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
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
time of the Ambassadors Residence in England One day I took the boldness to ask his Excellency why he gave that Allowance to the said Monson to which he was pleased to answer because he had been his Chaplaine fifteen Years before when he was but Envoy Extraordinary to the King of England from the King of Portugal to which when I replyed that I supposed his Excellency did not allow it him for that reason only but that I belived he was concerned in the Plot his Excellency returned this Answer why Francis do you think that if you were taken upon Suspicion that I and all of us were not bound to assist you with our Lives and Fortunes as we do particularly this Mr. Munson and all others in his Condition lest they should discover the Plot And at the same time among the rest of the Contributors his Excellency named the Lady Penalua Sister to Don Franciso de Melo who died Ambassador in Ordinary in England in the Year 1678. A certain Sign that the Ambassador was deeply concerned who was so profuse of his Life and Fortune to Strangers in a Forreign Country where if it had been otherwise neither his Life nor his Fortune had been in the least danger or Jeopardy The further INFORMATION of Francisco de Faria upon Oath before me Edmund Warcupp Esq Mid. and West one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace in the said County and City this Day of December 1680. THis Informant being duely Sworn and Examined saith that in the Month of July 1679 when Sir George Wakeman Baronet William Marshal and William Rumley Gentlemen and James Corker the Priest were Tryed in the Old Bayly he employed one Mr. Cooper by Order of his Master Gasper de Abreu de Frietas Ambassador in Ordinary from the Crown of Portugal to take in Writing the said Tryals which he did and the said Trials were transcribed and afterwards read and interpreted unto the said Ambassador who seemed to be exceedingly displeased with Mr. Marshal for so over-doing his Defence in regard said he the said Mr. Marshal was well assured before hand he should not be Condemn'd and in these long Speeches said he he hath too much reflected on the Innocency of them that had already Suffered and took too much No tice of the Blood already shed by which he endanger'd the spoiling of the whole Business by exasperating the Court and Jury against them all That some time after the said Trials there was a report about the Court and City that Articles were coming out against the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs upon which the said Ambassador told this Informant he would give fifty Guinneys to have a Copy of them before they were made publick That some time before the Ambassador acquainted this Informant that he intended to send to Portugal for his Lady and that this Informant should be her Gentleman Usher and also continue in his present Capacity of Secretary and Interpreter That the said Ambassador did in order thereto furnish his House and one Day being very intent upon Work Men who were putting up some Tapestry Hangings a very large Pacquet of Letters was brought his Excellency by Doctor Mendex one of the Queens Majesties Physitians which he had no sooner read but he acquainted this Informant that he must forthwith go for Portugal to which this Informant answered that he much wondred at it and was not a little surprised to hear it especially in regard that his Excellency being Ambassador in Ordinary must then leave the Ambassadage Extraordinary behind him a thing unusual But his Excellency answered this Informant that he must go and that immediately and would leave Orders to sell his Coach and Horses and other things after he was gone This Informant still pressing the Reasons of so sudden a Departure was by the said Ambassador answered that otherwise he thought he should be called before the King and Counsel upon the Lord Scroggs his account and added Francis you must then go also but I charge you not to say that you went to the said Lord Scroggs from me that Fryday on which Sir George Wakeman was Tried but that you went on your own head and that you went to him from me on the Saturday after only for God above knows what we do is for the Catholick Cause and that God below pointing to his Chappel which was under his Chamber in which we then were will pardon us and justify us in what we do At which time there being a remour that the Earl of Offory was to go for Madrid to complement that King upon his Marriage and that he would Embarque for Lisbon and go thence by Land to Madrid the Ambassador said he would go with him But he then again further charged this Informant to say if he should happen to be examined before the Council that the Ambassador sent him and went himself to the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs by a Mistake as looking on him to be a publick Minister of State Whereupon this Informant having alwayes great Freedom of Discourse with the said Ambassador asked his Lordship his reasons and why his Lordship did direct him to say in that manner touching the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs and his Lordship thereupon answered him in the Portuguese Language with a Proverb of that Countrey in these words Chenes muy curioso novive muto which in English is He that is overcurious never liveth long Whereupon this Informant thought fit to forbear any further Questions in that Matter promising to obey his Lordships Command about the said Lord Chief Justice Scroggs And this Informant saith that he well remembers that this Discourse was on the last Lord Mayors Day was twelve Months And this Informant saith that at the time when his Majesty was ill at Windsor this Informant being in Discourse with the said Ambassador did ask his Lordship what should be done with the Queen in Case his Majesty should then die which God forbid he should who answered that so soon as his Majesties Eyes were closed the Marquess de Aronches Extraordinary Ambassador or else himself would immediately go with her Majesty to Calais and her Majesty being by one of them thus secured the other should stay here and then England should be treated with to restore Tangeir and the rest of her Majesties Dowry vvhich he said was the reason that two Ambassadors were here at one time for said he should the King die the Queen would be imprisoned and punished or made a Slave in England and we come not hither to repeat his own words Nos non vimus para ensilar perlos to thread Pearl but to take care of her Safety Frantisco de Faria And this Informant further saith That the Ambassador one day asked him if he knew Dugdale To which he answered That he knew none of the Witnesses Then the Ambassador said Dugdale is a Rogue because he would not accept the money that was offered him by a Chambermaid For if he had taken the