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…

Arg. •. If by this command a whole Natural day is to be employed for duties of Worship, as another day is employed in our ordinary Callings, then is it to begin in the morning, the antecedent will not be denied, the consequent is thus made good; if men account all the labour of their working time from one nights rest to another, to belong to one day, then must they begin in the morning, or else they must account what they work after the first evening to belong to another day, but that way of reckoning was never heard of, the twelfth hour belonging to that same day with the first hour.

Arg. •. If by this command a whole Natural day is to be employed for duties of Worship, as another day is employed in our ordinary Callings, then is it to begin in the morning, the antecedent will not be denied, the consequent is thus made good; if men account all the labour of their working time from one nights rest to another, to belong to one day, then must they begin in the morning, or else they must account vvhat they vvork after the first evening to belong to another day, but that vvay of reckoning vvas never heard of, the tvvelth hour belonging to that same day vvith the first hour.

Again, if by this command a whole Artificial day together (that is, our waking and working time betwixt two nights) •e to be employed for Gods worship, then its beginning must be in the morning, for if the latter or following evening belong to this Natural day before sleeping time come on, then the even before cannot belong to it, for it cannot have both; but by this command a whole waking day, or an Artificial day is to be sanctified together, and the even after it before waking time end as well as the morning: Therefore it must begin in the morning, and not on the evening before.

Again, if by this command a vvhole Artificial day together (that is, our vvaking and vvorking time betvvixt tvvo nights) •e to be employed for Gods vvorship, then its beginning must be in the morning, for if the latter or follovving evening belong to this Natural day before sleeping time come on, then the even before cannot belong to it, for it cannot have both; but by this command a vvhole vvaking day, or an Artificial day is to be sanctified together, and the even after it before vvaking time end as vvell as the morning: Therefore it must begin in the morning, and not on the evening before.