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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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To learn the doctrine of the Church,1 that is, to come often unto the assemblies of the Church, to hear and learn the heavenly doctrine, and diligently to meditate and examine the doctrine being heard, and especially to bestow the days appointed for the ministry, in ⟨image 24⟩reading, studying, and handling of divine matters: for inasmuch as God will have ministers of the Church to be, he will also that there be hearers of the doctrine, and the same also diligent. And the desire to learn is not without private meditation. Therefore they of Bercea are praised, Acts. 17. for that they received the word with all joyfulness, daily searching the Scriptures, whether the things were so or no: and especial to such as serve already, or mean in time to come to serve the Church a diligent study to know the doctrine is enjoined. 1. Tim. 4. Take heed unto reading, exhortation, doctrine: foreslow not the gift which is in thee, the which was given th•e to prophesy, with the laying on of the hands of the oldership. Exercise these things: in these be thou, that thy profiting m•y be manifest unto all. Take heed unto thy self, and unto doctrine: in these continue. For if thou do this, thou shalt save thy s•lfe, and those that •eare thee. And 1. Tim. •. and 2. Tim. 2. P•ule will have a min•ster of the Church to be fit to teach, and to confute and overthrow t•• adversaries […].
To learne the doctrine of the Church,1 that is, to come often vnto the assemblies of the Church, to heare and learne the heauenly doctrine, and diligentlye to meditate and examine the doctrine being heard, and especiallye to bestowe the dayes appoynted for the ministerie, in