Coin. q. Signs of right Obferving the Day. Chap.i . oA fle¡b come and wwfhip before me, faith the Lord. z.. Our private fanáifying the Day in holy duties, ifevery city be likemount Sion,everyhoufein¡iartempli, like a Temple,and every man in¡far ftcerd tis; like a Prietl, offeringup the fpiritual facri- fice of prayer and praifes co God. 2. The laft Rule is for Procuring the keeping of the Sabbath by others. This is plainly expreffed in the letter ofthe commandment, Thouand thy fon and thy daugh- ter, &c.And the Stranger that iswithin thy gates. Where we fee the charge is given Job 1 5 to the matter of the family, not to let the Day be prophaned by any within his Nehem. gates. Examples we have for a family in job, who fanáified his tons and offered 13.19.2o facrifices for them. For a publick perfon in the Commonwealth, in Nehemiah, whocaufed the gates ofJerufalem to be Phut, and would not fuller the Merchants and.1o.3r. to come in and fell their wares upon the Sabbath day. That which the Father is to the Family, that is the Magifirate to the City ; as the one fhould command thofe of ofpro ssring, ofprocu. his hou[h'old, fo the other is to look to them that are within his jurifdiáion, the objervatiorz that they negleá not their duties in this point. Nehemiah tefiified againft the of this law.by people for breaking the Sabbath. God makes the Magiftrate Culiodem utriufq ; seben . tabula, an overfeer, that men break no Commandment either oldie firft or fecond Table. And he is to take care afwel for the keeping of theSabbath, as the mainte- ,'3'15. - nonce of the Minifter. He is tocall to account thofe that are under him if the gab- 1 1 sa' 13..117. bath be broken. What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sab- bathday? Nehemiah commanded his fervants and the Levies, that no burdens fhould be Nelt13.19. brought into the City on the Sabbath day, and a ftriá chargeis given to the Rings 3z andPrinces OfJudah concerning the obfervingof the Day, with a leyere threaten- ing if they fuffered it to beprophaned. 3er. t7. 18, 19, 20, &c. Now to conclude, when a man bath obferved all thefe Rules, concerning the Sabbath, by his own praáice, and his care over them that belong to him, he may in humble manner (withNehemiah after his care herein ) fay to God : Remem- ber.me 0 my God concerning this alto, and (pare me according to the greatnefs of Neh.l3:ai, tby Mercy. Remember, faith God, in the beginning of this Commandment. Re- member, faithNehemiah, in the end. So fhould we end the Sabbathand all our aái- ens ; think ofme O my God for good, according to all I have done. That I have with my family obferved the Sabbath, that all we have been prefent before God Aft.19.33 tohear all things that are commanded by him, that I andmy houfe have ferved Jof ag.,5, the Lord. Lord remember me in this. Yet let us not be proud of that we have done, for at the bell we are but unpro- fitable fervants. And we have our tenebr,fa intervalla, fits of darknefs too, the belt '"""174°' of us. And in this cafe, as we may fay Lord rememberus, fo alto we are to fay with Neh.is the-fameNehemiah, and fpare us according to thy great mercy. It will be wellwith us, ifwe can be able to fay, rememberme in hoc in this thing, if we have donewell but withal we muff fay fpare me in this, and that offence committed by me and in the defeás that are inmy bell performances ; fpare me in thy goodnefs, fpare me in the greatnefs of thy mercy, fpare me for the merits of our Saviour. That which ishere added in the former edition, concerning flutefins forbidden in this precept, is impertinently here inferted, contrary to the Authorsmethod, and the fame thingsare formerly handledmore fully in their proper places according tothe ftrflrule ófextenfton, that the negative is included in the affirmative. Finisprecepti gaarti.
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