_ . . · ·I;.r day, becaufe this would bee as gricoous to the foulc, if they mufi bee conflrained to fpend that day in toyling, to prderue their naturalllife, whic~ God ha? appointed to ~e fpent in {~eh c.qmfort~~le .. exerctf~s! ~s mtgbt vpholJ theu: fpirituallhfe. Wha~,w1ll fop1e fay, ts tt not then lawfull to flie for ones life on the Sabbath day? yea: and Chrifl al– lowcs it too. But hee knew full well,what griefe it would bring to Chriflian foule, to thinke; I was wo_nt at this day to fit quietly in the Church, and among Gods Saints to, · ~...-eare the fweete comforts of his Word)ddiuered voto tny · foule; and withpraife~o fing Pfalmes ofthanks vnto God; . and to aske thofe things with the refl: ofGods people,which·· wee flood in needc of: vvhere I receiued fuch comfort, that I walked in the flrength ofchefe exercifes all the weeke af– ter. Buc 'now, the paine of my bodie, and the fearc ofmy foule, do~ fo diflraB: mee, and take mee vp,that I haue nei... ther leifure, nor abilide fo to doe_, but I mull want all thefe · comforts. ChriH knew that this would bee mofi bitter to- , faithfi.Jll Chrillians: and therefore hee willes them, to pray to God to preuent it, that no fuch neccffitie bee !aide vpon · thetn. ·Now,if thisCommandement,and this day had been,, ceremoniall, they might haue fled, with as little care and griefe,thatday as anyother: for it had aboli!hed longafor.e- · by Chrifls death ,, and no confciencc then ought to haue - been made of it. But in thst Chritl doth allow this feare of flyingon the Sabbath day,_- more then on ani~ othe~ of; the weeke, hee fhcwes plainly that the ferce of the Sab- · bath was not abrogated by his refurrecHon, and therefore no ceremonie. For then ChriH had not done well, to put · a needleffe feare into their hearts of flying on the Sab ... . bath,ifG 0 D req uired no keeping of the Sabbath: but hee would rather haue admonifhed vs to beware of fu- , pcrflitious keeping that day, and would haue tolde them~, .. that they needed 110t:!o ·regard it: for it had.been a great finne to h3uc tn2de· iuch confcience ·of keeping a cere– rnonie, fo long after the abolilb,mg of it. Then if one fhould not willingly andwithout griefe £lie to faue his life: · on the Lordsday (asChiifis words doeplainlyproue) then how .
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