! 7..Booke. Cafes ofConfcience. IO) ol'Ch.rH\. whlth is the oncly thing m the ·A In anfwcring to this ~cO:ion I will not wotldappomtedbyGod, tobcmenton.ous rcfolutely detwmne, but onely propound and f!ltisfatta:ic. that wh1ch I thmke" moO: probable. Secondly, Falling ofitfelfe, is a thing inFir!l therefore I anfwer negatinely: That diitcrent,nelther'good nor euill. For though it is not in the ChurcheslibertiC, to alter the it bereferr~d to a religious end, which is the Sabbath.froti> the Seucnrh day 1 The reafons bumbling ofthe foule; yet it is not good in it arethefe. felfc,butonely in regard·ofthe end. Ncuher I.Reafon.The Ul bO:anccofthe fourth cornis it any part ofGods wotlhip, being fo refermandement is vnaltcrable. No1v thefandifyrcd;blll onely a proppear.d furtherance, fer• ing ofa rc!O:vpon thefeuenrh day, isrhe fubuing(in the hJ$hrvfe thereof) to make a man llance ofthelourrh commandemenr. Thermbr~6t forrhcduticsof Godsferuice. forerhcfanC!ifying oftherefl ofrhcfc•emh '· 'fhlrdly,the(e~nds ifthey be wellconfideday ,is vna!terable in regard ofany creature. ced,cannot be the true endf of faO:ing, as will That tbc truth ofthis reafon may appearr, app~are by this example. A beggerac our tworhingsaretobe confiderod.FnO: ,what is <loore• , entreatS an almes, wcgiueit, and he changeable and tcmporarie in the Sabbath: recelues it. But will any man fay,chat by beg- B and then what io moral! and perpctuail. gil1ghe doth merit or deferue his aimeo? In SeEf. r. like manner we are all beggers, that haueno· The thingswhich are temporarieatid cc! thing ofour owne,ncither foode,norraimcnt, rcmomall inthe Sabbath day,are thefc. nor any otherbleffirlg we doecnioy,butall we I. That rigorous and prec1ferdl, prefcnllauc, commeth vnto vs only from God. bedtotheiewes,whrch "ood in the llraight Well,vpon iuft occafion wegiueourfclues to o~(eruati<m of three things. JaUing.wepray earneO:Iy vnro him for merFJCO:, the Iew might not on the Sabbath cie,in the pardon ofour finnes. In thiscafe,is goe forth,or take a iourney any JVhither, for it not great m•qnelfe !othinke, that wc by any matter or bufines ofhis owne.For ofthis begging mrtci< can merit mercie.atthehands there wao a fpcciall commaundement giuen, of God I But prayer (faith the PapiO:)as it is Exod.I6.29·Tarri<eYtrJ ,.•• in hisplace '"•• prayer, merits nothing, but asit ia a good m~U~go.outtfhisplacethefoaYenthJay:nameJy, worke. An[. Pnyer asitisagoodworke,is no to doe any worke or bulinesof hisown what. other then begging: and then it is vnpoffible, focuer. that it ihould be meritoriou1 1 vnlelfe it be Secondly, theTewmightnot kindle afire granted, that begging IS metitoriou•, which C vpon the Sabbath day. Forfofaith the Lord cannot be. . byMofes, YefTMU/J.nd!enofircrhro•ghoHIJoYr Thefe reafonoconfidered;I conclude,that h•biwionr,&c.Exod. 0 s-. 0 It will bethenfaid, Popifl1 faO:s, wh1ch !land in force among How did they for meate and fire in winrcr i them at this day, are wicked and damnable, Anf,Theyprepared and drelfed the• t meat<, and confe~uenrlyto beabo!iO,ed,ifrrwere no the day before: as they were commaundcd, more, bur lot tHe blafphemous ctides which Exod.''·''l· And for firesrn winter, ifthey t~ey make ofthem. had any vpon the Sabbath 1 it was necelfarie And thus much touching this point ofFa· (as I fuppofe) that asrhey dreO: their mcare O:i~P.1"aifo conceming the other Heads of the day before, [o they fl10uld rhen beginne Cods outward wolJhip. rhei'r firealia,which being then begun,might beprefcr~ed on the Sabbath. CHAP. XVI. OftheSab~alhdaJ. Thirdly,the Iewe might not carriea bur– Uen. This the Lord did exprelTely forbidde them by the Prophet leremie. ThYs (Aid, the Lord, C.rrie no bnrdms vp•ntheS•bbadlfi•y, D neithtr brmg them in bJiheg41cs 'f Ieru(alem, THe lourrh inaine Q_t,enion tcuching &c. Ier. 1 7. 11, AndNehemiab cbarg•d the mao,ashe(\andsin relation to God ;, menofludah,withthe prophanationofthe concer~ing theTime of Gods worlhip~e: Sabbath in that kinde,Neh. '3· IS',IIi 1 r7.ln t'Vhcrem cerrame partrcular Q!leO:ions are thefcthreeparticulars, O:ood theO:riti<•bferto be refolued touching theSabbath day. uatlon ofthe Iewilh reO:; which is altogether . The firO:,and moCI principal!ofall the re{!, tcrnporarie,nnd doth not concernethe timeo ISthrs; oftheNew TeO:ament; becaufe itwasoncly JFhether it 6e in the fiber.- typicall,rheSabbathbeeing(in regardofthat • ( h 1 wanncrofrell)afigureofthe rnoCI O:ritlfpi· t'teo t e C tJUrch ofqod1Jpon runahrefl trom all tinne, in thought, word, 1 I h S bb h anddeedc,reqUJrcdofcucrytruebeleeucr. eatttJ,tOatter t e a at day 11. Agawe,intheSabbaththiswasccre- /.rom thefeauenth dav, to an" moniallandtcmporarie , th,titwasafpeciall :.r :? ligne hetwccnc God and his people 1 of the other? blcilings that.wcre propoun<lcd and promi- ------------~~----------------~k~d~in~t~h~e~C~o~u~e~na~n~t~,E~x~o~d~.J~I~.I~3~·~A~n~d~th~e~£e:l were Wh3tisce– rcmoni.aH m the So.b~ barh.
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