Page:Earnest persuasive to the serious observance of the Lord's day.pdf/10

 1. Say not then, what Harm is there in drawing drink to ſuch Perſons as require it on the Lord's Day? Since if it be unneceſſary it cannot but be very ſinful; becauſe at beſt it makes both them and you, miſpend the Lord's Day, and many times occaſions very heinous Diſorders and Tranſgreffions on it.

2. Say not, You ſhall loſe your Trade, and fail of a Livelihood, by obſerving this your Duty; but remember, that God rained down a double Portion of Manna on the Day before the Sabbath, for the Uſe of thoſe that obſerv'd it, (Exod. 16. 29.) and be aſſur'd that you cannot loſe by your faithful Service to ſo good a Mafter.

3. Say not, Others do it, and I will nor be ſingular: Since the Law of God, and not the Practice of others, muſt be our Rule, if we deſire God's Kingdom.

Laſtly, Say not, That if it be a Sin, You muſt anſwer for it Yourſelf, and that no Body elſe is concerned in it. No; all publick Sins are publick Offences and Scandals; that is, they occaſion others to fall into Sin, are the common Reproach of Chriſtanity, and the Cauſe of Publick Calamities. Upon which Account therefore, all that would be faithful to their Chriſtian Vows, ought to oppoſe the Prophanation of the Lord's Day by all lawful and adviſeable Means;