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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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1For as concerning binding and constraint, the strangers which dwelled among the Jews were not constrained either unto all ceremonies, or religion, but unto the outward discipline, the which was necessary for the avoiding of offences of the Church, in which they lived: for the magistrate ought to be the keeper of discipline, according unto both tables of the Decalogue, or ten commandments, amongst his subjects, both to forbid manifest idolatry and blasphemies: and also concerning ⟨image 19⟩foreigners & strangers, so far as he may, to take heed that open offences be not given unto his subjects. Furthermore, as touching binding there was an especial consideration of the Sabbath, the which was not at length by Moses, but even from the beginning of the world, commanded unto all men by God, and therefore bound all men unto the coming of the Messiah, albeit that this commandment was so far grown out of use among them, that it was reckoned among the chief reproaches, wherewithal they mocked and taunted the Jews.2 But this ceremony was no Sacrament unto the Infidels, because that neither this promise appertained unto them, that the Lord would be the sanctifier of them, neither were they constrained to cease from their ordinary works for the testifying or professing of this promise, but only to avoid offence and occasion of sinning, which by them might be given unto the people of GOD: for so Nehem. 10. The people promise by oath, that on the Sabbath and holy days, they would not receive any thing of the people of the land, the which brought merchandise or victual to sell on the Sabbath day.
1For as concerning binding and constraint, the straungers which dwelled among the Iewes were not constrayned either vnto al ceremonies, or religion, but vnto the outward discipline, the which was necessarie for the auoiding of offences of the Church, in which they liued: for the magistrate ought to be the kéeper of discipline, according vnto both tables of ye Decalogue, or ten cōmandements, amōgst his subiects, both to forbid manifest idolatrie and blasphemies: and also concerning ⟨image 19⟩