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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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Yet Jewish superstition is to be taken heed off,1 the which also Christ in the Gospel doth often confute, namely, that it was unlawful on the Sabbath day to do any works appertaining unto the necessity of their own life, or the life of others, for it appeareth by the end of the commandment, that only servile works, or such as hinder the exercise of the ministry, are forbidden by God, and not such as do not hinder the public worship of God, or else do further, nourish and set forth the same. So Math. 12. Christ defendeth his Disciples plucking the e•res of corn on the Sabbath day to drive away hunger, healeth him that had a withered hand. Luke. 13. Healeth a woman that had been sick 18. years. And Chapter 14. Healeth one sick of the dropsy. John. 5. Healeth ⟨image 17⟩one that had an infirmity 38. years, and biddeth him carry away his bed. And Matthew. 12. Luke. 14. saith, That without any sin on the Sabbath day cattle or beasts falling into a ditch, are thence drawn out, and Luke 13. That cattle are loosed and driven to water. And Judas Maccabeus fought on the Sabbath, that there might be some to keep the Sabbath. 2. Machab. 15.
Yet Iewish superstition is to bée taken héede off,1 the which also Christ in the Gospell doth often confute, namelie, that it was vnlawfull on the Sabboth daye to doe anie workes appertaining vnto the necessitie of their owne lyfe, or the life of others, for it appeareth by the end of the commaundement, that onelie seruile workes, or such as hinder the exercise of the ministerie, are forbidden by God, and not such as doe not hinder the publike worshippe of God, or else doe further, nourish and set forth the same. So