A02178:1507
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
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5. The second reason is, from the equity of the law, that the Lord granting us freely six days to travel & to merchā •ize for our selves, we should not presume to intermeddle •or invade the Lords ⟨image 61⟩own day the seventh day reserved for himself. And here again (against the ad•••saries) he s•ith, if these Commandments be ceremonial, then the permission of six days for work also is but of the same nature.
5. The secōd reason is, from the equitie of the law, that the Lord granting vs freely sixe dayes to trauell & to merchā •ize for our selues, we should not presume to intermeddle •or inuade the Lords ⟨image 61⟩owne day the seuenth day reserued for himselfe. And here againe (against the ad•••saries) he s•ith, if these Commaundements be ceremoniall, then the permission of sixe daies for worke als• is but of the same nature.
6. The third reason is taken from the authority of the law giver, The Sabbath of the Lord: because it must be wholly spent upon the Lord, or attending and waiting •n him. If the Jewe• had need of this whole day for their instruction, &c. then have we need as well as they, that being freed from the manifold distraction of our callings, we might wholly give our selves to the worship of God commanded in the Gospel.