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The principles of the Christian religion explained in a brief commentary upon the church catechism. By William Wake, D.D. rector of St. James Westminster, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty.
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Wake, William, 1657-1737.
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God so it may have been but that it was so God has not declared to Us nor is it possible without a particular Revelation for Us to come to the knowledge of it That which is more certain is that God designed this Particular Day to be kept by the Jews in memory of his delivering of them out of their Egyptian Slavery and of his Miraculous feeding Them with Manna in the Wilderness And for this Reason it was that He Required that strict Rest of them of which we Read Exod. xxxi 12 c. Nehem. xiii 15 Isai. lviii 13 that thereby they might both keep up the memory of the hard Work they had been held to during their Abode in Egypt where they were not suffer'd to Rest on the Sabbath-day and be the more engaged to serve that God who had so wonderfully delivered them from that Wretched Estate Q. How then upon the whole are we to consider the Jewish Sabbath here establish'd by God A. It is evident from the several Reasons Given for it in the Command its self that it must be consider'd in two different Respects 1st As a Day to be Kept by Them in memory of the Creation Exod. xx 11 and to declare themselves thereby to be the Worshippers of that God Who Created the Heaven and Earth And to this End they were Required to Observe a Seventh day of Rest after Six of Labour because God wrought Six days and Rested the Seventh And 2dly as a day to be Observed in Memory of their Egyptian-Bondage and of God's delivering them out of it Deut. v. 15 And thus the Jews were tied to Observe not only the proportion but the very day of the Week too as being that day on which they had pass'd the Red Sea and so were set intirely free from their Slavery For which Reason also they were obliged not only to worship God upon it but moreover to abstain from all bodily Labour and that under the Pain of Death Exod. xxxi 12 c. Numb xv 32 Q. How far do you suppose this Command Obliges Us now A. As much as ever it did the Jews tho' not exactly after the same Manner We worship as they did that God who in Six days Created the Heaven and Earth the Sea and All that in them is and Rested the Seventh day and in acknowledgment thereof We stand Obliged with Them to keep a Seventh day of Rest after Six of Labour But then as they worshipp'd this God under the peculiar Character of the God who brought them out of the Land of Egypt out of the House of Bondage so were they determined to take that particular day the Seventh of the Week for their Sabbath on which he compleated their Deliverance and strictly to abstain from all bodily Labour upon it Now in this respect We differ from them We worship God the Creator of the World under a much higher and more divine Character as he is our Father and Deliverer by Jesus Christ our Lord Who upon the first day of the Week Rose from the Dead and thereby put an End to the Jewish Oeconomy And in testimony hereof we keep the First day of the Week for our Sabbath and so profess our selves to be the Servants of the True God thro' the Covenant which he has been pleased to make with Us in Christ Jesus our Lord. Q. Upon what Authority was this change of the Sabbath-day made A. Upon the greatest that can be desired The Reason of it has been already mention'd viz. Christ's Rising on this Day from the Dead The Thing it self was done by the Apostles who no doubt had in this as in all the Rest that they did the Direction of the Holy Ghost And as for the Jewish Sabbath which is the Seventh day besides that the Ground of it does not concern Us St. Paul speaks of it as ceasing with the Law no less than the New-Moons or Meats and Drinks prescribed by the same Law Col. ii.16 Q. How are we to keep our Sabbath day A. We are to consecrate it to a Religious Rest * by attending upon the Publick Service of the Church * And hearing God's Word Read and Preach'd there * By participating of the Holy Sacrament * By private Prayer Meditation and Reading * By Works of Charity and Mercy * By taking all the Care we can to improve our Own Piety and to help Other Men in the enlivening of Theirs Q. Is all bodily Labour forbidden to Vs upon this Day as it was to the Jews A. No it is not Works of Charity and Necessity may certainly be done upon it Friendly Visits and Entertainments may in a reasonable Measure be allow'd also Provided that neither the publick Service of the Church nor the Necessary Improvement of our Own private Piety be at all neglected thereby But as for all Works of Gain all such Allowances as are inconsistent with the Religious Design of the Day or may be apt to give Offence to any Good Men they ought without question to be avoided upon it Q. What is forbidden by this Commandment A. To neglect and profane the Sabbath Not to employ it to the Honour and Service of God much more to spend it in Idleness and Pleasure in Sin and Debauchery as too many wicked Persons are wont to do Q. Is there any Thing farther Required of Us in Order to the full Observance of this Commandment A. This only that we be careful not only to Sanctify the Sabbath day our Selves but to see that All who belong to Vs do likewise For for these also the Commandment tells us we are to answer In it Thou shalt Do no manner of Work Thou nor thy Son nor thy Daughter thy Man-servant nor thy Maid-servant thy Cattle nor the Stranger that is within thy Gates And since now the Piety of our Own Laws have provided for the better Observation of this Day we ought in Obedience to them as well as out of Conscience towards God not only to be careful of our Selves and Families but to bring all Others as much as in Us lies to a due Regard of It If not out of Duty towards Him whose Sabbath it is yet for Fear of that Punishment which the Civil Magistrate is to inflict on those who despise and profane it SECT XXVII Q. WHat do the Commandments of the Second Table Respect A. Our Duty towards Our Neighbour Q. What is the General Foundation of Our Duty towards Our Neighbour A. To Love Him as my Self and to Do to All Men as I would they should Do unto Me The One of which shews what that Inward Affection is which Every One ought to have for his Neighbour the Other how we ought to Regulate our Outward Actions towards Each Other Q. Is a Man Obliged in all Cases to Do all that for his Neighbour which he would desire his Neighbour should Do for Him A. Yes certainly provided the Rule be but Rightly Stated and duly Limited by Us Otherwise it