ThefourthCommttndem.ent. t51 better that the Corne rot on ~he ground, then wee carrie a <rotten heart in .our bodies. Se that it is piaine, wc;e-mull doe neither lcaH, nor moll of our owne workes, vpon the Sabbath day. None fo little, that G 0 D .will giue it al– lowance, to take vp any of his time; none fo great, lhat may thruHout his ~xercifes;... becaufe his_commandernent, at1d che ·bbetHe11ce .wee owe vmo. him, is .greater then all things. . 1 ' • , . • . t · · · . . Therefore this confures the fhifcs that men haue. Oh this Vfi r. is a trifle, fuch a fmall thing ('I hope) doth not breake th~ Sabbath, as to fet forward my worke agajnH the next mor-. ning,wee ondy fet thingsjnorder, this Wfn.·ke is li;tle.• But. · is it not you.r owne M'or~e? Then thpugh it· bee ~euer f<J little,yec ic is a breach of Gods Commanderpent.sJ and· a· meanes to draw downe his ·curfe vpon oijr fe:l.4cs and our labours. And others alleage, that it .is agr~~c and weightie matter,it lies me vpon,andcqo~cerne.s .mine ~llate .tC? doe it~ Butitis 10t {o great, as the obf}ying.<;>f9o9>~qd keeping a goodconfcience, ·Better it weJe tha~ fqme.dec3y cotne to · . our outward dhte, then t~e wrath ofGod to fall vpon vs. But whenour Corne~ or Hay,lieth in hazard like tobefpoy– ied by ill weather, \\that will youhaue vs then,doc? Tru!l itt Gods prcuidcncc,whc,ashe~,J1ath c;ommanrlcdyouto_relt, (o hee '-'!ill fee.that you1fha-H~J)ce 'no Jofcr ~yyour refHqg; Faitl~full · I tr: 1· h · b 1 c obed1ence \'IT ene you~nr·g 1gence at ot .er umes,or your vn e eere at to Gods that time br.ing lolfe vpon you. Faithful! obediencewas ne- commaa• . h . d b }' d . fid 1' . dements uer anY. mans m ranee; ; ut , neg tgence an 10 e ltle lleuerhurrs brings all their tniferie.. , , . _ · our ~fiates. But here may .bee obie&ed: Mayone do~ nobufine!fe? nuynot one looke te their cattle, fcrue their fhcepe, anq fo _ forth,on the Sabbath day? Yea,aChti!Han man,on the Sab- f.Iowfcwe • . . ·. may erue bathday,mufi ferue hts beaG: but alwates promded that he aur cauell doe it not as ·a bufineffe ofhisownc,but.asawarkeoftncr- bn hhesab.. cie to the· ~eafi,not refpe8ing his ownecommodity, but the a1: • creatures tieceffide. And being done thus for coofcie1:tce l'ro,u.ro~ fake, to helpe the poore creature, it is aworke ·ofthe Sabbath, pleating to Qod: for God himfelfe <:ommands vs to bemercifuU,euen to the bealls. Therefore we mufl fee that L ~ we
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