Of the morality of the fourth commandment as still in force to bind Christians…Of the morality of the fourth commandement as still in force to binde Christians…

Dielericus the Lutheran complains of the like profanations of the Sabbath too much in course amongst them, in his Analysis of the Gospels for the Lords Day. p. 559. and let every Christian conscience be judge, whether to follow Maypoles, May-games and Morris dancing be to sanctify the Sabbath as God commands? if any man shall say, that the fourth Commandment concerned the Jews, and not us Christians, he must therewithal renounce the book of Homilies. For it professeth that this Commandment binds us to the observation of our Sabbath, which is Sunday; the words are these. So if we will be the children of our Heavenly Father, we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbath Day, which is the Sunday, not only for that it is Gods Commandment, but also to declare our selves to be loving children in following the example of our gracious Lord and Father. Then complaining how the Sabbath is profaned; Some use all days alike—The other sort worse: For although they will not travail, nor labour on the Sunday, yet they will not rest in holiness, as God commandeth; but they rest in ungodliness and filthiness, prancing in their pride, pranking and pricking, pointing & painting themselves to be gorgeous and gay. They rest in excess & superfluity, in gluttony ⟨p. 182⟩and drunkenness like Rats and Swine: they rest in brawling and railing, in quarrelling and fighting: they rest in want onnesse, in toyish talking, in filthy fleshliness; and concludes after this manner, so that it doth too evidently appear that God is more dishonoured, and the Devil better served on Sunday, then upon all the days of the week beside. And that distinction which Calvin makes of the Jewish observation of the Sabbath, and our Christian observation of a Sabbath is, for ought I know, generally received of all; and the distinction is this; that the Jews observed their Sabbath so strictly in the point of rest, for a mysterious signification; but we observe it in resting from other works so far forth as they are Avocamenta à sacris studiis & meditationibus, avocations from holy studies, and meditations; now it is apparent that sports and pleasures are as strong avocations from holy studies and meditations, as worldly cares; and both equally are noted out to be such as choke the Word, Luk. 8. 14.

Dielericus the Lutherane complaines of the like profanations of the Sabbath too much in course amongst them, in his Analysis of the Gospells for the Lords Day. p. 559. and let every Christian conscience be judge, whether to follow Maypoles, May-games and Morrice dancing be to sanctifie the Sabbath as God commands? if any man shall say, that the fourth Commandement concerned the Jewes, and not us Christians, hee must therewithall renounce the booke of Homilies. For it professeth that this Commandement binds us to the observation of our Sabbath, which is Sunday; the words are these. So if we will be the children of our Heavenly Father, we must be carefull to keep the Christian Sabbath Day, which is the Sunday, not only for that it is Gods Commandement, but also to declare our selves to be loving children in following the example of our gracious Lord and Father. Then complaining how the Sabbath is profaned; Some use all dayes alike—The other sort worse: For although they will not travaile, nor labour on the Sunday, yet they will not rest in holinesse, as God commandeth; but they rest in ungodlinesse and filthinesse, prancing in their pride, pranking and pricking, poynting & painting themselves to be gorgeous and gay. They rest in excesse & superflutty, in gluttony