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

2 Observe by the way this authors spirit, he accounts it more exorbitant to think, that the observation of the Lords Day is prescribed unto us by Divine authority, or the religious observation of one day in seven, then to maintain that none at all is to be set apart to religious worship by Divine authority. And to this purpose he premiseth a general rule, that commonly the excess is more exorbitant then the defect; yet I never heard, that prodigality was censured as worse then covetousness, in opposition to liberality; or rashness, accounted worse then cowardliness, in opposition to fortitude: or superstition worse then profaneness, in opposition to true Religion. As for the sanctity of the day in Calvins phrase, which this Author calls Sanctity affixed to the day; shall I say this Prefacer understands it not? it is incredible; more likely he is to pervert Calvins plain meaning; not out of excess in the way of superstition, but out of a less exorbitant defect. For the sanctity of the day, in Calvins language is, when Religione quadam feriando, mysteria olim commendata ⟨p. 34⟩recolore see somniabant, by resting in a religious manner they thought as it were dreaming, that they observed certain mysteries of old recommended unto them. As appears in his sect. 33. Of the 8. Chap. of his second book of institutions; and such indeed was the sanctity of the day in the Jewish observation thereof. This religion, this holiness Calvin will have to be at an end; and that the Apostle Gal. 1. and Coloss. 2. disputed against them who would have that holiness, that religion to continue still: not against them, who will have one day in the week set apart, thereon to rest from manual works, as they are avocations from holy studies and meditations. And in the former case, he doth not say, as this author in a mincing manner feigns him to say, to wit, that So the change seemed to be only of the day; but in plain terms, that this were no other then to change the day, and that in contumely of the Jews; siquidem manet nobis etiamnum par mysterii in diebus significatio, quae apud Judaeos locum habebat, if so be there yet remains with us a mysterious signification equally in the days, such as had place amongst the Jews.

2 Observe by the way this authors spirit, he accompts it more exorbitant to thinke, that the observation of the Lords Day is prescribed unto us by Divine authority, or the religious observation of one day in seven, then to maintaine that none at all is to be set apart to religious worship by Divine authority. And to this purpose he premiseth a generall rule, that commonly the excesse is more exorbitant then the defect; yet I never heard, that prodigality was censured as worse then covetousnesse, in opposition to liberality; or rashnesse, accompted worse then cowardlinesse, in opposition to fortitude: or superstition worse then prophanenesse, in opposition to true Religion. As for the sanctity of the day in Calvins phrase, which this Author calls Sanctity affixed to the day; shall I say this Prefacer understands it not? it is incredible; more likely he is to pervert Calvins plaine meaning; not out of excesse in the way of superstition, but out of a lesse exorbitant defect. For the sanctity of the day, in Calvins language is, when Religione quadam feriando, mysteria olim commendata