MANY hath been the Disputes , and still is , concerning the Lord's holy Rest , which Holy Rest is written with the Finger of God , and is a Weekly Sabbath , the seventh Day in the Commandments ; and no Sabbath written with the Finger of God but the Lord's holy Rest in the Commandments , and is a Christian Sabbath under the Gospel , as under the Law , as joyning to the Lord in Worship , according to the Lord's Example , Gen. 2.2 . and Exod . 16. and 20. the Commandments delivered to Moses , and the Lord hath sent his Son to bless his People , with the Incomes of his Spiritual Presence , but not to disannul the Ten Commandments and the Sound of the Angels ; with the Angel of the Lord is Peace on Earth , Good-will towards Men , Luke 2.14 .

The other Sabbaths given the Jews under the Law , were given for several Services , to be kept in Holiness , and Moses delivered the Appointment of them Sabbaths , as he received the Words from God , to deliver to the People , and to be observed in their several Months , and Weeks , and Monthly Sabbaths , of the New Moon and Yearly Feasts , but not Weekly any Sabbath to be kept in the Name of the Lord's holy Rest and Sabbath ; but the Lord's holy Rest , which is every seventh Day , and the Lord hath commanded it to be kept holy , and calls for a remembrance upon it , not a seventh Day , but the seventh Day after six of Labour ; and under the Gospel , the Resurrection of Jesus , which the Power of God did so gloriously appear , and maintained the Word of the Kingdom , in raising the Body the third Day , is worthy of remembrance ; and to keep two Days in seven in Holiness , ( each particular may hope to prosper the better in the other five Days ) and to wait for the Resurrection of that Seed which gives Life and Resurrection to the waiting Soul , and so to receive the Word of the Kingdom in Spirit , and the baptizing Power of the Holy Ghost , which is the remembrancer , and gives fore-sight of every good Work ; and so to wait , that that Power which raised Jesus from the Dead , may arise in each particular , and that all may so wait to know a Resurrection from the Death of Sin , and live to God in the Spirit which gives Life , and a glorious Resurrection when the Body dies ; for it is the Body of Flesh which is prepared to die , the Spirit never dies , but goes to God which gave it Man to live by , of his own Substance Spiritual , and the Spirit descending in a universal manner at the Birth of Jesus , to visit them that waited for the Consolation of Israel , Luke 2.25 . and is worthy of remembrance ; and to bow before the Power of God , which sent the Prophet to bless and inspire the People with the Word of God , which he received from God the anointing Power in him ; and in that Word and Spirit he baptized the People with the Holy Ghost when he came in to his Ministry ; and the Father and Son , which is the Holy Ghost , spake in him and baptized the People , to follow the holy Example of Jesus , and after the Resurrection , that power in Jesus breathed on the Disciples , and said , receive ye the Holy Ghost ; but did not call the first Day the seventh Day , nor a Sabbath Day , nor the Sabbath Day , for the Sabbath is the Day before the Resurrection on the first Day of the Week , as the Body was crucified the Day before the Sabbath , Mark 15.42 . and the holy Women returned , and prepared Spices and Ointments , and rested the Sabbath Day , according to the Commandment ; and Matthew gives the Account , from the sixth Hour there was Darkness until the ninth Hour , ch . 27. v. 45. and 57. when the Even was come , Joseph of Arimathea , he went to Pilate and begged the Body of Jesus , and Pilate commanded the Body to be delivered ; and Mark gives the account , it was the third Hour , and they crucified him , ch . 15. v. 25. and 33. when the sixth Hour was come , there was a Darkness over the whole Land until the ninth Hour ; so the third Hour and sixth Hour till the ninth Hour must be in the Morning , because they wondered at the Darkness , which if it had been Night , the Darkness was in its place . And when Even was come , because it was the Preparation , that is the Day before the Sabbath , Joseph of Arimathea , an honourable Councellor , which also waited for the Kingdom of God , craved the Body of Jesus , Mark 15.42 . and Luke gives the account , it was about the sixth Hour , and there was a Darkness over all the Earth , and the Sun ( ch . 23. v. 44. ) was darkned : So this Darkness over all the Earth and Sun must be in the Morning , at the sixth and ninth Hour : and John gives the account , it was the Preparation , that the Bodies should not remain on the Cross on the Sabbath Day , ch . 19. v. 31. and all agree it was the ninth Hour that Jesus gave up the Ghost , and at the sixth Hour that Darkness was till the ninth Hour ; and they all agree , that Jesus was crucified the Day before the Sabbath , and they all call the Day of the Resurrection of the Body the first Day of the Week , the Day after the Sabbath , and after the Crucifixion of the Bodily Presence . On the Sabbath Day the Chief Priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate , that he might command the Sepulchre to be made sure until the third Day , and their coming together was on the Sabbath , which they did not hold lawful to do any outward Business , according to the Commandments , but this being an extraordinary Thing , and the Judgment upon them great for what they had blindfoldly done , not discerning the Power which work'd within the Veil , but could not rest from one another , discoursing the Matter , and seeking to secure the Sepulchre , and all Things was so suffered , that the Power of God might be made manifest in raising the Dead ; but when the Angel descended , and roul'd away the Stone , the Power of God brought their Works to nothing . Men in every Generation have been disobedient , and made Trespasses in doing what they ought not , to their own Condemnation ; but this does not make it lawful to break the Sabbath , the seventh Day of the Lord's rest ; and as the Lord hath called the Days , I think it my Duty to call the Day , and I can't have a better Guide than to begin and end the Day as the Lord hath created it , and it appears to us in this lower Region , and as it stands recorded , and the Record hath been kept to by the Churches when they read the Law every Sabbath Day , and the Commandments written with the Finger of God , and his Power hath preserved a Record to his People to this Day , according to the Scripture Testimony and Signs of Heaven ; and what one Word in the Ten Commandments is contrary to the Gospel , or the Spiritual Worship ? And Men have seen the Work of God through his Angels and ministring Spirits , sent forth to them which shall be Heirs of Salvation , and he hath sent his Servants the Prophets to declare his Word , and to shew his Mind and Will , calling to Holiness , and Men have seen the Evening of the Law , and the Morning of the Gospel , which will both spring into a glorious Day , when the Love , Peace and Charity which is fixed in the Commandments takes place ; which Peace points to the Gospel , which is for love to Neighbours , Unity and Peace , and to pray for Enemies ; and the Lord's Words and Commands carry a Power with them , and hath ever made the Earth to tremble , and bow before him , and David and the Prophets were Witnesses of this great Word sent to both Princes and People ; and it is the Spirit and Word from God , from his Mouth immediately given , which will unite both Jew and Gentile , to be one in the Work and Worship of God , and to see his Power over all his Works , and him to be the Creator , Redeemer and Sanctifier and Saviour of his People , through every Ministring Angel and Seer , through both the Law and Gospel to this Day ; it is the Spirit of the Father which is in Christ his Son , which is all-saving , the Spirit of Grace , the Spirit of Truth , the Angel of his Presence , the Power of an endless Life , King of Righteousness , King of Peace , the Spirit sent of the Father through the Son in Spirit , to work the Work of Reconciliation between God and Man , that Man might be redeemed from the Fall , to serve God in Spirit out of Sin , and follow the holy Pattern sent in the Flesh to be an Example , who delivered the Words of God , and spake as the Spirit gave him utterance , as the Disciples after did , as the Holy Ghost filled them with the Spirit and Words of Wisdom , to minister to the People ; and they which are most in earnest with their own Soul please God best , and it is most for their peace , notwithstanding a Scholar may out-talk by Art an innocent Man , but the Secrets of God are with them that fear him , and he may out-word him one Time , yet keeping to the Grace , the Lord by his Word will help him to conquer another time , in the Faith and Patience , keeping to Truth the Spiritual Rock , and them which are teached in Christ's School , will prove the best Learning in the end , and he is the best Teacher which knows the Heart and the Infirmities of the Mind , and is a present help in the needful Time of Trouble , and when the Enemy comes in as a Flood , the Spirit of God will lift up a Standard against him , and cast him out with his rebellious Works ; and as all joyn with the Spirit of the Lord , he will give them a Mind both to will and to do , and teach Man by his Spirit in the inward Man , which is Christ's School , which Power will finish the Work as Man obeys the Power ; and God is the same for ever , and the Day of his Rest the same , and never changed , and the Commandments bear their Authority , being written with the Finger of God , and that part of the Law which consists in Ordinances , and of Sacrifices and Offerings is one thing , and the Ten Commandments is ever distinguished to be another ; as the Law given to Moses very often does distinguish from Sacrifices which are Carnal , which were a Figure for the time present , in which were offered both Gifts and Sacrifices , which could not make him that did the Service perfect , as pertaining to the Conscience , which stood only in Meats and Drinks , and divers Washings , and Carnal Ordinances , till the time of Reformation , Hebrews 9.9 , 10. and if the Priest that did the Service was not perfected thereby , which was a Covenant-Offering to be accepted as Sin is forsaken , no more could the People without a perfect Heart be joyn'd to the Lord in Holiness and good Works , and as Light and Perfection was written upon Aaron's Breast-plate , the Urim and the Thummim , which Urim and Thummim signifie Light and Perfection , pointing to the Kingdom of Christ , the Spirit of the Father , uniting in Spirit , through the Son , and shewing what it is makes perfect , and that it is Light and Perfection written in the Heart , and Christ one in Spirit with the Father , is come the Spirit of Truth , and Light and Perfection is in him , which speaks to the Heart , he is the everlasting High-Priest , after the Order of Melchisedeck , and is in the power of an endless Life , and not after the Order of Aaron , but is the faithful and true Witness , giving account of Man's Deeds , and is a Witness in Man's Conscience on Earth , and he is a second Witness , the Book of Life , either to justifie the Good , or condemn the Evil , the Spirit of Truth is the Judge of both quick and dead , and the Holy One hath set an Example in Worship , speaking in Spirit , through the Veil , Man's Flesh out of Carnal Ordinances , as the other Covenants was ; and Christ in the Father , being Spirit as the Father is Spirit , they kept the Day of their Rest in Spirit , before Sin entered the World , as farther is mentioned ; and after the Offerings of the Law , the Gospel is preached , and Christ the everlasting High-Priest is come , and the Works of the Spirit is preach'd , and the Worship is still in the Spirit , and the same God that is the Alpha will be the Omega , and Christ is a Spirit and not Carnal , as the Offerings for Sin then were ; and in its time the Lord did accept as Atonements for Carnal Sins , but under the Gospel , the Ministration in Spirit is sent in a universal manner to them that wait for that holy Power , the pure anointing Grace , and that which finds acceptance with the Father and Son , is a broken Heart and contrite Spirit , and to tremble at his Word ; and in the room of such Offerings for Peace and Sacrifices for Sin , the Light of Christ is a Lamp in his People , and the Fiery Baptism of the Holy Ghost , purges out Sin in all that wait for it , that they may appear before the Throne of Grace in Peace , in the one Offering and Mediator . And when the Lord rested the seventh Day , the World was but seven Days old , and as afore-written Sin had not entered the World , and therefore no need of a Carnal Offering , as was after given the Jews , Sheep , and Oxen , and Kids of the Goats , Lambs and Rams , and Doves and Pidgeons , Offerings for Sin , and be Holy , for without Holiness no Man can see the Lord , and Christ the Holy One is come , the better Offering , and above all Carnal Offerings ; and as God is not changed , so the Day of his Rest is not changed ; and Christ the Spirit of Truth is High-Priest for ever after the Order of Melchisedeck , without Father , without Mother , without Descent , having neither beginning of Days nor end of Life , a High-Priest continually , Hebrews 7.2 , 3. but the Veil to the Power and Spirit , had an espoused Father Joseph , and a fleshly Mother Mary , and had a Descent from the Loyns of Abraham and David , and down to Adam , and is recorded the Son of Adam as having a Body of Flesh , Matthew 1.19 , 20. and after the Son of God , as he did the Works of God , and tasted Death upon the Cross , and to give place to the great Creator , the Power that worketh all things both in Heaven and Earth , is to keep the seventh Day of his Rest holy , and he put the Day of his Rest into a Command , and it was the first Day instituted for Divine Worship ; and if it were but to remember the great Works of Creation , the seventh Day ought to be kept , and to remember the Sign given , that it is the same God which sanctifies the People , both Saints and Prophets , and by his Light preserves his Angels from Darkness , and hath given every Scripture from Genesis to the Revelations , the Author of every Mercy , through every Instrument sent , all is received from his Almighty Power , which sends both Men and Angels to bless the People , the Work of his Creation , and to give Glory to the Power , may be a means to bring the whole Vineyard of the Earth to grow , and to be of one Mind , in him that is true , and hath set an Example of keeping their Rest , and to see God in all his Attributes , as Almighty Lord God , and Creator , Redeemer and Saviour , Israel's King ; and to see the Power of God , in the Angel of his Presence , and the Word of God in every ministring Angel and ministring Spirit , Seer , or Man of God , or Prophet , sent , not to be another God , but to do the Will of God ; and when the Lord , Creator , Redeemer and Saviour , his Mercy is seen in every Messenger sent , it will be a great means to set a stop to so many Divisions and Forms of Worship , and to see the end and sign of every Covenant , and to see what Covenants stand , and what Covenants appertaining to the Law is taken away ; before there was any Law , the first Covenant is with Day and Night , and after the Bow in the Clouds , which remains a Sign that God will never totally drown the World , a wonderful Sign of his Power , and is ministred to the World as he pleaseth , and God renewed his Covenant to Abraham , and said , I am Almighty God , walk before me and be thou perfect , Gen. 17.1 . as for me , my Covenant is with thee , and thou shalt be a Father of many Nations ; I will make thee exeeeding fruitful ; I will make Nations of thee , and Kings shall come out of thee , v. 7. I will establish my Covenant between me and thee , and thy Seed after thee in their Generation , for an everlasting Covenant , to be a God to thee and thy Seed after thee ; and this Covenant stands , for Jesus was of the Seed of Abraham and David , according to the Flesh , and the Increase will be great , and God is now the sanctifier of his People which are faithful to him , as Abraham was ; but Circumcision in the Gospel of Peace is taken off in the Flesh , Romans 4.11 . notwithstanding , Jesus being of the Seed of Abraham , received the Token of the Covenant , that God would be a God to Abraham's Seed ; and Jesus was circumcised the eighth Day , and when grown up to be a Man , received John's Baptism of Water also , Matt . 3.14 . and after he received the Water-Baptism , which he bid John suffer it to be so now , and after the Holy Ghost descended upon him , the Power in him baptized with the Holy Ghost and as John's Baptism was in the room of Circumcision , so the Baptism of the Holy Ghost is prefer'd before John's Water Baptism ; and the Lord's Covenant to be a God to Abraham and his Seed stands fast in Exod . 20.2 , 3. thou shalt have no other Gods before me , and the Covenant and Sign stands good , that it is God which sanctifieth his People , ch . 31.16 , 17 , 18. and ch. 34.28 . and Moses was with the Lord forty Days and forty Nights , he neither eat Bread , nor drank Water , and he wrote upon the Tables the Words of the Covenant the Ten Commandments , Deut. 9.9 . and the Lord renewed his Covenant made to Abraham , Isaac and Jacob , to give them the Land , and the Lord appeared unto Moses by his Name Jehovah , Exod . 6.2 , 3. and God spake to Moses , and said , I am the Lord , and I appeared to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob , by the Name of God Almighty , but by my Name Jehovah was I not known to them : And God was pleased to make another Covenant with the House of Israel , which the Christians under the Gospel have a promise to share in , Joel 2.28 . the Spirit to be poured forth upon all Flesh ; and the Lord hath made many Covenants with his People under several Attributes , his powerful Names , and as the Blood of Bulls , and Goats , and the Ashes of an Heifer is rejected , so the one Offering in Spirit is established , and the Spirit descends and ascends , and the Lord accepts of what he gives , and this is the new Covenant , the Law written in the Heart and put in the Mind , and the obedient ones they do the Will of God ; but the Lord God and Creator , and the Day of his Rest , and the Ten Commandments are the same , notwithstanding the Day of their Rest are not kept by Nations , only a few bear Witness in keeping the seventh Day of his Rest after his great and mighty Works in creating , and instituted a Day of Worship for Man to obey , before the Man of the Dust of the Ground was formed ; and as to Offerings , the Apostle giving an Account of the Work wrought by the power of God in Jesus , or the Office of Christ , the ministration of the Spirit in him , wherefore when he cometh into the World , he saith , Sacrifice and Offerings thou wouldst not , but a Body hast thou prepared me ; in Burnt-Offerings and Sacrifices for Sin thou hast had no pleasure : then said I , Lo I come , in the volume of the Book it is written of me , to do thy Will , O God ; above , when he said , Sacrifice and Offerings , and Burnt-Offerings for Sin thou wouldst not , neither had pleasure therein ; then said he , Lo I come to do thy Will , O God , he taketh away the first that he may establish the second , ( and by doing the Will of God is the sanctification ) by which Will we are sanctified ( as saith the Apostle ) they which are Spiritual are sanctified , through the Offering of the Body ( Christ in Jesus ) once for all , Hebrews 10.5 . to 15. for by one Offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified , ( that is , as each particular that does the Will of God as he did , they are perfected by that Example , and sanctified in doing the Will of God according to that Example ) whereof , saith the Apostle , the Holy Ghost is Witness ; and saith the Apostle , ye have need of Patience , that after ye have done the Will of God ye might receive the Promise , ver . 36. so the offering the Body once for all is , that Man should be sanctified in Body , Soul and Spirit , to follow the holy Obedience of Jesus , or they have no part in his Sufferings ; and the Offering in Spirit is established by the Office of Christ , the Power of God , the power of an endless Life , a spiritual Ministration in his waiting ones , the Law written in the Heart , and put in the Mind , and this Covenant and Offering salted with the seasoning Grace , the Fiery Baptism of the Holy Ghost , which cannot lose its savour ; for every one shall be salted with Fire , and every Sacrifice shall be salted with Salt ; Salt is good ▪ but if the Salt have lost its saltness , wherewith will you season it , have Salt in your selves , and have Peace one with another , Mark 9.49 , 50. Matt . 5.13 . Levit . 2.13 . neither shalt thou suffer the Salt of the Covenant of thy God to be lacking , with all thy Meat Offerings thou shalt offer Salt , and without the Covenant of Salt to every Meat Offering , it was not to be accepted ; and when the Offerings were accepted of the Lord , there came Fire from before the Lord as a sign of Acceptance , and it humbled the People , 1 Kings 18.38 . 2 Chron . 7.1 . Levit . 9.24 . and gave them Faith to believe , as Faith is the Gift of God , and they saw the Works of the true God , and by Faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent Sacrifice than Cain , by which he obtained Witness that he is righteous , God testifying of his Gifts , and by it he being dead , yet speaketh , Heb 11.4 . Gen. 4.4 . and under the Gospel Law , the seasoning Grace of Faith is both Salt and Fire , purifying both Heart and Mind to see that Life and Light which is everlasting ; for in the Holy One's Seed there is no Corruption ; and the Apostle speaking of the Offering the Body prepared to do the Will of God , ( in the Works of the Spirit which works and purges out Sin , as all are obedient to the Works of the Spirit ) he makes the first Offering for Sin , the old Covenant , such as Blood of Bulls , Lambs , Sheep and Goats , and Rams , and Pidgeons , and the Ashes of an Heifer ; for the Law having a Shadow of the good Things to come , and not the very Image of the things , can never with these Sacrifices which they offer Year by Year continually , make the comers thereunto perfect , for then would they not have ceased , Heb . 10.1 , 4. so that the Apostle treating of the first Covenant of Sacrifices and Offerings , ( which if the Heart and Ear were circumcised ) such found Acceptance in their Obedience , and then Offerings ceased . The Apostle did not here treat upon the Ten Commandments , which remains , and the Sabbath a Sign , that God is the God which doth sanctifie his People , as afore-written ; and the Day of his Rest a Sabbath , in remembrance of the six Days of his Creation , in honour due to his great creating Name ; as the great Creator of Heaven and Earth , the Seas and the Fountains of Water , the Almighty God , the Lord of Heaven and Earth , the I am , and the Jehovah , he hath commanded the Day of his glorious Rest to be kept ; look into it , see the Disobedience the World lieth in , and till Nations are seen in the universal Love and come to keep the Commandments , the Holy Rest in Holiness , Wars will never cease ; and saith the Apostle , as speaking of the Power descending when he cometh into the World , he saith , A Body hast thou prepared me to do thy Will , O God ; and Jesus was that Body prepared for the Spirit to work in ; and in this Body prepared the Word of God appeared , to inspire them which received it , and they became Witnesses in the Spirit , of the Works of the Spirit and Power of God , the new Covenant working in Man , in the universal Love and Light , not only to Witnesses and Prophets , which were Witnesses of the Power of God , and so Christ's Day ; but to all which receive the Word , and wait for it , they are inspired by it ; Christ is the Spirit of God in Man , the Immanuel God with us , and God with us is the Spirit of Truth ; and Jesus foretold his Disciples , he that dwelleth with you shall be in you , John 14.16 , 17. and they were after filled with the Holy Ghost , and spake as the Spirit gave them utterance ●as Christ was in Jesus , the great Prophet , the Spirit of Truth , so Christ the Lord was in all the Prophets , and the People were to be begotten into the Word and universal Spirit in the inward Man , the Dispensation of the Father through the Son , which Son is Spirit and not Flesh , but is the Spirit which quickens and speaks now in Man , the Words of Spirit and Life , and this Word is Spirit and Life in every Work of God ; and notwithstanding the Church under the Gospel , as Saints and Prophets is come , and many coming to Mount Zion to which the Apostle gives witness of , yet they went through many Steps in Grace before they knew a coming to the general Assembly and Church of the First-born , which are written in Heaven , and to God the Judge of all , and to the Spirits of just Men made perfect ; and to Jesus Christ the Mediator of the new Covenant , and to the Blood of Sprinkling , that speaketh better things than that of Abel , Heb . 12.22 , 23 , 24. and saith the Apostle , ye are come unto Mount Zion , and to the City of the living God , the heavenly Jerusalem , and to an innumerable Company of Angels , to the general Assembly and Church of the First-born , which are written in Heaven ; and the City belonging to this Church is the heavenly Jerusalem , and the Assembly before the Judge of all , is an innumerable Company of Angels , which is the Spirits of just Men made perfect , which is a gradual Work ; but to miss the First Day , instituted for divine and spiritual Worship , when God rested in himself and all his Works which he had made , and behold they were very good , and to miss the first Step , as afore-written , is not to get the higher degree of Grace and Peace in the Holy Ghost , which gives Admittance through the Names of Jesus Christ into the Gospel ; and them which were of the Twelve Tribes , a certain Number of every Tribe sealed the Father gave the Son ; and John saw upon Mount Zion , the Lamb stood with them , which had his Father's Name written in their F●reheads , Rev. 14.1 . Yet notwithstanding the Father is pleased to give them which were his , both the Tribes , and Saints , and Prophets under the Law , to the Son and Word , to unite in the spiritual Building , the heavenly Jerusalem , and when the Sin is subdued , and all brought into the Spirit of the Son to obey the Words of God , the Son is then to deliver up the Kingdom to the Father , which gave him Power to gather into the Kingdom of God , to the Lord of Hosts , the God of both Angels and Men , the eternal and everlasting Being of Beings , the one God which is Almighty , and the Day of his Rest to be held in everlasting Remembrance of his great Works of Creation , and he is also the Redeemer of his People from Generation to Generation , it is his Mercy through every Instrument sent in his Power to save the People in every Age .

The Lord being pleased of his wonderful Goodness to call me to keep the Seventh Day of his Rest a Holy Sabbath to the Lord , out of Labour , according as the Commandment stands good ; and I pondered the Weight of the Matter in my Mind , and could not go on in outward Business on that Day ; and as I pondered the Weight of the Matter in my Mind , it opened more and more , and Scriptures were opened in my View , and I was more and more enlightened , in the Light which the Scriptures gives both in the Old Testament and the New ; and it was given me to distinguish between the Lord's holy Rest and the Jews Sabbaths , given them to afflict for Sin , and them Sabbaths abolished in the one Offering to them which believe in the Gospel Dispensation , following the holy Example of Jesus , ( and Sin is also to be abolished in the Mind ) ; but the Lord's Sabbath of holy Rest before Sin was , is not abolished , for the holy Rest is in Christ the Spirit of Truth , which rested in the Father , the Seventh Day , after Six Days of their Creation ; and the Lord was pleased to open my Understanding to see the true Record of the right Seventh Day were preserved , and the Account given by himself , and written with the Finger of God , and that the Commandments are teached and preached and not kept ; all which I laid up in my Heart , and kept the Seventh Day , and did not let any know for a considerable Time that I did keep it , and I thought to keep a Day to the Lord , according to the Commandments , was no hurt to any , but I found it did quiet my Mind to obey the Call ; but when Work was to be done on that Day , I was then made to own the keeping the Seventh Day , by refusing to do any outward Business upon the Seventh and First Day of the Week ; the First Day ( known by the Name of Sunday ) I had always observed , and grew strongly convinced in the keeping of both , and I obeyed the Voice and searched the Scriptures , and dare not hide the keeping of either ; and when it was known , many argued with me against keeping the Seventh Day , calling it Jewish Seventh Day ; but when I asked them if it was called the Jewish Seventh Day in the Ten Commandments ? they answered No ; then I had reason enough to ask them , Why they called the Lord's Rest Jewish ? And some would ask if there were more Sabbaths ? I then answered Yes , many Sabbaths given the Jews to afflict for Sin , and called their Sabbaths , and Sabbaths to rejoice in at the ingathering of the Corn and Fruits of the Earth ; they held Sabbaths which were given them to rejoice in , at which they had set Feasts of Charitable Acts , and the Widow and Fatherless , and Stranger were to partake with them of the Blessings and the Increase , after the Priest had waved a Sheaf before the the Lord , on the Morrow after the Sabbath , which Morrow after the Sabbath was the First Day , and may tipify then another Sabbath for Acts of Charity and Mercy , to be heal'd in the Christian Faith , under the Gospel of Peace ; and the Apostles appointed holy Men to take Care of the Widows , Acts 6.1 , 2. And the Lord had a People in Christ under the Law , as also under the Gospel , if they are led and guided by the Spirit , as in Days of Old ; the Record in Scripture is Isa . 60.11 . and Isaiah see largely the further coming of Christ's Kingdom , and the powerful Effects of God's Majesty , Chap. 2.19 , 21. and the great Dispensation of the Spirit of Christ Isaiah was a Witness of , Ch. 42.5 . and Ch. 40.10 , 11. and Ch. 61. and which Spirit should be universal , and to increase to them which are led and guided by the Spirit , the holy One in the Father , the Creator , Redeemer , and Saviour and King , Isa . 43.10 . to the 16th Ver . God did not leave himself without a Witness , nor his People without a Christ to be a Guide to Israel under the Law , and the Lord's Sabbath of holy Rest is in Christ and Christ in the Father , before there was a visible Man upon the Earth ; and as Christ was with the Father , a Spirit in the Beginning creating , he is in his People given him of the Father to this Day , leading up the Flock , as in Days of Old he put his holy Spirit within them , and led them by the right Hand of Moses with his glorious Army , dividing the Waters before them , to get himself an everlasting Name , through the Power which God had given him , leading Israel through the Sea in a Pillar of Fire , but their holy Rest is not abolished that it should not be kept holy the Seventh Day , for Christ in Jesus did not appear in that prepared Body to lessen the Father's Honour with his own ; as to the Day of his Rest commanded to be kept holy as the Lord's holy Rest after Six Days of their creating , in which he made Heaven and Earth , the Sea and the Fountains of Water , and all that in them is ; but the Father giving the Son Power under the Gospel , sheweth the Works of the Power is to be observed , and hath added by the Resurrection of Jesus in the Power of God ▪ an additional Day for Worship , and the Resurrection of Jesus to be held in everlasting Remembrance , in which the Works of the Power are seen , and Jesus is a holy Example , a Vail for the Word to pass through , a holy Prophet , and sent in a universal Spirit , the Morning Star in preaching and publishing the Gospel , but not to disanul the Father's Commandments . Thus to the Inquirer I declared my Satisfaction , and at length there was a Book brought to my Hand , called A Defence of the Christian Sabbath , and by this Book I understand the Question is , Whether it be the right Seventh Day in Course from the Creation ? and that Records may be lost ; and the Author of that Book is pleased to call it Jewish Sabbath , and Jewish Seventh Day ; and upon reading the Book , the Weight of the Matter continued , and more Strength was given me to see the Sabbath is in Christ , which rested with the Father before the visible Man was formed , and there is no Sabbath out of Christ the holy Spirit , one with the Father in Spirit from the Creation , and that God which created the Day and rested in himself , gave the right Record of the Seventh Day , after the Destruction of the old World for Sin , both at the raining of Manna and the Commandments , written with the Finger of God , and given to Moses upon Mount Sinai . And upon reading the Books as aforementioned , it pleased God to give me Weight to observe the Discourse , and the Sense which God was pleased to continue to me , I was made to write in the Confirmation of the Fourth Commandment , and that the Lord's holy Rest is not abolished , nor called Jewish Seventh Day in the Commandments , nor raining of Manna ; and the Commandments written with the Finger of God is to continue under the Gospel , and whilst there is an Alpha and an Omega , and Man upon the Earth , Rev. 22.13 , 14. and the Lord of Hosts , the God both of Angels and Men , he will stand by them which keep their holy Rest holy ; and the Lord's holy Rest is proved by Scripture to be the same from Gen. 2. to Exod . 16. and from the raining of Manna to the Commandments , because the Lord gave the Account himself by his Word to Moses to give to the People , and after the Lord had fixed the Commandments in the Peoples Hearts , and upon Tables of Stone , to be remembred , the Prophets all came in the Word of the Lord , and down to the Birth of Jesus , confirming the keeping the Lord's holy Rest , which is a Christian Sabbath in the Dispensation of the Father , his Spirit through the Son , and the Son in Spirit through the Son of Man , and the Father and Son in Spirit , one in the Creation of Mankind , and one in Redemption ; and the Four Evangelists give an Account of the crucifying that prepared Body , and waiting for the Resurrection ; they all give an Account of the Sabbath the Day before the Resurrection ; and , as afore-written , the Seventh Day is a Christian Sabbath to them which keep it in Christ , and Christ is the Angel of Power , the spiritual Rock which was with Moses , and all them which live , and act , and obey the Voice of the inspeaking Spirit , with holy Minds , and pure Hearts , and clean Hands , such was ever in Christ , as Christ is ever with the Father , the Word of God , but without Holiness no Man can see the Lord , nor worship the Father with Acceptance out of the Spirit of Christ , and to keep the Commandments of God , the Lord's holy Rest , as he set an Example , when this lower World was but seven Days old ; and Christ is given of the Father in this universal Day , the pouring forth the Spirit upon Sons and Daughters , Servants and Hand-Maids , a Light in their People , and moves in the inward Man , which keeps their Obedience , and is leading up the Flock to the Father , as Man obeys the Voice ; and the Lord's Sabbath of holy Rest was a Christian Sabbath under the Law , to them that kept it in Christ the Spirit of the holy One ; that is , to worship the Father in the Spirit of the Son , the one Mediator which finds Acceptance with the Father ; and the Lord's Command is to obey his Voice , or he will not pardon your Transgressions , for my Name is in him , saith the Lord , and the People was to do all that the Lord spake through him , Exod . 23. and 21. and notwithstanding the Word of God , Christ the Lord , in Jesus speaking to the People of God , saying , Thine they were , and thou gavest them me , and they have kept thy Word ; now they know that all Things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee , for I have given unto them the Words which thou gavest me , and they have received them , and have known surely that I came out from thee , and they have believed that thou didest send me , John 17.6 , 7 , 8. And yet before they were so given of the Father in the Ministration of the Gospel , Christ was leading up the Flock in Days of old , Isa . 63.9 . Israel did eat their spiritual Meat and drink their spiritual Drink through Leaders , which obeyed the Voice and see their Salvation by their Obedience to the Power , and they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them , and that Rock was Christ , 1 Cor . 10.3 , 4. the People were not without a Christ to lead and guide them , nor without spiritual Meat ; for , as afore-written , the Gospel Record is , Israel did all eat the same spiritual Meat , and did all drink the same spiritual Drink , they then drank of the Rock of Ages in that ministration , as many now do drink deep Draughts of that Rock and Fountain in this glorious Gospel Day , the Dispensation of both Father and Son in the Gospel of Peace , following the Example of Jesus in obedience to the Spirit , according to their Gift what is required of them ; God hath not left himself without a Seed , nor are his People saved but by his Power in every Dispensation of both Angels and Men : And Jesus in Prayer to the Father saith , Glorify thy Son , that thy Son also may glorify thee , and this is Life eternal , ( saith Jesus ) John 17.13 . that they might know thee the only true God , and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent ; and this is the great Work to this Day , to distinguish the Spirit's working in Man , so to know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent , this is Life eternal ; and when any comes to distinguish the spiritual Power , which is a Voice in Man , the teaching Spirit to Salvation , such will the better see the Lord's Sabbath of holy Rest is a Christian Sabbath , when Christ which ever was Spirit , rested in the Father , and the Father in him , one Spirit ; and this Sabbath of their holy Rest before Sin entered the World , and to be kept in Remembrance of the sixth Day of their Creation and holy Rest , before Sin entered the World , and hath no relation to the Jews Sabbaths , given them to afflict for Sin , called their Sabbaths , nor any relation to their Carnal Ordinances and Sacrifices for Sin , these are Sabbaths given to that End , as aforementioned , and bear the Name of Jewish Sabbaths ; but the Sabbath of the Lord thy God , which thou art commanded to keep , is a holy Sabbath , and to be kept holy , as Exod . 20. sheweth ; and that Chapter does not give any Authority to call the Lord's Sabbath a Jewish Sabbath , when the Lord hath called it the Sabbath of the Lord thy God , and the spiritual Male and Female , in their Likeness , and after their Image rested in Spirit with both Father and Son the seventh Day , before the visible Man of the Dust of the Ground was formed , or made Woman out of Man ; their Image and Likeness was in their Rest , and the Body of Dust goes to the Grave , the Spirit , which is Man's Light and Life , returns to God which gave it , to be a Light and a Guide to Man , to lead him into all Truth ; and the Dispensation of the Father is in the Son , and the Son is in Presence , the Angel of God speaking the Words of God , and visits the Seed of God , teaching the Inward Man , and the visible Man is enlightened and saved in God's Power , as he keeps his Obedience in the Growth of the Spirit , and the Father draws into the Spirit of the Son in this Gospel Day , and the Father and Son , which is the Holy Ghost , speaks in each Particular , which wait to hear the Voice of their Word ; but the seventh Day of their holy Rest is not abolished , as is further shewed after six Days of their creating of the Creation , and in the room of the Jewish Sabbath , a Day to afflict their Souls for Sin , as under the Law , in the room of such Sabbaths , is the Fiery Baptism of the Holy Ghost , purging out Sin under the Gospel ; and as the Fiery Baptism of the Holy Ghost purges out Sin ( and gives in the Mind ) Affliction for Sin , so it sanctifies the Soul into the true Rest , to keep the Lord's Sabbath of Rest holy , as owned and commanded , and this Baptism after received , is a continual Light to the Soul , and the Lord was the Sanctifier of his People under the Law , which obeyed his Voice through Leaders , ( and afflicted their Souls for Sin ) , and the People heard the Voice of the Lord through the Fiery Pillar , that they might obey his Voice through Moses , and under the Gospel Ministration , the Spirit of Truth is heard in each Particular , convincing and shewing Men their Sin , and the Way out of Sin ; and that which convinces and shews Men their Sin , is the Life and the Way to the Father , a Light shining in the Mind and Soul of Men , and the Fiery Baptism of the Holy Ghost does perform in Man the Office which them Days were appointed for to afflict the Soul for Sin , but the Lord's holy Rest , before Sin entered the World , is to be obeyed as commanded ; and all Mankind are to labour to get out of Sin and to live to God in the Spirit of their Minds , and obey the Father through the Son , for the Father is the Creator , Redeemer and Saviour , which hath sent the Son to save , but never altered the Day of their holy Rest , from the seventh Day to the first Day of the Week ; and no Day written by the same Finger of God , as the Commandments are , and commanded to be kept , and a Remembrance to keep the Day of his Rest holy ; no Day appointed or written with the Finger of God , to be kept in the room of the seventh Day , or that the seventh Day should be abolished when the first is kept . But there are many Queries concerning the seventh Day , and that the right seventh Day is not known , because Records may be lost , and , as aforementioned , call it Jewish Seventh Day , and yet say they don't speak against the seventh Day in the Fourth Commandment ; and by so saying , it may be reasonable to think such have not yet distinguished between the Lord's holy Rest and the Jews Sabbath , given them to afflict their Souls for Sin , which holy Rest was before Sin entered the World ; and therefore all ought to be prepared in Holiness to keep the Lord's Rest holy , and in exercising a Day to afflict the Soul for Sin under the Law , in the room of them Sabbaths , under the Gospel Ministration , as afore-written ; the Spirit of Truth is sent down to convince the World of Sin , and to shew each Particular the Way out of Sin , and to baptize the Soul into its own Spirit , and is the Truth , the Life , and the Way to the Father ; and what could the Lord do more for his Creation , than send his Son , the Spirit of Truth a Light to shine in their Hearts which obeys the Voice ? it leads to the Father . And now the Lord is calling to the Preachers of all sorts , to see if they have salt in themselves to savour the Earth ; and he is looking down upon all the Honest-hearted , and to be Honest-hearted is more than Form ; and Men may snatch away their Society one from another , but they can't snatch away the Kingdom of God from coming to them which wait for it ; and the Words of God sent down are the Keys of the Kingdom , and opens the Mysteries of the Kingdom , and an Eye to see the Wisdom and Power of God through every Dispensation and Generation and Instrument sent in the Power of God ; it is one God which is the Creator , Redeemer , and Sanctifier , and Saviour ; for as it is the Spirit of God which creates , so it is the Sanctifier , Redeemer and Saviour , and in Holiness there is Salvation , as the holy Example Christ in Jesus is lived to , that is , as the Spirit which acted in Jesus , and by which Spirit he spoke is lived to ; and I have seen a Unity in Heaven to descend upon Men upon Earth , and Christ the Spirit of Truth will be the Leading Star in this Unity ; and among every People and Nation they that fear God , and obey the Spirit's Teachings , God will work a Work in them which some will not believe , altho it be told them , but the Work will go on to the Calling the Jews and convincing the Gentiles , that all may come to see the one true God , and Christ from the Vail , and God from Man , and Flesh from Spirit , and the Messenger from the Maker , and the Land to enjoy her Sabbaths again , and Mercy is promised to Thousands , which love God and keep his Commandments , and are not found in their Father's Iniquities , and ( the Commandment ) in keeping their holy Rest , and to shew Love to Neighbours , and Charity to the Widows , and Fatherless , and the Stranger in the Gate ; and Rest to both Son and Daughter , Servant and Cattel , was never disanul'd by neither Son nor Servant , sent in the Words of God ; and it was the Will of the Holy Ghost , which sent the Prophet like unto Moses ; and Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost , and in that Power went about doing Good , and the Holy Ghost sent forth under the Gospel universal Love , the Promise of the Father descended , which is the Holy Ghost , Acts 2.33 . And the Body of Jesus being taken up , which was anointed and acted by the Holy Ghost ; so the Son , one with the Father in Spirit , is seen with a spiritual Eye , leading to Holiness , by his Holy Spirit , and is calling to Men , working Peace and Reconciliation with the Father ; and if Men will obey the Angelick Present , and Power given , it draws into Holiness , and Wisdom is justified of her Children , and the Work of Wisdom increase upon them , till they come to a State of a perfect Man in Christ , following Holiness ; and as Christ is in God the Word of God so he visits Man in his season , and as Man grows in Grace and Truth , to see both the Father and Son , and growing in the Degrees of Grace , Life from God is given , and they are united into the Father's Love , and in the Spirit of Christ are Witnesses of the Word , which quickens , and are Spirit and Life ; and the Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy , and both Lord and Christ was in him , he being filled with the Holy Ghost , and he manifested both Lord and Christ in the Power of the Holy Ghost , the Promise of the Father , and the Promise of the Father descended upon him , and in him and through him , before he ascended , and the Disciples were baptized of the Holy Ghost , through the Words of God which was with him ; and after Jesus ascended , the Disciples were to wait for that Baptism ; and the Father which sent the Son , is pleased the Son's Spirit and Word should be honoured , keeping a Day to do good Works , and to wait for the Resurrection of the Seed of Life , that they may be accepted in every good Work wrought through the Workings of the Holy Ghost , and according to the many Testimonies of Jesus ; he spoke not of himself , and he proves the Prophet , which the Lord promised to send like unto Moses , speaking the Words the Lord had commanded him , Deut. 18.18 . and it was the Power that spoke through the Vail , which said , I am the Resurrection and the Life , John 17.8 . ( it is the Spirit gives Life ) , and the same Power speaking through him , said , before Abraham was I am ; and the Power and Spirit said , I am the Way , the Truth and the Life , and the Vail to the Word being holy and obedient in Spirit , is a Light to the World , and speaks to this Day ; and the Apostles and Saints after Jesus was taken up , were known to be sanctified Vessels , by the Works wrought through them ; and the Generations keeps up Remarks of the Saints works , and keeps Days in Honour and Remembrance of them , as is farther shewed ; but the Lord Sanctifier and Creator , the Day of his Rest is not kept , nor his Command obeyed , in keeping the Seventh Day ; when all the Apostles , their Fasts and Feasts , are observed to be kept in their Order : as Mark the Evangelist ; Philip and James the Apostles ; the Ascension of our Lord Christ in Jesus ; Barnabas ; the Nativity of John Baptist ; Peter the Apostle ; James the Apostle ; Bartholom●w the Apostle ; Matthew the Apostle ; Michael and all Angels ; Luke the Evangelist ; Simon and Jude the Apostle ; All Saints ; Andrew the Apostle ; Thomas the Apostle ; the Nativity of Jesus ; Stephen the Martyr ; John the Evangelist ; Holy Innocents ; The Purification of the Blessed Virgin : The Annunciation of the Virgin , after the Day of Pentecost . Now to shew that Jesus and his Disciples and the holy Women did observe to keep the Sabbath of holy Rest , notwithstanding they did desire greatly to see the Resurrection of Jesus , yet they rested the Sabbath . And Jesus that great Prophet and Son , in his Ministry and Testimony , speaking the Words of God , owned the Sabbath of Rest for Man ; he said , The Sabbath was made for Man , and not Man for the Sabbath . Therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath , Mark 2.27 . And the four Evangelists gives an Account which is the Sabbath , and which is the First Day of the Week : In the end of the Sabbath , as it began to dawn towards the first Day of the Week , came Mary Magdalen , and the other Mary , to see the Sepulchre , Mat . 28.1 . Mark 16.1 . And when the Sabbath was past , Mary Magdalen , and Mary the Mother of James , and Salome , had brought sweet Spices , that they might come and anoint him . And ver . 9. When Jesus was risen early , the first Day of the Week , he appeared first to Mary Magdalen , out of whom he had cast seven Devils . And Luke 23.55 , 56. The Woman also which came with him from Galilee , beheld the Sepulchre , and how his Body was laid , and they returned and prepared Spices , and Ointments , and rested the Sabbath Day , according to the Commandment . And Chapter 24.1 . Upon the first Day of the Week , very early in the Morning , they came to see the Sepulchre , bringing the Spices which they had prepared , and certain others with them . And John 19.31 . The Jews because it was the Preparation , that the Bodies should not remain upon the Cross , besought Pilate they might be token away . And John 20.1 . The first Day of the Week cometh Mary Magdalen early , when it was yet dark , unto the Sepulchre , and seeth the Stone taken away from the Sepulchre . So that which is the Seventh Day , and the first Day of the Week , the Scriptures of both Old and New Testament doth clearly show . And it is written in the Account of the Creation , the six Days Work and the Seventh Day's Rest ; and on the sixth Day , the spiritual Male and Female , in their Image , and after their Likeness , rested in the Lord's Rest , and remaine● in his Rest , and in the good Spirit , Gen. 1.26 , 31. But the visible Man Adam , from the Dusts of the Ground , was not yet made , till after the Seventh Day's Rest , Gen. 2.1 . which Dust of the Ground was another Region in the lower World ; which their Image and Likeness was not : for the Record is , Chap. 2.6 . There was not a Man to till the Ground ; and there went up a Mist from the Earth , and watered the whole Face of the Ground . And when the visible Man Adam was made of the Dust of the Ground , the visible Woman Eve was not yet made : Gen. 2.18 . The Lord God said , It is not good , that the Man should be alone , I will make him an Help-meet for him . So that the visible Male and Female was not formed , nor made till after the seven Day's Rest . And in the six Days Work , the Lord God saw every thing that he had made , and behold it was very good ; and the Even and the Morning were the sixth Day , and all the Host of Heaven , and every thing upon Earth glorified God , in Purity ; and on the Seventh Day God ended his Works which he had made ; and God blessed the Seventh Day , and sanctified it ; because that in it he had rested from all his Works which God created and made . And Man had no hand in all this Work , as Gen. 2.4 . sheweth ; These are the Generations of the Heavens and of the Earth , when they were created : in the Day when the Lord God made the Earth and the Heavens , and every Plant of the Field , before it was in the Earth , and every Herb of the Field before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to Rain upon the Earth , and there was not a Man to Till the Ground . Notwithstanding Male and Female , In their Image and Likeness was , Gen. 1.27 . God created Man in his own Image ; in the Image of God created he him , Male and Female created he them . For as God is a Spirit , so their Image is Spirit , and returns to him ; which the Dust of the Ground does not , as is seen it remains in the Ground ; but the spiritual Male and Female never dies , but keeps his Dominion in Light and Life : And when Adam the visible Man ? was formed of the Dust of the Ground , the Lord God breathed into his Nostrils the Breath of Life ; and Man ( in that living Seed ) became a living Soul : So that the Sabbath for Divine and Spiritual Worship , was before the formed Man of the Dust of the Ground was . And it is certain , the Sabbath was made for the visible Man , and not the visible Man before the Sabbath : the seventh Day of the Lord's holy Rest , and the Creation of Angels , the heavenly Host worshipped God in Spirit ( as God is a Spirit ) ; and the Angelical spiritual Male and Female in their Image , and after their Likeness , ( Light and Life ) was created before the Lord's Rest , and did rest when the Lord rested , which was before the visible Man was formed of the Dust of the Ground ; and this Light and Life their Image gives Presence and Life , in the visible Male and Female , and is a Seed to inlighten both Male and Female , a spiritual Seed in the Light of Christ ; and this is the visible Man's Peace and Rest to this Day ; as all are obedient to the Spirit , their Image and Likeness : and the Words of God is the Candle of the Lord to Man , a Lanthorn to his Feet and a Light to his Paths : And as the spiritual Worship is the first Worship , so it will be the last Worship , and he that is the Alpha he will be the Omega , the first and the last in Man's Earth : And Man and Woman joining to the good Spirit in them , are preserved by the Words of God , through the Mouth of the Seed , and the Seed visiting Seed , this Word gives Life to the Soul ; and the Seed of Life , which receives the Words of God , and gives forth the Words of God , is God's Image , and after their Likeness , and never consents to sin : Notwithstanding the visible Man Adam did fall , and after the Fall of the visible Adam , the Curse and Destruction for their sakes , came upon the Earth , the old World ( and the World increased again , and a righteous Seed preserved ) but as the Wickedness of Man was great in the Earth ; And God saw that every Imagination of the Thoughts of Mans Heart was only evil continually : and it repented the Lord that he had made Man on the Earth ; and it grieved him at his Heart , Gen. 6.5 , 6 , 7. And as the Lord destroyed the World for Man's Wickedness , yet Noah and his Sons obtaintained the Blessing through the righteous Seed , and to be fruitful and multiply ; and replenish the Earth . Gen. 9.1 . And the whole Earth was of one Language , and one Speech . Gen. 11.1 . And they said one to another , Let us make Brick , and build us a City , and a Tower whose Top may reach unto Heaven ; and let us make us a Name , lest we be scattered abroad upon the Face of the whole Earth . And this is Man's Misery , the way which he proposes to be happy and stand fast , ( but not being acted in the Counsel of God to glorify his Name ) is the very way they come to be scatter'd and loose their Name . As see Gen. 11.8 . And the Lord called Abram and blessed him with a Promise of Christ , and said , Get thee cut of thy Country , and from thy Kindred , and from thy Father's House , unto a Land that I will shew thee , and I will make of thee a great Nation ; and I will bless thee , and make thy Name great , and thou shalt be a Blessing , Gen. 12.1 , 2. And ministring Angels were sent from the Presence of God to Men , shewing his Mind and Will , as to Abraham , Isaac , Jacob , and Lot , and reached to Men to inspire them with angelical Spirits , before the Law , and under the Law , and down to the Gospel of Peace , and had their Services as sent , shewing the Mind of the Spirit through Man's Mouth ; and Christ was in the Bosom of the Father in the Beginning , the Spirit of Truth , the Angel of the Lord , and Son , and is with his People to this Day , and hath promised to be with his People to the End of the World ; and the Dispensation of Angels glorious , which appeared to the Fathers a second Voice to confirm to do the Will of God : And after the Lord appeared to Abraham , the Angels visited Abraham , and he interceeded for Sodom ; but the number of ten Righteous Persons not being found , the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , Gen. 18.32 . Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah , Brimstone and Fire from the Lord out of Heaven , Gen. 19.24 . And after this , Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , went through Nations , and sojourned , and planted Truth as they went , and the Lord appeared to them for their Incouragement , and Isaac marry'd Rebecca ; and a Blessing was in the Seed , and Jacob after his Father Isaac was blessed ; and God said to Jacob , arise go up to Bethel and dwell there , and make there an Altar to God , that appeared to thee when thou fleddest from the Face of Esau thy Brother , Gen. 35.1 , 2. and Jacob dwelt in a Land wherein his Father was a Stranger , in the Land of Canaan , Gen. 37.1 . and the Lord was with Joseph in Egypt , and blessed him there , Gen. 45.8 . and after this , the Lord appeared to Moses in a burning Bush , he sendeth Moses to deliver Israel , Exod . 3.7 . the Lord said , I have surely seen the Affliction of my People which are in Egypt , and have heard their Cry , and am come down to deliver them out of the Hand of the Egyptians , and to bring them up cut of that Land , unto a good Land and a large , unto a Land flowing with Milk and Honey ; and great Signs and Wonders the Lord wrought through Moses to bring them out , to praise his Name , and to keep the Lords Rest and Sabbath , and the Passover is instituted , and the First-born of Egypt are slain , the Israelites are driven out of the Land , Exod . 12.31 . and as the First-born of Egypt are destroyed because of Pharoah's hardness of Heart , and to shew the Lord's great Power ; so the Lord spake unto Moses , saying , Sanctifie to me all the First-born , whatsoever openeth the Womb among the Children of Israel , both of Man and of Beast , it is mine , Exod . 13.1 . and the Memorial of the Passover is commanded ; and they took their Journey from Succoth , and encamped in Etham , in the Edge of the Wilderness ; and the Lord went before them by Day in a Pillar of a Cloud , to lead them the way , and by Night in a Pillar of Fire , to go by Day and Night ; he took not away the Pillar of a Cloud by Day , nor the Pillar of Fire by Night from before the People , Exod . 13.20 , 22. and this the Lord's Love and settling his Sabbath of Rest , was after the destruction of the old World , and the Confusion of Babilon's Builders , and the Overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah for Sin ; and the World increasing again , and God appeared again , to inform his chosen Generation what Nation they should go to , to shew forth his Power , and was a Guide to Moses , and the People , and shewed Moses where they should place his Name in Worship , and the first Day for Worship the Lord calls for after this is , to keep his Sabbath of Rest the seventh Day , and fixed Exod . 16.23 . and after settled into a Commandment , and a Remembrance put upon it , Exod . 20.8 , 9 , 10 , 11. 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 ; and on the sixth Day the Lord rained Manna enough for the seventh , and none descended on the seventh Day , according to the Word of the Lord which Moses gave to the People , that on the seventh Day there should be none , they should not find it in the Field ; and as the Lord gave the People a Day of Rest to keep his Sabbath ( not Jewish ) so the Lord gave them Manna from Heaven , and this Manna was to the visible Eye , and for Bread and Food for the Body ; but under the Gospel the Lord descends and rains his Spiritual Manna into the Soul , to nourish the Soul , that it may bring forth Fruit to eternal Life , not abolishing the Day of Rest in which the Father and Son rested , with their Creation , the Angelical Celestial Bodies , and the Spiritual Male and Female , and hath settled their Rest to the visible Man , and put it into a Command●●●t , and hath promised to shew Mercy to Thousands of them which love God and keep his Commandments .