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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 21.
We may and do sanctify time by sleeping on the Sabbath §21night, as well as by showing works of mercy, and doing works of necessity upon the Sabbath Day, or as we may do by eating and drinking; for to take moderate sleep is a work not only of necessity but also of mercy to our selves; and therefore to abolish the Sabbath Night from being any part of the Sabbath, because we cannot (as some think) sanctify time by sleeping no more then by working, is very unsound.
We may and do sanctifie time by sleeping on the Sabbath §21night, as well as by shewing workes of mercy, and doing workes of necessity upon the Sabbath Day, or as we may do by eating and drinking; for to take moderate sleepe is a worke not only of necessity but also of mercy to our selves; and therefore to abolish the Sabbath Night from being any part of the Sabbath, because we cannot (as some think) sanctifie time by sleeping no more then by working, is very unsound.
Thesis 22.
Moses indeed tells the people, Ex. 16.23. that to morrow