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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The first: that in mankind God might be praised and called upon,1 not only privately, ⟨image 8⟩but also with the public voice of the Church in this life, Psalm. 68. In the Congregations bless ye the Lord.
The first: that in mankinde God might be praised and called vpon,1 not onely priuately, ⟨image 8⟩but also with the publike voyce of the Church in this life, Psalm. 68. In the Congregations blesse ye the Lord.
- 1Causes of ordaining the ministry.Causes of ordeining the ministerie.
The second: that the public and ordinary §2preaching of doctrine, the rehearsing of prayers, and thanks-giving, and using of ceremonies might be an exercise stirring up and fostering faith and godliness, as the which without exercises by reason of our infirmity and weakness doth very easily were cold. Ephes. 4. He hath given some Apostles, others Prophets, others Evangelists, others Pastors, and Doctors unto the work of the ministry, unto the edifying of the body of Christ: until we all come unto the knowledge of the Son of GOD, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of Christ full grown, that we be no longer children, which do waver, and are carried about with every wind of doctrine, &c. The third: that one should provoke