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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.
Against the teaching of doctrine is set the leaving or forslowing of the duty of teaching,1 either privately or publicly. Esa. 56. All her watch-men are dumb dogs, which are not able to bark, sleeping, taking their ease, very diligent to sleep. And they are ravenous dogs, which know not when they are full, and the Shepherds themselves understand nothing, they have all gone aside after their own way, every one unto his covetousness in his place. Ezech. 34. Woe unto ⟨image 29⟩the Shepherds that have fed themselves: Do not shepherds feed their flock? Ye have eaten the fat, and do clothe your selves with the wool: ye have killed the fat, but have not fed the sheep: the weak have ye not comforted, and the sick have ye not healed, and the broken have ye not bound up, that that was cast down ye have not brought again, & that which was lost ye have not sought, but ye have reigned over them cruelly and tyrannously.
Against the teaching of doctrine is set the leauing or forslowing of the duetie of teaching,1 either priuatelie or publiklie. Esa. 56. All her watch-men are dumbe dogges, which are not able to barke, sleeping, taking their ease, verie diligent to sleepe. And they are rauenous dogges, which knowe not when they are full, and the Shepheardes themselues vnderstande nothing, they haue all gone aside after their owne waie, euerie one vnto his couetousnesse in his place. Ezech. 34. Woe vnto ⟨image 29⟩the Shepheardes that haue fedde themselues: Doe not shepheardes feede their flocke? Yee haue eaten the fat, and doo cloath your selues with the wooll: ye haue killed the fat, but haue not fed the sheepe: the weake haue ye not comforted, and the sicke haue yee not healed, and the broken haue ye not bound vp, that that was cast downe yee haue not brought againe, & that which was lost ye haue not sought, but ye haue reigned ouer them cruellie and tyrannouslie.