\ Io8 Cafes of Confcience. 2.Booke. fcnrly mado,FirCltherforeitis alieadged,that A ted Lydia vpon the fame day,ACl,a6.a 3, in thenewTeClamem there IS no differenceof A,[.The Apoflle dtd thos vpon very good daies. For if we haueor make dilfcrence of ground, not becaufe he held theobferuation dates·, weare in tn.uh no betrer then Icwes. ofit as necciTarie as the otherJ but in regard That there is no diClinClion of daies, they ofthe weaknciTe of the Gentiles and }ewes prooue out oftwo places. The fir(\ is, Col.>. newly called, For the Church that confilled Hi. whererhe Apoflle faies, Let no man conoffuch per(ons in thofe daies,wasnot yet fuldemney•uin rcjjufl of an holy day , or of thtnell' lyper(waded and refolucd ofthe AbrogatiMoone,•roftheSabbath d~'·The fecond;Gal, on ofthe lewi(h Sabbath: and therefore for 4 . 1 o. whererhe fame Apo£lle ICproones the the time,he yeelded to their weakne!Te, &obGalatians for obfcruiug daies, and moneths, ferued it as welJ as the other, But afterward and timesjand yeares. when they were confirmed in thatpoint~he To this I anflvcr, that both the places forbarethatliberuc,andtaughcrhefullabo. fpeake ofthe Fea(\o ofthe lewes,and of dolfeltOJment both of it, and other ceremonies. rece ofdaies,that (lands in force by the lewo!h Fourthly,ACl.rS,;. 4.Paul is faid tocome ccremoniall law. Paul to the •Coloilians, to Corinth to Aquola and Prifcilla and ro warnes them to giuc oo occaGon to orhers, B ~·.'orkcwith them m their erado of r;nt-rnawbereby they might iuGiy condemne them, king :andfunher irisfa id ,that hed•!J•ud;. Tor obfcruingofdaies infuperflitiOUS mane~, the[Jnagoguee/ury s~bbath d4),thatis ,on the vpon opimonofholincheand neceffitte, as 1f !ewes Sabbaths,andexhortcdrhe!ewes &Gremcns confcicnces were boundto fuch obferci11m, Hence it is gathered by fame,that Paul narion. And he reprooncsthe Galatians,for did onely k<epethcfabbath oftheI coves and obfcruingdilic!!(as it is likc:ly they did) nor chat both on theLords day,andon rhe w~cke l'nely in the JcwHh,butalfoin :be bcatheni!h daics, he wrought with Aq uilaand Prlfcilla. manncr.Towhich pnrpofePaulfaith,ver,II, Anf.Firll,wc mull remember this rule,That Heuafr•idofthtm, Hosmeanir.gwas,becaufe Charitie and ncce!Titie doedofpcnfewnhthe · they placmgthcir falnation(in part) in their Sabbath, and with ceremonies. IfaTowne Iewifh obferuation.of daics, after they had fhould be on fire, or if a citie or countrey bcene informed touching their libertie in !houldbe prefently atfaulted by the enemie, Chri(\,did th.reby mixe the Gofj>el with the in the time ofthe word preached, on theSab· Law :and therefore he feared, Jell by that bath day;thc preachingoftheiVord, in the(e mcanes Cluin f.hoold becOmcvnro rhemvn~ cafcs,mufl ceafcfor arime, till byconuenient profitable,andfo hi• preachingtvfmall or no C helpe the fire be quenched , and the enemie purpofe. , '< betaken,or dnuen backe.Now whereasPaul Againe, they alleadge Rom.I4lS. ~here mthcordmarydaoesoftheweekemadetents, Pauifairh, Otu tnanePamu oncday 6tncrrhm and on rhefeaucnth roo,notobferuingir, but anolhtr,and tpJOthtr mancounttthtucr')'day abks. the IewesSabbath1wc mullknow,that hedid , fg•which "'ords tho Apo{i)e ~Jameth nor it vpon necdliric, for the faluation of the them,wbich thinkeall daies as oni:'J Iewes. For Prifcilla and Aquila were Iewes An{. In the newTc!hment,alhlaies be as vnconuerted,~nd Chrifl was not yet reuealed one, ih regard of thcaptne!fe thereof rothe vnto rhem, And ifPaul had but once named ·worfl•ip ofGod:and yet there may be"' diffe- · Chri(\, he could haue doneno good among reoce of daics i~ regardoforde<: & thisPaul thpm. Yet afterward,whcn he faw better op1 no where condemnerh.That wemay the bet- [iorttmitie, atthecommingof Silas and Ti· rer concciue thisdifiinetior1,wcmuH conGder rnorhcus fromMacedonia, thenhe could no adolference bctweene the !ewes Sabbath and longer containe himfelfe, but burnedinthtjpiours,w.hichisthis; That the !ewes.Sabbath. rit,andt<}lifiedto the Icrm, thAt lt{•s "'"' th• wasboth the time ofthowmn•ip ofGod,and Chrif/.verf.s. Now iftherewas caufc why he alfoa.part ofhis worfl1ip. Butthe Sabbath ef D aid not fpeakeofChriCI forthe time,thcmvas the new Te(lament; though it be anece!Tarie there caufeal(owhy he did not make profeilitime ofGods worfl•ip,yettr is not a parrtheron ofaSabbath, Secondly Ianfiver, though of.Ifit be[aid,thatit is commanded,therfore Paul did notthen openly fanClifie the Sab· it mull need• be aparrofGodsworfhip: I anbath; yet it isto be[uppofed, that hekeptit fwer, It is commaunded not asGods wor!hip priuatcly by himfdfe, referuir.g fomefpeciall for fubllance, but in refpeClof the duties of time for that purpofe: and thecontrane cantheworn,ip, th.c aretobekopt and perfornotbenocwed. . med in it. And henceit is mamfe(\,that in reThe fecond ~ell!on touchmg the Sab· gardofGodswor01ip , there is nodilference bath, ofdaicsinthenewTdlament, but in regard Bow the Sabbath of the oforder. Thirdly,theyobieC!, that P•ulkept the :JI,(jrvTeflament is to be ob, !ewes Sabbath,as wellasthc Lords day. For ~ d( he and Barnabascame to Antiochla' & Wfn! I erue . into theSynagogueon the Sobbath day,ACl, An(w, Inobferuinga Sabbathof the new 13.14.Andagalnc,hc and Timothieconuer 4 Tdl:amcnt, thcrcarcrworhingsr(<]Uired; a Refi,
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