Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred…

The places adjoined of Exod. 16. 29. Chap. 31. 17. Ezek. 20. 12. do prove sufficiently and undeniably, that in the Mosaical Pedagogy, the Observation of the seventh day, being precisely enjoined, there were Additions of signification given unto it, that is to the seventh day precisely by Divine Institution, as amongst them it was to be observed. And therefore unto the utmost extent of the Determination of the Day of Rest, unto the seventh day precisely, and all the significancy annexed unto it, to that people, we acknowledge that the Sabbath was absolutely commensurate to the Church State of the Jews, beginning and ending with it. But the Argument hence educed; namely, that God ⟨p. 95⟩gave the Sabbath, that is the Law of it, in a peculiar manner unto the Jews, therefore he had not given the same Law for the substance of it before, unto all mankind, is infirm. For God gave the whole Law to the Jews in an especial manner, and enforced the Observation of it with a Reason or Motive peculiar to them, namely, I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the Land of Egypt out of the house of bondage; and yet this Law was before given unto them who never were in Egypt, nor never thence delivered. And upon the account of this peculiar Appropriation of the Law unto the Jews, it is spoken of in the Scripture in places innumerable, as if it had been given unto them only, and to no others at all. So speaks the Psalmist, Psal. 141. 19. [Greek or Hebrew] declaring his Words unto Jacob, his Statutes and Judgements unto Israel. Where only [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew] the Ceremonial and Judicial Laws are intended, so by [Greek or Hebrew] his Words, and that [Greek or Hebrew] the ten Words, as Moses calls the Decalogue. And of them all the Psalmist adds v. 20. [Greek or Hebrew] he hath not done so unto any Nation; namely, not in the same manner; for none will deny, but that nine Precepts at least were given unto all mankind in Adam.

The places adjoyned of Exod. 16. 29. Chap. 31. 17. Ezek. 20. 12. do prove sufficiently and undeniably, that in the Mosaical Paedagogie, the Observation of the seventh day, being precisely injoyned, there were Additions of signification given unto it, that is to the seventh day precisely by Divine Institution, as amongst them it was to be observed. And therefore unto the utmost extent of the Determination of the Day of Rest, unto the seventh day precisely, and all the significancy annexed unto it, to that people, we acknowledge that the Sabbath was absolutely commensurate to the Church State of the Jews, beginning and ending with it. But the Argument hence educed; namely, that God