The Practice of Piety

6 That he will have the collection (though necessary) removed, against his coming ⟨p. 504⟩lest it should hinder his preaching: but not their holy meeting on the Lords day, for it was the time ordained for the public worship of the Lord, which argueth a necessity.

6 That he will haue the collection (though necessary) remoued, against his comming ⟨p. 504⟩lest it should hinider his preaching: but not their holy meeting on the Lords day, for it vvas the time ordained for the publike worship of the Lord, which argueth a necessity.

And in the same Epistle, Saint Paul protesteth, that he delivered them none other ordinance,¹ or doctrine, but what he had received of the Lord. Insomuch that he chargeth them, that If any man think himself to be a Prophet, ²or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you, are the commandments of the Lord. But he wrote unto them, and ordained among them, to keep their Sabbath on the first day of the week: therefore ⟨p. 505⟩to keep the Sabbath on that day, is the very commandment of the Lord. And how can he be, either a true Prophet, or have any grace of Gods Spirit in his heart, who seeing so clearly the Lords day to have been instituted and ordained by the Apostles; vvill not acknowledge the keeping holy of the Lords day, to be a Commandment of the Lord? The Jews confess this change of the Sabbath, to have been made by the Apostles, Pet. Alphons. in Dialog. contr. Judaeos, tit. 12. they are therefore more blind and sottish then the Jews, who profanely deny it.