314 Chap..;. 4Commentari vpon manner. Byyeares, are meant euery fcuenth yeare, and the lu. belie yeares , which the Galatiansobfcrued after the fafhion of the Iewes. Againe, there is a fourefold kind of obfcruation of daies; one natural!, theother ciui!!, the third ecclefiafhcall, the fourth fuperf1ttiotre. Naturallis, when daies arc obferued according to the courfeof the funnc &moone, G en. r.i q, thus day follows night, and night followes day , and eueryyeare hack foure fca- fons,fpring,fommcr, autumne,wïnter. And the obfcruation of there times, is according to the law of nature. Ctutlln6frttatio,, tv is, when fct times arcobferued for husbandrie, inplanting, fit. ting,reaping,fowing: forhoufholdaffaires, and for the affaires of thecommonwealth,in keepingof faires , and markets, &c. And thus to obferuedaics,is not vnlawfull. ecclefiaJlrcallobfer. cation oftimes is , when let dales are obferued for orders fake, if that menmay come together to worfhip G od : there daies; ate eitherdales ofthankfgiuing, or daies of humiliation. Of daies of thankfgiuing , take the example of the !ewes, Heff.g. 26. whoobferued yearely the feafi of Purim,foramemorie of their deliverance. In likemanner they appointed and obferued the 2a feaft ofDedication: and it feemes that ariawasprefent at 1c- rufalem,asanobferuerof this feat Ioh. ío.22. And thus for orders fake, to obferuecertaine dales of folemnitie ,isnot for- bidden. Superflitiom obferuationofdaies, is twofold, lewith, or. heathen:,?,. /rwifh,when let daies are obferued with an opinion, 25 that we are bound in confcience to obferue them , and when the worfhip of God is placedin the obferuingof this or that time. Heather h,whendales arc obferued in refpcí`I ofgood or bad rucceffe. Nowthen,to come to thepoint,the intent ofPaul is onely tocondernne theIewifh manner ofobfcruing ofdaies, 3o in there words , Te obferuedaies, moneth.t,yeares: and the hea. thentfh manner, in tbefe words , yediorite f afon.t. Againft this interpretation, the placeof Paul may beobie- ¿ ed,Rom.r 4.6. He that obferue.: thedoy,obferues it to the Lord. An/. Indeed,: Paul in there words excufeth the Romanes that ;g obferued daies , and faith,that their intention was to obferue them to the honour ofGod :and this he faith, becaufeas yet they were not fully inflruìed touching Chriffian libertie: but withal), let it be remembred,that in mild fort he notes this tobe a faultinthem,when he faith that they were weake infaith.Now l she
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