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B00106	A short treatise, agaynst the prophanation of the Lord's day, especiallie by salmond-fishing thereon, in tyme of divine service. / By William Guild, D.D. minister in Aberdene, and chaplane to his Majestie..	Guild, William, 1586-1657.; Johnstoun, Arthur, 1587-1641. Epitaphium piscatoris.	1637 (1637)	STC 12491; ESTC S92781	21,843	84

See also Aug. l. 22. de civit Dei cap. 30. Qui propterea quod Dominus in eo ad vitam a morte redierit Dominicus appellatur sayth CHRYSOSTOME that is Which for this cause is called the LORDS Day because on it the LORD Himselfe returned from death to lyfe againe So that as the Lords owne resting the seaventh day which the IEWES kept Athanasius in Matth. 11.27 recommended their Sabbath to bee kept by them so the Lords owne rysing from death this seaventh day which Christians obserue Iustin Martyr Apol. 2. recommends justlie the Lords Day to bee kept by vs Sozom. l. 1. cap. 8. and whosoever wilfullie prophaneth the same as our Salmond-fishers doe in tyme of Divyne Service preferring Gaine to Godlinesse they show that they neyther loue Christ as Ignatius sayeth nor celebrate as they ought thankfullie the memorie of His blessed Resurrection Next as it is renowned by the Lords Resurrection so it is honoured by His Name which as an honourable stampe and impression the Spirit of GOD and Pen of the beloved Apostle hath fixed and set thereon Revel 1.10 calling it THE LORDS DAY So that as the Iewish Sabbath vnder the Law and which was consecrated to the Lords worship then was called by the Prophet HIS HOLIE DAY Isai 18 1● So justlie may the Lords Day vnder the Gospell which is now consecrated to His worship bee called CHRISTS HOLIE DAY Wherefore sayeth AUGUSTINE Qui vocatur Dominicus Aug. Serm. 15. de verbis Apostoli ipse videtur propriè ad Dominum pertinere quia in eo Dominus resurrexit that is That day which is called the LORD'S DAY appeareth properlie to belong to the LORD Himselfe because on it the LORD did aryse And agayne sayeth PROCOPIVS Procopius in Genes 1. Ab ipso DOMINO cognomen desumpturus erat ut diceretur dies Dominicus tanquam soli DOMINO consecratus that is It was to take the denomination from the LORD Himselfe to bee called the LORD'S Day because it is consecrated onlie vnto the LORD And therefore whosoever prophaneth the same neglecting His worship thereon and onelie giue themselues to their filthie Lucre whereas they should giue vnto GOD that which is GOD'S on the contrarie they are sacrilegious robbers of GOD which is the worst sort of Athiest And if they say with the Iewes in MALACHIE Whereof haue wee robbed Him Malac. 3.8 He● will tell them in the day of their dreadfull account Of My Day dedicated to My holie Worship and of the solemne honour and worship due to Mee thereon and so of that which is most sacred ●n the highest degree as all things are which are so stamped with His Name and Superscription Thirdlie Hee honoured that Day also by His first apparition thereon after His victorious Resurrection vnto His Disciples being assembled together Iohn 20.19 at what tyme also He blessed them by breathing vpon them Hee gaue them the holie Ghost And in lyke manner vpon the same day being the Pentecost after His glorious Ascention into Heaven Act. 8.4 when His Apostles were all assembled together in one place Hee sent downe the holie Ghost in shape of ●eloven fyrie Tongues plentifullie vpon them whereby they were enabled miraculouslie to speake to everie nation according to their language And vpon which day also they first began the publicke exercise of their holie Ministrie which was crowned that daye with the conversion of three thousand soules Who-so-ever then will prophane wilfullie that day and spend the same onelie and whollie in persuing their vnlawfull gayne thereon it is evident that they are not led by that Spirit which came downe on the Apostles that day Rom. 8.14 And whosoever are not led by the Spirit of GOD they are not the sonnes of GOD as testifieth the Apostle Fourthlie Our Saviour graced that day of His Resurrection in lyke manner by revealing thereon vnto His beloved Disciple saynct IOHN those high and heavenlie Mysteries which make vp the propheticall part of the New Testament and are contayned in that transcendant Booke of the APOCALYPSE and Clausule of the whole Scripture From all which severall sortes of our Saviour's honouring His owne Daye therefore did the ancient Fathers giue it such honourable Titles Ignat. ad Magnes Chrysost Hom. 5. de Resurr Gregor Nazianz oratio 43. August de Temp. serm 251. as Ignatius calleth it the Queene of Dayes Saynct Chrysostome the Royall Daye Gregorie Nazianzene Higher than the highest and with admiration wonderfull amongst dayes even as the Virgine MARIE was blessed amongst Women And Augustine applyeth these wordes of the Psalme vnto it This is the Day which the LORD hath made Psal 118.24 let vs bee glad and rejoyce in it So that as the Palmist sayde of HIERUSALEM Glorious thinges are spoken of thee O Citie of GOD So in some sort wee may say the lyke of this Daye Glorious thinges are spoken of thee O thou Day of the LORD CHAP. IV. The Apostles their observation of the LORD'S Day in lyke manner and the lyke practise of all Christian Churches both in their tyme and after AS wee haue seene howe the LORD IESVS did honour this Day of His Resurrection so lykewyse wee may see how religiouslie the holie Apostles did obserue the same First By the forenamed practise of Saynct Peter Act. 2.41 the Apostle of the Iewes who vpon that day immediatelie after the descending of the holie Ghost began the publicke exercise of the holie Ministerie which was crowned with so happie and a plentifull successe Lykewyse By the practise of saynct Paull the Apostle of the Gentiles as may bee clearlie seene in that Storie of the Acts Act. 20 6.7 where it is sayde that having stayed seaven dayes at Troas hee is reported to haue assembled the Disciples Faythfull together on the seaventh day onelie which was the first day of the weeke and the LORD'S Day for hearing the Word and participating the Sacrament In lyke manner By Apostolicall direction vnto all Churches 1. COR. 16. wee may see that the Apostle ordayned everie first day of the weeke That there bee a Collection for the Saynctes The reason whereof that hee appoynted this Collection to bee on the LORD 'S Day saynct Chrysostome giveth to wit That the memorie of the benefits which on that day they obtayned by CHRIST'S Resurrection Chrysost in 1. Cor. 16. might make them the more liberallie to contribute to the necessities of their Brethren To which Sedulius joyneth this Sedul in 1. Cor. 16. Quia non est opus servile sayeth hee elemosynam congregare that is It is not a servile worke to collect Almes on that day And which also implyeth That no servile worke for gayne is to bee vsed thereon That this Collection was vsuall also to be ever amongst all Christians thereafter vpon the LORDS day when His religious worship and publicke meetinges were Iustine Martyr who lived shortlie after the Apostles showeth

inclination in man to depute a time for everie necessarie thing as meat and sleepe or the lyke which concerneth his bodie even so seeing hee hath a soule also naturall reason would dyte that hee should also depute a time for the refreshment of his soule And therefore the deputing a time for attending divyne Worship and holie exercises onlie falleth vnder the Precept of the Morall Law In lyke manner sayth AUREOLUS it is the law of nature Aureolus in 3. Dist. 37. artic that sometyme wee should rest from servile worke that we may serue GOD and this is evident heereby because I am as much obliedged to GOD as to my selfe but the law of nature and reason also dytes that I should take a certaine time to procure my owne welfare and those things that are necessarie for mee Therefore I ought also take a time to attend GODS Worship and to remember His benefites which Hee hath bestowed on mee Now as for the proportion of this tyme which should bee so bestowed none I thinke can doubt but that proportion is fittest that can bee imagined which the Lord made choyse of for His owne people to wit the seaventh day And nature informed by God can not but acknowledge His goodnesse and wisedome in this His choyse and appoyntment that Hee hath so tempered it that neyther the long space betweene should suffer vs to forget our duetie to Him nor the too quicke returne thereof should hinder vs in our provyding the necessities of Nature for our selues Therefore sayeth learned HOOKER that wee are bound to to account the sanctification of one day in the seaven Hooker Eccles Pol. P. 379. a duetie which GODS immutable law doeth exact for ever And this wee see to haue beene practised before the Law vnder the Law and vnder the Gospell First before the Law was givē on Sinai and before the seaventh day was indicted by way of the fourth Precept of the first Table as the Lords Sabbath in memorie of the Creation wee find that the same day was observed as a day of holie rest vnto the LORD EXOD. 16.22.26 while the people were in the Wildernesse of SIN which is between ELIM and SINAI so consequently before they came to SINAI where the Law was given in that they did gather vpon the sixt day by the LORDS command twyse as much MANNA as they did vpon anie former day that so they might rest vpon the seaventh as a Sabbtah consecrate to the LORD who also did rest Himselfe from the worke of Creation that day so from the beginning did sanctifie and halow it Therfore sayth Saynct CHRYSOSTOME Chrysost in Gen. 2.3 vpon these wordes in GENESIS GOD blessed the seaventh day and halowed it From the beginning God intimateth vnto vs this doctrine sayeth hee instructing vs to separate and lay asyde one whole day to Himselfe in the compasse of everie weeke and to destinate it for spirituall and holie exercises Secondlie vnder the Law that the seaventh day after the creation was appointed to bee the Lord's Sabbath none can deny Deut. 5.14 who knoweth the ten Precepts of the morall Law Levit. 23.3 which the LORD ordayned straytlie to bee observed by all persons First Exod. 34.21 by a cessation from all servile work whatsoever tho in Seed-time and Harvest to obviate thereby as seemeth a pretended necessitie at sometymes importing great prejudice or danger if they laboured not vpon the Sabbath as in Harvest especiallie because of an irrecoverable season Secondlie the Lord appoynted it to bee halowed * Aug. de temp serm 251. Athanas in Math. 11.27 by a religious application of themselues to the works of His publicke worship and for the more peremptorie observation whereof Hee prefixed a Note of speciall rememberance beyonde all the rest fore-seeing as it were that some irreligious persons would eyther more careleslie neglect or audaciouslie breake this Commandement Neyther can any but most clearlie see a no lesse necessarie duetie incumbent vpon Christians to obserue a seaventh day holie to the Lord than was on the IEWES of olde of whom the LORD requyreth 1. No lesse proportion of service and thankfulnesse for a farre greater benefite than that of the Creation 2. In respect of the Christian Church which requyreth no lesse proportion of order and comelinesse 3. In regard of our soules which neede no lesse proportion of tyme and meanes to bee instructed and sanctified and 4 In respect of the bodies of servants and cattell which beeing inferiour in strength to those of former ages neede no lesse proportion of rest and refreshment Therefore vnder the Gospell from the verie Apostles dayes hitherto according to VINCENTIUS rule of CATHOLICISME semper vbique ab omnibus the whole Christian Church everie where and ever hitherto hath keeped as a Catholicke observation a seaventh day holie to the LORD to wit the day of the Lords Resurrection which was the first day of the IEWISH weeke that as the Sabbath vnder the Law was a note of difference betweene the IEWES and the GENTILES so the Lords day vnder the Gospell should bee a note of difference betweene Christians who belieue the Resurrection of Christ and incredulou● IEWES who denye the same And tha● this observation of the Lords day fo● the exercise of His publick worship was Apostolicall and Christianly Catholicke without controversie in all Ages none I hope is so bold as once to denye So that now as AUGUSTINE sayeth Hoc quin ita faciendum sit disputare Aug. Epist. 118. ad Iannar insolentissimae insaniae est that is To dispute now whether this were to bee observed or no it were nothing else but most insolent madnesse CHAP. III. The manie reason's first taken from Christs honouring the LORDS day why all true Christians haue ever and still should honour the same THE first and mayne reason then why our morall duetie commanded in the fourth Precept doeth now chiefelie appertayne to the LORDS Day and consequentlie why all Christians haue ever and still should obserue the Lords Day is Because our Saviour the Lord Iesus rose from death to lyfe that day and so victoriouslie triumphed over His and our enemies by vertue of which His Resurrection wee are raised spirituallie from sinne to grace heere and shall be raised corporally from the graue to glorie heereafter Therefore said IGNATIUS Bishop of ANTIOCH who lived in Sainct IOHNS time Ignat. ad Magnesian epist 3. Let every one who loveth CHRIST keepe holie the LORD'S Day renowned by His Resurrection which is the Queene of dayes wherein Death was over-come and Lyfe sprang vp in Christ againe And agayne sayth AUGUSTINE Domini resuscitatio promisit nobis aeternum diem Aug. de verb. Apostoli serm 15. consecravit nobis Dominicum diem that is The LORDS rysing from dead hath promised vnto vs an eternall Day of rest and hath consecrated vnto vs the LORDS Day Chrysost in Psal 118. serm 5. de resurr

Can. Eccl. cap. 13. wee shall finde that in those which are now in vse in the Church of ENGLAND all manner of persons are ordayned to keepe holie the Lord's daye commonlie called SVNDAY according to God's Will and Orders of the Church that is In hearing the Word of God read and taught in private and publicke Prayers in receaving the communion of the Bodie and Blood of CHRIST visiting the Poore and Sicke and in such holie Exercyses which are fitting for that day And last if wee come from Ecclesiasticall Canons to Civill Constitutions Ex Ina regis occid Sax. lib. cap. 3. in ENGLAND wee shall finde in the days of Ina king of the West-Saxons anno 688 that it is statuted by him That if a Servant worke on the Sunday at the commaundement of his master hee shall thence-foorth bee free and his master shall paye for his Fyne thirtie shillinges But if hee doe so without the commandement of his master hee shall bee scourged except hee redeeme himselfe by a pryce there-from And agayne In the raygne of King EADGAR about the yeare of GOD 966 it is statuted That everie one obserue the Sunday whollie from Saturndaye evening to Moondaye morning And latelie Queene Elizabeth her Injunctions Artic. 34. Anno 27. Henrici 6. cap. 5. King Iames proclamation also at Theobalds 1603. for keeping the LORDS DAY In the Religious Constitutions of that famous young Prince EDWARD THE SIXT and Queene ELIZABETH of ever-blessed memorie as in their Statutes of Parliament amplie may bee seene and in the Statutes of HENRIE THE SIXT before them wherein whatsoever may with-drawe men and their servantes from Divine Service is forbidden CHAP IX Howe the Lord's day is to bee observed and what workes are permissible or not permissible thereon And speciallie That the Salmond-fishing thereon is no wayes permissible or lawfull NExt to the former motiues for observation of the Lord's daye wee are to consider how it is to bee observed which is first By CESSATION as hath beene showne from all servile and laborious worke intended onelie for gayne And therefore in EXODVS this Cessation was appoynted both in Seed-tyme Exod. 34.21 and in Harvest Next Because to rest onlie from our ordinarie worke were to keepe the Lord's daye rather lyke a Beast than a Christian Therefore wee must knowe That this Cessation is commanded as Augustine sayeth Vt paratiores promptiores simus ad Divinum Cultum that is That wee may bee the more readie and fit for GOD'S holie Worship And labour or working thereon is therefore forbidden because of impeding or with-drawing thereby of men from the Lord's Worship No action then is to bee done of that sort but such as whereby wee eyther blesse GOD or looke therein to receaue a Blessing from GOD. Seeing therefore the Salmond-fishing vpon the Lord's daye is a servile and toylsome worke intended onlie for gayne and that thereby such a number of soules are hindered and withdrawne from the Lord's Worship Howe dare people doe such a thing vpon that blessed daye wherevpon they can neyther looke vp to GOD to seeke a Blessing to their vse or expect a Blessing from His Hand But rather maye justlie feare a Curse heere and Condemnation heere-after But yee will saye Is no worke to bee done vpon the Lord's Daye I answere There are three sorts of workes not onelie permissible but lawfull vpon the Lord's daye which are Pietatis Charitatis Necessitatis Of Pietie towardes God of Charitie towardes our Neyghbour and of Necessitie towardes our selues First then Workes of Pietie are to be done vpon the Lord's day which eyther directlie concerne God's Worship tho performed by bodilie worke as the preaching of the Gospell nowe and other Ministeriall paynes vpon the Lord's daye and the Priestes vnder the Lawe their killing and dressing the Sacrifices on the Iewish Sabbath burning them on the Altar concerning whom our Saviour sayde that the Priestes brake the Sabbath Matth. 12. 5. and yet were blamelesse To wit They brake it in so farre as they rested not thereon or Quoad quietē but not in regard of the commandement of halowing the same or Quoad praeceptum For such workes are not forbidden by that Precept whereby wee serue GOD onelie or else they are such workes of Pietie as indirectlie concerne GOD'S Worship whereby the people are assembled to divine Worship as the blowing of Trumpets vnder the Lawe and ringing of Belles nowe vnder the Gospell The holie ende of all which workes doeth sanctifie the same as the Temple did the Golde or the Altar the Gift thereon And vpon the peoples part who assemble together their preparing of themselues duely traveling to their Parish-Churches diligentlie hearing the Word attentiuelie praying and praysing GOD devotelie and instructing their Families religiouslie All these and the lyke are the workes of Pietie which becommeth the LORD'S daye suteablie Next Workes of Charitie 1. Cor. 16. are to be done vpon the LORD'S Day and therefore the Apostle appoynted That the Collection for the Poore as is vsuall amongst vs should bee on that daye In lyke manner Marke 3.4 Our Saviour declareth That the lyfe eyther of Man or Beast ought to bee preserved vpon the Sabbath daye Matth. 12.1.11 eyther by delivering the same from danger or by necessarie support of Foode or the lyke The visiting also of the Sicke Marke 2.28 relieving the Poore curing the diseased and such lyke are the workes of Charitie suteable for the LORD'S daye For I will haue Mercie sayeth the Lord rather than Sacrifice Last Workes of Necessitie may bee performed vpon the LORD'S daye which are not for wordlie gayne or acquisition by servile toyle and labour of thinges to bee ours which before the employment in the sayde servile labour were not ours as the Salmond-Fishing is but which are for necessarie preservrtion in evident and imminent danger of that which is in our possession and wee haue right vnto alreadie Epist. Decret l. 2. c. 3. as to drawe our Oxe out of the myre beeing readie to drowne to flit our Cornes out of the lowe Valleyes when by inundation of neare adjoyning Waters they are in evident danger to bee carried away to quench in lyke manner houses that are on fyre such like Therefore beside our owne men so also sayeth SVAREZ Causa generalis inducens excusationē Suarez lib. ● de dicb fest tom 1. c. 32. est necessitas imminens quae praeveniri non potuit that is The generall cause which importeth an excuse is an imminent necessitie onlie which could not bee prevented In lyke manner for some Callings to exercise the practise thereof as Physicians in Pleurisies to let blood Chyrurgians to paunse and applye Cures Mid-wyues to helpe Women in travell Mariners to governe their Shippes on the Seas c. all which are for preservation of lyues Souldiours also if they bee assaulted vpon the LORD'S Day to defende themselues and fight as we reade the