. . . • 13) · ibould not reflraine it to one day more than anothrr. But An}: that is moH falfe,for God doth not require,neither is aChri- ~ueryd~-y · L d fc Js not a - fHan able tG keepe euery-dayaSa?~:~ath ay, o long as t_hey sabba~h. tO' - remaine vpon the earth. Indeed 111 beauen he thall kcepea. 3 Chrdban ' · cpntinuall Sabbath to the Lord : but now, tG vs which Hue h.eere, there is as much difference betweene theSabbathday · andotherdaies, as betweenc the confccrated bread wee re• · ceiue at the Lords table, and the commonbread we receiue at our owne table. This is true, that euery one mufi feru e God on the fixe daye~, and all his life long; but on the fe– uenth day, we mull not only ferue God, but we mufl ferue. hitn in the duties-ofreligion, and snercy only. As for cxam•– ple, Gods .cmildren will not eate meate at their,owne table, without crauing Gods bleffingvpon i~; but w~en we are to) come to the table ofthe Lord, tb~y vfe a·great ;tnd.mor_efa.. Iemne preparation, becaufe they ex-pea. ~ greater and more excellent bleffing: fo llkewife-a Chrifiian in all theworkes , ofhis calling,frath aregard to ferue and glorifie God, but in , . a,more fpeciall manner vpon the feuenth·day, becaufe hee.· · _ then looketh fo-ramore plen,cifull and_l~be~all bleffing, both ,. , vpon foule andbody. _ , . · . . · · · And thefe men that among vs vrge fo much; that' euery: day ~u(lbe aSabbath: marke them; whe,ther they refifrom• 1inne any day.at all, and obferue, if there bee any fatni– ,liesfo bad as theirs : t:hat commonly,i~one ,would ~ake hell; ~ -as we fay ,he couldnot meete;withmore pr~phane·, and ir-– rdigioris,perfons, than t-hofe that. fp-eake of keeping euery. day an holySabbath :.but, intruth eueryday,themfelues are~tnoHvnholy~Butothers, __that in c~nfdence to Gods Com- – maunde.ment, doe bind' themfe_loes to the keep}ng ofther Sabba.tb, whichGod hathinflituted, .go [arre beyond thetn , ~11 all v.ertues andholin6ffe. If~hey c.9uld'lhe:w anigoo-d ef– fetl in thcmfelues)ofthis theireuerydaySabbat,h,we·m:ight·r _giu~· fome credit t-o them.:for God doth ,alwaygiue· a:blef-– Jing to his Qwne ordinance : but for fudt vpholy perfons~ . tha·t n~uer in ,aJl thtir-1-iueskeptone$-abbarrh.:holy, to -·boaA ' of'K'eeping,~uery day,a~Sabb>ath; is .me!tp_~lRable,:Jmd dam... ~ nable.hyp,o~ritie~;.· . ·
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