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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
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Thesis 123.
A seventh day therefore is primarily moral, yet (as was §123formerly said Thesis. 48.) there is something else in this commandment which is secondarily moral, viz. This or that particular seventh day, I will not say that it is accidentally moral (as some do) but rather secondarily, and consequently moral: for it is not moral firstly, because it is this particular seventh, but because it hath a seventh part of time, divinely proportioned and appointed for rest, falling into it, and of which it participates: to give alms to the needy is a moral duty, and primarily moral; but to give this or that quantity may be moral also, but it is secondarily moral, because it flows ex consequenti, onely from the first; for if we are to give alms according to our ability and others necessity, then this or that particular quantity thus suiting ⟨p. 130⟩their necessity must be given: which is also a moral duty, so 'tis in this point of the Sabbath.
A seventh day therefore is primarily morall, yet (as was §123formerly said Thesis. 48.) there is something else in this commandment which is secundarily morall, viz. This or that particular seventh day, I will not say that it is accidentally morall (as some do) but rather secundarily, and consequently morall: for it is not morall firstly, because it is this particular seventh, but because it hath a seventh part of time, divinely proportioned and appointed for rest, falling into it, and of which it participates: to give almes to the needy is a morall duty, and primarily morall; but to give this or that quantity may be morall also, but it is secundarily morall, because it flowes ex consequenti, onely from the first; for if we are to give almes according to our ability and others necessity, then this or that particular quantity thus suting