the Eplileto the Galatians. Chap.4. 3 t S the cafe was otherwife with theGalatians: becaufe they ebfer- ued dies after they had bin informed touching their libertic in Chrifl : and withal! they placed their faluation,in part, in the obferuation of daies : and thus they mixed the Gofpcl with 5 'the law. And therefore theywere iuftly to be blamed. Againe, it maybe obicetcd, that now in the timeofthe new Tetlament,welin religiousmannerobferue theLords day. Ant: Some men both godly and learned areof opinion, that the Lords day wasappointed by the Apoßles for ordersfake: and >< o that it is in the liberticof the Church to appoint the Sabbath vpon any other day in the wecke , becau(c they fay, all (hies without exception are equall:and they adde further,that when the publike worfhip of God is ended , men may then returne / to their labours,or giue themfelues to recreation,on the Lords S elay.But this doftrine feemes not to (landwith the fourth com- mandement. It kettles to be a truth more probable , that curry fcauenth day in the wceke,mufl be let a part inholy ref! untoGod : for this is the fubflance ofthefourth commandement. And it is al- 2.0 ¡ fo veryprobable, that the Sabbath of the newTeflament is li- (mited and determined by our SauiourChurl to the Lordsday. I For Paul and the reif of theApoflles obferued the fiat day of theweeke for a Sabbath day, Ait. 2o.7.and he faith, Whatfoe. aerye haue heard, andwhatyehazefeene in me,thatdoe. Phil.4.g. z S Againe;it wasthe decreeor conflitution ofPaul, that thecolle- ¿lion for the poorc fhouldbe the fn i dayof theweeks at Co- rinth : now this collection in the Primitiue Church, followed preaching, praìer, facraments,and it was theconclufionof all other excrcifcs in the offemblic. i .Cor. t 6.2. And this fit it day 30 ofthe wecke is called the Lords day,Apoc.1.r t . and it is fo cal. led, becaufe it was dedicated and confècrated to the honour of Chrifl our Lord. And who is theauthor of this Dedication but Chrifl liimfelfe theLord of the Sabboth ? It is alleadged, that the Sabbath, and the commandement touching the Sab- 35 bath,is Ceremonial! : and vpon this ground, they take hbertie, &keepno Sabbathat all But the truth is,that the commande- ment touching the Sabbath is not wholly Ceremonial). It may be,the firf4 words,Remember theSabbath day to fanTrfie ir. and the words,in it thon /alt doeno manner ofworfre,t7^c. are fpoken of the 'Icwes Sabbath : but thewordes, Sixe daies}hatt thou la RI a bony,
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