A65285:2113
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This Commandment was engraven in Stone by God's own Finger, and it will be our Comfort to have it engraven in our Hearts.
The Sabbath-Day is set apart for God's Solemn Worship, it is God's Enclosure, and it must not be alienated to common Uses. The Lord hath set a Preface before this Commandment, he hath put a Memento to it, Remember, to keep the Sabbath-Day holy. This Word Remember, shows, that we are apt to forget Sabbath-Holiness, therefore we need a Memorandum to put us in mind of sanctifying this Day.
I shall explain the Words.
I. Here is a Solemn Command, Remember the Sabbath-Day to keep it holy. II. Many Cogent Arguments to induce us to observe the Command.
I. In the Command, 1. The Matter of it, viz. The sanctifying of the Sabbath, which Sabbath-Sanctification consists in two things.