The Excellency of the Sabbath
Genesis 2:2-3
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.…


What the fire is amongst the elements, the eagle among the fowls, the whale among the fishes, the lion amongst the beasts, gold among the metals, and wheat amongst other grain, the same is the Lord's day above other days of the week, differing as much from the rest as doth that wax to which a king's great seal is put from ordinary wax, or that silver upon which the king's arms and image are stamped from silver unrefined, or in bullion; it is a day, the most holy festival in relation to the initiation of the world and man's regeneration, the queen and princess of days, a royal day, a day that shines amongst other days as doth the dominical letter, clad in scarlet, among the other letters in the calendar; or, as. the sun imparts light to all the other stars, so doth this day, bearing the name of Sunday, afford both light and life to all the other days of the week.

(J. Spencer.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

WEB: On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.




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