{"number":59,"title":"Which day of the Seven hath God appointed to be the Weekly Sabbath?","part":null,"questions":[59],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Which day of the Seven hath God appointed to be the Weekly Sabbath?","answer":"From the Beginning of the World, to the Resurrection of Christ, God appointed the Seventh day of the Week, to be the Weekly Sabbath; and the First day of the Week ever since to continue to the end of the World, which is the Christian Sabbath.","segments":[{"text":"From the Beginning of the World, to the Resurrection of Christ, God appointed the Seventh day of the Week, to be the Weekly Sabbath; and the First day of the Week ever since to continue to the end of the World, which is the Christian Sabbath.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is the Seventh day of the week always to be kept as Holy, and the weekly Sabbath unto the Lord?","answer":"A Seventh day in number is always to be kept as holy, and the weekly Sabbath; the seventh part of our time being Gods due, and by vertue of this Commandment, to be separated from common use, and employed in his Worship, and more immediate service, every week; but the Seventh day in Order from the Creation, is not necessary always to be observed as a Sabbath, it being in the power of God, who appointed the Seventh, in order to alter that order at his pleasure.","segments":[{"text":"A Seventh day in number is always to be kept as holy, and the weekly Sabbath; the seventh part of our time being Gods due, and by vertue of this Commandment, to be separated from common use, and employed in his Worship, and more immediate service, every week; but the Seventh day in Order from the Creation, is not necessary always to be observed as a Sabbath, it being in the power of God, who appointed the Seventh, in order to alter that order at his pleasure.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which day of the seven did God at first appoint to be the weekly Sabbath?","answer":"God did at first appoint the seventh day in order to be the weekly Sabbath; Six days shalt thou Labour, and do all which thou hast to do, but the Seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any Work, &c.","segments":[{"text":"God did at first appoint the seventh day in order to be the weekly Sabbath; Six days shalt thou Labour, and do all which thou hast to do, but the Seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any Work, &c.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Wherefore did God appoint the Seventh day, at first, to be the weekly Sabbath?","answer":"God did at first appoint the Seventh day to be the weekly Sabbath, because it was the day of his Rest, from his works of Creation, that thereon men might Rest from their Works, and remember his: For in Six days God made Heaven and Earth, the Sea and all that in them is, and Rested on the Seventh day, &c.","segments":[{"text":"God did at first appoint the Seventh day to be the weekly Sabbath, because it was the day of his Rest, from his works of Creation, that thereon men might Rest from their Works, and remember his: For in Six days God made Heaven and Earth, the Sea and all that in them is, and Rested on the Seventh day, &c.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"When did God first appoint the Seventh day to be the Sabbath?","answer":"God did appoint the Seventh day to be the Sabbath immediatly after the first Creation, And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.","segments":[{"text":"God did appoint the Seventh day to be the Sabbath immediatly after the first Creation, And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.","proofs":["Genesis 2:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 2:3","osis":["Gen.2.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was the Seventh day observed as the weekly Sabbath, before God wrote the Commandment for its observation on Tables of Stone in the Mount, which he delivered unto Moses?","answer":"It is more than probable that this Seventh day was observed all along by the true Worshippers of God, as the other precepts of the Law were observed, though no mention be made thereof in the short History of the affairs of some thousand years; for Adam, who lived until the days of Methusalah, no doubt did teach his Children this precept, which he had from God in Paradice; and Methuselah who lived till the days of Shem, surely did deliver it down to Posterity all the days of the Old World; and Shem, who lived till Abrahams time, and is supposed to be Melchisedeck, in all probability, did deliver this precept successively unto him in the New World; and as Abraham with ease might, so without question he did Teach it with other Precepts to his Children, and they Teach it one to another, until the time of Moses; and Moses speaketh to the Israelites of the Sabbath to be kept holy to the Lord on the Morrow, as a thing well known unto them, and of practice amongst them, which was some time before the Lord gave the Law upon Mount Sinai.","segments":[{"text":"It is more than probable that this Seventh day was observed all along by the true Worshippers of God, as the other precepts of the Law were observed, though no mention be made thereof in the short History of the affairs of some thousand years; for Adam, who lived until the days of Methusalah, no doubt did teach his Children this precept, which he had from God in Paradice; and Methuselah who lived till the days of Shem, surely did deliver it down to Posterity all the days of the Old World; and Shem, who lived till Abrahams time, and is supposed to be Melchisedeck, in all probability, did deliver this precept successively unto him in the New World; and as Abraham with ease might, so without question he did Teach it with other Precepts to his Children, and they Teach it one to another, until the time of Moses; and Moses speaketh to the Israelites of the Sabbath to be kept holy to the Lord on the Morrow,","proofs":["Exodus 16:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 16:23","osis":["Exod.16.23"]}],"note":null},{"text":"as a thing well known unto them, and of practice amongst them, which was some time before the Lord gave the Law upon Mount Sinai.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How long was the seventh day to be observed as the weekly Sabbath?","answer":"The Seventh day was to be observed as the weekly Sabbath, from the beginning of the World unto the Resurrection of Christ.","segments":[{"text":"The Seventh day was to be observed as the weekly Sabbath, from the beginning of the World unto the Resurrection of Christ.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What day is to be observed for the weekly Sabbath, from the Resurrection of Christ?","answer":"The first day of the week, from the Resurrection of Christ, is to be observed by Christians unto the end of the World for their weekly Sabbath.","segments":[{"text":"The first day of the week, from the Resurrection of Christ, is to be observed by Christians unto the end of the World for their weekly Sabbath.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How could the Seventh-day-Sabbath be changed from the last of seven, unto the first of seven, when we do not read expresly of any repeal in the Scripture of the last of the seven?","answer":"1. It is one day of seven which God hath appointed to be the Sabbath, and in the Commandment, the Lord doth Bless and Hallow, not the Seventh day, but the Sabbath day, which might be on another seventh day in order, if God should so please. 2. It is but one day in seven, which God hath appointed to be the weekly Sabbath, God having both allowed, and appointed the other six days of the week for our Labour. 3. God having substituted, or appointed another Day for to be a holy Sabbath; this substitution of another, doth vertually include in it a repeal of the old Sabbath, that is in reference unto the time of its Observation.","segments":[{"text":"1. It is one day of seven which God hath appointed to be the Sabbath, and in the Commandment, the Lord doth Bless and Hallow, not the Seventh day, but the Sabbath day, which might be on another seventh day in order, if God should so please. 2. It is but one day in seven, which God hath appointed to be the weekly Sabbath, God having both allowed, and appointed the other six days of the week for our Labour. 3. God having substituted, or appointed another Day for to be a holy Sabbath; this substitution of another, doth vertually include in it a repeal of the old Sabbath, that is in reference unto the time of its Observation.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How doth it appear that the first day of the week is appointed by God, to be the weekly Sabbath?","answer":"1. There is a like reason for the appointment of the First day, as there was for the Seventh; the reason of Gods appointing the Seventh day, was his Resting from his Works of Creation; and there is a like reason for appointing the First day, which was the day of Christs Resurrection, namely the Son of Gods resting from his suffering works about Mans Redemption, into which Rest he, is said to enter, and which we are more neerly concerned to remember, For he that is entred into his Rest, hath ceased from his own Works, as God did from His. 2. The Lord Jesus hath put his Name upon the first day of the week, I was in the Spirit on the LORDS DAY. There is reason to believe, that the Lords Day here spoken of, was the First day of the week, because it is a certain determinate Day, and it is spoken of as a Day which was well known amongst Christians by that Name; and the First day of the week being the day of the Lords Resurrection, and wherein Christians did use to Assemble themselves together upon, had the only reason for such Denomination. There is also reason to believe that the Lord did put his own Name upon this Day, because none had authority to put his Name upon any day but Himself, and the Apostle calling it the Lords Day, by the Inspiration of the Spirit; no doubt but it was the Lords will it should be so called, and by consequence it was his will that this day should be Used and Observed, as a Holy-day unto Himself. As the second Sacrament is called the Lords Supper, because it was appointed by the Lord; so the First day of the week is called the Lords Day, because it is appointed by the Lord; and this Day being appointed, no other is to be observed now as the Christian Sabbath. 3. The appointment of the First day of the week to be the Sabbath, may be inferred from Now as concerning the Collection for the Saints, as I have given order unto the Churches of Galatia, even so do ye: Upon the First day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as the Lord hath prospered him. The Apostle having given order from the Lord, to the Churches of Galatia, and of Corinth, and by consequence the other Churches of the Gentiles, for Collections on the First day of the week, as God had prospered them on other days; we may infer, this being a Sabbath-day work, that he had also from the Lord, given order for the Observation of this First day, as the weekly Sabbath. 4. We read of the Disciples being Assembled together on the First day of the week, and that Jesus then came amongst them, and that eight days after they met again, which was another First day, and Jesus came to them, Moreover that it was the practice of Christs Disciples, to meet together to worship the Lord, to hear the Word, and break Bread, or receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, on the First day of the week, And upon the First day of the week when the Disciples were come together to break Bread, Paul Preached unto them, &c. Paul had been with them seven days, as and yet we read of no solemn Meeting, but on the First day of the week, the last of the seven wherein he abode with them. It was not on the old Sabbath, the last day of the week, that the solemn Assembly for Worship was held; but the First day, which had it not been the Sabbath of new Appointment, and of necessary Observation to Christians, would have been most inconvenient for Paul to have spent in Religious Exercises until Midnight, when the next morning he was to take his Journey: All which being considered together, with the Practice of Christians from the Apostles days, it may be evident unto them that desire not to cavil; that the First day of the week, is appointed by the Lord, to be the Christian Sabbath.","segments":[{"text":"1. There is a like reason for the appointment of the First day, as there was for the Seventh; the reason of Gods appointing the Seventh day, was his Resting from his Works of Creation; and there is a like reason for appointing the First day, which was the day of Christs Resurrection, namely the Son of Gods resting from his suffering works about Mans Redemption, into which Rest he, is said to enter, and which we are more neerly concerned to remember, For he that is entred into his Rest, hath ceased from his own Works, as God did from His.","proofs":["Hebrews 4:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 4:10","osis":["Heb.4.10"]}],"note":null},{"text":"2. The Lord Jesus hath put his Name upon the first day of the week, I was in the Spirit on the LORDS DAY.","proofs":["Revelation 1:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 1:10","osis":["Rev.1.10"]}],"note":null},{"text":"There is reason to believe, that the Lords Day here spoken of, was the First day of the week, because it is a certain determinate Day, and it is spoken of as a Day which was well known amongst Christians by that Name; and the First day of the week being the day of the Lords Resurrection, and wherein Christians did use to Assemble themselves together upon, had the only reason for such Denomination. There is also reason to believe that the Lord did put his own Name upon this Day, because none had authority to put his Name upon any day but Himself, and the Apostle calling it the Lords Day, by the Inspiration of the Spirit; no doubt but it was the Lords will it should be so called, and by consequence it was his will that this day should be Used and Observed, as a Holy-day unto Himself. As the second Sacrament is called the Lords Supper, because it was appointed by the Lord; so the First day of the week is called the Lords Day, because it is appointed by the Lord; and this Day being appointed, no other is to be observed now as the Christian Sabbath. 3. The appointment of the First day of the week to be the Sabbath, may be inferred from Now as concerning the Collection for the Saints, as I have given order unto the Churches of Galatia, even so do ye: Upon the First day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as the Lord hath prospered him.","proofs":["1 Corinthians 16:1–2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 16:1–2","osis":["1Cor.16.1-1Cor.16.2"]}],"note":null},{"text":"The Apostle having given order from the Lord, to the Churches of Galatia, and of Corinth, and by consequence the other Churches of the Gentiles, for Collections on the First day of the week, as God had prospered them on other days; we may infer, this being a Sabbath-day work, that he had also from the Lord, given order for the Observation of this First day, as the weekly Sabbath. 4. We read of the Disciples being Assembled together on the First day of the week, and that Jesus then came amongst them,","proofs":["John 20:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 20:19","osis":["John.20.19"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and that eight days after they met again, which was another First day, and Jesus came to them,","proofs":["John 20:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 20:26","osis":["John.20.26"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Moreover that it was the practice of Christs Disciples, to meet together to worship the Lord, to hear the Word, and break Bread, or receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, on the First day of the week, And upon the First day of the week when the Disciples were come together to break Bread, Paul Preached unto them, &c.","proofs":["Acts 20:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 20:7","osis":["Acts.20.7"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Paul had been with them seven days, as","proofs":["Acts 20:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 20:6","osis":["Acts.20.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and yet we read of no solemn Meeting, but on the First day of the week, the last of the seven wherein he abode with them. It was not on the old Sabbath, the last day of the week, that the solemn Assembly for Worship was held; but the First day, which had it not been the Sabbath of new Appointment, and of necessary Observation to Christians, would have been most inconvenient for Paul to have spent in Religious Exercises until Midnight, when the next morning he was to take his Journey: All which being considered together, with the Practice of Christians from the Apostles days, it may be evident unto them that desire not to cavil; that the First day of the week, is appointed by the Lord, to be the Christian Sabbath.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}