A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions…A practical exposition of the X. Commandements with a resolution of several momentous questions…

2. What is the particular morality of it, and the literal meaning of the words.

3. How our Lord's day standeth in reference to this Command? and whether thereby the same sanctification be required as to it, though its institution arise from another ground, than is required to the Seventh-day-Sabbath? Somewhat of all these must needs be spoken unto, and we begin to speak first of its morality before we speak of its meaning, because all dependeth on this, both in respect of exposition and practise; for if it be not moral and perpetually binding, it's not necessary either to explicate it, or to study and press the practise of it; but if it be found to be moral, then no doubt it concerneth us, and requireth the same moral sanctification of a day now as it did before.

Our Assertion then in reference to this is, that, The duty of setting a-part and sanctifying of a portion of time, as it is limited in the fourth Command, for God's Service as it recurreth, is moral, and the obligation thereunto perpetual, even as in the duties of the other Commands; the obligation to this, being no more dissolved than to those, though there may be difference in the degree of the obligation which they lay on in respect of the matter contained in them; my meaning in a word, is, that a day or one of seven is as necessary to be kept holy unto God now, (upon supposition of his determining the particular day) as it is necessary to hold and keep up the worship prescribed by God; neither without sin can another day be put in the room of it, more than other worship can be substituted in the place of divinely prescribed worship; for the time is set and sixth by the Fourth Command (pointing at a solemn and chief time) as the worship it self is by the second.

Our Assertion then in reference to this is, that, The duty of setting a-part and sanctifying of a portion of time, as it is limitted in the fourth Command, for God's Service as it recurreth, is moral, and the obligation thereunto perpetual, even as in the duties of the other Commands; the obligation to this, being no more dissolved than to those, though there may be difference in the degree of the obligation which they lay on in respect of the matter contained in them; my meaning in a word, is, that a day or one of seven is as necessary to be kept holy unto God now, (upon supposition of his determining the particular day) as it is necessary to hold and keep up the worship prescribed by God; neither without sin can another day be put in the room of it, more than other worship can be substituted in the place of divinely prescribed worship; for the time is set and fixt by the Fourth Command (pointing at a solemne and chief time) as the worship it self is by the second.