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A97211 The Jevvs Sabbath antiquated, and the Lords Day instituted by divine authority. Or, The change of the Sabbath from the last to the first day of the week, asserted and maintained by Scripture-arguments, and testimonies of the best antiquity; with a refutation of sundry objections raised against it. The sum of all comprized in seven positions. By Edm. Warren minister of the Gospel in Colchester. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy. Warren, Edmund, minister of the Gospel in Colchester. 1659 (1659) Wing W955; Thomason E986_26; ESTC R204006 221,695 275

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day_n a_o holy_a day_n now_o to_o spend_v the_o lord_n day_n throughout_o a_o holy_a day_n be_v not_o to_o spend_v any_o part_n of_o it_o in_o servilework_n but_o to_o sanctify_v it_o as_o a_o sabbath_n but_o in_o regard_n this_o testimony_n touch_v but_o one_o half_a of_o the_o question_n i_o only_o touch_v upon_o it_o by_o the_o way_n and_o proceed_v to_o a_o four_o who_o speak_v the_o truth_n and_o the_o whole_a truth_n tertullian_n by_o name_n 4._o tertullian_n 4._o who_o flourish_v in_o the_o year_n of_o grace_n 200._o or_o two_o hundred_o and_o four_o his_o african_a phrase_n be_v somewhat_o dark_a yet_o some_o light_n it_o afford_v we_o as_o to_o this_o controversy_n in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o soldier_n crown_n he_o speak_v thus_o on_o mil._n on_o die_fw-la dominico_fw-la jejunare_fw-la nefas_fw-la ducimus_fw-la vel_fw-la de_fw-la geniculis_fw-la adorare_fw-la de_fw-fr colon_n mil._n the_o lord_n day_n we_o hold_v it_o unlawful_a either_o to_o fast_o or_o to_o pray_v kneel_v and_o elsewhere_o he_o seem_v to_o intimate_v the_o reason_n of_o it_o viz._n solennia_fw-la viz._n diem_fw-la solis_fw-la laetitiae_fw-la indulgemus_fw-la alia_fw-la long_a ratione_fw-la quam_fw-la religione_fw-la solis_fw-la seeundo_fw-la loco_fw-la ab_fw-la eye_n sumus_fw-la qui_fw-la diem_fw-la saturni_n otio_fw-la &_o viotui_fw-la decernunt_fw-la exorbitante_n &_o ipsi_fw-la a_o judaico_fw-la more_fw-it quem_fw-la ignorant_a apol._n adv_n gent._n c._n 16._o ●and_n ch_n 3._o de_fw-la anima_fw-la he_o speak_v of_o the_o lord_n day_n solemnity_n namely_o scripturarum_fw-la lectio_fw-la psalmi_n cantus_fw-la adlocutiones_fw-la &_o petitiones_fw-la read_v the_o scripture_n sing_v of_o psam_n conference_n and_o prayer_n dominica_n solennia_fw-la because_o it_o be_v a_o day_n of_o joy_n and_o gladness_n for_o upon_o the_o sunday_n say_v he_o we_o give_v ourselves_o to_o joy_n or_o gladness_n where_o note_n that_o in_o tertullian_n time_n also_o the_o title_n of_o lord_n day_n rev._n 1.10_o be_v appropriate_a to_o sunday_n which_o the_o primitive_a christian_n so_o universal_o observe_v that_o the_o heathen_n begin_v to_o calumniate_v they_o as_o worshipper_n of_o the_o sun_n but_o tertullian_n in_o this_o place_n clear_v they_o for_o say_v he_o although_o upon_o the_o sunday_n we_o give_v ourselves_o to_o gladness_n yet_o it_o be_v for_o another_o far_o wide_a reason_n than_o in_o honour_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o again_o in_o the_o second_o place_n be_v we_o from_o they_o mean_v the_o jew_n who_o appoint_v the_o saturday_n to_o idleness_n and_o eat_v wander_a from_o the_o jewish_a custom_n which_o they_o know_v not_o in_o which_o word_n he_o give_v we_o to_o understand_v that_o although_o the_o christian_n then_o devote_v the_o lord_n day_n to_o joy_n and_o gladness_n yet_o they_o make_v it_o not_o a_o playday_n or_o a_o day_n of_o pamper_v their_o body_n and_o riotous_a feast_n as_o the_o degenerate_a jew_n do_v their_o sabbath_n but_o they_o spend_v it_o in_o the_o spiritual_a exercise_n of_o prayer_n and_o praise_n they_o keep_v it_o as_o a_o solemn_a holy_a day_n but_o how_o often_o what_o once_o a_o year_n nay_o once_o a_o week_n as_o he_o testify_v in_o the_o 14._o ch_z of_o his_o book_n concern_v idolatry_n where_o he_o speak_v ibid._n speak_v ethnicis_fw-la sentel_n annuus_fw-la dies_fw-la cuique_fw-la festus_fw-la est_fw-la tibi_fw-la vero_fw-la octavus_fw-la excerpe_fw-la fingulas_fw-la solennitates_fw-la nationum_fw-la &_o in_fw-la ordinem_fw-la texe_n pentecostem_fw-la implere_fw-la non_fw-la poterunt_fw-la de_fw-fr idol_n p._n 736._o edit_fw-la basil_n ●o_n melior_fw-la fides_fw-la nationum_fw-la in_o svam_fw-la sectam_fw-la quae_fw-la nullam_fw-la christianorum_fw-la selevitatem_fw-la fibi_fw-la vendicat_fw-la non_fw-la dominicam_fw-la non_fw-la pentecostem_fw-la etiam_fw-la si_fw-la nossent_fw-la nobiscunt_fw-la non_fw-la communicassent_fw-la ne_fw-la christiani_n viaerentur_fw-la nos_fw-la ne_fw-la ethnici_fw-la pronunciemur_fw-la non_fw-la veremur_fw-la ibid._n thus_o to_o the_o christian_a who_o observe_v 52._o lord_n day_n every_o year_n whereas_o all_o the_o annual_a festivity_n of_o pagan_n come_v short_a of_o pentecost_n or_o 50_o to_o the_o heathen_n every_o festival_n be_v some_o annual_a day_n but_o to_o thou_o every_o eight_o day_n etc._n etc._n and_o here_o he_o take_v up_o a_o sad_a complaint_n against_o some_o apostatise_v christian_n who_o keep_v heathenish_a holy-day_n as_o if_o there_o be_v not_o lord_n day_n enough_o in_o the_o year_n o_o the_o faith_n of_o the_o nation_n better_a than_o we_o to_o ward_n their_o own_o sect_n as_o who_o challenge_v not_o to_o themselves_o any_o christian_a solemnity_n not_o that_o of_o the_o lord_n day_n nor_o that_o of_o pentecost_n do_v they_o know_v it_o they_o will_v not_o communicate_v with_o we_o lest_o they_o shall_v seem_v christian_n we_o christian_n be_v not_o afraid_a to_o be_v account_v heathen_n where_o two_o thing_n be_v worthy_a of_o note_n first_o that_o he_o style_v the_o lord_n day_n the_o christian_n solemnity_n or_o solemn_a day_n second_o that_o he_o make_v it_o the_o christian_n livery_n or_o badge_n of_o cognizance_n therefore_o the_o heathen_n will_v not_o keep_v it_o lest_o they_o shall_v be_v take_v for_o christian_n and_o indeed_o so_o it_o be_v the_o keep_n holy_a of_o the_o lord_n day_n be_v ever_o the_o distinguish_a character_n of_o a_o true_a christian_a hence_o as_o we_o note_v before_o the_o persecute_v pagan_n use_v to_o question_v the_o primitive_a christian_n upon_o this_o interrogatory_n have_v thou_o keep_v the_o lord_n day_n 303._o anno_fw-la 303._o just_a as_o the_o bloody_a papist_n in_o queen_n mary_n time_n examine_v the_o protestant_n about_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o the_o common_a answer_n be_v i_o be_o a_o christian_n i_o date_n not_o intermit_v it_o for_o the_o law_n admonish_v i_o of_o it_o 4._o lex_fw-la eos_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la agendo_fw-la admonuisset_fw-la seil_fw-fr lex_fw-la dei_fw-la ut_fw-la ipfi_n martyr_n exponunt_fw-la num_fw-la 51._o non_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o margin_n a_o baronio_n annotatur_fw-la num._n 48._o vide_fw-la theoph._n philokur_n lib._n ch_n 4._o namely_o the_o law_n of_o god_n of_o christ_n and_o christianity_n which_o answer_n cost_v many_o a_o christian_n his_o life_n never_o be_v two_o truth_n more_o deep_o dye_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o martyr_n than_o the_o lord_n supper_n and_o the_o lord_n day_n have_v be_v the_o one_o under_o popish_a the_o other_o under_o pagan_a persecution_n but_o to_o return_v to_o our_o author_n tertullian_n testimony_n be_v clear_a for_o the_o christian_n keep_v of_o the_o lord_n day_n but_o do_v they_o not_o keep_v the_o saturday-sabbath_n too_o in_o his_o time_n no_o he_o deny_v that_o once_o and_o again_o as_o in_o the_o forementioned_a book_n concern_v idolatry_n etc._n idolatry_n nobis_fw-la quibus_fw-la sabbata_n extranea_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o neomenia_n &_o seriae_fw-la aliquando_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la dilectae_fw-la saturnalia_fw-la &_o januriae_n frequentantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n shall_v we_o say_v he_o frequent_a heathenish_a festival_n to_o who_o the_o sabbath_n new_a moon_n and_o holy_a day_n sometime_o so_o dear_o belove_v of_o god_n be_v strange_a strange_a through_o disuse_a doubtless_o not_o through_o ignorance_n therefore_o it_o be_v clear_a they_o do_v not_o keep_v they_o but_o more_o clear_a be_v that_o which_o he_o write_v in_o his_o apologetic_n against_o thegentiles_n where_o he_o acknowledge_v 848._o acknowledge_v neque_fw-la de_fw-la victus_fw-la exceptionibus_fw-la neque_fw-la de_fw-la solennitatibus_fw-la dierum_fw-la neque_fw-la de_fw-la ipso_fw-la signaculo_fw-la corporis_fw-la neque_fw-la de_fw-la consortio_fw-la nominis_fw-la cum_fw-la judaeis_n agimus_fw-la p._n 848._o that_o the_o christian_n have_v no_o correspondence_n with_o the_o jew_n neither_o in_o difference_n of_o meant_n nor_o solemnity_n of_o day_n nor_o in_o 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and_o among_o our_o own_o writer_n reverend_a mr._n cawdrey_n and_o mr._n palmer_n incline_v this_o way_n dr._n willet_n mr._n g._n walker_n mr._n h._n broughton_n have_v strenuous_o argue_v it_o from_o scripture_n i_o shall_v but_o hint_n a_o few_o of_o the_o many_o scripture-argument_n that_o have_v be_v and_o may_v be_v allege_v to_o this_o purpose_n 1._o from_o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o saviour_n jesus_n christ_n who_o have_v tell_v we_o express_o that_o the_o devil_n be_v a_o murderer_n or_o manslayer_n from_o the_o beginning_n a_o liar_n and_o the_o father_n of_o lie_n 〈◊〉_d john_n 8.34_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n creation_n but_o of_o man_n creation_n which_o most_o proper_o and_o precise_o imply_v the_o six_o day_n wherein_o the_o serpent_n beguile_v our_o first_o parent_n by_o lie_v and_o murder_v they_o that_o word_n from_o the_o beginning_n be_v the_o same_o in_o the_o syriack_n version_n which_o be_v use_v gen._n 1._o 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