Christian Classics
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Contents
Obedience1.2 Love1.3 The Preface to the Commandments · Part 11.3 The Preface to the Commandments · Part 21.3 The Preface to the Commandments · Part 31.3 The Preface to the Commandments · Part 41.4 The Right Understanding of the Law2.1 The First Commandment2.2 The Second Commandment · Part 12.2 The Second Commandment · Part 22.2 The Second Commandment · Part 32.3 The Third Commandment2.4 The Fourth Commandment · Part 12.4 The Fourth Commandment · Part 22.4 The Fourth Commandment · Part 32.4 The Fourth Commandment · Part 42.5 The Fifth Commandment2.6 The Sixth Commandment2.7 The Seventh Commandment2.8 The Eighth Commandment2.9 The Ninth Commandment2.10 The Tenth Commandment3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law3.2 Degrees of Sin3.3 The Wrath of God4.1 Faith4.2 Repentance4.3 The Word4.4 Baptism4.5 The Lord's Supper4.6 Prayer

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2.4 The Fourth Commandment · Part 4

That I may press you to -, consider what great blessings God has promised to the strict observers of this day. Isa 58: 14. (1) A promise of joy. ‘Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord.’ Delighting in God is both a duty and a reward. In this text it is a reward, ‘Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord;’ as if God had said, If thou keep the conscientiously, I will give thee that which will fill thee with delight; if thou keep the willingly, I will make thee keep it joyfully. I will give thee those enlargements in duty, and that inward comfort, which shall abundantly satisfy thee; thy soul shall overflow with such a stream of joy, that thou shalt say, ‘Lord, in keeping thy there is great reward. (2) Of honour. And ‘I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth.’ That is, I will advance thee to honour, ascendere faciam; so Munster interprets it. Some, by the high places of the earth, understand Judea; so Grotius. I will bring thee into the land of Judea, which is situated higher than the other countries adjacent. (3) Of earth and heaven. ‘And I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob;’ that is, I will feed thee with all the delicious things of Canaan, and afterwards I will translate thee to heaven, whereof Canaan was but a type. Another promise is, ‘Blessed is the man that does this, that keepeth the from polluting it.’ Isa 56: 2. ‘Blessed is the man;’ in the Hebrew it is, ‘blessednesses.’ To him that keeps the holy, here is blessedness upon blessedness belonging to him; he shall be blessed with the upper and nether springs; he shall be blessed in his name, estate, soul, progeny. Who would not keep the from polluting it that shall have so many blessings entailed upon him and his posterity after him? Again, a conscientious keeping of the seasons the heart for God’s service all the week after. Christian the more holy thou art on a , the more holy thou wilt be on the week following.