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I would reply though, that I don’t see that Williamson supports his statements from the bible.
| The quoted section is a commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 21,paragraphs 7 and 8.
As you are aware, every statement and proposition of the Westminster Confession is footnoted by Scripture proofs.
The entire commentary, in context runs from page 220-225, too long to post here.
The poll question was given in light of the Confessions on this topic.
I'm not sure which Confession you subscribe to by being part of Puritan Board but the London Baptist Confession and Westminster Confession are identical on this point. That means that they are taken to be a faithful summary of the doctrine contained in Scripture. If you disagree with your Confession, you need to be specific about which statement or proposition you disagree with.
Eating was never prohibited on the Sabbath, and Jesus clarified that necessary food preparation is not a violation of the Sabbath.
Jesus was able to do miracles on the Sabbath because He is Lord of the Sabbath and he was clarifying that we can do works of mercy and not violate the Sabbath.
Neither of these situations have anything to do with ordinarily earning ones's living at a sales job. |
I think picking the corn goes beyond food prep and into harvesting. Harvesting is working. If I don't work on sunday then I don't earn money then I can't eat. How is it more important for a farmer to work on sunday than a salesmen, if either of them don't work then both might suffer the loss of food.
Work for me would fall under a duty of necessity.