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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 4 › Quotation of preface
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Neither was he the only one, that hath so determined. For, for the first, that to keep holy one day of seven, is not the moral part of the fourth Commandment, our ⟨p. 39⟩Doctor hath delivered in the third section, that not Tostatus only, but even Aquinas, and with him all the schoolmen have decreed upon it. Nor was there any that opposed it in the schools of Rome, that I have met with, till Catarinus took up Arms against Tostatus: affirming, but with ill success, that the Commandment of the Sabbath was imposed on Adam in the first cradle of the World, there where the Lord is said to bless the seventh Day, and to sanctify it.
NEither was hee the onely one, that hath so determined. For, for the first, that to keepe holy one day of seven, is not the morall part of the fourth Commandement, our ⟨p. 39⟩Doctor hath delivered in the third section, that not Tostatus onely, but even Aquinas, and with him all the schoolemen have decreed upon it. Nor was there any that opposed it in the schooles of Rome, that I have met with, till Catarinus tooke up Armes against Tostatus: affirming, but with ill successe, that the Commandement of the Sabbath was imposed on Adam in the first cradle of the World, there where the Lord is sayd to blesse the seventh Day, and to sanctifie it.
2 As for the Protestant schools, besides what is affirmed by Calvin, and seconded by the Doctor in this following discourse, this seems to be the judgement of the Divines in the low Countries. Franciscus Gomarus, one known sufficiently for his undertakings against Arminians published, An. 1628. a little treatise about the original of the Sabbath, and therein principally canvased these two questions. First whether the Sabbath were ordained by God immediately upon the Creation of the World? Then whether all Christians are obliged by the fourth Commandment, always to set a part one day in seven to Gods holy worship? both which he determines negatively.