Question 62

Did not Christ rise on the first day of the week?

Yes. Mat. 28. 1, 6. Mark 16. 2, 6. Luk. 24. 1, 5, 6.

And is not the work of Redemption greater, and more glorious than the work of Creation?

Yes.

Then as God rested the seventh day from his works, and appointed that in Commemoration of the works of Creation; so Christ rested from his works and rose the first day, which is observed in Commemoration of the wonderful work of mans Redemption?

Yes.

Hath not Christ allowed us the same proportion of time now under the Gospel, which God did his own people under the Law?

Yes; Christ hath likewise allowed us,^a now under the Gospel, six daies of the week for worldly employments. Acts 20. 7. 1 Cor. 16. 1, 2. with 1 Cor. 7. 6, 10, 12, 25. 4.

And is this a reason why we should not cut short Gods allowance of one day for his work, because we have still allowed 〈◊〉 six times as much for our own?

Yes.

Doth God the Son challenge a special propriety in the first day of the week which bears his Name, as God the Father did in the seventh?

2. Yes. Exod. 20. 10. with Rev. 1. 10.

And hath God the Son blessed the first day of the week by his own example, as God the Father did the seventh?

Yes. Heb. 4. 10.