· Thefourth Commanilemelfl. . ·12 S thine owne profit, and the benefit thou lhalt reape.to-thy fdfe,ye~ld to:keepc,it holy. -~~r, God ·hath ·not t~ken _.~is to himfelfc.,for anycommodtue,that hee-fuouldhaue by tt 1 but eucn for thygood : hebath appointed ·'it for holy vfe-s, that it might be a meanes ofbleffing, not vpon the ·foule onely,but vpon the bodyalfo, and cHate ef them that ob- / ferue it. There is no readier way to bringGods bleffing vp.;. , onany man.,then the fan6lifying ofit, nor no more prefent meane.s to pull dovvne a curfe, then the ncglecbng and .breaking ofit. TheJefore,ifthou loue thy felfe, and·wo\)1deH haue profperitie to thy foufe and body, yeeld fo much obedience to God,as to fantHfie his Sabbath. Thus much concerning the drift at1d cxpofition of the WQrdes ofthis . Commandement. . . . .· - Now_,becaufe there~e manic that are nofpetfw.aded of'I'h:a the. h . · f h S bb h d h k · • Sabbath 11 t e.contmuance o t e a at , an · acco~nt t e · eepmg morall and .holy ofthe :feuenth day, h1 the number of thofe ceremonies· perpecuaU. ·which beabrogat~d -byChriA, as belonging onely to the ·!ewes: thercforc,itis requifite,tbat wee proue and confirme by fome found reafons out ofGodsWord, that this Com...- :mandemcnt is morall and perpetuall, and as carefully't~ be kept vnder the{iofpell,as vndcr the law, and to continue in forceJo long as anyofthe commandements, euen fo long as there is aworld andaChurch'militant in it. The .firA argument to proue the perpetuitie ofthe Sab- Argumtatt bath, may bedrawne.from thofe reafons which God vfeth ~h:~~b: for the.confirmationofit in the-rext. The rcaions areall of~thday to them .perpetuall,and not·one .ceremoniall,and euery one be- t:JI~rpc-. longs vntovs:,as muchas vnto them:and therefore it is with- I.From~e fc . k h d • fc lfc f I ffi Re:tfons 111 out rea on to ma e t e cemman ement 1t e e o e e the corn· fcope, and binding fewer to keepe it, then. thofe reafons maadcmcr•. ~which are brought to confirme it. For, goe through the wholeComman.dement,what onewerd in allofir,hath any noteofceremome ·?what reafon fauours ofany fpecial thing . ~ to ~he lewes,that the Commandcment lhouldbe tiedonely ,to them~?, Fot; -God commands them ·to keepe the feuenth ,:d.ay, becauie it is mofl equall: feeing that ·bee bath per- . : :m!tt~d _fixe daics , for their ordinary trauell. And bath t~ I 2r · noc
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