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longer, for I have got another reason stronger than all the rest put together; and that is, you have the commandments of God against you. He has said, “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: you may read more of it in Exodus xx. 8, 9, 10. In Exodus xxxi. 14, Jehovah speaks thus: “Ye shall keep my Sabbath, for it is holy unto you; every one that defileth it, shall be put in death." And this law was actually put in force among the Israelites, as we read in Numders xv. 32, 34, 35, 36. "And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath-day; and they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him; and the Lord said unto Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall stone him with stones, without the camp; and all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.” — Well might the Apostle say, "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Now as to the manner of keeping the Sabbath, I will just mention one text of Scripture more; and this, as well as all the rest, is point blank against you. Isaiah lviii. 13, 14. "If you 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 pleasures, nor speaking thine own words, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, and I will
