John Trapp on Isaiah 58:13

Ver. 13. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabboth] If thou abſtain from Journies and all ſecular buſineſſes, as much as may be, Ezek. 22.26. Otherwiſe God will ſue thee upon an action of waſte: and the ſuperſtitious Jew will riſe up and condemn thee; who if in his journy he be overtaken by the Sabbath, he muſt ſtay, though in the midſt of a field or wood; though in danger of theeves, ſtorms, or hunger, he may not budge.

From doing thy pleaſure on mine holy day] Plutarch thought Sabbath was from Sabbos, a name of Bacchus, that ſignifieth to live jocundly and jovially. The Sabbath that many pleaſure mongers keep, may well have ſuch a derivation, and their Dies Dominicus be called dies Daemoniacus: for they make it as Bacchus his Orgies rather then Gods holy ſolemnity; as doing thereon things no day lawful, but then moſt abominable.

And call the Sabbath a delight] Counting it ſo, and making it ſo. The Jews call it Deſiderium dierum, the deſireable day: they meet it with theſe words, Veni sponſa mea, come my Spouſe. Of old, they bleſſed God for it, Neh. 9.14. and gave the whole week the denomination from it, Luk. 18.12. they ſtrictly and ſpiritually kept it: but now they think the Sabbath is not ſufficiently obſerved,Buxt. Synag. except they eat and drink largely, and give themſelves to other ſenſual delights. After dinner, the moſt of their diſcourſe is about their uſe-money, and other worldly buſineſſes, &c. They pray indeed, but it is that Elias would haſten his coming, even the next Sabbath if he pleaſe: that he might give them notice of the Meſſiah's his coming, &c. Let us take heed of being weary of the Sabbath and wiſhing it over, as they did, Am. 8.5. Mal. 1.12, 13. walk into Gods garden, taſte how good the Lord is in his Ordinances, feel a continual encreaſe of ſweetneſſe, in the pleaſure and dainties of holy duties, whereof we have ſuch variety that we cannot eaſily be ſated: ſo little need is there that we ſhould, with the R[illegible: 1 letter]bbines, expound this delight in the text, of dainty and delightful meats to be eaten on this day.

The holy of the Lord, honourable] And therefore honourable becauſe holy: as it is ſaid alſo of the Lord of the Sabbath Holy and reverend is his name, Pſal, 111.9. A holy convocation the Sabbath is called, Levit. 23.3. See Levit. 19.30. and 26.2. Let us ſanctifie this holy Reſt; elſe it will degenerate into idleneſſe, which is a ſin any day (one of Sodoms ſins) but on the Lords day a double ſin. Better not do our own work any day, than not Gods work on his day. Deb[illegible: 1 letter]t totus dies feſtivus à Chriſtiano expendi operibus ſanctis, ſaith Rob. Groſthead Biſhop of Lincoln. In decalog. praec. 3. The whole Sabbath ſhould be ſpent in holy duties. Debemus die Dominico ſolummodo ſpiritualibus gandiis repleri, we ſhould be in the ſpirit on the Lords day, and be filled with ſpiritual delights only, ſaith the Council of Paris held Anno Dom. 829. Chriſt hath for this purpoſe made us an holy Nation, and a Kingdom of Prieſts, Exod. 19.9. that is, holy and honourable: and God hath ſanctified it for a day of bleſſing to thoſe that ſanctifie it, Exod. 20.11. Ezek. 20.12. He hath called it an everlaſting Covenant by way of eminency, Exod. 31.16. as if nothing of Gods Covenant were kept, if this were not kept holy.

Not doing thine own wayes] Ea tantum facias quae ad anima ſalutem pertinent, ſaith Hierom. Thoſe things only are then to be done, that pertain to thy ſouls health, works of piety, of charity, and of neceſſity, none elſe. Tantum divinis cultibus ſerviamus, ſaith Auſtin. What meant then that good King Edward 6. (and where were thoſe that ſhould have better inſtructed him, Cranmer, Ridley &c.) to deliver to his Council theſe Articles following;Life of Ed. 6. by Sr. J. Heyn. that upon Sundayes they intend publick affaires of the Realme, diſpatch anſwers to letters for good order of the State, and make full diſpatches of all things concluded in the week before; Provided that they be preſent at Common-Prayer▪ &c?

Nor speaking thine own words] Thoſe words of vanity or vexation, ver. 9. but words of wiſdom and ſobriety ſuitable to the holineſſe of the day.