Such also are the works of mercy, whereby the safety of life or goods is procured: as that which Paul did, Act. 20. 9. As Paul was long preaching, Eutychus overcome with sleep, fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead: but Paul went down and laid himself upon him, and embraced him, saying, Trouble not your selves: for his life is in him. vers. 12. And they brought the boy alive, and they were not a little comforted. II. To help a beast out of a pit. Luk. 14.5. Which of you shall have an ox, or an ass fallen into a pit, and will not straightway ⟨image 37⟩pull him out on the Sabbath day? III. Provision of meat and drink. Matth. 12.1. Jesus went through the corn on a Sabbath day, and his Disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. In provision, we must take heed that our cooks, and household servants break not the Sabbath. The reason of this is framed from the lesser to the greater, out of that place, 2. Sam. 25.15. David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me to drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate. vers. 16. Then the three mighty brake into the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem that was by the gate, and took and brought it to David, who would not drink thereof, but poured it for an offering unto the Lord. vers. 17. And said, O Lord, be it far from me that I should do •his: is not this the blood of the men, that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore would he not drink. The reason standeth thus. If David would not have his servants adventure their corporal lives for his provision, nor drink the water when they had provided it: much less ought we for our meats to adventure the lives of our servants. IV. Watering of cattle. Math. 12.11. The Lord answered, and said, Thou hypocrite, will not any of you on the Sabbath days, loose his ox or ass out of the stable, and bring him to the water? Upon the like present and holy necessity, Physicians, upon the Sabbath day, may take a journey to visit the diseased, Mariners their voyage, Shepherds may tend their flock, and Midwives may help women with child. Mark. 2.27. The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
Such also are the works of mercie, whereby the safetie of life or goods is procured: as that which Paul did, Act. 20. 9. As Paul was long preaching, Eutychus ouercome with sleepe, fell downe from the third loft, and was taken vp dead: but Paul went downe and laid himselfe vpon him, and embraced him, saying, Trouble not your selues: for his life is in him. vers. 12. And they brought the boy aliue, and they were not a little comforted. II. To helpe a beast out of a pit. Luk. 14.5. Which of you shall haue an oxe, or an asse fallen into a pit, and will not straightway ⟨image 37⟩pull him out on the Sabbath day? III. Prouision of meate and drinke. Matth. 12.1. Iesus went through the corne on a Sabbath day, and his Disciples were an hungred, and began to plucke the eares of corne, and to eate. In prouision, we must take heede that our cookes, and houshold •eruants breake not the Sabbath. The reason of this is framed from the lesser to the greater, out of that place, 2. Sam. 25.15. Dauid longed, and said, Oh that one would giue me to drinke of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate. vers. 16. Then the three mightie brake into the host of the Philistims, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem that was by the gate, and tooke and brought it to Dauid, who would not drinke thereof, but powred it for an offering vnto the Lord. vers. 17. And said, O Lord, be it farre from me that I should doe •his: is not this the blood of the men, that went in ieopardie of their liues? therefore would he not drinke. The reason standeth thus. If Dauid would not haue his seruants aduenture their corporall liues for his prouision, nor drinke the water when they had prouided it: much lesse ought we for our meates to aduenture the liues of our seruants. IV. Watering of cattell. Math. 12.11. The Lord answered, and said, Thou hypocrite, will not any of you on the Sabbath daies, loose his oxe or asse out of the stable, and bring him to the water? Vpon the like present and holy necessitie, Phisitians, vpon the Sabbath day, may take a iourney to visit the diseased, Mariners their voyage, Shepheards may tend their flocke, and Midwiues may helpe women with childe. Mark. 2.27. The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
