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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
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Secondly, In a Conscientious Discharge of our Religious Duties.
2. The Persons to whom the Command of sanctifying the Sabbath is given, (1.) Either Superiors, and they are 1st. More Private, as Parents and Masters. Or, 2ly. More Public, as Magistrates. Or, (2.) Inferiors. First, Natives, as Children and Servants, Thy Son and thy Daughter, thy Man-Servant and thy Maid Servant. Secondly, Foreigners, The Stranger that is within thy Gates.
2. The Persons to whom the Command of sanctifying the Sabbath is given, (1.) Either Superiours, and they are 1st. More Private, as Parents and Masters. Or, 2ly. More Publique, as Magistrates. Or, (2.) Inferiours. First, Natives, as Children and Servants, Thy Son and thy Daughter, thy Man-Servant and thy Maid Servant. Secondly, Foreigners, The Stranger that is within thy Gates.
II. The Cogent Arguments to obey this Command of keeping Holy the Sabbath, 1. From the Rationality of it —Six Days shalt thou labour, and do all thy Work: As if God had said, I am not an hard Master, I do not grutch thee time to look after thy Calling, and to get an Estate. I have given thee Six Days, Six to do all thy Work in, and have taken but one Day for my self: I might have reserved Six Days for my self, and allowed thee but one; but I have given thee Six Days for the Works of thy Calling, and have taken but One Day for my own Service; therefore it is equal and rational, that thou shouldst set this Day in a special manner apart for my Worship.