The law unsealed

Therefore▪ 2. there is not to be understood here a rigid pressing of all these hours to be spent in Duties of immediate Worship, but our Working and Walking time, having a respect to our infirmities, and also to our Duties, lest under pretext of infirmity we encroach upon Gods day, and give him less then we give to our selves, or should and may give him: And so in Scripture they accounted, what is betwixt rising and going to bed, as still the Work of one day, or one days Work; for as God in conceding six days to us, hath yet so done it, as there may be a Reserve of particular times for Worship called for from us to him every day for keeping up our Communion with him; so on the seventh day doth the Lord allow so much conveniency of sleep and other refreshing, as may be subservient for the main end of the day, these being Works of mercy and necessity, which Christ allowed on the Sabbath, which was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

Therefore▪ 2. there is not to be understood here a rigid pressing of all these hours to be spent in Duties of immediate Worship, but our Working and Walking time, having a respect to our infirmities, and also to our Duties, lest under pretext of infirmity we incroach upon Gods day, and give him less then we give to our selves, or should and may give him: And so in Scripture they accompted, what is betwixt rising and going to bed, as still the Work of one day, or one dayes Work; for as God in conceding six dayes to us, hath yet so done it, as there may be a Reserve of particular times for Worship called for from us to him every day for keeping up our Communion with him; so on the seventh day doth the Lord allow so much conveniency of sleep and other refreshing, as may be subservient for the main end of the day, these being Works of mercy and necessity, which Christ allowed on the Sabbath, which was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

3. Yet care would be had lest under pretext of these we exceed, and apply too much of what is the Lords unnecessarily for our selves and on our lusts; and if we will wake for ordinary business, and keep up on such and such a Diet, other Days, yea if we might do it, or others no more strong then we, do it, the pretence of infirmity will not excuse us, especially seeing hardly it can be often instanced, that timeousness at Gods Work in that day, or earnestness and continuance in it, hath proved hurtful, which we may account as a part of Gods blessing on the seventh day, that less meat and sleep may be as refreshful as more at another time thus much for the quamdiu, or the Continuance of the day.