A53694:45
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred…
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred rest wherein the original of the Sabbath from the foundation of the world, the morality of the Fourth commandment with the change of the Seventh day are enquired into : together with an assertion of the divine institution of the Lord's Day, and practical directions for its due observation / by John Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1671
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.
These are the Principal Rules, which in this Disquisition after a Sabbatical Rest, we shall attend unto. And they are such as will not fail to direct us aright in our course, if through Negligence or Prejudice we miss not of a due regard unto them. These the Reader is desired to have respect unto, in his perusal of the ensuing Discourses; and if what is proposed or concluded be not found suitable unto them, let it be rejected. For ⟨p. 23⟩I can assure him, that no self-assuming, no contempt of others, no prejudicing Adherence to any Way or Party, no pretence of certainty above Evidence produced, have had any influence into those enquiries after the Truth in this matter, which [Greek or Hebrew], we now address our selves unto.
These are the Principal Rules, which in this Disquisition after a Sabbatical Rest, we shall attend unto. And they are such as will not fail to direct us aright in our course, if through Negligence or Prejudice we miss not of a due regard unto them. These the Reader is desired to have respect unto, in his perusal of the ensuing Discourses; and if what is proposed or concluded be not found suitable unto them, let it be rejected. For ⟨p. 23⟩I can assure him, that no self-assuming, no contempt of others, no prejudicing Adherence to any Way or Party, no pretence of certainty above Evidence produced, have had any influence into those enquiries after the Truth in this matter, which 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, we now address our selves unto.
§. 9 In the first place it will be necessary to premise something about the Name whereby this Day may be called. For that also among some hath been controverted. Under the Old Testament it had a double Appellation; the One taken from the Natural Order of the Day then separated with respect unto other Days, the Other from its Nature and Use. On the first Account it was called [Greek or Hebrew], the seventh Day.