The Christian Sabbath defended against a crying evil in these times of the antisabitarians…

In which cases, both touching the proportion of the time, and particularity of the day, the Law being made, it shall continue immutable and unalterable by the will of the Creature; but mutable, and alterable according to the will of the Creator: so that things being well distinguished, and rightly considered and stated, I see no bug bear of inconvenience in all this. Neither do I see any reason why the spending of one day in Gods holy worship as a moral and perpetual duty, should seem distasteful to any. Since it is apparent that God commanded it unto his people of the Jews; and for 1600 years it hath been continually observed by Christian Churches unto this day; and I make no doubt, but it shall hold till Christs coming; though from the beginning of the World it was ⟨p. 236⟩never found to be so hotly opposed as at this day. And why should any man stick in acknowledging it to be moral; when never any man busied himself to find out any ceremoniality in reference to the proportion of one day in seven? Neither do I think ever any man called it judicial, but Azorius professeth it to be rationi maxim consentancum most agreeable to reason: and no man that I know hath at any time set himself to devise a proportion of time to be spent in Gods service, more agreeable to reason then this. And as for the third offence taken (for I know not any that give it) The fourth Commandment is brought by none that I know to prove that the Lords Day is now become our Christian Sabbath; but supposing it to be our Sabbath, as the book of Homilies saith it is; and our Saviour signified that Christians should have their Sabbath, as well as the Jews had theirs, Math. 24 20. we produce the fourth Commandment to prove, that we ought to sanctify it, and that we may the better sanctify it, to rest from all works that hinder the sanctification thereof; And indeed the Commandment is so drawn, as to command one day in seven to be observed, and whatsoever is that seventh prescribed by lawful authority, to sanctify it, and abstain from all works whereby the hallowing of it is disturbed; and all this we take to be moral, namely the worshipping of God in a certain proportion of time prescribed by him, and to that purpose to rest from works, not for any mysterious signification sake, as did the Jews;

In which cases, both touching the proportion of the time, and particularity of the day, the Law being made, it shall continue immutable and unalterable by the will of the Creature; but mutable, and alterable according to the will of the Creator: so that things being well distinguished, and rightly considered and stated, I see no bug beare of inconvenience in all this. Neyther doe I see any reason why the spending of one day in Gods holy worship as a morall and perpetuall duty, should seeme distastfull to any. Since it is apparant that God commanded it unto his people of the Jewes; and for 1600 yeares it hath beene continually observed by Christian Churches unto this day; and I make no doubt, but it shall hold till Christs comming; though from the beginning of the World it was