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Of the morality of the fourth commandment as still in force to bind Christians…Of the morality of the fourth commandement as still in force to binde Christians…
Of the morality of the fourth commandment as still in force to bind Christians delivered by way of answer to the translator of Doctor Prideaux his lecture, concerning the doctrine of the Sabbath ... / written by William Twice ...Of the morality of the fourth commandement as still in force to binde Christians delivered by way of answer to the translator of Doctor Prideaux his lecture, concerning the doctrine of the Sabbath ... / written by William Twisse ...
London: printed by E.G. for John Rothwell, 1641London: printed by E.G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1641
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R. Menachem, and Midras Tehillim. It cannot be denied but this place is very pregnantly appliable unto Adam, as the first and chiefest object on whom this truth is verified; as being in the chiefest honour that ever man had on Earth, Lord of all the World, and the Father of mankind, and placed in Paradise; and the verb properly signifies pernoctare, to continue a night. Only it is of the future tense, which yet to bear the signification of the time past is nothing strange in the Hebrew, though it hath not always Vau conversivum, the sign of such conversion. And the very word Adam is here expressed, and we are very apt usually to accommodate unto Adam without all reference to this question, or consideration of the propriety of the Hebrew word signifying pernoctare. But let us return to that from whence we have digressed. Be it so that Adam continued in his integrity until the end of the seventh day; do we not read expressly, Gen. 2. 5. that God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden, that he might dress it and keep it; therefore God had work for him to do, even in things of this World as well as he hath for us. And Martin Luther professeth as much; It follows from hence 1saith he, that if Adam had stood in his innocency, yet he should have kept the seventh day holy, that is, on that day he should have ⟨p. 57⟩taught his children, and children's children, what was the will of God and wherein his worship did consist, he should have praised God, given thanks and offered. On other days he should have tilled the ground, looked to his Cattle. And Selneccerus treads in Luther's steps, treating upon the Commandment of the Sabbath. Why then should it be thought superfluous to ordain some days for the works of this World, and one day for the service of God? And is it likely that Eve was about the service of God, when the Devil assaulted her? was she not too near the forbidden Fruit? it was within her sight, and the Fruit within her reach. 2• They urge that Vacation from service works was then in vain, seeing nothing could then be laborious and troublesome unto him. I answer; though it were no pain to him to keep the Garden and dress it; yet this must needs take up his thoughts while he was about it, and many a Gentleman in these days finds less employment then Adam had;