36 Queftions and Antweris 4-Command. of this,many other brunches yet remayning?Doe wee not fee alreadie ( hanse enough and grieuous finne in greataboundance ? Where were wee now then cum for thcfe that haue beene named,if the pearcing eyes of the lining God ( hould prie,into s,and with full reward feeke to pay the wants he could efpie invs ? Could we efcape the pit of endlefle paine? Speake in the feare of God cuco what yon .fee. Are youpure and blarnekife in thefe all? Dare younand out and make the challenge ,Comeludgeand flay net , Lift me and (pare not,thy trial! I feare not , for all thefe bane I kept frommy youth? O finnefull flcfh efpie thy cafe. Thou rani} not, thou main not,and I knowe thou dares} not, vnlclfe the dreadful} wrath of God haue (cafe d.vp thy fight. And therefore ems in this commaundement alto as in the former,crye rather vp to heauen with fhrillifh lhrike , Waft mee O Lard from thefè my/flees, dnd cleànfe me from my wit - chedneffe. Haar mercyvponmeOgracious God , and acordwgto the met 'tide of shy mdr.. cies doe away mine offences. O fweeteSauiour,wbo may not foe what ht is without tLe ?Fall hawse laden I come onto thee Chrift my deare G O 'D ae thou haft promiJed,- refrefhe and cafe mee. Amen, Amen. The fourth Commandement. Remember that thoukfepehohe the Saboathday: eftion, Hat is the meaning of this Commaundemene? ¡in fw. Your bookc anfwereththat the hallowing of the Sabaorh daie,is to ma from our labours in our calling, and in one place to alfenible our felues together, and with feare and reuetpnce to heave, markeand lay vp in our ',cartes the word of God preachedvotovs , to pray altogether that which we vndcrlland with one confent,and at the times ap- pointed to vfe the Sacramentes in faith and repentance , and all our life long to ref} from wickedneffe, that the Lord by his holy fpirit may workc in vs his goodworkc,and fo beginne in this life euerlaftmg ref+. Quell. Had not the ?ewes diners fca?les betide rb..in Sabaoth? Anfw. Yes indeed. Some ofGod immediatlyappoynted,and Tome by themfelues vpon fpeciall occafion. By the Lorde they were tyed to three folemne feaffes in the yeare at which he would haue all the males to appeare before him. To wit, The fealt Lea,t 23. ofvnleauencd bread,that is Eafler,or the Paffeouer, in remembrance how the Angell fizod x ;, t g gaffed ouer their houfes when in one night he flew all their firi+borne in Egypt both of man and beat+. The feat} of the Harueff of the fist} fruices of their labours which they had fowen its the fielde,whichwas Whitfontide or Peneecoft , in remembrance of the law that was giuen 5o.daies after their departure out of Egypt. And the lean of gathering flukes in the end of the yeare, when they had cleanfedthe Geldes.This was the feat+ of Tabernacles, putting them in minde that4o.yeares they dwelled in Tents and Tabernacles in thewilderneffe. Befides thefe they had the fir f + day of the mo. neth, the 7. yeare the lubile, and fuch others. The feat} ofthe Maccbabeet, the re- membrance of dcliuetance by Heflor,and fuch others had they then again appointed by themfelues. Quell. And euen ofthis feat of the Sabaoth at f doe thin!a there were dinerrhindet: were there not ? Ants,. By that which bath beene laid it partly appearethfo. For indecde theyhad euery feauenth day a Sabaoth , and that was called the Sabaoth of daies , they had euery feauenth yeare a Sabaoth , and that was called the Sabaoth of yeares. Then reckoned they feauen times feauen yeares , which was 49. and the fiftieth yeare was their labile. They had alto their great Sabaoth, as when the Paffouerfell on the Sabaoth yeti', ro. Ver(. s 6. Judith, 6. r.Macch,4. kleft.9. Emd.:;: Lenir, x f.
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