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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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3. The Third Argument for sanctifying the Sabbath, is taken from God's own Pattern, he rested the Seventh Day. As if the Lord should say, Will not you follow my Pattern? Having finished all my Works of Creation, I rested the Seventh Day. So you having done all your Secular Work on the Six Days, you should now cease from the Labour of your Calling, and Dedicate the Seventh Day to the Lord as a Day of Holy Rest.
4. The Fourth Argument for Sabbath-Sanctification, is taken ab Utili, from the Benefit which redounds from a Religious Observation of the Sabbath. The Lord blessed the Seventh-Day and hallowed it: It is not only a Day of God's Benediction, God did not only appoint the Seventh-Day, but he blessed the Seventh Day. The Sabbath-Day is not only a Day of Honour to God, but a Day of Blessing to us; it is not only a Day wherein we give God Worship, but a Day wherein he gives us Grace; on this Day a Blessing drops down from Heaven. This is a great Argument ⟨p. 332⟩for the keeping the Sabbath-Day Holy: God is not benefited by it, we cannot add one Cubit to his Essential Glory; but we our selves are advantaged: The Sabbath-Day religiously observed, entails a Blessing upon our Souls, our Estate, our Posterity. As the not keeping this Day Holy brings a Curse, Jer. 17.27. God curseth a Man's Blessings, Mal. 2.2. The Bread which he eats is poisoned with a Curse: So the Conscientious Observation of the Sabbath, brings all manner of Blessings with it. These are the Arguments to induce Sabbath-Sanctification. And so I have divided the Commandment into its several Parts, and explained the Sense of it.
4. The Fourth Argument for Sabbath-Sanctification, is taken ab Vtili, from the Benefit which redounds from a Religious Observation of the Sabbath. The Lord blessed the Seventh-Day and hallowed it: It is not only a Day of God's Benediction, God did not only appoint the Seventh-Day, but he blessed the Seventh Day. The Sabbath-Day is not only a Day of Honour to God, but a Day of Blessing to us; it is not only a Day wherein we give God Worship, but a Day wherein he gives us Grace; on this Day a Blessing drops down from Heaven. This is a great Argument