130 Thefourth Commandemtnt. · from all other Na~~ons, till both were vnited together in Chrifl. But,for the Sabbath euen the Gentiles muH keepe it: and becaufe they oftered to tranfgrdTc it, when they came amongH the feruants ofGod,rhey were iullly reproued and Nebe.t3• threatned. As, in NehemitU time, when the forraine Mer.. 28 • chants came to fell wares in Ierufalcm, on the Sabbath day, he would not fuffer theJll : but threatens that he would lay hands on them, if they did any more con1e aft~r that man– ner. IfGod had ·commanded heere ondy to looketo the Iewes,and not to llrangers,i.t had carried forne appearance, that it was ceremoniaU: but fith God will :haue{lrangers-of_ the Gentiles bound te the keeping of it,as far as man cart compc:ll them, ifcheycome in the walke and reach ofChri... flians: th~ matter is put quite out ·ofdoubt rhat it is noce– retnonie. . f · Fifily,thegreat and bitterwarre that wicked menraifevp ~3~~~~o· continu~Ily againAit, & the vnwillingnes and vntowardnes wicked that is in the flefh euen ofGods owne children, to yeeld vn– ::nv~':v~tto i~,t11ewes euidently that it is (piricual: otherwife the fldh Jingnello would neuer fore bell againH it. And Gods feruants findeby :,re~o~l true and daHy experience,thac they neuer feele more found kecpe the comfort, then when they doe fp>iritually obferue it: neither Sabbath. dothany t}:ting vfually more humble thern,and breake their ., ~ · hearts,then when they breakeh. 6h LaClly, Chritl Iefus himf'elfe, the Lord ofthe S:1bbath:, , F-rom t e . fi . Flll I M l I t" k. refhmonic con rmes tt monnrong y, att 1,24.2 o. w1ere lpea ~ng to «>fChdfi. his owne Difciples,ofthe deflruction oflerufalem byVefPtt• Jitm: which was ·ro come to paffe fourtie yeeres after his afcention,at which time all ceremonies were aboiHhcd out theChurch: yet,hee bids them pray, that their flight be not inwinter,nor on ·the Sabbath day. The vtter ouerthrow of Ierufalemwas now decreed ofGod, fo as it could not bee altered.: yei ·ehrift bids his.feruants pray, that it might bee mitigated to them in fome meafure,.and therefore that they might not bee enforcttd'to flie for their Hues in the winter:. for thatwotJid beegrieuous to the bodie, becaufe the vn– feafonableneflc 0fthe weather, and decpeneffe oft he waies, would bee very ·tedious to them : nor vpon the Sabbath day,
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