541 'Mu SAnÙ&td PERPÉTUAL, í C. his rising from the dead; verse 4. He spoke in d certain place of the seventh day on this wise, and God did rest the seventhday from all his works; verse 7: Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, to-day if yewill hear his voice, harden not your hearts: for if Jesus, that is Joshua, had given them rest, that is, if be had given them all thatcomplete rest in the land of Canaan, which was typifiedby the Jewish sabbath, then he Would not after- ward have spoken of another day.' There remaineth thereforea rest, or sabbatism, as the Greek word is, there remaineth the keeping of a sabbath to the people of God; for he that is en- tered into his rest, which they refer to Jesus Christ, in his work of redemption, he bath also ceased, or rested. fionshis ownworks, as God did froan his. See Doctor Owen, in his treatise of the sabbath*. Thus the Son of God, the Redeemer., is supposed tó have appointed a day, or sabbath, to celebrate his rest from his labours and sufferings, as God the Father, the Creator, did, when he rested from his works. I might add here also, that as the redemption, or rest from Egyptian bondage, given.them by God, and Moses, is mentioned in Dent. v. 15. as one reason cf the Jewish sabbath ; so our greater redemptionby Christ ; or rest from the bondage of sin and Satan, being on this day completed, seems to be a proper reason for a christian sabbath. Consider also, that our redemp- tion from sin and hell was typified by the Jews' redemption from Egypt, and as the type had its commemorative day of rest ap- pointed, so should the antitypehave its day of commemorative rest also. Besides it is worthy of our notice, that by appointing the first dayof the seven for a sabbath, after the seventh day was abolished, there remains still one day in seven, to perpetuate the memory of the creation, and it is the first day of the seven, to perpetuate the memory of the work of redemption : Thus our Lord's-day includes both. And by the appointment of the first clay also, it come to pass, that as soon as ever the Jewish sabbath was ended, and buried with Christ in the grave, the christian sabbath arises, when he arose from the dead, The first day of the week is consecrated to God, and if duly celebrated, will spread a blessing over the following week, as the first-fruits did uponall' the harvest; though we must remember that any public promulgation or injunction of it upon christians, does not appear till a considerable time afterwards, and even this is manifested chiefly by example. X. Upon the whole survey of things, it seems highly pro- bable, f° that there is some sort of subbath, or one day in seven * 1 do not pretend to enter into this debate, or to support the argument drawn fom the fourth of the Hebrews, as sufficient to prove the christian sab- bath ; yet so many congruities between the creation and redemption, in this respect, deserve our notice.
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