Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
This Sabbath is to be kept holy unto the Lord when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs beforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all the day from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations, but also are taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.
I am not convinced that Christians are obliged to “keep the Sabbath” in a way distinct from the other days of the week. Quoting Origen, “To the perfect (mature) Christian…all his days are the Lord’s, and he is always keeping the Lord’s day.”
“One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.” Romans 14:5
