A14213:38
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.
Answer. 1Unto these we must answer by the difference of the Jewish and Christian observation. The keeping of the Lord his day doth differ from the Jewish Sabbath: first, for that the Sabbath of the seventh day, as a ceremonial part of the worship of God, might not be omitted of the Jews or changed, because of the express commandment of God: but the Church of Christ,2 whether it appoint the first day or any other day for the ministry, doth it without the breach of her liberty to do otherwise, if there be just cause, that is to ⟨image 13⟩say, without the opinion of necessity or worship. Secondly,3 the old Sabbath was a figure or shadow of things in the new testament to be fulfilled by Christ: but in the new testament the signification hath ceased, & regard is only had of order & comeliness, without the which there can be either no ministry of the Church at all, or else not ordered well, and as it ought to be.
Ansvvere. 1Vnto these we must answere by the difference of the Iewish and Christian obseruation. The kéeping of the Lorde his day doth differ frō the Iewish Sabboth: first, for that the Sabboth of the seuenth day, as a ceremonial part of the worship of God, might not be omitted of ye Iewes or chaunged, because of the expresse commandement of God: but the Church of Christ,2 whether it appoint the first day or anie other day for the ministerie, doth it without the breach of her libertie to do otherwise, if there be iust cause, that is to ⟨image 13⟩say, without the opinion of necessitie or worship. Secondly,3 ye old Sabboth was a figure or shadow of things in the new testament to be fulfilled by Christ: but in ye new testament ye signification hath ceased, & regard is onely had of order & comelinesse, without the which there can be either no ministerie of the Church at all, or els not ordered wel, and as it ought to be.