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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 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,
Holy rest therefore being for holy work, it may not be amisse to enquire what this work is, and wherein it consists: for which end I shall not instance in any the particular severall duties in publique and private, of holinesse and mercy, because this is to be found in all who write upon this subject: I shall onely speake of that kind of holinesse which the Lord requires in all publique and private duties, and is to run thorow them, and as it were animate them; and in truth to finde 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,