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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 5.
Tis true, that it suits not with Gods wisdom to determine all particular circumstances of things (which are almost innumerable and infinite) by the express letter of the Scripture; and therefore he hath left us a few general Rules to direct us therein; yet for the Lord to leave the determination of some circumstances to humane liberty, would be very perilous. The Temple was but a circumstance of place, and King Uzziah in in offering Incense, varied only in a circumstance of person, yet we know that the ten Tribes were carried away captive for not sacrificing at the Temple, and Uzziah smitten with Leprosy till his death: so the Lord having determined the Seventh day to be his, what now should hinder but that he should determine the Beginning also thereof?
Tis true, that it suits not with Gods wisdome to determine all particular circumstances of things (which are almost innumerable and infinite) by the expresse letter of the Scripture; and therefore he hath left us a few generall Rules to direct us therein; yet for the Lord to leave the determination of some circumstances to humane liberty, would be very perilous. The Temple was but a circumstance of place, and King Vzziah in in offering Incense, varied onely in a circumstance of person, yet we know that the ten Tribes were carried away captive for not sacrificing at the Temple, and Vzziah smitten with Leprosie till his death: so the Lord having determined the Seventh day to be his, what now should hinder but that he should determine the Beginning also thereof?