IV. The Fourth Commandment.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Holy; Six dayes shalt thou labour, and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: In it thou shalt not do any work, Thou nor thy Son, nor thy Daughter, thy Man servant, nor thy Maid servant, nor thy Cattle, nor thy Stranger that is within thy Gates. For in six dayes the Lord made Heaven and Earth, the Sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallow∣ed it.
The Affirmative part of this Commandment, is, to cease from sin, from the works of our ordinary callings, and also to perform those spiritual duties, which God requires: Where in Preparation to the Sanctification of this day, (as Christ and the practice of the old Law were wont) the Assemblies must be frequented, God's word and his creatures meditated; Works of charity, the needy relieved, the sick visited, the faln admonished, differences reconciled.
This blessed Rest-day is a Type of that inward rest from sin, and that blessed rest of the Saints eternally in Heaven.
The seventh day from the Creation is ceased, and the Lord's day Sabbath con∣firm'd by his Resurrection, and the Apostolical practice. Things of present necessi∣ty, as to preserve life, or goods, provision of meat or drink, watering cattle, cu∣ring diseases, Voyages of Mariners, Shepherds tending flocks, or necessary em∣ployment of Physick.
The Negative part of this Commandment, is, not to pollute the Sabbath, by works of our ordinary calling, Fairs on this day, all manner of Husbandry, all scurrility of Jests, Sports, all manner of Prophaneness and Hypocrisie.