Bayly - Houston-Packer Collection BV4647.P5 B395 1632

The ?rallice of Pieties 427 path perpetuaffyfant1f<d , let no man euer pre,/ume to make com- mon or prophane. Vpon this ground it is, that the comman- d °m ?tit tearmes this Day the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. Ifa. 8.i3. And God himfelfe calles it, his Holy Day. And vpon the fame ground likewife, the OldTefta- ment confecrated all their Sab- baths & holy daies, to the wor- fhip and honour of God alone. To dedicate therffre a Sabbath to the honour of any creature, is, groffe Idolatry. For the fire Table makes it a part of Gods worfhip, to haue a Sabbath to his honour: So doth Leant. 23. 3,37, z 8,&c. and Exec. 20. 20. Nehe, 9. 14. the Sabbath ie put for the whole worfhip of God. And our Sauiour teacheth, that wee mull wor/hip the Lord God only , Matth. 4, and therefore kcepe a Sabbath to the onely honour of God. The holy Ghoft notes it as one of Jeroboams greatef}

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