Matthew Poole and continuators on Colossians 2:17

17 Which are a shadow of things to come , but the body is of Christ .

Which as they were but obscurer representations or shadowy resemblances of future benefits procured by Christ, Heb. 8.5. & 9.11. & 10.1. whatever temporary glory they had from the former institution, till the time of reformation, Heb. 9, 10. yet that was done away, and they now had none, in respect of the glory that excelleth and remaineth, 2 Cor. 3.9, 10. So that this doth no way gainsay the Sacraments now of Christ's own institution which may be called figures and shadows, not of things future, of Christ (not yet come, but) as already exhibited, whom they manifest to the mind and faith to be present, to those who rightly partake of them: we cannot say he condemns all distinctions of meats and drinks, viz. Bread and Wine in the Lord's Supper; or of days, onely the decrees and ordinances of Moses or any other which the false teachers cryed up that were not after Christ.

Who is really the substance and Antitype of all the old Testament shadows which have complement or accomplishment in him, Ioh. 1.17. Rom. 10.5. Gal. 4.10, 11, 12. as all the promises were in him yea and Amen, Dan. 9.24. 2 Cor. 1.20. all was consummate in him, Ioh. 19.30. who came in the place of all the shadows. He is Lord of the Sabbath, Mat. 27, 50. and therefore having broken the Devils Head-plot by his propitiatory Sacrifice, and entred into his rest, ceasing from his own works of redemption by price, as God did from his of creation, Heb. 4.10. he did away, 2 Cor. 3.17, 18. all that was typical and ceremonial of the old Sabbath (as other types of himself,) keeping onely that which was substantial for an holy rest of one day in seven, and appointing that in commemoration of the Fathers work and his to be from his Resurrection observ'd on the first day of the Week for the Edification of his Church; which he honoured by his appearance amongst his Apostles on that day, and that day sevenight after, which proceeded originally from his instituting of that day (to prevent dissension) for publick worship in Christian assemblies. Some have observ'd that the Iewish Doctors did foresay That the divine Majesty would be to Israel in a Iubilee, freedom, redemption, and finisher of Sabbaths: and that four Sabbaths did meet together and succeed each other at the death and the Resurrection of Christ, viz. (1) The sabbatical year of Iubilee, Luk. 4.19. (2) The high Sabbath, Ioh. 19.31. (3) The 7th. day Sabbath, when his Body rested in the grave (4) The first day of the Week when he rose a victorious Conquerour of the Devil, and had all put in subjection to him, unto whom all the rest did refer and therefore they were to disappear, upon his estating his people in a rest which the law could not, whereupon his people are obliged in publick adoration and praise to commemorate him on the first day of the Week or the Lord's day to the end of the world, 1 Cor. 16.1, 2. Rev. 1.10.