1. What day? _Not_ the day of Adam's fall; nor the day Noah went into the ark; nor the day of the overthrow of Sodom; nor the day of the Exodus; nor the day of the Provocation; nor the day of the removal of the ark; nor the day of Christ's birth; nor the day of his crucifixion; nor the day of his resurrection; nor the day of his ascension; nor the day of judgment. It may be, and certainly is, proper, that we should remember all these; but we are not told to do so in this commandment. Neither is it some one day of the week, but no one in particular; for how could we remember "_the_ day," that is no day in particular?--how could we keep holy "_the_ day" that has not been specified?--and how could we say that God had blessed and hallowed "_the_ day," that was no one day more than another? What day, then? God says, Remember _the Sabbath-day_, or _the day of the Sabbath_; Keep holy _the day of the Sabbath_; The Lord blessed and hallowed _the day of the Sabbath_. He also says, _The seventh day_ is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; _in it_ thou shalt not do any work. This day, therefore, is "the seventh day," or "the day of the Sabbath." 2. What Sabbath? Not "_a_ Sabbath," or any Sabbath that man may invent, or that God may hereafter keep; for that would be "some Sabbath," but no one in particular. Not some institution yet undetermined, that God may require man to observe weekly; for the command is not, "Remember the Sabbath institution," but, "Remember the _day_ of the Sabbath;" not, "Keep holy the Sabbath institution," but, "Keep holy the _day_ of the Sabbath." The Lord did not bless and hallow "the Sabbath institution," but "the _day_ of the Sabbath." We are not forbidden to do work in "the Sabbath institution," but in "the _seventh day_." In fact, the phrase "the Sabbath," in this commandment, means neither more nor less than "the rest." It is not _here_ the name of any institution at all, though it is often thus used in other parts of the Bible. Hence, this Sabbath is "the Sabbath or rest of the Lord thy God." 3. Which day of the week is "the day of the Sabbath?" No other than that day on which the Lord rested; for the command refers to God's Sabbath, On which day of the week did he rest? "And he rested on the seventh day." Genesis 2:2. Therefore, "the day of the Sabbath" is the same day of the week on which God rested from the work of creation; and as he rested on the seventh day of the first week, and on no other, the seventh and no other day of every other week must be the only "day of the Sabbath."