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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41789	The seventh day-Sabbath ceased as ceremonial and yet the morality of the fourth command remaineth, or, Seven reasons tending to prove that the fourth command in the Decalogue is of a different nature from the other nine ... also certain answers to some of the said reasons proved insufficient : whereunto is added a postscript, shewing the judgement of the Jews and antient Christians, touching the Sabbath-day / by Tho. Grantham.	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.	1667 (1667)	Wing G1547; ESTC R18492	18,115	24

THE Seventh-day-Sabbath Ceased as Ceremonial AND YET The Morality of the fourth COMMAND Remaineth OR Seven Reasons tending to prove that the fourth COMMAND in the Decalogue is of a different nature from the other nine Being partly Moral and so it obligeth all men partly Ceremonial and so 't is done away by Christ Also certain Answers to some of the said Reasons proved insufficient WHEREUNTO Is added a Postscript shewing the Judgement of the Jews and Antient Christians touching the SABBATH-DAY By Tho. Grantham Gal. 4. 10 11. Yee observe daies and months and times and years I am afraid of you lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain Gal. 2. 4 5. And that because of false brethren unawares brought in who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage To whom we gave place by subjection no not for an hour that the truth of the Gospel might continue with you LONDON Printed for the Authour 1667. To the Church of Jesus Christ built upon the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets of which Jesus Christ is the chief corner Stone Salutation Christian Brethren HAving by Providence this occasion put into my hand I am desirous to make use of it thereby to impart a word or two if so I may be useful to you in recommending to your thoughts these short Labours of my Companion in the Work of Christ The work I say is short yet surely it contains much of matter in it wherein if you be studious you may finde occasion greatly to enlarge It is true he hat● not medled so much with the particular Controversies denpeding as with the searching into the Basis or Root of the Matter wherein I hope he hath performed the part of a serious and profitable Christian If it should so fall out that in Reading these seven Grounds or Reasons some of them should not seem so clear as you could wish yet know that if any one of them be undeniable it is sufficient for truth standeth not so much in the multitude as in the clearness of the Proofes alledged This I speak not as being doubtful of the soundness of any of the Grounds proposed being fairly considered but to prevent an evil which is incident to many which is to reject a work altogether because some part may seem to be dubious Among other things contained in this Book there is one thing especially to be observed and that is those three things left at liberty under Christ in the Gospel which were limited under Mose's Law namely time place and cost for the Worship of God It is a point if well heeded which may conduce much to the rectifying Christians in this weighty controversie about the Sabbath Again observe well the distinction noted concerning some Laws how the preceptive part may remain and yet the penal part changed The want of heeding this seems to have run some men into great extreams at this day Furthermore I pray consider the design of this Discourse it is to help you to keep your selves in the enjoyment of Gospel Liberty and from the bondage of the Law whither we see too many inclining as if having begun in the Spirit they now seek to be made perfect in the Flesh Brethren it is a good thing that our hearts bee established with Grace to wit the Gospel not with meats brews 13. to wit the Law which hath not profited them that have been exercised therewith You see grace is proposed as that which is proper for the establishment of the heart and that kinde of stability was never more needful than now because nothing seems now remaining to fix upon if this be neglected for all things seem to reel to and fro like a Drunkard as if all those things which must be shaken were even at their period Wherefore Brethren let us have Grace c. so shall wee have Faith and receive a Kingdome which cannot be moved c. Beloved be exhorted to beware of those and that Doctrine that leadeth into bondage for these daies are perilous in that respect And howsoever many may be led on in their simplicity having great zeal to Godward Rom. 10. 2. yet See a Paper called the Counterfeit Jew how do I fear that some of the great Masters of our late Judaizers have been no other than the appointed servants of her whose design is to infatuate by Sophistical devices those whom she could not turn from the right way by her more gross and superstitious devices For can wee think that the several late exorbitant errours have not had some deputed by subtilty to project and set them on broach it is not credible Let your eyes therefore bee ever beholding the grace that is in Christ Jesus by which you will be kept free from the yoke of bondage as well as from the phantastical conceits of our late Enthusiasts and in the beholding whereof alwaies remember that this grace is accompanied with a denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts and with a sober godly and righteous life in this present world and let not this your greatest good be evil spoken of by any mis-use of your Liberty which you have by the Gospel but ever let the sound of these words be in your ears Brethren you are called unto Liberty only use not your Liberty as an occasion to the Flesh Brethren the God of all Grace fill you with Grace and Peace in believing is the humble supplication of Your unworthy Brother John Lupton THE Seventh-day-Sabbath Ceased a Ceremonial AND YET The Morality of the Fourth COMMAND Remaineth The POSITION The Fourth Command in the Decalogue is partly Moral and so considered it is binding to all and partly Ceremonial and so considered it is done away by Christ I Little thought that my Reasons for non-observation of the Seventh-day as 't is now observed by many should have been divulged in Writing till my self had done it but sith the impatience of some could not stay my leasure but without my knowledge or advice hath spread them abroad I am thereupon occasioned to appear at this time partly to correct and partly to amplifie the Reasons which under the Characters of T. G. are ascribed to me First therefore I hold it meet to demonstrate the Positio●s wherein I say the Fourth Command Exod●s 〈◊〉 is partly Moral c. This Motality whereof I speak lyeth in this ●…c That God the Creatour of all men hath put a law in mans heart by which he understandeth that part of the time he is allowed to live upon the Earth is to be set apart for the service of his Creatour and not all to be spent in doing his own work a time of repose he also knoweth by the same Law to be necessary as well for his Servants and Cattle as for Himself and this also the fourth Command in the Decalogue doth teach us But now if the Question be How much of his time man must