/Will 1d11i16NlOi7/ ec EXODUS XX. 58. 13. the Lord addetirtwo words woe, to call the Sabbath a Delight , the holy day of the Lord honora- irk : all which doe thew the weight of this pre - cept. Sabbath dtiy] that is,the day ofreft, or of cea- fng, namely, from our owne workes, as God did from his.Heb.4. t o. See the notes on Gen.2.2,3.A day is either large of twentie four houres,or aria of twelve houses,Joh. t 1.9. This here is meant of the large day,which in Ifraelbegan at evening; as Lev. 23.32. from evening to evening,you fhall ref your Sabbath. anflife it that is, lèparate it from common works, fuch as pertain to this naturall life ; and confecrate it to God and holy workes, fuch as concern the fpirituall life. As to have ho- ly Convocations or atfemblies of the Church, Levit.z 3.3. in them to pray, Ats t 6.13. to reade and expound the Scriptures; Luke 4.16,22. A&s I 5. 21. to di ipute inmatters of religion, Afts 17. 2,3.& 18.4. to talk mad meditate on Gods Word and worke, Pfal. 92. to doe workes of mercie to them that are in miferie, both to man and beak, Mat.12.so,11,1 3. Luke 13. io,i t,t7. and all o- ther like actions tending to fanftification. And as all things are fanílified by the Word of God, and prayer,t Tim.4.5. fo of the Sabbath, the Hebrews fay, It is commanded to fanlfifte it with words, both at the comming in, and at the going out thereof. At the comming in to bleffe God, which bath given his Sabbath for a remembrance of the crea- tion of the world, a beginning of holy Convoca- tions , a remembrance of the comming out of E- gypt, and which of his love hath cholèn and fan - btified his Church above all peoples, &c. at the going out of it alto to bleffe God, which bath fe- parated betweene the holy and. the prophane, betweene light and darkneffe , between Ifrael and other peoples, betweene the fcventh day,and the fixe working dales. Maimosp in treat. of the Sabbath, chap. 2 9. feet. 9 Veri9. labour] or ferve, which Ionic doe under- hand thus; Six dales thou (halt ferve the Lord, 8c doe thine owne worke allo : for frviee is a dude to theLord, Exo. 3.12. & 23.25. But comparing this place with Exod.34.21. where it is oppofed unto Reff , it fcemeth rather to intend our owne work or labour,which God of his bounty allow - eth to be followed the fix dales, that wemay the more willingly & cheerfully ferve him in the fc- venth. thy worke] the Gr. tranflateth, thy workes; hereby is meant things neceffary as well for body as foule; and things good and lawfull permitted us of God, as it is written, Let him labour and worke with his hands the thing that it good, E hef.4.28. So in PCd. 91.11. all thy wales , mean filch as God had appointed to walke in: which words Satan ther- fore omitted when her alleaged that Scripture tempting Chrik to unlawful! waies, Mat.4.6. 10 V.1o. But] Hebr. And the fèzenth. This is perpe- tuall,that one day of feven be a Sabbath: but that fcventh day which Mofes commanded , is changed by Chrik into the flrfl day of the week, called the Lords day,liev.l. ro.becaufe our Lord Chrilt(who renewed the world, and created new heavens and a earth, Efay 65.17.2 Cor.54 7.) finilhedhis work,and role from the dead that day,Mat.a8,1, z,6. & his difciples afembled in that day and af- ter unto praier & religiousworks, Joh.2o.19, 26. Aft.a o.7.1 Cor.16.1,2.And if the bringing of If rael out of Egypt, was fuch a worke, as God for a memoriall therof,made that day and moneth the head and beginning of the months of the yeere, otherwife than had beene before, as is (hewed on Exo. 12.2. how fhould not our redemption from death and hell,(manifelled in the day that Chrifl rofe from the dead, t Cor. t 5. 14,1 7.) deferve much more to be remembred in the day thereof: and the creation of the new world be celebiated, as of the old. The Hebr. Do&ors have a Paying, that the world war not createdbut f r the Mega, ; T bal. in Sanhedrin, c.Chelek; And the bringing out of E- gypt is made a reafon why the Jewes fhould keepe their Sabbath, Deut.5.15. our deliverance by the Meffias is a more weighty rea(òn.Therfore,as the other Jewifh Sabbaths were figurative, and had their end in Chrik, ColoC2.16,17. fo the fcventh day in this Sabbath was alto figurative, and is ceafed; but the Sabbath Bill remaineth,Mat.24.2o its it] thefe wordsare added alto in the Greek verfion. any worke] to wir,of thine owne, or for this naturali life and under the name of worke, is comprehended buying and felling of wares,or of 'viftuals, Neh.13. 16,1,7. carying of burdens,Jer, 17.22. enbalming of the dead , Luke 23. 54, 56. dreflfng ofvi&uals,Exo.16.23. goingofjournies, Exod.16.29.A&.1.12. or any other thing that is of our own wales, orpkafures, or leaking our own words, Efa.5 8.13. even thework of the Lords Ta- bernacle might not be done on the Sabbath,Exo. 31.13.17.but it is exprefly commanded to.reff on that day,Exo.23.1 2. Wherupon theHeb.Do&ors fay, ?hough they be things which are not worke, yet wee muff rei1, (or ceafe) from them; namely, things like unto worke , as climbitg ofa tree, riding on a haft, or the like. Likewife, judging of civil! caules, putting off the fhooe,and tak ng the brothers wifè,(fpoken of in Deut.2 5.5,9.) Jeparating oftitbes, firft fruits, &c. valuing of things,(lpoken of in Lev.27)And from the Law, in Efay 58. 13. they teach it itunlawfull fora man to /peake with his Partener (on the Sabbath day)wbat he will fell on the morrow,or what he will buy, or how he will buildhit hatefe,and the like.Alfo,that it is unlace full for a man to vifrt hie gardens or fields an the Sabbath,for to fee what they need, or low they grow, for this is to doe his wane pleafure, (Efay 58.13.) neither might they punifh (or execute) malefactors on the Sabbath, though the punJhment of fuch it a thing com- manded. Maim. treat. of the Sabbath, e.z 1.& 23. & z4. Neither was it lawfull to marry a wif on the Sab- bath day : neither married they on the evening of the Sab- bath, nor on therSl day I f the weeke, left they fhouldpol- lttte the Sabbath by drrJfing of meat for the fie. Maim. treat.of6Yizes, c.ic.f.14. Hcwbeit things belong- ing to Gods fervice,(though laborious to the bo- dy)as killing & dre(ling of the facrifices, &c. were to be done on the Sabbath, t Chron.23.31. Mat. 12.5 and fo forworks of mercie to men,Hof..6.6. So the Jewes held it a Sabbath dales worke, to zip theficke ; and fay, that pertll of life pcstretb away f the d////I/®ttll1 \ 1111111I
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