A53694:366
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred…
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred rest wherein the original of the Sabbath from the foundation of the world, the morality of the Fourth commandment with the change of the Seventh day are enquired into : together with an assertion of the divine institution of the Lord's Day, and practical directions for its due observation / by John Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1671
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The general Argument which to this purpose he insists upon, consists in an enumeration of all the ⟨p. 369⟩several Rests of God and his people, which are mentioned in the Scriptures. For from the consideration of them all, he proves that no other Rest could be intended in the words of David, but only the Rest of the Gospel, whereinto they enter who do believe.
Moreover, from that Respect which the •••ds of the Psalmist have unto the other foregoing Rests of God and his people, he manifests that they […] were appointed of God, to be Representations of that spiritual Rest which was now brought in and established. This is the general Design of this Discourse.
Moreover, from that Respect which the •••ds of the Psalmist have unto the other foregoing Rests of God and his people, he manifests that they 〈…〉 were appointed of God, to be Representations of that spiritual Rest which was now brought in and established. This is the general Design of this Discourse.
In pursuit hereof, he declares in particular, (1) That the Rest mentioned in the Psalm, is not that which ensued immediately on the Creation of all things. This he evinceth, because it was spoken of afterwards, a long time after, and that to another purpose, v. 4, 5. (2) That it was not the Rest of the Land of Canaan, because that was not entered into by them unto whom it was first proposed and promised; for they came short of it by their unbelief, and perished in the Wilderness; but this Rest which is now afresh proposed is such, as the people of God must and will enter into, v. 6, 7. (3) Whereas it may be objected, that although the Wilderness Generation entered not in, yet their posterity did so under the conduct of