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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 150.
If therefore the Commandment is to be accounted moral,§150 which the Gospel reinforceth, and commends unto us (according to Mr. Primrose principles) then the fourth Commandment may well come into the account of such as are moral; but the places mentioned and cleared out of the New Testament evince thus much: The Lord Jesus coming not to destroy the Law of the Sabbath, but to establish ⟨p. 248⟩it: and of the breach of which one Law he that is guilty, is guilty of the breach of all.
If therefore the Commandment is to be accounted morall,§150 which the Gospel reinforceth, and commends unto us (according to Mr. Primrose principles) then the fourth Commandment may wel come into the account of such as are morall; but the places mentioned and cleared out of the New Testament evince thus much: The Lord Jesus comming not to destroy the Law of the Sabbath, but to establish ⟨p. 248⟩it: and of the breach of which one Law he that is guilty, is guilty of the breach of all.