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…

The rest of the seventh day being ceremonial, we hold not only with Tostatus that it is alterable, but with Stella that ⟨p. 212⟩it must be altered; and I hope the word it self affords evidence enough for this. It is true, the fourth Commandment in the very front commands the sanctifying the Sabbath not the seventh day, but the Sabbath: and in like manner it ends with professing that the Lord Blessed the Sabbath day (not the seventh) & sanctified it. But when the question is made what Sabbath? I should rather answer a rest from all servile works, then as here it is answered, The seventh day. For undoubtedly God doth not therein command us to rest the seventh day in correspondency to the seventh day from the Creation, there is commanded one day in seven, and a seventh after six days of work. But we must leave it unto God as to prescribe unto us, the Master to his servants, the proportion of time to be set apart for his service, so the particularity of the day also under the specified proportion; least otherwise there might be as many different opinions hereabouts, and courses according thereunto amongst the people of God, as there be days in the week. Now God did appoint the seventh day of the week unto the Jews for their Sabbath; but the first day of the week, he hath appointed unto us for our Sabbath; still observing six days work before, and a seventh of rest unto God, after. And thus Zanchy a learned and judicious Divine interpreteth the fourth Commandment in 4. precept. p. 599. Col. 2. Stat sententia non sine causa factum esse, ut in substantia praecepti dictum non sit, Memento ut diem septimum, sed ut diem Sabbati. i. quietis sanctifices. Hac enim ratione nos quoque praeceptum hoc servamus, dum sanctificamus diem Dominicum, quia hic quietis dies nobis est, sicut Judaeis fuit septimus. I am still of opinion, that not without cause it is so ordered, that in the substance of the precept it is not said, remember the seventh day, but remember the Sabbath day, that is, the day of rest to sanctify it. For by this means, we also keep this precept in sanctifying the Lords Day.

The rest of the seventh day being ceremoniall, wee hold not onely with Tostatus that it is alterable, but with Stella that ⟨p. 212⟩it must be altered; and I hope the word it selfe affords evidence enough for this. It is true, the fourth Commandement in the very front commands the sanctifying the Sabbath not the seventh day, but the Sabbath: and in like maner it ends with professing that the Lord Blessed the Sabbath day (not the seventh) & sanctified it. But when the question is made what Sabbath? I should rather answer a rest from all servile works, then as here it is answered, The seventh day. For undoubtedly God doth not therein command us to rest the seventh day in correspondency to the seventh day from the Creation, there is commanded one day in seven, and a seventh after six dayes of worke. But wee must leave it unto God as to prescribe unto us, the Master to his servants, the proportion of time to be set apart for his service, so the particularity of the day also under the specified proportion; least otherwise there might be as many different opinions hereabouts, and courses according thereunto amongst the people of God, as there be dayes in the weeke. Now God did appoint the seventh day of the weeke unto the Jewes for their Sabbath; but the first day of the weeke, hee hath appointed unto us for our Sabbath; still observing six dayes worke before, and a seventh of rest unto God, after. And thus Zanchy a learned and judicious Divine interpreteth the fourth Commandement in 4. praecept. p. 599.