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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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1And therefore appointing six days for other labours, and the seventh unto the worship of God, his meaning is not that the other days the worship of God, and thinking upon the works of God should be omitted or left off. For it is said Deut. 6. and 11. Thou shalt rehearse them unto thy sons, and shalt speak of them, when as thou shalt sit in thine house, and when as thou shalt walk by the way, and when as thou shalt lye in thy bed, and when thou shalt arise. And Psalm. 1. His pleasure is in the law of the Lord,2 and he meditateth and studieth thereon day and night. But he requireth these two things, the first, that on the Sabbath day, not ⟨image 16⟩only the private, as at other times,3 but also the public worship of God be exercised in the Church: the other, that at that time other labours, which on other days every man doth exercise according unto his vocation & calling, should give place as well unto the private, as public worship of God.
1And therefore appointing sixe dayes for other labours, and the seuenth vnto the worship of God, his meaning is not that the other dayes the worship of God, and thinking vppon the workes of God should be omitted or lefte off. For it is said Deut. 6. and 11. Thou shalt rehearse them vnto thy sonnes, and shalt speake of them, whē as thou shalt sit in thine house, and when as thou shalt walke by the way, and when as thou shalt lye in thy bed, and when thou shalt arise. And Psalme. 1. His pleasure is in the lawe of the Lord,2 and hee meditateth and studieth thereon daye and night. But he requireth these two things, the first, that on the Sabboth daye, not