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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 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 §3and stir up another by their example unto godliness, and unto the praising of God. Psa. 22. I will show forth thy name unto my brethren, in the middest of the congregation will I praise thee: ye that fear the Lord praise him, the whole seed of Jacob ⟨image 9⟩§4glorify him, &c. The fourth: that consent and agreement in doctrine, and in the worship of God might be kept in the church. Eph. 4. He hath given Pastors and Doctors unto the growing together of the Saints, until that we all attain unto the unity of faith. The fifth: that the §5church may be seen & heard in mankind, and discerned & known from the other multitude of men blasphemous & idolatrous. And God will have the Church to be seen, that the elect may be gathered unto it, and the reprobate or off-castes become the more inexcusable, whilst they despise the voice heard, and the calling of God, & go about to repress and keep back the same. Rom. 10. But have they not heard? yea the sound of them hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words into the ends of the world. 2. Cor. 2