The Christian Sabbath defended against a crying evil in these times of the antisabitarians…

The Article saith that Christians are not bound at all to the observation of Judaical ceremonies; Hence he infers, that they whom he calls, Our home Sabbatarians are adversaries to this truth in part, namely, in as much as they deny the Sabbath to be a ceremony: But doth our Church affirm the Sabbath to be a ceremony? Nothing less; this M. Rogers, of his own head, lays down for a principle, namely, that the Sabbath was a ceremony, to obtrude upon us, as if himself had as much authority as a whole Convocation. And D. Andrewes takes upon him to disprove this very point (which Rogers supposeth as a principle) and that by various arguments: Belike D. Andrewes deserved not to be numbered amongst the greatest Clerks of these later times, nor D. Lake neither; nor Bishop Babington; And as for the judgement of the ancient Fathers, it appears what skill the Prefacer hath in them, and what respect he bears unto them, by the learning he hath bewrayed in this preface. Had he found in them, how much the forbidding of dancing in their days, did hinder the growth of Christian Religion, we should have heard of it undoubtedly, as well as how it hath hindered the growth of the reformed Religion in France out of Heylins Geography: yet their doctrinals (which I have showed to be the doctrinals of Doctor Andrewes as well as of Doctor Bound, yea, and could show it to be the doctrine of divers other late Bishops in this Church) though dangerous in themselves, not half so desperate as that which followeth thereupon in practice. Divers particulars whereof he reciteth out of the same Master Rogers his preface, to his comment upon the Articles of the Church of England. And indeed, this Master Rogers glorieth there, Pyrgopolynices-like, that he hath been the man and the means that these Sabbatarian errors and impieties were brought into light and knowledge of the State; so he speaks; and that this is a comfort to his soul, and would be to his dying day. And in very deed, the particulars mentioned by him, are very foul; for he saith, It was preached in a market town in Oxfordshire, that to do ⟨p. 162⟩any servile work or business on the Lords Day, is as great a sin as to kill a man, or commit adultery. Secondly, It was preached in Somersetshire, that to throw a bowl on the Sabbath day, is as great a sin as to kill a man;

The Article saith that Christians are not bound at all to the observation of Iudaicall ceremonies; Hence he inferres, that they whom he calls, Our home Sabbatarians are adversaries to this truth in part, namely, in as much as they deny the Sabbath to be a ceremony: But doth our Church affirme the Sabbath to be a ceremony? Nothing lesse; this M. Rogers, of his owne head, layes downe for a principle, namely, that the Sabbath was a ceremony, to obtrude upon us, as if himselfe had as much authority as a whole Convocation. And D. Andrewes takes upon him to disprove this very point (which Rogers supposeth as a principle) and that by various arguments: Belike D. Andrewes deserved not to be numbred amongst the greatest Clerks of these later times, nor D. Lake neither; nor Bishop Babington; And as for the judgement of the ancient Fathers, it appeares what skil the Prefacer hath in them, and what respect he beares unto them, by the learning he hath bewrayed in this preface. Had he found in them, how much the forbidding of dancing in their dayes, did hinder the growth of Christian Religion, we should have heard of it undoubtedly, as well as how it hath hindred the growth of the reformed Religion in France out of Heylins Geography: yet their doctrinalls (which I have shewed to be the doctrinalls of Doctor Andrewes as well as of Doctor Bownde, yea, and could shew it to be the doctrine of divers other late Bishops in this Church) though dangerous in themselves, not half so desperate as that which followeth thereupon in practice. Divers particulars whereof he reciteth out of the same Master Rogers his preface, to his comment upon the Articles of the Church of England. And indeed, this Master Rogers glorieth there, Pyrgopolynices-like, that he hath beene the man and the meanes that these Sabbatarian errours and impieties were brought into light and knowledge of the State; so he speakes; and that this is a comfort to his soule, and would be to his dying day. And in very deed, the particulars mentioned by him, are very foule; for hee saith, It was preached in a market towne in Oxfordshire, that to doe