A37046:865
The law unsealed
The law unsealed: or, A practical exposition of the Ten Commandments With a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience. By the learned, laborious, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. James Durham, late minister of the Gospel at Glasgow.
Glasgow: printed by Robert Sanders, 1676
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. It may be objected, But God rested the Seventh day? Answ. Gods rest is not principally proposed as the reason of that Seventh day, but that he rested one day▪ after six employed in the works of Creation▪ It's to infer the number▪ not the order, otherwaies it would not concern us. 2. The Seventh relateth not to the order of the days of the week, one, two, three, &c, but it's called the Seventh with respect to the former Six of work.
2. It may be objected, But God rested the Seventh day? Answ. Gods rest is not principally proposed as the reason of that Seventh day, but that he rested one day▪ after six imployed in the works of Creation▪ I'ts to inferr the number▪ not the order, otherwaies it would not concern us. 2. The Seventh relateth not to the order of the dayes of the week, one, two, three, &c, but it's called the Seventh with respect to the former Six of work.
Thus much for the quoties and quamdiu, how often the Sabbath recurreth, and what is the day.
It remaineth here to be inquired what is the beginning of the sanctification of this day (which belongeth to the quando) or wherefrom we are to reckon it, seeing it's granted by all to be a natural day; Now it is questioned mainly, whether its beginning is to be reckoned from evening about Sun▪setting or darkness, to Sun▪ setting the next day, or if it be to be reckoned from morning, that is (as we fix it) when the Sun beginneth to ascend towards us after midnight, which is morning largely taken, as its evening largely taken, when the Sun beginneth to decline after mid-day.