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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

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

vnto the Lord bake that to day which ye will bake c. c Luke 4.16 And hee came to Nazareth where he had beene brought vp and as his custome was went into the Synagogue on the Sabbaoth day and stoode vp to reade d Acts 13.14 But when they departed from Perga they came to Antiochia a Citie of Pisidia and went into the Synagogue on the Sabbaoth day and sate downe ver 15. And after the lecture of the Law and Prophets the Rulers of the Synagogue sent vnto them saying Yee men and brethren if yee have any word of exhortation for the people say on Then Paul stoode vp c. verse 42. And when they were come out of the Synagogue of the Iewes the Gentiles besought that they would preach these words to them the next Sabbaoth day verse 44. And the next Sabbaoth day came almost the whole Citie together to heare the word of God Chap. 17.2 And Paul as his manner was went in vnto them and three Sabbaoth daies disputed with them by the Scriptures e Sixe daies thou shalt d ee thy worke and in the seventh day thou shalt rest that thy Oxe and thy Asse may rest and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed Deut. 5.14 But the seventh day is the Sabbaoth of the Lord thy God thou shalt not doe any worke therein nor thy sonne nor thy daughter nor thy man servant nor thy maide nor thy one nor thy usse neither any of thy cattell nor the stranger that is within thy gates that thy man servant and thy maide may rest as well as thou Marke 2.27 And he said to them the Sabbaoth was made for man and not man for the Sabbaoth Of the day that the Sabbaoth must be kept vpon CHAP. III. AS there must be a Sabbaoth or day of rest continued in the Church of God while the world continueth so this Sabbaoth must be vpon one certaine day of the weeke and that is the seventh day for so God hath appointed first at the creation a secondly at the giving of the Law in Mount Sinai b But not that seventh day which was from the first creation of the world for that was once changed vnto the first day of the weeke the day after the Iews Sabbaoth which we now keepe for the Sabbaoth day Acts 20.7 concerning which change three things are diligently to be considered 1 That it was made by the Apostles could be made by none so fitly as by them and that for two causes 1 Because they had the best gifts for they had the spirit of truth to leade them into all truth c And therefore could see further into things thē the rest of the church 2 Because by reason of their great Apostolicall authority they could prevaile more then thers 2 That the Apostles made this change of the day vpon good reasons made knowne to the Church and those were cheefely two 1 In memorie of the second creation of the world by Christ because on that day the Lord Iesus did most gloriously rise againe and so conquered death sinne and hell and finished the worke of mans Redemption which was a second creation 2 Then the Lord Iesus having as it were made the world new againe hee did 1 Cease suffering as God at the end of the first creation ceased working 2 Begin his glorious rest and so continueth in rest and glorie for ever In which respects 1 The time of the Gospel is called the world that was to come d The heavens and the earth are called New e and all things men all are called new f creatures 2 This new Sabbaoth also is called by a new name viz. the Lords day g of the Lord Iesus concerning which name two things are to be noted 1 That it must be retained with the day because part of the honour and estimation of the day consisteth in giving it his right name 2 That it dooth no whit abate the glory of the first creation nor of the first Sabbaoth but being added vnto it as a further honour doth increase the dignitie of it even as Iacob was more renowned of God when he was also called Israel 3 That this first day of the Iewes weeke which we now keepe for the Sabbaoth is that Sabbaoth day which was ordained by the Apostles through the direction of Gods spirite and therefore must remaine for ever and never more be changed For 1 Vppon this day the Primitive churches with the consent of the Apostles vsed to assemble and to exercise all the parts of Gods worshippe which were proper to the Sabbaoth day h 2 The Apostle Saint Paul willeth that to be done vpon this day which is most fit for the Sabbaoth day and that is collecting for the poore i as more at large is shewed in chapter 10. 3 This day hath beene kept of all Churches ever since the Apostles time and in all the new Testament is nothing found to controle the same neither was it ever resisted by the Apostles but hath beene by their writings approved and by their practise confirmed vnto vs. THE PROOFES a Gen 2.3 So God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it c. b Exod. 20.8 Remember the Sabbaoth day to keepe it holy c. verse 10. But the seventh day is the Sabbaoth of the Lord thy God c Iohn 16.13 Howbeit when hee is come which is the spirit of truth he will leade you into all truth d Heb. 2.5 For he hath not put in subiection vnto the Angells the world to come whereof we speake e Esa 65.17 For loe I will create new heavens and a new earth and the former shall not be remembred nor come into minde verse 18. But be you glad and reioyce for ever in the things that I shall create for behold I will create Ierusalem as a reioycing and her people as a ioy f 〈◊〉 Cor. 5.17 Therefore if any man be in Christ let him be a new creature old things are passed away behold all things are become new g Apoc. 1.10 And I was in the spirit on the Lords day h Acts 20.7 And the first day of the weeke the Disciples being come together to breake bread Paul preached vnto them i 1. Corin. 16.2 Euery first day of the weeke let every one of you put aside by himselfe and lay vp as God hath prospered him that then there be no gatherings when I come What manner of rest must be kept CHAP. IIII. IT is not enough to keepe a rest but we must keepe a most precise and exact rest and that may appeare vnto vs two waies 1 By the manifold Commaundements even for the keeping of the Sabbaoth 2 By the vrging and repeating of the word Rest in so many words so often and so a particularly All the Commandements given for the keeping of the Sabbaoth are two fold Generall whereof some be without b penalties expressed and some be with c penalties annexed Speciall wherein the Lord forbiddeth his people to worke

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