I s6 ThefourthCortimandemtnt. Gods comm~ndetnent ;,and it had .been amiffe,ifthey -had - not re!led :for then thcv had broken this cornmandement._ <I Se, Numb. chapt.J5. verfe 3z. the man that wout.d gather . !Hckes v-pon -the Sal~bath: Hee did ie indeede contemptu.. ouOy: for to trie .c..J'I"Eofos, and ftt him at aJland, hee would breakc the Sabbath op-enly :-and yet~becaufe che thing hee then did_,wa; fmall,he hoped eo giue an ill example of!iber– tie to others, and for all that to be free frorn perill himfelfe.. Hee did th~ ftnaHefl worke, yet that little worke was fo great a l1nne,that God appoints him to bee lloned to rleach. fo.: ir-. So that, no worke is fo fmall,that if it bee a wor1d1ie · matter,and nota matter ofreligion,or tnercie,muflbedone on the Sabbath. What fmalle_!" thi:ng then eo Heppe ouer the ·doordill, and to beHow a little tfme in gatherin·g that, which they looked to fin de readie vnder their feete? (as was the lvlanna.) vVhat thing-of lelfe troll ble, then:tobuy fome precious oyntmenr, eucn to embalme Chrifls bodie? What lighter matter, then to-picke vp..a fewe Oickes? Yct,not the lightdl ofall thefc, but- G-od condemnes it, and will not haue it toiHeake into the poffeffion of his day. Now for ,great matters, and·affaires of great importance, God doth not allowany.worldlybufindfe, feeme it neuer fo great, to ilioulder out religion. and mercie, vpon the Sabbath: all work~s (though neue-r fo great) muH yeeld. As Exod.-3 r. v-erfe I 3. he commaunds, that no man doe .anyworke, for . - the bullding and fetting forward ofthe SanCluarie, vpon the Sabbath; and yet that wa§ a worke ofweighr. So that, .nothing ts·fo grear, that· it can beare oneout, in-br-eaking the Sabbath. le were a finne to build a Churchon,the Lords day. So Exod.34.2 t. G·od 'ommaunds expreffely,that none fhould worke vpon theSabbath day, neither in earing,nor haruefl. Now thefe be mat~rs.of great eH moment. Ifone may encvoch vpon the Sapbath for any thing, then he·may doe It to inn_ehis corne; that day ptroouing _faire, and the weather c·atching.. His. Corne is now readie, and if hee let . it alone h'ec is·' like to lofc it, and -to let it rot vpon-the ·g-round.· Though·it be-e fo, yet Gods Sabbath muH be Hill inuiolabte, bette~;)ofe aU your:CorneJ. thenGod.s fa~our; ' J ~t"f
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