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A56366	I. The time when the first Sabbath was ordained ... II. The manner how the first Sabbath was ordained ... Part II, III. A treatise of holy time concerning the true limits of the Lords day ... / by William Pynchon.	Pynchon, William, 1590-1662.; Pynchon, William, 1590-1662. Holy time, or, The true limits of the Lords day.	1654 (1654)	Wing P4313; ESTC R27470	236,938	328

that act command man to sanctifie such persons to the Lord Every first-born of the Sons of Israel saith the Lord are mine both of Man and Beast for in the day that I smote every first-born in the Land of Egypt I sanctified them unto me Numb 8. 17. that is I commanded my people to sanctifie them to my service which they did perform First By setting apart some of the clean kind for Sacrifice And secondly by redeeming the rest with money which money God commanded to be imployed to his service either by buying some Sacrifices of Attonement therewith for the publick or else it must be for the repairing of Gods Sanctuary as Exod. 13. doth explain it 2 When God did sanctifie the Temple for the publick place of his Typical worship 2 Chr. 7. 16. 2 Chr. 30. 8. he did thereby command man to sanctifie it by performing every particular just as he commanded Solomon might not build the Temple after the fashion that he thought best but he must do it in all particulars as God commanded 1 King 9. 3. God did not leave any sanctified thing that did any way appertain either to the service of the Tabernacle or of the Temple neither to Moses discretion nor to Solomons wisdome but when God sanctified these places for his worship he commanded how and after what manner Heb 9. 19. 21. every thing should be done Ex. 25. 8 9 10. Exod. 39 42 43. Heb. 9. 19 21. 3 When God sanct●fied Cities of Refuge he did thereby command his people to sanct●fie them it is said that they sanctified Kedesh in Galilee for a place of refuge Jos 20. 7. they did sanctifie it because God had commanded them to sanctifie it Deut. 19. 2. they might not sanctifie any City but by vertue of Gods command as it is expressed in Num. 35. 6 11. 4 When God sanctified Festival dayes or Festival Sabbaths he did thereby command the Sons of Israel to sanctifie them Lev. 23. and Jeroboam is branded as a wicked opposer of Gods sanctified Sabbaths because he commanded a standing Holy-day to the Lord of his own head 1 King 12. 32 33. From these and such like examples it follows that when God sanctified the seventh day he commanded Adam and Eve to sanctifie the seventh day in the use of such Ordinances as he was pleased to blesse the seventh day withall Jesus Christ did not leave the sanctifying of the seventh day to Adams discretion in an arbitrary way how much time he would set apart for Gods service but by sanctifying the seventh day God commanded Adam to set apart the whole day for his service in such publick and private duties he had blessed the Sabbath withall 2 The word Sanctified implies another command to faln When God sanctified the seventh day he did thereby command Adam to prepare himself for the better sanctifying of the seventh day Joel 2. 15. Adam namely to prepare himself to the sanctification of the Sabbath First By an outward And secondly By an inward preparation Sanctifie a Fast call a solemn Assembly Joel 1. 14. that is to say Prepare your selves to meet me in a day of publick Fasting as it is explained in Joel 2. 15. Blow the Trumpet in Zion Sanctifie a Fast Call a solemn Assembly that is to say Warn the people by a Trumpet to prepare themselves to sanctifie a Fast Joels three terms in vers 5. are all Synonima and do all imply that Gods people must prepare themselves for a day of Fasting First Outwardly by sanctifying or washing their bodies and garments And secondly Inwardly by true humiliation of soul and in this sense also God commanded Joshua to sanctifie the people against they came into his presence on the morrow Jos 7. 13. Now all that Joshua did to sanctifie the people was no more but to warn them by a Proclamation through the Camp which usually was attended with the sound of a Trumpet saying Sanctifie your selves it is as much as if he had said God hath commanded you to sanctifie your selves First Outwardly by washing And secondly by inward repentance against you come into his presence on the morrow So when God commanded Moses to sanctifie the people to hear the Law delivered at Mount Sinai Moses did no otherwise sanctifie them but by commanding the people to prepare themselves in a sanctifi●d manner First By inward fear and reverence And secondly by outward washing and by abstinence from their wives two dayes together for their more reverent attention of Gods Law Exod. 19. 10. Jos 3. 5. Exod. 3. 5. 1 Sam. 16. 5. Num. 11. 18. Exod. 19. 10. Jer 6 4. So in like sort when God said Sanctifie War it is a command to prepare for War Jer. 6. 4. Jer. 51. 28. From these and such like instances it follows That when God sanctified the first seventh day he commanded Adam and Eve for the more solemnity to prepare themselves for the sanctifying of the seventh day God having made a promise to them in the end of the sixth day that the Seed of the Woman should break the head of the Serpent he sanctified the next day for a Sabbath of rest because he had blessed it with Ordinances and thereby he did command Adam and Eve to prepare themselves against they came into his holy presence on the morrow for sin had defiled them and therefore they needed to prepare themselves not onely by outward washing but also inwardly by true repentance Act. 22. 16. 1 Pet. 3. 15. Es 29. 23. or else instead of receiving good by that blessing wherewith God had blessed the seventh day they might expect a curse at least an outward curse upon their bodies as it fell out upon Aarons Sons when they did not sanctifie the Lord in his worship according to his command the Lord struck them with present death saying I will be sanctified in all that come neer me Lev. 10. 3. and when some of Ephraim and Manasses did come to the sanctified Passeover in the dayes of Hezekiah God was displeased with them because they had not prepared themselves thereto according to the sanctified or commanded preparation of the Sanctuary but Hezekiah prayed for them and the Lord heard him and healed the people 2 Chr. 30 18 19 20. 2 I will speak a little more of the word Sanctified as it implies a command to fallen man to prepare himself to sanctify the seventh day for all sanctified things must be remembred by way of preparation before hand that so they may be done in due time and order or else God that is jealous of his sanctified things will be displeased And therefore one Reason why the word Remember was after added to the fourth Commadement was not to adde a new sense to that Command more than it had to Adam under the word Sanctified but to increase the charge of preparation with more vehemency which at the first was couched under the word Sanctified for now the people of God had forgotten the

he saith Vpon the first day of the week when ye are met together namely according to your usual custome Let every one of you lay by him in store as God hath prospered him that there may be no gathering when I come 1 Cor. 16. 2. Hence it is evident that the first day of the week when Christians met together or as the Apostles phrase is when they are met namely according to their usual and constant custome to worship God then he did exhort them to lay aside something for the poor for that day was a good day for their souls and therefore that season was a good season to lay aside something for the poor Saints that were at Jerusalem I grant that the word Every first day is not fully expressed in the Greek Text but yet it must necessarily be understood as it appears by the consequence for the Apostle did glory of their willing mind to them of Macedonia saying that Achaia in which Country the City of Corinth was seated was prepared Ayeer ag● and that their zeal provoked many 2 Cor. 9. 2. But how could the Apostle have thus gloried of their zeal and of their willing mind 2 Cor 9. 2. to them of Macedonia if they had laid up something but once onely upon some one first day of the week and no more as some would have the Text to speak doubtlesse therefore they did lay aside something either every first day of the week or at least usually when they were met together for the exercise of Gods worship and in so doing their zeal was exemplary to provoke them of Macedonia to imitate their example and this is the rather to be beleeved because the Apostle doth still exhort them to perform that duty 2 Cor. 8. 10 11 12. I conclude therefore that though the word Every be not fully expressed in the Greek Text yet that it must necessarily be understood and therefore the Geneva Translation that puts it in is to be justified because it is according to the true sense of the place 2 Touching this phrase Let every one of you lay by him in store I dare not affirm that this is meant of laying up by the Deacons Collection but I rather think it was done by separating something by way of Vow for the use of the said poor in every one 's own hand which was as sure a course as if it had been put into the Box of the poor for in this phrase Let every one of you lay by him in store The Apostle doth Thalmudize as relating therein to a certain custome of the Jews in vowing something to the poor for the Hebrew Doctors say That Alms is comprehended in the general of Vows and therefore he that saith thus Lo this Shekel or this Shilling is an Alms he is bound to give it to the poor out of hand But if there be no poor present he is bound to separate it and to lay it Up till he find some poor See Ains in Deut. 23 21. The Apostle Paul did lay this duty of Vowing uppon the Churches of Galatia Corinth and Macedonia namely That every one of them should separate something for the poor and lay it up on the first day of the week when they were met together for that day was a fitter day for that duty than any other day of the week And the Hebrew Doctors do adde this to their former speech That if a man had purposed to give such a quantity to the poor but in his heart onely he was bound to pay it 3 Hence it is evident That the first day of the week was by Christs Institution the day of publick Worship in place of the seventh day or else the Apostle would never have given direction to the Churches to separate something for the poor when they were me● together on that day for the Apostle doth professe that in such matters he ordained nothing in the Church but what he received from the Lord 1 Cor. 11. 23. And that the things which he wrote unto them were the Commandements of the Lord 1 Cor. 14. 37. and therefore it follows that the Church of Corinth and 1 Cor. 11. 23. all other Christian Churches did usually meet together on this day by the special Command of Jesus Christ And seeing the Churches of Macedonia did contribute to the poor Saints of Jerusalem as well as the Churches of Achaia no doubt but Paul did order them to do it on every first day of the week answerable to the Rom. 15. 25 26 Churches of Galatia and Achaia Rom. 15. 25 26 27. And seeing Paul did observe the first day of the week to administer Act. 20. 7. the Lords Supper to the Church at Troas in Phrigia Act. 20. 7. It doth evidence that he was uniform in ordering all Christian Assemblies to be kept on that day for Troas was a neighbour Church to them of Galatia and therefore they kept the same day for Gods publick worship as they of Galatia and Achaia did Act. 16. 6. with Act. 18. 27. 5 A fifth Reason that doth perswade me that Christ himself Reason 5 hath ordained his Resurrection-day for the day of his publick worship in the place of the seventh day is the hot contention that many beleeving Jews did make in Christian Churches about the observation of the Jewish Sabbath for many of the beleeving Jews were still zealous for the observation of Moses Laws and this contention of theirs doth strongly perswade me that all Christian Churches had laid aside the observation of the Jewish Sabbath and that they did now observe the first day of the week in the place of it as I shall more fully explain the matter in Chap. 15. My sixth Reason is taken from the title of the Lords day in Reason 6 Rev. 1. 10. This title is an evident proof to all men that Jesus Christ himself did ordain the day of his Resurrection in the place of the s●venth day for John in his Epistle to the seven Churches of Asia doth name i● the Lords day as if it were a day that was familiarly known to the said Churches though they were many miles distant from each other But if it had been a new title of a new day not yet familiarly known to them John would have described it to them by some circumstantial demonstration but in as much as he doth no more but barely name it the Lords day without any further description of it It argues that this day by this time at least was familiarly known and grown into frequent use and practise among all the Christian Churches of Asia for at this time John wrote to the seven Churches of Asia in the reign of Domitian the Emperor which was about four and fifty yeers after the death of Christ by this time I say the name of the Lords day was familiarly known among all the Churches of Asia even as the first day of the week was familiarly known long before this