114 • dt~ty.Iflhadt~ken ftxto my feruice,~nd giuen·thee but one for thine ordinarie affaires,ye~,thou oughtefi to haue obey. ed.me: but·now that lam fo hberall to thee, and , referue fo little timet<?my (elfe,hauing fo larg~authoritie, there is no reafon,why thou fhoulddlrefufe. ~ The fecond reafon is taken from the interefl and right of Secondly' God, in thefe words ;·Thefouenth day u theSahbttth ofthe !i~br Gods rLord thy God.A·s_though he would fay,I haue taken it to my • • {elfc,I cha1Ienge it to be emploied in my feruicc, .it ismy .. · daie,and not thine: therefore vnleffe thouwilt beaccounted a 'facrikgious theefe,to takeholy things for vnholyvfes; vn•. .leffe thou .wilt.deu.our things that be fanclified, to thineown -deflru.6HonJc.e that thou meddle not with ir~ It ,is a part of. Gods trea(~rc: and thou lhalt be no better then a robber, Jf– thou c.onuert this,whic.h i5 not thine,-.to thine owne vfes. ? , The third reafon is taken ,fron?.-Gocis example, in thefe ·: F.romGods.words· Forinfi.:x-edaie.r, the.Lord,made JieaueN and Earth: CX4Q1ple~ ' • · . • ' ' theSea)~ndallthatmthemu,andrefled the fouenth ,day. As ifhe fhould fay ,Ifthouwilt follow example-s, and be led by others, then follow the.c.x·ample.ofthe .bell.Now,what bee.. . ter example can there·be, thenofGod himfelfe?who,when he made tkeWorld,and aU things .in the \Vorld, contriued all his wcrkes fo.as that h.efinifhcd them in the compaOe of fixe daies,and on .the feuenth day rcflc:d from all his workes ofcreation,only p.refe.ruing"thofe t~1ings, whkh befor~ . hee had made. ·Therefore from his .example leartte thou -fo to difpatch .alLthy .bufines .in .the :fixe daies, ~s that on the feuentll day.,,c.eafil·lgfroJ'll l abours ofthy calling, thoumaHl giue thy fdfe wholly,to the duties of fancHfication, and to meditate on Gods p.ow~r and greatn~-ffe ·in his fixe daies worke :_for ·which .end; as ,one .fpeciall thing:to b~r· done in ir,hee hatb appointed this rellingon th.e.feuenthday ~ From.th·e, The Iall argumc.nt .is .t~ken.; from .the.end aad vfeofth~ · c.Qd bfthe Sabbath,in tbefe words; Wherefore the .L•rtl.blej[ed the'Sah– Sa~bath• · b~t-th dtty)amlha/l()wedit. As ifhefi.lould fay, Ifneit~er the e4l quitie ofthe Commandemen.t) nor the;- right-,o£G~d,. nol' ·:1·:.)~. ye~ his .ex;tmple will preuaile with thee, to pe.rfwade thy ·.. heaxt.to :ks:ep,c·.this .Cpmmandcntent :.Yit~dn.tegarde Of . - L, ·- • - • .. . mine_;
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