Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 20:9

9 Six dayes shalt thou labour , and do all thy work:

This may be either 1. A command to employ those days in our worldly occasions, yet so as God and Religion be not neglected on those dayes, as many Scriptures teach us. Or. 2. A permission to do so; which I prefer, 1. Because so it is a proper argument to enforce the observation of the Sabbath, q. d. Grudge not me one day, when I allow you six for it. 2. Because the command of diligence in our callings would seem improperly placed here, as being of a quite differing nature, and belonging to the second table, and being provided for in a distinct command, as we shall see.

Marginal references: chap. 23. 12. and 31. 14. Levit. 23. 3. Ezek. 20. 12. Luk. 13. 14.