14~ CoJtJmandement. fall out on the Sabbath day: and either to defcrre it till fome reafonahle time after) or dfc: (0 make payment the cay be~ tore? Others affirme; I haue this, and 'hat thing to be dont". And whydid you not thinke ofit before to preuent Jt? as it is fure you might, ifyou did ferue God inyour calling, and were not hindered by flouthfulnes, nor carried to couetou( .. nes.So,others fay ,it is fo tedious and irkefome,tofp~nd that day wholly in religious e)ercifes,that they cannot endureit. , And why is it tedious to you ?It is not becaufe you prepared not·your foule to keepc it ?you fuffered fin ne tokeepe do. iuinion io your heart all the fixe daies,and then it muH needs be dead and dull to alJ goodnefie on the feuemh. Buc thofc that .doe labour to walke diligently, and vprightly before God, in theweeke daies, find fuch comforts in the worksof the Sabbath ,as do better content them,then all the pleafures or commoditiesofthe world. In~tour . Secondly, this teacheth vs tobinde our confciences in all affaltucswe our dfaires, to haue this day in our mind that wee entangle JnU lC• , ' member not our felues with any bufines,whioh might hinder vs from . · b~!11 Sab. keep·ing ofit. Firtl, becaufe we haue fo direCt a Jv.lcmoran.. ' dum, as we ea11 it, to remember this day. Secon41y,becaufe, whereas God contented himfelfe, inall rhe other Comman.. dements tO fet them downe)C,tber O·nly.aflirmatiuely, or llC· gati'uely only~h.e hath not done fo in this Com':nandement: but to wor ke the deeper imprdiion in our hearts, hath ddi.· uered it bothClffirmatiuely, andnegatiudy; ~~pe it ho~,faitn bee. And ai though that were not enough, hee add~d fur– ther, doe no m,.,n,rofwork! init. And then,·whereas other c.;,frhe Cornmaundements, for the moll parr, haue no rea. fans annexed to them in the decalogue(though in the Scrip– ture dfewhere they haue) rhis and the fecon.d are fortified by diuers reafons, that men might ha&~e a greater regard vnto them. Therefore, ifweewill doe any thing for Gods fake, let v·s then doe this. If a dcare friend (hould fay vnto v.s, I haue tenmatters ofgreat truft.;whi~h I would haueyou doe for inec, and I willtecompenceyout~roughlyfor your p.aines :: but ofall the ten, t.here isoneaboue the rell which Jprincipally rce4>nul1Cnd. vmo yo~) in any wife rcmem- . b{t
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