g This precept is here repeated, either 1. To ſhew the chief uſe of the Tabernacle and all this colt and trouble about it, to wit.thar they might ther2 acceptably ſerve God, as in ſome meaſure upon every diy, ſoccſpccially upon the Sibbath-day. Or rather 2. To reſtrain the time for the doing of the forementioned works, 9. 4d. Though the work of the Tabernacle and Utenſils be holy, and for an holy uſe, yer I will not have it done upon my holy day. 'The Sabbath was not made for chem, bur they tor it, «nd theretore they ſhall give place to it. þ The Sabbath 1s a fivefold fign, r. Com- memorative,of God's Creation of, and Dominion over them, and all other things, to whom they do hereby profeſs their 1ubjeCttion. 2. Indicative, thewing that they were made to be _ and that thir ſan&ification c2n be had from none but from God, as it here follows, and from the obſervation of God's days and appoint- ments. 3. Diſtin&tive, whereby they owned themſelves to be the Lord's peculiar people, by a religious keeping of thoſe Sabbaths, which the reſt of the World groily neglected and profanely ſcoffed at. 4. Piefigurative, of thar reſt which Chriſt ſhould purchaſe for them, to wit, a reſt from rhe burden of the ceremonial, and from the curſes and rigours of the moral Law, as alſo from fin and the wrath of (G4 for ever. See Heb: 4. 5. Confirmative, both affu- ring th-m of God's good will to them, and thar as he bleſſed the Sabb.th for their ſakes, ſo he would bleſs them in the holy uſe of it with temporal, fpiritual and everlaſting bleſſings, as he declares in many place: of Scripture ; and aſſuring God of their ſtanding to that Covenant made between God and them. So that this was a mutual ſtipulation, or ratification of the Covenant of Grace on both ſides. 7 That ſele&erh you out of all people, and confecrate you to my ſelf, and ro my ſervice and worſh p, a great part where- of is the obſervation of the Sibbath. Or, that ſanEiferh you 5y my Word and Ordinances, which are in m9:e eminenr and folemn b manner diſpen'ed upon the Sabbath-day, by the obſervation where-
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. + Heb of you dechire that y-u own me as your only /anRifier. And fo meetin. we may obſerve, the Sab-ath owns the Lord as our Creator, and as * Chap: our Redeemer, and as our SanQtifier ; and therefore it is no wonder 29. 4% Gnd fo ſeverely enjoyns the ſanEitfication of the $abbarh,and puniſh- Ley.ils *Chap:20: erh the negleCt of ir, it being a racir renounceing, or diſowning of D > 8:Deut:c; God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoſt. i 12: Ezck: 14 * Ye {ball keep the ſibbach therefore : for it 5s 2.12. holy unto you ; every one that defileth jt, hall ſurely ;r
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* be put to death &: for * whoſoever doth avy work / Num: thercin,thit ſoui iball be cur off from amongſt his people. 7535 k Of % hich ſce an example Numb: 5: 32, &c. { (7. e. ) Servile work, as it is explained, wv: 23. 7, Oc. | 15 Six days Þ may work be done, but ir the ſeventh gr s the fabbach, of re{t -», + holy co the LORD : whe- +Heb: , .vever doch any work in the fabbath-day, he ſhall ſure- ne. ;} be put to death. m Heb. The jabbath of ſabbaths, or of ſabbaths, i. e. the great and chief Sabbath, as the /org of Jongs is the moſt excellent Song,the holy of holies is the moſt Holy, ©. The Jews had many Sai-baths or Days of reſt,bur this is here preferred before them all,by this emphatical -epetition of the ſame word ; and by this argument the foregoing duty 1s preiſed upon them. | | 16 Wherefore the children of Iſrael ſhall keep the ſabbach, to obſerve the ſabbath » throughout their ge- nerations for a perpetual covenant 9 » Or, Shall keep the ſabbath by obſerving, or celebrating the ſabbath, 2. e. by obſerving or celebrating it,the antecedent being pur for the relative, as is frequently done. So here is another moſt emphatical repetition to oblidge us to the greater caution and diligence in this great Duty, and to thew what ſtre:s God lays upon it, who hath therefore placed this in the midſt of the commands of the Decalogue, as the Heart which gives life and vigour to all the reſt. Or it may be rendered thus, Shall #bjerve the day of reſt to celebrate the ſabbath ; and fo the phraſe is like that in the Fourth Command, Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. So here, Obſerve the ſabbath, i. e. watch its coming and approach, conſider attentively the nature and uſe of it, and that nor as a matter of idle ſpeculation, bur of ſerious praftice ; or ſo that you may do, or celebrate the ſabbath, 7. e. perform all the duties of it. Or thus, ſhall obſerve the ſabbath, to make it a ſabbath, or ay of reſt, and that no idle or carnal reſt, but a reff, holy to the A Lord, as 3t 1s called in the forgoing verſe. Or, by 4 perpetual cove- nant ; or, it is a perpetual covenant, i: e: condition or part of that agreement made ketween me and them. They have tolemnly co- venanted or promiſed that they will do all thar I commanded them, Exod: 24: 7,8. among which this is a chief branch ; and I have co- venanted to bleſs and ſanfify them in ſo doing. And this word perpetual, as alſo the word for ever being added to it in the next verſe, may intimate that this hath a longer perpetuity than the Ceremo- nies,to which this phraſe is ſometimes aſcribed, the rather becauſe the reaſon of this perpetuity given in the next verſe,is ſuch as hath its force not only till Chriſt, but even till che end of the World, and it is fir and juſt that men ſhould retain this monument, or me«= morial of the World's Creation, even till its diſſolution:
/ 17 ltis a fign p between me and the children of 1f. rael for ever: for * in fix days the LOR D made hea- ven, and earth, and on the feventh day he reſted, and was refrelbed q,
? A ſign of the Covenant between us, that I will be their God, and they will be my People ; both which dependsupon this amongſt other Duties, and upon this-in an eminent degrec. q Not as if he had been weary with working, which ſurely he could nor be with ſpeaking a fey words, nor can God be weary with any thing, 1/a: 40: 28: bur it notes the pleaſure or delight God took in refle&ing
_ his works, beholding that every thing he had made was very good, EN: 1: 3I,
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