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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 20.
Yet although Christs Resurrection be one ground not only of the Institution of the new Sabbath, but also of the abrogation of the Old, yet it is not the only ground why the Old was abrogated; For, (as hath been shown) there was some type affixed to the Jewish Sabbath, by reason of which there was just cause to abrogate, or rather (as Calvin calls it) to translate the Sabbath to another Day. And therefore this dasheth another of Mr. Brabournes dreams, who argues the continuance of the Jewish Sabbath, because there is a possibility for all Nations still to observe it. For (saith he) cannot we in England as well as they at Jerusalem remember that Sabbath? Secondly rest in it. Thirdly, Keep it holy. Fourthly, keep the whole day holy. Fifthly, the last of seven. Sixthly, and all this in imitation of God. Could no Nation (saith he) besides the Jews observe these six things? Yes verily that ⟨p. 11⟩they could in respect of natural ability; but the question is not what men may or might do, but what they ought to do, and should do. For besides the change of Gods Rest through the work of the Son, there was a Type affixed to that Jewish Sabbath, for which cause it may justly vanish at Christs death, as well as other types, in respect of the affixed Type, which was but accidental; and yet be continued and preserved in another Day, being originally, and essentially Moral: A Sabbath was instituted in Paradise, equally honoured by God in the Decalogue with all other Moral Laws, foretold to continue in the days of the Gospel by Ezekiel and Isaiah, Ezek. 43. ult. Isa. 56.4.6. and commended by Christ, who bids his people pray, that their flight may not be in the winter or Sabbath-day, as it were easy to open these places against all Cavils; and therefore it is for substance Moral. Yet the word Sabbatism,