A63997:230
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.
for seeing this liberty is equally communicated to each particular Church, it will follow, that it is lawful for our English Church to institute the Monday, the French Church the Tuesday, the Hollanders the Wednesday, the Germans Thursday, the Danes Friday, the Swedes the Saturday, and the Polonians the Sunday; what an intolerable scandal were this amongst Christians? ⟨p. 142⟩Thus our liberty opens way to revive the Jews Sabbath, or to concur with the Turks, who make Friday their holy day, nay, what scandal also to all the Heathens throughout the world? For, suppose that as the Jews keep the Saturday, and the Turks their Friday; so other heathenish nations according to their several religions should divide the other days of the week to be hallowed between them; each religion keeping to their own day most exactly: When they should find no agreement amongst Christians, what an intolerable scandal were this unto them, to harden them against the profession of the Gospel, when they see so little agreement among the professors of it? And what should move us to affect liberty in this which opens a way to such dissension and confusion; and not rather rejoice in this, that to prevent such miserable inconveniences, God himself hath marked out unto us the first day of the week to be the Lords Day, in place of the Jewish Sabbath, which was the Lords holy day unto them, by the most wonderful and comfortable work that ever was wrought, even the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour from the dead, thereby manifesting him to be the Son of God, and fulfilling that prophecy of old concerning the stone which the builders refused, and making him the head of the corner on that day; all power being given unto him both in heaven and in earth, Matth. 28. thus drawing us in the Prophets language to profess and say first, This is the Lords doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes: and secondly, to conclude there-hence in the words immediately following; This is the day which the Lord hath made, let us be glad and rejoice in it; this undoubtedly is our Christian festival;
for seeing this liberty is equally communicated to each particular Church, it will follow, that it is lawfull for our English Church to institute the Munday, the French Church the Tuesday, the Hollanders the Wednesday, the Germans Thursday, the Danes Friday, the Swedes the Saturday, and the Polonians the Sunday; what an intolerable scandall were this amongst Christians?