268 Chap. The dogrine ofthefabbath and Lords day, &e. C oul-at. CHAP. III. Additional Confederations upon the Delirino of the Sabbath, laid down in feven Con- clufions, 1. Ie is certain forne time h to be fet apart for publicl¿ worfhip, proved by School-men, Cananiffs, and Reafons. 2. Certain that the Latin of Naturedoth net diSlate the proportion offeven, or any other in particular. 3. It is mo/i probable that the feventh day was appointed by God from the beginning, as a day of publick, worfhip in memory of the Creation, and didoblige all mankind, though the fymbolical or typical ref afterwards was enjoined to the yews only: this proved from Scripture, Fathers, yewifh Doctors, late Divines, Reaftas, &c. How the Fathers are to be . oonderftaodthat denySabbatizing before the Mofaical Law. o.. The Lords day is of divine inffitution, proved by Scripture, Fathers,' publick,. Declarations of the Church, Edilts of Princes, Canonìffs, fame School-men, late Divines, 5. ThefourthCom- mandment is in force : for the moral equity, that at leaf a feventhpart be given to God ; literally it requires only the feventh day from the Creation, not a feventh day. The day altered by the Apathies byfpeeial authority. 6. The ref of the yewifhSab- b,-th partly moral, which continues frill partly fymbolical, which as expired. Haw the rah of the, Lards day differs from the ref of the Sabbath, ref from ordinary la- bours forbidden by God, but the fpeeial determination left to the Church. How the Lords day fucceeds the Sabbath. 7. The Sabbath kept wash the Lords day by the Fri 9nitive Ch-rifdians till the Council of Laadicea was not in a yeWifh manner. The whole ,Delirasse of the Sabbath and Lords day handled in fevero conclufiat s. Addition -o i. Or the nióre clear underftanding of this point of the Sabbath, and of the tea- Thewhole " foes which arehere produced , and of this difcourfe upon that fubjeéi, I fhall doúrine of the briefly lay down that which I conceive tnoft agreeable to the truth, in certain Prdpo- r bh..rh and fitions or Conclufions diffinguifhing things certain from fuch asare only probable and La,dl dai in 7. fubmitting all to the judicious and learned Reader. conclufons. ;. It is certain that forne time ought to be fet apart for publick worfhip, and vide Scholaft that this is required by the Law of Nature, which di hates to everyone , that as in Seni. 3 d. God ought to be worfhipped , fo forne fpeeial" time muff be fet apart for that ím- 3 &in a d to ment and therefore as whenGod created the World, he is faid to have con a7o... Scm c y Zno, z. a y. created time with;its fowhénite cómmands'a publick worfhip, he commands with a. Sum- all force time for -that ufe , without which it cannotbe performed : and therefore it Titlas. verbo. is:confeffed ball Divines ancient and modern;. and by men of all Profeffìons (ex- `'t` 1° ce t Familifs and fuch fanatick Spirits) that fame time ought to be fet apart for D000nca- val p of to dill q, holy duties, as due by the immutable Law Mature , morale eft quantum ad hoc, Sue ie. i. de quad homo deputed aliquod temples ad iatcandum, divines, &c, faith Aquinas,'fecunda Bch iono fecundoe q. 112. It is moral, that everyian depute fome time for religiousdvtiei; s. i.Nrar. e- and with him jointly agree all the tell of the School-men, Modern Divines and 3..5 s.s0t. others. The vet Law of Nature, faith our learned lisei -sr, requires no lefs the i. r. to fun. & y perfons and thins ; for which caufe it hath iu.e. Csnoai- fanftiCscation of times, than of places, g Pas in C.P. i pleated God heretofore, as of the reft, fo of times likewifeto exalt forne part, by rief4"!' e't' way of perpetual homage. And fo we find the Heathen , which had no other than cles paler. the Law of Nature to direft them, had their folemn feafts and fet days appointed for 3' 8. theworfhip of their fuppofed Deities. This therefore I lay down as certain, becaufe queftioned by none. 2. I conceive it to be likewife certain,that the Law of Nature both not in particular diftate, whatday or time ought tobe fet apart for publick worfhip, but that the de- termination of the time or days irtlfpecial, is from pofitive Laws, either of God or men, and therefore that the limitation of a feventh day, or the feventh day from the Creation, or any other particular proportion, cannot be deduced nece farily from any natural principle, but mutt be referred to force pofitive Law either divine or humane, This
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