Indian dialogues for their instruction in that great service of Christ, in calling home…

1. Here is the Preface, in this word, Remember the Sabbath-day, to show the great weight and worth of the Sabbath, o• our proneness to •light it; and to stablish a perpetual and careful preparation to the Sabbath, Neh. 13.19. And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day. 2. Here is the Affirmative part of the Command, wherein we are commanded to keep the whole Sabbath holy, both in thought, word and deed, Isa. 58.13. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath • delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable, and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words. 3. Here is an exact distribution of all time betwixt God and man, wherein God hath appointed six parts or days to man, and the seventh part is dedicated to God: and hence it followeth that the Sabbath was capable of being changed, from the l•st of seven, to the first of seven; and so the Lord hath changed it, 1 Cor. 16.2•• ⟨p. 71⟩Acts 20.7. Rev. 1.10. And when this Change was first made, the Church kept two Sabbaths together, as the Passover and the Lords Supper were together. 4. Here is the Negative part of this Command, wherein we are forbidden all our own works, in that word or deed, Thou shalt do no manner o• work. 5 Here be the persons that be bound to keep the Sabbath, All, high and low, rich and poor, male and female, in all societies •nd relations, and strangers, Thou, thy son, thy aughter, thy man-servant, thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and thy stranger. 6. Here be three Reasons to urge us to a reverent and careful keeping of the Sabbath: 1. Taken from Gods most holy and wise Example, who six days Created, but on the seventh dy rested in his heavenly joys. 2. The second Reason is, Because God hath put a blessing on the head of the Sabbath, and on all that keep it holy: He blessed the seventh day. 3. The third Reason is, Because the Lord made it holy, he dedicated it to holy use, ad therefore may not be violated without sacrilege.