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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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For though we keep not the self same day that they did, yet we have the same commandment & authority for our day that that they had for theirs. Therefore this day that we keep is called the Lords day, in Revel. 1. Where John saith, He was in the spirit upon the Lords day. Afore it was called the day of rest, because God rested on it, from the work of creation; but now it is called the Lords day, because Christ Jesus instituted it as a special memorial of his resurrection & perfecting of the work of our redemption. For the Apostles by the authority of that spirit which always assisted them in their ministerial office, did alter the day, & themselves kept & ordained it to be kept in all the churches. As may appear ⟨p. 66⟩1. Cor. 16. 1. Where he saith, The first day of the week when ye meet together, &c. Where the Apostle shows that the congregations of Christ were wont on the first day of the week to meet together, for the performance of all holy duties, of the number whereof collection for the poor was one, because of the manifold persecutions, wherewith in the primitive church they were more afflicted and had need of continual relief. This was the first day of the Jewish week, & our Lords day. So also in the Acts. Paul himself kept this day, which he spent in preaching till midnight, and after administered the sacrament, in which two exercises, he continued till the dawning of the day. So that the keeping of this day was instituted by God in the ministry of the Apostles, and kept by them and the churches in their time, & therefore as strongly commands us as the Jews, and is of no less force now then before. Then secondly, the reason of the change, and of our keeping this day, is no less then of their keeping that day: For when the creation of the world was, the greatest work that ever was done, then the memorial of that was chiefly to be regarded. But now that a greater & more excellent work was done, namely, the redemption of the world, it was reason that the greatest work should carry the credit of the day. They rested the seventh day because on that, God rested from the work of creation; we this eight day, because in it Christ rise again from the work of our redemption; which being a greater work, caused a change of the day.
For though we keepe not the selfe same day that they did, yet we haue the same commandement & authoritie for our day that that they had for theirs. Therfore this day that we keepe is called the Lords day, in