A02178:1508
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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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.
6. The third reason is taken from the authoritie of the law giuer, The Sabbath of the Lord: because it must be wholy spent vpon the Lord, or attending and waiting •n him. If the Iewe• had neede of this whole day for their instruction, &c. then haue we neede as well as they, that being freed from the manifold distraction of our callings, we might wholy giue our selues to the worship of God commanded in the Gospell.
7. The fourth and last reason is drawn from the proportion of Gods own example, In six days God made &c. where he showeth that God hath promised a special blessing to this day in the true sanctification of it.
7. The fou•th and last reason is drawne from the proportion of Gods owne example, In sixe daies God made &c. where he sheweth that God hath promised a speciall blessing to this day in the true sanctification of it.
8. After all this he meets with very special objections▪ which are brought by adversaries to prejudice the doctrine of the Sabbath, against the moral obseruion of it. And here to know what is morally and ceremonially commanded in the Old Testament, he giveth us this special rule, when a