How is the sabbath or the Lord’s day to be sanctified?

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The sabbath or Lord’s day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day, not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly employments and recreations as are on other days lawful; and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is to betaken up in works of necessity and mercy) in the public and private exercises of God’s worship: and, to that end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with such foresight, diligence, and moderation, to dispose and seasonably dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day.

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  • The sabbath or Lord’s day is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day, (Exodus 20:8, 10)
  • not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly employments and recreations as are on other days lawful; (Exodus 16:25–28; Nehemiah 13:15–22; Jeremiah 17:21–22)
  • and making it our delight to spend the whole time (except so much of it as is to betaken up in works of necessity and mercy) (Matthew 12:1–13)
  • in the public and private exercises of God’s worship: (Isaiah 58:13; Luke 4:16; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:1–2; Psalm 9; Isaiah 66:23; Leviticus 23:3)
  • and, to that end, we are to prepare our hearts, and with such foresight, diligence, and moderation, to dispose and seasonably dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day. (Exodus 20:8; Luke 23:54, 56; Exodus 16:22, 25–26, 29; Nehemiah 13:19)