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Theses Sabbaticæ, or, The doctrine of the Sabbath wherein the Sabbaths I. Morality, II.…
Theses Sabbaticæ, or, The doctrine of the Sabbath wherein the Sabbaths I. Morality, II. Change, III. Beginning. IV. Sanctification, are clearly discussed, which were first handled more largely in sundry sermons in Cambridge in New-England in opening of the Fourth Commandment : in unfolding whereof many scriptures are cleared, divers cases of conscience resolved, and the moral law as a rule of life to a believer, occasionally and distinctly handled / by Thomas Shepard ...Theses Sabbaticæ, or, The doctrine of the Sabbath wherein the Sabbaths I. Morality, II. Change, III. Beginning. IV. Sanctification, are clearly discussed, which were first handled more largely in sundry sermons in Cambridge in New-England in opening of the Fourth COmmandment : in unfolding whereof many scriptures are cleared, divers cases of conscience resolved, and the morall law as a rule of life to a believer, occasionally and distinctly handled / by Thomas Shepard ...
London: printed by T.R. and E.M. for John Rothwell, 1650
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.
Thesis 52.
Tis a scruple to some to know to what commandment solemn time should be referred; to which the answer is easy; that the same things may be referred in several respects unto several commandments, and so may this: Solemn time may be referred to the second Commandment, where solemn worship (in respect of the means of worship) is required, in some respect to the first Commandment, which requiring us to acknowledge God as our sovereign Lord and happiness, he would have us therefore to have some full scope of time to be serious and solemnly taken up in the worship of him: But it's referred to this fourth Commandment as it stands in a general reference and relation to a seventh days Sabbath, wherein this general of solemn time is swallowed up and preserved; and verily if the six days labour be required in the fourth Commandment, in case it be done in reference to the seventh days rest, much more all solemn time of worship, as it stands in reference to a Sabbath day.
Tis a scruple to some to know to what commandment solemne time should be referred; to which the answer is easie; that the same things may bee referred in severall respects unto severall commandments, and so may this: Solemne time may be referred to the second Commandment, where solemne worship (in respect of the meanes of worship) is required, in some respect to the first Commandment, which requiring us to acknowledge God as our soveraigne Lord and happinesse, he would have us therefore to have some full scope of time to be serlous and solemnly taken up in the worship of him: But it's referred to this fourth Cōmandment as it stands in a generall reference and relation to a seventh dayes Sabbath, wherein this generall of solemne time is swallowed up and preserved; and verily if the six days labour be required in the fourth Commandment, in case it be done in reference to the seventh days rest, much more all solemne time of worship, as it stands in reference to a Sabbath day.