A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

The occasional Sabbaths amongst the Jews gave them a greater latitude: no more time of those days being counted holy, than was spent in the public service of the day; which continued but from nine of the clock in the morning when the morning sacrifice was to be offered; and ended at three of the clock in the afternoon, at evening sacrifice. But the weekly Sabbath was holy in the whole extent of it: not indeed by constitution but by institution and consecration; God blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it, i. e. set it apart for divine and holy uses, of which more infra.

The occasional Sabbaths amongst the Jews gave them a greater latitude: no more time of those days being counted holy, than was spent in the publique service of the day; which continued but from nine of the clock in the morning when the morning sacrifice was to be offered; and ended at three of the clock in the afternoon, at evening sacrifice. But the weekly Sabbath was holy in the whole extent of it: not indeed by constitution but by institution and consecration; God blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it, i. e. set it apart for divine and holy uses, of which more infra.

In our sanctifying of the Sabbath, ¹we must have an equal respect to the negative prohibition, as to the affirmative injunction: i. e. to what is forbidden, as well as what is commanded, & è contra.

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And this is a rule which holds in the exposition of all the Commandments of the Law, and of the Gospel. Cease to do evil, and learn to do good.