London's lamentation, or, A serious discourse concerning the late fiery dispensation that turned our…

Fifthly, This hath been the judgement of most judicious Divines in all ages. In the Counsel of Mexicon there was an Assembly of Ministers out of all Nations in Christendom, and they ordained a Canon concerning the Lords Day. The Canon runs thus, We ordain that people keep the whole Lords Day holy, and that they set themselves the whole day to pray to ⟨p. 254⟩God, and delight in God, and hear his word; and if a Country mans servant break this day, his punishment shall be to be beaten with severe blows (ictubus gravioribus are the very words of the Council) and if a Lawyer offer to plead this day, he shall not have the benefit of his pleading or case; and if a Minister break this day, he shall be excommunicated half a year, and thrown •ut of the Church, and shall not be received into the Church again, but upon great humiliation. It is a good observation of Musculus upon Exod. 20. 8. God doth not say (saith he) remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy: for he that keeps it an hour or two, keeps it holy: but remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: he will have not a part of a day only, but a whole day kept holy. And Calvin upon these words, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; saith, we are to keep this day holy: and not a part of it, but all of it. I might produce a cloud of witnesses in the case; but let these suffice. But,

Fifthly, This hath been the judgement of most judicious Divines in all ages. In the Counsel of Mexicon there was an Assembly of Ministers out of all Nations in Christendom, and they ordained a Canon concerning the Lords Day. The Canon runs thus, We ordain that people keep the whole Lords Day holy, and that they set themselves the whole day to pray to ⟨p. 254⟩God, and delight in God, and hear his word; and if a Countrey mans servant break this day, his punishment shall be to be beaten with severe blows (ictubus gravioribus are the very words of the Councel) and if a Lawyer offer to plead this day, he shall not have the benefit of his pleading or case; and if a Minister break this day, he shall be excommunicated half a year, and thrown •ut of the Church, and shall not be received into the Church again, but upon great humi•iation. It is a good observation of Musculus upon Exd. 20. 8. God doth not say (saith he) rmember the Sabbath, to keep it holy: for he that keeps it an hour or two, keeps it holy: but remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: he will have not a part of a day only, but a whole day kept holy. And Calvin upon these words, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy; saith, we are to keep this day holy: and not a part of it, but all of it. I might produce a cloud of witnsses in the case; but let these suffice. But,