And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

Ver. 20. Ye kings of Judah.] Magistrates, being lord keepers of both the tables of the law, should carefully see to it that both be duly observed. Our King Edgar made laws for the sanctification of the Lord's day, Sabbath, as have also our present governors, to their lasting renown. The first blow given to the German churches was on the Lord's day, which they carelessly observed; for on that day was Prague lost; as was likewise Constantinople on Whitsunday, as they called it. a

a Jer. Dike, Of Conscience. - Estius in lib. Sentent. Distinc., xi. cap. 2.

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