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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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Neither doth Christ in the 6. of Matth. condemn and forbid public prayers,1 but boasting & hypocrisy, saying: When thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and shutting thy door pray unto thy Father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth thee in secret, shall reward thee openly. The words going before do witness this: When thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in their assemblies and corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. And hypocrisy is a counterfeiting & boasting and vain showing of godliness Taring therefore this,2 he speaketh not of the desire to please god, and of praising him as well publicly as privately, but he will have those also which pray publicly, to have regard not unto the judgement and eyes of men but of God concerning us, and not to look unto our glory, but unto the glory of God.
Neither doth Christ in the 6. of Matth. condemne and forbid publike prayers,1 but boasting & hypocrisie, saying: When thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and shutting thy doore pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth thee in secret, shal reward thee openly. The wordes going before do witnesse this: When thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites. For they loue to pray standing in their assemblies and corners of the streetes, that they maye be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their reward. And hypocrisie is a counterfaiting & boasting and vaine shewing of godlynesse Taring therefore this,2 he speaketh not of the desire to please god, and of praysing him as well publikely as priuately, but he will haue those also which praye publikely, to haue regarde not vnto the iudgement and eyes of men but of God concerning vs, and not to looke vnto our glorie, but vnto the glorie of God.
- 1Matth. 6. Not public prayers, but hypocrisy is forbidden.