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A04128 Seven questions of the sabbath briefly disputed, after the manner of the schooles Wherein such cases, and scruples, as are incident to this subject, are cleared, and resolved, by Gilbert Ironside B.D. Ironside, Gilbert, 1588-1671. 1637 (1637) STC 14268; ESTC S107435 185,984 324

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jew_n rest_v from_o their_o servile_a work_n to_o sanctify_v the_o seven_o day_n s._n 172._o s._n illud_fw-la unum_fw-la de_fw-la sabbato_fw-la usque_fw-la adeo_fw-la figuratà_fw-la diei_fw-la septimi_fw-la observatione_fw-la apud_fw-la israelitas_fw-la velatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o in_o mysterio_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o quodam_fw-la sacramento_n figurabatur_fw-la ut_fw-la hodie_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la non_fw-la observetur_fw-la dug_n quest_n sup_n exod._n l._n 2._o q._n 172._o austin_n affirm_v the_o sabbath_n to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o veil_n of_o moses_n gen._n moses_n pro_fw-la die_fw-la sexto_fw-la in_o hebraeo_fw-la diem_fw-la septimum_fw-la habet_fw-la arctabimus_fw-la igitur_fw-la judaeos_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la otio_fw-la sabbathi_o gloriantur_fw-la quod_fw-la iam_fw-la tunc_fw-la in_o principio_fw-la sabbathum_fw-la dissolutum_fw-la sit_fw-la hieron_n tradit_fw-la heb_fw-mi in_o gen._n s._n hierome_n observe_v the_o hebrew_n text_n to_o be_v in_o the_o seven_o day_n god_n end_v his_o work_n infer_v that_o therefore_o the_o jew_n have_v little_a reason_n to_o glory_n in_o their_o sabbath_n rest_n because_o god_n himself_o do_v not_o rest_v that_o day_n i_o commend_v neither_o his_o antecedent_n nor_o his_o consequent_a but_o by_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o in_o his_o opinion_n there_o be_v no_o sabbath_n command_v or_o observe_v in_o paradise_n and_o more_o express_o in_o c._n 20._o ezek._n 20._o haec_fw-la praecepta_fw-la &_o iustificationes_fw-la &_o obseruantiam_fw-la sabbathi_o dedit_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o deserto_fw-la hieron_n in_o cap._n 20._o ezek._n ezek._n add_v to_o these_o 4._o these_o neque_fw-la cerre_fw-la ulla_fw-la corporis_fw-la circumcisio_fw-la illis_fw-la fuit_fw-la quia_fw-la neque_fw-la nob_n be_v est_fw-la neque_fw-la sabbathorum_fw-la observation_n quia_fw-la neque_fw-la ne●is_fw-la est_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o eusebius_n in_o his_o ecclesiastical_a history_n and_o feri●●_n and_o proinde_fw-la 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of_o israel_n never_o keep_v but_o the_o first_o sabbath_n during_o their_o whole_a pilgrimage_n in_o the_o wilderness_n no_o man_n will_v say_v they_o be_v force_v by_o necessity_n to_o this_o long_a intermission_n ib._n intermission_n chrysost_n ib._n st_n chrysostome_n be_v of_o opinion_n 3_o opinion_n abraham_n cumm_n consensi●_n occidere_fw-la filium_fw-la non_fw-la consensic_n in_fw-la homicidium_fw-la quia_fw-la debitum_fw-la erat_fw-la eum_fw-la occidi_fw-la per_fw-la mandatum_fw-la die_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la &_o mortis_fw-la aquin_n 12._o q._n 100_o art_n 8_o ad_fw-la 3_o how_o just_o i_o say_v not_o that_o our_o saviour_n in_o his_o own_o person_n break_v the_o sabbath_n when_o no_o occasion_n compel_v he_o thereunto_o as_o when_o he_o make_v clay_n with_o his_o spittle_n for_o the_o blind_a man_n eye_n if_o any_o object_n that_o even_o moral_a law_n admit_v of_o dispensation_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o abraham_n who_o be_v command_v to_o sacrifice_v his_o own_o son_n and_o of_o the_o israelite_n who_o be_v also_o command_v to_o rob_v and_o spoil_v the_o egyptian_n the_o 7._o the_o communitèr_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quòd_fw-la deus_fw-la mutare_fw-la potest_fw-la materiam_fw-la praeceptorum_fw-la sed_fw-la manente_fw-la materiâ_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la dispensare_fw-la vig._n c._n 15._o v._n 7._o schoolman_n have_v long_a since_o untie_v this_o knot_n distinguish_v between_o the_o dispensation_n of_o the_o law_n and_o the_o mutation_n or_o change_v of_o the_o thing_n concern_v which_o the_o commandment_n be_v give_v and_o this_o change_n of_o the_o thing_n may_v be_v make_v in_o regard_n of_o some_o of_o the_o commandment_n by_o the_o omnipotent_a sovereignty_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o not_o in_o other_o god_n by_o prerogative_n royal_a over_o all_o create_v being_n may_v call_v for_o any_o man_n life_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o who_o he_o please_v as_o in_o abraham_n case_n he_o may_v likewise_o deprive_v any_o man_n of_o his_o propriety_n in_o any_o of_o his_o good_n and_o so_o give_v they_o as_o a_o prey_n to_o another_o as_o in_o israel_n case_n but_o god_n can_v change_v the_o matter_n of_o other_o commandment_n as_o make_v himself_o more_o god_n then_o one_o or_o worthy_a to_o be_v dishonour_v so_o then_o in_o the_o forename_a particular_n there_o be_v no_o dispensation_n in_o the_o commandment_n but_o a_o alteration_n in_o the_o thing_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o distinction_n be_v plain_a for_o have_v the_o egyptian_n continue_v the_o lawful_a owner_n of_o their_o jewel_n and_o ray_n mean_v the_o israelite_n must_v have_v be_v thief_n keep_v they_o from_o they_o without_o their_o consent_n god_n can_v no_o more_o make_v theft_n to_o be_v no_o theft_n then_o deny_v himself_o object_n but_o perhaps_o you_o will_v say_v that_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n be_v also_o change_v in_o the_o former_a instance_n the_o law_n not_o dispense_v with_o at_o all_o ans_fw-fr i_o answer_v that_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n be_v the_o seven_o day_n the_o sanctify_v thereof_o the_o form_n but_o how_o the_o seven_o day_n can_v be_v change_v and_o not_o be_v the_o seven_o day_n to_o the_o physician_n or_o shepherd_n or_o any_o other_o be_v not_o imagineable_a omne_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la dum_fw-la est_fw-la necessariò_fw-la est_fw-la whatsoever_o have_v be_v while_o it_o have_v be_v must_v necessary_o be_v that_o which_o it_o be_v seven_o whatsoever_o be_v contain_v under_o the_o name_n of_o legal_a sacrifice_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n be_v not_o moral_a for_o not_o only_o the_o leviticall_a sacrifice_n but_o even_o those_o which_o be_v offer_v by_o adam_n and_o the_o patriarch_n be_v ceremonial_a but_o the_o sabbath_n be_v refer_v unto_o this_o head_n by_o marlor_n by_o mat._n 9.13_o vide_fw-la mald._n in_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o voce_fw-la misericordiâ_fw-la synecdoche_n est_fw-la notando_fw-la nam_fw-la sub_fw-la hoc_fw-la nomine_fw-la christus_fw-la omne_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la officia_fw-la comprehendit_fw-la ut_fw-la nomine_fw-la sacrisic●●_n omnes_fw-la caeremonias_fw-la &_o quiequid_fw-la est_fw-la externum_fw-la marlor_n christ_n himself_o dispute_v with_o the_o pharisee_n and_o cite_v against_o they_o the_o prophet_n hosea_n for_o as_o under_o mercy_n be_v comprehend_v all_o work_n of_o love_n to_o our_o neighbour_n so_o under_o the_o title_n of_o sacrifice_n be_v contain_v all_o the_o rite_n of_o the_o mosaical_a law_n eight_o that_o commandment_n for_o the_o observe_v whereof_o man_n be_v not_o make_v be_v not_o moral_a corp_n moral_a ordinatur_fw-la homo_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la interiores_fw-la actus_fw-la mentis_fw-la sid_n et●am_fw-la per_fw-la exteriora_fw-la opera_fw-la quibus_fw-la diu●●am_fw-la servitutem_fw-la prositetur_fw-la ista_fw-la opera_fw-la &_o cultus_fw-la caeremonia_fw-la voco_fw-la aquin._n 1_o 2d_o q._n 99_o art_n 3._o in_o corp_n for_o therefore_o god_n make_v man_n that_o by_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o moral_a law_n he_o shall_v bear_v his_o own_o image_n in_o the_o world_n serve_v he_o in_o righteousness_n and_o holiness_n to_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o creator_n but_o man_n be_v not_o make_v to_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n in_o regard_n of_o any_o circumstance_n of_o the_o commandment_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a the_o sabbath_n be_v make_v for_o man_n and_o not_o man_n for_o the_o sabbath_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n nine_o that_o law_n which_o determine_v ecclesiastical_a rite_n and_o ceremony_n prescribe_v set_v time_n of_o holy_a worship_n and_o the_o outward_a solemnity_n there_o of_o be_v not_o moral_a but_o ceremonial_a this_o i_o take_v to_o be_v a_o theological_a maxim_n among_o all_o sort_n come_v sort_n lex_fw-la caeremontalis_n est_fw-la quae_fw-la praescribit_fw-la ri●us_fw-la ecclesiasticos_fw-la &_o externas_fw-la caereinonias_fw-la sacrificia_fw-la vasa_fw-la loca_fw-la tempera_fw-la but._n loc_fw-la come_v of_o divine_n &_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o law_n moral_a be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o of_o nature_n do_v not_o descend_v to_o any_o particular_a circumstance_n but_o the_o four_o commandment_n prescribe_v and_o determine_v set_v and_o particular_a time_n of_o holy_a worship_n and_o the_o outward_a solemnity_n of_o the_o same_o say_v the_o seven_o be_v the_o sabbath_n in_o it_o thou_o shall_v do_v no_o manner_n of_o work_n therefore_o etc._n etc._n last_o may_v be_v produce_v many_o witness_n of_o all_o kind_n magnes_fw-la kind_n ignat._n ep._n ad_fw-la magnes_fw-la ignatius_n say_v that_o old_a thing_n be_v pass_v away_o applies_z it_o to_o the_o sabbath_n in_o the_o four_o commandment_n 8._o commandment_n in_o quibus_fw-la fingulis_fw-la lex_fw-la non_fw-la dicam_fw-la impossibilis_fw-la &_o infirma_fw-la sed_fw-la planè_fw-la iàm_fw-la mort●ae_fw-la orig_n lib._n 6._o in_o rom._n cap._n 8._o origen_n upon_o these_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n the_o law_n be_v weak_a through_o the_o flesh_n expound_v it_o of_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n which_o say_v he_o understand_v according_a to_o the_o letter_n and_o so_o observe_v be_v weak_a and_o not_o able_a to_o do_v we_o good_a his_o first_o instance_n be_v in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o sabbath_n judoeos_fw-la sabbath_n tertul._n adversus_fw-la judoeos_fw-la tertullian_n call_v it_o a_o temporal_a sabbath_n 11._o sabbath_n jam_fw-la temporegratic_a revelat●_fw-la observatio_fw-la illa_fw-la sabbathi_o quae_fw-la unius_fw-la dici_fw-la vacation_n figurabatur_fw-la ablata_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la observatione_fw-la fidelium_fw-la aug._n in_o gen._n ad_fw-la lit_fw-fr lib._n 4._o c._n 11._o s._n augustine_n do_v every_o where_n distinguish_v the_o four_o from_o the_o other_o as_o be_v ceremonial_a and_o not_o belong_v to_o the_o new_a testament_n galatas_n testament_n hier._n lib._n 28._o in_o galatas_n s._n jerome_n make_v it_o a_o jewish_a observation_n cant._n observation_n literalis_fw-la illa_fw-la observatie_fw-mi sabbathi_o sonantis_fw-la requiem_n non_fw-la dantis_fw-la indictus_fw-la saerisifciorum_fw-la ritus_fw-la interdictus_fw-la porcinae_fw-la carnis_fw-la esus_fw-la pluvia_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la illa_fw-la nube_fw-la mosi_fw-la descendens_fw-la sed_fw-la nolo_fw-la in_o hortum_fw-la meum_fw-la descendat_fw-la bern._n
serm_n 50._o in_o cant._n s._n bernard_n stick_v not_o to_o say_v that_o the_o literal_a observation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v one_o of_o the_o precept_n which_o ezechiel_n call_v not_o good_a and_o number_n it_o with_o the_o law_n against_o swine-flesh_n 4._o swine-flesh_n damascen_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la orthod_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 4._o damascen_n be_v large_a and_o particular_a in_o this_o point_n show_v where_o and_o how_o it_o be_v ceremonial_a operibus_fw-la ceremonial_a quies_n ab_fw-la operibus_fw-la licet_fw-la non_fw-la amplius_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o christianismo_fw-la praecepta_fw-la ficut_fw-la scribit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la col._n 2._o necessaria_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la &_o instituta_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesiâ_fw-la propter_fw-la imperfectos_fw-la luth_n de_fw-fr bonis_fw-la operibus_fw-la luther_n say_v plain_o that_o the_o outward_a rest_n of_o the_o sabbath_n be_v not_o command_v we_o christian_n under_o the_o gospel_n and_o allege_v for_o proof_n the_o prophet_n isaiah_n cap._n 66._o and_o the_o apostle_n s_o paul_n colos_n 2._o 8._o 2._o evanescant_fw-la nugae_fw-la pseudoprophetarum_a qui_fw-la judaicâ_fw-la opinion_n populum_fw-la superioribus_fw-la saeculis_fw-la imbuerunt_fw-la nibil_n aliud_fw-la asserentes_fw-la nisi_fw-la abrogatum_fw-la esse_fw-la quod_fw-la ceremoniale_a erat_fw-la id_fw-la vocant_fw-la diei_fw-la septimae_fw-la taxarationem_fw-la remanere_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la morale_fw-la est_fw-la nempe_fw-la untus_fw-la diei_fw-la objervationem_fw-la in_o hebdomade_fw-la atqui_fw-la id_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_a quam_fw-la in_o judaeorum_n contumeliam_fw-la diem_fw-la mutare_fw-la diei_fw-la sanctitatem_fw-la eandem_fw-la animo_fw-la re●inere_fw-la calv._n inst_z lib._n 2._o c._n 8._o calvin_n sharp_o confute_v the_o maintainer_n of_o a_o seven_o day_n sabbath_n for_o false_a prophet_n and_o jew_n all_o the_o protestant_n by_o what_o name_n soever_o distinguish_v follow_v these_o their_o leader_n except_o a_o few_o in_o comparison_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n which_o have_v all_o start_v up_o since_o the_o day_n of_o queen_n mary_n and_o therefore_o 10._o therefore_o bellarm._n de_fw-fr cultu_fw-la sanctum_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 10._o bellarmine_n set_v down_o the_o doctrine_n both_o of_o the_o lutheran_n and_o calvinist_n reduce_v all_o to_o these_o head_n first_o they_o affirm_v that_o the_o law_n of_o god_n require_v we_o to_o keep_v some_o day_n holy_a second_o that_o those_o day_n be_v not_o determine_v by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o that_o this_o determination_n be_v leave_v whole_o to_o the_o church_n three_o that_o those_o day_n which_o the_o church_n shall_v determine_v be_v not_o in_o themselves_o more_o holy_a than_o other_o day_n four_o that_o this_o determination_n of_o the_o church_n do_v not_o bind_v the_o conscience_n but_o in_o case_n either_o of_o contempt_n or_o scandal_n now_o if_o this_o be_v the_o doctrine_n both_o of_o the_o lutheran_n and_o calvinist_n they_o can_v affirm_v the_o four_o commandment_n to_o be_v moral_a for_o if_o so_o then_o god_n have_v determine_v a_o set_a day_n and_o time_n wherein_o to_o be_v worship_v then_o one_o day_n have_v be_v more_o holy_a than_o another_o be_v set_v thus_o a_o part_n by_o god_n himself_o for_o his_o holy_a use_n and_o then_o also_o all_o man_n conscience_n have_v be_v bind_v to_o the_o observation_n thereof_o even_o out_o of_o the_o case_n of_o contempt_n and_o scandal_n if_o any_o man_n suspect_v bellarmine_n honesty_n in_o this_o his_o report_n of_o lutheran_n and_o calvinist_n let_v he_o show_v wherein_o he_o have_v unfaithful_o collect_v i_o be_o sure_a amesius_n who_o have_v take_v upon_o he_o to_o weaken_v &_o enervate_v his_o whole_a doctrine_n touch_v not_o upon_o this_o it_o be_v a_o endless_a piece_n of_o work_n to_o set_v down_o the_o particular_a writer_n of_o the_o reform_a church_n i_o will_v only_o name_v bullinger_n and_o pelican_n and_o that_o in_o those_o place_n where_o they_o purposely_o treat_v of_o this_o subject_n because_o the_o common_a evasion_n be_v that_o heretofore_o the_o protestant_n of_o all_o kind_n be_v so_o take_v up_o with_o the_o common_a adversary_n of_o the_o reformation_n that_o they_o never_o sufficient_o study_v this_o point_n 4._o point_n seimus_fw-la sabb●thum_fw-la esse_fw-la ceremoniale_a quatenùs_fw-la coniunctume_v cum_fw-la sacrifici●s_fw-la &_o reliquis_fw-la juda●cis_fw-la caeremoniis_fw-la &_o quatenus_fw-la alligatum_fw-la est_fw-la tempori_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la quatenus_fw-la sabbatho_n reli_fw-la gio_fw-la &_o pietas_fw-la ●opagatur_fw-la &_o ius●us_fw-la oracretinetur_fw-la in_o ecclesiâ_fw-la ipsà_fw-la charitas_fw-la proximo_fw-la servatur_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la temporale_fw-la est_fw-la bul._n dec_fw-la 2._o ser_n 4._o bullinger_n therefore_o write_v purposely_o of_o this_o subject_n say_v we_o know_v that_o the_o sabbath_n be_v ceremonial_a as_o join_v and_o annex_v to_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o other_o jewish_a rite_n and_o as_o confine_v to_o a_o set_a time_n 18._o time_n die_fw-la septimo_fw-la vacandum_fw-la catenùs_fw-la morale_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la s●ato_fw-la tempore_fw-la domino_fw-la vacandum_fw-la sit_fw-la quod_fw-la ne_fw-la deferatur_fw-la ob_fw-la occupationes_fw-la temporarias_fw-la caeremoniale_a decretum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la septimum_fw-la diem_fw-la non_fw-la praetereat_fw-la quocun●_n tandem_fw-la die_fw-la supputare_fw-la incipias_fw-la pell_n in_o exod._n 18._o pelican_n likewise_o thus_o express_v himself_o a_o seventh-day_n rest_n be_v so_o far_o moral_a as_o that_o god_n must_v have_v a_o certain_a time_n appoint_v for_o his_o worship_n but_o that_o we_o must_v not_o let_v slip_v the_o seven_o day_n wheresoever_o we_o begin_v to_o reckon_v be_v ceremonial_a i_o know_v argument_n from_o humane_a authority_n be_v unartificiall_a and_o that_o some_o man_n be_v so_o wise_a in_o their_o own_o conceit_n as_o that_o they_o stick_v not_o to_o cry_v down_o all_o other_o when_o they_o oppose_v their_o fancy_n the_o immediate_a symptom_n of_o singularity_n this_o therefore_o shall_v suffice_v chap._n viii_o in_o which_o the_o question_n be_v state_v and_o explain_v the_o morality_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n be_v thus_o eager_o maintain_v even_o with_o way_n wardness_n to_o make_v way_n only_o to_o that_o which_o concern_v the_o lord_n day_n of_o which_o we_o will_v also_o speak_v god_n will_v in_o its_o place_n for_o there_o be_v neither_o precept_n nor_o practice_n in_o the_o scripture_n nor_o any_o other_o good_a record_n for_o that_o which_o have_v of_o late_a year_n be_v imperious_o thrust_v upon_o the_o conscience_n of_o man_n in_o that_o point_n the_o broacher_n of_o those_o doctrine_n be_v of_o necessity_n to_o shelter_v themselves_o under_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n and_o indeed_o this_o hide_v place_n be_v once_o grant_v they_o we_o can_v never_o be_v jewish_a enough_o in_o 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