hours, not worshipping God with a wandering and unsteady mind, not stealing its moments for secular purposes," and that, of " calling himself to account for the use of his money, of his time, of his powers."1 The Sabbath, moreover, is a law the love of which, besides attesting the title to heavenly glory and blessedness, proves that a character congenial to the employments, society, and joys of the world above has begun to be formed, or rather is far advanced-the character equally as the title being among those "gifts and callings of God which are without repentance." person who has pleasure in a weekly day of holy rest and service I will not feel himself out of his element when he sits down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of God. But how could he who dislikes the Sabbath, spend eternity in beholding, loving, and lauding the Creator and Redeemer of men? what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? communion hath light with darkness ? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" The Sabbath, in short, has been given as a necessary means of directing us "in the way of life which is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath." It brings leisure to immortal beings, too engrossed with the perishing objects of the earth, to attend to the claims of the soul and of the future. us a periodical pause in the race of life that we may by meditation the worldly soil contracted during the week." 3 is "the combs, and hive, and home of rest." It is heaven let down from week to week, that we may dwell in its light, breathe its air, and learn its music. And only as we redeem the precious fleeting season are we becoming qualified
With him that is the God of Sabbath hight."
But if we would intelligently and sincerely join the poet in his following fervent aspiration,
"O that great Sabbath! God grant me that Sabbath's sight,— and if we would "rest eternally" in the favour, in the perfections, in the service, and holy happiness of God, a change in our re
Memoirs of Sir T. F. Buxton, 5th edit., pp. 306, 307.
3 Dr. Johnson.
lation and feelings to Him must be effected. And it must be effected in the present state. It cannot take place in a future world, for in that world there is an impassable gulph between the two classes of men, and, while "the holy" remain holy, "the filthy" must be "filthy still." Nor would it be reasonable to indulge the hope that it will be realized in the article, or immediate prospect, of death. The thief on the cross obtained mercy as he was about to die. But how foolish to regulate our procedure by the only authenticated case of so late a repentance, -the one exception; and to forget the all but universal rule! Because one man has thrown himself over a precipice, and been mercifully preserved, would it be wise in us to try the same experiment ? While every period, then, even of this life, is not favourable for beginning the preparation for heaven, it is only in this life that it can be commenced. The Scriptures represent this world as the only training-place for eternity. It is the lower form in the school of knowledge, where the rudiments of celestial wisdom must be learned. There is no provision in a future state for instructing tyros. There is beyond death "no more sacrifice for sin," and no gospel to be "the power of God unto salvation." Let us, therefore, now hear, that our souls may live, the joyful sound as it comes from the lips of the Divine and compassionate Saviour: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
ABBOT, George, Archbishop of Canterbury,
forbade King James vi.'s Declaration for
Sports on the Lord's day to be read in the
church at Croydon, 87.
Abbot, George, member of the Long Parlia-
ment, his Work in defence of the Sabbath,
138, 145.
Acronius, Ruardus, his sentiments on the
Sabbath, 93.
Addison, Joseph, his testimony to the authority
and value of the Sabbath, 432, 473.
Adelaide, Queen, 589.
Agnew, Sir Andrew, his exertions against
Sabbath desecration, 148, 437, 588.
Agnew, Professor, of America, 154.
Agricola, John, Islebius, founder of the An-
tinomians in Germany, ground on which he
incorrectly charged Luther with affirming
the abrogation of the Decalogue, 35, 466.
Agrippa, 6.
Ahasuerus, Jews under, successfully defend
their religion, 5.
Albert, Prince, 167, 604, 607.
Albro, Dr. John A., American biographer of
Thomas Shepard, 151.
Alden, Dr. Ebenezer, of Massachusetts, 180.
Alexander III. of Scotland, 399.
Alexander of Hales, 382, 386.
Alexander, Emperor of Russia, 551.
Alexandria, The church of, did not observe
the seventh and first days of the week, as
was done by many of the early Christians,
11.
Alfred the Great, 386, 396, 401, 403.
Allein, Rev. William, wrote on the sanctifica-
tion of the Sabbath, 146.
Alphonsus, Petrus, 386.
Alting, James, held that the primitive Sabbath
was posterior to the fall of man, 144.
Ambrose, 369, 391, 402.
America, Pilgrim Fathers of, 23; their care
for the due observance of the Sabbath, 90,
91, 150, 191, 504; favourable testimony to,
by the magistrates of Leyden, 504. See
Holland, and New England.
America, United States of, Sabbatic Contro-
versies in, 149-157; influence of the Sabbath
in, on literature and general intelligence,
191; on domestic virtue and happiness, 234,
235, 241; on the spirit of useful enterprise,
244, 253; and on national prosperity, 210,
214, 215, 219, 245, 250, 263, 451, 552; success-
ful attempts for the reformation of Sabbatic
abuses in, 584, 601-603; Unitarianism in, 264,
265.
American and Foreign Sabbath Union, 154.
Ames, Dr. William, wrote on the question of
the ceremonies, 24-26; his encomium on
William Teellinck, 91; his Medulla Theolo
gica, 97; notice of, 98; his work on the
Sabbath, 107.
Amner, Richard, 147.
Amsterdam, Sabbath in, 598.
Amusement, Proposed expedient of converting
the Sabbath into a day of, 495-499, 512.
Anderson, Major-General, 472.
Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, held the per-
manent obligation of the Sabbath, 77, 84, 88,
118, 138.
Aneiteum, one of the islands of the New Heb-
rides, 236.
⚫ Anselm, 386.
Anthemius, Emperor, 401.
Antiochus Epiphanes, 3.
Apocrypha, 6.
Appian, his hostility to the Jewish religion and
Sabbath, 3.
Aquinas, Thomas, 386, 389.
Arkwright, Sir Richard, 211.
Armenian churches, Disregard of the Sabbath
by, 564.
Arnoldus, Nicolaus, Professor in the University
of Franeker, 116.
Arnold, Dr. Thomas, Obligation of the Fourth
Commandment on Christians denied by,
142, 143.
Arthur, Rev. William, author of The People's
Day, 149.
Articles, Thirty-nine, of the Church of England,
subscription to, required, 66; doctrine of,
as to the Sabbath, 118, 421, 425, 428.
Asceticism, Pagan origin of, 223.
Aspinwall, his work in refutation of the
seventh-day Sabbath, 144.
Assembly, General, of the Church of Scotland,
sympathy of, with the suffering English Puri-
tans, 23; nullity of Assembly of 1618, 26;
Assembly of 1596, 152, 159; Assembly of
1638, 159: Assembly of 1647 adopt the West-
minster Confession of Faith, ib.; Directory
for Family Worship added to the Confession,
439; numerous Acts of Assembly on the
Sabbath, 442.
Atcheson, A. S., his reply to Beausobre, on
the doctrine of the Sabbath, 148.
Athanasius, writes in defence of the Lord's day
against the Jews, 8, 383, 387, 398, 402.
Atonement, Doctrine of, taught in Dr. Adam
Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, 198.
Augsburg, Confession of; its doctrine as to holi-
days, 14, 15, 459; and as to the Sabbath, 406,
416, 463.
Augustus, Roman Emperor, his order that the
Jews should not be obliged to appear before
any judge on the Sabbath-day, 6, 191.
Augustine, 3; writes in defence of the Lord's
day against the Jews, 8; defends holidays,
15, 369, 370, 382, 385, 388, 389, 391, 402; his
error in regard to the Sabbath, 467.
Aylmer, Bishop of London, 52; from being an
ardent Reformer becomes a Conformist, 53;
usually played at bowls on the Sabbath
afternoon, ib.; his severe treatment of the
Puritan ministers, 54, 57, 58, 61.
Aytoun, James, writes against the Sabbath,
167.
BABINGTON, Gervase, Bishop of Worcester,
defends in his writings the divine authority
of the Sabbath, 58, 59, 64, 69, 70, 77, 118.
Babylonians, their hostility to the Jewish Sab-
bath, 2, 3, 360.
Bacon, Lord, Eulogium pronounced upon Arch-
bishop Grindal by, 55; his interposition in
behalf of John Traske, 88; held the perma-
nent obligation of the Sabbath, 118, 153, 193,
212, 430, 475.
Badham, Dr. Charles, his remarks on Juvenal's
misinterpretation of the Jewish religion, 5.
Bagnall, Mr., 211.
Bagshaw, William, his publication on the Sab-
bath, 145.
Baillie, Robert, Principal of the University of
Glasgow, 27, 163.
Ball, Richard, his publication on the Sabbath,
Bampfield, Francis, wrote in defence of the
seventh-day Sabbath, 142, 144, 531.
Bannerman, Obligation of the Fourth Com-
mandment on Christians denied by, 142, 143,
148.
Barclay, John, the Berean, 165.
Barclay, Robert, the Quaker, his sentiments
on the Sabbath, 164, 415.
Barlow, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, 24.
Barnabas, 368, 369, 377.
Barnes, Dr. Albert, 154.
Barrow, Dr. Isaac, regarded the Fourth Com-
mandment as a Jewish and temporary ordi-
nance, 136, 142, 143.
Barter, William Brudenell, his reply to Arch-
bishop Whately on the doctrine of the Sab-
bath, 148, 577, 578.
Barwick, Dr. John, his statement of Bishop
Morton's account of the origin of James
VI.'s Declaration for Sports on the Lord's
day, 83, 84.
Basil, commonly called St., writes in defence
of the Lord's day against the Jews, 8; en-
courages the observance of holidays, 15, 388.
Basle, Sabbath in, 598.
Bastwick, Dr. John, savage treatment of, 125.
Battely, his Original Institution of the Sabbath,
Bates, Dr. William, 140, 224.
Baxter, Richard, wrote on the question of the
ceremonies, 24; his sentiments on Noncon-
formity influenced by a work of Dr. Ames's,
25, 26; and by Calderwood's Altare Damas-
cenum, 27, 28; Sabbath profanation at the
Court of Charles I. comes under his personal
observation, 130; his Divine Appointment
of the Lord's Day, 144, 145, 163, 224, 476, 584.
Baylee, John T., his labours on the history
and statistics of the Sabbath, 149, 605.
Bayly, Lewis, Bishop of Bangor, 44; held the
sentiments of the Puritans as to the Sabbath,
118; his Practice of Piety, 118, 119.
Bear and bull-baiting, a Sabbath amusement,
48, 49, 51; put down by James vi., 51, 82, 85.
Beausobre, Mons.; reply of Atcheson to his
doctrine on the Sabbath, 148.
Bel, or Baal (Beltein), The anniversary of,
lately lingered in some parts of Scotland,
361.
Belfast, 250.
Belgium, 237, 256.
Belgic churches, The, prevented by the
magistrates from abolishing holidays, 19,
414. See Netherlands.
Belsham, Rev. Thos., held the opinion that
every day is alike, 142.
Beneficence, Disposition to exercise, fostered
by the Sabbath, 219, 220; works of, a part
of the duties of the Sabbath, 331, 332:
Benevolence of God, The Sabbath the sugges-
tion of, 268.
Benevolent institutions have only existed in
lands where the Sabbath has been known,
268.
Benn, William, of Dorchester, his treatise in
vindication of the Christian Sabbath, 144.
Berlin, Desecration of the Sabbath in, 566, 567.
Bernard, commonly called St., 386; held that
holidays were equally sacred as the Sab-
bath, 458.
Bernard, Dr. Nicholas, 140.
Bernard, Richard, Rector of Batcombe, his
work in defence of the Sabbath, 138.
Berne, Holidays observed in, 18.
Beveridge, Bishop, wrote against the dese-
cration of the Sabbath, 146.
Beza, Theodore, Professor of Theology at
Geneva, his sentiments as to the Sabbath,
412, 417, 418.
Bianconi, Mr., of Clonmel in Ireland, his testi-
mony to the physical necessity of the rest
of the Sabbath to horses, 183.
Bible, The, Number of editions of, published
during the reign of Elizabeth, 55; pro-
motes intellectual improvement, 188; the
reading of, originated the Reformation,
582, 583. See Word of God.
Bickersteth, Edward, 205, 225, 283, 476.
Bid-ales, a Sunday's feast, object of, 126, 127.
Billingsley, Nicholas, his publication on the
Sabbath, 145.
Bingham, his Antiquities quoted, 11, 384;
his sound views on the Sabbath, 146, 384.
Black, Mr. David, minister of St. Andrews,
216.
Blackstone, his testimony in favour of the
Sabbath, 194, 251, 473, 503.
Blair, Lord President, 438.
Blomfield, Bishop, Letter of, to inhabitants
of London on the Sabbath, 147.
Bohemian Brethren, 386, 387; their strict
observance of the Sabbath, 404.
Bolton, Robert, Dean of Carlisle, wrote against
Sabbath desecration, 147.
Bonner, Edmund, Archdeacon, afterwards
Bishop, his sentiments as to the Sabbath,
37; unsuccessfully endeavours to excludé
common plays from churches, 49.
Book of Common Prayer, is confirmed by
Parliament in 1551, 39; the command-
ments then for the first time added to the
Liturgy, 39, 40, 55; two Puritan ministers
executed in reign of Queen Elizabeth for
circulating a work against, 57; subscrip-
tion to, required, 66.
Boston, Thomas, 66, 161.
Bouchier, Rev. Barton, his reply to H. May-
hew on the doctrine of the Sabbath, 148.
Bownd, Nicholas, D.D., minister of Norton
in Suffolk, his account of the profanation
of the Sabbath in England in 1606, 45;
publication of his important Work on the
Sabbath, 66; a summary of the views
maintained in it, 67, 68; second edition,
69; its great influence in promoting more
correct ideas and a better observance of the
Sabbath, 69, 70, 79-81; followed by writ-
ings and disputations in support of its
opinions, 70, 71; his treatise said to have
been called in, 53; this statement ques-
tioned, 53, 74, 75, 79, 80 (see Rogers,
Thomas); misinterpretations of, by Fuller,
corrected, 81.
Brabourne, Theophilus, a minister in Nor-
folk, his Discourse, in which he defends
the seventh day of the week as the Chris-
tian Sabbath, 122; his larger work on the
same subject, 125; his recantation before
the High Commission, 125, 126, 132, 142.
Brainerd, David, 330, 476.
Bramhall, John, Bishop, afterwards Arch-
bishop, regarded the Fourth Command-
ment as a Jewish and temporary ordinance,
136, 142, 143.
Brerewood, Edward, Professor of Astronomy
in Gresham College, his controversy on the
Sabbath with Nicholas Byfield, 122, 123;
his work on the Sabbath answered by
Richard Byfield, 124.
Brewer, Rev. J. S., editor of Fuller's
Church History, corrects some misrepre-
sentations as to Bownd in that history, 81.
Brewster, Sir David, 473.
Bridges, James, his publication on the Sab-
bath, 167.
Britain, Great, influence of the Sabbath on its
literature and general intelligence, 191; on
its wealth and enterprise, 214, 219; on its
domestic virtues and happiness, 234, 235, 241,
244; on its good government, 249, 250, 253,
258; and on its greatness, 552, 553; number
who have abandoned church-going in, 233;
favourable prospects as to the Sabbath in,
603-605. See England.
Broad, Thomas, Rector of Retcomb, 109; his
Three Questions on the Fourth Commandment,
119, 120; his Latin treatise against the
Sabbath, 121.
Brooke, Rev. Thomas, his reply to Burnside
and Bannerman on the Sabbath, 148.
Brooks, J. T., M.D., 182.
Brown, Mr. John, minister of Wamphray,
notice of, 115; his Work on the Sabbath
the largest ever published, ib.; its value,
116; his complaint of the prevailing pro-
fanation of the Sabbath in Holland, 116.
Brown, Mr. John, minister of Haddington,
161, 165.
Brown, Rev. J. Newton, of America, 155.
Brown, Dr. John, of Edinburgh, 473.
Brown, Moses, Verse made tributary to the
cause of the Sabbath by, 147.
Brownistic opinions, 100.
Bruce, Archibald, Professor, his Annus Secu-
laris, 16, 17; object of that Work, 28.
Bruce, Rev. John, Edinburgh, his publica-
tion in defence of the Sabbath, 167.
Bucer, Martin, opposed to holidays, 17; vindi-
cates the claims of the Sabbath, 408, 409,
417.
Bullinger, Henry, 19, 61; his sentiments as to
the Sabbath, 409, 412, 417.
Bunsen, Chevalier, 249, 251.
Bunyan, John, his defence of the Lord's day
published, 144, 584.
Burder, Dr. Henry Forster, his Work on the
Sabbath, 147.
Burghley, Lord (William Cecil), condemns
Whitgift's severe treatment of the Puritan
ministers, 54; his eminence as a statesman,
55, 57, 58.
Burke, Edmund, 153, 217, 25]; his testimony
to the authority and value of the Sabbath,
432, 433, 474, 475.
Burman feasts, held at the full and change of
the moon, 360, 362.
Burmann, Francis, Professor of Theology at
Utrecht, maintained that the Sabbath was
merely a custom and ordinance of the Church,
111, 112; controversy between him and Essen
on the subject, 112-116.
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop, 159-161; his sermon
on the Sabbath, 164, 169, 473, 505.
Burns, Rev. William, of Kilsyth, 166.
Burnside, Robert, held the perpetuity of the
seventh-day Sabbath, 142, 148.
Burs, Mr. Giles, one of the ministers of the
Reformed Church in Middleburg, 95, 101.
Burs, James, son of the preceding, author of
the first book published in the Netherlands
against the Sabbath, 95, 96; this book
answered by Voetius, 96, 98; and replied to
by Teellinck, 99, 100.
Burton, Mr. Henry, Rector of St. Matthew's,
Friday Street, London, contended for the
divine authority of the Sabbath, 124, 125;
savage treatment of, 125, 135.
Burton, William, publishes an abstract of
Bownd's work on the Sabbath, 70.
Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 219, 476, 608, 609.
Byfield, Nicholas, minister of St. Peter's
Church, Chester, his controversy with Ed-
ward Brerewood as to the Sabbath, 122, 123;
notice of, 123, 124.
Byfield, Richard, minister of Long Ditton in
Surrey, his reply to Brerewood's work on
the Sabbath, 124.
Byron, Lord, 227.
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