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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
The Preface of the Translator to the Christian Reader. › Section 6 › Quotation of preface
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1Last of all, for the third, and last conclusion, that still the Church hath power to change the day our Doctor in the 7. Section, bringeth in Bullinger, Bucer, Brentius, Ursinus, and Chemnitius, aliisque nostris with divers others not named particularly, as they are which think no otherwise thereof then Calvin did, and shows by what distinction Suarez, though otherwise no friend unto the men, doth defend their Doctrine.
1Last of all, for the third, and last conclusion, that still the Church hath power to change the day our Doctor in the 7. Section, bringeth in Bullinger, Bucer, Brentius, Ursinus, and Chemnitius, aliisque nostris with divers others not named particularly, as they are which thinke no otherwise thereof then Calvin did, and shewes by what distinction Suarez, though otherwise no friend unto the men, doth defend their Doctrine.
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Now as the doctrine was, such also is the practise of those men and Churches, devoid of any the least superstitious rigour, esteeming it to be a day left arbitrary, and therefore open to all honest exercises and lawful recreations; by which the mind may be refreshed, and the spirits quickened. Even in Geneva it self according as it is related in the enlargement of Boterus by Robert Johnson, all honest exercises, shooting in pieces, long Bows, crossbows, &c. are used on the Sabbath Day, and that both in the morning, before and after Sermon; neither do the Ministers find fault therewithal, so that they hinder not from hearing of the word at the time appointed.