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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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So that here are contained two grounds of his defence.
1. The Authority of himself. 2 The condition of the work that he doth.
1. The Authority of himselfe. 2 The condition of the worke that he doth.
From the former, the Argument is this: God the Father worketh every day, even on the Sabbath; and is not to be blamed. But I am Gods Son, and have the same authority with him; Therefore though I work upon the Sabbath day, I am not to be blamed.
From the former, the Argument is this: God the Father worketh euery day, euen on the Sabbath; and is not to be blamed. But I am Gods Sonne, and haue the same authoritie with him; Therefore though I worke vpon the Sabbath day, I am not to be blamed.
From the second, the Argument is this: Divine works may be lawfully done upon the Sabbath day: But this is a Divine work, wherein the Father worketh, and I with him. Ergo, it may be lawfully done on the Sabbath. We read in the Gospel of divers kinds of Apologies that Christ useth, taken some from one thing, some from another. Here he useth an Apology only proper to himself, drawn from great and high mysteries which he doth partly to confirm his authority, partly to confute the conceits of his adversaries: Because the poor man had alleged his authority for what he did, and they cavilled