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A55487 Sabbatum. The mystery of the Sabbath discovered Wherein the doctrine of the Sabbath according to the Scriptures, and the primitive church, is declared. The Sabbath moral, and ceremonial are described, and differenced. What the rest of God signified, and wherein it consisted. The fourth commandment expounded. What part of the fourth commandment is moral, and what therein is ceremonial. Something (occasionally) concerning the Christian Sunday. By Edm. Porter, B.D. sometime fellow of St John's Colledge in Cambridge, and Prebend of Norwich. Porter, Edmund, 1595-1670. 1658 (1658) Wing P2984; ESTC R218328 143,641 276

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herein_o the_o meaning_n of_o prayer_n at_o the_o rehearse_n of_o the_o ten_o commandment_n how_o the_o law_n may_v be_v write_v in_o our_o heart_n and_o how_o it_o be_v performable_a by_o man_n tertullian_n in_o that_o book_n which_o he_o write_v against_o the_o jew_n affirm_v that_o the_o law_n which_o god_n impose_v upon_o our_o first_o parent_n in_o paradise_n be_v obligatory_a both_o to_o they_o and_o also_o to_o all_o the_o world_n in_o their_o succeed_a generation_n which_o law_n if_o they_o have_v obey_v have_v be_v a_o law_n large_a enough_o he_o say_v again_o judaeos_fw-la again_o tert._n advers._fw-la judaeos_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la lege_fw-la adae_fw-la datâ_fw-la omne_fw-la praecepta_fw-la condita_fw-la recognoscimus_fw-la quae_fw-la poste●_n pullul_fw-la averunt_fw-la data_fw-la per_fw-la mosem_fw-la in_o that_o law_n which_o god_n give_v to_o adam_n all_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n be_v secret_o couch_v and_o again_o lib._n again_o id_fw-la lib._n primordialis_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la data_fw-la adae_fw-la &_o evae_n quasi_fw-la matrix_fw-la omnium_fw-la praeceptorum_fw-la dei_fw-la i._n e._n that_o first_o law_n give_v to_o adam_n and_o eve_n be_v as_o the_o womb_n of_o all_o the_o law_n of_o the_o decalogue_n then_o he_o reckon_v up_o all_o the_o moral_a law_n first_o general_o as_o christ_n do_v mat._n 22._o 37._o thou_o shall_v love_v the_o lord_n thy_o god_n wi●h_v all_o thy_o heart_n and_o thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o then_o he_o particular_o mention_v the_o law_n of_o the_o second_o table_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v not_o commit_v adultery_n not_o steal_v not_o bear_v false_a witness_n honour_n thy_o father_n and_o mother_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v now_o the_o law_n give_v to_o adam_n be_v only_o in_o these_o few_o word_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n thou_o shall_v not_o eat_v yet_o in_o they_o all_o the_o law_n of_o the_o decalogue_n say_v he_o be_v imply_v his_o reason_n be_v if_o they_o have_v so_o love_v god_n they_o will_v not_o have_v disobey_v his_o command_n if_o they_o have_v love_v their_o neighbour_n that_o be_v one_o another_z themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n they_o will_v not_o have_v kill_v they_o by_o bring_v in_o mortality_n and_o original_a corruption_n of_o lust_n nor_o will_v they_o have_v steal_v the_o fruit_n which_o belong_v not_o to_o they_o nor_o h●ve_v comply_v with_o the_o serpent_n false_a witness_v concern_v the_o fruit_n nor_o have_v dishonour_v their_o father_n and_o creator_n by_o that_o transgression_n thus_o he_o from_o this_o passage_n we_o may_v observe_v that_o in_o the_o judgement_n of_o this_o learned_a father_n the_o whole_a decalogue_n have_v be_v thus_o impose_v upon_o our_o first_o parent_n therefore_o the_o law_n of_o sabbath_n keep_v among_o the_o rest_n must_v needs_o be_v put_v upon_o they_o we_o observe_v again_o that_o it_o be_v confess_v by_o this_o father_n in_o the_o same_o book_n and_o immediate_o after_o the_o word_n before_o allege_a that_o neither_o adam_n nor_o abel_n nor_o enoch_n nor_o noah_n nor_o melchisdeck_v nor_o abraham_n do_v ever_o sabbatise_v although_o the_o whole_a decalogue_n be_v impose_v on_o they_o also_o so_o as_o be_v say_v and_o although_o the_o law_n of_o the_o decalogue_n be_v every_o one_o of_o they_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o write_v in_o man_n heart_n and_o also_o that_o all_o those_o patriarch_n must_v be_v oblige_v to_o keep_v this_o sabbath_n law_n as_o well_o as_o any_o of_o the_o other_o nine_o this_o be_v grant_v how_o shall_v we_o quit_v this_o learned_a father_n from_o contradict_v himself_o in_o these_o two_o proposition_n first_o the_o patriarch_n be_v bind_v to_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n second_o the_o patriarch_n neither_o do_v nor_o be_v bind_v to_o keep_v the_o sabbath_n this_o riddle_n be_v easy_o unfold_v by_o distinguish_v the_o sabbath_n moral_a from_o the_o sabbath_n ceremonial_a that_o be_v the_o true_a real_a natural_a and_o substantial_a sabbath_n from_o the_o figurative_a typical_a and_o umbratical_a sabbath_n or._n the_o body_n from_o the_o shadow_n we_o affirm_v therefore_o that_o the_o jewish_a hebdomarie_a seaventh-day_n or_o saturday-sabbath_n be_v but_o the_o shadow_n or_o type_n and_o that_o the_o messiah_n even_o jesus_n christ_n our_o lord_n emmanuel_n be_v and_o be_v the_o true_a substantial_a sabbath_n and_o the_o true_a spirit_n and_o meaning_n of_o that_o sabbatical_a law_n and_o be_v the_o lord_n of_o the_o hebdomarie_a or_o typical_a sabbath_n we_o also_o affirm_v that_o neither_o adam_n nor_o any_o of_o those_o forename_a patriarch_n do_v ever_o keep_v or_o sanctify_v any_o seaventh-day_n or_o saturday-sabbath_n and_o also_o that_o such_o a_o sabbath_n day_n be_v never_o know_v or_o impose_v on_o god_n people_n before_o the_o day_n of_o moses_n and_o for_o this_o we_o have_v the_o confession_n of_o a_o learned_a jew_n even_o philo_n more_o than_o once_o 1._o once_o philo._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la mos_fw-la lib._n 1._o israelitae_n ignorabant_fw-la mundi_fw-la nat_n alem_fw-la prinsquam_fw-la ex_fw-la manna_n didicissent_fw-la i._n e._n the_o israelite_n know_v not_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o world_n until_o the_o manna_n fall_v therefore_o not_o the_o seven_o day_n again_o he_o say_v lib._n say_v idem_fw-la lib._n ante_fw-la mosem_fw-la sabbati_fw-la diem_fw-la ignor_fw-it abant_fw-la homines_fw-la before_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n man_n be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o sabbath_n day_n this_o he_o affirm_v although_o with_o a_o judaical_a excuse_n as_o if_o the_o former_a knowledge_n thereof_o have_v be_v obliterated_a by_o calamity_n but_o we_o also_o confess_v and_o firm_o believe_v that_o all_o those_o holy_a patriarch_n be_v bind_v and_o therefore_o do_v certain_o keep_v and_o sanctify_v the_o true_a substantial_a sabbath_n before_o moses_n be_v bear_v for_o their_o sabbath_n be_v the_o son_n of_o god_n even_o their_o true_a and_o only_a lord_n god_n who_o in_o 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and_o rest_v satisfy_v and_o at_o peace_n with_o we_o if_o those_o holy_a patriarch_n have_v not_o keep_v this_o sabbath_n they_o can_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o eternal_a sabbath_n of_o heaven_n that_o christ_n only_o be_v the_o sabbath_n moral_a to_o the_o sanctification_n whereof_o we_o all_o be_v perpetual_o oblige_v be_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o ancient_a church_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o many_o expression_n of_o the_o father_n origen_n say_v 29._o say_v orig._n in_o math._n tract_n 29._o qui_fw-la vivit_fw-la in_o christo_fw-la semper_fw-la sabbatizat_fw-la he_o that_o live_v in_o christ_n live_v in_o a_o continual_a sabbath_n the_o holy_a man_n macarius_n call_v the_o weekly_a sabbath_n 35._o sabbath_n marcar_n hom_o 35._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o e._n but_o a_o typical_a sabbath_n and_o say_v it_o be_v only_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o e._n that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o branch_n in_o the_o shadowy_a or_o ceremonial_a law_n but_o hoc_fw-la est_fw-la ver●m_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la vera_fw-la requies_fw-la animae_fw-la quae_fw-la conquiescit_fw-la in_o verâ_fw-la quiet_a &_o laetitià_fw-la domini_fw-la the_o true_a sabbath_n be_v the_o quiet_a of_o our_o soul_n rest_v in_o tranquillity_n and_o joy_n of_o our_o lord_n thus_o he_o after_o he_o epiphanius_n most_o evident_o declare_v the_o same_o doctrine_n more_o than_o once_o for_o thus_o he_o write_v 8._o write_v epiph_n haer._n 8._o in_o lege_fw-la figurae_fw-la erant_fw-la in_fw-la evange●io_fw-la veritas_fw-la illic_fw-la circumctsio_fw-la inservit_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la magnam_fw-la circumcisionem_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la baptismum_fw-la illic_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la detinens_fw-la in_o ma●num_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la req●iém_fw-la in_o christ_n under_o the_o law_n be_v figure_n but_o the_o truth_n of_o they_o be_v show_v in_o the_o gospel_n in_o the_o law_n carnal_a circumcision_n be_v use_v until_o the_o great_a circumcision_n by_o baptism_n come_v in_o there_o be_v a_o sabbath_n also_o which_o last_v until_o the_o great_a sabbath_n come_v which_o be_v our_o
church-prayer_n both_o in_o behalf_n of_o myself_o and_o other_o lord_z incline_v our_o heart_n to_o keep_v this_o law_n amen_o amen_n thus_o much_o concern_v the_o sabbath_n moral_a next_o of_o the_o sabbath_n ceremonial_a macrobius_n saturnaliorum_fw-la lib._n 6._o cap._n 9_o quia_fw-la seculum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la bibliothecâ_fw-la vetere_fw-la descivit_fw-la multa_fw-la ignoramus_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la laterent_fw-la si_fw-la veterum_fw-la lectio_fw-la nobis_fw-la esset_fw-la familiaris_fw-la a_o discourse_n of_o the_o jewish_a hebdomarie_a or_o ceremonial_a sabbath_n wherein_o be_v contain_v a_o exposition_n of_o the_o late_a and_o ceremonial_a part_n of_o the_o 4_o commandment_n chap._n xvii_o a_o exposition_n of_o the_o ceremonial_a part_n of_o the_o 4_o commandment_n begin_v that_o the_o 6_o day_n labour_n be_v not_o a_o precept_n but_o only_o a_o permission_n that_o the_o 7_o day_n be_v call_v a_o sabbath_n only_o because_o it_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o 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as_o be_v permit_v all_o the_o tree_n of_o paradise_n to_o adam_n except_o only_o one_o thus_o far_o calvin_n and_o other_o divine_n general_o agree_v 2._o for_o if_o these_o word_n be_v a_o command_n to_o work_v all_o the_o other_o six_o day_n they_o will_v contradict_v other_o law_n whereby_o the_o jew_n be_v command_v to_o rest_n as_o at_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passeover_n 〈◊〉_d 12._o 16._o and_o at_o pentecost_n levit._n 23._o 21._o and_o at_o the_o atonement_n levit._n 23._o 28._o at_o the_o feast_n of_o trumpet_n levit._n 23._o 25._o and_o at_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n levit._n 23._o 35._o these_o feast_n do_v all_o depend_v upon_o the_o moon_n and_o therefore_o may_v and_o do_v fall_v on_o any_o and_o every_o one_o of_o the_o other_o six_o day_n respective_o 3._o if_o this_o law_n be_v moral_a how_o can_v we_o christian_n lawful_o abstain_v from_o work_v on_o our_o sunday_n and_o fasting-day_n and_o day_n of_o thanksgiving_n and_o other_o festival_n command_v by_o 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sabbath_n which_o in_o the_o four_o commandment_n be_v so_o strict_o require_v and_o that_o with_o a_o memento_n also_o more_o than_o any_o other_o commandment_n as_o be_v indeed_o the_o great_a of_o they_o all_o and_o most_o near_o concern_v our_o everlasting_a rest_n and_o happiness_n as_o hereafter_o will_v appear_v chap._n v._n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n what_o part_n of_o it_o be_v moral_a and_o what_o ceremonial_a why_o a_o ceremonial_a be_v take_v into_o the_o ten_o commandment_n of_o the_o memento_n and_o some_o other_o prerogative_n proper_a to_o this_o four_o commandment_n the_o excellent_a benefit_n of_o this_o sabbath-law_n why_o it_o be_v place_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o commandment_n how_o the_o whole_a law_n be_v performable_a by_o man_n for_o the_o right_a understanding_n of_o this_o great_a mysterious_a sabbath_n we_o must_v first_o diligent_o examine_v the_o word_n of_o the_o four_o commandment_n which_o i_o here_o set_v down_o full_o as_o i_o find_v they_o 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〈◊〉_d or_o anticipation_n as_o st._n augustine_n call_v it_o without_o 3._o aug._n lib._n locut_fw-la in_o nu._n to._n 3._o which_o figure_n the_o truth_n and_o actual_a performance_n of_o their_o prophecy_n can_v appear_v and_o for_o our_o right_a understanding_n of_o those_o proleptical_a prophecy_n the_o father_n have_v leave_v we_o many_o rule_n and_o instance_n such_o as_o these_o tertullian_n say_v trin._n say_v tert._n de_fw-fr trin._n scriptura_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la su●t_z pro●factis_fw-la annuntiat_fw-la after_o he_o eusebius_n observe_v c._n observe_v euseb-demonst_a l._n 4._o c._n prophetica_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la futurum_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la prae●●ritum_fw-la enuntiare_fw-la st._n rasil_n say_v 35._o say_v bas_n in_o ●●a_n c._n 1._o ●_o naz._n or●t_fw-la 35._o prophetae_fw-la ennarrant_n futura_fw-la quasi_fw-la praeterita_fw-la and_o nazianzen_n do_v in_o scriptura_fw-la sepè_fw-la ●empora_fw-la invertuntur_fw-la the_o same_o be_v observe_v by_o cyril_n chrysostom_n ambrose_n and_o very_o often_o by_o st._n austin_n the_o great_a apostle_n have_v also_o teach_v we_o that_o 17._o ●o_o 4._o 17._o god_n call_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o as_o though_o they_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d upon_o which_o word_n the_o gloss_n say_v ●oc_n say_v ●los_fw-la in_o ●oc_n apud_fw-la ●um_fw-la jam_fw-la s●nt_fw-la quae_fw-la futura_fw-la sunt_fw-la with_o god_n those_o thing_n be_v present_a which_o to_o we_o be_v to_o come_v and_o habet_fw-la electos_fw-la suos_fw-la quos_fw-la creaturus_fw-la est_fw-la quos_fw-la habet_fw-la apud_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la non_fw-la in_o nature_n suâ_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o praesentia_fw-la sva_fw-la i._n e._n god_n have_v his_o elect_n which_o yet_o be_v not_o bear_v he_o have_v they_o in_o himself_o and_o present_a with_o he_o though_o not_o existent_a in_o nature_n all_o this_o we_o find_v to_o be_v confirm_v by_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o prophet_n in_o who_o god_n speak_v 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