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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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Lastly, if we read the scriptures of God, and see how often God urgeth this point, & how earnestly he presseth it, this will make us labour often, and continually to call to mind that, which he so often hath repeated unto us, because if it were a necessary duty, God will not so many times, in so many places require it at our hands. So that every one must labour by searching his conscience, & watching over his soul, to rouse himself from that lumpishness and drowsiness which is within him; and by providence and forecast of outward business, to put away all outward encumbrances and distractions.
Lastly, if wee reade the scriptures of God, and see how often God vrgeth this point, & how earnestly he presseth it, this will make vs labour often, and continually to call to minde that, which he so often hath repeated vnto vs, because if it were a necessarie dutie, God will not so many times, in so many places require it at our hāds. So that euery one must labour by searching his conscience, & watching ouer his soule, to rouse himselfe from that lumpishnesse and drousinesse which is within him; and by prouidence and forecast of outward businesse, to put away all outward encombrances and distractions.
This then serves first to confute those that make this kind of objections against the sabbath; Oh we cannot keep it, we should be undone if we should rest upon the sabbath day, for these losses and damages would ensue, these hurts would come, such businesses would be left undone; but I pray you whence come all these losses? what is the cause of these damages? is it not because you forget the very first word of the commandment, Remember the sabbath day. Then this is no warrant for us to break Gods commandment, because we had forgot that, which God bids us remember: this is even as if a man should forget his purse behind him, when he went to the market, and when he came to buy things wanting money of his own, should go and cut another bodies purse, and then if one come and tell him, this is not honest dealing, it is plain theft, and why would you be so bold to cut your neighbours purse? why alas neighbour, I hope I was in no fault, necessity drew me to it, for I had left my purse at home, and I knew not how to do for money to buy my things, and to have gone back again would have been to much pains. Why but doth this make it lawful to cut your neighbours, because you had forgotten your own, nay who should have remembered