136 ThefourthCommanelement• . 1 -0bietl. The laG obiection,ofwhich wee w-ill fpeake,is taken out C)fCol. z.:I 6. Let no mttn condemneyou in refpetf of anholt . . An(. .day,orof 11- new~oont,or ofthe Sab/1ath dttiu. Where, the ·Difference · Apoille (fay they) puts the Sabbathamongotherceremo– . ,~~~~~- · nies,which ·areto be alirogated.~ J~ucwemuHknow,thattbe ·ApoHle fpeakedi ·offuch fabbarhs, as are in the ranke with the meates and ddnks,whereofhe fpeaketh-befQre,ofwhich fort were the firHdayofeuery moneth, and the firR and laR daicsofeue·ry ·one.oftheir three'falemne feafls: of thefe hee fpeaketh in the plurall number, and not ofthe LordsSab.. }?ath day,in the fingular number,which hath afin gular excel. lencie, and,how euer times change,neuer changeth. eaf1er andPeHtecoff,and the other feafis oflikekind; are indeede abrogated,asbeingceremonies,n~t written in the tables of ·Goneas·this was. And thus much for the 'proouing ofthis, That this Sabbath is moraU,and perpetuall. · Which,fith ir: isfo,thevfe is for·the,confutation offuch,as· lharpen their wits and tongues, and open their mouthes to fpeake againH it;not content to take Hberde themfelu~s,buc would make a gappe for others to breake out alfo. It is a notorious finne for one to be propha·ne in his owne perfon, ·: and to praet-ife the breach of any of Gods Commandements-:but todraw others to impiety, and,as much as they can,to breakethe yoke which GC?d hath laide vpon them, this is much more intolerable. This is the practife of the ·Diudl himfelfe, when hee had fallen from his vprightnefie, and rebelled agai~fl God,the next worke hee tooke in hand was,to allure e/fdam to fin, and to tnake him as very arebell . againAGodas himfelfe: So thefe wicked men themfelues being-corrupted,and lying '\'nder ~he curfeofGod,will take ' {o muc:h paines about nothit?g, as·to peruert·others: and be· ing·flarke ilaught themfduc-s, to make .all men ( ifit might be) fuch as they are. , · This is alfofor our inArueHon, that we n1ufl:fo reil vpoR 6o~s reafons; and fo Handfor his worthip, as that no blaft, nor obiec'l.i<?nofa prophane·perfon may·blow vsaway, and ·weaken our reuerence toGods ordinance. It is a ·great fault . . ·that wee areno better confirmed in the truth, but thatcuery . ~ill
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