A63997:186
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.
what cause have we to bless the Lord for marking out a day to us with such notable characters to make it our Sabbath, and to honour it by his appearance amongst his Apostles when they were assembled together both that day, and that day sennight after; as also by his Apostles to commend it, and establish it in such sort, that for 1600. years the observation thereof hath continued unto this day? which order of the Apostles doth carry pregnant presumption that it proceeded originally from the institution of Christ. The necessity of the Church Christian requiring the specification ⟨p. 115⟩of the day for the preventing of dissension, and confusion as much as ever the necessity of the Jewish Church required the like; and over and above by reason of the fourth Commandment we have now better evidence to conclude therehence the observation of the Lords Day, by the congruity that Christs Resurrection hath to the Lords rest from Creation; better means I say to conclude ours, then they without a Commandment to infer the observation of their seventh: forstill the day of the Lords rest is made the day of our rest.
what cause have wee to blesse the Lord for marking out a day to us with such notable characters to make it our Sabbath, and to honour it by his appearance amongst his Apostles when they were assembled together both that day, and that day senight after; as also by his Apostles to commend it, and establish it in such sort, that for 1600. yeares the observation thereof hath continued unto this day? which order of the Apostles doth carry pregnant presumption that it proceeded originally from the institution of Christ. The necessity of the Church Christian requiring the specification ⟨p. 115⟩of the day for the preventing of dissension, and confusion as much as ever the necessity of the Jewish Church required the like; and over and above by reason of the fourth Commandement wee have now better evidence to conclude therehence the observation of the Lords Day, by the congruity that Christs Resurrection hath to the Lords rest from Creation; better means I say to conclude ours, then they without a Commandement to inferre the observation of their seventh: forstill the day of the Lords rest is made the day of our rest.