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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 96.
When therefore the Gates of Jerusalem began to be dark, or as Junius renders the words, quum abumbrarentur portae, i. when they were shadowed by the descent of the Sun behind the mountains which compassed Jerusalem, and so did cast a shadow of darkness upon the Gates of the City, somewhat sooner then in other places less mountainous; this shadow, being no part of the dark night, is truly said to be before, or (as the Hebrew is) before the face or looking out of the Sabbath; for although the Sabbath be said to begin at Sun-set, yet tis to be understood not of the setting of the body of the Sun visibly, but of the light of the Sun when darkness begins to be predominant over the light, and men are forced to forsake their work; now just before this Nehemiah shut the gates, at the common term and end of the six days labour, and the Seventh days rest; and therefore tis a weak objection which some make, to say that this evening was not part of the Sabbath, because the Gates are said to be shut before the Sabbath.
When therefore the Gates of Ierusalem began to be dark, or as Iunius renders the words, quum abumbrarentur portae, i. when they were shaddowed by the descent of the Sun behind the mountains which compassed Ierusalem, and so did cast a shadow of darknesse upon the Gates of the City, somewhat sooner then in other places lesse mountainous; this shadow, being no part of the dark night, is truly said to be before, or (as the Hebrew is) before the face or looking out of the Sabbath; for although the Sabbath be said to begin at Sun-set, yet tis to be understood not of the setting of the body of the Sun visibly, but of the light of the Sun when darknesse begins to be predominant over the light, and men are forced to forsake their work; now just before this Nehemiah shut the gates, at the common term and end of the six daies labour, and the Seventh dayes rest; and therefore tis a weak objection which some make, to say that this evening was not part of the Sabbath, because the Gates are said to be shut before the Sabbath.