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A16568	A discourse vpon the Sabbath day Wherin are handled these particulares ensuinge. 1. That the Lords day is not Sabbath day, by divine iustification. 2. An exposition of the 4. commandement, so farr fort has may give light vnto the ensueinge discourse: and particularly, here it is showne, at what time the Sabbath day should begine and end; for the satisfaction of those who are doubtfull in this point. 3. That the seaventh day Sabbath is not abolished. 4. That the seaventh day Sabbath is now still in force. 5. The authors exhortation and reasones, that neverthelesse there be no rente from our Church as touching practise. Written by Theophilus Brabourne.	Brabourne, Theophilus, b. 1590.	1628 (1628)	STC 3474; ESTC S120444	95,505	198

is theire part to proue Paul begane his Sermon in the morneinge vvhoe say Paul kept this daye a Sabbath daye by preaching in it yea moreouer they must proue that the disciples here at Troas did refraine all servile labour and the ordinary vvorkes of theire caleinge all this first day of the vveeke or Lords day from morneinge to the end of this day if they vvill prove this day kept as a Sabbath for to refraine all workes and Rest is a branch of the 4th Com and one parte of a Sabbath dayes dutie but how they can prove this oute this text passeth myn vnderstanding 5. I deny that Paul preacht now at this tyme in conscience of the 4th Com and this they must proue or else they say nothing might not Paul preach at this extraordinary tyme in conscience of that Com 2. Tim. 4.2 preache the word in season and out of season surely this text was warrant sufficient for Paul to take all occasions of preaching the word euery day or night Sabbath day or other dayes finally how will it be proued that Paul kept this Lords day here for a Sabbath day by his preaching since that preachinge it is an euery dayes worke as hath bene showne afore can it be proved that Pauls intent and purpose in preaching was to celebrate thereby that day for a Sabbath this must be proved 6 A 6th Text produced is 1. Cor. 16.2 vpon the first day of the weeke let euery one of you put aside by himselfe c. here say they vvas a constant weekely collection for the poore now collections vsed to be after the word preached and Sacramentes administred all which were done one the Sabbath day as appeares in the histories of the Church ergo this first day of the weeke was a Sabbath I answere 1. indeed our oulde translatiō gaue some waye to vs to thinke this collection was weekly when it reade the text thus Euery first day of the weeke let euery one of you put aside c. but our newe Translatores haue well amended it and doe reade it thus vpō the first day of the weeke c. as of a single action once to be done onely and this further appeares to be true by those words in latter ende of v. 2. that so there be no gatheringe when I come so as Paul wold haue this collection cease when he came emongst them but had it bene weekly Paul wold rather haue had it reuined a freshe at his presence whoe was a furtherer of all holy performances This collection therefore was extraordinary tyeth vs not to ordenary practise for if it did then were we bound euery Lords day in euery Congregation to gather for the poore as a Sabbath dayes dutie 2. This collection was extraordenary in that it was not for their owne poore at Corinthe but for the poore of other Churches and therfore this mony collected was to be sente vpon the first day of the weeke If any shall demande which first day of the weeke the Church vvas to lay aside their almes one because there were many first dayes of the weeke in a yeere I answere since I finde it not differenced from others in the text I therefore thinke it must be vnderstoode of the first Lords day or first first day of the vveek vvhich came next after the Corinthians receiued this Epistle like as if I say to a frend come to my house one Saturday it is to be vnderstoode of the next Saturday first cominge after my invitation of him 7 A 7th and last text produced is Ioh. 20.19.26 where Christs frequent apparitiones to his disciples vpon the Lords day is made an argument to proue it a Sabbath daye but by what authority or rule of just consequēce Christs apparitions must constitute a Sabbath day nor can I conceiue nor euer haue I heard nor doe I thinke euer shall heare I answere 2. whereas the frequency and constancy of Christs apparitions one the Lords day is so much vrged I wold faine see where Christ appeared one the Lords day euer aboue once onely and that in Ioh. 20.19 as for his seconde apparition in v. 26. eight dayes after vvhich is supposed to be the next Lords daye after his first apparition it is quite other wise for in the originall it goes thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and after eight dayes c. now after 8. dayes cold not be the same daye sennight vpon the 8th daye but after the 8th day as on the 9th or 10th dayes after and so this seconde apparition was not vpon the Lords daye I grante there is a phrase Mark 8.31 that Christ after three dayes must rise againe and yet it must be vnderstood thus vpon the third he must rise againe But herein we must knowe thus to reade it is a departing from the naturall and proper sense of the words which is not sufferable saue in a case of necessity as to recōcile two textes of Scripture or the like as in this instance last propounded because other textes of Scripture say Christ rose vpon the thirde day 1. Cor. 15.4 and this text Mark. 8.31 saith after 3. dayes c. therfore to recōcile these two we vnderstand this latter text and the word after to be no more but vpon but now to apply this is there the like necessity in Ioh. 20.26 to vnderstand by after vpon is there any other text affirminge that vpon the 8th day Christ appeared to Thomas and the Disciples or is there any inconveniency or absurdity to take the words in their commō proper sense if neighther of these can be showne then the readinge which I vrge is sound and good I answere 3. if Christs apparition to his disciples cold be an argument of a Sabbath day Then of Gods word for the keeping of an other day then God apointed in his morall Law or 4th Com least I partake of that brande of a wicked man prophecied of Daniel 7.25 in changing tymes and the Law now since it is a propriety of God to change tymes and seasons Dan. 2.21 had not I need be carefull there be no new day as is the Lords day set vp for a Sabbath vnles it can be expresly infallibly demonstratiuely proued to be of Gods owne doeing least I say I be accessary to the sin of changeing Godes tymes Dan. 7.25 Thus haue I answered their textes of Scripture brought for the Lords daye to be a Sabbath and the common objections now let vs in next place examine their reasons whereby the Lords day is proued a Sabbath 1 The first reason is drawne from the frequēt and constant practise of Christ and of his Apostles celebration of the Lords day the which is authority sufficient for justification of the Lords day to be a Sabbatth I answere 1. admit Christ and his Apostles did preache on the Lords day thereby honour this day aboue any of the 6. working dayes yet how doth it appeare they did this on this day to

A Discourse vpon the SABBATH DAY Wherin are handled these particulares ensuinge 1. That the Lords day is not Sabbath day by divine institution 2. An exposition of the 4. Commandement so farr forth as may give light vnto the ensueinge discourse and particularly here it is showne at what time the Sabbath day should begine and end for the satisfaction of those who are doubtfull in this point 3. That the seaventh day Sabbath is not abolished 4. That the seaventh day Sabbath is now still in force 5. The Authors exhortation and reasones that neverthelesse there be not rente from our Church as touchinge practise WRITTEN BY THEOPHILUS BRABOURNE Remember the Sabbath day Exod. 20.8 The seauenth day is the Sabbath Exod. 20.10 Whatsoeuer thing I command you take heede you doe it thou shalt put nothing there to nor take ought there from Deut. 12.32 Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all things which are written in the booke of the Law to doe them Galat. 3.10 Printed the 23th of Decemb. Anno Dom. 1628. To the Godly and vvell-affected Reader vvhosoeuer KNOWEING dearly beloued and Christian Reader by experience in my selfe as well as otherwise that there is a propensity holy inclination in all who are truly Gods to haue a respect vnto all Gods Commandements without exceptions or reseruations I iudged this discourse of the Sabbath day which is one branch of Gods eternall Law could not be vnwelcome to thee Caleing to minde also the parable of our Saviour how seuerly He will deale with that seruant to whom he deliuered but one single Talent for his hideing it so as no profit came on it Math. 25-24 remembring also that Christ made it an essentiall marke of Peters loue vnto him To fecd his Lambes Ioh. 21.15 And that it is giuen in charge to all to exhorte one another to admonish one another to edifie one another 1. Th. 5.11.14 I durst not for feare nor could I for loue but make knovvn my minde in this pointe To see the Church and Spouse of Christ to lye in the weekly breach of the 4th Commandement by violating and prophaning of the Lords sacred tyme and Sabbath a sine of ignorance hether to I confesse and in meane tyme superstitiously sanctifying a day the first day of the weeke for a Sabbath which God nor Christ nor any of his Apostles euer commanded or appointed how could my spirit but be stirred within mee to shew vnto hir this errour and to declare vnto hir which day is that righte and true day which God requireth of hir and the Rather since God hath put it into hir hart wilingly to giue God a day for this last and honourable Parliament blessed be God for their zeale and Godly care hath enacted a Law for the better keeping holy of the Lords day I know for my good will loue I shall reape euill vvill and hatred and for this paynes I shall vndergoe most harsh bitter censures but blessed are ye said Christ when men speak euill of you falsely for my sake They will say as some allreedy doe say t is pride and singularity that setes me on vvorke To vvhom I ansvvere in Pauls vvords 1. Cor. 4. I knovv nothing by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified but if it be I beseech God pardone the syne but blesse this work Others and that more charitablie obiect the vnseasonablenesse of this motion because the Church of God is now vnder manifould afflictions and liable to subuersion by hir enemies where vnto I say the more neede shee shold dravv neere to hir God sticking closse to his Lawes the breach whereof he hath threatned with subversions and desolations Deut. 28. and Gods truthes may not waite attendance till men be at leisure to receiue them Others may thinke and say there are men more fit then I am for a matter of this weight c. To whom I answere by a free acknowledgement of this truth what multitudes are there in our Church euery ech one wherof farr surpasse mee for partes of nature and for learning and for outward dignities titles preferrments all which might well countenance and helpe forwards such a cause as this and were much to be desired I confesse Neither can I think but some of those haue long agone foreseene this truth either perfectly or at least a farr off as my selfe at first sawe it in my studies like as the blind man in the Gospell at first sawe men like trees but what 's the cause why they did not prosecute the matter till it came to perfection till they sawe men like men clearly was it not a slothfull feare to leese their labour and catch a shadow for a Substance as painfull Studentes must doe somtymes or for feare of the greatnesse of the labour or for feare of the losse of reputation dignities preferments liueings The Lords day is not Sabbath day by Divine institution BE pleased Christian Reader first of all to note that we now a dayes apply the name Sabbath to the Lords day Promiscuosly without difference the which is altogether without warrant of holy Scriptures since Scripture saith the seventh daye is the Sabbath Exod 20 10. And all the Euangelists call the Lords day the first day of the weeke Matth 28 1. So then there is as much difference twixt these two as is betweene the seventh and the first the last day of the weeke Saturday and the first day of the weeke Sunday Now thus to confounde two proper names of dayes is as if wee should call Sunday Saturday And I desire it rather to be noted because the ignorance of this point is of dangerous consequence amongst the commone people who when they heare the 4.th Com Remember the Sabbath day c. or those words Isa 58 and call the Sabbath a delight to consecrate it glorious to the Lord c they think presently vpon our Lords day the first day of the weeke as if those texts commanded this day Whereas they point at Sabbath day the seventh and last day of the weeke Such a mistake in a lease or bonde might procure a forfeiture of them with man beware we then least by the like wee forfeite with God in the 4th Com In the next place let vs examine the authorities textes of Scripture which vsually are alleaged for profe that the Lords day is a Sabbath by Gods apointment wherein I will shewe the invalidity insufficiencey of thos textes by waye of answere to them 1. Let vs begine with the 4th Com Remember the Sabbath day c this precept is vrged vpon the Lords day that we should Sanctify it Here to I answere by denyall that this Commandement doth vrge the Lords day the reason of my denyall is 1 because the Com enioyneth a day whose proper name is Sabbath day like as Saturday with vs is a proper name of one of our weeke dayes But the Lords day is not Sabbath day for it is the daye after

Argument is because there can be no day for a Sabbath vveekly and ordenarily but the 7th day and it may thus be framed If no day of the 7. can be Sabbath vveekly but the 7th day Then must the 7th day now be Sabbath day But no day of the 7. can be Sabbath weekly but the 7th day Therfore must the 7th day now be Sabbath day the consequence is cleere of it selfe and needs no proofe to him that howlds there ought to be a Sabbath as we all doe The Minor I thus proue because God without repeale or exception hath commanded vs or at least permitted and freely giuen vs leaue to labour and vvorke and doe all that we haue to doe in those 6. dayes whichgoe next before the Sabbath or 7th day Exod. 20.9.11 sixe dayes shalt thou labour and doe all thy worke for in sixe dayes the Lord made Heauen Earth c. so then we may worke vpon the Lords day or any other of the sixe dayes and that by Gods authority by his Morall Law neither may it be thought that this branch of the 4th Comm is repealed for the 6. dayes for labour were neuer made typicall and ceremoniall these were neuer shadowes of Chtist yea the Lords day it selfe vvas neuer excepted for Christ himselfe after his resurrection did both trauaile vpon the first day of the 6. namly the Lords day a matter of 15. myles and also approued of the like facte in the two disciples by his iournying together with them to Emmaus that day Luk. 24.13 as hath beene more largly declared in the former parte of this booke now looke what Christ did the like we may doe safely follow me as I follow Christ 1. Cor. 11.1 said Paul so then Christs example is our pattorne and president so as we may worke still vpon the first day of the weeke or on the Lords day if then we may work vpon any of the 6. dayes then are we not tyed to keep any of those dayes a Sabbath in resting from vvorke If any shall thinke we now keepe the 7th day and that day which followeth these dayes labour to him I say that our Lords day vvhich we keepe is the 8th day or first day in the vveeke by Diuine accounte and the 6. dayes labour spoken of in 4th Com are those 6. dayes vvhich goe next before our Saturday for those are the dayes we are to imitate God by working in them since we all confesse Saturday was the 7th day and that day whereon God rested after his 6. dayes work and since vve confesse those were the dayes the Jewes till and at Christs death did labour in 6. My 6th Argument is because God must haue one day in euery 7. dayes from the creation to the vvorlds end and it may be thus framed If God must haue one day in euery 7. dayes for a Sabbath Then must he haue Saturday the 7th day for a Sabbath and not Sunday the first day of the vveeke But God must haue one day in euery 7. dayes for a Sabbath Therfore must God haue Saturday the 7th day for a Sabbath and not Sunday the first day of the vveeke For the Minor it is confessed of all and it may be proued by the 4th Comm vvhere the Lord said Remember the Sabbath that is euery Sabbath Againe The 7th day is the Sabbath that is euery 7th day is the Sabbath like as Thou shalt not kill that is euery thou Loue thy neighbour that is euery neighbour c. For the Maior I proue its consequence Saturday the 7th day it being the last day of that vveeke if you omitte it making a change for you say that day is changed and if so then it is omitted by just consequence giue God Sunday the first day of the next vveeke for it then it is plaine God hath not a Sabbath in euery vveeke or 7. dayes for the wanted one Sabbath in that vveeke wherin the change vvas made from Saturday to Sunday now this lacke and want of a Sabbath in that vveeke can no wayes be supplied but by returning backe to giue God Saturday the 7th day againe So then if God must haue one day in euery 7 you must giue him Saturday which is the last of 7. vvithout any change to the day after or else you both deny that in practise vvhich euery man houldes in judgement to wit that God must haue one day in euery 7. and also liue in the breach of the 4th Com vvhich enioyneth euery 7th day neither vvill it serue your turne to say this change vvas made by others many 100. yeeres a gone for so long as you vphould their day and change you treade in their steppes and justify their facte and are accessary to it 7. My 7th argument is because God had expresly commanded vs the 7th day Sabbath in his Morall Law it may be thus framed Whatsoeuer God hath commanded in this Morall Law that is now in force But the 7th day Sabbath God hath commanded in his Morall Law Therefore the 7th day Sabbath is now in force For the Minor see it expresly proued Exod. 20.8.10 Exod. 23.12 Exod. 31.14.15 Exod. 35.2 Exod. 16.29 Leuit. 23.3 vvhere both the Sabbath day is commanded and likewise the 7th day is commanded equally and if any shall answere a 7th day is commanded but not the 7th day I referre him to my exposition vpon the 4th Comm and vnto the 2d thing ther in vvhere I haue sufficiently proued that God pointed at one singular vvell knowne day from all others and left vs not at rouers to take any day For the Maior namely that vvhatsoeuer God hath commanded in his Morall Law that is now in force this Maxime is so Orthodoxe as it should trouble the conscience of any man once to heare it questioned fearing men hereby goe about to serue God by halues and by peeces to take and to leaue out vvhat they lost not hauing respect vnto all Gods Commandements the very naming and mention that a thing is commanded and that in the 10. Commandements it beares downe all contradiction Hereby vve controule the Atheist the Papist the vaine swearer the Sabbath breaker the disobedient childe the murtherer adulterer theife false witnes bearer and the couetuouse person but now if any begin to question this truth and once to make one breache the flood of iniquity vvill flowe in amaine and if any exception be giuen vvay too for the 7th day commanded vnder what pretense soeuer why other sinners and prophane persons will and may be looke for the like and so the vvhole Law shall be of no force to binde vs now vvhy may not the Papist cauile against 2d Com and say that I indeed it forbad Images to the Jewes but not to Christians vvhy may not the Atheist cauill at first Command Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy hart Matt. 22.37 I sayes he this belongs not to vs for t is impossible so intirely to loue God as with all