yriLl.i1. •c in loh.c.sS • AdCafi1• num,Epi. .ad Ja. 86 m1 u ium, \ h Epi. II9o " p.t:;, Scrm,), erefuclt. 2 Booke. Cafes of Confcience. ~u~pofe;(forinthcfe points flill we muflgoe A and the examples of his Apo(!Jes, bath bin by Jikelihoods)it iscaUed the Lords day, as the conflant pratlrfc of the church, fwm ) thelai!Supperof Chrilliscalled the Lords their trmesvntiU now. · Suprer,forrwoca~fes. Firfl, as God refle:l I V. That which was prefigured,in that it the{cauenth day after theCrea:ron,fo Chrt!l was prefigurcd,was prefcribed: but the Lords hauing ended theworke of the new crc>t10n, day was prefigured in the eight day, wherern relied on t/110day from hisworke ofre:¥!mp· the children of rhe Iewes were circumcifed : tion.Secondly,as Chrti! drd(ub!litute the lait therefore it w'as prefcribed to be kept the Supper in roomeofthe Palfeouer, fohe fub. eight day.Thus the ancient Fathers,byname llitured the fir!l day ofthe wcekc m roome of CJprian&Auguf/in,,haue rcafoneci &taught. chelcwcs Sabbarh,to be a day (et apart to his Againe, the day ofChrillsre(urretlion was owne worfhip. prefigured by that day, wherein the Clone JI.TheChurch ofCorinth eucry firll day which the builders refu(ed,was nude thehead oftheweeke,m ade acolletlion for the poore, ofthe corner, Pfal.118.verf.:4. and in that it as we may road,I.Cor.x6.:.and this colletli· was prefigured,it was appornredbyGod, For en for the poore in the Primitiue Church then it appeared to be true which l'eurfairh followed the preaching ofthe Word,Prayer, B ofChrill,that Godhadmadeh•mbotbLmj and and thcSacramenrs,asa fruite thereof,A.ct.>, Chrilf,A cl:.:, J6.And the fame may befJidof v.4:, For thefe be Sabbath exercifes, that the Sabbath ofthe new Tellamenr,that it was went alwaies together in the Apollolicall in the figure preordained, and therefore limichurch, But it wrll befaid,rharcolletling for red and determined by c.ur Sauiour ChrHl theSaints,isa matter of indiffcrencie, &may vmothe Lordsday. Orhcrreafons might be be done vpon any day, as well as vpon the added,bur theyare onely coniecture,: thcfe Sab~arh. To thisl anC.ver, that Paul cornbe the principall. mands the Corinrhsto do it, as he had ordaiIll. Reafon. God is Lord of times and ned itin the church of Galatra: whereby he fcafoJ:s,ar1d therfore in all cquitie,rhealtering makes it to be an Apo!lolicall, and therefore and ifpoung thereofis in hJS hands, and bea diuine ordinance. Yea, that very text dorh longsro him •lone, Act. 1.1o. Times •nd{••· in(omepartmanife!lrhus much ,that it is an {on!the Farh<r harh k'P' in hi& owne band. A· ordinanceandin~itmronof Chrill. that the gaine, Chrill is called the Lord ofthe Sabfirll day of the weeke fhould be the Lords bath. And Antiochus Epiphanes is condem· day. ForPaul comrnanndcrh norhmg. but c ned by the holy Ghol:l,bocaufe bee tookevp· wh.r he had from Chrill. on him to alter times,Dan.].>s.Befidesrhar, I II. Chri!l and his Apoflleskepttbe fir!l Daniel faith, that it is God alone that chao· · dayofthe wcekeai the Sabbath. Fpr Chrifl geth rimes and feafor.s,Dan.z.z1.Nmvifit be rofc agaioe the firll d~y ofthcweeke, and approper vnto God,as tocreare,foto determine peared tohisDifciplcs ,Ioh.:o,19. and eight and difpofeofrimes, then he hathnot leftthe daiesafrer he appeared againe to Thomas, fame to thepowerofaoy creature. And therverf.z6, which wasthe next firtl dayofrhe fore,as thelmowledge rhereof,fo the appointwcckc, And this hath beeue the opinion of menr,and alteration ofthefame, eitherin ge. fun drie auncient Diuines. (•) Cyri/1 vpon oerall, or particular, belongs not to the Iohnfaycs, rhatth•s eight day was without Church,but is rcferued tohim. The church doubt the Lordsday,and fo ought tobe kept, then; neither may norcan alter the Sabbath becaufe it is likely Chrill him(elfe kept it ho· day.And this isrhe 6rll part ofthe anfwer. ly. And thefame is affirmed and taught by S,C/, • • (b) d uguf/ineand(c)Chrl{of/ome, Againe,the Thefccondisthis: IftheChurch hadli· Apolllcs alfo kept it. For when the Holy D bertie to alter the Sabbath, then thtsalreratiGholl de(cended vpon them,they were again on mull be made within the compalfe of the aiTcmbled vpon this day, Atl.>.v. !. which I weeke,to the fixt, or fift, or fourth, or fecond proouethus. The day of Pentecollwasthe or third,or 6r!l day; and nor to the eight, or firll day of the wecke : for the Iewes were ninth,or tenth daies,without the compalfe of cornmaunded to brin~a fi1eafe of their firU the weeke.The reafen is plaine. The Chu"h fruits, the morrow after the Sabbath in the ofthe newTellamcnt, hath moreknowledge Parfeouer, Lcuit,:po, &c. and betwixt rbar and more grace, then thepeopleof the old &Penrecofl, they were to reckon fifty daies. Tellamenr had;and in that regard, ought to Henceitfolloweth,rhat the day ofChrills rehaue more zeale, and greater alacritie In the furrcction,falling the morrow after the Iewes worthip ofGod then they had,that it may •~- Sabbath, which isthe firll day of the weeke; ceedethelewesaccordrng to the meafure of Pentccoll mull needs fall on that day : and grace receiued. And rhus the firll andprincithercforo the Apollles metthefameday, and pall ~!lion touching the Sabbarh 1 is an[wenouhey onely, butalfo the whole church gared and refolued, thcred thcmfclues together, and celebrated SeEf, 3• this daywith preaching ofthe Word, &adNow,bcforclcomerothenext, let vs in 1llinifhationofthe Sacraments, Ad'. 2.0. 7. the n1eane ·while fee and examine the Rea- ~d ttccording tothisintlitution o( Chri!l, Cons that are brought againfl the an(wcr prc. fcntly
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