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

R. Menachem, and Midras Tehillim. It cannot be denied but this place is very pregnantly appliable unto Adam, as the first and chiefest object on whom this truth is verified; as being in the chiefest honour that ever man had on Earth, Lord of all the World, and the Father of mankind, and placed in Paradise; and the verb properly signifies pernoctare, to continue a night. Only it is of the future tense, which yet to bear the signification of the time past is nothing strange in the Hebrew, though it hath not always Vau conversivum, the sign of such conversion. And the very word Adam is here expressed, and we are very apt usually to accommodate unto Adam without all reference to this question, or consideration of the propriety of the Hebrew word signifying pernoctare. But let us return to that from whence we have digressed. Be it so that Adam continued in his integrity until the end of the seventh day; do we not read expressly, Gen. 2.5. that God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, that he might dress it and keep it; therefore God had work for him to do, even in things of this World as well as he hath for us. And Martin Luther professeth as much;¹ It follows from hence saith he, that if Adam had stood in his innocency, yet he should have kept the seventh day holy, that is, on that day he should have ⟨p. 57⟩taught his children, and children's children, what was the will of God and wherein his worship did consist, he should have praised God, given thanks and offered. On other days he should have tilled the ground, looked to his Cattle. And Selncecerus treads in Luther's steps, treating upon the Commandment of the Sabbath. Why then should it be thought superfluous to ordain some days for the works of this World, and one day for the service of God? And is it likely that Eve was about the service of God, when the Devil assaulted her? was she not too near the forbidden Fruit? it was within her sight, and the Fruit within her reach. 2. They urge that Vacation from servile works was then in vain, seeing nothing could then be laborious and troublesome unto him. I answer; though it were no pain to him to keep the Garden and dress it; yet this must needs take up his thoughts while he was about it, and many a Gentleman in these days finds less employment then Adam had;

R. Menachem, and Midras Tehillim. It cannot be denied but this place is very pregnantly appliable unto Adam, as the first and chiefest object on whom this truth is verified; as being in the chiefest honour that ever man had on Earth, Lord of all the World, and the Father of mankinde, and placed in Paradise; and the verbe properly signifies pernoctare, to continue a night. Onely it is of the future tense, which yet to beare the signification of the time past is nothing strange in the Hebrew, though it hath not alwayes Vau conversivum, the signe of such conversion. And the very word Adam is here expressed, and we are very apt usually to accommodate unto Adam without all reference to this question, or consideration of the propriety of the Hebrew word signifying pernoctare. But let us returne to that from whence we have digressed. Be it so that Adam continued in his integrity untill the end of the seventh day; doe we not read expressely,