patch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day e. Q. 118. Why is the charge of keeping the fabbath more Specially directed to governors of families and other fuperiors? A. The charge of keeping the fabbath is more specially directed to governors of families and other fuperiors,because they are bound not only to keep it themselves, but to see that it be observed by all thofe that are under their charge; and because they are prone of-times to hinder them by employ ments of their own f. Q. 119. What are the fins forbidden in the fourth commandment? A. The fins forbidden in the fourth commandment are, all omiffions of the duties required g, all careless, negligent, fhall work be done,but theseventh day is the fabbath of reft, an holy convocation; ye fhall do no work therein; it is the fabbath of the Lord in your dwellings. e Exod.20.S Remember the fabbath-day, to keepit holy. Luke23. 54. And that day was the preparation,& the fabbath drew on.v.56. And they returned, and prepared fpices and ointments; and refted the fabbath-day, according to the commandment.Exod.16.22.Andit came to passthat on the fixth day theygathered twice as muchbread, two omers for one man: And all the rulersof the congregationcame and told Mofes. v. 25.And Mofes faid, Eatthatto day; for to day is a fabbath unto the Lord: to day ye fhall not find it in the field. v. 26. Six days ye fhall gather it; but on the feventh day which is the fabbath,in it therefhall be none.v.29. See, for that the Lord hath given you the fabbath, therefore he givethyou on the fixth day the bread of two days: abide you every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the feventh day. Neh. 13.19. (See letter b.) 118. f Exod. 20. 10.But the feventh dayisthe fabbathof the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do and any work. thou, nor thy fon, nor thy daughter,thy man-fervant,nor thy maid-fervant, nor thy cattle, nor thyftranger that is within thy gates. Jofh. 24. 15. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choofeyou this day whom you will ferve, whether the gods whichyour fathers ferved, that were on the other fide of the flood,or the gods of the Amorites, in whofe land ye dwell; but as for me andmy houfe, we will ferve the Lord. Neh. 13. 15,17.(Seeabove in b.) Jer. 17.20. And fay unto them,Hear the word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerufalem, that enter in by thefe gates.,21. 22.(See above in b) Exod. 23. 12. Six days fhalt thou do all thy work, and on the feventh day thou shalt reft; that thine ox and thine afs may rest, and the fon of thy handmaid and the ftranger may be refreshed. 119.g Ezek. 22-26. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the - holy andprofane,neither havethey fhewed difference between the unclean and clean,and have hid their eyes from my fabbaths, and I am profaned among them. h Acts and unprofitable performing of them, and being weary of them h; all profaning the day by idleness, and doing that which is in itfelf finful i; and by all needlefs works, words, and thoughts about our worldly employments and recreations k. Q. 120. What are the reafons annexed to the fourth commandment, the more to inforce it? A. The reafon's annexed to the fourth commandment the more to enforce it, are taken from the equity of it, God allowing us fix days of feven for our own affairs, and referving but one for himself, in these words, fix days fhalt thou labour and do all thy work 1: from God's challenging a special h Acts 20. 7. And upon the firft day of the weck,when the difciples came together to break bread,Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow,and continued his fpeech until midnight. v. 9. And there fat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep fleep; and asPaul was long preaching he funk down with fleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. Ezek. 33. 30. Alfo thou fon of man, the children of thy people ftill are talking against thee by the walls, and in the doors of the houfes, and fpeak one to another, every one to his brother, fay ing, come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. v. 31. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they fit before thee as my people, and hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they fhew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetoufnefs. v. 32. And lo, thou art unto them as a very love ly fong of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an inftrument: for theyhear thy words, but they do them not, Amos 8. 5. Saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may fell corn? and the fabbath, that we may fet forth wheat, making the Ephah' fmall, and the fhekel great, and profalfifying the balances by deceit ? Mal. 1. 13. Ye faid.alfo, behold, what wearinels is it! and ye have fnuffed at it, faith the Lord of holts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the Tame, and the. fick; thus ye brought an offering fhould Iaccept this of your hands faith the Lord. iEzek.23.38.Moreover, this they have done unto me; they have defiled my fanctuary in the fame day, and have profahed my fabbaths. k Jer. 17. 24. And it fhall come to pafs, if ye diligently hearken unto me, faith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the fabbath-day, but hallow the fabbath-day, to do no work therein. v. 27. But if ye will not hearken to me to hallow the fabbath-day, and not to bear a burden, even entring in at the gates of Jerufalemonthefabbath-day: then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it fhall devour the pa laces of Jerufalem,and fhall not be quenched. Ifa. 58. 13. If thou turn away thy foot from the fabbath, from doing thypleafure on myholy day,and call the fabbath a delight," the holy of the Lord, honourable, and fhalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor fpeaking thine own words. 120 1 Exod. 20. 9. in Exod propriety in that day, The feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God m; from the example of God, who in fix days made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is,and refted the feventh day: and from that bleffing which God put upon that day, not only in fanctifying it to be a day for his fervice, but in ordaining it to be a means of bleffing to us in our fanctifying it; Wherefore the Lord blessed the fabbath-day, and hallowed it n. Q. 121. Why is the word remember, fet in the beginning of the fourth commandment? A. The word remember is fet in the beginning of the fourth commandment o, partly because of the great benefit of remembring it, we being thereby helped in our preparation to keep it P: and, in keeping it better, to keep all the rest of the commandments 9, and to continue a thankful remembrance of the two great benefits of creation and redemption, which contain a fhort abridgment of religion r: and part m Exod. 20. 10. n Exod. 20. II. 121. o Exod. 20. 8. p Exod.16.23. And he faid unto them, this is that which the Lord hath faid, to-morrow is the reft of the holy fabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake, to day,and feethe whatye will feethe; and that which remaineth over,lay up for you to be kept until the morning. Luke 23. 54. And that day was the preparation, and the fabbath drew on. v, 56. And they returned, and prepared fpices and ointments; and rested the fabbathday, according to the commandment. Compared with Mark 15.42. And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is the day before the fabbath. Neh. 13. 19. And it came to pafs that when the gates of Jerufalem began to be dark before the fabbath, I commanded that the gates fhould be fhut, and charged that they fhould not be opened till after the fabbath: and fome of my fervants fet I at the gate, that there fhould no burden be brought in on the fabbath-day. ly q Pfalm. 92 (Title,) A pfalm or fong for thefabbath-day. Compared with v. 13. Thole that be planted in the house of the Lord, fhall flourish in the courts of our God. And . 14. They fhall still bring forth fruit in old age: they fhall be fat, and flourishing. Ezek, 20. 12. Moreover alfo,I gave them my fabbaths, to be a fign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that fanctify them. v. 19. I am the Lord your God: walk in my ftatutes, and keep my judgments,and do them. v,20:And hallow myfabbaths; and they fhall be a fign between me & you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. r Gen. 2. 2. And on the feventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he rested on the feventh day from all his work which he had made. v. 3. And God bleffed the feventh day, and fanctified it: because that in it he had refted from all his work, which God created and made. Pfal. 118. 22. The one which the builders refufed is become the head ftone of the ly because we are very ready to forget it f, fo that there is Jefs light of nature for it t, and yet it reftraineth our natural liberty in things at other times lawful v; that it cometh, but once in feven days,and many worldly bufinefs come between, and too often take off our minds from thinking of it, either to prepare for it; or to fanctify it w; and that Satan with his inftruments much labour to blot the glory, and even the memory of it, to bring in all irreligion and impiety x. Q. 122. the corner. v. 24. This is the day which the Lordhath made,we will rejoice & be glad in it. Compared with Acts 4.10. Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Ifrael that by the name of Jefus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man ftand here before you whole.v.11. This is the ftone which was fet at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Rev. 1. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lords day, and heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet. f Ezek. 22.26. Her prielts have violated my law,andprofanedmine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane,neither have they fhewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my fabbaths,and I am profaned among them. t Neh.9 14. And madeft known unto them thy holy Sabbath, and commandelt them precepts, ftatutes, and laws, by the hand of Mofes thy fervant. v Exod. 34. 21. Six days thou fhalt work,but on the seventh day thou fhalt left: in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt reft. w Deut. 5. 14. But the feventh day is the fabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou fhalt not do any work, thou nor thy fon, nor thy daughter,northy man-fervant,nor thy maid-fervant,nor thine ox,nor thine afs, nor any of thycattle,nor thy ftranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-fervant and thy maid-fervant may reft as well as thou.. 15. And remember that thou walt a fervant in the land of Egypt,and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand,and by a ftretched out arm: Therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the fabbath-day. Amos 8. 5. Saying, When will the new-moon begone, that we may fell corn? and the fabbath, that we may fet forth wheat, making the Ephah fmall, and the fhekelgreat, and falfifying the balances by deceit ? x Lam. 1.7. Jerufalem remembred in the days of her affliction, and of her miferies, all her pleafant thingsthat the hadin the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her, the adverfaries faw her and did mock at her fabbaths. Jer-17. 21. Thus faith the Lord, Take heed to yourselves, & bear no burden on the fabbath-day,nor bring it in by the gates of JerufaJem. v. 22. Neither carry forth a burden out of your houfes on the fabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the fabbath day,as I commanded your fathers. v. 23. But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck ftiff, that they might not hear nor receive instruction. Neh. 13 from verle 15. to 23. In thofe days faw I in Judah, fome treading wine-prefles on the fabbath-day,--(See in letter b) R 3 122. y Mat, 4 Q. 122. What is the fum of the fix commandments which contain our duty to man? A. The fum of the fix commandments which contain our duty to man, is, to love our neighbour as ourselves y and to do to others what we would have them do to us z. Q. 123. Which is the fifth commandment? A. The fifth commandment is, Honour thy Father and thy Mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee a. Q. 124. Who are meant by Father and Mother, in the fifth commandment? A. By Father and Mother, in the fifth commandment,are meant not only natural parents b, but all fuperiors in age and gifts ; and efpecially fuch as by God's ordinance are over us in place of authority, whether in family e, church f, or common-wealth g. Q. 125. 122. y Mat. 22. 39. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. z Mat.7.12.Therefore allthings whatfoever ye would that men fhould do to you, do ye even fo to them for this is the law and the prophets. 123. a Exod. 20. 12. 124.b Prov.23.22. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and defpife not thy mother when he is old. 25. Thy father and thy mother fhall be glad: and the that bare thee fhall rejoice. Eph. 6.1. Children,obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. v. 2. Honour thy father and mother(which is the first commandment with promife,) : CI Tim. 5. 1.Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren; 7.2. The elder women as mothers, the younger as filters, with all purity. d Gen. 4. 20, And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of fuch as dwell in tents, and of fuch as have cattle. v. 21. And his brothers name was Jubal : he was the father of all fuch as handle the harp and Organ. v. 22. And Zillah, fhe alfo bare Tubal-Cain, an inftructer of every artificer in brass and iron.-Gen. 45, 8, So now it was not you that fent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his houfe, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. e 2 Kings 5. 13. And his fervant came near, and spake unto him, and faid, my father, if the prophet had bid thee do fome great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he faith to thee, wash and be clean? f2Kings2.12.AndElifha faw it, and he cried, my father,my father, the chariot of Ifrael, and the horfe men thereof.2 Kings 13. 14. Now Elisha was fallen fick, of his fick nefs whereof he died,and Joafh the king of Ifrael came down unto him, and wept over his face, and faid, O my father, my father, the chariot of Ifrael, and the horsemen thereof. Gal. 4. 19. My little children,of whom I travel in birth again untilChrift be formed in you. gIfa.49.23. And kings fhall be thy nurfing-fathers & their queens thy nurfing-mothers they thall Low |