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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 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.
- 1Objections for the seventh day. Objection. The seventh day is the ceremonial part. Answer.Obiectiōs for the seuēth day. Obiectiō. The seauēth daie is the ceremoniall part. Ansvvere.
We answer, that the Decalogue or ten commandments is perpetual or everlasting, so far as it is moral: and that the additions or circumstances of the moral commandments for signification sake, were to be kept no longer then until the coming of the Messiah.
We answere, that the Decalogue or ten commaundements is perpetuall or euerlasting, so far as it is morall: and that the additions or circumstances of the morall commaundements for signification sake, were to be kept no longer then vntil the comming of the Messias.