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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 155.
The Rest of God (which none question to be in innocency §155immediately after the creation) was either a natural rest (as I may call it) that is, a bare cessation from labour, or a holy rest, i. a rest set apart in exemplum, or for example, and for holy uses; but it was not a natural rest merely: for then it had been enough to have said, that at the end of the sixth day God rested; but we see God speaks of a day▪ the seventh day. God hath rested with a natural rest or cessation from creation ever since the end of the first sixth day of the world until now; why then is it said that God rested the seventh day? Or why is it not rather said that he began his rest on that day, but that it is limited to a day? Certainly this argues ⟨p. 150⟩that he speaks not of natural rest merely, or that which ex natura re• follows the finishing of his work, for it's then an unfit and improper speech to limit Gods rest within the circle of a day; and therefore he speaks of a holy rest then appointed for holy uses as an example for holy rest; which may well be limited within the compass of a day; and hence it undeniably follows, that if God rested in innocency with such a rest; then the seventh day was then sanctified, it being the day of holy rest.
The Rest of God (which none question to be in innocency §155immediatly after the creation) was either a naturall rest (as I may call it) that is, a bare cessation from labour, or a holy rest, i. a rest set apart in exemplum, or for example, and for holy uses; but it was not a naturall rest meerly: for then it had been enough to have said, that at the end of the sixt day God rested; but we see God speaks of a day the seventh day. God hath rested with a naturall rest or cessation from creation ever since the end of the first sixt day of the world untill now; why then is it said that God rested the seventh day? Or why is it not rather said that he began his rest on that day, but that it is limited to a day? Certainly this argues