[PART 1. people. Exod. xxiii. 12. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

SECTION III.

(Deut. v. 12—14. see § 1.) (1 Cor. xvi. 1, 2. see preceding §.) (Isai. Ivi. 2. see § 2.) Exod. xvi. 25~28. And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto the Lord: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? (Neh. xiii. 15—22. see § 2.) Matt. xii. 1, 2, 3. 5. 7. 12, 13. At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath day. But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did when he was an hungered, and they that were with him. Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless. if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. Mark ii. 27, 28. And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. Luke xiii. 15, 16. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite! doth not each one of you on the sabbath day loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away

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to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? John v. 8, 9, 10. 18. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked and on the same day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. Therefore the Jews 'sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his father, making himself equal with God. Luke iv. 16. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. Acts xx. 7. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. Isai. lxvi. 23. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord. Lev. xix. 30. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. Ezek. xlvi. 3. Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the Lord, în the sabbaths, and in the new moons. Acts xiii. 14–16. But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antroch in Pisidea, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sát down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. Then Paul stood up and beckoning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. Acts xvii. 2. And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures. Acts xviii. 4. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath day, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Isai: lviii. 13, 14. If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing

thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a Delight, the Holy of the Lord, Honourable; and shall honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Psal. cxi. 1. Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. Rom. xiii. 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 1 Pet. ii. 13. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake. 2 Pet. i. 7. And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. Luke xi. 41. But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and behold, all things are clean unto you. Jam. i. 27. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is this; To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. Matt. v. 19. Whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. vi. 6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Psal. Ixiii. 6. When I remember thee upon my bed, and think upon thee in the night watches. Psal. cxix. 97. O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Deut. vi. 6, 7. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Ephes. vi. 4. 9. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nur→

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ture and admonition of the Lord. And ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening; knowing that your master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. 2 Cor. xiii. 5. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

SECTION IV.

Ezek. xxiii. 38. Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. Jer. xvii. 24. 27. And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein. But if you will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. Exod. xxxi. 14, 15. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations for a perpetual covenant. Exod. xxiii. 12. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed. Ezek. xxii. 26. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Ezek. xxxiii. 30, 31, 32. Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still

are talking against thee by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song, of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath that we may set forth wheat? Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? Mal. i. 13. Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts: and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.

SECTION V.

(See preceding Sections.)