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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 1.
The word Sabbath properly signifies, not common,§1 but sacred or holy Rest. The Lord therefore enjoins this Rest from labour upon this day, not so much for the Rest sake, but because it is a Medium or means of that holiness which the Lord requires upon this day; otherwise the Sabbath is a day of idleness, not of holiness; our cattle can rest but a common rest from labour as well as we; and therefore its mans sin and shame, if he improve the day no better then the beasts that perish.
THe word Sabbath properly signifies, not common,§1 but sacred or holy Rest. The Lord therefore enjoyns this Rest from labour upon this day, not so much for the Rest sake, but because it is a Medium or means of that holinesse which the Lord requires upon this day; otherwise the Sabbath is a day of idlenesse, not of holinesse; our cattell can rest but a common rest from labour as well as we; and therefore its mans sin and shame, if he improve the day no better then the beasts that perish.
Thesis 2.
And as the rest of the Day is for the holiness of it, so is all