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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.
They tell us, That in Joshua's time, when the Sun stood still, and in Hezekiah's time, when the Sun went back, that there was as great a perverting of the order of Time as this comes to; and that there is as good reason to alter the time upon such a special and wonderful occasion as Christs Resurrection, as there was to disorder the course of time then: but the weakness of this answer may appear from these things.
They tell us, That in Joshua's time, when the Sunne stood still, and in Hezekiah's time, when the Sunne went back, that there was as great a perverting of the order of Time as this comes to; and that there is as good reason to alter the time upon such a special and wonderfull occasion as Christs Resurrection, as there was to disorder the course of time then: but the weaknesse of this answer may appear from these things.
1. That in the days of Joshua and Hezekiah, there was no such monstrous misshapen piece of time cut out, as here is imagined; for though the Sun stood still, suppose about twelve hours in Joshuas time, and so made a day of 36 hours; ye• these twelve hours were part of that day, and of that which ordinarily makes the day, viz. the motion of the Sun above the ⟨p. 63⟩Earth, which is ordinarily once in 24 hours, only the Lord stopped it a while, and so made it a longer day, and yet measured by the ordinary measure of a day, viz. the Sun compassing the earth; which this night is not.
1. That in the dayes of Ioshuah and Hezekiah, there was no such monstrous mishapen piece of time cut out, as here is imagined; for though the Sunne stood still, suppose about twelve hours in Ioshuas time, and so made a day of 36 hours; ye• these twelve hours were part of that day, and of that which ordinarily makes the day, viz. the motion of the Sun aboue the ⟨p. 63⟩