So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
When Moses says God blessed and sanctified the seventh day, the second word explains the first: to sanctify is to separate from common use. God claims that day for Himself, setting it apart by special law so men may meditate on His infinite works and render Him the worship He deserves.
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The creatures fill heaven and earth like marshalled hosts under command; not one slips from his place. God finished His work so perfectly that nothing can be added or taken from it, and then He sanctified the Sabbath, appointing us to rest and delight in the Creator as He delights in His creatures.
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Commenting on Genesis 2:1-3
God blessed the seventh day and separated it for holy service, having finished all His works and surveyed them as very good. He spoke well of this day and devoted it to worship; the reason He blessed it then is the same reason He blessed it later under Moses, when He gave the law of the Sabbath.
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