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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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1Now the imitation and following of his rest, unto the which by his own example he doth exhort us, is of two sorts: ceremonial, and signifying: and moral or spiritual, or signified. For the works, the which are called the works §1of men, are of two sorts: for some are by God commanded unto every particular person, but yet hindering the public worship of God, if they be continued without intermission or ceasing, namely the works of every man his proper vocation and calling, the ministry of the church, and such things as appertain unto the exercise and preservation of the same excepted. §2Some are forbidden by God, namely sins, the which are in such sort the proper works of the devil and of men, that in this respect that they are sins, they can in no wise be referred unto God.
1Now the imitation and following of his rest, vnto the which by his owne example he doth exhort vs, is of two sorts: ceremoniall, and signifying: and morall or spirituall, or signified. For the workes, the which are called the workes §1of men, are of two sorts: for some are by God commanded vnto euerie particular person, but yet hindering the publike worship of God, if they be cōtinued without intermission or ceasing, namelye the workes of euerie man his proper vocation and calling, the ministerie of ye church, and such things as appertaine vnto the exercise and preseruation of the same excepted. §2Some are forbiddē by God, namely sinnes, the which are in such sort ye proper workes of the diuell and of men, that in this respect that they are sinnes, they can in no wise be referred vnto God.
- 1The resting of men two-foldThe resting of mē tvvo-fold