x3s ~he Cllllmllndemml. . ~owmuch leffe01ould,he Qoeany other worke offa,rre lc(e neccffitie? So that,thcfe reafons doe moGeuidentlyconficmeto the harts ofGods children,tha~ the keepingof~heSabbath day holy,is a morall law,and ,bindcthvs,and all mem, to the end ofthe world, as much as it did y Iewes afore ChrHl.But for thofe wicked perfons that wil cauiU again!leucry thing that croffetb. their corruptlufl,(as thekeeping of aSabbath doth , exceedingly) we tnuH not greatlybe tnout>dwbat they ob .. ieet:for ofthem it is moll true thar:'S.-:r/omen f.1i th,Brj:li' a (11c!e in 11 morter:Mwheate ubraitd~ith apefft:ll,yet will nr;t lJi/fi!he /caNe him~ But this may fi1ffice to eib.b ;(h and inHruct a ChrHHan,that with a true heart is will ing to betaught: and to confound alfo and condem ne,~nd leaue vvi thnur cxcufe (before Gods -iudgemet'lt fc~te) fu ch as will not yc:elcl to plaine and thong reafon9 ,drawne out of Gods word, but ·· continueobllinace in theirfalfe conceits. , But)becaufe the point maybe more manifefl and plainc, it is good to anfwere fome of their obic&ions, whereby . they ~ould ouercurnethe plainetruth. Now,the g,rand ob.; ieetion is,becaufe wee keepe not the fameSabba~h that the -Gbitll. !ewes didJbut the day is altered: therefore,they fay,wemufl keepe none. This is their argument offe great waight :.but 'hpw foolilh, it lha.ll appcare ealily, ifwee examine it a little r . _ more narrowly. For, though wee keepe no.t the felfefam:e ! · t:;t;ion day that the~ did, yet wee haue the fame Comma~dement, ofrhed <~ y and au~horiue for our day_, thatthey had for theirs. There.. . dobth not fore thls day that we kc:ep,tscalled the Lordsday,Reu. I .I o. . 1 a · ro~ace , 1 • 'the s~b· where Joh11 faith he wlu in theJPirit vpo11 the Lwdsda1. Afore . · bath. it was called the day ofrefl,becaufe God refied on it from . . .. the work ofcreation: but now icis called the Lordsday, be: caufe Chtifi Iefus inflituted it, as a fpedall memotie t h his refurrcet~on , and ofthe perfecHngof the workc of our re– d,tnption. For the ApoGles,by the authoritie ofthat fpi rit which-alway affilled thena in thei t miqiAeriall offic;e, didal– ter the day,and themfelqcskept,and ordained .ic to be kept ·in all the 'Churches. As may appeare LCor. I6.J. '~•Jh ·re he faith, EtHrJ.ft.rjfd;~J 1j 1h1 'Week$, when)'etmette t'igetlwr,e9:t:• ' , , . · . Where
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