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. If the grounds upon which the Seventh day under the Law was preferred during that World, do in this renewing of the World agree only to the First day of the Week; then is the First day to succeed; but these grounds proportionally agree only to the First day under the Gospel, which agreed to the Seventh under the Law. Ergo,

That which made the Seventh day preferable was, 1. That God had ended all his works on the Sixth, and rested the Seventh; It was the First day after the Creation; so the First day of the Week is that day on which Christ rose (having perfected the work of Redemption, and obtained victory over death, under whose power some way for a time his body was before that) and was thereby manifestly declared to be the Son of God, to wit, by his Resurrection from the dead, Rom. 1.4.

That which made the Seventh day preferrable was, 1. That God had ended all his vvorks on the Sixth, and rested the Seventh; It vvas the First day after the Creation; so the First day of the Week is that day on vvhich Christ rose (having perfected the vvork of Redemption, and obtained victory over death, under vvhose povver some vvay for a time his body vvas before that) and vvas thereby manifestly declared to be the Son of God, to vvit, by his Resurrection from the dead, Rom. 1.4.

2. The force of the example vvill hold here, God made the World in Six days, and rested the Seventh, therefore rest ye with him; so Christ having for a time suffered, fully overcame the First day, and began his estate of exaltation, therefore rest with him, and rejoice that day, it being the beginning of this new joyful World.