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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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Sith then the day was not changed without good warrant and strong reason, that alteration and varying of the day detracts nothing from the truth and force of the commandment. And whereas they say, that the church may at their pleasure alter it, that is not so, for there can never be an authority greater then the authority of the Apostles, nor a cause, greater then the resurrection of Christ, and the redemption of the church; and therefore neither can the day be changed, for to make a new day, where no such warrant did allow, nor no cause occasion it, were to take more upon them then is fit.
Sith then the day was not chaūged without good warrant and strong reason, that alteration and varying of the day detracts nothing from the truth and force of the commandement. And wheras they say, that the church may at their pleasure alter it, that is not so, for ther can neuer be an authority greter then the authority of the Apostles, nor a cause, greater then the resurrection of Christ, and the redemption of the church; and therefore neither can the day be chaunged, for to make a new day, where no such warrant did allow, nor no cause occasion it, were to take more vpon them then is fit.
For if the Jews in former times were bound to keep it ⟨image 74⟩holy, having only the creation of the world to think upon, and to remember, by the celebrating of their seventh day, then how much more are we bound to this reverence and a greater, sith besides this benefit of our making, we have a greater of our redeeming by the blood and death of Christ added unto it, so that any one of the two ought to sanctify it more, rather then to cast it of all together, and to be so much the more careful to give this day wholly to God, by how much he hath showed a great mercy to us, so that we should never speak or think of this change, but we should also call to mind, this great benefit which was the cause of it.
For if the Iewes in former times were bound to keepe it ⟨image 74⟩