A63997:106
The Christian Sabbath defended against a crying evil in these times of the antisabitarians…
The Christian Sabbath defended against a crying evil in these times of the antisabitarians of our age: wherein is showed that the morality of the fourth Commandment is still in force to bind Christians unto the sanctification of the Sabbath day. Written by that learned assertor of the truth, William Twice D.D. late prolocutor to the Assembly of Divines.The Christian Sabbath defended against a crying evil in these times of the antisabitarians of our age: wherein is shewed that the morality of the fourth Commandement is still in force to bind Christians unto the sanctification of the Sabbath day. Written by that learned assertor of the truth, William Twisse D.D. late prolocutor to the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Thomas Pierrepont, 1652
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.
If the Patriarchs had observed the Sabbath, Moses would have mentioned the religious observation thereof by their ancestors, to encourage them. I answer 1. it is not likely they were ignorant of the practise of their ancestors. The Chaldee paraphrase upon the Psal. 92. supposeth Adam to have been the author of the Psalm that is entitled for the Sabbath. 2. If for Gods sake who delivered them out of Egypt, they would not observe it, neither would they observe it for their ancestors sake. 3. Moses makes no mention of their ancestors practise in setting apart any time for the service of God; shall we therefore deny that by the suggestion of light natural some time is to be set apart for this?
If the Patriarches had observed the Sabbath, Moses would have mentioned the religious observation thereof by their ancestors, to encourage them. I answer 1. it is not likely they were ignorant of the practise of their ancestors. The Chaldee paraphrase upon the Psal. 92. supposeth Adam to have beene the author of the Psalm that is intitled for the Sabbath. 2. If for Gods sake who delivered them out of Egypt, they would not observe it, neither would they observe it for their ancestors sake. 3. Moses makes no mention of their ancestors practise in setting apart any time for the service of God; shall we therefore deny that by the suggestion of light naturall some time is to be set apart for this?
The Fathers profess that no other positive precept was given to Adam then to abstain from the Fruit of a certain Tree. I answer, Chrysostom professeth expressly, that from the beginning God hath showed that one day in the circle of the week is to be set apart for spiritual operation; Likewise the testimonies of Athanasius and Epiphanius are express for the acknowledgement of the institution of the Sabbath immediately from the Creation, as before hath been showed. Indeed both as touching the setting apart of some time in general for Gods service, and the proportion of one day in seven in special, is more then positive.