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,…

15 The Jews were punished, not for breaking the ceremony, but for contempt of¹ Gods Commandment, and for doing it with an high hand: as appeareth there, where he² that gathered sticks is adjudged to die. For first there is a description of the sin, and then followeth that in practise which was in word or in precept. This is also seen in the law of the Fast, wherein no man must work, for who so wrought, he should die, not for that he wrought, but for that he contemned the means to be humbled: so the like reason generally is for working on the Sabbath and the fasting days, that they were not punished for the ceremony, but for contempt of the ordinance of God so necessary. The equity is, in that the Lord giveth six days to work, and but one to serve him, if the first being a permission doth endure for ever, then doth the other also remain for ever. And that this permission to work on the six days, cannot be restrained for any religious use, it appeareth, as in that Adam had the use of the creatures, & the Apostle doth leave all things free, and therefore these days came not for any religious uses.

15 The Iewes were punished, not for breaking the ceremonie, but for contempt of¹ Gods Commandement, and for doing it with an high hand: as appeareth there, where he² that gathered stickes is adiudged to die. For first there is a description of the sin, and then followeth that in practise which was in word or in precept. This is also seene in the lawe of the Fast, wherein no man must worke, for who so wrought, hee should die, not for that he wrought, but for that he contemned the meanes to be humbled: so the like reason generally is for working on the Sabbath and the fasting daies, that they were not punished for the ceremonie, but for contempt of the ordinance of God so necessary. The equirie is, in that the Lord giueth sixe dayes to worke, and but one to serue him, if the first being a permission doth endure for euer, then doth the other also remaine for euer. And that this permission to worke on the sixe daies, cannot be restrained for any religious vse, it appeareth, as in that Adam had the vse of the creatures, & the Apostle doth leaue all things free, and therefore these dayes came not for any religious vses.