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A very profitable and necessary discourse concerning the observation and keeping of the Sabbath…A verie profitable and necessarie discourse concerning the obseruation and keeping of the Sabboth…
A very profitable and necessary discourse concerning the observation and keeping of the Sabbath day serving as well to confute the superstition of the Jews, which obstinately urge the strict keeping of the seventh day, as also to overthrow the vain and godless reasons of others, that stiffly at this day maintain, that Christians ought to keep no set or appointed time to worship and serve the Lord in, in his church and faithful congregation. Written in Latin by Zacharias Ursinus, sometimes reader of the divinity lecture in the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and very newly turned into English, by John Stockwood schoolmaster of Tunbridge.A verie profitable and necessarie discourse concerning the obseruation and keeping of the Sabboth day seruing as well to confute the superstition of the Iewes, which obstinately vrge the strict keeping of the seuenth day, as also to ouerthrowe the vaine and godlesse reasons of others, that stiffely at this day maintaine, that Christians ought to keepe no set or appoynted time to worship and serue the Lord in, in his church and faithfull congregation. Written in Latine by Zacharias Vrsinus, sometimes reader of the diuinitie lecture in the Vniuersitie of Heidelberg in Germanie, and very nevvly turned into English, by Iohn Stockvvood schoolemaster of Tunbridge.
London: printed by T. East? for John Harrison the younger, 1584London: printed by T. East? for Iohn Harrison the yonger, 1584
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The exposition.
There are two parts of this law, the commandment, & the reason of the same. And again, there are two parts of the commandment, of the which the one is moral or everlasting, namely, ⟨image 8⟩that the Sabbath be hallowed,1 that is to say, that some certain time be appointed for the ministry of the Church, or public worship of God. The other is ceremonial, and for a time, namely, that this time should be the seventh day, and that in it should be observed and kept the ceremonies of the Levitical law. And that this part is for a time, and the other everlasting, we do understand by the end of the commandment, and causes of both these parts.
THere are two parts of this lawe, the commandement, & the reason of ye same. And again, there are two parts of the cōmandement, of the which the one is morall or euerlasting, namelie, ⟨image 8⟩that the Sabboth be hallowed,1 that is to saie, that some certaine time be appointed for the ministerie of the Church, or publike worshippe of God. The other is ceremoniall, and for a time, namelie, that this time shuld be the seuenth daie, and that in it should be obserued and kept the ceremonies of the Leuiticall lawe. And that this part is for a time, and the other euerlasting, we doe vnderstand by the end of the commaundement, and causes of both these parts.
- 1What is moral & for ever in this commandment. What is ceremonial & for a time.What is morall & for euer in this cō maundement. What is ceremoniall & for a time.