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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 31.
Tis true Paul Preached till midnight, Acts 20.7. but doth §31it hence follow that the Sabbath was to end at midnight? no verily, for the beginning and end of the Sabbath is not measured by mans Preaching a longer or a shorter time; Paul might have continued Preaching longer then the Sabbath or midnight, ⟨p. 44⟩the case being extraordinary in respect of his departure the next day never to see their faces more. And he might have continued a shorter time then the Sabbath continued, as our Saviour himself did before Sun-set, Mark 1.22.32. for the bounds of of continuance of the Sabbath are not set according to the beginning and end of any mans Preaching, which is so exceeding uncertain: Pauls long Sermon was not continued and ended at Midnight purposely, and because so long the Sabbath continued; but occasionally, in regard of his final departure from them the next day; and hence in respect of this extraordinary cause he continued so long at it, which in ordinary course had bin very unseasonable.
Tis true Paul Preached till midnight, Acts 20.7. but doth §31it hence follow that the Sabbath was to end at midnight? no verily, for the beginning and end of the Sabbath is not measured by mans Preaching a longer or a shorter time; Paul might have continued Preaching longer then the Sabbath or midnight,