The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…

I have taken it to my self, I have challenged it to my self, to be employed in my service, it is my day not thine, therefore, unless thou will be accounted a sacrilegious thief, to take holy things for unholy uses, unless thou wilt devove things that be sanctified to thine own destruction, see that thou meddle not with it, it is a part of the church treasury, & thou shalt be no better then a church robber, if thou convert it to thine own uses. The third reason is taken from Gods example, in these words. For in six days the Lord made heaven & earth the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day, q. d. if thou wilt follow example and be led by others, then follow the example of the best; now what better example can there be, then the example of God himself; now God himself when he went to make the world, and all the things in the ⟨p. 62⟩world, contrived all his works so, as that he finished them within the compass of six days, and on the seventh day did rest from all his works of creation, only preserving those things which before he had made, therefore from his example learn thou so to dispatch all thy business on the six days, as that on the seventh day ceasing from labour in thy calling, thou mayest wholly give thy self to the duties of sanctification, and to meditate on Gods power and greatness, in his six days work, for which end, as one special thing to be done in it, he hath appointed this resting of the seventh day. The last reason is taken from the end of the sabbath, in these words, Wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. q. d. If neither the equity of the commandment, nor the authority and right of God, nor yet his example will prevail with thee to persuade thine hart to keep this commandment, yet in regard of thine own profit, and the benefit thou shalt reap to thy self, yield to keep it holy, for God hath not taken this to himself for any commodity that he shall have by it, but even for thy good, for he hath appointed it for holy uses, that it might be a means of blessing not upon the soul only, but even upon the body and estate of those that observe it; there is no readier way to bring Gods blessing upon any man then the sanctifying of it, nor no more present means to pull down a curse, then the neglecting and breaking of it.

I haue taken it to my selfe, I haue challenged it to my selfe, to bee imployed in my seruice, it is my day not thine, therfore, vnlesse thou will bee accounted a sacrilegious theefe, to take holie things for vnholie vses, vnlesse thou wilt deuoue things that bee sanctified to thine owne destruction, see that thou meddle not with it, it is a part of the church treasurie, & thou shalt be no better then a church robber, if thou conuert it to thine owne vses. The third reason is taken from Gods example, in these words. For in sixe daies the Lord made heauen & earth the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seauenth daie, q. d. if thou wilt follow example and bee led by others, then follow the example of the best; now what better example can there be, then the example of God himselfe; now God himselfe when he went to make the world, and all the things in the