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A. A sanction, by which he declares that he shall not be guiltless who taketh his name in vain.

A. He hereby meant to intimate how much he values the glory of his name, and to make us more careful of it, when we see that vengeance is ready for any who may profane it.

A. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

A. Not absolutely; but allowing man six days for labour, he excepts the seventh, that it may be devoted to rest.

A. This commandment has a separate and peculiar reason. As the observance of rest is part of the old ceremonies, it was abolished by the advent of Christ.

A. I do, in as far as it is ceremonial.

A. It was given for three reasons.

A. To figure spiritual rest; for the preservation of ecclesiastical polity; and for the relief of slaves.

A. When we keep holiday from our own works, that God may perform his own works in us.

A. By crucifying our flesh,-that is, renouncing our own inclination, that we may be governed by the Spirit of God.