
           of
           Scripture
           and
           reason
           ,
           assert
           that
           liberty
           which
           of
           right
           belongs
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           purchased
           by
           the
           all
           precious
           blood
           of
           our
           deare
           ,
           and
           Blessed
           Saviour
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           will
           appeare
           if
           we
           consider
           what
           
             rest
          
           or
           
             cessation
          
           from
           labours
           is
           on
           this
           day
           required
           :
           First
           then
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           is
           a
           day
           of
           Gods
           publique
           ,
           and
           solemne
           worship
           to
           bee
           performed
           by
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           which
           cannot
           (
           as
           hath
           beene
           shewed
           )
           be
           performed
           ,
           unlesse
           there
           bee
           a
           
             vacation
          
           from
           ordinary
           and
           common
           worked
           ,
           
             a
             vacation
          
           therefore
           and
           
             resting
          
           from
           these
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           
             impediments
          
           to
           Gods
           service
           ,
           is
           on
           that
           day
           required
           ,
           as
           necessary
           .
           Yet
           not
           so
           necessary
           ,
           no
           not
           in
           the
           times
           of
           publique
           assemblyes
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           workes
           which
           necessity
           imposeth
           upon
           men
           ,
           and
           rarer
           occasions
           in
           mens
           particular
           affaires
           ,
           subject
           to
           manifest
           detriment
           
           unlesse
           they
           be
           presently
           followed
           ,
           may
           ,
           with
           very
           good
           conscience
           draw
           men
           aside
           sometime
           frō
           the
           ordinary
           rule
           ;
           considering
           the
           favourable
           dispensation
           ,
           which
           our
           Saviour
           grounds
           upon
           this
           
             Axiome
             .
             The
             Sabbbath
             was
             made
             for
             man
             ,
             and
             not
             man
             for
             the
             Sabbath
             .
          
           Which
           rule
           ,
           if
           it
           held
           for
           the
           
             Iews
          
           on
           their
           Sabbath
           ,
           is
           certainely
           no
           lesse
           in
           force
           at
           this
           day
           for
           Christians
           .
           In
           the
           use
           of
           which
           notwithstanding
           ,
           some
           cautions
           must
           bee
           observed
           ,
           As
           first
           that
           men
           pretend
           not
           necessity
           or
           charity
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           covetousnesse
           or
           a
           
             carelesse
             neglect
          
           or
           
             contempt
          
           of
           Gods
           publique
           worship
           ;
           upon
           which
           ground
           no
           doubt
           ,
           it
           was
           that
           the
           
             Emperor
             Leo
          
           repealed
           
           that
           liberty
           which
           by
           
             Constantine
          
           was
           granted
           
           to
           
             Husbandmen
             :
          
           and
           the
           Counsell
           of
           
             Matiscon
          
           forbids
           men
           to
           frame
           a
           necessary
           to
           themselves
           of
           yoking
           their
           Oxen
           ;
           therein
           allowing
           both
           a
           just
           dispensation
           in
           necessity
           ,
           &
           forbidding
           the
           unjust
           pretence
           of
           necessity
           where
           none
           is
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           men
           must
           take
           heed
           that
           they
           do
           not
           by
           their
           negligence
           ,
           or
           improvidence
           and
           forgetfulness
           draw
           a
           necessity
           upon
           themselves
           :
           in
           which
           regard
           the
           word
           
             (
             Remember
             )
          
           which
           God
           prefixed
           to
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
          
           is
           yet
           in
           force
           ,
           to
           exact
           our
           care
           and
           mindfulnesse
           so
           to
           provide
           before
           hand
           ,
           that
           the
           dutyes
           to
           which
           this
           day
           is
           consecrated
           ,
           bee
           not
           by
           our
           default
           omitted
           ,
           or
           hindered
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           being
           necessarily
           hindered
           or
           forced
           to
           omit
           the
           solemne
           &
           publique
           dutyes
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           we
           do
           (
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           )
           by
           private
           devotions
           &
           meditations
           make
           supply
           of
           that
           defect
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           reverence
           that
           is
           due
           to
           the
           solemne
           &
           publique
           dutyes
           of
           devotion
           ,
           that
           they
           require
           not
           onely
           a
           surcease
           from
           other
           workes
           &
           thoughts
           for
           the
           time
           of
           their
           performance
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           decent
           preparation
           before-hand
           ;
           that
           
             wee
             looke
             to
             our
             feete
             ,
             when
             we
             enter
             into
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             put
             off
             our
             shooes
          
           before
           we
           
             stand
             upon
             holy
             ground
             :
          
           
           that
           so
           our
           thoughts
           and
           affections
           ,
           which
           are
           naturally
           bent
           upon
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           not
           easily
           withdrawne
           from
           it
           ,
           may
           be
           raysed
           to
           a
           disposition
           befitting
           so
           sacred
           an
           employment
           .
           In
           which
           respect
           it
           is
           convenient
           ,
           if
           not
           necessary
           ,
           that
           til
           
             the
             publike
             service
             of
             God
             be
             ended
             ,
          
           men
           intangle
           not
           themselves
           
           with
           unnecessary
           businesses
           ,
           or
           give
           themselves
           to
           
             sportings
          
           or
           
             recreations
             ,
          
           whereby
           their
           mindes
           should
           be
           hindered
           from
           the
           right
           preparing
           of
           themselves
           ,
           or
           due
           performance
           of
           those
           holydutyes
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           it
           is
           good
           and
           commendable
           to
           spend
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           day
           in
           holy
           meditations
           ,
           private
           prayer
           ,
           reading
           and
           calling
           to
           minde
           what
           wee
           have
           read
           ,
           or
           heard
           ;
           These
           workes
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           at
           all
           times
           profitable
           and
           beseeming
           Christians
           ;
           so
           on
           that
           day
           they
           are
           most
           seasonable
           and
           suitable
           to
           those
           publique
           actions
           of
           Devotion
           which
           are
           the
           proper
           worke
           of
           the
           Day
           .
           Thus
           S.
           
             Augustine
          
           
           exhorteth
           his
           Auditors
           on
           this
           day
           to
           
             sequester
             themselves
             from
             worldly
             businesses
             ,
          
           that
           they
           may
           be
           employed
           in
           these
           works
           ;
           and
           the
           Councill
           of
           
             Matiscon
             ,
          
           
           yea
           and
           our
           owne
           
             Church
             Canons
          
           prescribe
           the
           spending
           of
           this
           day
           (
           and
           other
           
             holy-dayes
          
           devoted
           to
           Gods
           service
           )
           in
           these
           and
           the
           like
           religious
           imployments
           .
           And
           therefore
           they
           who
           thus
           spend
           the
           
             Lords
             day
          
           (
           if
           it
           be
           done
           without
           superstition
           or
           judging
           other
           mens
           liberty
           )
           cannot
           therefore
           justly
           be
           condemned
           .
        
         
           Now
           by
           this
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           judge
           of
           our
           liberty
           .
           First
           then
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           liberty
           
             in
             case
             of
             necessity
             ,
          
           though
           thereby
           the
           solemne
           dutyes
           of
           Gods
           worship
           bee
           hindered
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           a
           liberty
           in
           things
           
             not
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
          
           so
           as
           thereby
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           the
           due
           preparation
           thereto
           be
           not
           hindered
           :
           under
           which
           the
           use
           of
           honest
           and
           seemly
           recreations
           ,
           after
           the
           publike
           dutyes
           of
           the
           Day
           are
           finished
           ,
           may
           be
           comprehended
           .
           For
           though
           it
           cannot
           be
           
           denied
           that
           a
           man
           may
           commendably
           spend
           the
           whole
           day
           in
           workes
           of
           piety
           and
           devotion
           ,
           yet
           that
           cannot
           prescribe
           to
           all
           Christians
           ,
           or
           infringe
           their
           liberty
           .
           For
           it
           is
           one
           thinge
           to
           
             exhorte
          
           to
           a
           thing
           
             as
             commendable
             ,
          
           another
           to
           
             urge
          
           it
           as
           
             necessary
             ;
          
           one
           thing
           to
           say
           ,
           this
           or
           that
           is
           a
           good
           worke
           ,
           and
           is
           wel
           done
           at
           this
           or
           that
           time
           ,
           another
           ,
           to
           enjoyn
           it
           by
           way
           of
           
             Precept
             ,
          
           so
           as
           at
           such
           time
           it
           may
           not
           be
           omitted
           ,
           nor
           other
           worke
           permitted
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           Gods
           
             affirmative
             Precepts
             ,
          
           though
           they
           warrant
           ,
           and
           commend
           the
           workes
           that
           they
           enjoyne
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           good
           and
           commendable
           ,
           whensoever
           they
           are
           performed
           ;
           yet
           they
           bind
           not
           precisely
           to
           any
           determinate
           time
           for
           their
           performāce
           :
           For
           example
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           
             pray
          
           and
           that
           
             continually
             ,
          
           so
           that
           he
           that
           is
           most
           frequent
           
           in
           prayer
           ,
           observes
           this
           
             Precept
             best
             ,
          
           and
           deserves
           the
           praise
           of
           a
           devout
           and
           religious
           man
           :
           &
           yet
           he
           that
           prayes
           not
           at
           this
           or
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           when
           haply
           ,
           another
           doth
           ,
           cannot
           therefore
           be
           sayd
           to
           sin
           ,
           and
           much
           lesse
           bee
           counted
           irreligious
           or
           profane
           .
           
             David
          
           prayed
           &
           gave
           thanks
           unto
           God
           at
           midnight
           ,
           
           &
           so
           did
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Silas
             ,
          
           and
           surely
           those
           Godly
           Soules
           were
           blessedly
           employed
           :
           but
           shall
           wee
           
           therefore
           condemne
           him
           who
           doth
           not
           the
           like
           ?
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           also
           being
           to
           depart
           from
           
             Troas
             ,
          
           continued
           his
           Sermon
           till
           
             midnight
          
           on
           the
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           and
           no
           
           doubt
           ,
           but
           he
           did
           well
           ;
           yet
           no
           man
           will
           therefore
           prescribe
           the
           like
           length
           to
           every
           
             Sunday
             Sermon
             .
          
           The
           case
           is
           the
           same
           in
           this
           businesse
           we
           have
           in
           hand
           :
           for
           we
           doe
           not
           presently
           affixe
           these
           duties
           to
           the
           day
           ,
           which
           wee
           say
           may
           be
           commendably
           
           on
           that
           day
           performed
           ;
           nor
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           doe
           we
           disallow
           the
           spending
           of
           the
           
             whole
             Sunday
          
           in
           holy
           and
           religious
           actions
           ;
           because
           we
           dare
           not
           rigidly
           tye
           all
           men
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           or
           lay
           it
           upon
           them
           by
           way
           of
           
             Precept
             ,
          
           as
           if
           God
           had
           expresly
           commanded
           that
           time
           to
           be
           no
           otherwise
           spent
           .
           There
           is
           a
           good
           and
           a
           safe
           use
           of
           that
           distinction
           of
           
             Precepts
          
           and
           
             Counsells
             ;
          
           (
           though
           the
           
             Romanists
          
           abuse
           it
           to
           the
           patronising
           of
           their
           imaginary
           workes
           of
           
             super
             erogation
             )
          
           and
           things
           in
           themselves
           good
           without
           relation
           to
           any
           determinate
           time
           ,
           we
           may
           wish
           ,
           exhort
           ,
           and
           counsell
           men
           to
           performe
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           when
           wee
           cannot
           by
           Precept
           impose
           them
           upon
           all
           .
           Wee
           know
           our
           Saviour
           commended
           some
           things
           to
           his
           Disciples
           with
           a
           
             Let
             him
             that
             is
             able
             to
          
           
           
             receive
             it
             ,
             recieve
             it
          
           advising
           and
           exciting
           all
           to
           that
           ,
           which
           nowing
           the
           infirmity
           of
           many
           ,
           hee
           would
           not
           exact
           by
           his
           authority
           as
           necessary
           to
           be
           performed
           by
           all
           .
           And
           in
           this
           case
           wee
           may
           doe
           well
           to
           imitate
           him
           considering
           that
           it
           is
           no
           where
           enjoyned
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           many
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           such
           an
           injunction
           ,
           as
           namely
           those
           who
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           mean
           
             education
          
           or
           
             naturall
             parts
          
           are
           not
           fitted
           for
           long
           meditation
           requisite
           for
           the
           spending
           of
           the
           vacant
           time
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           hard
           labour
           in
           the
           weeke
           dayes
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           mercy
           to
           permit
           some
           bodily
           
             recreation
          
           on
           this
           day
           ;
           which
           certainely
           cannot
           be
           displeasing
           to
           him
           who
           hath
           said
           ,
           
             I
             will
             have
             mercy
             &
             not
             Sacrifice
             .
          
           
           And
           if
           they
           ,
           who
           use
           to
           judge
           the
           use
           of
           all
           recreation
           on
           this
           day
           sinfull
           ,
           
             had
             known
             what
             that
             meaneth
             ,
             
             they
             would
             not
             have
             condemned
             the
             guiltlesse
             .
          
        
         
           If
           any
           thinke
           that
           God
           hath
           so
           commanded
           :
           let
           him
           produce
           the
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           quickly
           recant
           .
           The
           places
           which
           are
           usually
           alledged
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           wherewith
           men
           are
           so
           frighted
           and
           thundred
           against
           out
           of
           the
           Pulpet
           ,
           being
           intended
           for
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           regard
           of
           that
           speciall
           
             positive
             Precept
             ,
          
           given
           for
           the
           
             strict
             rest
          
           upon
           
             their
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           cannot
           with
           any
           
           shew
           of
           reason
           ,
           bee
           extended
           to
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           when
           both
           
             Day
          
           and
           
             Precept
             ,
          
           are
           out
           of
           date
           .
        
         
           But
           haply
           some
           may
           yet
           further
           contend
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           
             Day
          
           bee
           changed
           ,
           yet
           the
           
             equity
          
           of
           it
           still
           remaines
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           may
           argue
           thence
           
             (
             à
             pari
             ,
          
           or
           (
           as
           some
           thinke
           )
           
             à
             minori
             )
          
           as
           from
           the
           lesse
           to
           the
           greater
           .
           That
           if
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           upon
           their
           
             Sabbath
          
           which
           was
           instituted
           in
           memory
           of
           the
           
             Creation
             ,
          
           and
           of
           their
           
             deliverance
          
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           ought
           to
           doe
           
             no
             worke
             ,
          
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           to
           speake
           their
           
             owne
             words
             ,
          
           and
           that
           for
           the
           
             whole
             day
             :
          
           then
           by
           the
           like
           reason
           ,
           nay
           much
           rather
           ought
           
             Christians
          
           so
           to
           doe
           on
           their
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           or
           
             Sunday
          
           which
           is
           consecrated
           to
           the
           memory
           of
           a
           farre
           more
           glorious
           worke
           ,
           the
           worke
           of
           our
           
             Redemption
             ,
          
           accomplished
           in
           the
           
             resurrection
          
           of
           our
           
             Saviour
             .
          
           Here
           ,
           in
           this
           kinde
           of
           reasoning
           there
           is
           some
           truth
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           it
           is
           too
           common
           )
           it
           is
           over-strayned
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           but
           a
           meere
           colour
           to
           countenance
           that
           ,
           for
           which
           it
           is
           brought
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           solid
           foundation
           whereon
           to
           build
           it
           .
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           Christians
           have
           as
           much
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           cause
           to
           celebrate
           the
           
             Redemption
          
           of
           mankind
           by
           a
           solemne
           
             weekely
             
             Commemoration
             ,
          
           as
           ever
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           had
           to
           celebrate
           the
           
             Creation
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           their
           
             deliverance
          
           out
           of
           
             Egypt
             :
          
           and
           this
           may
           serve
           as
           a
           good
           ground
           to
           justifie
           the
           
             Institution
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Churches
             practise
          
           in
           observing
           it
           :
           But
           this
           truth
           is
           overstrained
           being
           applied
           to
           the
           
             manner
             of
             Celebration
             ,
          
           which
           was
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           and
           accommodated
           to
           the
           then-State
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           was
           (
           as
           hath
           beene
           shewed
           )
           to
           be
           held
           under
           the
           yoke
           of
           a
           strict
           
             outward
             rest
             ,
          
           in
           expectation
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           prefiguring
           of
           that
           
             eternall
             rest
             ,
          
           which
           now
           Christ
           hath
           actually
           purchased
           ;
           and
           therefore
           injuriously
           laid
           upon
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           who
           are
           freed
           from
           that
           yoke
           ,
           under
           which
           they
           groaned
           :
           And
           they
           may
           as
           well
           upon
           the
           same
           ground
           conclude
           against
           
             making
             of
             fires
             ,
             and
             dressing
             of
             meate
          
           upon
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           gathering
           of
           a
           
             few
             sticks
          
           upon
           that
           Day
           to
           deserve
           no
           lesse
           
           now
           ,
           then
           hee
           suffered
           for
           doing
           the
           like
           upon
           the
           
             Sabbath
             .
          
           So
           that
           wee
           may
           say
           to
           those
           who
           thus
           argue
           (
           as
           hee
           in
           Saint
           
             Augustine
             ,
          
           upon
           farre
           better
           ground
           then
           he
           did
           )
           
             Either
             let
             us
             be
             Christians
             and
             keepe
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             or
             let
             us
             bee
             Iewes
             ,
             and
             observe
             the
             Sabbath
             .
          
        
         
           But
           is
           it
           not
           reason
           that
           God
           should
           have
           
             one
             whole
             day
          
           in
           
             seven
             ,
          
           given
           unto
           him
           now
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           heretofore
           ?
           Yes
           certainely
           ;
           but
           yet
           with
           such
           difference
           ,
           as
           suites
           with
           the
           different
           condition
           of
           the
           Church
           that
           now
           is
           ,
           from
           that
           which
           then
           was
           ,
           that
           being
           guided
           by
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             feare
             ,
          
           this
           of
           
             love
             ,
          
           that
           in
           a
           state
           of
           
             bondage
             ,
          
           under
           the
           unsupportable
           
           burthen
           of
           legall
           
             Ceremonies
             ,
          
           this
           in
           
           a
           state
           of
           
             liberty
             ,
          
           and
           under
           Christs
           
             easie
             yoake
             :
          
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           they
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           and
           we
           
             Christians
             :
          
           and
           this
           being
           considered
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           said
           to
           give
           God
           a
           Day
           ,
           no
           lesse
           now
           ,
           then
           they
           then
           ,
           though
           in
           that
           Day
           wee
           doe
           not
           so
           strictly
           observe
           the
           outward
           ceremoniall
           rest
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           doe
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           our
           Church
           is
           so
           farre
           from
           abridging
           God
           of
           
             one
          
           day
           in
           
             seven
             ,
          
           that
           it
           gives
           more
           ,
           as
           having
           appointed
           and
           consecrated
           divers
           
             Holy
             dayes
          
           to
           the
           same
           solemne
           and
           publike
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           enjoyned
           to
           bee
           performed
           upon
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             .
          
           For
           these
           (
           though
           they
           may
           admit
           some
           difference
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           accidentall
           dignity
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           those
           benefits
           commemorated
           in
           them
           are
           greater
           or
           lesser
           yet
           )
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           essentials
           they
           are
           equall
           ,
           as
           being
           all
           of
           them
           dedicated
           to
           the
           honour
           of
           the
           same
           God
           ,
           in
           memory
           of
           some
           great
           and
           speciall
           benefits
           vouchsafed
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           therefore
           doe
           goe
           
             pari
             passu
          
           in
           our
           
             Canons
             ,
          
           and
           in
           our
           ancient
           
           
             Statutes
             ,
          
           which
           require
           the
           same
           observance
           of
           both
           under
           the
           same
           penalty
           .
           And
           therefore
           those
           who
           stand
           so
           much
           for
           a
           
             whole
             Day
          
           of
           
             seven
          
           to
           be
           consecrated
           to
           God
           ,
           if
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           were
           all
           they
           affected
           ,
           might
           see
           that
           there
           is
           a
           compensation
           made
           for
           the
           defect
           which
           they
           so
           much
           complaine
           of
           in
           our
           observation
           on
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ;
          
           and
           they
           themselves
           might
           doe
           well
           to
           take
           advantage
           ,
           by
           a
           religious
           observation
           of
           these
           dayes
           ,
           to
           make
           up
           their
           failings
           on
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             :
          
           But
           this
           they
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           ,
           that
           they
           
           account
           the
           observation
           of
           these
           dayes
           a
           breach
           of
           the
           fourth
           Commandement
           ,
           and
           thinke
           it
           a
           sin
           
           to
           make
           more
           
             Holy
             dayes
          
           then
           one
           in
           
             seven
             .
          
           In
           which
           regard
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           judged
           altogether
           impertinent
           ,
           if
           I
           here
           take
           occasion
           to
           vindicate
           the
           practise
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           from
           their
           unjust
           censures
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           I
           may
           returne
           their
           own
           Argument
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           say
           ;
           Is
           it
           not
           reason
           that
           God
           should
           ,
           now
           under
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
          
           have
           
             more
             set
             dayes
          
           to
           commemorate
           his
           benefits
           then
           
             one
          
           in
           
             seven
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           under
           the
           
             Law
             ?
          
           Vnder
           the
           Law
           ,
           we
           know
           ,
           they
           had
           ,
           beside
           their
           weekly
           
             Sabbaths
             ,
          
           the
           
             Passeover
             ,
             Pentecost
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Feast
           of
           
             Tabernacles
             ;
          
           and
           not
           onely
           those
           which
           had
           Gods
           expresse
           command
           for
           their
           Institution
           ,
           but
           the
           Feast
           of
           
             Purim
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Dedication
             ,
          
           which
           (
           as
           I
           have
           before
           shewed
           )
           were
           ordained
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           without
           any
           expresse
           command
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           observed
           by
           our
           Saviour
           himselfe
           ,
           whose
           example
           alone
           (
           if
           any
           thing
           )
           is
           sufficient
           to
           exempt
           us
           from
           scrupling
           at
           the
           like
           now
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           runne
           cleane
           counter
           to
           their
           owne
           principles
           ,
           and
           deny
           the
           
             morality
          
           of
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
          
           altogether
           ,
           they
           must
           acknowledge
           thus
           much
           (
           at
           least
           )
           to
           bee
           
             moral
             :
          
           That
           
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             a
             certaine
             part
             of
             our
             time
             given
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             some
             dayes
             set
             apart
             for
             his
             publique
             worship
             :
          
           Now
           these
           (
           being
           left
           undetermined
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           )
           if
           it
           bee
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           determine
           them
           ,
           I
           wonder
           
           how
           that
           precept
           should
           be
           observed
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Churchupon
           this
           ground
           ,
           have
           reason
           and
           power
           to
           appoint
           any
           one
           Day
           ,
           why
           not
           more
           ?
           seeing
           her
           power
           is
           not
           limited
           or
           restrained
           within
           any
           other
           bounds
           but
           those
           generalls
           ,
           of
           
             decency
          
           and
           
             order
             :
          
           which
           I
           presume
           no
           man
           will
           say
           are
           transgressed
           in
           the
           ordination
           of
           those
           
           
             Holy
             dayes
          
           which
           are
           observed
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           to
           this
           that
           such
           times
           are
           in
           the
           generall
           commanded
           by
           God
           ;
           wee
           may
           adde
           two
           things
           more
           ,
           which
           being
           well
           considered
           will
           abundantly
           discharge
           the
           observation
           of
           such
           dayes
           from
           superstition
           :
           and
           those
           are
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           duties
           therein
           required
           are
           no
           other
           then
           such
           ,
           as
           according
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           ought
           to
           bee
           performed
           by
           all
           Christians
           :
           For
           what
           else
           is
           required
           on
           those
           dayes
           but
           the
           solemne
           prayers
           and
           prayses
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           joyned
           with
           the
           hearing
           of
           his
           Word
           ,
           and
           a
           speciall
           commemoration
           of
           his
           benefits
           ,
           which
           as
           on
           those
           dayes
           were
           received
           ?
           And
           which
           of
           all
           these
           is
           not
           required
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ?
           And
           if
           it
           bee
           lawfull
           ,
           yea
           commanded
           ,
           that
           wee
           should
           performe
           those
           duties
           
             at
             all
             times
          
           and
           upon
           
             all
             occasions
             ,
          
           they
           cannot
           at
           any
           time
           whensoever
           they
           
           are
           performed
           ,
           justly
           bee
           termed
           
             superstitious
             ,
          
           or
           (
           which
           must
           follow
           by
           consequence
           )
           
             unlawfull
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           other
           thing
           to
           bee
           considered
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           grounds
           and
           occasions
           of
           the
           Churches
           determination
           of
           these
           duties
           unto
           those
           speciall
           dayes
           which
           wee
           observe
           ,
           are
           such
           as
           deserve
           no
           lesse
           .
           As
           being
           
             reall
             ,
             great
             ,
          
           and
           
             generall
             benefits
          
           
           vouchsafed
           by
           God
           unto
           his
           Church
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           they
           are
           
             true
          
           and
           
             reall
             ,
          
           not
           imaginary
           fictions
           founded
           upon
           the
           fained
           actions
           ,
           or
           falle
           martyrdomes
           of
           
             titular
             Saints
             ,
          
           such
           as
           are
           many
           in
           the
           
             Romish
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           they
           are
           
             great
             ,
          
           not
           ordinary
           or
           common
           benefits
           ,
           and
           therefore
           require
           a
           more
           then
           ordinary
           acknowledgement
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           they
           are
           
             generall
             ;
          
           the
           good
           whereof
           redounds
           ,
           not
           to
           a
           few
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           whole
           
             body
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
          
           and
           so
           ,
           if
           our
           acknowledgement
           bee
           answerable
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           publike
           and
           solemne
           ,
           performed
           joyntly
           by
           all
           those
           that
           are
           partakers
           of
           the
           benefits
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           wee
           shall
           runne
           thorough
           the
           whole
           
             Kalender
             ,
          
           take
           an
           impartiall
           view
           of
           all
           our
           
             Holy
             dayes
             ,
          
           wee
           shall
           not
           find
           so
           much
           as
           one
           among
           them
           all
           ,
           of
           which
           thus
           much
           may
           not
           truely
           bee
           affirmed
           .
        
         
           For
           they
           may
           almost
           bee
           ranked
           under
           two
           heads
           .
           First
           ,
           such
           
             memorable
             steps
          
           in
           the
           story
           of
           our
           blessed
           
             Saviour
             ,
          
           as
           by
           which
           the
           great
           worke
           of
           our
           
             redemption
          
           advanced
           unto
           its
           happy
           accomplishment
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           memorialls
           of
           that
           
             goodnesse
          
           and
           
             glory
          
           which
           he
           afterwards
           manifested
           to
           the
           world
           by
           his
           holy
           
             Apostles
             ,
             Evangelists
          
           and
           
             Martyrs
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           honoured
           so
           much
           as
           to
           make
           them
           
             founders
          
           of
           that
           
             Kingdome
          
           which
           cost
           him
           his
           dearest
           blood
           ,
           &
           to
           count
           them
           worthy
           to
           suffer
           death
           for
           his
           sake
           .
           Concerning
           the
           former
           ,
           I
           suppose
           there
           is
           none
           but
           will
           say
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Psalmist
          
           (
           as
           our
           vulgar
           translation
           reades
           
           them
           )
           
             The
             mercifull
             and
             gratious
             Lord
             hath
             so
             done
             his
             marvellous
             workes
             ,
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             had
             in
             remembrance
             .
          
           
           And
           what
           better
           meanes
           can
           be
           devised
           then
           the
           appointing
           of
           
             set
             solemne
             dayes
          
           for
           
           their
           commemoration
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           :
           And
           this
           was
           the
           Churches
           aime
           in
           appointing
           these
           dayes
           :
           So
           S.
           
             Austine
             ,
             We
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             dedicate
             and
             consecrate
             to
             God
             the
             memory
             of
             his
             benefits
             in
             solemne
             feasts
             and
             set
             dayes
             ,
             least
             in
             the
             revolution
             of
             times
             ingratefull
             forgetfulnesse
             should
             creepe
             upon
             us
             .
          
        
         
           The
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           latter
           :
           For
           if
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           appeared
           so
           
             glorious
             in
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             by
             them
          
           conveighed
           so
           
             great
             and
             generall
             blessings
          
           to
           his
           
             Church
             ,
          
           what
           reason
           can
           bee
           alleadged
           why
           the
           
             Church
          
           may
           not
           retaine
           an
           
             annuall
             honourable
             memoriall
             of
             them
          
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           
             him
          
           whose
           instruments
           they
           were
           ?
           The
           
             Psalmist
          
           tells
           us
           that
           
             the
             righteous
             shall
             bee
             had
             in
             everlasting
             remembrance
             .
          
           
           And
           the
           
             Wiseman
             ,
             That
             the
             memory
             of
             the
             just
             shall
             be
             blessed
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           ,
           to
           have
           
             some
             dayes
          
           in
           
           which
           the
           memories
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           were
           in
           their
           generations
           most
           famous
           for
           righteousnesse
           ,
           may
           ,
           with
           blessing
           ,
           be
           perpetuated
           ,
           is
           but
           their
           due
           and
           agreeable
           to
           his
           will
           who
           hath
           granted
           them
           that
           honour
           :
           so
           that
           we
           may
           justly
           solemnize
           the
           dayes
           wherein
           those
           
             barning
          
           and
           
             shining
             lights
          
           first
           appeared
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           or
           the
           dayes
           of
           their
           departure
           hence
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           dayes
           of
           their
           
             happy
             inauguration
          
           into
           the
           
             Kingdome
             of
             glory
             ,
          
           when
           they
           ,
           both
           left
           to
           the
           
             Church
             militant
          
           the
           glorious
           example
           of
           their
           
             Christian
             fortitude
             ,
          
           and
           became
           an
           occasion
           of
           new
           joy
           to
           the
           
             Church
             triumphant
             ,
          
           by
           the
           
           accession
           of
           
             new
             Citizens
          
           to
           that
           heavenly
           
             society
             .
          
           Either
           of
           which
           ,
           afford
           matter
           sufficient
           of
           solemne
           joy
           and
           rejoycing
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           praise
           and
           thanksgiving
           unto
           God.
           
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           to
           convince
           them
           yet
           farther
           out
           of
           
           their
           owne
           principles
           :
           They
           allow
           the
           
             Church
          
           power
           ,
           in
           the
           times
           of
           
             great
             calamities
             ,
          
           either
           feared
           or
           felt
           ,
           to
           appoint
           solemne
           dayes
           of
           
             fasting
          
           
           and
           
             humiliation
             ;
          
           and
           those
           dayes
           they
           will
           have
           held
           as
           
             Sabbaths
             extraordinary
             ,
          
           and
           that
           therein
           men
           are
           bound
           to
           abstein
           from
           their
           
             bodily
             labours
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           same
           streitnesse
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           to
           observe
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ;
          
           I
           would
           gladly
           then
           know
           some
           reason
           why
           the
           Church
           should
           want
           power
           to
           ordeine
           the
           
             like
             dayes
          
           for
           the
           celebration
           of
           
             speciall
             benefits
             ,
          
           to
           be
           observed
           (
           not
           as
           
             Sabbaths
          
           which
           are
           now
           antiquated
           and
           no
           presidents
           for
           us
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           but
           )
           with
           such
           a
           
             cessation
          
           from
           labours
           ,
           as
           is
           necessary
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           the
           publike
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           accompany
           such
           solemnities
           of
           publike
           joy
           and
           rejoycing
           ,
           to
           which
           
             Rest
          
           is
           more
           naturally
           requisite
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           times
           of
           
             sorow
          
           and
           
             humiliation
             .
          
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           the
           having
           of
           such
           dayes
           that
           some
           
           scruple
           at
           ,
           or
           the
           duties
           required
           in
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           much
           desire
           to
           have
           some
           dayes
           besides
           the
           
             Lords
             day
          
           to
           meet
           together
           for
           the
           hearing
           of
           the
           
             Word
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           
             words
          
           sake
           can
           be
           contented
           to
           endure
           the
           Liturgie
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           the
           things
           which
           they
           dislike
           are
           ;
           first
           the
           
             obligation
          
           that
           we
           put
           upon
           men
           for
           the
           observance
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           they
           would
           have
           the
           
             appointment
          
           and
           
             observation
          
           of
           
           them
           to
           bee
           held
           a
           thing
           
             indifferent
          
           and
           no
           duty
           
             binding
             conscience
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           they
           dislike
           the
           names
           that
           we
           give
           them
           ,
           in
           that
           we
           style
           them
           
             the
             dayes
             of
             such
             or
             such
             a
             Saint
             ,
          
           which
           to
           them
           
           seemes
           to
           favour
           of
           
             Idolatry
             ;
          
           neither
           would
           they
           have
           them
           called
           
             holy
             dayes
             ,
          
           or
           accounted
           more
           
             holy
          
           then
           others
           ;
           forasmuch
           as
           such
           difference
           of
           dayes
           belonged
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           and
           is
           now
           under
           the
           
             Gospell
          
           taken
           away
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           I
           answer
           ,
           first
           ,
           for
           the
           
             obligation
          
           of
           the
           
             Churches
             commands
             ,
          
           and
           that
           it
           is
           not
           a
           thing
           indifferent
           to
           obey
           or
           disobey
           them
           ,
           I
           have
           already
           spoken
           so
           much
           as
           may
           satisfie
           those
           that
           are
           not
           
           studious
           of
           contention
           ,
           I
           onely
           adde
           now
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ;
           that
           it
           seemes
           to
           me
           very
           ridiculous
           ,
           to
           grant
           the
           Church
           a
           power
           of
           ordeining
           such
           times
           ,
           and
           yet
           to
           require
           that
           the
           
             observation
          
           of
           them
           so
           ordeined
           be
           held
           a
           thing
           
             indifferent
             .
          
           For
           if
           their
           
             ordinance
          
           lay
           no
           tye
           upon
           men
           ,
           but
           leave
           things
           notwithstanding
           still
           indifferent
           ,
           their
           power
           surely
           ,
           is
           to
           no
           purpose
           and
           nothing
           worth
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           
             names
          
           that
           we
           give
           them
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           first
           that
           the
           
             festivalls
          
           of
           the
           
             Saints
          
           are
           dedicated
           ,
           not
           to
           them
           by
           whose
           names
           they
           are
           called
           ,
           but
           to
           God.
           To
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           them
           ,
           our
           prayers
           are
           directed
           ;
           to
           him
           our
           praises
           ,
           though
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           reference
           to
           those
           blessings
           ,
           which
           by
           them
           are
           vouchsafed
           unto
           us
           ;
           Wee
           honour
           him
           as
           the
           author
           of
           all
           that
           good
           which
           either
           they
           ,
           or
           we
           ,
           by
           them
           ,
           are
           partakers
           of
           :
           We
           honour
           them
           only
           as
           his
           instruments
           ,
           and
           as
           those
           who
           having
           beene
           
             imitators
          
           of
           our
           
             blessed
             Saviour
             ,
          
           are
           worthy
           
           patternes
           of
           our
           imitation
           .
           To
           this
           purpose
           wee
           finde
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             Smyrna
          
           answering
           the
           like
           calumny
           raised
           against
           them
           by
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           upon
           occasion
           of
           their
           affection
           which
           they
           expressed
           toward
           
           that
           glorious
           
             Martyr
             Polycarpus
             .
             These
             men
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             are
             ignorant
             that
             we
             cannot
             ever
             leave
             Christ
             who
             suffered
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             nor
             can
             we
             worship
             any
             other
             .
             For
             him
             we
             adore
             as
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ;
             as
             for
             the
             Martyrs
             ,
             we
             worthily
             love
             them
             as
             disciples
             and
             imitators
             of
             him
             their
             Lord
             ,
             for
             their
             insuperable
             affection
             toward
             their
             King
             and
             Master
             ,
             whose
             partners
             also
             we
             desire
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             their
             disciples
             .
          
           And
           thus
           much
           they
           might
           easily
           answer
           themselves
           out
           of
           our
           
             Church
             Liturgy
             ,
          
           where
           there
           is
           no
           one
           word
           in
           any
           
             office
          
           appointed
           for
           any
           
             Saints
             day
             ,
          
           that
           gives
           the
           least
           ground
           or
           colour
           to
           this
           scruple
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           imputation
           of
           
             Iudaisme
          
           which
           they
           taxe
           us
           with
           ,
           because
           we
           style
           our
           Christian
           festivalls
           ,
           
             holy
             dayes
             ,
          
           hath
           as
           weake
           a
           foundation
           as
           the
           former
           .
           For
           I
           willingly
           grant
           them
           what
           they
           alleadge
           for
           the
           countenancing
           of
           this
           objection
           ,
           That
           now
           under
           the
           Gospell
           the
           
             difference
          
           of
           
             times
          
           and
           
             dayes
          
           is
           no
           lesse
           taken
           away
           then
           of
           
             meates
             ;
          
           That
           is
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           now
           no
           
             meats
          
           that
           are
           
             uncleane
          
           either
           in
           themselves
           ,
           or
           by
           reason
           of
           any
           positive
           precept
           given
           to
           the
           
             Iewes
             ,
          
           but
           that
           they
           may
           bee
           eaten
           with
           
             thanksgiving
             ;
          
           so
           neither
           is
           there
           any
           
             day
          
           or
           
             time
          
           which
           in
           
             it selfe
             ,
          
           or
           by
           reason
           of
           any
           such
           
             Iudaicall
             precept
             ,
          
           is
           now
           to
           be
           accounted
           more
           
             holy
          
           then
           others
           ;
           all
           this
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           places
           which
           they
           alleadge
           for
           this
           purpose
           :
           Whereupon
           
           wee
           conclude
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
             Festivalls
          
           (
           not
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           it selfe
           )
           ought
           to
           be
           observed
           by
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           nor
           (
           which
           is
           more
           )
           any
           
             Christian
             Festivall
          
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           after
           the
           
             Iewish
          
           maner
           ,
           or
           with
           their
           rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           .
           And
           this
           may
           justly
           taxe
           them
           who
           stand
           either
           for
           the
           
             Iewish
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           or
           which
           turne
           the
           
             Lords
             day
          
           into
           a
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           exacting
           the
           same
           
             strictnesse
          
           of
           observance
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           outward
           
             Ceremoniall
             Rest
             .
          
           But
           it
           can
           no
           way
           prejudice
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           consecrating
           dayes
           to
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           in
           accounting
           them
           (
           though
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           setting
           aside
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           alike
           
           yet
           )
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           duties
           to
           be
           performed
           in
           them
           ,
           more
           holy
           then
           others
           .
           And
           this
           they
           must
           grant
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           will
           affirme
           one
           of
           these
           three
           things
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           
             workes
          
           of
           God
           now
           under
           the
           
           
             Gospel
          
           are
           not
           so
           
             great
             ,
          
           so
           
             glorious
             ,
          
           and
           consequently
           ,
           so
           worthy
           of
           
             set
             times
          
           for
           their
           
             solemne
             remembrance
             ,
          
           as
           heretofore
           under
           the
           
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           Or
           that
           the
           
             Christian
             Church
          
           hath
           now
           lesse
           power
           
           in
           appointing
           dayes
           for
           the
           
             solemne
             worship
          
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           those
           
             glorious
             works
          
           of
           his
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Iewish
             Synagogue
          
           once
           had
           .
        
         
           Or
           lastly
           ,
           That
           the
           worship
           which
           wee
           Christians
           now
           performe
           to
           God
           is
           not
           so
           
             holy
             ,
          
           as
           that
           
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Iewish
             Synagogue
             ,
          
           and
           so
           lesse
           able
           to
           
             sanctifie
          
           the
           dayes
           in
           which
           they
           are
           performed
           .
        
         
           But
           every
           one
           of
           these
           being
           most
           absurd
           ;
           I
           conclude
           ,
           that
           to
           
             consecrate
          
           certaine
           dayes
           ,
           besides
           
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           to
           the
           solemne
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           memory
           of
           his
           
             speciall
             blessings
          
           vouchsafed
           to
           the
           Church
           on
           such
           dayes
           ,
           and
           to
           account
           such
           dayes
           ,
           so
           consecrated
           ,
           
             more
             holy
          
           then
           others
           ,
           is
           lawfull
           and
           free
           from
           all
           superstition
           and
           Judaisme
           .
           And
           however
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           would
           faine
           affixe
           so
           
             extraordinary
             holinesse
          
           to
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           should
           of
           all
           men
           have
           abstained
           from
           this
           last
           imputation
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           better
           proved
           the
           immediately
           divine
           institution
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           too
           long
           digressed
           ;
           yet
           not
           without
           cause
           ,
           in
           as
           much
           as
           they
           ,
           who
           seeme
           so
           zealous
           for
           the
           giving
           to
           God
           his
           due
           time
           ,
           refuse
           notwithstanding
           to
           give
           him
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           
             regular
             piety
          
           of
           the
           
             Ancient
          
           and
           our
           owne
           
             Mother
             Church
          
           hath
           ever
           ,
           upon
           so
           sound
           reason
           ,
           consecrated
           to
           him
           .
           I
           returne
           now
           to
           answere
           another
           objection
           which
           they
           frame
           against
           the
           extending
           of
           our
           
             Christian
             liberty
             ,
          
           to
           the
           use
           of
           
             recreations
          
           on
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             .
          
        
         
           The
           liberty
           of
           Christians
           (
           say
           they
           )
           ought
           to
           be
           
             spirituall
             ,
          
           and
           not
           in
           
             carnall
          
           and
           
             common
          
           things
           ;
           and
           therefore
           cannot
           bee
           extended
           to
           patronize
           
             recreations
             ,
          
           or
           
             ordinary
             labours
          
           on
           the
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           but
           that
           they
           are
           as
           
             unlawfull
          
           on
           that
           day
           as
           ever
           they
           were
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
             .
          
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answere
           ,
           that
           Christian
           liberty
           ,
           as
           it
           respects
           the
           things
           from
           which
           we
           are
           freed
           ,
           is
           not
           
             meerely
             spirituall
             ,
          
           but
           extends
           it selfe
           ,
           to
           
             carnall
          
           and
           
             common
          
           things
           also
           ;
           for
           thereby
           wee
           are
           freed
           not
           onely
           from
           the
           guilt
           ,
           and
           condemnation
           of
           sinne
           ,
           and
           the
           raigning
           power
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           are
           things
           
             spivituall
             ;
          
           
           but
           also
           from
           the
           servitude
           of
           the
           
             Ceremoniall
             Law
             ,
          
           which
           among
           other
           respects
           which
           it
           had
           ,
           was
           as
           a
           
             Schoole-Master
             ,
          
           or
           
             Tutour
             ,
          
           whereby
           the
           Church
           in
           her
           nonage
           or
           infancie
           ,
           was
           to
           bee
           kept
           under
           the
           
             Elements
             of
             the
             world
             ,
          
           (
           as
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           
           calls
           them
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           tyed
           to
           the
           observation
           of
           
             dayes
             ,
             and
             moneths
             ,
             and
             yeares
             and
             meates
             and
             drinks
             ;
          
           which
           being
           in
           themselves
           indifferent
           ,
           were
           yet
           forbidden
           the
           Church
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           that
           their
           
             bondage
          
           under
           these
           might
           nourish
           in
           them
           the
           hope
           and
           expectation
           of
           the
           promised
           
             Messias
             ,
          
           in
           whom
           they
           were
           to
           have
           deliverance
           ,
           and
           so
           lead
           ,
           or
           rather
           drive
           them
           to
           beleeve
           in
           Him.
           Now
           
             when
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             time
             was
             come
             ,
          
           and
           that
           Christ
           was
           exhibited
           ,
           the
           Church
           being
           then
           no
           longer
           
           
             under
             age
             ,
          
           is
           not
           subject
           to
           those
           observances
           ,
           but
           for
           any
           tye
           of
           that
           
             Law
          
           of
           
             Moses
          
           now
           upon
           it
           ,
           enjoyes
           the
           
             free
             use
          
           and
           
             exercise
          
           of
           these
           things
           as
           
             indifferent
             .
          
           As
           then
           there
           were
           many
           things
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           us
           ,
           now
           are
           indifferent
           ,
           prohibited
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ;
           so
           as
           they
           might
           not
           eate
           of
           all
           
             meates
             ,
          
           though
           otherwise
           wholsome
           ,
           they
           might
           not
           weare
           all
           kinde
           of
           
             garments
             ,
          
           though
           usefull
           and
           profitable
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           there
           were
           some
           
             workes
          
           in
           themselves
           not
           sinfull
           ,
           nor
           at
           other
           times
           unlawfull
           ,
           prohibited
           to
           be
           done
           at
           some
           
             speciall
             times
             ,
          
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           peculiar
           observance
           then
           due
           to
           those
           
             times
             ,
          
           which
           now
           ,
           when
           those
           times
           cease
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           can
           by
           no
           meanes
           bee
           accounted
           sinfull
           ,
           or
           unlawfull
           .
           Granting
           therefore
           that
           
             ordinary
             labours
             ,
          
           and
           all
           
             bodily
             recreations
          
           were
           on
           the
           
             Sabbath
          
           unlawfull
           ,
           yet
           being
           in
           themselves
           
           not
           sinfull
           ,
           and
           so
           under
           the
           Gospell
           indifferent
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           so
           upon
           our
           
             Sunday
             .
          
        
         
           I
           answere
           further
           ,
           that
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           why
           
             honest
             recreations
             ,
             moderate
             feasting
             ,
          
           and
           such
           like
           expressions
           of
           rejoycing
           ,
           may
           not
           fitly
           be
           counted
           a
           part
           of
           the
           externall
           observance
           and
           sanctification
           of
           this
           day
           ;
           in
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           solemnized
           in
           memory
           of
           the
           
             resurrection
          
           of
           our
           
             Blessed
             Saviour
             ,
          
           and
           so
           our
           
             redemption
          
           fully
           wrought
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           may
           (
           with
           S.
           
             Augustine
             )
          
           apply
           that
           of
           the
           
             Psalmist
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             Day
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             ,
             wee
             will
             rejoyce
             ,
             and
             be
             glad
             in
             it
             .
          
           And
           as
           on
           the
           day
           of
           his
           
             Passion
             ,
          
           and
           other
           dayes
           appointed
           for
           
             solemne
             humiliation
             ,
          
           we
           expresse
           the
           sorrow
           of
           our
           hearts
           by
           our
           mourning
           and
           neglected
           
             attire
             ,
          
           by
           
             Fasting
             ,
          
           and
           abridging
           our selves
           of
           those
           delights
           ,
           which
           use
           to
           refresh
           our
           natures
           ;
           at
           which
           times
           
             The
             voyce
             of
             the
             Vyoll
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Harpe
             ,
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             Bridegroome
             ,
             and
             the
             voyce
             of
             the
             Bride
          
           are
           unseasonable
           ;
           so
           on
           the
           day
           of
           his
           
             resurrection
          
           to
           expresse
           our
           joy
           ,
           and
           rejoycing
           by
           our
           
             arraying
          
           our selves
           in
           our
           
             best
             attire
             ,
          
           by
           
             Feasting
             ,
          
           and
           other
           acts
           of
           cheerefulnesse
           ,
           is
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           solemnity
           of
           that
           Day
           ,
           Of
           which
           we
           may
           say
           in
           the
           words
           of
           
             Nehemiah
          
           and
           
             Ezra
             ,
             This
             Day
             is
             holy
             unto
             the
             Lord
             your
             God
             ,
             mourne
             not
             nor
             weepe
             —
             but
             —
             eate
             of
             the
          
           
           
             fat
             ,
             and
             drinke
             of
             the
             sweet
             ,
             and
             send
             portions
             to
             them
             for
             whom
             nothing
             is
             prepared
             ,
             for
             this
             Day
             is
             holy
             unto
             the
             Lord.
          
           And
           however
           some
           men
           will
           have
           every
           
             fasting
             day
          
           a
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           and
           every
           
             Lords
             Day
          
           a
           
             fasting
             day
          
           (
           not
           allowing
           either
           the
           dressing
           ,
           or
           liberall
           use
           of
           Gods
           creatures
           ,
           and
           therefore
           judging
           it
           
           inconvenient
           to
           celebrate
           marriages
           on
           that
           day
           )
           yet
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           in
           better
           times
           condemned
           
           
             Fasting
          
           on
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
          
           as
           unlawfull
           ,
           and
           most
           incongruous
           and
           disagreeable
           to
           the
           use
           of
           that
           Day
           ,
           which
           was
           ordained
           as
           a
           
             Festivall
             ,
          
           and
           day
           of
           mirth
           and
           rejoycing
           :
           For
           which
           end
           also
           the
           Church
           in
           her
           most
           ancient
           times
           ,
           had
           on
           that
           Day
           their
           
             Agapae
          
           or
           
             Love-feasts
             ,
          
           as
           for
           the
           refreshing
           of
           the
           poore
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           nourishing
           of
           mutuall
           love
           and
           amity
           ,
           so
           also
           for
           the
           unanimous
           expression
           of
           joy
           in
           all
           sober
           mirth
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           free
           (
           though
           temperate
           )
           use
           of
           Gods
           creatures
           .
           Upon
           which
           ground
           (
           doubtlesse
           )
           wee
           may
           conclude
           the
           lawfulnesse
           of
           the
           use
           of
           such
           
             recreations
             ,
             feastings
             ,
          
           and
           other
           testifications
           of
           
             rejoycing
          
           upon
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
             ,
          
           as
           are
           in
           themselves
           
             honest
             ,
          
           and
           are
           so
           used
           as
           they
           prove
           
             no
             hinderances
          
           to
           the
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           proper
           
             worke
          
           of
           the
           Day
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           even
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           themselves
           (
           though
           out
           of
           superstition
           ,
           they
           did
           for
           the
           most
           part
           overdoe
           this
           Precept
           of
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           abstaining
           from
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           they
           might
           have
           done
           ,
           without
           any
           violation
           of
           Gods
           commandement
           ,
           yet
           )
           accounted
           their
           
             Sabbath
          
           a
           
             Feast
             ,
          
           not
           a
           
             Fast
             ;
          
           a
           day
           of
           
             rejoycing
             ,
          
           and
           not
           of
           
             sorrow
             ,
          
           or
           
             humiliation
             ;
          
           and
           judged
           it
           not
           unlawfull
           to
           make
           
             Feasts
          
           upon
           that
           Day
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           that
           Feast
           made
           upon
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           by
           a
           chiefe
           
             Pharisee
          
           (
           one
           of
           their
           strictest
           
             Sabbatarians
             )
          
           whereat
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           himselfe
           (
           who
           
           was
           no
           
             Sabbath-breaker
             )
          
           vouchsafed
           his
           presence
           among
           many
           others
           that
           were
           invited
           .
           And
           
             Paulus
          
           
           
             Burgensis
          
           (
           himselfe
           a
           
             Iew
             )
          
           reports
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Iewes
          
           
           held
           themselves
           bound
           to
           eate
           
             three
             meales
          
           that
           day
           ,
           which
           on
           other
           dayes
           they
           used
           not
           .
           And
           
             Syranus
          
           (
           another
           of
           the
           same
           Nation
           )
           saith
           ,
           That
           the
           
             Hebrew
             Doctors
          
           held
           that
           the
           word
           
             Remember
          
           was
           prefixed
           to
           this
           
             Commandement
             ,
          
           that
           if
           they
           had
           any
           
             pretious
             garment
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           thing
           of
           
             price
             ,
          
           They
           should
           
             remember
          
           to
           keepe
           it
           till
           the
           
             Sabbath
             ,
          
           to
           give
           it
           at
           first
           a
           
             Sabbath-dayes
             wearing
             .
          
           I
           am
           not
           of
           their
           minde
           ,
           but
           thinke
           that
           
             word
          
           prefixed
           for
           higher
           ,
           and
           more
           important
           reasons
           :
           yet
           I
           verily
           beleeve
           that
           their
           conceit
           did
           speak
           their
           usuall
           custome
           of
           apparelling
           themselves
           in
           their
           
             most
             costly
          
           and
           
             best
             garments
             ,
          
           as
           best
           befitting
           the
           joy
           of
           that
           
             high
             Festivall
             ,
          
           which
           (
           as
           one
           hath
           well
           observed
           )
           hath
           this
           singular
           priviledge
           to
           be
           a
           day
           
           of
           
             rest
          
           and
           
             holinesse
             ;
          
           of
           delight
           ,
           and
           Feasting
           unto
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           therefore
           (
           saith
           hee
           )
           
             This
             day
             is
             not
             described
             by
             evening
             and
             morning
             ,
             as
             were
             the
             other
             six
             which
             consisted
             of
             light
             and
             darknesse
             :
             but
          
           
           
             this
             is
             all
             day
             ,
             or
             light
             ,
             figuring
             out
             our
             perpetuall
             joyes
             .
          
           And
           ,
           no
           question
           ,
           but
           ,
           that
           Day
           which
           was
           the
           memoriall
           of
           Gods
           
             resting
          
           from
           his
           
             worke
             ,
          
           when
           
             he
             rejoyced
             in
             the
             works
             of
             his
             hands
             ,
          
           (
           so
           the
           
             Chaldee
             Paraphrast
          
           expounds
           Gods
           
             resting
             on
             the
             seaventh
          
           
           
             day
             )
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             deliverance
          
           from
           the
           
             Aegyptian
          
           Bondage
           was
           celebrated
           with
           
             mirth
             ,
          
           and
           
             rejoyoing
             :
          
           so
           that
           I
           can
           hardly
           be
           induced
           to
           thinke
           ,
           that
           on
           their
           
             Sabbath
          
           day
           ,
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           abstaine
           from
           all
           kinde
           of
           
             recreations
             ,
          
           but
           that
           they
           did
           ,
           or
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           might
           use
           such
           expressions
           of
           joy
           &
           mirth
           ,
           as
           at
           their
           other
           
             Festivalls
          
           were
           usuall
           among
           them
           ;
           as
           feasting
           ,
           singing
           ,
           dancing
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           
           which
           ,
           I
           conceive
           ,
           were
           no
           way
           forbidden
           in
           the
           
             commandement
             ,
          
           which
           onely
           seemes
           to
           ayme
           at
           
             workes
             of
             toyle
          
           or
           such
           as
           are
           
             servile
             ,
          
           or
           undertaken
           for
           profit
           or
           gaine
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           that
           might
           hinder
           them
           in
           the
           service
           of
           God
           :
           and
           not
           to
           exclude
           all
           
             recreations
             ,
          
           which
           (
           though
           they
           may
           ,
           haply
           ,
           in
           a
           large
           sense
           be
           termed
           
             workes
             ,
          
           yet
           )
           being
           such
           as
           doe
           
             refresh
             ,
          
           not
           
             weary
          
           nature
           ,
           and
           being
           so
           used
           ,
           as
           that
           the
           worship
           of
           God
           might
           notwithstanding
           be
           duly
           and
           solemnly
           performed
           ,
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           crosse
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           decent
           and
           solemne
           service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           testification
           of
           their
           freedome
           from
           
             Egyptian
          
           servitude
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           this
           passe
           as
           a
           private
           conceit
           ,
           yet
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           
             Tostatus
          
           (
           whom
           Doctor
           
             Willet
          
           approves
           )
           
           saith
           ,
           
             They
             were
             not
             bound
             to
             attend
             all
             the
             day
             upon
             Gods
             service
             .
          
           And
           the
           same
           Doctor
           
             Willet
          
           expounding
           these
           words
           :
           
             Abide
             yee
             every
             man
             in
             his
             place
             ;
             Let
             no
             man
             goe
             out
             of
             his
             place
             on
             the
             seaventh
             day
             ,
          
           saith
           ,
           
             They
             were
             not
             to
             goe
             forth
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             intent
             to
             gather
             Manna
             ,
             which
             lay
             round
             about
             the
             Hoast
             ,
             or
             to
             doe
             any
             other
             businesse
             :
             they
             were
             not
             forbidden
             all
             kinde
             of
             walking
             ,
             and
             going
             out
             for
             their
             solace
             and
             recreation
             .
          
           Certainly
           then
           Christians
           cannot
           justly
           be
           blamed
           ,
           if
           on
           the
           
             Lords
             day
          
           God
           be
           solemnly
           and
           decently
           served
           at
           fit
           times
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           worke
           entertained
           to
           the
           hinderance
           of
           this
           ,
           though
           
             every
             moment
          
           of
           that
           Day
           be
           not
           spent
           in
           performance
           of
           the
           acts
           of
           Gods
           worship
           ,
           nor
           the
           vacant
           space
           observed
           with
           a
           
             superstitious
             rest
             ,
          
           which
           shall
           exclude
           all
           other
           works
           ,
           and
           all
           ,
           even
           
             lawfull
             recreations
             ,
          
           which
           to
           exact
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           
           Christians
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           but
           to
           surpasse
           the
           Jewes
           in
           superstition
           about
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           having
           only
           changed
           the
           day
           ,
           in
           dishonour
           and
           contempt
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           to
           require
           notwithstanding
           the
           same
           Ceremoniality
           of
           observance
           ?
           which
           what
           fruits
           it
           hath
           had
           ,
           or
           can
           have
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           ,
           save
           the
           engendring
           of
           endlesse
           scruples
           ,
           and
           inextricable
           doubts
           ,
           and
           the
           needlesse
           wounding
           of
           the
           consciences
           of
           many
           well-meaning
           people
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           no
           sure
           guide
           to
           direct
           their
           practise
           ,
           and
           when
           that
           which
           is
           required
           is
           beyond
           the
           ability
           of
           mortalls
           to
           performe
           .
           For
           I
           will
           appeale
           to
           the
           consciences
           of
           these
           rigid
           
             Task-masters
             ,
          
           whether
           ever
           they
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           did
           yet
           ,
           or
           could
           possibly
           keepe
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           in
           that
           
             strict
             manner
          
           as
           they
           urge
           it
           ?
           But
           ,
           haply
           this
           little
           moves
           them
           ,
           who
           being
           taught
           that
           it
           is
           
             impossible
          
           to
           keepe
           Gods
           
             Commandements
             ,
          
           will
           therefore
           the
           rather
           be
           induced
           to
           thinke
           ,
           it
           is
           
             commanded
             ,
          
           because
           they
           are
           unable
           to
           keepe
           it
           .
           Yet
           sure
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           would
           never
           have
           stiled
           his
           
             yoke
             easie
             ,
          
           
           and
           his
           burthen
           
             light
             ,
          
           had
           this
           strict
           observance
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Day
          
           beene
           a
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           
             Gods
             Commandements
             ,
          
           so
           as
           hee
           now
           under
           the
           Gospel
           requires
           them
           to
           bee
           done
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           assistance
           of
           his
           grace
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           seconds
           them
           (
           whatever
           men
           rashly
           say
           of
           them
           )
           
             are
             not
             grievous
             ,
          
           
           much
           lesse
           impossible
           to
           be
           done
           .
        
         
           To
           set
           downe
           briefly
           and
           plainely
           ,
           that
           which
           in
           more
           words
           hath
           beene
           hitherto
           driven
           at
           :
           and
           it
           is
           but
           this
           .
           There
           are
           three
           things
           considerable
           in
           the
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           or
           
             Lords
             day
             .
          
           1.
           
           
             A
             Day
             .
          
           
           2.
           
           
             That
             Day
             .
          
           3.
           
           
             The
             manner
             of
             celebrating
             it
             .
          
           The
           first
           is
           Gods
           immediate
           precept
           .
           The
           other
           two
           not
           so
           ,
           but
           mediate
           and
           by
           the
           
             power
          
           he
           hath
           given
           to
           his
           
             Church
             .
          
           First
           God
           commanded
           
             some
             time
          
           wherein
           men
           setting
           aside
           all
           worldly
           businesse
           and
           thoughts
           ,
           should
           apply
           themselves
           to
           the
           duties
           of
           his
           solemne
           and
           publique
           Worship
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           
             substance
             ,
          
           or
           that
           which
           is
           
             Morall
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           
             Custome
          
           or
           
             Constitution
          
           of
           the
           
             Church
             ,
          
           warranted
           by
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           practise
           ,
           and
           the
           honour
           vouchsafed
           unto
           it
           by
           our
           
             Saviour
          
           himselfe
           ,
           determined
           that
           time
           or
           day
           to
           the
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           or
           first
           day
           of
           the
           week
           ;
           &
           secondly
           ,
           prescribed
           
             how
          
           and
           
             when
             ,
          
           for
           the
           decent
           time
           and
           manner
           of
           performing
           those
           duties
           .
        
         
           By
           these
           our
           liberty
           is
           limited
           ,
           which
           must
           not
           be
           (
           without
           necessity
           )
           extended
           to
           the
           violation
           of
           either
           of
           them
           :
           Hence
           then
           ,
           1.
           
           Hee
           sinnes
           that
           doth
           not
           separate
           
             some
             time
          
           for
           God
           ,
           &c.
           as
           violating
           the
           
             immediate
             precept
          
           of
           GOD
           in
           the
           
             fourth
             Commandement
             .
          
           2.
           
           He
           sinnes
           no
           lesse
           ,
           that
           for
           this
           end
           observes
           not
           the
           
             Sunday
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           that
           decent
           manner
           ,
           which
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           duties
           ,
           and
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           
             Church
          
           hath
           enioyned
           ;
           and
           this
           hee
           doth
           in
           two
           respects
           .
           First
           ,
           because
           hee
           violates
           Gods
           
             mediate
             Command
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           authorized
           the
           Church
           in
           his
           right
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           power
           to
           ordaine
           such
           things
           ;
           so
           that
           ,
           to
           neglect
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           this
           case
           is
           ,
           to
           neglect
           God.
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           the
           
             immediate
             Precept
          
           of
           God
           is
           wrapt
           up
           in
           the
           
             Precept
             of
             the
             Church
             :
          
           by
           which
           ,
           that
           which
           by
           him
           was
           left
           
             indefinite
             ,
          
           is
           defined
           ,
           and
           determined
           .
        
         
         
           But
           that
           liberty
           either
           for
           ordinary
           
             labours
             ,
          
           or
           honest
           
             recreations
             ,
          
           which
           may
           stand
           with
           the
           observation
           of
           these
           
             Precepts
             ,
          
           no
           man
           can
           justly
           account
           sinfull
           ,
           unlesse
           hee
           can
           produce
           (
           not
           the
           phansies
           of
           some
           Zelotes
           ,
           or
           the
           opinion
           of
           this
           or
           that
           man
           ,
           though
           accounted
           never
           so
           good
           or
           learned
           ,
           but
           )
           some
           other
           
             Precept
          
           given
           by
           God
           ,
           or
           those
           whom
           God
           hath
           commanded
           us
           to
           obey
           :
           For
           it
           is
           an
           undoubted
           Maxime
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           delivers
           ;
           
             Where
             no
             Law
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             transgression
             .
          
           
           The
           prohibition
           of
           the
           Law
           only
           is
           that
           ,
           whereby
           things
           are
           exempted
           from
           our
           power
           and
           liberty
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           (
           except
           in
           case
           of
           scandall
           )
           remaines
           intire
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           alone
           is
           sufficient
           to
           terminate
           this
           
             Dispute
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           wee
           will
           joyne
           issue
           with
           those
           that
           are
           contrary
           minded
           ,
           being
           not
           more
           confident
           that
           they
           can
           shew
           no
           
             binding
             Precept
          
           for
           the
           restraining
           of
           our
           
             Christian
             liberty
          
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           then
           willing
           to
           retract
           what
           hath
           beene
           said
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           prove
           themselves
           able
           to
           doe
           it
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A69228-e200
           
             What
             the
             Morall
             law
             is
             .
          
           
             What
             the
             ceremoniall
             law
             is
             .
          
           
             What
             the
             judiciall
             law
             is
             .
          
           
             Aquin.
             1.
             2.
             qu.
             101.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             
               Aq.
               1.
               2.
               q.
            
             100.
             
             Moral
             precepts
             not
             all
             equally
             belonging
             to
             the
             law
             of
             nature
             .
          
           
             Aq.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             a
             Inter
             emnia
             illa
             10.
             praecepta
             solum
             ibi
             quod
             de
             Sabbato
             positum
             est
             sigurate
             observandum
             praecipitur
             .
             Aug.
             ep
             118
             cap.
             12.
             
             Caetera
             ibi
             praecepta
             propriè
             sicut
             praecepta
             sunt
             sine
             ulla
             figura
             a
             significatione
             observamus
             .
             Idem
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             b
             Inst
             .
             l.
             2.
             
             &
             8
             §.
             28.
             
             Vinbratile
             veteres
             nuncupare
             solent
             .
             Dinudia
             tantum
             exparte
             rem
             attingunt
             .
             Id.
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             c
             Sabbati
             praeceptum
             est
             partim
             Morale
             ,
             partim
             Ceremoniale
             ,
             unde
             into
             contine●…er
             aliquid
             aternum
             ,
             et
             aliquid
             temporarium
             .
             Mart.
             Thes
             .
             in
             Exod.
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             Aquin.
             2.
             2.
             q.
             122.
             art
             .
             4
             ad
             primum
             &
             secundum
             .
             Vidaeundem
             1.
             2.
             q.
             100
             a.
             5.
             ad
             secundum
             .
          
           
             Medul
             .
             Theol
             l.
             2.
             c
             15
             ●
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             4
             13.
             
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Luk.
            
             26.
             29
             31.
             
             Mal●onat
             .
             in
             Mat.
             7.
             12.
             
          
           
             Fra●…
             .
             Iu●●●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Pet.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             3
             ,
             4
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             31.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
               Willet
            
             on
             Gen.
             3.
             23.
             
          
           
             Exo.
             31.
             13
             
             Deut.
             5.
             15.
             
             Ezck.
             20.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             2
             3.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
               Williams
            
             p.
             297.
             
             
               Dod.
            
             p.
             130.
             
             
               Elton
               .
            
             p.
             90.
             
          
           
             Colos
             .
             2.
             16
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Lacdic
             .
             can
             .
             29.
             
             In
             Mat.
             Hom.
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               Act.
            
             21.
             20.
             
             Non
             fuerunt
             tanquam
             diabolica
             Gentiunt
             sacrilegia
             fugienda
             ,
             etiam
             cum
             ipsa
             gratia
             iam
             coeperat
             revelari
             quae
             umbris
             talibus
             fuerat
             praenunciata
             ,
             sed
             permittenda
             paulū
             eis
             ,
             maximè
             qui
             ex
             illo
             populo
             cui
             data
             sūt
             ,
             venerant
             .
             Postea
             vero
             tanquam
             cū
             honere
             sepulta
             sunt
             a
             Christiaūs
             omnibus
             irreparabiliter
             deserenda
             .
             Aug.
             ep
             19.
             
             
               And
               a
               little
               before
               in
               the
               same
               Chapter
               ,
            
             —
             ●um
             venisset
             fides
             que
             priùs
             ictis
             obs●●…vatiambus
             praenun●iata
             ,
             post
             mortem
             &
             resurrectionē
             Domini
             revelata
             est
             ,
             amiserunt
             tanquam
             vitam
             officii
             〈◊〉
             .
             Verum
             tamen
             sicut
             defuncta
             corpora
             necessariorum
             officiis
             deducenda
             ●●…ant
             quodammodo
             ad
             sepultueam
             .
             —
             Non
             autem
             deserenda
             continuo
             vel
             inimicorum
             mersibus
             pro.
             j●ienda
             ●●oind●
             〈◊〉
             quisquis
             Christianorum
             quamvis
             ex
             Iudaeis
             similiter
             ea
             celebrare
             voluerit
             ,
             tanquam
             sopitos
             cineres
             〈◊〉
             ,
             non
             erit
             pius
             deductor
             vel
             ,
             bajulus
             corporis
             ,
             sed
             impius
             sepu●tu●ae
             uiolat●●
             .
          
           
             Matt.
             28.
             1.
             
             Mar.
             16.
             1.
             
             Iohn
             20.
             1.
             1.
             
             Cor.
             16
             2
             Revel
             .
             1.
             10
             
          
           
             Some
             time
             to
             be
             consecrated
             to
             God
             ,
             moral
             
          
           
             
               Hook
            
             p.
             378
             
          
           
             Morale
             est
             quantum
             ad
             hoc
             ,
             quod
             homo
             deputat
             aliquod
             tempus
             vitae
             suae
             ad
             vacan
             〈◊〉
             di
             .
             vinis
             ,
             &c.
             Aqui●i
             .
             22.
             q.
             122.
             
          
           
             Medul
             .
             T●eol
             .
             l.
             2.
             c.
             15.
             
             ●4
             .
          
           
             Plutarch
             in
             v●●
             Thesci
             .
          
           
             S.
             Chrysostom
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             ●om
             .
             6.
             p.
             542.
             
             Edit
             .
             Savill
             .
             
               Deut.
            
             5.
             15.
             
             &
             14.
             18.
             
          
           
             De
             praeparatione
             Evangel
             13.
             c.
             7.
             
          
           
             S.
             Aug.
             de
             civit
             lib.
             11.
             c.
             31.
             
             Hieron
             .
             in
             Amo●
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Zanch.
             in
             quartum
             Praecep
             .
          
           
             Med.
             Theo.
             l.
             2.
             6.
             15.
             n.
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Instit
               l.
               2.
               c.
               8.
               
               D.
               Calvins
            
             opinion
             of
             one
             in
             seaven
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             &c.
             Eccl.
             Pol.
             p.
             379.
             
          
           
             
               Hom.
            
             of
             the
             place
             and
             time
             of
             Prayer
             .
             
               Part.
               
            
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             16.
             17.
             
          
           
             Speach
             against
             
               Trash
               .
            
             p.
             72
             
          
           
             Elten
             .
             
               p
            
             91
             ●●…lliams
             
               p.
            
             299.
             
             Ames
             loco
             supra
             cu.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             16
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             Aq.
             2.
             2.
             q.
             112.
             4.
             
          
           
             p.
             385.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             12.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ex.
             20.
             11.
             
          
           
             
               Heb.
            
             4.
             9
             
             Vid.
             Aqum
             .
             in
             loc
             .
             ver
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             14.
             13
             
          
           
             Figurae
             debet
             esse
             exactae
             ,
             alioqui
             non
             bene
             significant
             .
             
               Bellarm.
               t.
               2.
               l.
               3.
               c.
            
             10
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             1.
             
          
           
             V.
             45.
             
          
           
             Elton
             .
          
           
             P.
             98.
             
          
           
             Potest
             qui
             dem
             concedi
             actionem
             aliquam
             observatienem
             Sabbati
             illis
             temporibus
             suisse
             imperatam
             ,
             paeelagoglae
             &
             scivitutis
             tempori
             accommodatam
             ,
             quae
             omnibus
             seculis
             non
             obtinet
             .
             Med.
             Theol.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             15.
             n.
             23.
             
             V.
             
               Perkins
               cases
               .
            
             l.
             2.
             
               c.
            
             16.
             
             §
             1.
             
          
           
             See
             Doctor
             Williams
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             P.
             301.
             
          
           
             
               Cleaver
            
             Declar.
             of
             Christian
             Sabbath
             .
             pag.
             99.
             
          
           
             Esion
             p.
             90.
             
             Dod
             p.
             127.
             
          
           
             Amesius
             Medul
             .
             Theol
             l.
             2
             c.
             15
             n
             27.
             
          
           
             Heb
             3.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             4.
             
          
           
             I
             Tim.
             2.
             8.
             
          
           
             I
             Thes
             .
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             Difference
             of
             times
             and
             places
             how
             taken
             away
             under
             the
             Gospell
             .
          
           
             Ames
             .
             loco
             supracit
             .
             n
             30.
             
          
           
             Dod
             p.
             133.
             
          
           
             *
             See
             Saint
             
               Chrysostome
            
             upon
             that
             place
             ,
             who
             saith
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             &c.
             and
             a
             little
             after
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             a
             Mat.
             28.
             1
             
             Mar.
             16.
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             20.
             1.
             
          
           
             b
             Ioh.
             20.
             19.
             26.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             18.
             
          
           
             Ad
             Januar.
             epist
             .
             119.
             c.
             13.
             
             Dies
             Dominica
             Christians
             resurrectione
             Domini
             declaratus
             est
             ,
             et
             ex
             illo
             habere
             caepit
             festivitatein
             suam
             .
             Demonstrare
             &
             consecrare
             dignatus
             est
             .
             Ibid.
             c
             9.
             
             Domini
             resuscitatio
             promisit
             nobis
             aeternum
             diem
             &
             cōsecravit
             nobis
             Dominicum
             diem
             .
             Id.
             de
             verbis
             Apostoli
             .
             Serm.
             15.
             
          
           
             Speech
             against
             
               Traske
               .
               p.
            
             74.
             
          
           
             *
             Pet.
             Mart.
             Thes
             .
             in
             Exod
             .
             20.
             
             Non
             erravit
             Christiana
             Ecclesia
             ,
             cū
             loco
             Sabbati
             flatuit
             observandum
             Diem
             dominicum
             ,
             cujus
             iasacris
             sitteris
             men
             tio
             habetur
             ,
             quamvis
             de
             ejus
             observatione
             praeceptum
             non
             ●x●●●
             .
          
           
             Serm.
             de
             Temp.
             251.
             
             Quod
             universa
             tenet
             Ecclesia
             ,
             nec
             Conci●●●t
             institutū
             ,
             sed
             ●emper
             retentum
             est
             ,
             non
             nisi
             autoritate
             Apostolica
             traditum
             rectissime
             creditur
             .
             —
             Id.
             de
             Bap.
             contra
             Don.
             l.
             9.
             c.
             24.
             &
             l.
             5.
             c.
             23.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Field
            
             of
             the
             Church
             
               P.
            
             377.
             
          
           
             b
             Observantiae
             Diei
             Dominicae
             in
             novâ
             lege
             ,
             succedit
             observantia
             Sabbati
             ,
             non
             ex
             ui
             praeceptiet
             legis
             ,
             sed
             ex
             constitutione
             Ecclesiae
             ,
             &
             consuetudine
             populi
             Christiani
             .
             Aquin.
             2.
             2.
             q.
             122.
             
             ●
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             c
             Concil
             .
             Nican
             can
             .
             20.
             
             La●d
             .
             Con.
             19.
             
             Auresion
             .
             3.
             
             Can.
             21.
             
             Matise
             .
             Can.
             2.
             
          
           
             d
             Eusch
             .
             de
             vitâ
             Constan
             .
             jl.
             ●
             .
             ●
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             S.
             August
             .
             Epist
             .
             86
             ad
             ●●●…lan
             .
          
           
             See
             
               Hooker
            
             p.
             92.
             p.
             95.
             &
             p.
             121.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             22.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             Poll.
             3.
             §
             9
             p.
             107.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             22.
             
             Pro.
             6.
             20.
             
          
           
             See
             D
             
               Willet
            
             on
             Exod
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             Math.
             5.
             17
             
             Math.
             12
             1
             Luk.
             13.
             15
             
             Luk.
             14
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             Macc.
             2.
             41.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             13.
             11
             
             Iohn
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mar.
             2.
             27.
             
          
           
             Aequum
             est
             ut
             Sabbati
             observatio
             cedat
             hominum
             utilitati
             ,
             et
             non
             homo
             Sabbati
             causā
             percat
             ●●●…m
             Parap●
             .
             in
             locum
             .
             
               Hosea
               .
               6.
               6.
               
               Acts
            
             13.
             27
             
          
           
             Math.
             12.
             5.
             
          
           
             Hinc
             definitio
             est
             Jadaicarum
             traditionū
             :
             In
             templo
             nunesse
             Sabbatū
             .
             F●
             .
             Lu
             ca●●●…oc
             .
          
           
             True
             Church
             .
             P
             300.
             
          
           
             Med.
             Theel.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             15.
             n.
             24.
             
          
           
             Praeter
             accensionem
             ignis
             ,
             et
             cibi
             communis
             apparatum
             .
          
           
             Elton
             .
             
               p.
            
             101.
             
             Perkins
             cases
             .
             
               c.
            
             6.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             12.
             1.
             2.
             3.
             
             Mark.
             2.
             27
             
          
           
             See
             
               Fran
               Lucas
            
             Brugen●
             .
             upon
             the
             place
             .
          
           
             Ho●ker
             .
             p.
             385.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Matisc
             .
             2.
             can
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Eccl.
             5.
             1.
             
             Exod.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             Serm.
             de
             .
             Temp.
             251.
             
          
           
             Concil
             .
             Matisc
             .
             2.
             can
             .
             1.
             
             Can.
             23.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Thes
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             119.
             62.
             
          
           
             Acts
             16.
             25.
             
          
           
             Acts
             20.
             7.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             19.
             12
             
          
           
             Mat.
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             Esay
             58.
             13
             
             Exod.
             20.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Num.
            
             15.
             
             Aut
             simus
             Christiani
             ,
             &
             Dominicum
             colamus
             ,
             aut
             simus
             Iudaei
             ,
             &
             Sabbatū
             observemus
             .
             S.
             Aug.
             ep
             .
             86
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             1.
             7●
             
          
           
             
               Can.
            
             13.
             
             Act
             for
             Vniformity
             of
             Common
             prayer
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Ames
             .
             med
             .
             Theol.
             lib.
             2
             cap.
             15.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             14.
             40.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Thes
             .
             5.
             17
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             111.
             4
             
          
           
             Eissc
             .
             Dco
             )
             benesiciorum
             ejus
             solemmtatilus
             sestis
             et
             diebus
             ●…a
             .
             tuus
             dicamus
             sacramusque
             memoriam
             ne
             volumine
             temporum
             ingrata
             subreparobli●io
             
               Aug.
               de
               Civ
               .
            
             l.
             10.
             c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Psa
             .
             112.
             6.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             10.
             8.
             
          
           
             4.
             
          
           
             Dies
             illi
             habendi
             videntur
             quasipro
             Sabbatis
             extraordinarūs
             
               Ames
               .
               med
               .
               theol
               .
               l.
               2.
               c.
               15.
               
               Reade
            
             M.
             Mason
             
               of
               Christian
               humiliation
               .
            
             p.
             66.
             
             Edit
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Possunt
             autem
             dies
             qual
             scunque
             pie
             converti
             in
             occasiones
             cultum
             Dei
             promovendi
             
               Ames
               .
               ●b
               .
               Elton
               p.
            
             117.
             
          
           
             Idem
             ibid.
             
          
           
             pag.
             45.
             
          
           
             —
             Ignorantes
             not
             nec
             Christe
             unquam
             relinquere
             qui
             pro
             totius
             servandorū
             mundi
             salute
             passus
             est
             nec
             alium
             quenquam
             colere
             posse
             .
             Nam
             hunc
             quīdem
             tanquam
             filū
             Dei
             adoramus
             ;
             Martyres
             vero
             tanquā
             discipulos
             &
             imitatores
             Domini
             digne
             propter
             insuperabilē
             inregē
             ipsorū
             &
             praeceptorem
             benevolentiā
             disigimus
             ,
             quorū
             &
             nos
             consortes
             &
             discipulos
             fieri
             optamus
             .
             
               Euseb
               .
               Eccles
               .
               Hist
               .
               l.
               4.
               c.
               15.
               
               Rom.
               14.
               
               Gal
               4.
               5.
               
               Col.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             See
             p.
             31.
             
          
           
             1
             
          
           
             2
             
          
           
             3
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             3.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Nehem.
             8.
             9.
             10.
             
          
           
             Die
             Dominico
             jejunare
             nesas
             ducimus
             ,
             Tertull.
             de
             Cor.
             Mil.
             c.
             3
             cōcil
             .
             Gangr
             .
             Can.
             18.
             
             Cartiag
             .
             4.
             
             Can.
             64.
             
             Iustellus
             in
             cod
             .
             Ca●onū
             .
             not
             .
             in
             Can.
             70.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             14.
             1.
             
          
           
             Addit
             .
             4.
             in
             Exod.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ainsworth
             in
             Gen.
             2.
             3.
             
          
           
             Esay
             60
             20
             Rev.
             21.
             25
             
          
           
             Psa
             .
             104.
             31
             
             Gen.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Tostatus
             Qu.
             12.
             in
             Exod.
             
               Exo.
            
             16.
             29
             
          
           
             Mat.
             11.
             30.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             5.
             3.
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             4
             15.