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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.
1. That this doctrine under a colour of free-grace doth as much vilify and take off the price of free grace in Christs death, as any I know, for what can vilify this grace of Christ more, then for Christ so to shed his blood as that Peter and Abraham in heaven shall have no more cause to thank Jesus Christ for his love therein, then Judas and Cain in hell? it being equally shed for one as much as for the other.
1. That this doctrine under a colour of free-grace doth as much vilifie and take off the price of free grace in Christs death, as any I know, for what can vilifie this grace of Christ more, then for Christ so to shed his bloud as that Peter and Abraham in heaven shall have no more cause to thank Iesus Christ for his love therein, then Iudas and Cain in hell? it being equally shed for one as much as for the other.
2. That this is a false bottom for faith to rest upon, and gather evidence from: for 1. if Christ hath died for a•l, he will then certainly save all: for so Paul reasons, Rom. 8.32. and 6.10. he hath given his Son to death for us, how shall •e not but with ⟨p. 116⟩him give us all other things, and therefore he will give faith, and give repentance, and give perseverance, and give eternal life also; which is most false. 2. If he did not pray for all, then he hath not died for all, Joh. 17.9. which Scripture never yet received scarce the show of a rational answer, though some have endeavoured it with all wiliness.
2. That this is a false bottom for faith to rest upon, and gather evidence from: for 1. if Christ hath died for al, he will then certainly save all: for so Paul reasons,