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B00106	A short treatise, agaynst the prophanation of the Lord's day, especiallie by salmond-fishing thereon, in tyme of divine service. / By William Guild, D.D. minister in Aberdene, and chaplane to his Majestie..	Guild, William, 1586-1657.; Johnstoun, Arthur, 1587-1641. Epitaphium piscatoris.	1637 (1637)	STC 12491; ESTC S92781	21,843	84

A SHORT TREATISE Agaynst the prophanation of the LORD'S DAY Especiallie By Salmond Fishing thereon In tyme of Divine Service MATH xxij 21. Giue vnto GOD that which is God's EZEK xxiij 38. Moreover this they haue done vnto mee they haue prophaned my Sabbath By WILLIAM GUILD D. D. Minister in ABERDENE and Chaplane to his Majestie Printed in Aberdene by Edward Raban 1637. BON ACCORD Insignia Vrbis abredoniae TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL RELIGIOUS AND TRVE PATTERNE OF VERTVE Sr THOMAS BVRNET OF LEYES KNIGHT c. And to his moste Religious and worthie Ladie Dame IEANE MONCRIEF Grace and Blessings here Glorie and Beatitude hereafter RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL IT is not without cause that the observation of the LORDS Day is called THE KEY OF RELIGION which being neglected the same should quicklie decaye and quyte perish out of the hearts of men and so they should turne Athiestes and become without GOD in the World For preventing whereof the LORD praefixed a speciall Memento to the fourth Precept of His Morall Law enjoyning men to Remember to keepe holie the Sabbath Day and subjoyning a moste pithie reason thereof But alace men now vnder the Gospell are come to such a degree of impietie with vs that tho they haue a more forcible reason to obserue the LORRS DAY whereon our Saviour rose and brought vs from Death to Lyfe agayne and which from the beginning hitherto the Christian Church also everie where hath so religiouslie observed Yet these not through oblivion nor ignorance but agaynst knowne light and wilfullie as also both peartlie and publicklie to the high offence of GOD and scandall of His People prophane that Holie Daye consecrated to His Worship by Salmond-Fishing thereon in tyme of Divine Service whereby GOD is depryved of His Honour the Church of Reverence the Common-wealth of Order the Bodie of Rest the Soule of Edification the Life of Direction GOD'S Word of Audience and His Law of Obedience counting onelie their Gayne to bee Godlinesse and not as the Apostle sayeth Godlinesse to bee great Gayne 1. Tim. 6. ● and esteeming the Word of GOD in the mouthes of His Servantes because it crosseth their commoditie as it did Alexander the Copper-smith's even as Pharao called it in the mouth of MOSES for the lyke cause Exod. 5.9 Vayne wordes onlie not to be regarded tho one day they know they shall bee judged thereby Yea some are come to that hight of impietie hating to be reformed Psal 50.27 that they dare call in question the verie Institution and lawfulnesse of the observation thereof which Augustine declareth Aug. Epist. 118. ad Ian. Insolentissmae esse insaniae or an expression a fit of a most insolent audacious madnesse not worthie of anie modest answere For due informing and reclayming of whom if they bee not lyke Babell which would not bee cured I haue taken these paynes in all loue and care of their salvation and shall count it my greatest joye and most happie bestowed travells if heereby besides my preaching and daylie prayers for them I may fish by the Nette of the Gospell but one Soule amongst them to bee obedient to the LORD and lyke Noah in his age by their practise to oppose the speat of wicked and common Example But if not wee that are their Pastoures must not bee quyte discowraged because wee see neyther our paynes nor preaching to prevayle seeing that Noah in cxx years both by preaching and building the Arke lykewyse converted not one soule of the whole world to fayth and repentance and that the Lord's Prophets haue beene commanded to preach and yet it hath beene told them before-hand Ezek. 3.4 that they should not bee heard yea moreover Isai 6.10 that their doctrine should harden the heartes of the hearers But this wee shall doe 1. Sam. 15.35 As Samuell mourned for Saull whom he could not mende and as the Apostle bewayled those that sinned 2. Cor. 12.21 and had not repented So our soules shall not ceasse to mourne for them in secret and in the meane whyle our worke shall be with our God And whether our labours bee vnto lyfe or death to our hearers to convert or convince them we shall bee vnto God a sweete savour in Christ 2. Cor. 2.15 both in them that are saved and in them that perish These paynes then Sir I haue dedicated to Your Worship for sundrie respectes and diverse obliegementes mooving mee but especiallie in regarde of that religious disposition and zealous affection Yee haue to the Trueth and hatered agaynst such enormous abuses as this or anie lyke wilfull grosse violation of Gods holy Cōmandements with which disposition both evidently eminently is conjoyned a patterne in Your person of an assiduous vertuous inclination that so for Religion Policie your W. is famous both in Church Commonwealth even as it was wished of Boaz that hee might doe worthilie in Ephratha and bee famous in Bethlehem With the constancie of which worthie imitable parts Ruth 4.1 I shall also wish the continuance of all true happinesse both with your self your most religious Ladie honorable House all Your hopefull Posteritie as one who shall ever approue himselfe Your Worships in all due and addebted affection WILLIAM GUILD THE CONTENTS Chapter I. Of the occasion of this short Treatise Pag. 1 Chapter II. Of the state of the Question and first That the Lord's publicke Worship is Morall oblieging all men and That a certayne daye hath beene observed holie for the same in all ages Pag. 5 Chapter III. The manie reasons first taken from Christ's honouring the Lord's day Why all true Christians haue ever and still should honour the same Pag. 13 Chapter IV. The Apostles their observation of the Lord's daye in lyke manner and the lyke practise of all Christian Churches both in their tyme and after Pag. 19 Chapter V. The holie speaches and religious exhortations of the ancient Fathers both Greeke and Latine or of the Easterne Westerne Church for the due keeping holie of the LORD'S Day Pag. 25 CHAP. VI. The Decrees of Councels as also of Godlie Emperours and Princes for the due observation of the Lord's Daye Pag. 28 CHAP. VII The Ancient and Moderne Constitutions both of our owne Church and Kingdome of Scotland for due observation of the LORD'S DAY Pag. 33 CHAP. VIII The Ancient and Moderne Constitutions both of the Church and Kingdome of ENGLAND for due observation of the LORD'S DAY Pag. 36 Chapter IX Howe the Lord's day is to bee observed and what workes are permissible or not permissible thereon And speciallie That the Salmond-fishing thereon is no wayes permissible or lawfull Pag. 39 CHAP. X. What are the manie and great evills which the prophaning of the LORD'S DAY by Salmond-Fishing produceth Pag. 49 CHAP. XI The CONCLUSION by way of a faythfull Warning from the head of the Watch-Towre for exoneration at least of our owne Soules whom GOD hath set

saying That vpon Sundaye Iustin Martyr Apol. 2. pro Christianis in sine when Christians both in the Town Country do assemble together after the reading of the word publicke exhortation by the Pastor after Prayer and celebration of the Sacrament of Christ's Bodie and Blood then those who are able pro sua quisque voluntate conferunt sayeth hee collecta deponuntur apud praepositum isque subvenit pupillis viduis propter morbum aliamve necessitatem egentibus that is Then everie one as he pleaseth contributeth and what is collected is layd down beside him who hath the charge thereof who helpeth the Orphanes and Widowes and others who by sicknesse or anie other necessitie are poore and indigent And hee subjoyneth saying Conventus autem bos die Solis facimus quoniam hac die primum DEVS depulsis tenebris formataque materia mundum creavit IESVS CHRISTVS quoque noster Servator eadem die resurrexit à mortuis that is These Assemblies we make them on Sunday because on that day the Lord driving away darknesse having formed a matter He created the world as also our Saviour IESVS CHRIST on that same daye arose from the dead So that wee see our Christian or Lord's Day abrogateth not the memorie of the Creation but beeing the first of the Creation and the day of CHRIST'S Resurrection it putteth vs in mynde both of the making of the Worlde and the redeeming of the same Iustin Martyr Apol. 2. Aug. de tempor serm 251. or of a visible olde creation and an invisible newe one as witnesseth both Iustine Martyr as also holie Augustine The same observation of the day of the Lord's Resurrection wee may see also to haue beene the constant and catholicke practise of all Christian Churches after the Apostolicke tymes by the witnessing of other ancient Fathers Therefore sayeth Clemens Romanus Clem. Rom. Co●stit Ap. l. 2. c. 63. Wee Christians assemble our selues together with great diligence vpon the LORD'S Day to prayse Him c. And Tertullian Tertull. apol c. 39. 16. c. 14. de Idolo●atr●a Vpon that day sayeth hee wee who are Christians meete together carefullie in the holie Assemblies And agayne in his Apologeticke hee showeth That the honouring of this day beeing called after the Heathnish denomination Dies Solis and assembling together for publicke worship thereon was the occasion why the Paganes gaue it out That Christians did worship the Sunne So lykewyse sayeth Basil and Isichius Basil de Sp. Sancto c. 27 Et Isichius in Levit. cap. 9. See Aug. de tempore serm 151. That following the doctrine and direction of the Apostles the Christians everie where did sequester the LORD'S Day for their holie Assemblies Those therefore who contrarie to Apostolicall observation and direction and contrarie also to the constant practise of the whole Christian Church ever there-after will so boldlie irreligiouslie contemne such Authoritie and holie examples and prophane the Lord's day for their filthie lucre as they depart heerein from so holie a practise heere so they may justlie feare except they repent and amende a dreadfull departure from Him who is Lord of that day and a separation from the societie of those Saynctes heere-after CHAP. V. The holie speaches and religious exhortations of the ancient Fathers both Greeke and Latine or of the Easterne Westerne Church for the due keeping holie of the LORD'S Day FIrst then to begin with the Grecian Fathers and intending for brevities cause to bring but a few Ignatius Martyr who lived in the Apostles owne tyme adjureth everie one Ignatius 〈◊〉 Magnes by the loue of CHRIST to halow that day saying Let everie one who loveth CHRIST keepe holie the LORD'S Day renowned by His Resurrection which is the Queene of dayes So that the prophanation of this daye and the loue of CHRIST can not consist together and are alwayes incompatible Next Saynct Chrysostome a most famous and holie Bishop Chrysost hom 10. in Genes 2. showeth That from the verie beginning the LORD hath requyred that one day in everie weeke constantlie and whollie should bee set a-part by His Church to bee entierlie appropriated applyed for Spirituall exercyses tending to the good of the soules as the rest of the dayes of the weeke are applyed by vs for corporall and servile labour tending to the good of the bodie and mayntaynance of the naturall lyfe Saynct AUGUSTINE also that great Light of the Westerne Church Aug. serm 215. vrgeth the religious and entiere observation of the Christian Sabbath by comparing the same with the observation of the Jewish Sabbath saying If the vnhappie Iewes doe with so great devotion celebrate their Sabbath so that vpon the same they will doe no earthlie worke how much more should Christians vpon the LORD'S Daye much more attende His Worship and for the salvation of their soules assemble themselues together in the Church of GOD GREGORIE the Great also wryting to the Citizens of ROME Greg. l. 11. epist. 3. showeth both where-from wee should rest and howe wee should whollie employ our selues on the Lord's day laying Vpon the LORD'S Day a cessation should bee altogether from earthlie labour and men should whollie giue themselues to insist in Prayer that what by negligence the sixe dayes of the weeke hath beene committed by Prayer vpon the LORD'S Day the same may hee expiated Seeing therefore this day so manie wayes hath beene honoured by Christ stamped with His Name celebrated by His Apostles observed by the Church and recommended vnto vs by the Fathers whosoever with an high hand of rebellion agaynst God and His Church will wilfullie prophane the same hee sinneth grievouslie agaynst his own soule and the soules of others and as learned Hooker sayeth The voluntarie scandalous contempt of resting from labour on that Day whereon the LORD is publicklie served can not bee too severelie brydled and corrected CHAP. VI. The Decrees of Councels as also of Godlie Emperours and Princes for the due observation of the Lord's Daye FIrst then wee will set downe those Canons of ancient and famous Councels which declare what is forbidden on the Lord's daye and next those which showe what is commanded Synod 6. c●p 8 The sixt Generall Councell then forbiddeth all bodilie worke except that which is for the refreshment of nature that day Thus also sayeth the Councell of Rhemes holden in the 8●3 yeare of CHRIST Concil Rhemens can 35. and tyme of LEO the third Vpon the LORD'S Daye secundùm DOMINI Praeceptum that is according to the LORD' 's owne commandement let no man doe anie servile worke Next the Councell of Cabilon holden in the 653 yeare of CHRIST and tyme of Eugenius more particularlie speaketh of such works as having but a short season and are subject to sundrie dangers both of wnde rayne and are for the sustentation of the whole Countrey yet say the Fathers of this Councell Concil Cabilen