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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.
To use the Sacraments according unto ⟨image 24⟩the ordinance of God.1 So God commanded the Passover to be kept in the assembly of the people, and appointed certain sacrifices unto other feast days and Sabbaths. Also Act. 20. The first day of the week, when as the Disciples were come together to break bread, Paul preached, &c. For as God will have true doctrine to be heard, so he will also have the lawful use of the sacraments to be seen in the public assemblies of the Church: because that he will have both these to be a note, whereby the Church may be known and discerned from other nations & sects. The sacraments also, like as the word, are an instrument, or exercise to stir up and maintain faith and godliness in us. They are also a public profession of our faith and thankfulness unto God, and a part of the public worship of God in the church. And therefore the use of them is most especially agreeable unto the Sabbath.
To vse the Sacraments according vnto ⟨image 24⟩the ordinance of God.1 So God commanded the Passeouer to be kept in the assembly of the people, and appoynted certaine sacrifices vnto other feast dayes and Sabboths. Also Act. 20. The first day of the weeke, when as the Disciples were come together to breake bread, Paul preached, &c. For as God will haue true doctrine to be heard, so he will also haue the lawfull vse of the sacraments to be séene in the publike assemblyes of the Church: because that he will haue both these to be a note, whereby the Church may be knowen and discerned from other nations & sectes. The sacraments also, like as the word, are an instrument, or exercise to stirre vp and maintaine faith and godlynesse in vs. They are also a publike profession of our faith and thankfulnesse vnto God, and a part of the publike worship of God in the church. And therfore the vse of thē is most especialy agreeable vnto the Sabboth.