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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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Forasmuch then as the Sabbath of the seventh day was a figure putting the people in mind both of their duty, or of godliness towards God, and of the benefit of God performed towards his people by Christ: it was with other ceremonies taken away by the coming of Christ, by whom that was fulfilled the ⟨image 10⟩which those ceremonies did signify, which thing also Paul doeth witness Colloss. 2. Let no man therefore condemn you for meat, or drink, or in regard of an holy day, or new moon, or Sabbaths, the which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.
Forasmuch then as the Sabboth of the seauenth daie was a figure putting the people in minde both of their duetie, or of godlynesse towards God, and of the benefit of God performed towardes his people by Christ: it was with other ceremonies taken awaie by the comming of Christ, by whome that was fulfilled the ⟨image 10⟩which those ceremonies did signifie, which thing also Paule doeth witnesse Colloss. 2. Let no man therefore condempne you for meate, or drinke, or in regard of an holie daie, or new moone, or Sabboths, the which are a shadowe of things to come, but the bodie is of Christ.
The Jews object:1 forasmuch as we even our selves confess, that the law of the ten commandments is perpetual or everlasting: and that the precept touching the Sabbath is part of the ten Commandments, therefore it is not to be abolished or taken away.
The Iewes obiect:1 forasmuch as we euē our selues confesse, that the law of the ten commaundements is perpetuall or euerlasting: and that the precept touching the Sabboth is part of the ten Commaundements, therefore it is not to be abolished or taken awaie.