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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 7 › Exam.
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as Bishop Babington, Bishop Andrewes, Bishop Lake, yea and Master Hooker in his Ecclesiastical policy. Now let the readers judge by this of the modesty of this Prefacer in this particular also, and whether the miracle (as he phraseth it) be on our side in dissenting from others unreasonably, or on his rather.
as Bishop Babington, Bishop Andrewes, Bishop Lake, yea and Master Hooker in his Ecclesiasticall policy. Now let the readers judge by this of the modesty of this Prefacer in this particular also, and whether the miracle (as he phraseth it) be on our side in dissenting from others unreasonably, or on his rather.
The third particular is touching the celebration of the Lords Day, as whether it be by authority humane or divine rather: we say it is of divine; he will have it to be left arbitrary: yet was it never known, that any earthly Master did leave the proportion of service, to be performed unto him, to the pleasure of his servant; neither did God leave it thus from the beginning of the World-until Christ, as hath been proved. Yet this Prefacer will have it thus left unto us in these latter days; of which the Apostle hath prophesied, that Men should be lovers of pleasure more then lovers of 1God. For this, he boasts of all sorts of Papists, this he begins withal; which was not wont to be the course of English Divines; yet he belies Doctor Prideaux in this; who allegeth more Papists standing for the divine right hereof, then for the contrary; and one of them (as formerly I said) professeth that it is the common opinion. And Azorius the Jesuit professeth that it is most agreeable to reason, that as after six days work one should be consecrate unto the Lord, so the Lords Day should be it. That many of our Protestants Divines call the observation of the Lords Day, Ecclesiae consuetudinem, and that it was left free unto the Church to choose another, after the Jews Sabbath was abrogated, I have showed how little all this makes for him, answering to every passage ⟨p. 155⟩