106 Cafes of Conjcience. 2. Booke. wereprincipally two. F~rft, irwa• aOgnc of A their fanchficarion,ro teach rhcm,rhar as rhc Lord had(etaparra day ofrdl,fo hed1dand would (anctifie rhe obferucrs thereof vnto himfelfe, by forgiuing their finncs, and re– ceiuin~ rhcmintohisfauour, in and by the Mefli:S rocome. Sccondiy, it was ordained ordination rhereofwas in timelongbeforeall Ceremonies. If it be obiccted , that it was made accrernonie afterward: I anfwcr,th·at the rcafon is naught.For marrimonie was or– dained in Paradife,and afterward made ccre– moniall, to fignifie rhe fp~riruall vnidnoe– rweene Chrill and his Church, and yet'Ma– rrimonieisj>erperuall: and CO is aSabbarhof afeauenrh day. I fir beagainealleadged,rbar' God did then kecpca Ceaucnrh dayin his own per!on, and'afr;rward inioyried it roman by' hiS commaundemenr' Ianfwcr,thartheinlli– rutlonofrbe Sabbath in Paradife, confifted oftwo parts;Bieiling,and S•nctification: and the meaning ofthe holy Gholl is, rhar God by God,tofigureand figni6crhc; euerlalling reft of Gods children, in the kingdome of beauen, Ofrhis the Prophet,F[ay fpeakes, when he faith, that from m~neth tomonctb, and (romSabbathto Sabbath, all jlefo !ball come to wor/,ip before God,£[a,6G. • 3· And the author ro the Hebrewcs, 'There remainesthcrefore a Sabb•u[me ,or reft totbe peopleofG•d, Heb. 4S?· i I I. Furthermore, this was remporaric in rhc Sabbarh,rhar irwa"o be ob(erucd vpona f>~day,namely,rhe fcaucnrh from rheCrea– rion,i\nd that wirhfet rites and ceremonies.So faidiM,ofes, Thefcat~enthda;is ihe Sabbath, :0~41.5,14-Agame,Ontht Sabbath da;,yefba/1 1fortrvolambcsof ayCttrcold, withom fPot, and th!ot~nd~ denies offineJWwcr, for a meateojfering mingledwith oylt,and the dri11!,sojfering thtm{' andth~ burnrojferi~tgof cu.rySabba;h,be{idttht ' continuaiL burntojfr:nng, anti the drmlzy ojfermg I thcreof,Numb.z8. 9, 1 o. . I V.Thisolfowas Ccremoniall,thatlt was to bcobferucd, in remembrance oftheir dcli– uer:mcc ouc ofEgypt.Rmsembertht~ttbou w11/l aferuant in thela»dof Egypt, and the Lord th) Godbrough' thuout 1 hmce ) by a mightic hAnd, andjlretcbedomarmc:therefDrnhcLord thy god commaunded thee to obfcmc the SabbAth dAJ 1 peur.s.Is. Sell. 2. Now, as there were Come things tcmpora 4 ric and Ceremoniall in the Sabbath, fo there arcfomethings in it perperuall and Morall: and rhofe I rake it arc three cfpecially. F~rfl,rharrhcrtfiJOuld bcadayofrcfl, in which man and beafl might be refrcfl1cd after labour. Secondly, tharrhis day fhould befanchfi– ed; rharis, fer aparrtorheworfllip of Go~. Thcfcrwo firft,arerherefore morall, becapfe rhcyarecxprclfely mentioned in the Com– mandemcnr touching rhc Sabbath. Thirdly, rhar a fcauenrh day fhould be fanctificdro•nholyrell, and that this holy rell fhould be obferued in a fcauenrh day. I Cav nor,in thisor rhar feaucnrh olay,butinone ofrhc fcauen. Now rharrhisalfo ismorall,ir appeares by thefc rca[ons. . F~rll,thc Sabbarllofrhc feaucnrh day, \>OS inllltutcdandappoinrcd by God in Paradife, beforethe fall ofman, and the reuealing of Chriil; yea cucn tben, when there was one condition of all men. This is plainely fer downein Gen.1. asal[oinrhe fourrhCom– mandcmcnt. And vpon this ground it is ma~, nifc!l,rhara Sabbath of afcaucnrb day can– nor be aCcremomc rimply, conGdcrinJ the B did both blelfe it inregard of himfclfe, be· caufe he kept itin his owncperfon, and ha!~ !owed it alfo i•i regard ofnian' by comman: dingir to be fanctified, arldkept in performance of holy duties. ' Scconclly;ihercafonsofrhe fourth Coro– maundcmem aregenorall! and the equirie of– them IS pcrpetUaiJ,and they bauc this end, to vrgetherellofafeauenrhday. Let them be confidered in particular. Tile lirll, in rhefe , words, Sixe d-ies ftudt rhou labour. Which fomerake to be afcrmiilion:asifGod fhould haue faidrhus;lf permit theefixe,rhoufl~atr allow mea (eauenrh. Bur rheymay bealfo ta– ken fOr acomtbaundemeor,imoyninglabour in the fixe d:iics; firll, becaufe they are proC pounded in commandmg rearmes:fecondly, becauferbey are an expoOrion of the curfe laid vpon Adam, Thou P,a/t .ate thy brtadm the(weattoftbyfact,namely, in the fixe daies: ar,d rhirdly,becaufcidlencs,thcfpoilcofman– kind,is rhere forbtdden. This bceingfo,tberc muft needc~ be afeaucnth day, not onely of rcll,ro ea(c them that labour in thefixe daies, bur alfo ofan holy rdl, thar God might be worfh1pped mll, Tile fecond reafon i• taken from Gods examplc:Forinfix• daies ,thtLord m•d•h.auen•nde.rth, &c. That which the Lord himfelfe harh done in pcrfon, the fame mullmandocby his commaundcment: Bur the Lord himfclfe in fixe daies laboured, and rellcd rhefeauenth: thereforeman rouft doe D the fame. This rcaCon made by Godtorhe creature, mull ftand in force, till he reuerfe it, which yer he harh nordone,nor dorh.Ifrhen ehde rcafons doe not onely inforce a rdl, andanholyreft, burarell on the feauenth day; then this refton-thefc•ueorh day,isa parr ofthefourth Commandemenr:andcon· fequenrly, the Church cannot alrerirfrom the Sabbarh day, becaufe they cannot alter thefubllance ofthat Commandemenrwhich is eternalI. II. Reafor.. The Sabbath dayinthenew Tellamonr, (in >lllikelihood)is ryed ro rhat, which we call rhe Lords day, and rhar) a• I rake ir)by Chrift himfelfe. The reafons ther· ofarcthefe. ifti>: I. The Sabbath dayofrhc newTeftament_ iscalledthcLordsday,Apoc.l. ro. Now I fup ote,
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