The divine appointment of the Lords day proved as a separated day for holy…

7. The only appearance of a proof is at the end, that time being measured by Weeks, and the end of the Weeks being fittest for Rest, therefore nature points us to the last day.

Answ. But 1. You do not at all prove, that nature teacheth all men to measure their time by Weeks. 2. Nor is your Philosophy true, that all motion is in order to rest. Indeed all Labour is, that is, all the Motion of any Creature which is out of its proper place, and moveth towards it. But if you will call the Action of Active natures, such as our souls are, by the name of spiritual motion, or Metaphysical motion, as many do, then no doubt but cessation is as contrary to their nature, as corporal motion is to the nature of a stone: And the Rest, that is, the perfection, pleasure and felicity of Spirits, consisteth in their greatest activity in good; They rest not saying, Holy, Holy, &c. 3. You transfer the case from a day of Worship to a day of Rest. And so make your cause worse: Because nature saith much for one stated day of Worship; but not for one stated day of Rest from labour, further than the Worship it self must have a vacancy from other things. For reason can ⟨p. 208⟩prove no necessity to humane nature of Resting a whole day, any more than for a due proportioning of Rest unto Labour every day. The Rest of one hour in seven, is as much as the Rest of one Day in seven. Or if some more additional conveniences may be found for Days than Hours, there being no convenience without its inconvenience, this will but show us, that the Law is well made when it is made, but not prove a prior that there is or must be such an universal Law. As you can never prove, that Nature teacheth men the distribution of Time by Weeks (1. It being a thing of Tradition, Custom and Consent. 2. And no man naturally knoweth it, till others tell him of it. 3. And many Nations do not so measure their time. 4. And no man can bring a Natural Reason to prove that it must be so, which they might do if it were a Law of Natural Reason) so also that every Family, or Country at least, should not have leave to vary their days of Rest, according to diversity of Riches and Poverty, Health and Sickness, Youth and Age, Peace and War, and other such cases, you cannot prove necessary by Nature alone, though you may prove it well done when it is done. 4 You cannot prove the last day more necessary for Rest, than the first, or any other. For there are few Countries, where Wars, or some other necessities, have not constrained them sometimes to violate the Sabbaths Rest: