I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

2. Neither is that Family an unblessed Family which is strict in the observation of the Sabbath or the Lords day; God hath blessed that day that he might bless them who do keep that day: hereby England hath been blessed with the power of godliness more than other Nations; My Sabbath, (saith God) shall be a sign between me and thee. ¹And in the Primitive times when a Christian was asked whether he had kept the Lords day, his answer generally was, I am a Christian, I cannot neglect it; as if the observation of the Lords ⟨image 4⟩day were the badge of a Christian: this is the Girdle of all our Duties, and in respect of this Girdle I may say, Ungirt, unblessed; the valleys of the week day are blessed by the upper springs of this day; and as the Commandment doth especially point at, and look wishly upon the Master of the Family, (saying, Neither thou, nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, &c.) So doth the blessing also.

2. Neither is that Family an unblessed Family which is strict in the observation of the Sabbath or the Lords day; God hath blessed that day that he might bless them who do keep that day: hereby England hath been blessed with the power of godliness more than other Nations; My Sabbath, (saith God) shall be a sign between me and thee. ¹And in the Primitive times when a Christian was asked whether he had kept the Lords day, his answer generally was, I am a Christian, I cannot neglect it; as if the observation of the Lords ⟨image 4⟩day were the badg of a Christian: this is the Girdle of al our Duties, and in respect of this Girdle I may say, Ungirt, unblessed; the vallies of the week day are blessed by the upper springs of this day; and as the Commandement doth especially poynt at, and look wishly upon the Master of the Family, (saying, Neither thou, nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, &c.) So doth the blessing also.

1. 1Servasti diem Daminicam? Christianus sum 'intermittere non possum.