2 Tim. iii. 1. In the laft Days perilous Times fhall come. Ver. 2. For Men fhall be Lovers of their own felves, covetous, Boafters, proud, Blafphemers. James ii. 7. Do not tich Men blafpheme that worthy Naine by the which ye are called. Rev. ii. 3. I know the Blafphemy of them, which fay they are Jews and are not. xiii. 1. The Beaft had upon his Heads the Name of Blafphemy. Ver. 5 There was given to him a Mouth speaking great Things and Blafphemies. Ver. 6. And he opened his Mouth in Blafphemy against God, to blafpheme his Name and his Tabernacle, and them that dwell therein. xvi. 9. Men were fcorched with great Heat, and blafphemed the Name of God, Ver. 11 16. 197. Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost its Punishment. Matt. xii. 3. All Manner of Sin and Blafphemy fhall be forgiven unto Men, but the Blafphemy against the Holy Ghoft fhall not be forgiven unto Men, Mark 3. 28. Luke 12. 10. 1 John 5. 16. 198. Perfons unjustly accufed and put to Death for Blafphemy: 1 Kings xxi. 10. 13. Naboth.-Acts 6. 11. 13. Stephen.-Jefus Chrift, Matt. 9. 3. 26. 65. Mark 2. 7.-Luke 5. 21.-John 10 33. 36. 199. Of Vows. They are religiously to be fulfilled. Numb. xxx. 2. If a Mari yow a Vow unto the Lord, or fwear an Oath to bind his Soul with a Bond, he shall not break his Word, he fhall do according to all that proceedeth out of his Mouth Deut. xxiii. 21. When thou fhalt vow a Vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not flack to pay it, for the Lord thy God will furely require it of thee, and it would be a Sin in thee. Ver. 22. But if thou fhalt forbear to vow, it shall be no Sin in thee. Prov. xx. 25. It is a Snare after Vows to make Enquiry. Eccl. v. 4. When thou voweft a Vow unto God, defer not to pay it, for he hath no Pleasure in Fools, pay that which thou haft vowed. Ver. 5. Better is it that thou fhouldft not vow, than that thou shouldft vow and not pay. See Job 22. 27. Pf. 22. 25.50. 14.56. 12-61. 5. 8. 13.76. 11-116. 14. 18. Jer. 44. 25. Nah. 1. 15. 200. Vows to do Duty, Inflances. Gen. xxviii. 20. Jacob vowed a Vow faying, if God will be with me and keep me in the Way that I go and will give me Bread to eat and Raiment to put on, then fhall the Lord be my God, Ver. 21. Ch. 31. 13. Numb. 21. 2. 28. Pf. 132. 2. Jonah 1. 16-2. 9. 201. Sinful Vows. Judg. xi. 30. to 39. Jephtha's Vow. Mal. i. 14. To vow a corrupt Thing. Lev. xxvii. The Redemption of Things vowed. 1 Sam. 1.11. Numb. xxx. 3. &c. A Woman's Vow in her Virginity and married State, in what Cafes binding. vi. 2. &c. Of a Nazarite's Vow-Concerning Nazarites, See Judg. 13.5.7.-16. 17. Lam. 4. 7. Lam. 4. 7. Am, 2. 11, 12. Fourth Commandment. 202. Of the Sabbath. Exod. xx. 8. Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy, &c. Ver. 9, 10, 11. Tt ་ཝཱ Exod. Exod. xxxi. 13. Verily my Sabbaths ye fhall keep, for it is a Sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord which doth fanctify you, Gen. 2, 2, 3. Deut. 5. 12. 15. Ezek. 20. 12. 44. 24. 203. The Sabbath a Day of Reft from fervile Work. Exod. xx. 10. 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, Ver. 11. xvi. 23. The Lord faid, to-morrow is the Reft of the holy Sabbath. Ver. 29. Let no Man go out of his Place on the seventh Day, to gather Manna. xxiii. 12. Six Days thou shalt do thy Work, in the feventh Day thou shalt reft, that thine Ox and thine Afs may reft, and the Son of thine Handmaid, and the Stranger may be refreshed, Ch. 34. 21.35. 23. Deut. 5. 14, 15. Jer. xvii. 21. Thus faith the Lord, take Heed to yourselves and bear no Burthen on the Sabbath-Day, nor bring it in by the Gates of Jerufalem. Ver. 22. Neither carry forth a Burthen out of your Houses on the Sabbath-Day, neither do ye any Work, Luke 23. 56. Heb. 4. 9. 204. The Duties of the Sabbath, worshipping God, reading and bearing bis Word, c Lev. xix. 30. Ye fhall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my San&tuary, I am the Lord, Ch. 26. 2. Ezek. xlvi. 3. The People fhall worship before the Lord in the Sabbaths. Mark vi. 2. When the Sabbath-Day was come, Jefus began to teach in the Synagogue. Luke iv. 16. Jefus, as his Custom was, went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath-Day and stood up for to read. Ver. 31. He came to Capernaum and taught them on the SabbathDay, Ch. 13. 10. Acts xiii. 14. The Disciples went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath-Day. Ver. 15. After the Reading of the Law and the Prophets, Ver. 16. Paul ftood up and faid, Mien of Ifrael, and ye that fear God give Audience. Ver. 27. The Prophets are read every Sabbath-Day. Ver. 42. The Gentiles befought that thefe Words might be preached unto them the next Sabbath, Ver. 44. The next Sabbath Day came almoft the whole City together to hear the Word of God. xv. 21. Mofes hath in every City them that preach him, being read in the Synagogues every Sabbath-Day. xvii. 2. Paul, as his Manner was, went in unto them, and three Sabbaths reasoned with them out of the Scriptures. Ver. 3. Opening and alledging that Chrift must needs have suffered. xviii. 4. Paul reafoned in the Synagogue every Sabbath, Ch. 16. 13. 205. Works of Charity and Mercy to be done on the Sabbath-Day. Atances. Matt. xii. 1. Jefus went on the Sabbath-Day through the Corn, and his Disciples being an hungred began to pluck the Ears of Corn and to eat, Mark 2. 23. Matt. xii. 2. The Pharifees faid, thy Disciples do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath. Ver. 3. Jefus faid, have ye not read what David did ? Ver. 5. Ver. 7. I will have Mercy and not Sacrifice. Ver. 12. It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath-Day. Ver. 13. He healed the withered Hand, Mark 3. 2. 4. Luke 6. 9. Mark ii. 27. The Sabbath was made for Man, and not Man for the Sabbath. Luke xiii. 15. The Lord said, doth not each of you loose his Ox or his Afs on the Sabbath-Day? Ch. 14. 3. 5. Ver. 16. And ought not this Woman to be loofed from her Bond on the Sabbath-Day? See John 5. 8, 9, 10. 18-7. 22.-9. 14. 206. Promises to them that keep the Sabbath. Ifa. Ivi. 2. Bleffed is the Man that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it. Ver. 4. Thus faith the Lord to the Eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the Things that please me, and take hold of my Covenant. Ver, 5. Even unto them, will I give in 'mine House and within my Walls a Place and a Name, better than of Sons and of Daughters, &c. Ver. 6. Also the Sons of the Stranger that join themselves to the Lord to serve him, and to love the Name of the Lord, to be his Servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my Covenant. Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my holy Mountain, and make them joyful in my Houfe of Prayer. Iviii. 13. 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 shalt honour him, not doing thine own Ways, nor finding thine own Pleafures, nor fpeaking thine own Words. Ver. 14. Then fhalt thou delight thyfelf 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. 207. The Care of God's People to fanctify the Sabbath themselves, and to prevent the profaning it by others. Neh. x. 29. They entered into an Oath, and into a Curfe to walk in God's Law. Ver. 31. And if the People of the Land bring Ware, or any Victuals, on the Sabbath-Day to fell, not to buy it of them on the Sabbath. xiii. 15. In thofe Days I faw in Judah, fome treading Wine-Preffes on the Sabbath, and bringing in Sheaves, and leading Affes; as also Wine, Grapes, and Figs, and all Manner of Burthens which they brought into Jerufalem on the Sabbath-Day, and I testified against them, in the Day wherein they fold Victuals. Ver. 16. There dwelt Men of Tyre alfo therein, which brought Fish, and all Manner of Ware, and fold on the Sabbath unto the Children of Judah, and in Jerufalem. Ver. 17. Then I contended with the Nobles of Judah, and faid unto them, what evil Thing is this that ye do, and profane the SabbathDay? T t 2 Neh. Neh. xiii. 18. Did not your Fathers thus, and did not our Got bring all this Evil upon us, and upon this City? yet ye bring more Wrath upon Ifrael by profaning the Sabbath. Ver. 19. And it came to pafs, that when the Gates of Jerufalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the Gates hould be shut and not be opened till after the Sabbath, and fome of my Servants I fet at the Gates, that there should no Burthen be brought in on the Sabbath-Day. Ver. 20. So the Merchants and Sellers of all Kind of Ware, lodged without Jerufalem once or twice. Ver. 21. Then I teftified against them and faid unto them, why lodge ye about the Wall, if ye do fo again, I will lay Hands on you, from that time forth came they no more on the Sabbath. Ver. 22. And I commanded the Levites, that they fhould cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the Gates, to fanctify the Sabbath. 208. Threatenings against Sabbath-Breakers. Exod. xxxi. 14. Ye fhall keep the Sabbath, every one that defileth it, fhall furely be put to Death. Ver. 15. Whofoever doth any Work on the Sabbath-Day, he shall furely be put to Death. Ch. 35. 2. Numb. xv. 32. While the Children of Ifrael were in the Wilderness, they found a Man that gathered Sticks on the Sabbath-Day, Ver. 33. And they brought him to Mofes and Aaron, Ver. 34. And they put him in Ward, Ver. 35. And the Lord faid unto Mofes, the Man shall be surely put to Death, all the Congregation fhall ftone him with Stones without the Camp. Ver. 36, And all the Congregation brought him without the Camp, and floned him with Stones, and he died, as the Lord commanded Mafes. Jer. xvii. 27. If ye will not hearken unto me to follow the Sabbath, &C... Ezek. xx. 15. I would not bring them into the Land which I had given them, Ver. 16. Because they walked not in my Statutes, but polluted my Sabbaths. Ver. 23. I lifted up mine Hand unto them in the Wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Heathen, and difperfe them among the Nations. Vet. 24. Because they had defpifed my Statutes and polluted my Sabbaths. xxii. 8. Thou haft profaned my Sabbaths. Ver. 14. Can thine heart endure, or can thine Hands be ftrong, in the Days that I will deal with thee? Ver. 26. Her Priefts have hid their Eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Ver. 31. Therefore have I poured out mine Indignation upon them, -I have confumed them with the Fire of my Wrath, their own Ways have I recompenfed upon their Heads, faith the Lord. xxiii. 38. They have defiled my Sanctuary, and have profaned my Sabbaths. Ezek. Ezek. xxiii. 46. Thus faith the Lord God, I will give them to be removed and spoiled. 209. Sabbath Privileges withdrawn. Lam. ii. 6. The Lord hath caused the Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. Hof. ii 1. I will caufe her Sabbaths to cease. Lam. i. 7. The Adverfaries did mock at her Sabbaths. See Ifa. 1. 13. Am. 8. 11, 210. The Change of the Sabbath from the feventh to the firft Day of the Week. Gen. ii. 2. God bleffed the feventh Day and fanctified it, because that in it God rested from all his Works, Exod. 20. 11. Col. ii. 16. Let no Man judge you, in Meat or in Drink, or in Refpect of an Holy-Day, or of the new Moon or of the Sabbath-Days: Ver. 17. Which are a Shadow of Things to come, but the Body is of Chrift, Rom. 14. 6. Luke xxiv. 1. 6. Chrift rofe from the. Dead in the first Day. Acts xx. 7. Upon the first Day of the Week, when the Difciples came together, to break Bread, Paul preached unto them, John 20. 19. 1 Cor. xvi. 2. On the first Day of the Week let every one lay by him as God hath profpered him, that there be no Gatherings when [ come. Rev. i. 9, 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day. CHAP. XVI. Duties towards Mankind. OVE. Lev. xix. 18. Thou shalt not avenge nor bear any Grudge against the Children of thy People, but thou shalt love thy Neighbour as thyself. Ver. 34. The Stranger that dwelleth with you fhall be as one born among you, and thou thalt love him as thy felf. Matt. v. 44. Love your Enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do Good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and perfecute you. Ver. 45. That ye may be the Children of your Father which is in Heaven, for he maketh his Sun to rife on the Evil and on the Good, and fendeth Rain on the Juft and on the Unjust. Ver. 46. For if you love them which love you, what Reward have ye? Do not even the Publicans the fame ? Ver. 47. And if you falute your Brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the Publicans the fame ? Ver. 48. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect. xxii. 37. Thou fhalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Mind. Ver. 38. This is the first and great Commandment. Ver. 39. And the fecond is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy Neigh bour as thy felf. Matt. |