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A16567	A defence of that most ancient and sacred ordinance of Gods, the Sabbath day Consequently, and together with it. 2. A defence of the iiijth commandement. 3. A defence of the integrity and perfection of the Decalogue, morall law, or X. commandements. 4. A defence also of the whole and intire worship of God, in all the partes thereof, as it is prescribed, in the first table of the Decalogue. 5. A discouery of the superstition, impurity and corruption of Gods worship; yea, and idolatry, committed by multitudes, in sanctifying the Lords day, for a Sabbath day, by the iiijth commandement. Vndertaken against all anti-Sabbatharians, both of Protestants, Papists, Antinomians, and Anabaptists; and by name and especially against the X ministers, ... by Theophilus Brabourne.	Brabourne, Theophilus, b. 1590.	1632 (1632)	STC 3473; ESTC S120442	538,800	670

of Christ his Resurrection The Friday because of Christ his Passion Loe here then were two dayes in a weeke sanctified the Friday the Sunday and that without difference Now who that readeth this can thinke that the Church in Constantins time kept the Sunday or Lords day as a Sabbath vnlesse he should absurdly thinke that they kept two Sabbaths in a weeke the Friday the Sunday it is more likely that they kept them both but as we keepe some light holy dayes Nor did the memory of the Resurrection exalte the Lords day any higher then did the memory of the Passion exalte the Friday Thus you see in what esteeme the Church of God had the Lords day in Constantins time III. My third Testimony shall be that whereof we reade in Socrates his Ecclesiasticall Historie lib. 5. cap. 21. vvhere he thus writeth The drifte saith he of the Apostles was not to lay downe Canons Decrees concerning Feastes holy daies but to become paternes vnto vs of piety of good life Godly conuersation Whereas there is greate contention at this time to proue the Lords day to be a Sabbath day instituted in the new Testament by Christ his Apostles this Historian will determine the controuercy for vs if we will be guided by the iudgement of those primitiue Churches for hee saith plainly that the Apostles made no Decrees concerning Holy dayes of which number the Lords day is one and what he saith here of the Apostles the same also in the same Chapter he saith of Christ namely that hee made no law for the Church to celebrate the feast of Easter c. Thus you see it is the iudgement of antiquitie that neither Christ nor his Apostles did euer appoint Easter day vvhich is the Lords day nor any other dayes to be sanctified for Sabbaths I deny not for all this that those times gaue any respect vnto the Lords day and other Holy dayes but this onely I deny that they sanctified this Lords day as Diuinely instituted and appointed by Christ or his Apostles but rather as from the same authority from by which they sanctified other holy dayes of the Saints to wit from by the Tradition of the Church IV. My fowrth Testimony shall be the iudgment of S. Augustine who in his 118 Epistle de festis diebus thus writeth But as for those things which we obserue by Tradition not by wrighting we vnderstand them to be giuen either by the Apostles themselues or by approued Councells c. As the anniuersary celebration of the Lords Passion the Resurrection the Ascention c. In vvhich passage vve note these particulars 1. That S. Augustine accounted the Sanctification of the Lords day to be a thing receiued by Tradition 2. That its institution was not to be founde in the Scriptures for he saith which we obserue by Tradition not by wrighting c. 3. That S. Augustine was doubtfull vncertaine vvhither the obseruation of the Lords day vvere a Tradition receiued from the Apostles or from Councells 4. That S. Augustine rekoneth the Lords day being the Feast of the Resurrection to be of no better nor higher authority then are Good Friday Hallow Thursday the Feasts of Christs Passion Ascention We may as well therefore by S. Augustins iudgement sanctify euery Friday and euery Thursday for Sabbaths throughout the yeere as euery Lords day for they haue all three the same originall selfesame grownd Authority for they be all Traditions vnwritten Traditions and doubtfull whither from the Apostles or from Councells By the way since S. Augustine knew no Scripture for the sanctification of the Lords day for the Sabbath how cometh it about I maruaile that many in our dayes haue found out so many Scriptures for it vve haue now this text of Scripture Ioh. 20.19.26 witnessing that Christ did often appeare vnto his Disciples on this day Another Text we haue for it Act. 20.7 where S. Paul preached a sermon at Troas on this day An other Text we haue found out 1. Cor. 16.2 vvhere there was a collection for the poore on this day And yet an other Text we haue Reuel 1.10 where this day is called the Lords day I maruaile S. Augustine and his times should be so ignorant as not to see these textes as warrantable institutions for the Lords day to become a Sabbath since wee see them and say they are so cleere to proue the point Shall I tell you mine opinion it is this I suppose they that first set their witts on worke to finde a Diuine institution for this Lords day they sawe nothing but Tradition of the Church for it as for the rest of Holy dayes but miseliking this they iudged it better to haue it stand by a Diuine ordinance and therefore haue vsed their witts to wrest these Scriptures thitherwards so now they haue fathered the matter all vpon God and made this Lords day a Diuine ordinance to get the more honour vnto it this durst not S. Augustin doe but he more ingenuously plainly confessed it to be as indeed in trueth it is A Tradition of the Church of equall authority for its sanctification with Good Friday Hallow Thursday other Holie daies To conclude well we may make of the Lords day what esteme we vvill but yet you see it is but a Tradition a Popish Tradition as this vvas the Iudgement of S. Augustine so you shall see it confirmed by others also by by Now if it proue but a Tradition them may vve conclud that all Romish rubish is not as yet cleane swept out of the Reformed Churches An other Testimony of S. Augustine I finde in his vvorkes contra Adimant cap. 16. vvhere he thus vvriteth For we also doe celebrate both the Lords day the Feast of Easter certaine other festiuall daies but we obserue not the times but onelie the things signified by or in those times c. Loe here S. Augustine saith they kept the Lords day indede in his time in that Church but how they kept it much like as they kept other Holy dayes and festiualls for saith he non tempora observamus we regard not the times c. I but did the Lords day stand by the ordinance of Christ then S. Augustine would haue regarded the time for he must haue regarded that very day if Christ had ordained it did the Lords day stand by virtue of the 4th Com. then S. Augustine must haue obserued the time for the day time to wit the Seauenth day vvas no lesse inioyned in the 4th Com. then rest from laboures holy excercises how can men that worke on the Lords day Sabbath be said to rob God of his time if the time be not to be regarded it is more then manifest therfore that S. Augustine the Church of God in his time did not beleeue it that the Lords day vvas instituted by Christ or that it was to be

Major I affirme that all the 10 commandements doe bind vs to obedience they make this vngodly answer by a distinction that all of them doe not bind vs will put me to proue that they doe bind vs. If this answer be lawfull why may not Papists deny that the 2d com bindeth vs or that it is still in force saying the 2d com touching Images it is Iewish concerned the Iewes onely and that it forbad onely Iewish Images that it concerneth not Christians Christian Images why may not Anabaptistes and Libertines our new sprung vp Eatonistes deny the whole Law euen all the 10 commandementes that vpon plausible pretenses also Furthermore such distinctiones are Blasphemouse therefore to be reiected for to deny that any thing commanded by God in his 10 com both bind vs to obedience is to deny that Gods will should be obeied by vs to reiect his Soueraignty gouernance as much as if we should say we will not that God shall Raigne ouer vs. is it not Blasphemy when the Creatour shall say doe this the creature shall answer He will not thus doe they who by distinctions will reiect any one thing commanded in the 10 commandements Further such answers as by distinctions deny any one thing commanded in the 10. commandements doe plainly bewray the Authoures thereof to be professed enemies to the Integrity perfection of God Lawe and would that God should be serued but by halues by peecemeale and therefore their such distinctiones are vnsound to be reiected by all men fearing God louing the Lawes of God Such answers are to be reiected and men are solely to rest contented with this that it is commanded in the Morall Law without demaunding any other proofes my reason hereof is because neither better proofes nor of higher authority can be possibly produced for the profe of any doctrine in Diuinity for vvhat better proofe can any man bring or any Christian man expect then Gods commandements amongst all Gods commandements then his 10 Morall commandements there is no Scripture of higher Authority then the Morall Lavv. The 10 Commandements the Creede and the Lords prayer these of all other Scriptures are holden as principles of our Christian Religion now how absurd a thing it is for any to deny principles in any Arte let all men iudge that haue any skill in Artes A man may as vvell be permitted by a distinction to deny that euery one of the 6 petitiones of the Lords prayer doe belong vnto vs or that some of the Articles of our faith doe belong vnto vs vpon some plausible reasones forged as by a distinction to deny that whatsoeuer is commanded in the 10 commandements doth belong vnto vs. Thus I haue proued that it is vnsufferable in A Christian Church that any man should vse a distinction or deniall against this Orthodox most cleere trueth that all things commanded in Gods 10 commandements are in force doe binde vs to obedience for this cause I neede not procede any further for the proofe of this Major orthodox trueth for if it be so cleere vndeniable a trueth as no man may deny it then I may very well spare the proofe of it Neuerthelesse for the truethes sake for its further confirmation I will proue it vnto you by many and sondry arguments but by the way one thing first I would should be taken into consideration which is this that Diuines and all others who are enemies vnto this most auncient ordinance of Gods Sabbath they are driuen to shrowd themselues from the force of this my 8th Argument by this abominable vngodly answer saying that all Gods commandements doe not binde vs to obedience or that some of the 10 commandements doe not bind vs to the obedience of them nay they must hold if they abolish the 7th day Sabbath that it is a sinne for vs to yeeld obedience vnto all the 10. commandements that it is Iudaisme I desire that all men would take speciall notice of this absurdety that so they may see what rockes these are forced to rune vpon who deny the Lords Sabbaths Should common people make such answers they deserued but a common censure but if Ministers yea Puritane Ministers shall make such vngodly answers what censure are they worthy of I haue greate reason to vrge this point because if they grant me this trueth to wit that all Gods commandementes doe binde vs to obedience the which no man fearing God can deny then of necessity they must grant me that the old Sabbath is still in force because it is one of Gods commandements An other thing I desire should be taken into consideration is that such as deny any thing in my Major by any distinctiō that so they may deny Gods 7th day Sabbath they rune into these other absurdeties 1. they hereby doe deface Gods royall Law making it a Morall-ceremoniall Law an euerlasting-temporary Law a very Monstre 2. They draw vs to Anabaptistry prophanesse that so we should haue none of Gods Sabbaths 3. They make an auncient holy prayer of our Church a mere babling with God to wit that prayer added to the 4th com in the Congregation 4. As the Sabbath is Gods ordinance so the Decalogue is Gods Law now were men professed enemies to God then if they should doe what in them is to abolish his Sabbaths to reiect as much of his Law as possibly they could denise it were but sutable to their profession but that wee who are professed friēds to God to his Law that wee I say should reiect desire to reiect as much of Gods Law as possibly by any wite we can deuise this is abhominable so I come to make profe of the point That all Gods commandements are now to be obserued and obeied I proue it by Testimony humane Diuine for humane Testimony the first shall be that of Reuerent Perkines who writing against our common aduersary the Papist he vndertaketh to proue that the religion of the Church of Rome agreeth to the corruption of mans nature amongst many other arguments he sheweth how that Papists doe repeale make of none effect all the 10 commandements of the Morall-Law and to this purpose he begineth on this wise The morall Law conteining perfect righteousnesse is flat opposite to mans corrupt nature therefore whatsoeuer religion shall repeale and make of none effect the commandements of the Morall Law the same religion must needs ioyne hands with the corruption of mās nature stand for themaintenance of it This doth the Religion of the Church of Rome it may beit doth not plainly repeale them yet in effect it doth and if it shall frustrate but any one point of any one commandement yea the whole Law thereby is made vaine Perkines in his first volume pag. 400. vnder the title A papist cannot goe beyond a reprobate I desire that these his words may

the King our So●eraigne Lord with the assent of the Lords Spirituall Temporall the Commons in this present Parliament assembled that all the daies hereafter mentioned shall be kept holie daies c. That is to say all Sundaies in the yeere c. S. Mathew S. Mark S. Iohn Baptist S. Peter S. Iames c. Then a prouiso is added Prouided alwaies it is enacted by the Authoritie aforesaid that it shall be lawfull to euery Husbandman labourer fisher man to all euery other person or persones vpon the holie daies aforesaid in Haruest or at any other times in the yeere when necessitie shall require to labour ride fish or work any kind of work at their free wills plesures any thing in this Act to the contrarie in any wise notwithstanding These things are remarkable in this Statute 1. That our Sunday or Lords day was by these Law-makers rekoned to be of no higher nor other authority then are the other holy dayes of the Apostles as S. Mathews S. Marks S. Iohns dayes and the rest 2. That the Sunday or Lords day is ordained by the Church and State for a Sabbath day or holy day that it is at their liberty to doe in this matter as they shall iudg most convenient 3. A most remarkable thing in this Statute for our purpose is that the Lords Spirituall and Temporall with the Commons and so consequently the Church of England were cleere of iudgment openly in this Act professed it that our Sunday or Lords-day-Sabbath is not of Diuine institution for they declared it whilst they said it is not to be thought that there is any certaine time or definit number of daies prescribed in the holy Scriptures so then there is no Scripture for the Lords day Againe But that the apointment both of the time and also of the number of daies is left by the Authoritie of Gods word to the libertie of Christs Church to the Rulers thereof to be determined so then ther 's no Diuine institution for the Lords day SECT XXII Hauing finished my answer touching the Lords day Sabbath for a conclusion of this Chapter I purpose to spend a few words in this Section by way of Admonition dehortation from Superstition voluntary religion will-worship the which as I direct it vnto all men whome it may concerne so in a speciall sorte I apply it vnto such patrones of the Lords day Sabbath as haue alredy made head against my former booke with greate zeale haue scandalized it among the people so occationed this booke by name Mr. Hutchinson Mr. Benton Mr. Furnace Mr. Gallard Mr. Yates Mr. Chappell Mr. Grenewod Mr. Stinnet Mr. Iohnson Mr. Ward These men obstinatly persisting in their erroniouse false doctrine after sufficient meanes of conviction ought to take these things into consideration First touching the Admonition by the whole discourse touching the Lords day already finished thou maiest see Christian reader that there is no footeing or grownd in the word of God to make the Lords day a Sabbath wherefore I doe hereby admonish both Ministers and people and desire them to take knowledge of it henceforth that this their zealouse sanctifying of the Lords day in conscience of the 4th com of Christ his institution it is no better before God with wisemen then Superstition and needlesse religion for when men will doe that in Gods seruice in obedience vnto God the which hee hath no where commanded them what is this but a needlesse religion and superstition when men cannot shew Gods will for that they doe then it must follow that it is of their owne willes so their religion in that point is a voluntary-religion and a will-worship Let me not be mistaken the Lords day may be considered as an ordinance of God or as an ordinance of man as it is ignorantly conceiued to be an ordinance of God in this sense only I speake against it but as it is an ordinance of man that is as it is commanded by the Magistrate so at his will and plesure to continue it or discontinue it in this regard I haue nothing against it so much for the Admonition I come now vnto the Debortation my first reason disswasiue is because we hate Superstition will-worship in others how doe we beare against our aduersaries the Papistes because of their superstitiouse Traditiones and Religion of will-worship and can we see an errour in them and cannot we see the same errour in our selues had we bene wise for our selues we might haue seene this errour long agone for they haue often admonished vs in their writings against vs telling vs that our Lords day is but a Tradition from the fathers and a Tradition of the Church herein giue the deuill his right as they say they haue spoken most truly albeit we haue giuen deafe care vnto them laboured to shifte it of and will we condemne them for will-worship superstition practise the same our selues well heare what S. Paul saith therefore thou art inexcusable O man whosoeuer thou art that condemnest for in that that thou condemnest an other thou condemnest thy selfe for thou that condemnest doest the same thinges Rom. 2.1 Many Ministers thinke them selues farr enough of from superstition will-worship whilst in the pulpit they can cry out against the superstition of Papists when as indeed and in trueth themselues are euen then very Papistes in this point greate patrones and maintainers of superstition will worship wherefore let them reforme themselues or else let them be silent touching Papistes you haue seene it proued by good Authority that the Lords day is but a Tradition of the Church shall we retaine Popish Traditiones will these Ministers be still patrones and supporters of vnwritten Traditiones I would hope better of them My second reason disswasiue is because we shall all leese our labour in the Sanctification of the Lords day vve shall labour in vaine For if we like seruants will be doeing of such vvorkes as our Maister neuer appointed vs doe vve thinke our Maister vvill thanke vs yea reward vs for them you haue heard that God neuer commanded vs to sanctify the Lords day by the 4th Com. that Christ neuer appointed it in the New Testament if therefore we will be hallowing of the Lords day thinke you that God will reward you for it or that Christ vvill thanke you for it many men that are honestly disposed of ingenuouse minds being misled by some Ministers they leese some yeeres their Hay in the field some yeers their corne in the field all of conscience thinking it a duety for them so to doe rather then to labour on the Lords day many others keepe the Lords day very strictly both priuatly publikly erroniously misperswaded that that text Isa 58.13 inioyneth thē so to doe but is not all this Labour in vaine God neuer commanded it Christ neuer