A63997:401
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.
38 And from the Apostles the Catholic Church uniformly received it; witness all Ecclesiastical writers.
38 And from the Apostles the Catholike Church uniformly received it; witnesse all Ecclesiasticall writers.
39 And the Church hath received it not to be Liberae observationis, as if men might at their pleasure, accept or refuse it.
40 But to be perpetually observed to the Worlds end; for as God only hath power to apportion his time: so hath he power to set out the day that he will take for his portion, for he is Lord of the Sabbath.
40 But to be perpetually observed to the Worlds end; for as God only hath power to apportion his time: so hath he power to set out the day that hee will take for his portion, for hee is Lord of the Sabbath.