Wesley Corpus

The authority by which it was given was the authority of God : it was the supreme governor of the universe, who from the holy place of Sinai spake all those laws, among which was, " Remember the sabbath-day, to keep it holy." He it was, who declared again and again, " Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep (Exodus xxxi. 13, 14) : it is holy unto you ; every one that defileth it shall be put to death." Now who but the Almighty God hath power to repeal what the Almighty God hath once established ? seeing therefore that it was he who established this law, none but himself has power to repeal it; and till he repeals it, it must be the duty of all men to obey it, whether the reasons for which his wisdom hath esta- blished it be known to them or not. An incontrovertible reason for their obedi ence (if they know no other) is this, that God has given the command. But this is not the case : the wise reasons of this command are, or may be, known to all men; the chief designs of it are almost every where delivered, together with the law : the first we have in the second