194 OBLIGATION OP THE SABBATH. 



An extract from Bunyan. Conclusion. 



stitutes, the single section on the Fourth Commandment. And 

 as to Bunyan, the " Epistle to the Reader/' prefixed to his 

 Treatise on the Sabbath, will make the matter clear. I quote 

 a sentence or two : " Some may think it strange, since God's 

 church has always been well furnished with sound grounds 

 and reasons by so many wise and godly men, for proof that 

 the First day of the week is our true Christian JSabbath that 

 I should now offer this small treatise upon the same account/' 

 Again, Bunyan says explicitly : " A Sahhath for holy worship 

 is moral ; but this or that day appointed for that service is 

 sanctiiSed by precept, or approved example. The timing then 

 of a Sabbath for us lies in God, not man : — Grod always 

 reserving to Himself a power to alter, and change both time 

 and modes of worship according to his own will." 



Now, in whatever details I differ from Bunyan or Calvin, 

 it is clear that our fundamental positions are the same. I 

 commend this fact to my friend W. B. T. But whether we 

 agree or differ with these eminent men on this subject. God 

 grant that we may emulate their practical virtues, their 

 devoted piety, their unwearied labors for the salvation and 

 welfare of their fellow-men. May crowns as bright be ours 

 in the day of the Lord's coming ! 



J. N. B. 



