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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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In this part of the honour towards the ministry is also contained the maintenance of schools:1 inasmuch as without the studies of learning and arts men are neither fit to teach, neither can the purity of doctrine be preserved and defended against Heretics. Therefore Christ Math. 11. promiseth a reward unto those, the which for the furtherance and imparting of doctrine do well unto those which do either already teach, or which are in time to come to teach, or whose travail ⟨image 29⟩doth serve, or shall hereafter serve for the preservation of doctrine.
In this part of the honour towardes the ministerie is also conteined the maintenaunce of schooles:1 inasmuch as without the studies of learning and arts men are neither fit to teach, neither can the puritie of doctrine be preserued and defended against Heretikes. Therefore Christ Math. 11. promiseth a reward vnto those, the which for the furtherance and imparting of doctrine do well vnto those which doe either alreadie teach, or which are in time to come to teach, or whose trauaile ⟨image 29⟩doth serue, or shall héereafter serue for the preseruation of doctrine.
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1Fifthly and lastly, unto this honour of the ministry is also required uprightness or gentleness in bearing with the infirmities of the ministers, the which do not notoriously or manifestly corrupt or forslow their office, & hurt the Church with offence.