AC,

The article is correct in that there are two different views (Continental vs. Puritan), which you also stated. However, he being in the FRC (Free Reformed Church of which I was at one time a 'student for the ministry' and thus very familiar with their doctrinal views), expectedly defends his denomination's doctrine and practice. But, he is in error when he writes:

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Whereas Calvin saw the 4th commandment as simply delineating a principle of rest and worship, the Puritans carried it further. The Westminster Confession, largely formulated through Puritan influence, states, “The sabbath… is to be sanctified by an holy resting all the day, not only from such works as are at all times sinful, but even from such worldly employments and recreations as are on other days lawful; and making it our delight to spend the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship.”
Here he believes that Calvin's view of the Sabbath is contrary to that of the Puritans which is recorded in the WCF. It has been shown quite solidly from Calvin's writings; his Sermons on Deuteronomy, Sermons on the Ten Commandments, Commentary on 1Corinthians (v. 16:2) and his Institutes of the Christian Religion, that Calvin believed both 1) the Sabbath was a creation ordinance and thus perpetually binding upon all men, and 2) the seventh day given to Israel in the Ten Commandments has been changed to the first day of the week, aka: The Lord's Day. The cycle of the weekly Sabbath was to be retained by the Church and only the specific day given to Israel, Saturday, was changed to reflect the resurrection of Christ. IF you have a further interest in reading some of that which Calvin wrote on the subject, I could provide some salient quotes from Calvin's writings. However, there is a full article defending Calvin's "Sabbatarianism" in The Confessional Presbyterian, vol. 3, August 2007, written by Stuart E. Lauer entitled, "John Calvin, The Nascent Sabbatarian: A Reconsideration of Calvin's View of Two Key Sabbath-Issues".

It is also a popular falsehood that Calvin didn't hold to the type of practice of the Puritans on the Lord's Day (Sunday), which Calvin's writings clearly show this was not the case. He believed that men should cease from all their worldly labors and recreation and devote themselves wholly to the things of God including attending corporate worship.

In His grace,

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