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A73593	An abstract of the doctrine of the sabbaoth Briefly, yet fully and plainely set forth; together with the vses of the same doctrine; with the vsuall obiections and answers therevnto. All which for the helpe of memorie, are drawne into sundry chapters.	Burton, William, d. 1616.	1606 (1606)	STC 4165a.5; ESTC S124659	39,562	132

on such things and at such times as might carry the greatest shew of being exempted as namely 1 Gathering of Manna d when they were fed but from hand to mouth as they say 2 Making of the Tabernacle e thogh it were the place wherein the Lord should be served 3 Working in harvest time f yea though it commeth but once a yeare and for mans life is most necessary 4 Keeping of faires and markets g carrying of things to be sold and selling of victualls there though then indeed much might be gained As it appeareth by the manifolde Commandements both generall and speciall for the Sabbaoth what manner of rest it is that must be kept so also is it made evident by the vrging and repeating of the word so often in so manie words and so particularly as we have seene before in Exod. 16.23 c. which rest thus vrged is two fold 1 Outward and of the whole body and that is two fold 1 From doing any of the foresaid things forbidden by speciall commaund or other workes whatsoever we vse or may doe lawfully on the sixe daies and they be of two sorts 1 Works of our Vocation And therefore it is not lawfull on the Sabbaoth day for Carriers to travell with their carriages h for Schoolemaisters to teach or studie humanitie for Physitians to reade bookes of surgery or physicke for Lawyers to studie the case peruse evidences c. nor for Iudges and Iustices to ride their circuites or sit in iudgement because all these are the ordinarie duties of their vocation which belong to the sixe daies except in cases excepted in the next chapter 2 Works of our Recreation yea though they be honest and at other times lawfull For 1 If the duties of our vocation without which a Common-wealth cannot stand must cease when we should attend vppon the Lordes worke much more must our pleasures cease without which men may continue though not well 2 As the works of our recreation are lesse needefull than those of our vocation so they doe more hinder vs from the sanctifying of the Sabbaoth by reason of the excessive delight which our corrupt nature doth take in them 2 From speaking and hearing of worldly businesse and that for two causes 1 Because much talking and hearing of worldly businesse doe as much hinder the sanctifying of the Sabboth as much working doe for 1 We may worke alone we cannot talke but with others and so wee hinder both our selves and others too 2 Our mindes cannot be set wholly vpon the worship and service of God as they should and at the same time be talking and hearing of i worldly matters 2 Because this Commandement must be no more restrained then the other And therefore vaine wordes and worldly speeches are heer also forbidden k as well as profane speeches in the first as naming of false gods in the second as vaine othes in the third as contemptuous speeches in the fift as railing wordes in the sixt as filthy words in the seventh as covetous speeches in the eight slandrous words in the ninth 2 Inward and of the minde viz. from studying and th●● ●●th day worldly matters and great 〈◊〉 there is so to beleeve For 1 The whole law was given to the whole man 2 The creation redemption and preservation to the glorification both of body and soule do bind vs to obey God both in bodie and minde 3 The law cannot else be perfect and absolute like the Law-giver who as he is a spirit so hee will be served in spirit and mind 4 Except our mindes be emptied of all worldly affaires there can be no roome for heavenly meditations to dwell in 5 The very end why we dispatch our hands of our businesse is that our mindes might not be disturbed with them THE PROOFES a Exod. 16.23 To morrow is the rest of the holy Sabboth vnto the Lord and chapter 〈…〉 daies shall men worke but the 〈…〉 day is the Sabbaoth of the holy rest vnto the Lord whosoever doth any worke in the Sabbaoth day shall die the death and 35.2 as before b Exod. 20.10 But the seventh day is the Sabbaoth of the Lord thy God in it thou shalt doe no manner of worke c. c Exod. 31.14 Hee that defileth it meaning the Sabbaoth shall die the death Therefore whosoever worketh therein the same person shall be even cut off from among his people Ier. 17.27 But if yee will not heare me to sanctifie the Sabbaoth day and not to beare a burden nor to goe through the gates of Ierusalem on the Sabbaoth day then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof and it shall devoure the pallaces of Ierusalem and shall not be quenched d Exod. 16.26 Six daies shall ye gather it but in the seventh day is the Sabbaoth in it there shall be none 27. Notwithstanding there went out some on the seventh day to gather but they found none 28. And the Lord said vnto Moses How long refuse yee to keepe my Commandements and my lawes 29. Behold how the Lord hath given you the Sabbaoth therefore hee giveth you the sixth day bread for two daies tarry therefore everie man in his place let no man goe out of his place the seventh day 30. So the people rested the seventh day c Exod. 31.12 Afterward the Lord spake vnto Moses saying 13. Speake thou also vnto the children of Israel saying Notwithstanding keepe yee my Sabbaoths for it is a signe betweene me and you c. f Exo. 34.21 Six daies thou shalt worke and in the seventh day thou shalt rest both in earing time and in the harvest thou shalt rest g Nehe. 13.15 In those daies saw I in Iudah those that trode wine presses on the Sabbaoth day and which brought in sheaves and laded Asses also with wine grapes and figges and all burthens and brought them into Ierusalem on the Sabbaoth day and I protested to them in the day that they sold victualls 16. There dwelt men of Tyrus also therein which brought fish and all wares and sold on the Sabbaoth day vnto the children of Iudah even in Ierusalem 19. And when the gates of Ierusalem beganne to be darke before the Sabbaoth I commanded to shut the gates and charged that they should not be opened vntill after the Sabbaoth c. h Ier. 17.21 Thus saith the Lord Take heede to your soules and beare no burden in the Sabbaoth day nor bring it in by the gates of Ierusalem 22. Neither carry forth burdens out of your houses on the Sabbaoth day i Math. 6.24 No man can serve two masters k Esa 58.13 If thou turne away thy foote from the Sabbaoth from doing thy will on my holy day and call the Sabbaoth a delight to consecrate it as glorious to the Lord and shall honour him not doing thy own waies nor seeking thine owne will nor speaking a vaine word then shalt thou delight in the Lord c. What works may be done vpon the Sabbaoth day CHAP.

For 1 The Lord saith heere Remember c. that is thinke of it before hand to shew that except it be thought vpon before it come for the ordering of our businesse accordingly we cannot keepe it as it should be kept 2 Those things which in the other Commandements are vnderstood are expressed in this For first in this Commaundement both the good is expresly commanded and the evill expresly forbidden in the other Commandement it is not so Secondly heere we are expresly charged with our selves and those that belong vnto vs in the rest it is not so 3 Heere be more reasons vsed than in al the rest they be in number 3. 1 The first is drawne from the equitie of the thing commaunded for seeing as God giveth vs sixe daies for our own businesse reason requireth that we should keepe the seventh day for his Maiesties vse 2 The second is drawne from Gods example that we may be like our Creator in that point of resting the seventh day 3 The third reason is taken from the end of that blessing which the Lord bestowed vpon that day for he blessed this day with a spetiall blessing to this end onely viz. to his service and to no other From this multiplicitie of reasons heere vsed we may gather foure things 1 The greatnesse of Gods goodnesse who perswadeth vs by reasons when he might compell vs by his onely and absolute authority 2 The excellency of that dutie which is heere so many waies enforced 3 The necessitie of it 4 How rebellious our nature is especially against this Commandement that must be drawn to the liking of it by so many reasons So much for the manner of Commanding Now of the matter that is Commanded and that is double 1 That a day of rest must be kept 2 That this rest must be sanctified Concerning the day of rest foure points are to be considered 1 That a Sabbaoth day or day of rest must of necessitie be continued in the Church of God vnto the end of the world See chap. 2. 2 That this rest must be vppon one certaine day and what day that must be See chap. 3. 3 What manner of rest it is that must be kept See chap. 4. And what workes may be done that day See chap. 5. 4 To whom the observation of this rest is enioyned See chap. 6. With obiects aunswered chap. 7. Concerning the sanctifying of this rest foure points are to be considered of 1 What is meant by sanctifying the Sabbaoth day See chap. 8. 2 By what meanes the Sabbaoth day must be sanctified which must be by performing of duties 1 Publike and they be of two sorts 1 Of Piety See cha 9. 2 Of Pitty See cha 10. 2 Private and those are also two fold 1 More private such as are to be done by every man alone See chap. 11. 2 Lesse private or such as are to be performed with others See cha 12. and 13. 3 By whom those meanes must be put in practise whereby the Sabbaoth is to be sanctified See chap. 14. 4 What obiections commonly are made against the sanctification of the Sabbaoth or any part of the doctrine thereof See chap. 15. Of the Continuance of a Sabbaoth CHAP. II. THe Continuance of a Sabbaoth must be graunted and not bee doubted of or else in vaine doe we exhort to the keeping holy of a Sabbaoth Now the Continuance of a Sabbaoth or day of Rest may be prooved two waies 1 By the antiquity of the Sabbaoth 2 By the ends for which it was first ordained The antiquity of the Sabbaoth day is very great for 1 So soone as there was a seventh day created so soone was it made a Sabbaoth day and sanctified to a holy vses 2 From the first institution of it it was kept among the Hebrewes by tradition vntill the b Law was given 3 From the law vntill Christs time it was kept by the Iews according to the fourth Commaundement of the morall law 4 Our Saviour Christ at his comming by his practise did establish it c and his Apostles after d him 5 The christian Churches ever since the Apostles time have kept a Sabbaoth day according to the practise and writings of the Apostles So much of the antiquitie of the Sabbaoth day Now of the ends for which a Sabbaoth or day of Rest was first ordained and those were two 1 The first was a more principall end and that was to further both Adam at the first and Adams posteritie for ever in the true worship of God Now so long as the worshippe of God must continue in the Church so long must the Sabbaoth continue which was made a subordinate meanes and helpe vnto the same But the worshippe of God must continue for ever in the world Therefore also while the world standeth a Sabbaoth day must be continued 2 The second end of a Sabbaoth was lesse principall and that was to helpe Nature and to maintaine bodily strength Exod. 23.12 And in regard of these two ends it is still most necessary which may appeare by reasons 1 Generall and those may bee drawne 1 From the greater to the lesse For if Adam in his best estate had neede of a Sabbaoth day wherein he might serve God by meditating vppon his works by praying vnto him for the continuance of his grace and by praising his name for benefites received c. and all because hee might fall then much more neede have we of a Sabboth day being so grievously fallen that so we may recover our selves againe 2 From the effectes of sinne For after sinne had entred the first strength decayed then came in corruption and weaknesse paine and wearinesse and all fore-runners of death with death it self in regard whereof we all crave helpe of ease and rest without which we cannot long endure And therefore looke how much we are weakned broken more then our fore-fathers were and Adam in Paradice so much more need have we of a Sabboth that is a rest then they had 2 Speciall and these in regard 1 Of the wicked who vpon the six daies never reade the scriptures nor hear them nor pray nor meditate nor conferre of religion but by this mercifull ordinance of a Sabbaoth they are driven to doe that which they would not otherwise doe by which meanes eyther some good may be wrought in them if they belong vnto God or else they shall be left without excuse in the day of the Lord. 2 In regard of the godly themselves who oftentimes also neglect the exercises of Gods worship in the weeke daies but are driven by this meanes of a Sabbaoth to supply their former wants to their greater good THE PROOFES a Gen. 2.3 So God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because that in it he had rested from all his worke which God had created and made b Exod. 16.23 And he answered and said this is that which the Lord hath said To morrow is the holy rest of the Sabbaoth

V. FRom that strait and severe Law of resting handled in the former chapter are exempted all workes of necessitie as lawfully to be done vppon the Sabbaoth day which by the doctrine and practise of our Saviour Christ in Math 12.1 to 13. appeare to be of two sorts 1 Works of religion or holinesse 2 Works of compassion or charitie which cannot be deferred vnto another day nor could be provided for nor prevented before All religious works of necessitie are of two sorts 1 All bodily labour that directly concerneth the worship of of God So in the time of the Law did the Priests labour when they did slay the beasts prepare the sacrifices and offer them on the altar And so in time of the Gospel may and ought Christians to travell thogh farre and faintly to the places of Gods worship and so also ought the Preacher then to labour in preaching the word c. yea thogh it be in the sweate of his browes and to the wearying of his bodie as many doe For though to travell and to speake as in manner aforesaid be each of them a laboursome worke to the body yet is that labour lawfull because 1 It is warranted by the example of our Saviour Christ his disciples who went from town to towne to preach vntill they were both a hungry and faintie As also by the example of the Shunamite who travelled from home vpon the Sabbaoth to the place of the Prophets b because shee had no teaching at home 2 The holy worke about which this labour is imployed dooth sanctifie the labour and make it holy even as the Temple did sanctifie the gold that was laid vpon the Temple and as the Altar did sanctifie the gift of the Altar Math. 23.17 19. 2 All other bodily labour whereby the people of God are both called together to the service of God as in the time of the law they were by sounding of trumpets Numb 10.2 3. And in time of the Gospel by ringing of bells as also comfortably refreshed and fitted for the service of God as receiving of necessary and convenient foode to strengthen nature c as also to sleepe a little after dinner though it be no bodily labour but ease I doubt not is lawfull for the preventing of sleepe and drowsinesse at the holy Assembly And if any will say that by the same reason some recreation may be allowed to some persons on the Sabbaoth day for dulnesse infirmitie sake I will not contend greatly with them so it be privately sparingly and moderately taken and that by weake sickely persons vsed only to make them more fit for the service of God which end howsoever it be commonly pretended in the world by men of vanitie and pleasure yet doubtlesse is it the thing that is least regarded amongst them they being such as commonly addict themselves to all sports and pastimes both openly and secretly as hunting hawking bowling shooting carding dicing tables c. and therefore this allowance whatsoever it be doth no way make for them but against them So much concerning works of religion or holinesse which of necessitie must be done vpon the Sabbaoth day Now to works of compassion or charitie and they be of two sorts 1 Such duties as tend to the preservation of man First of our selves as Eliah did save himselfe by fleeing fortie daies together wherein were many Sabbaoths from Iezebel 1. King 19.8 next of others as generally of our Country as when enemies invade when tumults arise robberies are done c. specially of our friends as when any fire breaketh out or when any is dangerously sicke c. yea and of our foes too in the cases aforesaid or the d like 2 Such duties as make for the preservation of other creatures viz. the e beasts c. as fothering watering seeking curing c. Provided alwaies that we abuse not this liberalitie of God and libertie of Christians as too many doe 1 By imagining a necessitie where none is apparant as Clothiers and Cloth-workers doe which for greedy covetousnesse onely set their rackes and worke hard vpon the clothes being set and that on every Sabbaoth through the yeare if worke and weather serve for feare forsooth as they pretend of fowle weather the weeke following or losing their markets or masters custome c. when there is indeede no necessitie apparant but that if they durst or could trust the Lord they might well let them stay vntill the next day So doe Husbandmen also imagine a necessitie where none is working in harvest time on the Lords day for feare of raine the next day c. 2 By bringing a necessitie vpon them which God hath not laid vppon them as many doe through 1 Carelesnesse as those which care not to remember the Sabboth day before it come that they might accordingly lay for the doing of their worke being artificers c. and for their wearinesse being to travell 2 Slothfulnesse as those that drive off either all or part of their busines vntill the Lords day THE PROOFES a Math. 12.1 At that time Iesus went on a Sabbaoth day through the corne and his Disciples were an hungred and beganne to plucke the eares of corne and to eate 2. And when the Pharises saw it they said vnto him Behold thy Disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbaoth 3. But hee said vnto them Have ye not read what David did when he was an hungred c. Mar. 2.23 24 25. Luke 6.1 2 3. as before b 2. Kings 4.22 Then shee said to her husband I will haste to the man of God and come againe 23. And he said Wherefore wilt thou goe to him to day It is neither new Moone nor Sabbaoth day c. c Exod. 12.16 Also in the seventh day shall be an holy Assembly vnto you no worke shall be done in them save about that which every man must eate that onely may yee doe See Math. 12.1 c. as before at a d Levit. 19.18 Thou shalt not avenge nor be mindefull of wrong against the children of thy people but shalt love thy neighbour as thy selfe c. Math. 5.44 But I say vnto you Love your enemies c. See Luke 6.27 to 36. e Math. 12.11 Which of you having a sheepe fall in a Sabbaoth day into a pit will not take it and lift it out Mar. 2.27 The Sabbaoth was made for man and not man for c. Luke 13.15 Hypocrite doth not each one of you on the Sabbaoth day loose his Oxe or his Asse from the stall and leade him away to the water Of the persons to whom this Rest is inioyned CHAP. VI. THe persons commaunded to observe this holy Rest are two fold 1 All Governours whether they be publike as Princes and other Magistrates or private as parents and masters of families 2 All that be in subiection Of Governours two things are required 1 That they rest themselves 2 That they see the Rest kept by those