{"number":60,"title":"How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?","part":null,"questions":[60],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?","answer":"The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy Resting all that Day, even from such worldly Employments and Recreations as are lawful on other Days, and spending the whole time in the publick and private Exercises of God’s Worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the Works of Necessity and Mercy.","segments":[{"text":"The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy Resting all that Day, even from such worldly Employments and Recreations as are lawful on other Days, and spending the whole time in the publick and private Exercises of God’s Worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the Works of Necessity and Mercy.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must we rest on the Sabbath Day?","answer":"Yes. Six Days may Work be done, but in the Seventh is the Sabbath of Rest,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Six Days may Work be done, but in the Seventh is the Sabbath of Rest,","proofs":["Exodus 31:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 31:15","osis":["Exod.31.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must we Rest from worldly Employments?","answer":"Yes. Ye shall hallow the Sabbath Day to do no Work therein,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Ye shall hallow the Sabbath Day to do no Work therein,","proofs":["Jeremiah 17:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 17:24","osis":["Jer.17.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from Recreations?","answer":"Yes. Not finding thine own Pleasure,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Not finding thine own Pleasure,","proofs":["Isaiah 58:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 58:13","osis":["Isa.58.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is this to signifie our being dead to this World?","answer":"Yes. For he that is entred into his Rest has ceased from his own Works,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he that is entred into his Rest has ceased from his own Works,","proofs":["Hebrews 4:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 4:10","osis":["Heb.4.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to awaken us to think of leaving it?","answer":"Yes. For here we have no continuing City,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For here we have no continuing City,","proofs":["Hebrews 13:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 13:14","osis":["Heb.13.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must this Rest be dedicated to God?","answer":"Yes. It is a holy Day, a Sabbath of Rest to the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It is a holy Day, a Sabbath of Rest to the Lord,","proofs":["Exodus 35:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 35:2","osis":["Exod.35.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we spend time on that Day in the publick Exercises of God’s Worship?","answer":"Yes. For it is a holy Convocation,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For it is a holy Convocation,","proofs":["Leviticus 23:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 23:3","osis":["Lev.23.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must we do so every Sabbath as we have Opportunity?","answer":"Yes. From one Sabbath to another shall all Flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. From one Sabbath to another shall all Flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord,","proofs":["Isaiah 66:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 66:23","osis":["Isa.66.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And must we not absent our selves from publick Worship?","answer":"No. Not forsaking the Assembling of your selves together,","segments":[{"text":"No. Not forsaking the Assembling of your selves together,","proofs":["Hebrews 10:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 10:25","osis":["Heb.10.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must we spend time on that Day in the private Exercises of Religion?","answer":"Yes. It is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your Dwellings,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your Dwellings,","proofs":["Leviticus 23:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 23:3","osis":["Lev.23.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did the Disciples of Christ thus spend the First Lord’s Day?","answer":"Yes. For on the First Day of the Week the Disciples were assembled,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For on the First Day of the Week the Disciples were assembled,","proofs":["John 20:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 20:19","osis":["John.20.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we prepare for the Sabbath Day before-hand?","answer":"Yes. It was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew on,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew on,","proofs":["Luke 23:54"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 23:54","osis":["Luke.23.54"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must the Sabbath be a Day of holy Joy?","answer":"Yes. We will rejoice and be glad in it,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We will rejoice and be glad in it,","proofs":["Psalm 118:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 118:24","osis":["Ps.118.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must it be a Day of Praise?","answer":"Yes. The Psalm for the Sabbath Day begins, It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Psalm for the Sabbath Day begins, It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord,","proofs":["Psalm 92:title, 1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 92:title, 1","osis":["Ps.92","Ps.92.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must we be spiritual in the Duties of the Day?","answer":"Yes. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day,","proofs":["Revelation 1:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 1:10","osis":["Rev.1.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And must we take pleasure in them?","answer":"Yes. Call the Sabbath a Delight,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Call the Sabbath a Delight,","proofs":["Isaiah 58:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 58:13","osis":["Isa.58.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are Works of Mercy and Charity proper for the Sabbath Day?","answer":"Yes. Ought not this Woman to be loosed from this Bond on the Sabbath Day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Ought not this Woman to be loosed from this Bond on the Sabbath Day,","proofs":["Luke 13:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 13:16","osis":["Luke.13.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And may Works of Necessity be done on that Day?","answer":"Yes. Do not you on the Sabbath lead your Ox, or your Ass, to watering,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Do not you on the Sabbath lead your Ox, or your Ass, to watering,","proofs":["Luke 13:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 13:15","osis":["Luke.13.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}