The doctrine of the Sabbath, as it hath been believed and taught, by ancient and eminent Christians, collected word for word out of their own writings, and now tendred to the consideration of all the godly, especially to direct them to the Parliament, to direct them in their intended Act, for the due and strict observation of the Lords Day. / By a friend to truth, and to the present powers of this Common-wealth, in the way of truth.
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             The doctrine of the Sabbath, as it hath been believed and taught, by ancient and eminent Christians, collected word for word out of their own writings, and now tendred to the consideration of all the godly, especially to direct them to the Parliament, to direct them in their intended Act, for the due and strict observation of the Lords Day. / By a friend to truth, and to the present powers of this Common-wealth, in the way of truth.
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           THE
           DOCTRINE
           OF
           THE
           SABBATH
           ,
           As
           it
           hath
           been
           believed
           and
           taught
           ,
           by
           ancient
           and
           eminent
           Christians
           ,
           Collected
           word
           for
           word
           out
           of
           their
           own
           writings
           ,
           AND
           Now
           Tendred
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           all
           the
           Godly
           ,
           especially
           TO
           THE
           PARLIAMENT
           ,
           To
           direct
           them
           in
           their
           intended
           Act
           ,
           for
           the
           due
           and
           strict
           observation
           Of
           the
           Lords
           Day
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           friend
           to
           Truth
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           present
           powers
           of
           this
           Common-wealth
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Truth
           .
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Giles
             Calvert
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           ,
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Black
           Spread-Eagle
           
             ,
          
           at
           the
           West-end
           of
           
             Pauls
             .
          
           1650.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THere
           is
           nothing
           more
           
             dangerous
          
           (
           and
           yet
           more
           
             common
             )
          
           among
           Professors
           ,
           then
           
             Zeal
             without
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           for
           by
           this
           ,
           men
           have
           many
           times
           run
           headlong
           ,
           against
           the
           
             power
          
           of
           godliness
           ,
           pretending
           the
           
             Form
             ,
          
           and
           against
           the
           
             Truth
          
           and
           
             Spirit
          
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           pretending
           the
           
             Letter
          
           of
           it
           ,
           yea
           through
           this
           they
           have
           killed
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           and
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           ,
           thinking
           thereby
           they
           did
           God
           
             good
             service
             :
          
           And
           even
           godly
           men
           themselves
           ,
           having
           in
           some
           things
           more
           
             Zeal
          
           then
           
             Knowledge
             ,
          
           have
           grosly
           erred
           and
           mistaken
           in
           very
           weighty
           matters
           ;
           
             Peter
          
           of
           a
           good
           mind
           (
           as
           they
           say
           )
           rebuked
           Christ
           ,
           for
           saying
           he
           must
           go
           to
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           and
           there
           suffer
           death
           ;
           and
           the
           sons
           of
           
             Zebedee
             ,
          
           out
           of
           the
           like
           blind
           zeal
           ;
           would
           have
           had
           fire
           to
           have
           come
           from
           Heaven
           to
           destroy
           the
           
             Samaritans
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           out
           of
           a
           great
           Zeal
           are
           providing
           for
           the
           strict
           
             Observation
          
           of
           the
           
             Lords
          
           Day
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           that
           they
           may
           take
           
             Knowledge
             along
          
           with
           their
           
             Zeal
             ,
          
           or
           rather
           in
           the
           
             head
          
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           its
           guide
           and
           Leader
           ,
           I
           have
           thought
           good
           to
           admonish
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           search
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           the
           Word
           they
           presume
           to
           do
           nothing
           ,
           though
           it
           seem
           never
           so
           glorious
           ,
           seeing
           whatever
           is
           done
           without
           the
           Word
           ,
           though
           it
           seem
           never
           so
           holy
           and
           good
           ,
           yet
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           plain
           Idolatry
           .
           And
           because
           none
           should
           say
           that
           I
           had
           perverted
           the
           Word
           ,
           and
           given
           a
           false
           sense
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           am
           come
           forth
           to
           trouble
           the
           Church
           with
           new
           Light
           and
           Notions
           ,
           I
           have
           therefore
           produced
           in
           this
           matter
           only
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           
             Others
             ,
          
           yet
           such
           ,
           whose
           names
           are
           pretious
           in
           the
           Church
           for
           their
           Wisdom
           and
           spirituall
           understanding
           in
           the
           Word
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           their
           Faith
           and
           Love
           ,
           who
           though
           dead
           ,
           yet
           speak
           to
           this
           matter
           in
           these
           following
           Quotations
           .
        
         
         
           
             Testimonies
             gathered
             together
             by
             that
             pretious
             Martyr
             ,
             Doctor
             Barnes
             ,
             which
             are
             extant
             in
             his
             Works
             to
             be
             read
             pag.
             367.
             
          
           
             That
             the
             true
             Observation
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             consisteth
             not
             only
             in
             abstaining
             from
             bodily
             labors
             ;
             And
             that
             to
             a
             Christian
             man
             every
             day
             is
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             the
             Seventh
             day
             .
          
           
             
               HIerome
            
             saith
             ,
             
             Therefore
             be
             certain
             dayes
             assigned
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             come
             together
             ;
             not
             that
             that
             day
             in
             the
             which
             we
             come
             together
             is
             holyer
             then
             another
             ,
             but
             all
             dayes
             be
             alike
             and
             equall
             .
             And
             Christ
             is
             not
             alonely
             crucified
             in
             Parasceden
             ,
             and
             risen
             only
             on
             the
             Sonday
             ,
             but
             the
             day
             of
             Resurrection
             is
             alwayes
             ,
             and
             alwayes
             may
             we
             eat
             of
             the
             Lords
             Flesh
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Augustine
            
             saith
             ,
             
             We
             must
             observe
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             ,
             not
             that
             we
             should
             reckon
             our selves
             not
             to
             labor
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             things
             that
             we
             do
             work
             well
             ,
             must
             have
             an
             intention
             to
             the
             everlasting
             rest
             .
             Wherefore
             we
             must
             observe
             the
             holy
             day
             ,
             not
             by
             corporall
             idleness
             ,
             and
             unto
             the
             Letter
             ,
             but
             spiritually
             must
             we
             rest
             from
             vices
             and
             concupiscences
             .
             Wherefore
             among
             all
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             ,
             that
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             is
             alonely
             commanded
             to
             be
             figuratively
             observed
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Tertullian
            
             saith
             ,
             
             The
             carnall
             Circumcision
             is
             put
             away
             ,
             and
             extincted
             at
             his
             time
             .
             So
             likewise
             the
             observation
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             is
             declared
             to
             be
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             for
             we
             must
             keep
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             ,
             not
             alonely
             the
             Seventh
             day
             ,
             but
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             as
             
               Isai.
            
             saith
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Augustine
            
             saith
             ,
             
             It
             is
             come
             unto
             me
             ,
             that
             certain
             men
             ,
             which
             be
             of
             an
             evill
             mind
             ,
             have
             sowen
             certain
             evill
             things
             among
             you
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             holy
             Faith
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             do
             forbid
             that
             men
             should
             work
             on
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             .
             The
             which
             men
             ,
             what
             other
             thing
             shall
             we
             call
             them
             ,
             but
             the
             Preachers
             of
             Antichrist
             ,
             the
             which
             Antichrist
             shall
             make
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             and
             the
             Sonday
             be
             kept
             from
             all
             manner
             of
             work
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             Testimonies
             proving
             the
             same
             Article
             ,
             Translated
             out
             of
             his
             Book
             De
             Doctorum
             Sententiis
             .
          
           
             AND
             it
             shall
             come
             to
             pass
             from
             Moon
             to
             his
             Moon
             ,
             
             and
             from
             Sabbath
             to
             Sabbath
             ,
             all
             Flesh
             shall
             come
             to
             worship
             before
             me
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             Son
             of
             Man
             is
             also
             Lord
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             .
             
          
           
             Let
             no
             man
             therefore
             judge
             you
             in
             meat
             or
             in
             drink
             ,
             or
             in
             part
             of
             an
             holy
             day
             ,
             
             or
             of
             the
             new
             Moon
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             dayes
             ,
             which
             are
             a
             shadow
             of
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             the
             body
             is
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             After
             ye
             have
             known
             God
             ,
             
             or
             rather
             are
             known
             of
             God
             ,
             how
             turn
             ye
             again
             to
             the
             weak
             and
             beggarly
             Elements
             ,
             whereunto
             ye
             desire
             again
             to
             be
             in
             bondage
             ?
             Ye
             observe
             
               Dayes
               ,
            
             and
             Moneths
             ,
             and
             Times
             ,
             and
             Years
             ;
             I
             am
             afraid
             of
             you
             ,
             lest
             I
             have
             bestowed
             upon
             you
             labor
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
             The
             Jews
             were
             commanded
             to
             celebrate
             the
             holy
             Sabbath
             one
             day
             in
             the
             week
             ,
             
             that
             they
             should
             be
             subject
             to
             no
             burden
             :
             but
             they
             being
             loosed
             from
             worldly
             business
             ,
             I
             would
             they
             had
             so
             passed
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             carryed
             with
             them
             no
             burden
             of
             grievous
             sins
             unto
             the
             everlasting
             Sabbath
             of
             the
             world
             to
             come
             .
             Let
             the
             Synagogue
             of
             the
             Jews
             observe
             the
             day
             ,
             let
             the
             Church
             observe
             it
             to
             Immortality
             .
             In
             the
             Law
             therefore
             was
             a
             portion
             ,
             in
             the
             Gospel
             is
             the
             perfection
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Whosoever
             observeth
             that
             day
             hitherunto
             ,
             
             as
             the
             Letter
             soundeth
             ,
             judgeth
             carnally
             .
          
           
             For
             if
             Christ
             hath
             taken
             from
             us
             that
             grievous
             yoke
             of
             many
             Observances
             ,
             
             that
             we
             should
             not
             be
             carnally
             Circumcised
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             not
             offer
             Sacrifice
             for
             our
             sins
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             Sabbath
             of
             the
             Seventh
             day
             we
             should
             not
             abstain
             from
             necessary
             business
             ,
             and
             other
             such
             like
             ,
             if
             we
             observe
             them
             being
             spiritually
             understood
             ,
             and
             setting
             aside
             all
             shadows
             ,
             signifying
             the
             true
             light
             of
             those
             things
             .
             Let
             us
             take
             heed
             whether
             we
             shall
             therefore
             say
             that
             it
             pertaineth
             not
             to
             us
             which
             is
             written
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             one
             findeth
             of
             another
             mans
             ,
             he
             restore
             again
             to
             him
             that
             lost
             it
             :
             and
             many
             other
             precepts
             whereby
             we
             learn
             to
             live
             well
             and
             godly
             ,
             and
             especially
             that
             Decalogue
             which
             is
             contained
             in
             the
             two
             Tables
             of
             stone
             ,
             the
             carnall
             observation
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             only
             excepted
             ,
             which
             signifieth
             a
             spirituall
             sanctification
             and
             rest
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             First
             ,
             
             must
             a
             man
             know
             that
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Law
             be
             of
             two
             sorts
             ,
             for
             they
             partly
             consist
             in
             Sacraments
             ,
             and
             partly
             in
             morall
             precepts
             .
             Unto
             the
             Sacraments
             are
             referred
             the
             Circumcision
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             the
             temporal
             Sabbath
             ,
             the
             new
             Moon
             ,
             the
             Sacrifices
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             like
             innumerable
             observances
             .
             Unto
             moral
             precepts
             are
             referred
             these
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             slay
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Testimony
             of
             others
             in
             this
             matter
             .
          
           
             
               TIndal
            
             the
             Martyr
             saith
             ,
             
             And
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             which
             was
             ordained
             to
             be
             their
             servant
             &
             to
             preach
             &
             be
             a
             sign
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             God
             through
             his
             holy
             Spirit
             and
             Word
             doth
             sanctifie
             them
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             obeyed
             his
             commandments
             ,
             and
             believed
             ,
             and
             trusted
             in
             his
             promises
             ,
             and
             therefore
             were
             charged
             to
             leave
             working
             ,
             and
             to
             come
             on
             the
             holy
             day
             to
             hear
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             were
             sanctified
             unto
             it
             ,
             also
             they
             became
             captive
             and
             bound
             to
             serve
             it
             ,
             saying
             that
             they
             were
             justified
             by
             abstaining
             from
             bodily
             labor
             (
             as
             ours
             think
             also
             )
             insomuch
             that
             though
             they
             bestowed
             not
             the
             holy
             day
             in
             vertue
             ,
             prayer
             ,
             and
             hearing
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             alms-deeds
             ,
             in
             visiting
             the
             sick
             ,
             the
             needy
             and
             comfortless
             ,
             and
             so
             forth
             ,
             but
             went
             up
             and
             down
             idle
             ,
             yet
             whatsoever
             need
             his
             neighbor
             had
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             have
             helped
             him
             on
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             ,
             as
             thou
             mayest
             see
             by
             the
             Ruler
             of
             the
             Synagogue
             ,
             who
             rebuked
             Christ
             for
             healing
             the
             people
             on
             the
             holy
             day
             ,
             
               Luk.
            
             13.
             
          
           
             Again
             the
             same
             
               Tindal
            
             saith
             ,
             
             And
             as
             for
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             a
             great
             matter
             ,
             we
             be
             Lords
             over
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             and
             may
             yet
             change
             it
             into
             the
             Monday
             ,
             
             or
             any
             other
             day
             ,
             as
             we
             see
             need
             ,
             or
             may
             make
             every
             
               tenth
            
             day
             holyday
             only
             ,
             if
             we
             see
             a
             cause
             why
             :
             We
             may
             make
             two
             every
             week
             if
             it
             were
             expedient
             ,
             and
             not
             enough
             to
             teach
             the
             people
             .
             Neither
             was
             there
             any
             cause
             to
             change
             it
             from
             the
             Saturday
             ,
             then
             to
             put
             difference
             between
             us
             and
             the
             Jews
             ,
             and
             lest
             we
             should
             become
             servants
             to
             the
             day
             after
             their
             superstition
             .
             Neither
             needed
             we
             any
             holyday
             at
             all
             ,
             if
             the
             people
             might
             be
             taught
             without
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Bernardine
               Ochine
            
             saith
             ,
             
             Since
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             appeared
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             we
             ought
             to
             judge
             all
             times
             of
             grace
             to
             be
             a
             most
             holy
             Sabbath
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             all
             the
             times
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             without
             putting
             diversity
             between
             one
             day
             and
             another
             ,
             to
             be
             altogether
             holy
             &
             so
             spend
             them
             altogether
             in
             the
             honor
             and
             glory
             of
             God
             .
             But
             the
             
             Pope
             commands
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             there
             shall
             be
             a
             diversity
             beween
             dayes
             and
             times
             in
             holiness
             .
          
           
             
               Luther
            
             saith
             ,
             
             The
             eighth
             day
             signifies
             allegorically
             the
             life
             to
             come
             .
             For
             Christ
             rested
             in
             the
             Sepulchre
             ,
             the
             Sabbath
             day
             or
             whole
             seventh
             day
             ,
             but
             he
             rose
             in
             the
             day
             following
             the
             Sabbath
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             eighth
             ,
             and
             the
             beginning
             of
             a
             new
             week
             ,
             
               nec
               numeratur
               ultra
               eam
               alia
               dies
               ,
            
             neither
             is
             any
             day
             numbred
             beyond
             that
             .
             For
             Christ
             by
             his
             death
             
               conclusit
               hebdomadas
               temporum
               ,
            
             hath
             concluded
             the
             weeks
             of
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             eighth
             day
             entered
             into
             another
             kinde
             of
             life
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             are
             no
             more
             dayes
             reckoned
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             one
             eternal
             day
             without
             any
             courses
             of
             night
             .
          
           
             
               Luther
            
             saith
             ,
             The
             Sabbath
             was
             commanded
             to
             the
             Jews
             in
             a
             figure
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             expresly
             signifies
             ,
             
               Col.
            
             2.
             which
             is
             a
             shadow
             of
             future
             things
             ,
             but
             the
             body
             is
             of
             Christ
             .
             The
             Sabbath
             signifies
             ,
             that
             very
             spiritual
             time
             which
             Christ
             the
             Sun
             of
             Righteousness
             hath
             illuminated
             ,
             which
             hath
             no
             night
             ,
             whence
             
               Isaiah
            
             saith
             
               Ch.
            
             66.
             moneth
             shall
             be
             from
             moneth
             ,
             and
             Sabbath
             from
             Sabbath
             :
             and
             the
             Apostle
             reproves
             the
             
               Galatians
               ,
            
             that
             they
             observed
             days
             ,
             and
             moneths
             ,
             and
             times
             ,
             and
             yeers
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Jewish
             rite
             ,
             that
             is
             only
             outwardly
             ;
             therefore
             that
             precept
             (
             yea
             all
             )
             is
             ceased
             to
             perfect
             Christians
             ,
             for
             the
             Law
             is
             not
             given
             to
             a
             righteous
             man
             .
             Notwithstanding
             the
             Church
             hath
             retained
             Feasts
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             their
             sakes
             who
             are
             unperfect
             ,
             for
             a
             true
             righteous
             man
             is
             so
             like
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             as
             God
             is
             indifferent
             to
             all
             days
             ,
             to
             all
             places
             ,
             to
             all
             persons
             ,
             so
             is
             he
             ;
             every
             day
             to
             him
             is
             holyday
             .
             But
             to
             the
             weak
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             yet
             mortified
             according
             to
             the
             old
             man
             ,
             it
             is
             needful
             that
             they
             should
             be
             occupied
             in
             watchings
             ,
             fastings
             ,
             labors
             ,
             prayers
             ,
             disciplines
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             in
             the
             use
             of
             which
             ,
             they
             may
             attain
             to
             the
             profit
             of
             the
             inner
             man
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             body
             is
             chastened
             &
             brought
             into
             servitude
             ,
             and
             the
             passions
             of
             it
             mortified
             ,
             then
             they
             by
             degrees
             may
             cease
             ,
             and
             be
             so
             much
             abated
             ,
             as
             the
             inner
             man
             is
             profited
             ,
             in
             such
             sort
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             should
             be
             perfect
             ,
             these
             things
             ought
             altogether
             to
             cease
             .
             This
             is
             that
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               Law
               is
               our
               School-master
               to
               bring
               us
               unto
               Christ
               ,
            
             for
             the
             Law
             made
             nothing
             perfect
             ,
             
               Luth.
               tom
               .
               1.
               f.
            
             116.
             
          
           
             
               Luther
            
             on
             
               Isa.
            
             66.
             
             Sabbath
             shall
             be
             from
             Sabbath
             ,
             that
             is
             saith
             he
             ,
             I
             will
             change
             the
             rites
             and
             Feasts
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Priesthood
             ,
             and
             there
             shall
             not
             be
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             distinction
             of
             the
             Sabbath
             
               sed
               perpetua
               Sabbata
               erunt
               ,
            
             but
             there
             shall
             be
             perpetual
             Sabboths
             ;
             but
             these
             are
             in
             the
             Spirit
             and
             in
             faith
             .
             For
             because
             of
             this
             flesh
             of
             ours
             ,
             there
             
             is
             need
             of
             certain
             days
             ,
             wherein
             we
             must
             meet
             together
             ,
             for
             the
             handling
             of
             the
             word
             and
             the
             Sacraments
             .
          
           
             
               Calvin
            
             saith
             ,
             
             Such
             a
             division
             of
             dayes
             belonged
             to
             the
             Jews
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             devoutly
             observe
             the
             dayes
             commanded
             ,
             by
             severing
             them
             from
             others
             :
             but
             amongst
             Christians
             such
             a
             division
             is
             ceased
             .
             But
             some
             will
             say
             ,
             we
             do
             yet
             retain
             some
             observation
             of
             days
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             we
             in
             no
             way
             keep
             dayes
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             were
             any
             religion
             in
             holy
             dayes
             ,
             
               aut
               quasi
               fas
               non
               sit
               tunc
               laborare
               ,
            
             or
             as
             if
             it
             were
             not
             lawfull
             to
             labor
             then
             ,
             but
             only
             respect
             is
             had
             of
             politie
             and
             order
             ,
             not
             of
             dayes
             .
             And
             a
             little
             after
             ,
             on
             these
             words
             ,
             
               The
               body
               is
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             he
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             substance
             of
             those
             things
             which
             the
             Ceremonies
             heretofore
             did
             figure
             ,
             is
             set
             before
             our
             eyes
             in
             Christ
             ,
             because
             he
             conteines
             in
             himself
             what
             ever
             they
             did
             foretel
             should
             be
             .
             And
             therefore
             he
             that
             recals
             the
             Ceremonies
             into
             use
             ,
             either
             overwhelms
             the
             manifestation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             or
             spoils
             Christ
             of
             his
             vertue
             and
             makes
             him
             void
             .
             And
             therefore
             if
             any
             mortal
             man
             shall
             usurp
             to
             himself
             the
             office
             of
             a
             Judge
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             Let
             us
             not
             obey
             ,
             seeing
             Christ
             the
             lawful
             Judge
             absolves
             us
             .
          
           
             Again
             
               Calvin
               ,
            
             on
             
               Gal.
            
             4.
             10.
             saith
             ,
             when
             therefore
             proper
             holiness
             is
             attributed
             to
             dayes
             by
             themselves
             ,
             when
             one
             day
             is
             distinguished
             from
             another
             for
             Religions
             sake
             ,
             when
             holydays
             are
             reckoned
             part
             of
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             dayes
             are
             observed
             amiss
             .
             We
             now
             ,
             who
             have
             a
             difference
             of
             dayes
             ,
             do
             not
             impose
             the
             snare
             of
             necessity
             on
             mens
             consciences
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             distinguish
             between
             days
             ,
             as
             if
             one
             day
             were
             more
             holy
             then
             another
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             place
             therein
             Religion
             and
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             we
             only
             provide
             for
             order
             and
             concord
             .
             And
             so
             the
             observation
             with
             us
             is
             free
             and
             pure
             from
             all
             superstition
             .
          
           
             
               Zuinglius
            
             saith
             ,
             
             
               Fides
               docet
               ,
               operante
               Deo
               omnia
               bona
               fieri
               ,
               &
               hoc
               est
               Sabbatum
               nostrum
               .
            
             Faith
             teaches
             us
             that
             all
             good
             things
             are
             done
             by
             Gods
             working
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             our
             Sabbath
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             
               Zuinglius
            
             saith
             ,
             
             Now
             here
             my
             
               Valentine
            
             how
             the
             Sabboth
             is
             rendred
             ceremonial
             .
             If
             we
             would
             have
             the
             Lords
             Day
             so
             bound
             to
             time
             ,
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             wickedness
             in
             
               aliud
               tempus
               transferre
               ,
            
             to
             transfer
             it
             to
             another
             time
             ,
             in
             which
             resting
             from
             our
             labors
             equally
             as
             in
             that
             ,
             we
             may
             hear
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             necessity
             haply
             shall
             so
             require
             :
             this
             day
             so
             sollicitously
             observed
             ,
             would
             obtrude
             upon
             us
             a
             Ceremonie
             .
             For
             we
             are
             no
             way
             bound
             to
             time
             ,
             but
             time
             ought
             so
             to
             serve
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             lawful
             ,
             and
             permitted
             to
             each
             
             Church
             ,
             when
             necessity
             urges
             (
             as
             is
             usual
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             especially
             at
             Harvest
             time
             )
             to
             transfer
             the
             Solemnity
             and
             rest
             of
             the
             Lords
             Day
             or
             Sabbath
             ,
             to
             some
             other
             day
             ;
             or
             on
             the
             Lords
             it self
             ,
             after
             the
             finishing
             of
             the
             holy
             things
             ,
             to
             follow
             their
             labor
             ,
             though
             not
             without
             great
             necessity
             .
             
               Ad
               Valent
               .
               Compar
               .
               p.
            
             254.
             
          
           
             
               Picus
               Mirandula
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Christus
               finis
               legis
               ,
               est
               nostrum
               Sabbatum
               .
            
             Christ
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             is
             our
             Sabbath
             .
          
           
             And
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             
             
               Heb.
               4.
               3.
               
               We
               which
               have
               believed
               do
               enter
               into
               rest
               ,
            
             and
             he
             that
             is
             entred
             into
             rest
             ceaseth
             from
             his
             own
             works
             ,
             as
             God
             did
             from
             his
             .
          
           
             These
             testimonies
             presently
             came
             to
             my
             hand
             ,
             to
             which
             many
             more
             might
             have
             been
             added
             ,
             if
             time
             would
             have
             suffered
             ,
             but
             these
             are
             sufficient
             to
             hint
             thus
             much
             to
             men
             ,
             That
             the
             Christian
             Sabbath
             is
             something
             more
             ,
             and
             else
             ,
             then
             the
             world
             commonly
             doth
             esteem
             it
             ,
             And
             therefore
             it
             concerns
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             take
             heed
             that
             they
             do
             not
             impose
             Jewish
             superstition
             on
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Gospel-Reformation
             .
          
           
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             2.
             15.
             
             The
             spiritual
             man
             judgeth
             all
             things
             ,
             yet
             he
             himself
             is
             judged
             of
             no
             man
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A82315e-120
           
             Super
             
               Gal.
            
             cap.
             4.
             
          
           
             Epist.
             19.
             
          
           
             Adversus
             Judaeos
             .
          
           
             De
             Consec.
             Dist.
             3
             cap.
             pervenit
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             66.
             23.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             12.
             
          
           
             Col.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4
             9.
             
          
           
             Ambrose
             ad
             Irenae
             .
             Epist.
             77.
             
          
           
             August
             .
             de
             Spiritu
             &
             Lit.
             cap.
             14.
             
          
           
             August
             .
             ad
             Bonifac.
             l.
             3.
             c.
             4.
             cont.
             2.
             Ep.
             Pelag.
             
          
           
             August
             .
             in
             
               Gal.
               
            
          
           
             
               Tindal
               .
            
             p.
             274
             
          
           
             
               Tindal
               .
            
             p.
             287
             
          
           
             ☞
             
          
           
             Ochine
             in
             Dialog
             .
             cont.
             Pap.
             
          
           
             Luther
             .
          
           
             Ad
             
               Colos.
            
             ca.
             2.
             v.
             16.
             
          
           
             Articul
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             ●●bel
             .
             ad
             Valentin
             ,
             Comparem
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             4.