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             Certaine queries, proposed by the King, to the Lords and Commons Commisssioners from the Honourable Houses of Parliament, attending his Majesty at Holdenby, the 23 of this instant Aprill, 1647. touching the celebration of the feast of Easter. With an answer thereunto, given and presented to his Majesty by Sir James Harrington Knight and Barronet a Commissioner there.
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           CERTAINE
           QVERIES
           ,
           Proposed
           by
           the
           KING
           ,
           To
           the
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           Commissioners
           from
           the
           Honourable
           Houses
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           attending
           his
           Majesty
           at
           
             Holdenby
             ,
          
           the
           23
           of
           this
           instant
           
             Aprill
             ,
          
           1647.
           touching
           the
           celebration
           of
           the
           feast
           of
           EASTER
           .
        
         
           With
           an
           Answer
           thereunto
           ,
           given
           and
           presented
           to
           his
           Majesty
           by
           Sir
           JAMES
           HARRINGTON
           Knight
           and
           Barronet
           a
           Commissioner
           there
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Giles
             ,
             Aprill
          
           27.
           1647.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             I
             desire
             to
             be
             Resolved
             of
             this
             Question
          
           Why
           the
           new
           Reformers
           discharges
           the
           keeping
           of
           Easter
           ?
        
         
           The
           reason
           for
           this
           Query
           is
           ,
           
           I
           Conceive
           the
           Celebration
           of
           this
           Feast
           was
           instituted
           by
           the
           same
           authority
           ,
           which
           changed
           the
           Jewish
           Sabboth
           into
           the
           Lords
           Day
           or
           Sunday
           ,
           for
           it
           will
           not
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture
           where
           Saturday
           is
           discharged
           to
           be
           kept
           ,
           or
           turned
           into
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           wherefore
           it
           must
           be
           the
           Churches
           authority
           that
           changed
           the
           one
           and
           instituted
           the
           other
           ;
           Therefore
           My
           opinion
           is
           that
           those
           who
           will
           not
           keepe
           this
           Feast
           ,
           may
           as
           well
           returne
           to
           the
           observation
           of
           Saturday
           and
           refuse
           the
           weekely
           Sunday
           ;
           when
           any bodie
           can
           shew
           Me
           that
           herein
           I
           am
           in
           an
           error
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           ashamed
           to
           confesse
           and
           amend
           it
           .
           Tell
           when
           you
           know
           my
           minde
           ,
        
         
           
             C.
             REX
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             Your
             
               MAjESTY
               ,
            
          
        
         
           I
           Cannot
           but
           from
           the
           blessed
           Example
           of
           our
           Saviour
           (
           who
           was
           in
           his
           Age
           a
           new
           Reformer
           of
           old
           errors
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           The
           false
           glosses
           of
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharises
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           5.
           20.
           
           )
           but
           accompt
           all
           such
           Reformers
           in
           our
           times
           ,
           blessed
           also
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           Easter
           although
           I
           know
           not
           any
           Ordinance
           of
           Parliament
           discharging
           it
           ;
           yet
           with
           submission
           to
           better
           judgments
           ,
           I
           in
           all
           dutifulnesse
           conceive
           that
           Your
           Majesties
           Reason
           upon
           which
           Your
           Queery
           is
           built
           ,
           hath
           a
           great
           mistake
           even
           in
           the
           foundation
           of
           it
           ,
           You
           being
           pleased
           to
           lay
           this
           for
           a
           ground
           that
           the
           change
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           ,
           and
           the
           Institution
           of
           Easter
           are
           by
           one
           and
           the
           same
           equall
           authority
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           Decree
           ,
           which
           with
           Your
           Majesties
           favour
           I
           cannot
           yeild
           to
           ,
           for
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           that
           the
           change
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Sabboth
           (
           the
           commemoration
           of
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           Creation
           )
           unto
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           the
           remembrance
           of
           that
           greaterwork
           (
           the
           worke
           of
           Redemption
           finished
           upon
           this
           day
           of
           the
           Lords
           Resurrection
           )
           was
           by
           no
           lesse
           then
           by
           Divine
           authority
           ,
           because
           the
           keeping
           of
           one
           day
           in
           seven
           as
           a
           Sabboth
           to
           God
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           
           sanctified
           and
           set
           a
           part
           by
           Gods
           own
           example
           in
           the
           Creation
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           2.
           
             ver.
          
           3.
           and
           accordingly
           observed
           by
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           many
           weekes
           before
           the
           Law
           was
           given
           
             Ex.
          
           16.
           
             ver.
          
           23.
           but
           is
           one
           of
           the
           ten
           Commandements
           delivered
           by
           Gods
           own
           voyce
           ,
           on
           
             Mount
             Sinay
             ,
          
           Written
           by
           his
           owne
           finger
           in
           Tables
           of
           stone
           ,
           commanded
           by
           himselfe
           to
           be
           put
           into
           the
           Arke
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           decalogue
           or
           ten
           Commandements
           ,
           are
           also
           by
           our
           blessed
           Saviour
           in
           his
           Sermon
           upon
           the
           
             Mount
             ,
          
           declared
           to
           be
           the
           rule
           of
           his
           peoples
           morall
           obedience
           unto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           5.
           17.
           
           And
           in
           the
           following
           part
           of
           that
           Sermon
           ,
           wherein
           hee
           vindicates
           the
           Law
           from
           the
           corrupt
           glosses
           of
           the
           Scribes
           and
           Pharises
           ;
           He
           instances
           only
           in
           morall
           duties
           and
           morall
           Lawes
           ,
           from
           all
           which
           Divines
           generally
           infer
           that
           the
           Decalogue
           is
           to
           continue
           in
           force
           unto
           the
           worlds
           end
           ;
           And
           therefore
           it
           seemes
           most
           apparent
           that
           no
           authority
           that
           is
           inferior
           to
           that
           which
           appointed
           the
           seventh
           day
           from
           the
           
             Creation
          
           to
           be
           the
           Sabboth
           ,
           could
           abrogate
           that
           day
           and
           appoint
           another
           day
           to
           be
           used
           instead
           of
           it
           ,
           because
           neither
           the
           Law
           of
           Nature
           nor
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           doth
           anywhere
           give
           the
           least
           intimation
           ,
           that
           any
           humane
           power
           may
           change
           any
           of
           the
           Commandements
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           indeed
           so
           many
           absurdities
           would
           follow
           upon
           such
           an
           assertion
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           confident
           Your
           Majejesty
           will
           not
           own
           it
           ;
           It
           remaines
           therefore
           that
           the
           change
           of
           the
           day
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           worke
           of
           Christ
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           of
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           were
           Divinely
           inspired
           ,
           
             Acts
          
           15.
           21.
           
           And
           to
           
           prove
           that
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           by
           Divine
           institution
           ,
           the
           Lords
           day
           now
           succeeds
           in
           the
           room
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Sabboth
           ,
           I
           shall
           use
           no
           other
           Arguments
           then
           those
           which
           I
           finde
           in
           learned
           Bishop
           
             Andrewes
          
           his
           Speech
           in
           the
           Star
           Chamber
           at
           the
           Censure
           of
           Mr.
           
             Traske
             ;
          
           who
           expresly
           saith
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           ever
           beene
           the
           Churches
           Doctrine
           that
           Christ
           made
           an
           end
           of
           all
           Sabboths
           by
           his
           Sabboth
           in
           the
           Grave
           ;
           And
           that
           presently
           the
           Lords
           Day
           came
           in
           the
           place
           of
           it
           ,
           And
           that
           according
           to
           
             Austens
          
           judgement
           ,
           The
           Lords
           Day
           is
           declared
           to
           be
           the
           Christian
           Sabboth
           by
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           Bishop
           not
           only
           saith
           ,
           but
           proveth
           by
           these
           Arguments
           ,
           first
           because
           he
           then
           began
           the
           new
           world
           
             Heb.
          
           1.
           2.
           by
           whom
           he
           made
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           first
           world
           which
           ended
           with
           his
           buriall
           ,
           the
           second
           world
           or
           new
           creation
           which
           began
           with
           his
           resurrection
           ;
           secondly
           because
           the
           foure
           Evangelists
           say
           Christ
           rose
           
             una
             Sabbatorum
             ,
          
           that
           is
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           ;
           thirdly
           the
           Apostles
           kept
           their
           holy
           meetings
           on
           that
           day
           ,
           to
           Preach
           and
           Pray
           and
           Celebrate
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           20.
           7.
           fourthly
           the
           day
           is
           called
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Apostle
           
             John
          
           himselfe
           ,
           
             Revel.
          
           1.
           10.
           
           And
           he
           further
           addes
           that
           this
           epithite
           
             (
             Dominicum
             )
          
           in
           the
           Scripture
           is
           onely
           applied
           to
           these
           two
           ,
           the
           Lords
           day
           and
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           they
           are
           both
           to
           be
           taken
           alike
           in
           the
           Scripture
           :
           fifthly
           he
           saith
           wee
           have
           not
           onely
           example
           but
           expresse
           precept
           for
           it
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           16.
           2.
           that
           upon
           
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           which
           was
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Assembly
           ,
           then
           collections
           o●
           oblations
           should
           be
           made
           ;
           and
           lastly
           he
           affirmes
           that
           in
           all
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           this
           day
           was
           observed
           ;
           To
           this
           I
           may
           adde
           our
           Saviours
           rest
           upon
           that
           day
           from
           his
           workes
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           4
           ▪
           10.
           
           His
           often
           visiting
           his
           Apostles
           during
           the
           forty
           daies
           after
           his
           resurrection
           ,
           upon
           that
           day
           speaking
           of
           the
           things
           appertaining
           to
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           1.
           3.
           
           Now
           what
           more
           materiall
           thing
           was
           there
           to
           be
           declared
           to
           them
           then
           this
           ,
           the
           change
           of
           the
           Sabboth
           ,
           and
           the
           appointing
           a
           set
           time
           for
           his
           worship
           ,
           he
           accordingly
           appearing
           thrice
           upon
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           ,
           besides
           his
           being
           seen
           of
           the
           women
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           28.
           9.
           to
           teach
           and
           instruct
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           first
           to
           the
           two
           Disciples
           that
           went
           to
           
             Emmaus
             ,
             Luk.
          
           24.
           15.
           secondly
           to
           the
           Apostles
           when
           
             Thomas
          
           was
           absent
           ,
           
             John
             .
          
           20.
           ver.
           19.
           and
           the
           third
           time
           when
           
             Thomas
          
           was
           present
           ,
           
             Iohn
             .
          
           20.
           26.
           
           As
           also
           observe
           that
           those
           wonderfull
           and
           extraordinary
           gifts
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           were
           poured
           out
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           upon
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Church
           (
           then
           )
           met
           together
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           2.
           1.
           
           The
           day
           of
           Penticost
           being
           the
           morrow
           after
           the
           seaventh
           sabboth
           ,
           to
           be
           accompted
           from
           the
           day
           of
           the
           sheafe-offering
           ,
           
             Levit.
          
           23.
           15.
           by
           all
           which
           he
           seemes
           to
           have
           honoured
           and
           set
           apart
           that
           day
           above
           others
           for
           his
           service
           ;
           lastly
           this
           being
           a
           principall
           institution
           might
           probably
           be
           one
           of
           those
           decrees
           ordained
           by
           the
           Apostles
           as
           well
           as
           that
           concerning
           the
           sacrament
           ,
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           11.
           34.
           and
           delivered
           by
           
             Paul
          
           to
           the
           Churches
           in
           all
           the
           Cities
           
           through
           which
           he
           passed
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           16.
           ve
           .
           4.
           
           But
           for
           the
           observation
           of
           Easter
           to
           be
           an
           annuall
           festivall
           to
           Christians
           I
           finde
           nothing
           in
           the
           holy
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           your
           Majestie
           is
           pleased
           to
           place
           it
           only
           upon
           the
           Churches
           authority
           ;
           And
           although
           I
           will
           not
           contend
           about
           the
           Churches
           power
           of
           Institution
           of
           such
           things
           as
           are
           simply
           indifferent
           ,
           yet
           I
           suppose
           I
           may
           boldly
           assert
           that
           such
           things
           as
           are
           instituted
           onely
           by
           Ecclesiasticall
           Authority
           ,
           having
           no
           footesteps
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           may
           be
           by
           Ecclesiasticall
           Authority
           be
           altered
           and
           laid
           aside
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Majesties
             most
             loyall
             subject
             and
             humble
             servant
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .