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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 41.
It is true, that some of the Primitive Churches in the Eastern parts, did for some hundred of years observe both Sabbaths, both Jewish and Christian. But they did this without warrant from God (who allows but one Sabbath in a week) and also against the Rule of the apostles; for I think that Paul foreseeing this observation of days and Jewish Sabbaths to be stirring and ready to creep into the Church, that he did therefore condemn the same in his Epistles to the Galatians and Colossians; and that therefore Christian Emperors and Councils in after-times did well and wisely both to condemn the observations of the one and withal honour the other.
It is true, that some of the Primitive Churches in the Eastern parts, did for some hundred of yeers observe both Sabbaths, both Iewish and Christian. But they did this without warrant from God (who allowes but one Sabbath in a week) and also against the Rule of the apostles; for I think that Paul foreseeing this observation of dayes and Iewish Sabbaths to be stirring and ready to creep into the Church, that he did therefore condemne the same in his Epistles to the Galatians and Colosians; and that therefore Christian Emperours and Councels in after-times did well and wisely both to condemn the observations of the one and withal honour the other.