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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 11.
The Scriptures have left the determination of the Beginning §11of the Sabbath no more to civill Nations and their customs, then to particular Churches, and each particular person; for they may all equally plead against the the Lord• strictness to any exact beginning of time▪ but if such a loose liberty were granted, a world of confusion, scandal, and division would soon appear; for some persons might then begin it at midnight, some at mid-day; some might measure the beginning of the Sabbath according to their sleeping sooner or latter on the Sabbath day morning; some might be Ploughing or dancing and drinking, when others are praying and hearing of the word; and who could restrain them herein? for they might plead the Sabbath is not yet begun to them.
The Scriptures have left the determination of the Beginning §11of the Sabbath no more to civill Nations and their customs, then to particular Churches, and each particular person; for they may all equally plead against the the Lord• strictnesse to any exact begining of time▪ but if such a loose liberty were granted, a world of confusion, scandall, and division would soon appeare; for some persons might then begin it at midnight, some at mid-day; some might m•asure the beginning of the Sabbath according to their sleeping sooner or latter on the Sabbath day morning; some might be Plowing or dancing and drinking, when others are praying and hearing of the word; and who could restraine them herein? for they might plead the Sabbath is not yet begun to them.