Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 20:11

11 For in six dayes the LORD made heaven and earth, the Sea▪ and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day , and hallowed it .

And neither in more nor less time, as he could have done.

(i. e.) Ceased from his creating works: otherwise he worketh still, Ioh. 5. 17. by his providence and grace, and neither is idle, nor weary, Isa. 40. 28. but this rest is ascribed to him for our admonition and imitation.

(i. e.) Made it a day of blessing as well of receiving blessings and praises from men as of conferring his blessings and favours upon those that religiously observe it. The day is said to be blessed when men are blessed by it and in it, by a common Metonymy, as a mans field, Gen. 27. 27. and basket and store, Deut. 28. 5. and the work of his hands, Iob 1. 10. are said to be blessed, when a man is blessed in them.

It is remarkable the blessing and sanctification are not appropriated to the seventh day, but to the sabbath day, whether it should be the seventh day, as to the Iews it then was, or the first day, as to us Christians now it is, which change seems hereby to be insinuated.

(i. e.) Separated it from the rest of the days and from all common employments, and consecrated it to his own holy service and mans holy use.

Marginal references: Gen. 2. 2[illegible: 1+ letters]