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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
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.
The reason which is added,1 taken from God his resting, appertaineth unto the circumstance or ceremonial precept concerning the seventh day: God rested on that day: that is to say, he ceased to make new parts of the world, as which was already perfected and finished, and such as God would have it for to be. This day therefore he dedicated or appointed unto the worship of God: first,2 that by the §1example of his rest, as by a most effectual and strong argument, he might exhort men unto the following of him, in leaving off of the ordinary works of the 6. days, as God on the seventh day rested from the works of the six days, that is from the creating of new parts of the world.
The reason which is added,1 taken from God his resting, apperteineth vnto the circumstance or ceremoniall precept concerning the seuenth day: God rested on that day: that is to say, he ceased to make new parts of the world, as which was alreadie perfected and finished, and such as God would haue it for to be. This daye therefore he dedicated or appoynted vnto the worship of God: first,2 that by the §1example of his rest, as by a most effectuall and strong argument, he might exhort men vnto the following of him, in leauing off of the ordinarie works of the 6. dayes, as God on the seuenth daye rested from the workes of the sixe dayes, that is from the creating of newe partes of the world.
- 1The reason of the commandment, the rest of God.The reson of the cō mandement, the rest of God.
- 2Why the seventh day was appointed unto the worship of God.VVhy the seauenth day vvas appoynted vnto the vvorship of God.