Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…

2. Distinguish between breaking the rest of the Sabbath naturally (by Natural actions, contrary to rest but without sin) and breaking it morally by sin. The former way Christ did break the Sabbath, the latter he did not, take this distinction from Christ himself, who tells you, that the Priests in the Temple brake the Sabbath (viz. the external rest of it, by labour) and are blameless (and therefore broke it not morally.)

But the Text that I find alleged most frequently and confidently by very many Learned Men, is 2 Chron. 28. 23. (and I desire God to forgive me, that in my ignorance I have oft so abused it my self) The words are these [For he Sacrificed to the Gods of Damascus that smote him; and he said, because the Gods of the King of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me] The last words are confessed to be the false words of the deluded Idolater Ahaz; but all the question is of the former words, which are the words of the Holy Ghost [He Sacrificed to the Gods of Damascus that smote him,] where by supine oversight, ⟨p. 330⟩Men have taken it, as if the Text made this smiting the act of the Gods, whereas it makes it the act of Damascus, or the Men of Damascus. It was Damascus that smote him, and not the Gods of Damascus, according to the Text.

But the Text that I find alledged most frequently and confidently by very many Learned Men, is 2 Chron. 28. 23. (and I desire God to forgive me, that in my ignorance I have oft so abused it my self) The words are these [For he Sacrificed to the Gods of Damascus that smote him; and he said, because the Gods of the King of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me] The last words are confess'd to be the false words of the deluded Idolater Ahaz; but all the question is of the former words, which are the words of the Holy Ghost [He Sacrificed to the Gods of Damascus that smote him,] where by supine oversight,