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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15864	The art or skil, well and fruitfullie to heare the holy sermons of the church written first in Latin, by a godly minister named Gulielmus Zepperus ; and now truly translated into English by T.W. ...	Zepper, Wilhelm, 1550-1607.; T. W.	1599 (1599)	STC 26124.5; ESTC S5001	76,549	165

it selfe corrupteth the rest of the bodie as we may easily see in the stomacke for if it alone keepe the food to it selfe it both killeth the rest of the bodie with famine and destroieth it selfe with it owne neuer satisfied corruption whereas on the other side if it receiue that which is sufficient for the satisfying thereof and sendeth the rest to the other members it preserueth both it selfe and the rest of the bodie in good state and health euen so thou also if thou keepe to thy selfe the things which thou hearest from vs The reddition with the reason of it and doest not communicate the same vnto others thou both hurtest them and also corruptest thy selfe because thou dost foster within thee these two sore diseases of slothfulnesse and enuie for it will suffice for thy destruction either through wickednesse or enuie or if ye will through sloth not to communicate them to others Thus farre Chrysostome Fiftly men after the Sermons which they haue heard vpon the Lords daie 5 Vpon the Lords daies after the Sermons are done men must not meddle with any profane businesses must not vndertake or treat of worldly and profane affaires belonging to this life as vpon markets mariage feasts dancings pressing or swearing of souldiours vnlesse the enemies power and presence and as we may say assault vrge and presse the same bargaines of buying and selling diuiding of inheritances casting of accounts about money matters or other things and such as be like to these by which the Lords Sabbath is profaned and the Lords day is not dedicated to God as it should be but to our selues and to the world No these things must be left and the Sermons which we haue heard must at home be repeated and rehearsed againe and againe Priuate exercises on the Sabbath and we must read the holy Bible and other profitable bookes touching Christian religion we must exercise holy singing of Psalmes and parents must vndertake to repeat with their children the points of the Catechisme and these things must be performed in euerie house and familie The preuention of an obiection But if in some houses there be not any that be learned or can read some of the neighbour families which can doe that dutie shall meet there and lend them their labour and aide as in this behalfe For as we take vnto our selues and imploy about our owne businesses A iust and a verie weightie reason all the rest of the sixe daies of the weeke and that many times from daie peepe as we say till it be verie late in the night so surely it behoueth vs no lesse to dedicate and consecrate the Lords daie wholly to God himselfe to holy actions and such exercises as are good for the health of our soules For what if God had claimed to himselfe and to his holy seruice sixe daies and had left vs only one for our vse and the affaires of this life what would we haue done then A worthie inference vpon the premisses As therfore this is a great argument of his singular goodnesse and mercie that here yeelding much of his owne right and authoritie he hath appointed but one day only for himselfe so of what great ingratitude vngodlinesse and of neuer satisfied couetousnes is this a testimonie that we will not or can not leaue no not the seuenth part of our whole life to God and our owne soules vntouched and vndefiled For good Lord with what deceits crafts vsuries lyings A vement exclamation thefts bankettings drunkennesses wanton songs blaspemies cursings by the holy name of God braulings blowes fightings whordomes adulteries wantonnesses vanities murthers and ten thousands besides of most grieuous wickednesses doe faires mariages markets dancings and the other things aboue rehearsed pollute and defile the Lords daies in so much as we may say that they are rather consecrated to Venus and Bacchus yea to the diuell himselfe than to God God verily will haue his people on the Sabbath day to cease and rest from earing from haruest worke Exod. 34.21 August in Psal 91. August lib. 10. de chordis And yet Augustine vpon the Psalmes and in an other peece of his workes affirmeth that it is better to goe to plow on the Sabbath day than to daunce that it is more meete for women to spinne then than that whole day to daunce vnchastly Yea God would haue the Sabbath vnder the old Testament to be sanctified with so great religion that he would not haue the Jewes so much as to kindle fire thoroughout all their habitations Exod. 35.3 And vpon paine of their soules or as they loue them he commaundeth them to take heed of this Iere. 17.21.27 that vpon the Sabbath day they neither bring in nor bring out any burthen by the gates of Ierusalem But notwithstanding this if they will do otherwise he threatneth that he wil kindle a fire in their gates that shall deuoure the houses of Ierusalem it shall not be quenched Nehem. 13.15.16.17 Wherefore Nehemiah seeing certaine men of Tyrus that in Ierusalem did buy and sell vpon the Sabbath day he reproued the rulers of Iudah and calling to their memorie this threatning of God denounced by Ieremiah he prouided that the gates of Ierusalem should be shut vpon the Sabbath day and set some of his seruants at the gates to watch that there should no burthen be brought in on the Sabbath day Nahum 13.21 Yea he was so zealous in this behalfe that he would not suffer chapmen and merchants no not without the walles of the Citie but protested amongest them that if they did so once againe he would lay handes vpon them There is a notable law of Leo and Antonius the Emperours touching the Lords day In Cod. lib. 3 tit de Feriis and it is this We will not haue holy daies dedicated to the most high maiestie of almightie God to be spent in any pleasures or to be profaned with any troubles of exactions wherefore we decree that the Lords day shal be alwaies so honoured and regarded that it shall be exempted from all executions A worthie and verie religious law no summons shal vrge any man then no demaund shall be made of suretiship all appearance shall be silent all pleading shall be hushed that day shall be farre from taking knowledge of causes the rough voice of the crier shall be silent the parties contending shall cease from their controuersies and haue a space of agreement the aduersaries may come together not fearing one another c An excellent caution And yet giuing libertie to the ease and rest of this religious daie we doe not or will not for all that suffer any man to be detained with filthie pleasures Stage plaies and Theater sighes shall chalenge nothing that day feates of wrastling running c. as also the pitifull spectacle of wilde beastes yea though the solemnitie thereof should fall to be kept for