VIII. This sabhath is then kept holy unto the Lord,

n men, after a due prepariu
ring of their common allairs beforehand, do not
Ty observe an lioly rest all the day from their own
iks, words, and thoughts about their worldly employ-
ts and recreations ° ; but also are taken up the whole
time
of
I
^HSnd me a great voice, as
■P£x»d. XT. 8, 10. [See letter k.]
xTTth Matth. v. 17. Think not that
n come to destroy the law or
- prophets: I am not come to
f. ^rroy, but to fulfil. Ver. 18. For
\ ■■■'\\y I say unto you, Till heaven
' earth pass, one jot or one tittle
,i in no wise paso from the law,
;iil he fulfilled.
V'lII. 0 Exod. XX. 8. [See letter K] ■ 1. xvi. ii3. And he said unto n, This is that which the Lord t.siin said, To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to- day, and seethe that ye will seethe ; and that which remaineth over lay up for you, to be kept until the morning. Ver. 25. And Moses said. Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to-day ye shall not find it in the field, Ver. 2G. Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there thali be none. Ver. 29. See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days : abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. Ver. 30. So the people rested on the seventh day. Exod. xxxi. 15. Six days may work be done, but in the seventh is the sabbatli of rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work io the
sabbath-day, he shall surely be put to death. Ver, 16. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. Ver. 17. It is a sign between me and the chil- dren of Israel for ever; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Isa. lviii.13. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words, Neh. xiii. 15, In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sab- bath-day ; and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals, Ver. 16. There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the chil- dren of Judah, imd in Jerusalem, Ver. 17. Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them. What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Siibbath-day f Ver, 18. Did sot your fathers chiu, «nd
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time in the publick and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy p.
CHAP. XXII. Of lawful Oaths and Vows,
A LAWFUL oath is a part of religious worship %. ■^^ wherein, upon just occasion, tl\e person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth or promiseth ; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth ^.