...the son of thine handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed. Deut. v. 12, 14. keep the sabbath-day that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. This reason applies only where servants are in a state of slavery, and subject to severe labour; the...

...enjoined on Israel for this reason, That thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as than : and remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. Those who would set it aside are no less the enemies of the poor, than of God and religion : they consult...

...from the rest of the world, and declared to be founded in circumstances peculiar to that people: " Remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt,...therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day." Deut. c. 5. v. i5. These positive injunctions, designed to commemorate their deliverance...

...gracious Creator, is mentioned as the reason for observing a sabbatical rest.—Remember that them raast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord...Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbathday. Deut. v. 15. Hence we see, that the motive for observing one day in seven, as a Sabbath to the Lord,...

...mercy. God said to the Israelites, when he had given them this law; " Remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought...therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day."—With how much greater force should the injunction be felt by us: " Remember Christian,...

...shalt thou labour and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God:—and remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt,...brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.' J Upon these...

...rest as well as thou. 15 And remcmlKT that thou wast n servant in the land of Egypt, and thai the LOUD thy God "brought thee out thence through a mighty hand, and by a strctched-out arm : therefore the LORD thy God commanded thcc to keep the sabbathdav. „ d 1fi V Honour...

...thy cattle, nor thy stranger " that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-ser" vant may rest, as well as thou : and remember that thou...thy God commanded thee to keep the "sabbath-day." It is farther observable, that God's rest from the creation is proposed as the reason of the institution,...

...Judaism*. In relation to the peculiarity of the religion, may be interpreted also that account of * " And remember that thou wast a servant in the land...therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day." Deuteronomy, v. 15. See Mede's Works, Vol. I. p. 74, folio, 1664. the character of God,...

...thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-sei-vant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. And...brought thee out thence through a mighty hand, and by a stretched-out arm : therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day."—Deut. v....