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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
In it thou shalt do no manner of work.
In it thou shalt doe no manner of worke.
He means works of the world, and of ones worldly calling, for, for works of religion those are commanded, else God should command idleness upon the sabbath day, which he doth not allow any day, therefore it forbids all manner of worldly businesses, commanding the works of religion and mercy. Hence then we learn, that no worldly business great or small must be done upon the sabbath, all worldly cares and questions, and works must be cut off. For smaller works, Exod. 16. we have a plain proof, where God condemns them for gathering, yea for purposing to gather Manna on the sabbath day: now what work more easy then this; it was to be done between five and six in the morning or not long after, so that all the day after they might serve God, and they needed not take any great journey for it, go but out of their doors a little, it was wont to be there, nor the pains was not very great, but to stoop and take it up, and there an end; and this is to be noted by the way, that they went out & found nothing, and so this is perpetual, that whosoever goes out to get any outward gain on the Lords day gains nothing, what ever he think, certain he finds just nothing, Gods curse eats up more then his gains. Now when they went but a little way, had but little time to spend, and it was no great pains to gather Manna, yet God says for this, How long will this people break all my commandments. It was but the breach of this one, and yet God chargeth them with the breach of all, because in truth he that makes a breach into this, sets open a gap into all.
HEe meanes workes of the world, and of ones worldly calling, for, for workes of religion those are commanded, else God should commaund idlenesse vpon the sabboth day, which hee doth not allow any day, therefore it forbids all manner of worldly businesses, commanding the workes of religion and mercie. Hence then we learne, that no worldlie businesse great or small must bee done vpon the sabboth, all worldly cares and questions, and workes must bee cut off. For smaller works,