4 Cosinmrt>?d. vpon the Commandements. z5 therfore he fhouid haue llbeittieto -doe what he left on the Sabaoth, not canfidering that this Etmmaundement bindeth not onely the r.iaifierhimfelfe to honour God on tins day, burro fee to hisfamiy fo much ashecan,that they alfodocit : nay I would to God the Maiflersin many placer were not ringleaders to their owne and all other mews people, .ta prophanethis Sabaoth of'theLord ¡and that turn [achlklaiflersas:n refpeet ofrbeir calling, office and ere dite in the countrey, fhauld farce othermifedoe. when dnth a Gentleman (ro name no higher eflates) appoint a'booting, a bowling, a caking, or a drunken fwearinv Ale, for the !wipe as they fay, of forcePoore one, but vpon theSabaoth? -And ifhe be vt the Church in the forenoons, for the afternoone Way no matter, he hash been very liberal!to :God ingiuinghsnn fi mach. ,What day in the reeeke vj +aly doth hee glue fo tui!!an example of vnmeafuralle fitting in bed,ason the Sabaoth ! But O filthy fauoatrthat arifetb out of this boat yam* chanreli, thus rakedbp into bps noflrils of she Lord ? T (pare to f eake,l (name to feeeT rew to k :owe what I fttRy knowe a tin ft our fouler in this refpeït. Let Burry man and wo- man more particular y view themfelues, and lay open vnto the Lord their fine in farrow for ir, by this occafron think! what.ircommaunded,!coke what wee haue done, and the Lord rotakeour finfull hearts, to fee, and fish for fo great offence againft our god. What fhould I fay of the fecond endgrebe imffirurionof the Sabaoth , namely for the refs of feruantand catteb ? Bat caen ¿Itasvordt, won it the man whom- God fhall iudae acccrdingtohirguil tineffe heerein. For it it too v fuall with allefiates to he a meaner to robbe theirferuantes of the blef rrg due to the keepers of this lave, atn{i to pull vpon them the plague for the contray by making them ride and rumse, pofi and array, vpon euoryoccafron thatcommethinther beades, when in trueth if they would bat eannAokeinto it, the matter maybe done well with- out "nob haft. O happy:: that man whole heart thinketh bow bit feraantisbettna :othis Commaundementof keeping holy the S.abootháswellashe,harb z footle to leofe or fame as well as bee, to be nourifhedwith the foods of the worde as reellar bee, and therefore thereon conchrderh, he mill neither famtchimfelf, nor makchis feruant fitment breach of thisor any other Cemmartndem ent, . The third end of the Sabaoth Mee heard it was; that heereby might he re- fembled in fame fort our fprituall ref! in Heasien, wee- coating from our worker, and doing them :lief God. But are we able to fay , we haue this dose ? Omifera hie men ten thaufand times if in this we fbould ham! eurtdeferts r forwherein or bow crucifreweave flefh more on this day than any other, bridle the froward del :res of the heart, reyîraine our owne nature;and dee the mil of God more on this day than any other ? A!as our own- con - fciences cry veto vs, We doe nothing letfe, we drinke, we rare, we furfet, we "weave, we play, wetl aunce, wewhoore,we walks and talks idlely, vaimey, vncleaney and vnQodly .Thefe are arm-market ontheSabaoth more commonly than any day in the weekeelfe, and if this h to refemblea fpiritaallrefb, then indeede we doe it, not otherwife. Thus'land, we therefore guilty and guilty of this Commaundement. So that if we had not a Sau,our who in our firth had fulfilled this lame and etrery one for vs , and appeafedthe wrath of G od his Father, itsfly conceived ageing our fames, nouer fhould wehauelopked within his kingdoms. And how 'hall me be better far all which he bath done, but brteeing our paffd finne, and namely oser fawle and careleffe abu fe of this Sabaoth of our Gad, by lament mg the fame even from ourheart roarer, piloting vn fainedly to amend it here , fter, and even while life endurerb to be more carefullto honour god on ibis day than we haue beene, and by fled - fafilie beleeuing in Chi-ill, and for Chet. , and by Chrift, to batman that is pafifogitien ? This is the way to be freed from the carp of this Commaundement, :mold! other which we fogrienoufly bane trap fgreffed, andtherefore loony deferued.O mercy greatand meruailous Q nature freer and patient of our God, who contenting himfelfe with one day in feauen. chiefely to be hie, and yetrobbedof the fame alto by vs vile wretches, notwith"handing till this day bath (pared vo, wherrar a thoufandtimes and a thoufand he mightwith great right haw deftrayedvs, eyther among ourpots, or in our daunces ,or idle in our beds ,asbsngvsif that wereto halowthe Sabaoth, or to honour his name to frill and to bibbie, to !cape, to to wallow and tumble in bed till it be noane ! with [itch like. No: dothhe fpeake,now dot b he warnt, now dothhe admovril77, loath to pmdhvo,4 molt
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