"By a strict observance of the sabbath, the face of religion is kept
up in the world. If it were not for the sabbath, there would be but
little public and visible appearance of serving, worshipping, and
reverencing the supreme and invisible Being. The sabbath seems to have
been appointed very much for this end, viz. [namely] to uphold the visibility of
religion in public, or among professing societies of men; and by how
much greater the strictness is with which the sabbath is observed, and
with how much more solemnity the duties of it are observed among a
people; by so much the greater is the manifestation among them of
respect to the Divine Being.
This should be a powerful motive with us to the observation of the sabbath. It should be our study above all things to honour and glorify God. It should be the great thing with all that bear the name of Christians, to honour their great God and King, and I hope is a great thing with many that hear me at this time. If it be your inquiry, if it be your desire, to honour God; by this subject you are directed to one way whereby you may do much in that way, viz.[namely] by honouring the sabbath, and by showing a careful and strict observance of it."~ Jonathan Edwards
Very good quote on the importance of the Lord's Day! I have been reading through the works of Jonathan Edwards.
ReplyDeleteThank you and yes it is. I actually got it from the quote you sent me, but I looked it up and just quoted a little more of it because I liked it so much!
DeleteSo thanks to you for the original quote.
That book sounds like a beneficial book; I should look into it.