fourth which is grounded upon Act. 20. Lash p. 18.19 His Arguments from Christs appearing pag. 2. and blessing pag. 15. c. depend upon the beginning of the Scripture day which alwayes begins at Even Exo. 12.18.19 Deut. 16.46 and so Christs non-appearing till the first day at Even makes rather against it Jer. 6.14 and so doth the famous examples of Father Son and Saints for in stead of the honour Master Jennison would put upon it pag. 17.18 1. The Father wrought upon it Gen. 1. and therefore we should be his followers as dear children Eph. 5.1 2. The Son travelled upon it Luke 24.13.15 And he hath given us example that we should do as he hath done John 13.15 3. Lash pag. 12 The Saints cast their accounts upon it 1 Cor. 16.1 2. and so may we Master Jennisons apprehensions of the year of Jubile are altogether impertinent since it is evident it was the year of Christs first Preaching Luke 4.16 and not of his Resurrection Neither doth Johns being in the spirit in the Lords day shew what day that was Page 13. nor any more prove the first day the Saints meeting time then his being in the spirit in the Isle of Patmos can prove Patmos their meeting place As for succeding ages they do as much justifie Easter-day as the first day of the week and as much may be conjectured for the one as the other Page 14. 27 from Psal 118. one command is worth 10000 suppofitions Christs birth-day bids fairest for it Luk. 2.10 11. But Ioh. 8.56 carryes it If any can discern the Saints assembling in 1 Cor. Page 19. Page 20. 16. as Mr. Jennison suggests it must be by some other light then Gods word The day of Christs greatest power prophesied Psa 110.3 was the Apostles Pentecost Act 2. with Luke 24.49 Acts 1.8 Though Master Jennison cannot see why the seventh day from the words Creation should rather be mans holy rest day Page 22 then the seventh day from mans own Creation yet through grace I and others can Exod. 20.11 For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth and rested the seventh day wherefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it Mr. Lash p. 23 24. Jennisons Arguments against the certainty of the seventh day do equally strike at the certainty of his first day and to what end should he contend for any Sabbath if both were uncertain But my book of the Sabbath hath undoubted evidence of the seventh days certainty to which I refer my Reader where he shal not only find the certain day but the undoubted beginning of the day not at Master Iennisons midnight morning but the sixth day Evening Pag. 25. 35. Levit. 23 32. for doubtless our glorious Creator had finished his work before midnight yea the very ceremoniall Sabbaths because honoured with the Title of Sabbaths were to be celebrated from Even to Even which begins and ends at Sun-set Lash pag 36. Mar. 1.32 Deut. 16.6 as is fully evident from plain Scripture which needs no consequence to confirm it yet do I not deny a fair deduction from Scripture but do utterly deny the setting up a first-day Sabbath by conceited consequence against the true seventh day Sabbath confirmed by clear command Or that any Ordinance of Christ was ever Instituted by consequence I shall never be condemned for omitting what was never commanded 1 Joh. 3.4 Rom. 4.15 as first day and Infant Baptism For sin is the transgression of some Law and where no Law is no transgression It is not so as Master Jennison asserts Lash p. 25.26 That if the seventh day appointed in the Royal Law be the Christian Sabbath that then all the Ordinances appropriated by the beggerly Ceremonial Law are still to be observed He that appointed double sacrifices for the Sabbath day as a Sabbath day enjoyned single sacrifices for week dayes as weekes dayes and as soon shall the week dayes cease to be week dayes as Jehavah's Sanctified seventh day shall cease to be the Saints Sabbath day Isay 66.21 Mal. 3 3. Isai 56.6.7 Heb. 10.5.6.7 and 13.16 Rev. 5.8 and as soon shall the mountain of Gods house be melted because made up of Priests and Levites as Gâ—ds Sabbath shall be subdued because mentioned with burnt-offerings and sacrifices He that accepts their persons for a Royal Priesthood will graciously own their Saviour and services for burnt-offerings and sacrifices And Mr. Lash page 27. Jennison may one day understand that Christ was never more active then in and after death Col. 2.14 15. And that when God brought his Son into the world then all the Angels did worship him Luke 2.14 Math. 4.11 But Heb 1 6 speaks not of his resurrection day nor Psa 118. of every first day of the weeke Page 28. nor were the disciples in a hopelesse condition till the first day was almost and altogether ended Luke 24. Lash pag. 29. Mark 16.13 14. As for Heb. 4. I have faithfully expounded it in my book of the Sabbath and whereas Mr. Jennison saies the word Sabbatism denoteth not any dayes rest Mr. Carter in his covenant will tell him it denotes the first day and I suppose he knowes the originall as well as Mr. Jennisons instructers But let the Lexicons and Dictionaries be examined whose authors were equally ignorant of the true Sabbath and they will inform that the word Sabbatism signifies the Celebration of the Sabbath or a day of rest But Mr. Jennison is quite mistaken in applying to the rest mentioned in the other verses Lash p. 31 Heb. 7.27 9.26 10.10 for they are all of them an other different greek word and it is utterly untrue that he saies Christs sufferings ceased not at his death and that the holy womans celebrating Sabbath was not after Christs sufferings Luke 23. for when he once died he bequeathed his spitit to God and entred into rest Luke 23.46 Act. 2.26 If the 4th commandement be given to the Gentiles as Mr. Iennison confesseth I am sure it commanded nothing but the sanctifying of the 7th day Sabbath which is to continue for ever and ever Lesh p. 32. and 32. Ps 111.7 8. Mat. 5.18 even till heaven and earth passeth away and so was it never said of circumcision nor first fruits As to that of Col. 2.14.16 I am sure it doth not so much as mention the seventh day if it oppose any thing in the 4 th commandement it must be the Sabbath it selfe which Mr. Jennison will not say But I have fully proved it toucheth not the Royall seventh day Sabbath at all which Mr. Jennison doth not answer Lash p. 34. As to Mr Ienisons assertion that the day begins with morning he doth not onely oppose New-England principles but the order of God himselfe Gen. 1 who placed the evening before the morning And Mark 14.30 is pregnant for it for the
Lash p. 3. 11 12. to own and imbrace this glorious day on which the Apostles Pentecost fell as the very day which ye did and ought to keep as their Sabbath And I shall for ever acquit him of all the abuses in his book and esteem it abundant satisfaction to see a sinner return from the error of his way Jam. 5.20 Amen As touching the second part of Mr. Iennisons Lash concerning Baptisme he must excuse me if I deem it a dishonour to that flourishing truth to contend with him after so many learned debates of persons with whom neither of us may compare much less conceit to exceed The Covenant made to litteral Israel which he would have to be one with mystical Israel do exceedingly differ As 1. In the Mediator Gal. 3.19 The servant being veiled 2 Cor. 3.13 The Son revealed Mat. 17.5 2 Cor. 3.18 Ioh. 1.14 2. In the parties taken into Covenant In the Type a fleshly seed Gen. 17.7 13. In the truth a faithful seed Gal. 3.9 29. Rev. 12.17 Then not in Covenant till first they were Abrahams now not in Covenant till first they be Christs 3. There 's difference in the Sign The shadow signed the outward man Gen. 17.10 11. The truth signs the inner man Rom. 2.28 29. Eph. 1.13 14. 4. In the Sacrifice The Type Carnal Heb. 9.10 The Truth Spiritual 1 Pet. 2.5 The Type dead Heb. 10.1 4 5. The Truth living Rom. 12.1 2. 5. In the Inheritance The Type Temporal Deut. 4.21 38. Ier. 11.3 5. The Truth Eternal Heb. 9.15 1 Pet. 1.4 His conceits upon 1 Cor. 10.1 2 3. Lash p. 61. pleads as much for Infant Communion as for Infant Baptisme neither of which is found in Christs House That of 1 Cor. 7.14 p. 64. tells you the unbelieving wife is sanctified to the husband and so are the children Mr. p. 66. c. Iennison at length grants that he can none other way help Babes to Baptisme but by consequence and because he confesseth William Iennison cannot prove his interest in Christ but by consequence he judges the same of Tho. p. 69. Tillam who through distinguishing grace hath a fairer evidence then a bare consequence Rom. 8.16 Eph 1.13 1 Cor. 2.14 the Spirit it self bearing witness with his spirit that he is the Child of God When Scripture fails for Baby-Baptisme Mr. Iennison fetches an argument from the Turk and the Devil Lash p. 73. p. 74. but I shall not travel into their Regions to disprove him They that now censure dipping of Disciples as immodest and dangerous would much more have cried out upon the circumcision of mens privy parts But I shall cease to contend about a point so fully controverted and cleared expecting a fair and speedy submission to that Christian Sabbath whereon the Apostle Pentecost was celebrated recording to his full confession wherewith I shall conclude That the day of the first New Testament Church its meeting and that wherein the Lord so highly blessed them Lash p. 12. 3. is that glorious day which the Saints did and ought to keep as their Sabbath Amen THE END As to the Lady Abergavenny mentioned in my Information I have this to add further that I do very well remember that at the time when the five Jesuits were to be hanged drawn and quartered the said Lady came to the Portugal Ambassador and made a most dreadful Complaint to his Excellency to this Effect how that we were all ruined if the said five Jesuits should suffer for to be sure that the next man that should die would be Sir George Wakeman in regard the five Jesuits were condemned upon the same Fact that Sir George Wakeman was guilty of therefore I desire your Lordship by all means to see if your Lordship can find any way to prevent the Death of those Jesuits Upon which my Lord made answer to the said Lady that he could not Imagine or Find out any way to save their Lives but that they must die for said he we have used all our Endeavours and made all the Interest vve can and it vvill not be granted Then the said Lady made ansvver to my Lord that then Sir George Wakeman vvould have his Tryal and vvould be condemned and suffer and then all our Plot vvill be discovered My Lord made answer in these vvords No Madam vve vvill seek to prevent his Death by some Friend that vve shall make Upon vvhich my Lady Abergavenny took her leave of my Lord I Francisco de Faria vvas Interpreter betvveen them both Thus far I have followed the Series of Relation without interruption as being Occurances that happend and depended one upon another I am now to repeat some passages which as they come to my Knowledge upon Various occasions and at Several times require not to be so punctually disposed in order as being compleat within themselves In January or Febuary 1678 9. A Letter vvas sent into Portugal by a Capuchin belonging to the Queens Chappel at Somerset House call'd by the name of Paulenio to a Friend of his at Lisbon the Letter Containd Words to this Efect Our affaires are very well in London vvhere I hope in a little time there vvill be a great alteration and our business vvill be at an end in a short time so that I hope this place vvill all become Catholicks The Gentleman that received the Letter in Lisbon shewed it to a Friend of his that vvas an English Man vvho by that time had intelligence of the Discovery of the Plot in England that Gentle-Man vvrites over immediately from Portugal to a Friend of his in London vvhat he had heard by a Letter from a Capuchin of Somerset-House upon vvhich the said Gentleman vvent to the King and Counsel and declared vvhat Newes his Friend had sent him out of Portugal presently the King and Counsel caused the Queens Confessor to be called and to be Examined vvho at that time denyed all protested his Innocency that he never vvrote any such Letter vvhereupon the King and Counsel discharged him but that very Night there vvas private Intelligence given to the said Father Paulenio upon vvhich he Immediately made his Escape for Flanders vvhere he staid till the Portugaal Ambassador arrived in the Downs in his passage homevvards vvhom he then met and Embarqued vvith him for Portugal in the Ruby Frigat under the Command of Captain Allum And novv that the World may see hovv this Popish Plot vvas carryed one by General Contributions and Collected Maintenances either out of Devotion or Fear I vvill add one Certainty more vvhich is this that vvhile I vvas Employed in the service of the said Ambassador I vvas intrusted among other things to pay to Mr. Anderson Alias Munson a Secular Priest then a Prisoner in the Kings Bench upon the account of the Plot fifty Shillings a Month which money I Constantly paid to his Sister Mrs. Barbara Tempest Living in Holborn near the Kings Gate during the whole
pag. 26. yea full as bad as Julian that desperate Apostate for reviving Jehovah's Sabbath And to expresse the pinacle of his piety he appoints sundry Professors labouring under the like loathsome disease to keep me company How comfortably he courts me as one eudowed with cunning craftinesse Lash p. 28 labouring to beguile and deceive my Reader not onely beguiling and deceiving but labouring so to do With like humility he heaves me up as a man of a horrible Lash pag. 30. spirit of contradiction and delusien most sober and serious salutes unlesse his Factors say falsly I cannot say 't is unsuitable to his sincerity to spread forth my praises as one so tâ—shly drunk with delusions Lash page 37. See how lovingly he lifts me out of the smoak of the bottomlesse pit Lash page 38. where he found me smothered if he speaks truth and commends me for marvellous ignorance which is more then every one will do Is it not Saint-like indeed to enshrine me in his owne dear bosome as falsitying and deceiving seared and senselesse Lash page 46. And now who will say here 's ought of bitternesse belched forth But if all this be true I may rue the time of my coming to Colchester for I was then so far from being sottishly drunk with delusions seared and senselesse that you may see my loving Lasher contradict all His manifest Contradictions FOr he tells you Lash page 43. That I principally bent my selfe in my preaching against the Quakers who had ensnared many Page 42. But yet he suspects some designe And indeed there is as good ground for it upon our entrance both in one day as for the meeting of Simon Magus and Simon Peter at Rome Euseb Yet doubtlesse the great God eminently designed by my reproached selfe on the one hand and the Quakers on the other to pluck so many plumes from the Parish Presbyters Classical Cap that the hirelings and their hackneys are become restlesse in their rage while the doom of their jus divinum draws on apace For further proof of my being sottishly drunke with delusions seared and senselesse my Lasher assures you Lash page 42 that I discharged my selfe freely and fully to the great and full satisfaction of those that heard me And that I gained esteem of the best and most sound Christians who were taken with the strength of my gifts and plausibility of my deportment And are not these sufficient signs of one smothered in the smoak of the bottomlesse pit which is a punishment somewhat more painful and less profitable then the fume of a Tobacco-shop The last evidence brought by my Beadle of my being sottishly drunk with delusions Lash pag. 43. may be my renewed call to the high employment of preaching For he sayes my Labours were again desired But was not my Lasher himself smothered in smoak and sottishly drunk with delusions to be one that desired my Labours after he knew my opinion in Baptism and I had printed it with my owning of the Sabbath in my Book of laying on of hands which he esteems the Devils doctrine and Jesuites designe But here 's more then enough for a discovery of his Contradictions I shall proceed to a tast of His Gross Absurdities 1. Lash pag. 25. 41. 33. 35. HE assignes the begginning of his Sabbath to morning and his morning to mid-night and then sends poor Israel to grope for Manna and to offer sacrifice but if he say true that his day begins with the morning and that morning at mid-night I am sure his Night must needs begin at Noor Gen. 1.5 Ainsw in loc Our blessed Creator calls the darkness night and begins the day with the evening but the presumptuous creature who hath no more grace then to change Jehovah's Sabbath dare adventure to destroy the very course of nature Isa 5.20 without dreading that doom of putting darknesse for light and light for darknesse Will Saints be thus deceived of Gods sanctified Sabbath by such as dare assert the day begins at Mid-night and Night at Noon 2 He makes no scruple of beginning his First day-Sabbath in his mid-night morning and yet deems it a marvellous difficulty to set upon the true seventh-day-Sabbath in a cloudy evening But if it be so hard to distinguish between common and sacred time in a cloudy evening when we are generally awake how shall thousands be able to discern such difference in his dark mid-night morning when fast asleep 3 But here admire with me the just hand of God against this subverter of his holy Sabbath who is so smothered in absurdities that after sixteen moneths deliberation he hath yielded his whole Cause by this his full confession * Lash pa. 26. That now Christ being come though the services be abolished yet the day may be observed Which confession being discovered since his booke was printed himself is so ashamed of it that he hath raced and blotted it out 'T is strange that after so long consideration and so many suppers for consultation the Lash being lickt over and over by so many hirelings correction and alteration it should come forth with such a clear confession as abolisheth the Ceremonies and celebrates the royal Sabbath 4 I shall at present cease from his Absurdities Lash pag. 44. with his censure of me as deeply drencht in little better then grosse Popery about the Sacraments And indeed this absurdity way well passe for my Lashers Master-piece for he sayes he found me thus drencht by this expression of mine That the outward elements of bread wine in the Lords Supper were spiritual things I do not remember the expression but let 's try by what Logick hee 'l prove me drencht in Popery for thus he must argue The Pope affirmes the Sacramentall bread and wine to be corporal carnal natural things But Thomas Tillam hath said they are spirituall things Therefore Tho Tillam is drencht in little better then grosse Popery Sure the Prophet is a foole the spirituall man is mad Hosea 4.7 and the joynt testimony of his nine New-England Confederates will not recover his credit Lash pag. 40. nor secure him from this sinke of absurdities which ushers in his falshood His notorious Falshood The first falshood HIs leading sin may be that deceitfull falshood of his Lash pag. 22 Rom. 2.14.15 in asserting That the Gentiles still have the Law written in their hearts He that dare thus adulterate Gods word will not stick to censure pure Adam of ignorance of the seventh-day-Sabbath Lash page 23 nor scruple at rayling accusations against Christs Ministers but new Covenant-Christians know that the Law written in the heart is their prerogative Royall and not the words of the Law but onely the work of the Law is found in the hearts of Heathens From this and the like abuse of Scripture A second falshood he hastens to vent his distempered spleen at me in
he tels the world that I bent my self freely and fully in my preaching against the Quakers who had insnared many yea and that to the great and generall satisfaction of my hearers and that I gained esteem of the best and most sound Christians who were taken with the strength of my gifts and plausibility of my deportment c. I think he hath applauded me to purpose But to prove that he contradicted me after some of mâ— different doctrines were delivered he tels us that he discoursed Lash p. 50. divers times argued the points of Baptism with me which I hope may be done without a spirit of contradiction And that such discourses arguings were without contradiction his own pen proves Lash pag. 48. where it is published that after I was discovered to be against infants baptism divers Christians meaning himselfe for one desired me to wave it being so controversall using this argument that it would but make breaches and they stood in need of healings Now let any ingenious person judge whether such desires discourses or arguments may be termed contradictings if not then here 's full proofe from his own pen that my Lasher is the grosse lyar The ninth falsehood who indeed was so far from contradicting me in the point of infants baptism that there are sufficient witnesses of his saying that for his part he should not dislike it if baptisme were forborn 3. or 4 yeares till the children could answer for themselves His fifth untruth about justifying faith Lash p. 50. reflects upon himselfe seeing I have as sufficient testimony as any can be produced in Colchester that I have published the truth for substance in my Christian account confirmed but lastly The 10th false hood that I helped to uphold the meeting at his house which was almost sunk through his treachery in revenging himselfe of the Town Lecturer is so generally known that if he were not sottishly drunk with delusions he could not gainesay it but this indeed is true that till the Lecturer so vehemently charged him and his wife as implecable persons which I doubt was too true there had been a meeting many yeares in all which time they could never find away to communion and if there be any thing of God in their sacrament since both Presbyterians Independants and separation should give me thanks for rouzing them It is also true Lash p. 50. that since my departure their meeting is grown numerous for it being deserted and forsaken for it by the Towne-Lecturer and secondly by my self the man prostituted his house even to the parish Presbyterians so that in the former season it became too hot to hold them I have omitted very many of his down right untruthes in both parts of his Lash being heartily wearied with digging in his Dunghill I have carefully avoided reproaching terms unlesse his owne language be censured as such The Lord hath marvelously discovered the mans folly ordered his owne pen to vindicate my integrity he hath sufficiently proved himselfe the busie Tobaco-man with his art of a New-England Lasher is fully proved the lyar so let him trudg to Stannaway bowling-green he were better leave his jangling follow his jumping onely let him beware of jumping out of the London waggon any more seeing his last leap so long retarded his lash possible has spoild that sport but he knows how to recreate himself with his shovel-boord-table which he can easily turne to a communion Table upon his first daies fabbath for the fellowship of Fordham and as suddainly turn it again for a Classicall consultation how to be revenged on the Dipper who if the persons of Peters and Dedham preach truth trips up folks heels in the water and is not ashamed to pull off womens stockens and wash their feet Beadle bring out your Lash and do your office lustily upon these egregious Jer. 9.5 But I must be modest and turne to the controversall part of the pamphlet which savoures of a little more sobriety which I would meet with a proportionable spirit The controversall Part. wherefore leaving sorded Will. Jennison with the Beadles in Bridewell I come seriously to contend with the more sollid Mr. Jennison on the battlements of Beth-el And upon our very first encounter we are agreed Lash p. 3. Act. 2. both Master Jennison and my self freely subscribing to the Apostles Pentecost and fully concluding that the same glorious day on which Pentecost then fell was and is that blessed Sanctified day which the Saints did and ought to keep as their Sabbath For although the Authority of the seventh day be firmly established by the Fathers institution 7th day Sabbath sought out â— 68 c the Sons confirmation the spirits Approbation and the Saints observation as I have fully proved in my book of the Sabbath yet since Master Jennison omits three of these impregnable Pillars and singles out the fourth to cast his whole cause upon I am chearfully resolved through the assistance of the promised spirit of truth to embrace that wonderful day of Pentecost and none but that for the undoubted Sabbath of Christians which I shall convincingly and undeniably prove to be Jehovah's certain sanctified seventh day which being performed Mr. Jennison stands obliged in credit and conscience to own it Seeing therefore we are agreed herein I shall with all possible brevity touch and I hope overturn his other Arguments and referre the whole matter to the Apostles Pentecost Lash pag. 2. And first Master Jennison silently yields that he hath neither command from God nor councell from Christ for the observation of the first day of the week In that he flies for his prime Argument to the supposed example of Saints which if he could prove as no man can yet were it not sufficient ground to reject the true seventh day Sabbath setled by clear commands For this must be observed as a general conclusion A General rule That exampleâ— do only allow us liberty and nothing but a clear command can oblige us to duty Rom. 4.15 As for instance Community of goods is the Saints liberty because it was practiced But liberality of our proper substance is a duty because it is commanded Saints may freely Feast before Communion because we have Apostical president But all true Disciples must break bread because we have Evangelical Precept Even so we have liberty to meet the first day as freely as any other week-day for we find the Saints at Troas then occasionally assembled But we are tyed in duty to celebrate the seventh day-day-Sabbath as being expresly commanded The Saints example at Troas once doth no more obliege us to their time then their meeting in an upper chamber doth tye us to the like place If examples alone were binding Act. 17.2 and 18.4 we have innumerable for the seventh day Sabbath and this may be sufficient to shew the invalidity of Mr. Jennisons first Argument and that part of his
14th day at even when the Passover was eaten was the beginning of the fifteenth day as is confessed by the learned commentators Anot. Lev. 23.5 Lash p. 37. and is plain Exod. 12.18 19. and however Mr. Jenison termes it a shuffle to say the first fruits were offered the morrow of or after the Sabbath Amsworth and yet this morrow was the Sabbath it seife he termes not me but Moses if not God himselfe the shufler who plainely calls the 15 th day of the first moneth the morrow after the Passeover when they came out of Egypt yet the very same night of eating the Passeover departing out of Egypt was the beginning of the 15th day Numb 33.3 Exod. 12.18 19. If this be marvellous ignorance as Mr. Jenison termes it I am content to be so sensured by him whilst I have learned Ainsworth Diodati the English commentators Moses and God himselfe to bear me out in it lash p. 38. And that Saviour who is Lord of the Sabbath Sabbath will reckon with Mr. Ienuison for his hard speeches Lash p. 38 39. for we shall seek none other Saviour but he who commands the keeping of his Sabbath Mat. 24.20 As to the judgement of God upon the Prelates indeed it is most just for their opposing the morality of the Sabbath and let those who assert it that sleight it expect the next Vial. I have seen variety of judgements even to astonishment upon rejecters of the revived seventh day Sabbath which in my Reply to the next book which I hear is in the Press I may possibly have more leisure and just ground to particularize The Stress of the Controversie AFter this brief yet full Confutation of Mr. Iennisons inferiour Arguments I find him in my entrance upon the Apostles Pentecost which he concludes the main Stress of the Controversie labouring under two very gross mistakes Act. 2. Lash p. 3. The first is a strange conceit that the first fruits enjoyned Lev. 23.11 was to be ripe corn and upon this his mistake he renders the day of reaping uncertain p. 4. 10. according as Harvest came sooner or latter and so runs on in reckoning the fifty daies or seven weeks at randome to fasten the Apostles Pentecost to his First-day Sabbath whereas the Scripture requires not ripe corn but green ears * Lev. 2.14 Exod. 9.31 Deut. 16.12 Exod. 23.14 such as the field afforded at their going out of Egypt in Memorial whereof these first fruits were appointed and Gods Israel prohibited to eat thereof until this homage were performed This foul fault in the entrance of his account of fifty daies must needs be ill in the end His second intolerable mistake Lash p. 9. which hath nothing to save it from high blasphemy but gross ignorance is his confident assertion that the feast of first fruits was not at the end of the weeks but at the beginning yea and chargeth it as a very great mistake to say the Feast it self was not till the end of the weeks This Charge flies in the face of God himself who hath thus expressy spoken by his servant Moses Also in the day of the first fruits when ye bring a new meat-offering unto the Lord AFTER YOVR WEEKS BE OVT ye shall have an holy Convocation Numb 28.26 with Lev. 23.2.4 ye shall do no servile work This was that holy Convocation Act. 2.1 2. called in Greek Pentecost whereon the bread which was made of the Sheaf or â—nâ—er waved Let. 23.11 was to be again waved before the Lord as the first fruits Lev. 23.17 20 21. I shall not henceforth wonder at Mr. Iennisons error in his reckoning the seven weeks so as to make Pentecost fall upon his first day who can so confidently affirm that this Feast was in the beginning of the weeks and charge Moses with a very great mistake for recording it to be after the weeks were out Now touching that which he terms the main Stress of the Controversie between us Lash p. 3. we have both solemnly engaged before the world in print casting as he saith our whole cause upon it That the day whereon the Apostles Pentecost fell * Act. 2.1 was and is that glorious day which the Saints did and ought to keep as their Sabbath And I desire no more but that he which shall shrink from this clear confession may be henceforth judged and deemed a deserter and profaner of the true acknowledged Christian Sabbath The fair discovery of this Question upon what day the Apostles Pentecost fell will be fully evident in the institution of the Feast Lev. 23.10 11 15. where Jehovah required Moses to speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them when ye be come into the Land which I give unto you and shall reap the harvest thereof then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest unto the Priest and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be accepted for you on the morrow of the Sabbath for so is the Hebrew and so Ainsworth renders it on the morrow of the Sabbath the Priest shall wave it And what ever this Sabbath was this is plain that from the morrow following they were enjoyned to begin their reckoning of seven Sabbaths Lev. 23.15 16. which is expresly called seven weeks in Deut. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lev. 23. 16. and the Septuagint is the same in both places And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering seven Sabbaths shall be compleat even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty dayes This Sabbath from whose morrow the account began is by Ainsworth Diodat c. called the Passeover Sabbath Lash p. 4. 5. 8. and Easter But Mr. Jenison is very angry with me for so speaking and yet from the bare authority of certain obscure Informers he confidently concludes that it was the Jewes seventh-day weekly Sabbath and so boldly begins upon the first day of the week to number the 7 weeks or fifty days so to make Pentecost fall Pat as he phraseth it upon his supposed first-day Sabbath I shall not with my small skill in the Hebrew presume to contend with his unknown informers who assures him that it can be no other then the weekly Sabbath yet I suppose modesty will even constrain both him and them to submit unto the information of the most profoundly learned which the long Parliament and Assembly could find for that eminent mark of the English Annotations upon the whole Bible whose Notes upon these very words Lev. 23.11.15 On the morrow after the Sabbath are quite contrary to Mr. Ienison and his informers who say it can be no other then the weekly Sabbath Their notes are these Not the weekly Sabbath English Annot. on Lev. 23. but the first day of the Feast of unleavened