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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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Now for great matters, and affairs of importance, God doth not allow any worldly business seem it never so great, to shoulder out religion and mercy, upon the sabbath, all works great or not must yield. As Exod. 31. 13. He commands that no man must do any work for the building and setting forward of the sanctuary upon the sabbath, and yet that was a work of some weight, so that no thing so great that can bear one out ⟨p. 79⟩in breaking the sabbath, one must not build a church on the sabbath. So God commands expressly, that one shall not do work upon the sabbath, neither in earing, nor harvest. Now those be matters of greatest moment. If one may as it were strain courtesy for any thing, then he might to inn his corn, when it lies in the field, comes a fair day on the sabbath, if he omit, it is catching weather, his corn is now ready, if he let it alone, he is like to loose it, and to let it rot upon the ground, why though it be Gods sabbath must be inviolable, better loose all your corn then Gods favour, better that rot in the ground, then we carry a rotten hart. So that it is plain, we must do neither least nor most of our own works upon the sabbath day, none so little, that God will give it allowance, to take up of his time, none so great, that may thrust out his exercises, because his commandment and the obedience we owe unto him, is greater then all things. Therefore this confutes the shifts that men have. Oh this is a trifle, such a toy I hope doth not break the sabbath, as to set things in order, to lay the buck against monday morning, that is nothing, that is a small work, but is it your own work, then in the least work▪ God says, why do you break my commandments. So others hope they may set Jeavens, that is not such a great matter; but it is a great matter, to do the least thing that God hath forbidden, and this is the next way to bring a curse upon themselves and their dow to.
Now for great matters, and affaires of importance, God doth not allow any worldly businesse seeme it neuer so great, to shoulder out religion and mercie, vpon the sabboth, all works great or not must yeld. As Exod. 31. 13. He commands that no man must doe any work for the building and setting forward of the sanctuarie vpon the sabboth, and yet that was a work of some waight, so that no thing so great that can beare one out