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A41789	The seventh day-Sabbath ceased as ceremonial and yet the morality of the fourth command remaineth, or, Seven reasons tending to prove that the fourth command in the Decalogue is of a different nature from the other nine ... also certain answers to some of the said reasons proved insufficient : whereunto is added a postscript, shewing the judgement of the Jews and antient Christians, touching the Sabbath-day / by Tho. Grantham.	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.	1667 (1667)	Wing G1547; ESTC R18492	18,115	24

wherein they were given and we say persons may now be under the authority of a Precept formerly attended with the penalty of death and yet not now attended therewith For example God commands that his name be not taken in vain and assigned the punishment of death to them that did Prophesie Lies in his Name But will any man say that all false Prophets ought now to be put to death Let them say so that can prove it Again that kinde of Fornication mentioned in 1 Cor. 5. 1. was punishable by death Lev. 20 11. We are under the power of the Precept which forbids that sin and yet not under that penalty 2 Cor. 2. 6 7. And now concerning the fourth Precept we say we are under the moral part thereof and yet we say mens not setting sufficient time apart to serve God is not now punishable by death It doth not therefore follow that we break this Law to avoid the penalty But we say first we are not bound to the Cerimonial part thereof and therefore we observe it not Secondly we deny your observation of it because you urge a necessity of the penalty And whereas it is alledged that our plea will as well conclude against the sixth Precept as against the observation of the seventh-day I answer not so for the penalty of death to him that commits murther is discernable to be due by the Law of Reason and was exacted by Gods appointment long before the Law of the Sabbath-day was given And albeit according to our reasoning but yet by our Saviours tolleration some of the children of the wicked one must be let alone in the field to wit the world and that till Harvest even the end of the world yet this can onely be understood of those whose errors happen in matters of Religion for as touching Murtherers c. they must either be taken away or humane society would fail Spiritual wickedness then is for ought I see onely punishable by the Word of God and censures of the Church whilst here by God himself hereafter corporal sins are punishable by Magistrates here though the sinner be never so repentant by God himself hereafter also if he repent not Finally I offer it to the consideration of sober men whether it would be Gospel like for Believers in Christ to compel their Families to celebrate the Sabbath such of them especially as are of Faith and Religion contradistinct to them in that point and yet behold this must they do according to Moses for the Law of the Sabbath requires the Master of the house to order his Children and Servants in point of Sabbathizing An Objection answered The most important Objection here to be removed is this If Christians be not bound to observe the Seventh-day how can any be blamed for neglecting any time whatsoever agreed upon by the Church for the worship of God Answ This Objection is the best answered by considering some cases like the case propounded As first God appointed a certain place where to be worshipped as well as a time when and required that thrice every year his people should appear before him in the place which he should chuse c. Now we know there is as little possibility to congregate Gods people without place as without time to that purpose and such as will cavil at the time agreed on by the Church may as well cavil at the place agreed on by the Church for how can I bind any man to come to my house or to permit me to come to his unless I acknowledge the power of the Churches agreement to be sufficient for both Thus then this Objection will inforce a particular and constant place as wel as a particular and constant time as then he cannot escape just reproof who regardeth not the place which the Church by mutual consent asligneth for Gods Worship so neither can he escape who regardeth not the time in like manner assigned to that end and purpose Secondly it 's Christians duty to celebrate the memorial of the passion of Christ with bread and wine and to wait upon-God in fasting and prayer But if I ask when and where these things must be done it would prove as difficult to answer as the question propounded Thirdly there is much to be said for the first day of the week as having been religiously observed by the Apostles and primitive Churches both from holy Scripture and some other authorities worth our consideration But for my part I do not think any set time was so imposed but that the Church if occasion should press might yet without sin observe another time Brethren ●e are called unto Liberty only use not your Liberty as an occasion to the Flesh Stand fast therefore in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and be not intangled again with the yoke of Bondage THE END The POSTSCRIPT SHewing the opinion of some of the Jewish Rabbins concerning the Sabbath-day And certain Antient Christians concerning the Sabbath-day and the First day The Rabbins We read saith Pet. Galatinus on the Jews gloss upon these words The Lord hath given you the Sabbath What means these words The Lord hath given Ex Heylin Hist de Sabbath you Because it was given to the Jews and not unto the Gentiles Rabbi Johanan saith that whatsoever Statute God gave Israel he gave it to them publickly except the Sabbath and that was given to them in secret according to that of Exodus it is a sign between me and the children of Israel Josephus in his book of Antiquities and Wars of the Jews calls the Sabbath Antiq l. 14 c. 18 de Bello l. 2. c. 16 a National and Local custome a Law peculiar to that people The Antient Christians of the 1 2 3 4. Centuries Justin Martyr saith none of the righteous men and such as walked with Justin in Dyal cum Trypho God were either Circumcised or kept the Sabbath until the several times of Abraham and Moses Ireneus saith that Circumcision and the Sabbath were both given for signs Iren. advers Heres l. 4. c. 30 and that all the multitude of the faithful before Abraham were justified without the one i. e. Circumcision and that the Patriarks which preceded Moses were justified without the other Tertullian requires the Jews to prove if they can that the Fathers of former Tertul. advers Judaeos times meaning before the time of Abraham were Circumcised or kept the Sabbath or that thereby they obtained to be called or accounted the friends of God Eusebius saith The Religion of the Patriarks of old was like the Christian Euscb Hist l. 1. c. 4. and he proves it thus They were not Circumcised no more are we They kept not the Sabbath no more do we They were not bound to abstain from sundry kindes of meats no more are we And elsewhere he saith Melchesideck was a Priest of the most high God neither being Circumcised nor annointed with the holy Oyle c. no not so much as knowing that there was a Sabbath c. and living most agreeable to the Gospel Concerning the First day Ignatius was of this minde that both the Seventh and First dayes was to be observed these are his words After we have thus kept the Sabbath Ignat. l. 8. let every one that loveth Christ keep the Lords day Festival the Resurrection day the Queen and Empress of all dayes wherein our life was raised again and death was overcome by our Lord and Saviour Justin Martyr saith upon the Sunday all of us assemble in the Congregation as being the First day wherein God separated the Light from the Darkness Just Mart. Created the World and Jesus Christ our Saviour rose again from the Dead Augustine saith The Lords day was made known to us Christians by the Aug. Ep. 119. Resurrection and from that began to be accounted holy Read this yet know all th' Antients did not say One self same thing 'bout th' First or Seventh day FINIS