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A16904	An exposition of the Creede, the Lords Prayer, the Tenne Commandements, and the Sacraments. Catechetically composed by Iohn Bristovv, minister of the Word of God	Bristow, John, minister of the word of God.	1627 (1627)	STC 3798; ESTC S114177	90,695	265

Exod. 9.28.34 〈◊〉 keeping vowes made against the w● of God Thirdly concerning the workes of God Thirdly we are commanded to g●rifie God in the right vse of his wor●● of creation and prouidence with g●● reuerence and found feeling of t●● glory of God shining in them fi●st to stirre vp our mindes to search them out throughly and the glory of God which any way may bee found in them Psal 104.24.34 and 64.9.10 and 145.10.12 secondly in the naming of them to speake with reuerence as of such excellent things Psal 64.9.10 Luk. 2.18.19 Psal 8.1 thirdly to imitate that in the creature which we may follow Matth. 6.26.28 Pro. 6.6 and to auoid what wee should shunne Psal 32.9 fourthly to teach the workes of God to our posterity that of the nature and quality of euery worke they may take ●ruit and profit of increase vnto holinesse Psal 78.7.10.11 Deut. 4.9 fiftly to sanctifie the vse of them by the Word and Prayer 1 Tim. 4.5 sixtly in ●he prosperity of our selues and others to be thankefull Psal 124.6 and 66.16 Rom. 2.4 seuenthly in aduersity ●o acknowledge Gods iustice and to be humble Iob 1.21 Dan. 9. Psal 58.11.12 eightly concerning lots we ought with due meditation of Gods prouidence iustice and wisedome by prayer ●o prepare our selues and with faith waite for the immediate disposition of the lot by the Lord to end some great matter in doubt r●sting in the euent with contentation and quietnesse Pro. 18.18 and 16.33 Act. 1.23 The sinnes be first not regarding the workes of God not seeking out the excellency of them and being silent in our knowledge of them secondly superstition which is a wrong opinion conceiued of the workes of Gods prouidence the reason whereof can neither be dr●wne from the word of God nor out of the whole course of nature as to surmize that beasts may be tamed by verses prayers or the like that it is vnlucky to haue a Hare crosse his way and superstitiously to consecrate water as in Papists holy water thirdly to vse the creatures without sanctifying them by the Word and Pray●r and to bee vnthankefull for benefits fou●thly to abuse the creatures by drunkennesse or vncleannesse fiftly not to be humbled at Gods iudgements Esa 1.5 Ier. 5.3 sixtly to abuse the creatures by palmestry by inspection of the hand and the lines crosses and angles of it to tell fortunes seuenthly by physiognomy or view of mens faces to guesse at or ●ell fortunes eightly from the sta●●es by iudiciall astrology to cast natiuities ●oretell warres the death of great men ●amine c. ninthly concerning lots ●o rush vpon them rashly without me●itation and prayer and to vse them ●or trifles when controuersies may o●herwise be ended and to make gaine ●f a lot vsing subtilty to deceiue and ●o repine and not r●st in the end of the ●ontrouersie decided by lot lawfully ●sed and by casting of dice looking ●●to a booke to tell fortunes Q. What is the reason whereby the third ●ommandement is vrged A. By a seuere threatning that God ●ill not hold them guiltlesse but con●emne them to eternall destruction ●●at take his name in vaine without ●ecessity without glory to him or pro●● to men Q. Concerning the fourth Commande●ent Remember that thou keepe holy c. ●hat is the generall scope of the same A. To appoint when God is especi●ly to be worshipped Q. What doth this word Remember import which is set before this Commandement and not before the rest A. First that God will in no wis● beare the forgetting and neglect of th● Commandement because this containeth in some sort all the worship commanded in the former being the speciall time set apart for the performing o● it specially and publikely and ther●fore he obiecteth to the Israelites th● transgression of this Commandement when he meaneth to signifie the breac● of the whole Law secondly it m●● teach vs there is required a speciall pr●paration to the obedience of this Commandement hauing it so in minde tha● we cast all our businesses so as we ma● euer minde that they shall not call v● away from the sanctifying of this da● and therefore this word Remember 〈◊〉 specially directed to the gouerno●● that haue others within their charg● vnder their authority thirdly it m●● teach vs to bring a religious mind● without which whatsoeuer outwa●● worke we doe is not accepted and 〈◊〉 this we must haue the more care con●●dering our pronenesse by nature to forget the sanctifying of this day Q What is the meaning of this word Sanctifie or what is it to keepe the Sabbath day holy A. To set apart or separate a thing from a common and ordinary to a holy ●se so the Lord sanctifieth his people ●eparating them from the common do●age of the world to be a peculiar peo●le to himselfe Leuit. 27.28.14.16 so ●he Priests Exod. 29.1 so the Sabbath when we separate our thoughts words workes senses and time from a com●on vse to a holy and diuine Q. Whether is it a Commandement or 〈◊〉 permission when God saith Sixe daies ●hou shalt labour A. The restraint of his labour about ●he worke he hath to doe vnto the sixe ●aies is a Commandement limiting ●he time of his labour to them that hee ●reake not in vpon the Sabbath But ●or labouring the whole sixe dayes if by ●is loytering and negligence hee leaue ●ot his worke to fall vpon the Sabbath 〈◊〉 take it not to bee a Commandement ●ut a permission so as the Church may separate some of the sixe daies either to solemne re●oycing or humiliation Q. What is the meaning of this Withi● thy gate A. Figuratiuely it is to be taken fo● iurisdiction or authority whatsoeuer we haue to the vttermost bounds of it Q. What doth it teach vs A. That they which haue the gouernement of others are bound to see the Sabbath kept not onely in the● owne persons but in the rest that belong to them and if they doe not sta● the prophaning of the Sabbath by the● authority their breaches of the Sabba●● shall bee laid vpon them to answer fo● Neh. 13. Q. Doth this law still binde vs or is 〈◊〉 abrogated because the Apostle saith let 〈◊〉 man condemne you in a Sabbath A. The Apostle speaketh of the c●moniall Sabbath as the seuenth yeere and other festiuall daies which are ●brogared Moreouer the seuenth da● from the c●eation of it and the obs●uing it with the set ceremonies Nu● 28.9.10 is taken away Act. 20. ● 1 Cor. 16.1 Reu. 1.10 Ours for th● resurrection of Chr●st is called the Lords day Moreoue● the Sabbath in the old Testament was a type and figure of regeneration Ezek. 20.12 Exod. 31.15 and of the euerlasting rest of the Kingdome of heauen Heb. 4.8.9 in this respect labours are not simply and for themselues forbidden now as they were then but as they hinder our spirituall exercise and sanctifying of the Sabbath or Lords day either in publike or priuate but as they helpe vs

in these they are lawful but the moral obseruing of the Sabbath is perpetuall bindeth vs as well as the Iewes as all the other of the ●enne Commandements also doe Q. How may this Commandement bee diuided A. First into the Commandement it selfe secondly reasons inforcing obedience to it Q. What are the duties commanded and sinnes forbidden A. First there is commanded to rest secondly to performe holy duties First 1 To rest to rest from our labours vpon that day the better to attend vpon the other duties commanded as to rest from the workes and labours of our honest and lawfull callings Leuit. 23.3 Exod 34.21 and 31.5 as the husbandmans plowing sowing reaping binding turning or bringing home his corne also from faires chafferings bargaines Neh. 13.15.16.17.19 and from ordinary and vnnecessary iournies Exod. 16.29 yet we must know that in case of necessity and charity a man may doe some of these workes that bee seruile and not breake the Sabbath Mat. 12.1.5.11 Luk. 14.5 Mark 2.27 first iournies to the Prophets and places appointed for Gods seruice are lawfull on this day 2 King 4.23 Psal 84.7 secondly to procure some speciall and necessary good to others so Midwiues and Physitians may trauell to women and them that be sicke and so to help a beast out of a pit Luke 14.15 to giue them meate and water and to prouide meate and drinke Matth. 12.1 but these must be done not as worke● of our calling simply but as workes of charity we must know also that wanton Dancings Drinkings Church-ales Stage-plaies great feasts in pampering the flesh hinder the performance of the duties of the Sabbath more then ordinary labour Concerning solemne and sumptuous feasts such as are made at marriages or admitting of men into their ciuill offices although they bee lawfull in themselues yet not on the Sabbath day being dangerous and vnfit to be vsed both because they detaine many from the assemblies and hinder almost all the priuate exercises and duties of the Sabbath In this case Dauids example is worthy of consideration 1 Chro. 11.18.19 so we may say of the meates in those pompous prepa●ations for they be not without the hazard of mens soules We must also know that in the thoughts and motions of our hearts the Sabbath is to be kept for the law is spirituall Rom. 7. and bindeth the spirit and soule of a man as well as his body as in all the rest of the Commandements where the action is forbidden the affection is forbidden and that which is vnlawfull to be spoken is vnlawfull to bee thought on this day as discoursing of worldly matters vnneces●arily either in table talke or otherwise is forbidden so the thoughts of th● heart although neuer vttered God requireth the whole man Thou sh●lt serue the Lord thy God with all thy tho●ght The sinnes fo●bidden against the re●● required on the S●bbath bee to do● workes or speake words or think● thoughts about the affaires of this life further then necessity in charity requires 2 Holy duties The second thing commanded i● performing holy exercises whereby th● day may be sanctified as First preparation which is a sanctifying of our selues and of those that belong to vs to the performing of the workes of the Sabbath by praying to GOD and taking account of our seuerall sinnes and considering the end of the Sabbath with the publike and priuate exercises of the same Exod. 32.5.6 in which respect we rise something the earlier that wee may haue time for this Mark 1.35.39 The sinne forbidden is to omit this preparation to bestow the time about other matters as many that can scarcely get out of the looking-glasse by dinner-time but if they bee ready when the bell ringeth they thinke it well secondly to sleepe out the time Secondly to ioyne with the publike assembly to shew that wee are of the assembly of the Saints there to be ready at the ordinary houres of meeting and to continue from the beginning to the end Act. 20 7. and 13.15 2 King 4.22.23 Ezek. 46.10 The sinne is to refuse the assembly of the Saints and to come negligently to come in the fore-noone and neglect the after-noone as if the whole day were not to be sanctified Thirdly we are commanded to ioyne with the assembly in all the holy duties there to be done as in praiers supplications thanksgiuings of the Church 2 Tim. 2.2.4 The sinne is to separate our selues in priuate prayer from the common affection and prayer wee should haue with the Church Moreouer wee are commanded to heare reuerently and attentiuely the Word Read and Preached 2 King 4.22 Act. 13.15.16 and 20.7 The sinne is to reade or pray as some bring bookes for that purpose while the Minister is in Preaching whereas they should draw neere to heare secondly to sleepe thirdly to talke fourthly to content themselues with the Word read liuing in such Parishes where the Minister cannot Preach or where there is no Preaching long time together and in a manner a famine of the Word and not to seeke those places where it is preached Another duty that wee are to ioyne with the people of God in is to receiue the Sacraments Act. 20.7 another is to gather or giue to the publike gathering for the poore 1 Cor. 16.1 The sinne is to neglect these duties Fourthly wee are bound to priuate duties on the Sabbath that wee may reape profit of the publike as first to conferre of the Word wee haue heard and to meditate of it to labour the conscience and fruit of it in our hearts Mal. 3.16 Psal 119.11.13.14.15 herein the gouernour of the family may profitably to be imployed in calling his family together to require what they haue learned and to help them to further vnderstanding of it and to vrge the practice of it in their life Gen. 18.18 Secondly singing of Psalmes Ephes 5.19 Col. 3.16 Thirdly meditation of the workes of God as of the Creation Redemption preseruation Psal 92. Fourthly admonishing those that fall and exhorting one another Fiftly reconciling such as be at variance Sixtly visiting the sicke The sinnes be to omit these duties 5 Lastly there is commanded that we should account the sabbath a delight and our chiefe ioy our springs being in it Esay 58.13 Therefore although a man exercise both his thoughts and speech in holy duties and yet haue no cheerfulnesse in them but accompteth them wearinesse it is his sinne Q. What bee the reasons wherewith this fourth Commandement is vrged A. They are three one by a preuention drawne from the equitie ● permitted thee sixe dayes for thine owne labour thou shalt therefore set one a part for my seruice and that is equall Secondly I rested the seuenth day and sanctified it therefore thou must doe so an argument from Gods example Thirdly it is a day dedicated to my worship Q Concerning the fift Commandement Honour thy father c. What is generally commanded therein A. To preserue the dignitie of ou● neighbour and