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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
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Thesis 13.
That we are to abstain from all servile work, not so much in regard of the bare abstinence from work, but that having no work of our own to mind or do, we might be wholly taken up with Gods work, being wholly taken off from our own, that he may speak with us, and reveal himself more fully and familiarly to us (as friends do when they get alone) having called and carried us out of the noise and crowd of all worldly occasions and things.
That we are to abstaine from all servile work, not so much in regard of the bare abstinence from work, but that having no work of our own to mind or do, we might be wholly taken up with Gods worke, being wholly taken off from our own, that he may speak with us, and reveale himselfe more fully and familiarly to us (as friends do when they get alone) having called and carried us out of the noyse and crowd of all worldly occasions and things.
Thesis 14.
Holy rest therefore being for holy work, it may not be amiss to enquire what this work is, and wherein it consists: for which end I shall not instance in any the particular several duties in public and private, of holiness and mercy, because this is to be found in all who write upon this subject: I shall only speak of that kind of holiness which the Lord requires in all public and private duties, and is to run through them, and as it were animate them; and in truth to find out this, and observe this, is one of the greatest difficulties (but yet the greatest excellency) of a Christian life. It consists therefore in these five things,