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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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Answer. 1We deny the Major, as touching ceremonies: for ceremonies ordained by God before Moses, because they were figures of benefits to be received in the Messiah to come, are taken away by his coming, as circumcision given unto Abraham: as ⟨image 11⟩also the sacrifices commanded unto our first parents.
Ansvvere. 1We denie the Maior, as touching ceremonies: for ceremonies ordeined by God before Moses, because they were figures of benefites to be receiued in the Messias to come, are taken away by his comming, as circūcision giuen vnto Abraham: as ⟨image 11⟩also the sacrifices commaunded vnto our first parents.
- 1Ceremonies even before Moses were figures.Ceremonies euen before Moses vvere figures.
Fourthly they reply: Objection. 4 1That the laws given by God before the fall, are not figures of benefits to be received in the Messiah, and that they do bind all mankind at all times: for then as at that time the promise concerning the Messiah was not yet given, and there was one & the same condition & estate of all mankind, the which was comprehended in our first parents: but the Sabbath of the seventh day was ordained of God, after the creation of the world was finished, before the fall of mankind: therefore it is universal and perpetual. Answer.