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mJffeyy of.,GodlineJJec~mprel}end Itl4nl thing!, which Ihuo.mffln/t...
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B. Becau[c it O\"cnhrowcs the doarine of the Chtrtch ofEngland inlbe point ofthe Sabbath.
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P•• Pardon mee; that [cernes to mee impolIible.
B. VVhy?
A. Becaufc hee [ayth exprdly in the very title page ofbis
hooke, that it contayneth oA Defence of the Orrh,dox~li DoUrine
Dr th, Church <f Englmd,ng.. inJi SJbbMllri,m nOVtlt}. Andtherefore I am confidem, hee wllliockc to make that good.
B. But be not too confident, vou know the Proverbe, Front'
r.. r~ fid<>. Tbe fowld1: caufes may have the fairelt pretences.
A. That is true you fay. But yet I cannot be perfwadcd,tbar fo
great a PerConage, would fo farre over(boot, as to give tbat advantage to thofe. whom bee makes his ad'~erfaries. ~ay you know his
Booke is dedicated to the Archbilhop of Cantetbury ; by whore
direction, and tbat according to his facred Majefiies command,hee
was fet upon this worke,both for rhe pcevenling of mifchlef,(as himfe1ffJytb in his Epifrle dedicatory to the fayd Archbifhop) And t"
filIi, Ihe Kings good p''Jj,ar, wh, hwe long rime bun d,ftr"El,,;
"bom Sabbatt"ia" '1",f/ions. ~ow if bee mayntainenor, but (as
you [lY) overthrow the doe1:rine d the Church ofEngbnd , bee
will have fmaR thanks from his facred Maje!1:ie for hi, paines, who
is the Dcfenderof the Faith ofthf Cburch ofEngland , and hath
.. Ded"",,,- often Colemnc1y protd1:ed, and tbat in his publike • Declarations in .
ticn about prlnt that ;:'U Ivrli m:rer fuff:T thereIn IJu LCdjf innovtltiD1v. And
."fJoi- wb3tthanks then can heccxped from the Archbi(hop, trow you?
./tiloj tbe lind in (lead of preventing,hec wi\! pull on greater mifchicfs;and in
Par/ament. ilead of feding tbc Kings good Ii. bjeds , bee will fill their minds
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b,!:;, witb greater dl{1:rJctions.
Ao d tI]er~ f'ore, Brotl
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of that dlgl1lty, and dleeme l!1 tbe world. Take heed th.erefore
what vou Ly. Y 011 know a!fll that bee is a great Scholar, deeply
learn(J, a r~verenJ Father ofthe Cburcb, fo as his judgment is tao
ken almolt for an Orac',e. And you know alfo what is fayd in a
Comm;Jlliw Lte Booke, allowed by authority, tb~t the hal] F.1lhm '" godt!"
Boo~, c/- Bli],ops, are 10 be !,,,Ucs m T!1~mjIJ "nto the, whol: Ciagy cf tnfewr
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lcch.expo:m.. orda, [0 as all PTlcs1s 4f~ to (.:,!Jmu nnto :)Jnr Go4tw~g~.':'ft;ts 1-rLJ
old i) B",. ,til m>fller! pam/ning Jintv RwgtOn. And the !~aJon !sgtven ,beP~g, 1.0, cau[e ~liC J:,flhers oJ el;c ChH."h ,,~w ~nd ,fll'iof]'s , da~ !n th.. [,ffr'/1L
flJJ ttJ
people due nut, ,ea Airo rome tiJings , which Mi"iffas of the inf,rior
cIder doc Il~t "Plmhend. So as il is expededofthofe holy Prelates,
that w,C ,mutt lay Oll~ hand on ou~ mouch,when they Ipeake,and be
altogecher regulated by their profound D,,:rares.
B. lremember well the booh. And I cannot but wonJer,that
thol~ palfages were not expunged) with many otlcers, when tbe
booke was called in , and then tbe f~eoud time pubhlbed. You
know wee live in a learned age, and wee deny tbe Popes infallibility ) or that it can convey ic (elf, as fr~m tbe bead) and fo confine
it felf within the vemes of the bodle of the Prelacy; or that:l
Rotchet can conferre this grace ex opere ope'aro. And belceve
mee, Brother, when wee fee fuch a Papall fpirit begin to pcrke up
in tbis our Churcb ,is it not high time, trow you, ro looke about
us ? Shall wee ftumble at noone day, and in this Meridian ofthe
Gofpell dofe up our eyes, and become the fworne vafalls ofblind
obedience? No) no. In this cafe therefore were Goliah himfelf
the al~mpion) I would, by Gods grace try a fall wich him.
A. Brother, fuch a rcfolution had need have a go~d gr~und co
ftand upon. And being ~ matt,er of fu~h moment, It reqll1res our
belt zea!e and ftrengtb , efpeclally to vmClcate the dodnne ofour
reverend Mother tbe Church of England, which wee have fucked
from ber purer brealb. Nor onely [0, but to vindicate her name
from reproach. For if;c be [0, as you have layd, that the dod:me
of our Cburch isby that bookeovcnhrowne: thenconfcqucntly
(as I conceive) (hee muftdeeply futfer,and be wounded throu~h
the !ides oftbofe, whom hee fc, often in his booke brandech WIth
the odious name ofNovell Sabbatarians.
B. Brother, you conceite,a r;,ghl:. For in truth, nllthofe c~lum­
nio~ and odious termes, winch hee gives to thore, wboCe 0pIOlons
(except Brabournes ondy) hee impugneth in his Treau(e; as, venitrollS [erpellts ,noyfome Tares, pelhlent weeds, and uncleane
beath (termes to be Jbhorr~d ofall true Cbnlbans) and 10 a word,
~cvell' Sabb~tarians: tbey all re(ult upon our deJre Mother, the
CbJrch of Engbnd. For' who are the moll ofthofe, or ratber alI,
whom hee thus ftigmatizeth? Are tbey not, or we.re chey not 111
theirrime the rtue hred children ofthe Church of England, all,m3nimouay1illiofelling ajld m~intayning her Orthodox doannes?
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Can therefore the mother be free, when her pions ronnes arc fo traduced and reproacbed,and that fbr gefcnding thofe very doCl:rines,
wHcb by bel' meanes they fucked hom tbe brealls of bOth the Telraments?
A. That mull needs follow, r confeJTc. Now then I pray you
f1tisfy my earnell: del1re in tbis, by declaring how hee overthrowe;
the dodrine of tbe Church of England in this point of the Sab-
bath.
B. I will m3kc it moP.: dearc unto you. Now the dodrinc of
the Church of England concerning the Sabbarh , is moll: clearely
and fully fet forth lh the Booke of Homilies ; which Booke the
3) Article (to which all wee Minillcrsdoe fubfcribe) doth com·
mend, as c(lIltaymng. a Godly .1nd \vhal,jOme doi1rine, and llectJ1A'}
for theft tll1JC5 ; ,"'" tlmefa,re JHdg,d to be re.1di" Church,s by Ihe
tYlCI:Jlf1m ,MgI"II!, atld a,HwDI, , that, th', 11I1l} b, HllderJmr..
ded o{"he peopl•. Now the H&mil" of the time A"d place of pra)",
parr, 1, fhew~th,.tbat our Lords Day is grouDd~ upon the founh
Commandement ll1 tbe Decdogue; to tbefe words: Whal!oeom U
jWlIJd In. t/:, (vmmandtmmt-, <lpp"mi",ng to the LAW of nAt/ire,
." ~ IllIng ",,/1 (jGd/l ' fflofl J"n, and "wJ!uO for the fetting forlh
.f God! glo,! ' it ollght to be w~ined And k.5pt of ail good Chrifli~n
{"opi<•• A"d lumfor< by Ii,;' comma"demmL, wee ought 10 h,"IJI
a rIme, of: onB d.y rho t~e Ived:! , wherl'" wee oHght to len ,}14 from
our ""vf"'! ""d nerd/HI. Iv,r}:p. Fot 1,1:.., M ,t "pf'MeIIJ by thu (om"'M"ti,mll;r~ ,rlo.lL 110 YtJ>l1l ill the fix d.IJt! OU"!:' to be florhf"il or
;dll, bm dliig",r1, 10 1,1bour ill thQ:.- p,He, "h,r:'in (iad hArh lit him:
eVIil j' q,d IJ~/h giNIl o:rlpe chdrge to all ;n,';" , IlulL ~p,n the
Sabbatl; Dal, wh"h u /;olV our S,mday, they j1m'I" c,,,r, Ji'om ,,11
Iwclz.lj tlnd \\'0'0d"y labour, 10 Ihe Immt- , tfw "/;,, af God himftI
"'rI/fighl (i.~ .14)''', and refld ,h,!.vcmh,and blq'i,d .ina (<mUir;,,, rt ,
a"d ""ftC',,!.d ;110 q"imu!, alia llfl fr.,,1 l~bDJIr: Eva; jo Godl
obedient:- p,oph 1"""la "f' th, 51",d.,) 1;0/'/" ana r,p fr"m th,;r cw',
mo» :fnd d.J]l.r £:u./ineJ1e l md ~lfo gt7/e r!;emrdv(S U'/.:olt} to h[~l'wj
{",,,,elf's oj gods til" Rel'J'"a'1J "nd!dl,iCf. SorlM~ God doth"'t
ONeil comm.1ndrbc obf~)"vat,o~j of t/;16 /;(j~ d.!} , but alp b} his ClVJi(
ex""'p!r dQ11; {lnre mill plOve!:e f;J to Ihc dl"f,ent kjeri,,:!, oflh< (am,.
Guoa n.mIT,liI chllarm wlil 1101 on'!;t bc"me ~ediem to Ifc ComttlGvd,mclIf:., of Ihm T~"nrs, bllt "ifo h.lvt" d.iigcnttp ro tb"r
doings,
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aoei"gl, And gladlie {dim the [a11fc. So if \fte ITili be t~e,IJildrUl of
Mr hcarmlJ Farher, wee mHjI be carefull la kttp the (~nffl,m S"b·
h.rh 'Da, ,_hich i4 the SHnd"J, not ."elJ for tI,at. It u Gods e..,;pre!!e Commilndllnent, hHI"I(o 10 d"l~re our (,Ivrt 10 b, loring ,hil-'
d<m , in f./l.wi"f, Ihc {x.,mpu of our gr""0Ul Lord ""d F"rher. So
tbe Homily. And agl1ine, as followeth: .
Th,u It mAJ pl.tVilic appeare ,that Gods w,11 titld Comm~ ..dement
~,1410 h4t1e .. (olemlle lime, 4"d ji4"dlNg d"y In til' week..t, whe~eu;
lhc peopl' Jh'Hld comelogether, ,md h~ve ill remembrance his WotidufuO bluefits, a"d to retlder him thank.! for th,m, applrmunet!J
10 loving. J<iml, "nd obedttnt people. Thu cXJmplea"d Comm"nd,mtnt of (j"d, the Godly (hrifl,a" p,"ple began 10 f"lIow,,,,~ediilr"7
"fm the A[cenJiolt af aur Lora Chrljl ,&c. So tbe Homily, and
mllCb more. V\lhence wee plalOely obferve thefe conclufions:
I. 11lat an Chriftians ought and are bound in conrcience of tbe
fourth Commandement to kecp the Lords Day bolily. 2.Thatby
the force of the fOllrth Commandement, one day in 7. is p!rpetualty to be kept boly. 3' Thatthe keeping of the Lords Day is
grounded upon, and commanded in tbe fourth Comi?andc~enr,
and fo is not of humane inllitution. 4. That the Lcrc~ Day IsantI
mav he called our Chriftian Sab~th day, therefOre .it is not Iewilh
to call it fo. 5.Tbat this day is wholll to be [pent I~ holy rel1:,and
dueties ofranClification, and therefore no pJrt of IttO be fpent In
vaine pleaflll'es, and prof'¥le pnlhmes. Now the A.uthO!' oftho
Treatife doth overthrow all there conch.fions, ~ IS to be [eene
throughoUt nil booke.
A. I pray you ihew fome inftanees berem. .
B. Pag.23. his words are, Thl6 pOJittoll (10 lVII, that the fourtb
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properly ""d p,'peru,,11y mar,,11 , and j; for 'l""li,y
~"d oblig~tj."", , <'1".l/lo.the .th" nine CQmma.nd,mcnrs,) (.which
for m.IIlY yearci h.th rUlg,,,d in p"",phl'ls,PHlpas,alld Convent,clcs,
a"d i~ eniermmetJ as ,," Ot<tcl, by.1/ fuch M ellhcr openly profcjie,
or d.e lean' tOW,"':!! II" D,(,ipl:;;a;'ldn Fathon..» is d,ft,tut< of
trUth. Thefeare his words. V\lbichcomparing witbthc words of
the Homily ofour Church alrCldy cited, all( found quit: contrary.
For tbe Homily [ay,h , that the fourth Command,mclIllS" L,W of
narlm,mld Nlght?o be remtned and I.:!pt ofldl good C!Jrijlwls; m,,~
rI1H,iJ iU it ,omlnanels one day of thl \'fltl.:! fOT yeY ; ~nd God hath
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giwn till (xp"er?e cbarg/ 10 ..ff mm; tbllt the Sahb.1tb Day, whidJ il
o,<r S,md,ry ,jlJO~id b, JPWI wbaLly in hMvenly O'<1C,(es of gadl true
Rd"!lOn
(m'ia. So as this man doth moftunjufrly condemne
an thofe Godly Preachers, tbat have for fo many yeues maintayned
the erpre[e dodrine ofour Church in their writings and Setmons;
and (~ hee fldy condemneth our Church, and ber dodrine oftbe
S.bbath; wl:erein Ihee is more cleare and found, then any Chur.
eres in the world. And long may tbis doCl:rine frill florilb amongll
us, mallgre all the malicious o~pofers thereof, who are fo bold as
to ailirme , that it is deflitute ot truth.
A. I aiTllre you, 1. begin now to fufpect tbe mall; tbat bee h3tb
not dellt uprightly in the eaure.
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B. Nay it is paltOn fufpition; for IllS words are fo expreife, that
Ibey can admit of no favorable interpretatIOn, but that they condemne theekare Dodrine ofour Chureb, touching the perpetuall
mOlality ofthe fourth Commandcment, for one day in the weeke,
and fo our Lords Day, or Sunday, the firf!: day oftbe weeke, our
Chrif!:ian Sabbath day ,which God batb given exprelTe charge to all
men to keep holy.
A. I confeiIe the words of tbe Homily arc moll: dearc, witb.
Ollt ail ambiguity, or ob[curity. But yet the Ambor [cemes to acknowledge (orne morality naturaH to be in the fourth Commande·
memo For pag.13 ~. bccCayth, Our refiing from labour in refped:
of the general1, is &rounded upon tbe Law of nature, or tbe eqUity
ofthe fourth Commandement.
B. This is nothing to the purpofe, 10 acquit him from beingan
advcrfary to theexpreiTe doe-'l;rine ofour Church. Dolo(m v<r(al~~
in unlVtr{al.b,,,, (it was the fpeech of King lames.) The natural,
morality of the founh Commandement , is not in generall, to imply fo~e indil'idllHm vag"m, fame cemine uncen~ine indefinite
time for Gods \Vorihip: For the Commandement is expreife for
~ cenained~y ill the weeke, forthe Sabbath day; Remember tJ;~
Sabbth day to fanCl:i(y it. It faytb not, Remember to fet apart ann
allow ["mc time for the fervice of God; but it determmes the
time,and day; leaf!: otherwife being left undet~t[nined, ma.n {bowd
forget God alld !limfdf, and allow no time or day at .all ~or Gods
fervice; or ifbec did, God lbouid be beholden to him tot :to Buc It
is a Law of natllte) that every Lord and Malicr Iho\lld have the
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power in bimtelf, to appoint, not ondy the kind of fervice, but
the lime when it Ihould be performed ofhis fervams.As Alexander A:ex.d'Ales
d'Ales fayth, upon tbefourtb Commandement , The rime of this P, 313 2.
rell: it is not in mans power to determine, but Gods. Againe, thfl: m,M.
adverfary acknowledgeth an equity in the fourth Commandcment.
VVbat equity, if as it bound the ancient people ofGod to one day
in the weeke, it doe not a\fo bind rhe Chrif!:ian people to keep one
day in tbe wee' 'ndifit bethe equity ofthe founh CommanJcm~nt,to prercri'uc one day in feaven: then they arc very unjult.,that
de-ny the keeping ofthe Lords day to be grounded upon theeqmty
of the fourth Commandement. It were wdl, ifthey woul<l ftand
10 equity. But this doth our adverfary f1} fr?m : For hee fayth in
the next words, The particu!m forme, "na ctrCNmflmtUJ oj rejtmg, Ibid.
"re prejc, ibtd unto '~ by the precepll 0flhe Chlmh. Our /l"Ylfldl
r,ui<ns ,according 10 liM~ whlCh t5 maine and fubflantt"tl '" them,
"re WoN;,hf bJ me Ell,mgellcali Law. Their mod~ficatio" and 1Jl1lit.rliofLo, i/1 rdp,n of rituall "nd e:>:tI,nall forme; ,alld m regard Offl"",
d~"'tion ,ge/IH" , 'Mbi'; and otlltr ,xII,n"iI clYcHmflane<s • are pr<fcrib,d bJ Ihe Law of the Chu'"h. So hee. Th~syOG fee, how
bee limits the prefcription of Ctrcumlla~ces,(whIch comprehend
time, place, perrons) ap1 namely, Duratlo~, whe~l ,and how long
God ihall be fer.cd , unto the prcfcnptlon ot the Law ofthe
CbUlch: which hee exprdTeth morc fully, pag.270. faying, 11
1\',/,; ill til' fYa eleCltM .I'tllt Ch",c!" 10 appot" , whal d"y,qr d,'}el,
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or t;m:!Jj1Hi thought good',
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found c01Jven~aJt (or Relig)~;ls dJ1eti,!;
far th, E".1>Igtlic,dl L,nr h~l{, nOI determined "., em",,,,, d".y '•• '
firm. alld Ihot< IlCi,OiIS o'?Clrwmf/"nctJ ,.,Imh "re .01 del"mmea Vi
'1)lvi~e ptecep~, tire permitted to the ftbmy "nd ~ut!,orily of Ih"
C/;",ch, to be determJncd and "ppoinlcd. So hee. BLlt cleare it is.
that the Church of Engbnd difclametb allllicb power, but afcribes
all authoritv of pre(c:ibino a time and day ofilOly reft unto the
Lord of the Sabbath, who hath exprel1ed hi~ will and pleafure
herein in his Law ofthe tourth Commandement; as our Homily
fJyth.
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A. But the Homil¥ fcemes to f.vollr hiS opulIon, faylllg, that
Godly Cbriltian people beg'in to chu[e Ihan a Jl7ndtll.l', d"J of
Ihe week! ,&c. And therefore it [cemes to be at tbe Churches
choyce.
B. Our
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B. Our choyce doth not necefIarily imply a po,ver of inllitu.
will have that wholly pDt and placed in the power ofthe Church.
tion. Wee are fayd to chufe life,and truth, before death and errom:
It will be rc:quitite therefore to ll:oppe tbis hole, that bee may not
are wee therefore the authors ofthem? Ag:aiue, our choyce herein
have the leafl: eVallon, but by the cords of thong reafons,be bound
is according to Gods Commandement. Tblrdly, rhe Homily layth
and forced to confrife,that eitherrbe fourth Commandementdoth
expteOy , tbat thofe Godly Chnltian people, did in tbeir cbovce
preCeribe and determine a fett , certain, filled proportion of time.
follow the example and Cornm:andemenr of God. :r-::ow w'hat
coufecratcd by God himfe1f IInto his folemne and lilered worlbip:
example had they, bot Chrill:s tiling and rdl:ing on that dly, aftet
or els, that it commaunds to liS Chriilians no certain time or day at
the example of Gods relling the lcvenrh Jay? And for Comall, and fo the morality ofit (ifever it had any) is qu:te aboliihed,
and no otber Law or Commandemeot now binds liS , but the premandcment , they had both the fourth Commandement , :and an
A,Jollolicall precept, LCor.) 6. and that p:ace in the Revelation,
cept or practife ofthe Church. This is the very lummc and uplbot
"pproprinting this day as holy to the Lord, and fa rllitied by God
ofthe matter.
bimfelf. And who were they which t.1Ugbt tbofe Godly Chriitian
A. Sir, I conceive and apprehend it to be fo.
B. Now I {ball proove, and make it evident,.tImt th~ fourth
people, to keepe this day? viz. the Apoft!cs. And therefote wee
Cornmandement either prefcribes a certain proportlonofome,ar.d
mull: put a vail ditterence betlVe(~ne the unerring Apofrles , and
a fixed day con[ecrate to G~d,qnd in that very refpea IS perpetualthe [ucceeding Churches, [o ..s the Homily is cleare againll: him.
ly morall, binding us Cbnftlans to ~he fame propo~t:.on : or els,lflt
A. Bm iCe , t~is [eemes to me the maine kuott of the whole
determine no fetl propomon of time, but leaves It at large to the
controverfy, namely about the delignation of tbe particular and
Church to proportio~te,whitl:er ~onger! or {barter; then there
fpeciall time, con[ecrared to Gods worn1ip, whither it be compreremaines no fuch oblIgatory equtty In the tourth Commandement,
hended and pre[cribed ill the fOUlth Commandement ,or depends
as to bind the Cburch to appoint and allow fuch or fuch a.proporupon the determination ofthe Cbureh. The Adverfary cor.feifetb a
tion of time; but that ifthis time,wbich the Chu~cb appotnteth,be
ll:aturall e'luity in the fourth C()mmandement, that fame time is to
eitber one day in :10, or 40, or 100, or on.c day I? the ycare,or fa,
be fet apart for the fcrvice ofGod, but indepuratc,and left. at large to
or but one pecce of a day in fuch a revolution ~ftlme, and not one
tbe liberty of the Church to det~rmine and limit tbe fpeciall time,
whole or intyre day, much Idfe ~ne whole ~ay Ill.every feven; the
when, and bow long; what portion and proportion is to be alChurch in this linneth not, as bemg norgutlty ,:lf~be breach ofthe
lowed. Now although you have a little touched upon this point
fourth Commandement, which bindeth liS Chnil:lans to no certa~n
already: yet conlidering it is the maine hindge oftbe wbole matter
moponion of time, as tbe Adverfary himfdfwould have It, but 10
in queihon, and thcmaineground, whereon the whole waight of
~his rclpca: is noW abrogated. His words are: " Th~ fo~rth Com- * P·''::·9°·
the controverfy rclyeth: I pray you a lirtle more fully to elucidate
m.~»da"CiVt;., ,i" "ffeet of an, one de{tnlte and (pm:111 day ofevery
this point, and the rather (not ondy for t!.lC [ettling <,fmy judge",cek.e, W.u nat {Imp'" and perpet",.'"te '7!0,:all~bllt pojillve. and tl":P~ment) but for tbe clearing ofour Homily from all falre interpreta.
rmr onci,. Which auertion onus, as It IS dlreCl:ly, and III termllllS,
tions, which the Adverfar~ might make for.the eluding oftho:e
contrary to the dodrine ofour Homily fore-allodged, wluchfayth:
tbings, which you have obferved oUlof it.
1J] rim Command,mmw (the fourth) wee O."ghl fO h.,ve a m"e,.f1
B. Your motion is very opportune, and no leue important.
Due da in the week..e, (;;'-c. "nd thu app.•rmmeth 10 the Law of ~tl.
For the AdverCrry doth the more calil)' play fd(J: and loo!e. in the
'j • th,'n" ,})Os1 qodly mos1 JI.ff andneedfuli for llie fmng
tine s iU ...
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.
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myil: oihis gener.alities , while, though bee cannot, at dare not for
forll;
of
Gods gJorie, "nd tlierefore oughllo b; tetawed an
.~~::h:
thame utterly deny the morality of the fourth Commandemtnt,
..II (Iood (hriRt,m p!op/e. So ,he HomIly. No..' [~Y':hD·Whl \On,. ~
(w1,:ch all Divines do~ bold) yet bee denies any pmiclllar , freclayc'in the weeke was but politivc and temporary ondy; andooeciaU ,determinate time to be commanded orlimited therein; but
.
B
fore
will
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L
II
10
tore nO! appmnining to the Law ofnaturc,as 11 thiug moll: Godly,
mofr jult , and needful! for the fetting fonh ofGodS glory, and fo
ought not ill that tefped: to be retained and kept ofall good Chri.
Iban people. But wee willoot prdfe bim downe with the bare au·
thority of(lur Church, without ilJowing tbe grounds and realons,
whereupon it is grounded.
Now fi1!l: ob!i:rve wee the words of the Commandement, Rt""",ber the Sabbath dar, to k!ep II holr: which words ((avth the
learneft Za:,1chie) are the very morall fublbnce ofthe fou~h Commandeulent. The Lord {artb not , Remc:m~t 10 fandify fome
cor,'t!emmt., and r"fficlOlt., time. as the Chnrch f1Jali tbinke fir. The
Commandement prefcribeth a cenainand fen time, yea aday, the
S:lpbath ,d;~, on~ ~!HE-,,~~eke~iJich is the Sabbath day.
Agnme It teacneth us wfiat day 10 the weeke rhe Sabbath day is,to
wit, the Sabbarh day oj the wd!h.y God: rim day in rhe weeke,
whereit1tbe Lord our God refieth, muft be OUt Sabbath day. So
that as the Commandemem prefcribes umo us a weekely Sabbath
day to be fancbhed: fa Gods Precedent and example points out
unto us, what or which dny in the weeke wee trull relt on , to
fanaify it. And this is not ondy the narural! eqllity (which tbeadvetfary ill genedl confdleth) but the very naturallLaw 2nd fubfrance of tbe fourth Commandement , to prefcribe a fet loleronc
day in the weeke to be fanained , and not to leove it in t~e power
of mail, or ot the Churcb to appoint what time t~ey pleafe. TI,e
reafons al'e there: J. becnuli:: the Commandement expre!Jy limiteth one fetdny in the weeke , being the Sabbath dn)' of the LaId
ou~ God,as bath bene fayd. Kow the Commandement prefclibing
a let and fixed day in the wceke: what humain power ihaU dnre to
alter it inta an indefinite time (call it what yOll will, convenient, or
fufficiem) to be appointed at the pleafurcofman? Thisis with the
Papilh to commit high facrilcdge,in altering the property ofGods
Coromandements, For upon this ground ,ofa general! equity,they
have bene bold to fuprteflc the fecond Commandemem, fa~ing, it
is comptifed in tl,e tid't. As thcy have rebd the people of ;~e cup.
in the Sncrament, fnying, the blood is contained in the bodv under
the formes ofbrcad. So ouradverfarv,imaainin" ageneralJ '(I wot
not wbat) equity in the fourth Com~1and~nen;', of fonlc certain
unccrrain time for Gods publicke l;';orfhip ,doth thereby defiroy
the
the very property ofthe Commandement , which exprefly prefcribeth the:Sabbath day in every weeke.
A fccond reafon , why it is notlefi: in the power ofthe Church /!..
to prefcribewhat time menpl~are" is, bceau[ensit is G~s ,prero-,
"rive, as a Maiaer, to appomthls owne, worihl~ and ler\'ICC, [0
ghe time wherein hee will be ferved. ThiS God hlmfelf COm1112n~eth in ~he fourth Commandement. Now ,as the King will not
take it well,that any meddle with his prerogatlve?~nd arrogate that
to hirnfelf, which is the Kings tight: fo God IS JulHy offe~ded,
when men prefllme to a!fume to themfelves th~t power , wh~ch tS
roper and peculiar to God alone. If any will take upon hIm to
~oyne money ,by counterfeting the Kings, ftarn~e and name: bts ael
is trenfon: how then !hall they efeapc, If pretume to coyne what
time they pleafe for Gods folemne worfbip , though they fet the
counterfeit ihmpe ofGod upon it. Now rhe Sabbath day IS ofthe
Lords owne making and !tamping, and therefore called the Lords
~
'WtMe t,he
A third renton, wby it is notleft in mans power to 10
folemne day of Gods worlhip, his Sa?bath day, or:o app~mt lum
what oroponion oftime they pleafe, tS, becnufe an mdefimte time
mufr;ither bind to all moments oftime, as adebr,when the day of
payment is not exprefly dated, is liable to payment every mo~ent;
or els it binds to no time at all. For If the Law ofGod bmd us
lIOt to 'an expreffe dcterminnte time, or ~ay, confecrate to hts fer,.ice: then the not allowing ofhIm a fet ume, or da~, tS no fi~ne at
all. For' what Gods Law commaunds not, thcrem man IS not
bou d And where no Law is of a fet tlme or day, tbere IS no
tran~ r'citon, if a fet time, or day be lIot obfcn·ed. So ~s, by tbls
rcafo~, if the Law of the fourth Commandement prefcnbe no lt,(~t
C d time or dny for Rea and fanaihcatlon, It IS a meer~ null ).
;ere to fay there is a naturali quiry in it for fome fufficlent and
or, 'nt tt'me end vct no mnn cnn define what this fllfficient and
eonveme
' ,~. J '
'I
\d
;ent tl'me is nay all the wits and he2ds In tIe wor put tocon"en,.
, .
.
r
h'
Id
"ether are not able to determine it: IS, ns to lay, t ere IS a wor
~" h ' ~one confifring of Land and Sea, nlld IOhabttants,becaufe
In t e rnv
,
'h'
1 atlcke
\
are lome black fpots in it; wble yet IS not a more un
~lei:~on , then tl;at is prelltmpttlotlS and ablmd. Hath not the ,pro,p • Id cound by wofull experlence,& thar oflate dayes,wlthll~
tatle \\ or. I'
B ~
thele
~
u.
t~efe two yeaRS lall
pall, wherein men have taken a liberty to protane and pollme, but a partoftbe Lords day: tb3t 'tbis isa moA:
horrible linne? And a linne it cannot be , but ss a breach ofone of
Gods holy Comrnandernenls. For wbere there is no Law,tbere is
no tranfgre~on. TI:e profanation ( I !3y) of the Lords day is
c1earc1y Ihewe:d tobe an horrible prefumptuous Gnne, and in Ipe:ciall a bold breach of the fuurth Commandement, by thofe many
markable judgements of God, which have fellrefully fallen upon
fcarelelTe Sabbath breakers,and that(1 fay) wirhinlhefe two yeares
laft paft, the like wbercofcanno t be pal'a!!eld in all d:e Hifrories of
all the Centuries tince rbe Apo~)es limes. Whicb alone: (jf men
were not altogether poiTdTed wIth th~ fpirit of fiupidity ,and of.
craced con(cience) were {uflicient to teach tteir dull wits, that the
fourth Commandement is l1ill in force, commJllndino the Sabbath
day to be [ancboeJ, the profanation whereofwee fee [0 terribly
punilbed by divine revenge. A point alro, which our Homily bath
noted, whicb were [ufficient to admonifb the adverfary ofbis prc[umptuous oppotitions tbereunto:
A. Sir, you have abundantly fati.lied me in this point,and I flippOle every!ationall man,and true br~d.fonne ofthe Church of Eng.
land.And lurely I wonder [0 Jearnea a man 1110uld commit [0 fowle
an errour , as not to [earch better into tbe DoClrine of our Church
fo cleare\y exprci1cd in the Homily.
.
'
B. You need not wonder atit; wee have all knowne himtodoe
as great a maller as tbat. For was not his hand to tbe Approb2tion
of a Booke jnprint (though altenvards called ill by Soveraignc
Authority) Which, cont~ynes and ffi;linrayns many [undry Tencms,.
both Pelnglan ano Poptlh ,flatt agaml1 the cleare Doctrines 01
om Church; and whereby hee hath as yet made no.p,ublike recanutian, to remoove the {candall from tbe Church 0, England, and
to fati,fy [0 high an offence ginn ? Yea in l1ead ofRecantation , I
my fe1fhave he.lId him in open Court [peake agaiDll both Iuflific.lti~ that a man migbt be jufiif1ed to day, and damned w--;;'r1" tI;dJij,h row ; and againfi Election of lome to erernalllifc ; and againli the
CC7mmfji'''' fanctificationof tlleS3b1xuh, Gying, I Jay,tbereis no fancnfication
.t r/;'r'i- orthe Sabbath, but Relt, Rcft ondy. And thereforeceafe to wonJi"rr:f·,
dcr,tbt rbis man fhould be fa feare1c5,either plivily to undermine,
"" ur..c, or Jpcnly to oppugne t hc cxpre (fe doctrines ofour Church.
A. Yet
l1 T::.
I3
A. Yet I cannot bUt wonder, bow hee dare be fo bold, aDd
UpOD wbat grounds bee filoald rhus impuDe heare' kimrelf.
B. The grounds I examine not, as pe:rtayDing to ttlOfe tbat are
more judicious, and in highdl: place ove:rthcCburch , but tbe fad:
cannot be dill'e:mbled.
A. But p,erhaps hee willl3y, this ~ your pri.,ate.interpretation
of the HomIly; and of afoIt of faCtions Sabbatanan Nvvellills.
But what inf!:anee:s can you bring ofany, that were eminent in this
Church for learning and parts, and not any way inclined to tbe
Difciplinari311 Faction, tbat concurre wirh you in rhe fame judgement and underlhnding ofthe doctrine ofour Cburch,layd dOVlne
in the Homilv?
B~ Firll: : tbewords aftbe Homily (as you have heard, and as
every one may plainely fee) are fa expreile , cleare, and full, that
they cannot poffibly admit of tbe leaf!: ambiguity. And for inl1ances , I could give many. I will content my felf witb two witndfes,
enough to ellabli[h the matter. VVhat lay you to the learned Hooker,and to the learned D'.Andrewes ? were there ~ny way inclined
unto the Di(ciplinarian Fa8ion ? or were they novell Sabbatarians. ?
A. No furely; I tmnke D. VVb. himfclf will not fay. fo of
them, but will admit tbern for very compcteut wltneffes In thiS
caufe, as withoutall exception.
B. Firll: tben for Mr.Hooker: Bee in his £ft booke ofEcclefialticall Policy, Sed:. 70. baththefe words: If 'I be. aem"",i,d.
wi"lbenvu cbfcrw Ih'ft times (10 l~II, holJ aa,es) at btl>Jg Ihmu"~
baNna by force of Divj"e L"w, or els bJ the ontlJ pojilJve OralPI.mefl of rhe Church: I ""f\\7" 10 this, that. Ihe 'VtTr L~n: of n~lure
it felf, which "II """ cOll/eJ7' 10 be qoas L~I'iI, TUJu:(eth '" gener~ll
110 l'fJe Ihe (a'I[Jijic"j,,, o!lJInes ,Ihm ofpl""r, perfom, Alla Ihmgs
,,~to Gds honor. For whIch e'lIIft 'I halh pleaftd hIm here,of,reM
of rhe ref/, ft of lim' likt"nfe 10 e,,<"ilrome p.rts by way of perpeI/lall h'/TJ.1ge, neve' I,; be adpel,fea Irjlhafl, nor remined ; ag,';ne, r.
require (om, other pm" o[time, w.lh M /1..." c::"/1io"-,, bUI for leffe
conIJntt~lnce, and of/he reR which wae hfl arbilr,,'], to acceplwh"'t.
the Ch~rch fhA'l in J;;e conftdtT~,jotL> confecrale 7/ollJIIltlrilJ rmlo 111(e
ReligiO'''' uru. Ofthefir{t kjnd amongR the lewes,wa! the Sabbath
d.ll ; OJ /he fmnd. Ih,r, FeaRs whhh art/lppOinfld 10 the LalV/f
'0
.
B 3
~oJer;
14
0C~reJ; the
I'eaSlcf D,Jic"tj~uiu.,etltedhJ the (hllrch ,ft4ndtt/'
the number of the iaff k,.ind. The MoraD. Law requiring therefore
4 [eventh p.rt thrqugh~.tthe "l.e Gfthe whole world to be tb..~ W,I]
",~ploy~a • ~IJhoJtgh It'ith ttl the dilJ be ebJUlgd, in regard ofa nell'
revolutIon begun hJ oUr Saviour CI"i,'l , yet the (ame proportion.- oj
t,me eoutu,-elh , ..hi,h AIM before ,bt~llUre in reference Ig the benefit
of Cre~lio"-,, ana,now mN&h mo,e,.!Renovation thereu/lto ~dded by
IJlm, wtlcb II'M Pmu:e of tbe world to co;m,1I'ee are bound to aecoulit.
II" fw[li/icalion of one day in fM.len, a duety ''Phieh GodJ i",murnbie
L.w d~tI; eXA[1 for ever. So bee there. VVhere you fee , how in
tel'mlnlS bee agreed) and jumpeth with the exprdre dO<.'lrine of
our Church In the Homily, touching the perpetuall morality ofthe
fourth ,<:ornrnandement, lVeeare bound (Iayth hee) to aceotme,
the pnu:fieaucllof ene dal ill [<'lien (which before hee fayth is now
the Lords day) a dl:ell which Gods ,'",mumbl, L.w dOlh exafl for
ever. PIlle fecor.d infrance is the late Reverend and IearnedB. of
B ,A"drc,ra VVintc: who in his fpeech in the Srarre·coom ber, (which with
JP:"".'" other of his workes harh been by the grear diligence and care of
~;;:,~b:T the now Archbiiliop of Cant. publifhed in prim) confining Tra[ks
r.,~"i"f!
0plOJOn about the !ewes Sabbath, hath the:e words: It h.1Ib ev,r
Mr,TraJ!;'. bee~ the Chlt"ch,s doarme,lh~ Clmll mila, ,m end of all S.lbU:llhs,
bJ 1m S~bb~,h In Ihe grart. Thai Sabb.1lh,l'9'u th,I,,1I oflhtm • .A"d
"
IhAt- th, Lords day p"fem1ycarnt in pl,'e< of i:: Dominicus, &c.
Z;""'''C'I~,u1' T /;e Lordi d~] was , bJ Ihe Rlfimetlion of (bri/I ,declarcd I ' be ,1:,
",n, .r'1-'c' n'
' (ofChriJli
' R,(t,mfl,on)
" II
T,jia"Elio.e ,~"",(/nJ da]; lin elf
' oml hatv,ry tl'm
J,daramieft veg'lIl to be c.lebrlited , a, the (h,,[llan m.ms FeJli'vdl. F 0' the
C~)ij/Ia;1II, S.tbb,uh I:"d ref'rena 10 ,h, old (r..tiJn__ ; but;/I Clmjl , wee are ~
(;) ''','1.0
new GYMtflre,.1 new CyeAliOft__ bJ h'm, ."d t. b.ve a /JeW S.1bbAIIt.
""" ,'aim
'" d a rIt tI earter:,
,Th t~pot.rs,tl(J"!pt!
~ f'l
I I.,
h'
,
I
f.:j~i'Vif
. u cm.o-o
:ITmatJHgSQntJ/t!:J
f"am.Aug,. day. On Ib.11 day tne) were "',«'il''''' (rhM 15) held II",r fl"a.ws,
p.lI9.,.13 Ih",r /ol,mn, aj[embircs : 10 preaen,fo prar,to bte.dZbre:fl, or "leb,'M'
th~ ~(),;,dJ Supper, E!1:n~, ,I(:l/~'''X;'~ cAr ~r:::~" X~'~I:t>:~ J the Lords Supper
Oil tlie Lsu!J daJ: Fo', th,re mo o"cly (JI;c D,17 mid Ih, SttPpll )
h.m Ihe ~_ ~! .,~'''"'~ ~ DO,min,icum ,ill ,he Scriptures; 10
jhnv Dommlcum IS .1,lze 10 Ye 1;1".." , III both. ThIS, for Ihe pr~I1,!e
,. Ti,,,;D. th... : Ifyouwiiih.<l'eitlll·Precer,t;The*v1pojli'giv,s'I(.mdi"
Adr. ,u th, lime "",ordftil!) Ih~1 agtiinH l'ix'~a~~dT .. (,he frfl d,'J of II;I
ancP"WII/:..') thulaJ oftheir ~jS,mf,/l', ere'y ol;e JI}mlJ I"J aparl, IVhatJ
n
HI
P""\j
11gm :
"
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qo~
If
Godftot4ld mOD1J e.1mH fa offct ta ,the CotleE!im fOY the SaintlJ, al1d D.W". who
thmoffer '1;, whICh 11'4' fotYerlll'4fe. That:.., 'kdAJo{oblatiOlls. p,1g.27 0 •
S",h4verofl't inprafl.{eandin preeept,both, &c. 'And after: A (quoted hethmg (0 ROtmoUl,[o well k.,nDl1PIIe,event9the healhm thernftlveJ,M il forel flitb,
1V.t-l ('l1th, Ails .f 'he !l-lifYtyrJ) ever lin uftail tftteftion of th,in Ih" the Eu·
whAt 1 Dominicum&:rvaAi?aL"l,ellbc.I,1
(tVeIlCf Courfi) ill ~heiro:>1rni"mg,
J
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t1tV at]
H.I~ !ON the StmdAY. a.lld tl"'r an!",", k...I1Qwne; Ihey .llaverre iI, tlOld,termiCbnlbanus fum, lntermlttere non polfum. / am " (brlflian, / ned any ce,r>fnnot inter"'it it. And befides others hee cites Arhanafius, who tain day or
fhewes the abolirhing ofrhe lewes day, and the fucceeding ofthe ;m".Y" 10
Lords day, in flace of it ,and that fo full, as no man can wifh ::;,: d~~d,­
more. Lall ofal • hee both quotes,and comm~nds the COlll~f termined by
Laodicea,fur that Canon 29. That Chril1:en men may nor Iudalze, the Etlan,seor' grow lewes; that;s , nor make the Sabbath or Saturday, their h:caa La", ,
d
day of relt ; but that they are to worke on thar day, giving their ",et:v;r
honour of celebration to tbe Lords day. So hee. I will adde oneil' t" pDf e.
a brief note of the fame Author in onc of his Sermons; on thole S
f
words: T hu is the My, whlclJ the Lord harh mnele: The d.•" 0' hew. rp'0
, :ft (,
,
d b d D'
.
_-"'d-"J I.egu" 0"'eh" , ! R,.urref/lon • mil e y Go, les Dommicus; and 10 it,~oe dcrlre,zJon.
ali ,he F.llh"" "pply IhM v.'!!f1 So liee. I mighr here aflO adde on Pja, II &
what is &yd inthar Booke, which is inrituJed , .A 1'4ttmle of ,aI.'. 23. 1 4,
"chelic.1I 'Dcrt rine, and printed at London 1630' which though ir A P.llern;
have not Dr. Andrewes name prefixr unto ir; yet ir iswdlknowne, ofCatec""
it was his WllJke , (el'en ex Hugn' Lwnem) being his Cateche'icalllicali Doexercife in Cambridge, ~s I have been credibly informed, and flnne. And,
whereofl havetlle ManufcJipt by mee, which I keep as an Anriqui. ~e ll!/!Ote
t)'. 1 know rhe booke will not'very well relifh with our adverfaties fil~~~n~,;e f!:i
pakJte. For rhere (pag. 2 33') are thefe paffages. Q.!!ell:. BUI is nol Jud,ciwfly
the S.lbbath a ceremonr,andJ,; tlbrog~ted by ChrrJI? Anew. '])oe as e,'rou"ded.
("riff did in,!he caHft of divorce; I.ok! w/,ilher it were!o trom the
. b'ginning ; NOll' the b'ginning ofthe Sabb.Hh Will in7'm"di[e before thm Will anyfinne, and {a before lil"e need'd lilly S"}'IOur,al1d(o
before there \I'M my (mmon] , or figure of a Saviour. Object.
.And if thCJ (aT it prefigll,~dtb~ reft shM., wcefh,dih,z;,tftom Ollr
(Innes in ChriJ1. Anfw. W,~ granl it (ei0'!'.l1>mg i"A!~rlV"uls
DeuI".5. i 5. ill il Ii in It') M"nufcrlpl) :md thereft,erhe d,') is
,banged, but yet no Ceremou] pyooved. I.From ri'e LqIV. 1. BJ ,be
diJIi~f1jQll.I, bflWf,n th~ Law lind II (mmon} , 'Dfut.'!-,'3 .14. th,
,
Law
7
16
Law WI', ;mm_~~E'!!(;od : the Ceremonies Wtre illfliw!ed ty
;;:veora. 2. fJ_ wC!~not ,vijJJ~1: a ['mmonJ m the mJdji of mo,ail
=rSo th('le PrecejiIJ t .. 3.1his is II principlt~ the Decalogue is the L.,v of
fh,u'd bt N .trrlYe revIVed. lIud tl;e LaVo.' of N atHTe JS the ,m"?e of god; 1l~1S_
CiJr.fufim, God ti)~e_c_all..be no Cerem,ny-.!bul ali muff be ttetn"ll: and!" in rhl<
Mmuftr. Im~ge,wh;ch U tlie L~w.f N atur:.alui fa ill the Decalogtte.Second.
lyfi-om tI" G'/I"II. Eph. 2.4. "Ii CcremO(liesWert mdeaill CI,,,,,;
but [0 IN; not the S.bb.tth; for Mat.2+2o. Chri/I b'dderh thm.
pr,,] , th¢ tl"., l.JJjitm'all be not 0" tf" ;;.,.bb"ti] d.y : (0 th¢ time
muff,mdJ b! a Sabbath.tJter C!Jrij7s Math. 3. Thofl which were
Ceremonies were aoro aled .tnd /lot cl,in ,d: bfit thore ''fhich wac
n7t(~r;;'olSia I;,m ch,rnged : a/ t e
sniftry ft-.m tbe uvit<J, t.
be cho[", 'hrolsghoul tbe world: th, [,.ts ch"nged: [0 hne the d,,!
changed {,am Ihe d~, of lewes,to the Lords dol]. R,I'.]. I 0 .So there.
And my Manubipt uddeth, oA"-" Jel_a2~b~lh, ACl. 1.12. So
,hc,;L thH laflesb.1S I,ng, M the CfiUrc!l m,lirallG. So tbere. 1\'0\\1
from the premiffes in this inltance, wee obfcrve, wbat was tbe
judgement of that learned Prelate , ~lld how cunfonam (0 the dodrine of our Church ill the Homily, rouchIng rhc Sabbath. Hee
fhewe5 pIJincly, tliat the Lords day camming in piace bf the old
Sabbath day, und fo bccom,,,in~ our Sabbath day, i, by necdfary
confcquence ground~d upon the !ourtb Commandement , the La\V4'
wherrof is perpemJily , bl-CdUlc naturally morull. So as hence I
might hame this argum,[\[ : Ti,at day, which comes in place ofthe
old Sabbath day, is commanded in the fourth Commandement:
But tbe Lords Jay is COme in place ofthe old Sabbath: Therefore
it is commanded in the founh Commandement. Tre Minor j;
obre in D. And!. and fo from all the Fatbers univerfallv. The
Major is no IdTe true; for if the fourth Commandement commaI1l1
tbe Sabbltb day to be kept perpetually in all ages (as fayth our
Homily) and that Sabbarh day of the lewes is now aboliQ,ed ,and.
an other dly, the Lords day is now come in place of the old,and is
the Clriltians Sabbath day: then of !l~ceffity,dotbthe fourth Com.
mandement command us duill:ians to keep tl:e Lords day, as our
new Sabbntb day. For inQance: One is made u prefent heire,
yea and Lord of fuch an inheritance: hee en)oycth it for his life;
but when heedycs, his next heire fuccecds him in the full title. So
b;:.t<:, ((,(\<:') ()b~<;,(t) Bus. ~q \l<te ) b') 'llt\~\.t('b\\\.<i~\~ \.~" wtd~
Jay
l1,
d"" take the place of the Sabbath day?l an fiver with D.Andrewcs,
and all the'Pathcrs,out ofthe Pfalme,Q9d made ir[o: And Cnrias
l).enllrecd?n declared it to be [0 : and tbe ~oftles ob(ervCJTtTo;
yca;llliTCoSiPalided it 10 toO;:
.
'-A:'"1 remt:rnber the Treati[er .confelTcth, tbat the Apoltles P,'g. 2U.
themfelvesatfomctlOlcs obfervedthlsday; us ACl.20.7. I.Cor. fj 18,.
r6.2.
B. At fometimes ondy? what? no oftener, then hee find.l exptel1y mentioned? This is like him ill Oxford, ~vho in bisSe,rmon
JarJ, that the lewes kept Ihe Sabbath, but once In +? yeares, during tbeir ubode in the wildernelTe. This hee gathered,becanfe hee
found it but once mentioned. But hee might have found It tWice,
if hee had looked well. So as tbis is a mon beggerly kind of reafoning. And how injurious an~ltu..tion IS it to theApofil~s , to
fay, tbat theYlep~tli"e Lords. ay . o~~t1mes.Lwhen aStliey tallght
aiid eomlllan ed others to ooferve lo_,veenY.LaShatrt Eeen noted.
didCbillftan people immediately after Chrifts Afcenlio? o~ferve
this weekely d~y: and did not the Apofiles them{e1ves~ 1 hiS IS too
grofly repugnunt both to good rearon , to our Homily, and to tbe
witnelTes produced.
A. There two· witodles und in!l:aoces 1 pereei'e come full
hO/lle'tothe Homily. andy one thing.I ob!erve,thatD.Andrewcs
calls the Lords day onf new Subbath, This is a very rare thi.ng,and
tbat which the adverfary in hi~bookedoth much except agamfl:,not L{' -.J
enduring that the Lords day fhould be called the Sabbath day. And
_I remember one paffage in it , ~herein hee quarrells. H.B. for, fuying, tbat the ancient Fathers dId e:'," u[".11y call It the Saboath
day. Wherein bee [ayth.hee hUlb wronged and wrened S.Allguiline in lbore places by him alledged.
.
.
B. Concerningthat,I have Ipoken wlthH. B. andheefayth.
hee will unfwer and make good what hee hath Cayd againn his ad~
vcrrary. And h;e told me, that howroever indeed tllO(e words,
tV"· ,,[u..fly , might give advantage to ~he adverfary to carp;, yet
being rightly uoderftood ,they may pa!1.e currant enough. For by.
ever ufuaUy, Lee meant, th~~_alLthe anc!!~hers ~ althoug~they
alwayes difti~lt!l between t~ords day, aneUl1~bbath _
(]ay, yet they evertoOVeandobfe~ed the ~da:v in fieadOTi~
oi6 ~a'c'p'a\\)-(,'II') ;. ,,'/Iii ~1,,\ \\kli\\ (~\ \1.\-:. t«,<t.Ii1.~ <;)\ S~bb~tl\d'3.'l
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ofChrifl:ians; Re(l.day,and Sabbath-day being all one. And ft.B';f,
toid me, that jf D.Wh.tookeadvantage of that, heecould as'
Iy take ~<dvantage ofthat lpeech of his, where hee la:th, This name
.~- (Sabbath) is not given it (the Lords day) in hoiy Scriprure, or by
any of the Godly Fathers of the Church. Now (laith H.B.) was
!'lot S.Auguftine a Godly Father? And hee , not one:'}' in thore
places, quarrdled by D.W. and which H.B. will more tully c1eare
from his cavills , bur more plaioely, and without all ambiguity, in
his"5 I. Sermon de Temp""e, lpe2king of the Lords day , hce hath
thele very words: .A, ideo &c. "" .A.d therefore rhe I)oll Doftollrs
,. Aug,d, ofli" (hu,ch h,we dared 10 tr..nsferre all Ihe gior, ofthe Illd,,,,,,11
J""p.5".
bb ar h,or 5.1 bb'
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h
haltltyoj,rved
I
b'
:J.p,Dno5,1
arlJme, unto I he.L or~sMJ,t~"t.w
,·"odfinp. '" (l fi"llre, WI' might celebrate In truth. LeI III therefore Bmlm""
eau.
P"g,2oi·
i"'11 e.li ,,1- obrerv~ the
Lords da"andftnElifl ;t, lik! as;1 was ",nmanded Ih,m
of viti, cOlleerning the SHbbath, Ih-, Lawgiver p,;ng , From (vming"
dote quo. eren;"g yee JIJ~/I celebrateJOtlr Sabb~/hs. Let II' til/:} heed that- 0U'
J~;~I~~~,. Rlfl be /I.t vaine, but f'ol'l the ~e~~ng "flhe S"llIrd"luUI.-Olhe e'1Jl~
.ric ,dco fan- mnt.- of!he~..d3,}, being Jlqlle]f7r;rrrom ruralll1lo,~e, lInd from
t!' DC,EJ&Tf' an buJinepe, we may be vaWH:~ o'lcl] for the WDrfhip ofGod. 71://$,,1(0
fal,)',£ de- we duely {"ni1if> the S.1bb.1/h of/he Lord,M Ihe Lo.e/ (iith, T,e fha/I
rmmm: I doe ItO work! th;rein. So bee. And a little before in the fame Ser~7~~";'"t,;;; mon : Domin;cume-rgo die",,&c. Therefore the .Apo(/Ies,and fipo:
S",bjl:ftni POIlCAII men, rflub/if/led the Lords d~J to be therefole ob{ervedl'lith"
111,11,'",(Do- Rellglous (.I,mllit)', beea"fe in;1 our Redeemer a1o(r fem tbe dead.
1/""",lm) .And which i5 therefore ~Ied the Lords ciA] llhat in ie weobflai.
nillgfrom terrtnework.!, or the ~llJlrfmlllts of the Yeor/d, 1I11ght onery
;:',~~'Jl'::~'~J at~tIld to Gcd~ wc'fhip.
So Au~fiine. An~ you fee he lpeakes
w"fj ",.
tr'll1,·:tfi
&:.
eel,b,,,,,mu! tbls ,notas hiS owne pllltlcukropmlOn, but as It wasthe Tenet of
", ""we tbe wbole Cubc\ike Cburcb. So as the ':'.'''nlc ancient Catholike
{;l df"rt<-
Church did not' andy obferve, but call the Lords day the Sao::'.:!:
d;~;;'~~mi- of the Lor~,which thtykeptir. place of the old Sabbath day. Thus
r,'c.m Jra- did H.B. mforroe me. And I remember Hilary calls It fo, faying;
mJ,/jf.m.
{loji"mll; d!,,"',fiClie Ar.t;iu;' ("reep/llm eft d, Sai,bato,die"'te Let,iJlw"" A"lIJtertufiJurhd
"'./porm; cele,raf>j/~ SaMara 'V,p,a. VidW1lUJ1< otlUII; "cfI,um ",mum fi' ,J,d " ''.!Pera
J:u SiJ(.,Lat: l uj;1t'f d 1ItJPer~ die; D,minrci Ji111t'flrtiti
ruraJi op~'1'e l ~ ab 07t:1a rUl,ctio.
Jell [l;v",. ,,,1m; ".'"rn;Ul, SIC 1"'1< ejimfj,ji,am ij
S,,j'btliJlI1l Domini. d,"'11< Dom;no,
Cjrri'" "J1I";O"jf:~,wmm~.
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"ThoUgh lnl!, feventh day oftbe wccke. both the name and obfer-" .
c:.r.L... S bL - tb b ··Ilab'''h
' lIr/ar m
vance "1 ;1-'~ ,2 cr. . e e. 111 ~d~ y~t.weeontheeigthday, Pft/m,,'xwhich aH1> \s the flrft, doe In)oy the fdhvIty ofthe per£eCl: Sab- pl,mlt. 1',,batli. Lo here tbis F.nhcr alfo calls the Lords day the day ofour logll! ]. Cllm
perfea Sabbatb. But this fuffice.
1111'"1":",0,
A, It is /I very pregndnt place for his pllrpofe, and fufficient to d(i'~c>;"b"','
r
Ii 'I, .,\ b
'11 h' h ·b
I, QIIOIl1l1l,
~OIwer Ul'y 111 t ecavI S,W IC ll~ rougbttothecontrary; 10 as {;l'ob(crv,III'
If H. B: doc butalledge tbls one place, It WIl! c1eare all the other. r", conJirtuBut Sir, bere is a Luge clamour, elpecially oflate dayes , railed tJ : '"mn
againll: the name of Sabbath applyed to tbe Lords day. 1 pray you, no, lIIoilav,j
may it not be called the Sabbath day? And what doth our Church d~;. qu," (j
. I.
'p,,1 prtm.
bold concermng t 115?
'JI, perfelli
R That toe Lords day may be called the Sabbath day, I m~ke Sabbaillm _
noqueftton. And that for many realons: I .Becau{e it is our Reft.fejhvrtatc day: 2. The Apoftle calls our reft a Sabbatilme. 3.The; ~ery name I..tamur. ::
ofLords day imports fo much, as being tbe Lords holy day, as Heb.4 fie
Ef.!.s8.r 3. and tbttday whereon the Lord relled from his worke :zanel,), d.
of Redemption; and fo fan8:ified by him,;nd to him.
I",,,,nll
A. D. Who denies,thar Chrift ul'0n the day of his Refurre8:ionl;b~:'.o;;: t_
relled from the worke ofRedempuon.
Sea.3 6 ,
B. I conferred witb H.B. about this ,becaufeitmuch concernes him to quitt this qnell:iol1, feeing on Cbrifts refting on that
day, bee groonds tbe Sabbatifme of it, as agreeable to the fourth
Commandement. And in my judgement, if hee car, evince and
dcare it , it will prooTe unanfwerable. And hee tells me, that hee
b"th in two feverall Treatifes in Latin againft TileD. Brab. hilly
~ ck,~ed it ,and remooved all objecbons and cavillations, that eitber
Tb.Br.,,~ F.-·,IVh. have or can bring to the contrary. And heepurpOleth to doe ti,~ like to D.VVh. And bee made it very deare to
me, that C,:riA:s R;:(Hrom tbeworke of Redemption from finne
on tk C:cf!e , and from death in the gtave (which was a branch
of that worke) began not, till his Re!imed:ion. As for his Af~n.
fioo ,tbat was into the place ofreft ; but his RefurreCl:ion was into.
toe Hate of r
As for D. VVh. his objethon,with Tb.Brab.J:~
m a oured on that day: H.B. lhewes it to be abfurd and ridi·
CUTous,[eein Cbnttaro[e -ltb a bod I rio ed and im affiblc,fo
~dions t at dar, could not be cal~ a a our, that t ere yihe
ii'iiW'Sa15I5'iftlilllOLl d be broken_ But you alke me, what out
C:z'
Church
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t~
1.r>
Church boldeth concerning this, that the Lords day is c~lJed toc
_
Sabbath day. In brief, I mve obferved, that in the Homjlies it is
5> no lefTe then ten feveral! times cailed ex reil the Sabbath day;
a. times in the Homily fore-me ,an twice io the third Homily of
Rebellion. Alia Canon 70. in the Anicles ofthe two lafr Trienniail vilitation.s of London. In K. lames his Procl-amation May 1.
160, twice. In an ellhortation at a general! FatHet forth by him
in the 6r8: ye,re ofbis Raignc. In Arcbbit110p Bancrofts vi{itation
Articles tor Cant~rbury ,Art.75.76. I might compile a whole volume of inlbnces in this kind, Yea there feldome comes limb a
Brief, but it calis it tbe Sabbath dav. But leaft neither the Church
ofEng13nd in her publike dodtinc, "or the pious workes ofher
grave and brned fans, may perhaps fatisfy the Adverfaries import~nity : yct I hope the writings ofbis more pious, and no lefIe kar.
ned ~r.D.lohIl.YVtin: , (and tbofe alia both republifhed,311d
vindicated by Fr.VVbite ,from tbe lefuitcscalumnies, white dyed
black &c.) will a little q,u,lify him. How D. lohn VVhite doth
not onely call tbe Lords d,y the Sabbath day, as once Se6t 38.1.
Ihe n'Jy t1
and twice Sed.43' digrdr. -t6.6. but bee alfo conderr.ncs all pmt/;~ Nil:'
fnne ~oom and recreations on that day , and among the rel1: daun()::",h.
cing for one.' And for tbis bee alledgetb tbe example of the Faputs, QS the molt notorious Sabb~tb-breakers in this kind.
A. Doth tee fo,Sir; Tbisfeemes ftrange to me,that fa great a
Clerke, os FI.VVhite, fhoulJ fo farre forget blmtelf,!s nat [0 re.
member what IllS Grother hath write. Surely ifir be fo , ir will be a
coolil1g card, and 110 fmall difgrace to his LC:; wbenfo worthy and
reverend a Brotber [hall be brought as a wimelTe againft him. But
I pray YO~1 tor my bener fatisfaaion , relate to me the very plihges
and words of D.lo1ll1 VVhite.
lb.1 ~,!,!
R I will. In Digrelf.46. the title whereofis, };'ami~g certain
4;.D.7."';>' pomts of the Popdh RelIgIOn, wlueb dlredly tend to tbe mamte40, '1.0. nance of open linne, and bbeny oflif~. Kow among many fowle
and profane praclifes (as bee calls them) tbis bee notes tor one,
namely the prolan"ion of the Sabbath, in thefe words: Tbar they
hold it bwtull all d,e S"bbatb d"v ,to follow Ii'lls , uavell ,bunt,
D l\ =" C E, keep fJires, anJ fucl{likc. This is it that btb made Papifts rhe molt notorious Sabbath-bleakers that live. So 11et, And
lUld SeE!. ~\:a:. 38. n, r. hed3ytb; Let it be obfcrved,if all dilorders be not
3~·/l·r.
moft
:::tT
molt intbofc parts am6ng us ;where tlie people is m,,/l: Pope.holy,:lkc. And for mine owne part ,having fpemmucb ofmytime
among them, tbisl hare found,··that in all exce1feoflinne, Papiits
have bene th~ ringleaders, in riotous companies, in drunken meetings, in feditious afTcmblies and pradifc:s, in profaning the S2bbath in quarrells !nd brawles, in lbge-pbyes, Greenes,Ales,and all
~eathenilh cn!tornes,&c. Thus this re\7crend Divine, C4IJdore "0mbi/i, iffo , whom all tbe lduiticall finoke out of the bottomIdle
pit cannot befweere or befilmdge) or dye: blacke witb all their
black·mouthed obloCJuies.
A. Surely thefe arc very pregnant pafTages. And it makes me
tremble to thillke, and amazcth me, bow one Wbite is fo contrary
toanotber; asaHo, bow the Libdtinifme difpenfed now a dayes
on the Sabbatb, tendetb to bring us Protelhtlts to be like to the
Papifts in their profane limes, in t3king up tbeir beatbenilh fa\7age,
and barbatous maners and eullomes.
B. W ~eha\''e all ofus caufe to lametlt wbat wee fee, and to
fcore yet more Ilnful! mifcbiefs to follow, ,flhey be mJI prevented.
A. I b~gin to blame my owne negligence, I did not tbinke
that'OlU' Cbulch, and tbe Arcbbifrcops and Bilhops themfdves, and
K. Ia~iid otners badfO·famillariy ufea to call rbe Lords day the
Sabbath da~. And it feemetb, that D. Wb"batb not well read over
Oll! owne Cburcb Records,bo.w fkillfull foc:.ver he profclfe himfdf
to be in'Antiquity/zlnq!-u·m in aliena Yepub{i(;rI,~p'>il"re~olin:JcTll:o#~;
as Ibe Lamia: , wbo abroad c!rtyed their eyes in their heads, but
at horne doled them liP in a bOl<o Otherwile, I ruppore h~ would
not fo IrcCjuemly brand allthofe for novell Sabbatarians, who call
the Lordsday the Sabbatb day.
.
B. VYhat is his reafon, I know nOI. Let him looke to it. Me
thinks the very reading of the founh Comm!ndcment e\7cry Lords
day,might ftop his mouth; raving that hee b~th found au[ many inventions to c1udethe nature and property 01 tillS Commandcment,
as pag.! 58. r 5'9. &c, whiGh I hopc FI:B. will meetwithall.
A. I [hall be glad to fec it. And yet I fomew!JatcorrcCl my
former conceit ofD. VVh. For llind, bee hatb read tbe Homily
and It-junc''bion, as pag.224'
B. Indee? I Ibanke you formindin~ me of it. I remember be P.g.Z24quotes the. Homily In one. place of bls Booke (and tbat IS an as
or
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fu~
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farre 1S I ro"e obferved)wheie'hee hath'picked our one little
pecce , to maintayoehis ChrilHao Libertinifmein paim oflabdur
onthe Lords Jay. But itis altOgether perverred by him forwotks
ofgreat neceffity ,as fcathfir,e , invaGon ofenemyes, &c. God al.
lowes on the Sabbatlr. And the Injundioo of Ogeene Eliz. 20.
bee tbere alro no leiTe perverreth ,while l-ce confollnds the Lords
day with other bol~ dayes. w~cb the_ Injlln8:ion doth clwely di~LDgut!h f?!.rh~~lIb5=rty, whIch It dl1eenfcrh w~~biog worke
ln~ar"efrtIf!le,l~~.Eken ofthe Lords ~ay, or Holy d." ' as it
is there called, and fet all)ne byifla~bllt of holland f.sl,vail
d~y" onely, ofburnain infritucion.
A. And I thanke you for this obfervation. And falling here
?pon worke on the Lords day,. I am o~catiDtlcd to arke your
Judgement of thofe palfages ofbls ,touching Recreations on tbat
-day, 10 which argument hee batb (pent many'ICllves.
B. But without any good fruit. And as his dikouoo hereupon are large, fo they require a lar~e confmation ,whicb! bope
H. B. WIll performe. For the prefect, a lirtle ro (atisfy your requeet, rhus much: Hee di!1:inguifheth Recreations into two forts:
I. Hon<f'f and lawfuil. 2. VorioIU and fUJI41'>fl/J. For hisdefinltio~s, or defcriptions oftbem, . I parre them by,as requiring'it larger
a.niwer. In fumme, I note hIS pmfull encetfeerings by equivocations I conrradiCl:ions , and rhe artifice of his purefl: narorl!1\ wit, in
fpinning a curious web offa fine a thred,aswherewith 'though he
may thinke to cover himfelf, yet it is pervious and Denetrable to every eye. Hee (ayth, .Aii kJnd!6f &crt.lion, whl~h:im.f tVlii"uaMy, in refp<a ofth<ir lIbj<D ; or which .. r<alltndcd wilh will 'lnd vi·
"iom circumHancn, ..re "nl.n.i"il , and 10 be refrainea upon all
dill'S, ana at" ail fea(ons. Bllt if rhe) be "fedup,n the Lotds day, or
on other FeFhNil d.yeJ, they ·arefacrilegiolU, bte,;u/hh'J ".b God of
h,! honOitr, 10 whore worflJlp l//ldft/'OJCe the holy dayu devoted: lind
tI1t] defile rbe f.,,1e; of mttl, for Ih: cI.anJing and .d'fring wh",of
Ihe holy d"1 u drpuud. And pag"'f9. bee relates out ofandell!
Impetial! EdiCl:s.,that 411 ob(cene, 14,,·e;iOHJ. and vol~pluo", pnj/lmt.
,are proh,bl/rd, (;7C. Andyer pag.266. bee bath thefe wotds: Th~
fermeth 10 me 10 h.11e been a pri_motive 10 o"r Re/'giom Gave>"
n,m, of al/ming the people of the L.1nd fome Recreations tnot prohibited bJ 01l~ L4wes) upo/llht holl d••,es. For ifthry fhwld (upon
PUrlmn
2"
PHrililn prillt;ple!) teftr~i", the".whollJ ('rom ail rep.P ,:,the Holyday woula be mort ullwelcome 10 them, then Ihe plough-d"! : and be_
[!drs, it might ing,tnJer i. peoples mincks "di]/aj/ oftheir pr'fenr..,
R,ligiolL-> , and m.mltr of (erving, 9''', So hee. VVbere I norc
fmdry poore andpilifulllhifts and ibn.•lings. For firfi, pag.25 8 •
hee raytb, Alfo oM mofl gracioiu and Re"gioUJ SoverA'gne UIhe
Lords rlC,"~renr, '0 r,Jhaine the abuft, and fC4ndalous profan41ion
of the Lo>d~ day: And he6;'; a nDbic S,leee!!Dr oflhofe glorjom Prjn.
ces , which in .m,imt., limes, bl Iheir Royall and Imperi411 Edi{/,
"lid Conj/'turi~m, p10hibited on Ihi, d~J, All obftene, lare/violel.
And vol"pluot<J p4lmJlS, &e. If then I might be fobdd, I wouid
arke him, what bee thinkes of promlfcuous meetings ofwanton
youth in tbeir May-games, fetting up ofMay-poles, dancing about
them, dancing the Mori~e, and leading the ringdance, and the !Ike:
UDtO whicb D.VVh. in the former pallage, ~66. <loth not obfcurely point as it were with the finger. Are not there obfetne , ml.!e;"
vi"u and ....luptHOIlS paA:m~es? And If k>! ar~ rhey not problb~ted
by Royall.aod Imperi2.\l EdlCl:s and Conl!:ltutloos of thofe glorrollS
anciem Prioces, whereof our moSt Gr.lIIous and Rel'glol'S Sover"igne " tbe~ Lerds Viugerent:.., for fefhaining tl" Abufe Andf,;and.10m prDf411At'Dn of II,e Loras day. i4 a noble SH€ceflor? La then,what
1\ monllrous ContradiCtion is here.
A. ,But doe ancient Emperours in theit Imperiall EdiCl:s prohibite fucb Recreations on the Lords day?
B. I willgiveyoll ollllinJ!:ilnce,ip fieadof map)'. Carolus M. Caroli M.
PI.mli" It i$ lun ple4jure,tha-t-, aLllhe faithjio" doe revmlllly ob[m'e Lrz,,,Eccl,.
th, LDrds ail'}, ill whICh ,116 LO,rd rl!' ilgame. For if'Pag4n, ,forfL
'J.
dCJp.jI,llb:6.
. 20 ••
tht ""mary Andreveren&e o{,hllr go ds, dDec, Iebr4/ccert4111 "'"lo,an
,he lewes d" ,arPlAtiy ~bferve the Sabbilth: hDw much mm oughe
Ihi4 da, 10 b, honorablJ cdebrAled of '::h"flIAns ,th.t outhls HolytlaJlhry IlIlend noe JlPOII v~ine fable" or idlechal,or [ongs",! dan~tJ,
orfeoffings ,fbJntlml. ,n the Cro!J'-"'''lcs,or firms, as tbey u/ually aoe;
bJ41 :hae Ih'} have momfr 10 the Pri.Hs, Dr [ome 1'9I(e, anti good
man..> • ,h~t Ih,y mil] profit by I;JeiY pret/chin;. and good difeollrfes,
{ueh u concerne the foule. llllik,e f Drl aJ[o la jI"pbe.rds, or k,.repm
"of cA,tdl, 1'J going .nd "llIrning illlo the fcdds,.nd home ,'game,doe
Jo, rha6 ali m~y k..uow [ueh to be tr~e,A.nd devout Ch"Hi41J1.So hee.
And his SOlllle , Lildovicus PillS, III hIS Addlt1011a~s. re£,earmg the
frllI1me
2)
~4-
.
fdffame u,nfritutionofhisFatber wh,,!im,doth add thefe w(mlS~
Lrdo.~'~c. 0proinde, (7-:. Thtrefore it IS ntUff4r;r, thacftrH Profls ') Kings
PjJ:~I;~j. "ncl 'p,ixw, and ,Iii th, f~irhf,.II, doe moi1 d'l'OUlfy g'VeAIi dl« cb.
AJ.I·l.C·9· I'fl'''''ct, 4nd ":V,,,nc,t6 rlmMJ; Soiree..
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A. A moPe noble infrarice, and home. For I perceive this 1m"'
peri ali D:crce condemnes all daunciog, dpccially on tbe Lords
dr:. B.it let me oat inrerrul'tyou;
'B. To proceedtben upon the fotmer pJiT8~es: Secondly.' I
note bow poordy !lee playes the DIVine, or DoB:or, by giV!l1g mdulgence of more liberty to fueh as have que.,fy fiomaks,anJ CJnnot diC7eit thore wholefome m~ates , which Gods word, and aU
lo:md Divines and Dod:ours doe orefcribc. This i,juG:, as if a lick
Patient fhould refufe [orne bitt~t pills or potions, whicb are for
his health, complayning'hee cannot indureth~ bi~terneffe of ~m~
2nd then forfootb Iris pa1atto mull be pleafed WIth fame dehclous
thing,which corrupts the l16macke, and feedcth the dtfeafe. 0; as
ifa wanton boy mull: be permitted fa many houIes play every day,
bCCJufe bee bath learned onc leffoD ,and cornpbynes the ta[kc is
tOO hard to lcame more. Or as if a servant, being fet al:x3ut his
Maiftcrs bufineffe, though it be o:hcrwife cafie and tolerable ,y~t
complaynes it is too ha.rd a tille, and therefore bee muit ba:e l~­
bcrty to take his plcalureone partofthcday. Andfur~ytbisfOl.
lowes by good reafon , from the greater to the leffe, tram Gods
clay to mat1s day, and (rom Gods fervJ<:e to mansfervlce. GlJ'e ~
a powe!tbu~ ro difpenfe with. part of tile Lords<lay, whlcGU an
inclochment uponthe fuurth Cornmandement ,accordmg ~othe
aofuine ofour Chure!': ani! why may not roan .(fume co hirnCclf
a power (as the pope'd~m) t.odiipe.nfewith.rer~8n~s,~rchildren,
-by aHowing them fomenme., wherem tbey £hall bt: frce from tbe
conltoll of their Ma.ifters and Parents?
,
Thitdly,f noie whnt. great blemilh bee fafrens'upon our RehOTlOO hcenuous.
,
I Toong.Q- .,,, Jl
gt'on , asifit were either too rigorous,
rous • by laying no other burthenupon them, hutt ;atot CLm~,
'which though in its oWlIe nacure It be light, amI .eu'y, yet to tHe
fonncs of Bdial it feemes infupporrable, and ltltolerab!e. As tf tnn<"eitie, and pnrity otlife were an ovcrrigid preclfcnd1e, and a Pun~
tan prit1i=iple. Or tOO licentious, by glvmg mdulgcnce, and dliper.ration tolOQK:·Libertirr.s,and teaching men to bec~me more fi~~r,
lhll, and to be ~s tbe llncleane BeaRs, that chew not the Cddde, or
as the fow that is wa!hed , to retume to their wallowing in their
profufc ~nd profane fports and'pafrimes > when no fooner they arc
out "f the Church, but rhey mnoe to their excetTcof riot. And
hen: I cal1not but record. an excellent palfage in Nazianzen , to
flume the impudency of thefe times. This Godly Fatber , reprooving the 100lc carriage ofChri!l:iins in his tirne, efpecially on the
dayes of folemnc and facred affemblyes, as on the Lords dayes,
fayth: Poftqlwn, &~ . .After th,y Are gOllcour of the Chu'ch~ ca- Clem. AIo:.
Jlmg ,,{ld, All thaL mJlrHchon, !hey h.td thm IMrnctl, tlley (.,jl1<OILJ Pa..l,l .hb.'
th,mftlv,s to ,be vlllg~r, wilh whom Ihe) cO/lwr!e; or rf/lha laying c. I.'g""c'
afid, Ihe f~1ft And couillerfit" viZ~rd ofgrayi,y,lh,} Are diJcovmd the <lid. Hec
10 b, Juch, M rlgy 111'", /lol k.nowm to b. before: Ami f.,aving[eemcd I!v,d about,
10 g,ve [om, reverence 10 qods word, while 'llVrU pWlChed,lh"I'a<Je
'Ct' ~r
il : ana 0111 ofthe Chllrch,lheJ fa!/Io ddighllllJa JPorl th,m(dv,s in C mJ 1.00.
illS impiolM ",lIn(Y, and with le\'e r,ngs,w'l/; the /lol(e of r5'vC infl,dls,
1ft piping. clapping Ihe hand., being.f!1/1 offlvollg driNke, anddtfiled
wirn All kjnd of m..ddy ana dm} plMjilYes•.Ana whllft Ihry chane.
ilIV"" lind oV'" th" who cel,br"ted Ihe honour ofimmortAlit}, ky
ana b} fAD to a moft \~ick.,d recAntation; L" UJ e~IC and arinl,!"
for 10 morrow lwe fllaii dye. Alld tl"fe 4," 110/ d,.d 10 morrow. but
~ndeed lire nOl" dead unto God; bmying tlJl d,,,d, tbaL u,themftlpe!,
in the grav' of dead,. So hee. Which liberty even the P2pill:s themfelves, al14 Bdlarmine abundantly, doc with open voyce dccIame
a~ainll:, and arc a(hamed of,. [0 farre will they be fro~ being willing to be drawn to fueh a RehgH~n, by the mpttve~ ofmcb hberty.
And herein doth our Treallfer rnlferably abufe the Scripture, and
fa tume tbe Grace of God into wamonncs•. For pag. 257· hce
faVlIi The Law ofCbrift is [wtOetand calie, Mat. II. 30' and, his
Com:Uandements are not grievous, doh. 5' + And what [hen?
Is Cb~ifts J:.aw fa !\veet and cafie, as tbat..~~esln<!.ulgenc~ to profane Libertinifq1c? Thisi.~gJ [QaKC~e Gl:>Ip~ af\\,~et fable, as
iliat Atheifticall Pontifician f~yd •. Or as an other in his Sermon,
~pon thore words ofChriG:, The fonne ofman is Lord even of the
Sabbath da\': thence inferred, tbat Cnrift had given us liberty
av o:he Sabbath. And this the Treatiler caUeth * Cbriftian jj- " P.:g.2.6S;
dtv and on the COlltrary, the holy and Religious keeping oftliC *
Lords d~y I a fup~rl!i.ti0l.ls lu~aicall fancy, aDnd jf Jigid Ordinafnces .l'''g·~·tsr.
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l' S" Ai/g. of ?ur Sunday.Sabba~ali.ans. ~hma, the ancient Godly'!' Fathers
de C~lIf"'frl ~d rI'e loofC ,plOl.Ul1ng ot the Lords day byaJnclIlg ar.d revelE'''''':z.,ilji. lillg~\,!il.b S~~batilln.&~im well to be obferved..
1.:1 , -7.
Fourthly r.o5ierve a:n:ryimprope.t,andfo untruefpeech;.wrere
tr bee fayth , It they Ihoukj (upbn Puman PrlOclpb):rdhainc them
wholly Fro~ all repall. Who (I praY}ou}doe rcfhaine the people
from all repafi on d'e Lords d3Y ? Or is profane Iport a repafi , to
feed tbe humour of rI'e rude vulgar "It ~emeth 10. And liberty to
youth is as theIr meatanddrinke'.
Fifdy pag.266.hee r.1yth: Some Recreations (not prohibited by
our 'awes) our Religlou I Governors allow upon Boly' dayes. And
rag. 2 p. CIVil recreation, not prohibited in termes, neither yet bv
any necelTary con!equcnce From the law, cannot be limpiy ,{nl<1w'full.And pag 23" r-.'o juttlaw,divine, Ecc1ellalticall,or Clvil,doth
totaily prohlbite the. fame. To this I reply, that t1~ofe fports fore.
fpCClhed,are prohIbIted by law, both dlvlt1e, Ecc\eilalhcall, and Ci•
.' O"ff
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R' om.r3.r".·Gal.~.2r. I.Pet·43 In
. ~ H-VI.I.
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Jill" 'F"'.' the fourth commandement fo! as Bucer rayth:writing to K.Edw. 6.
",,,,h.lTlI"'. Hli dle/oI/J.041Iu(e, towit, Ho~-d.,)e',thelrorl:.sajrheft'jl! ~Y(tiOl
" Of""
robe ai/DIved, mT pro{<tne b~jinlJJ tf ,'lor l,rcnrioHi fports, /Jar 1'4e,,.,I,
C1,'MJ ;~J.
drinlzing1, and other 'tlitlOi!j pl't~Iures. Indeed tJJt pcop[( are to be ldlo~1.Bu'·Ce;.de \wa !JO",jI Hma/ions al f.: [e~[ans : bm (eWl" God Iwh Ira {rvcrdJ
~\('1rJtO m~ .. J::,or,b',dam. \wk.!
. profit. Me for the bod) ,10 be d'lfl
b ) l
ji,./,b.1..
on1·ljfS (an[/iped
". 10.
I~ hu N ..me: /,ovp ~lIlclJ "'OY~ gltlyoiiJ!J 15 hu offendeti , Illhm Iii [e
s'''Ft., An- d~Jes :Ire prtif.1Hed·wilh W:l"~/l,·<1"(/for the /ti ol 1p m \\'Ick!d woYlzs1
gLw,
Six d.'y(l· cr,jlrh hee)rbDii p,.lt a~e Jil thy \I1or/,!; to \"r , (UeiJ ,f!
cOfIC!TnuiJ ihe,[ujlmtili9ll, or elJ thl recnarlOH ·'f ,hu p"(Oitltje: bUI
tbe[evenih MJ is Ihe LordI Slfbb,jlh,OIl it thoH flult nor 'doc .1"l ",'rl;"e'/lot dnr ,,,,hi,h IheLoramm(dflMr/) Plor climm:mdadra hd"nt Oil
thai daJ: bur Iho[e ."hich her: blh mnm.1Hded, tilir. ,ire ,.llmoil rtli[,iaHflJ r9;' 9bf<Ttlla all the H -1y.tI,'1IS. e'/!lld'ojIo W1 •• /:§ ,wd jl,ppery f.lilh a" we all, as r/"d.l)/yrm(t1'"'g andcollfirmingoflhe
fmlt i, ye,] nmjTary fOY m.1ViJeYMS mojl men mm gmvolJ[ty offend
,md pro\'oke Gods <.:JI,!"jtffie all rbt[e d"Jcs, :I,m Oil orh" d")',,. By
"'I mean" tbmfor< it iJ the office o{yOUY ,:"rtd 31"I'51i, .Ig:ii,;{1 rl.u
fi gre.1l dij1Jonor of God, 4nd 1.1lv/" p"of'lII~tlOH of hu Ho!j.d.l/tJ, 10
revive rbe ..ulhori/y, of Godi I.m',ar-a thercill "lfo iii jJiiow II)e eX.imp/rs ofpioHS rrinW,0'-~,SO he.
.
Secondly:
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Secondly:Thofe forcfayd ~ports are prohibited by Eccleliallicall
lawes,for all Councels doe llmvcrfally eondemne them. To infiancc Concil. Me<
~ne or two. The Counce! ofMIlian. Nefofs IJ!e,&e. It if impioltJ, diolan.4.
u~r (.Ieud d~JlS ,"H,tured for rhe ~.mmemorat,on of rhe f,reare{t
ben.jits of God, 4nd to rmd~r olsr befl pra)(es IInto him fhould be
tr~nsfemd ro tho(e Ihings,which moft of allabhom from r~r Jer'vice:
4S It:1p,ngJ, (p~rrs'r d,lUncer, enterlud.,s or flmvcs, which being inticcmen,s 10 filrh, pb'filw,domuchde""ht rhe Devlll rheemmy ofmans
r:lv'1ri~ll. And anmherofMil.lan tTbatno {por:s, or v4inefighrs, COIK:iJ. M~
d~llcsngs,le'lplng, be ufed at >tIl III (irtes,f'uhllrbs,lowne, or Ifny where diol.n...
wOllthe Holr-d,yes: And yetanotherCounee!atMillan: O!:!0.
mam,&e. Becltu(c,~ II found by Ino milch o:pericnce in Ihisl'rovillce Cor",I. Me.' . tlJ
d·
d
' d,ol.JI'·3·
.;;~t m )'l~ coympte t.,ms An. manners, Ib,jt people for rhe MoJf
parllUver meet ar d.1Uncmg,memmems,leapilll.r,ofnd tbe lik!,\I1ilhOlit
ma/l}: ofnd IhoJ' mojl greivo1lS offcnf'.' of qod,4"d that both by rcaJon
of {:!my rhoughtl and librcme {puches, dljhollep a[[joHS, cOI'rfJprinn of
ma~mrs , «lid m,fr pernie~ous bates ro all rhe lufts ofthe ftlfll , perpe•
ru~lly eOHpld 1'9111, rhem, and alfo ofmuYdirS , byawles , diJ!mrions,
lyhorcoiomtI, "d"iteries,.ma mlfnl other cv:ls,r/;e moff frequent conTe.
quenw rhe;lof, whruforeo" Holy-dllYes IW prohibir leapings,(pom,
da'IC'"g,,0-C.Now thele Councc1s were kept in Italy.Yea a COUl'!- COllc.R,qm.
eel at Romc, but more anclcnt : Of FeaHmgs /lor ro be mlld811pon ."no 826.
Holy.d.')es ; and, Oil Holy-d.4yes d4ncing nOllO be ured : There be C~nc.parl 3·
J':n c, alld[pec,.,II; 1lI0mm, which o./l lioly.daycsby, 1{;li~ bal:'ng,Ji/l~ BiP,.
f,/lgjilrh,fongs, holdIng o1nd IMamg d:lllw,(o ,mlllll"'g I/;e guiJe of
P"gans , d,~ bym!, II among Ch"ft,alls , Juch. Ifl/)ey co",e ro rhe
ChuTch ~ Wit h .lef[er jins , rhey returne from ir wilh gYe,lrer. vind if
ur on ·aam.mllOn rhe; a'lifted IlOt , Leo 4' amOUHCCl h excommullicalI.on againfl r hem. Lo here, this Counce! at Rome rayth , that dancing on Holy-dayes's a heathen gu'Je,brought inamongChriltians.
SbaH I add one more. The Counce! ofColen: dellld. 'mpmgu~l. ~:;~~c.~~~
A !,'lIne , rheJ o/fwd ~gamJt thIS Precepl , wh. on H oly-daye; Ifte ,"- 11' 63 .extmt "pall (parIS, p41",m, alCe, le"p,ng, d.mcmg rhe r'"g, wh~ are plie.i" Deraclnr f<ir Tevellmgs, drilJk.jngJ , ("per~"oHs pompe , who d,jile tho o~lo<gl/m.
HoIJ.d,!,s wirb Wicktd talks, and{ilihy (ongs : Jueh doth th~ CO/#Ilal of CMrh.tge, and oj Toledo, aeer« to be ,xeommumcare. For hi!iJ
f,ltmnllle! and fl,lfis are /lot Ilmefore inffiluted , 10 [eyre ouy filthy
illftS, or rhllt we jlJol;ld c~l!tr. togcrbt~ ourJim,bur rh~1 l'I'e Plol/ld a/r~DZ
gd~r
z'il
ga/'"" aU.mdo» rIJem,a"d .,ot to cclturatt rhm, with corror.1I "reiliON
Dr recr~.H:OJf. bill fFHU~ •.;1J Ynl'J~lJlg. Ana L0tv is it pc/Jib1c, tfut, in
d i/'W th,' {""ftife.lIiorJ of /1,: ;; ,lib",I, 11:00.ld b: k.!P/ ,roh:ye modcJlJ
i, (:ifis ,,0/ {tC/Ire j,"om {II"", SO ti,e Counce\. But what need we
goe further, thcn our ownc Homily foreeited, which iayth, that j~
1
przde,in c.'CCrJJc)!Ilz: 'f.'as iIi b).,tll!wg,hgh:mg.1Jl·1.rr{/fmg,w.Hltunnet,
tay}! t.lhjllg, .md(;lrIJJ ~,j1l""es, G.d H mor<d'.flmlO/lYCd, dnd rh~
.1''/1,11 berm {"ved on ,h, S:mdaJ ' or S.,vVdtIJ daJ, ,h", "pon all ,h~
day's of Ih, wce~, H'des. l'ow though moris dances and may-
g"mes,and the likc,be not hcre condemned in terminis,yet by con·
li:guence tbey be: lith t~ley are the infeparabk companions, and
moil: perniciolls occatlons of infbming the luil:s , nnd cf manifold
mifchcifs; as hath been noted.Therefore by jua Eccldiailicall hwe,
[uch fpoltS ~re prohlblted.
Thirdly, Thcy are prohibited byjufiCirilbwes. BeGdes thofe
inflances fore-dleged of thc Ed,,~l:s of Cb':lro!u~ .M"g.and Ludol'icus
PillS his Sonne: we may to tbe bonor ot our Ilation,and tbe etermlll
f,me of Oll!' religious king Charles, produce tbe firft Act of ParI3r.1ent in I. Cnroli , the prime gemrne in bis Royall diadem; and
which defer'lcs to bc wliten in golden Charaa~rs. Forafinuch
;\s there is nothing more acceptable!o God, then the
true and fin cere wotlnip and fervice ot Him ,.according
to his holy will, and that the holy keeplt1g at the Lords
day is a principal! part ofthe true fen'icc afCod , wbich
in very many places ofthis Rcalme hath been, 211d new
is profaned and negleCted by a diforderly fort ofpeople,
in exercifin~ and frequenting Beare-baaing, Bull.bai.
ting, EnterGdes , common playes , and other unlawful!
excrcifcs and pafrimes upon the Lords day, &c. 1 hat
from henceforth, &0. there f};all be 110 Bear-haiting,
Bull-baiting, Enterludes, common playes, or ()ther Ull·
Iawfl111 exercifes or paftimes within their o\\'ne Parif11cs.
Hence it is plaine,that all manner of fpons "nd pail:in~cs Gte llnlJW~
full on the Lord, day; for Beare.balting nnd Bull.battingare prohibited , as unlawful! on this day, winch ds are mnde lawful! on
otherdayes. And thetc!orc dancing, MaygamesJ<1orrices,nr.d the
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like,
Z9
like, holV ever men may account thcm bwfUlI all other dayes, yet
for the rery reaCons afOre-fayd, foralinuch as they are prohibited as
ulllawfull by Imperial! Edith of ancient Kingsand Emperours, of
whom our rnoagrntious and religiollsCo,eraigne is bytheTreati.
fer acknowledged to be the n,ble,(ucc'jfour,in reil:railling the abufe,
and fcanda\olls profanation ofthe Lords day: on this day at le.1a,
they are unlawful!. I will add but onc infiance more,and that is olIt
of Iuflinian, where he feth downe this Imperial! Conibtution. Di.
Domini" ,&c. OH Ii" Lord, day ,which of the whole 1\'''l:..i1 Ih, jilJl, Iuflini,lII;
all 01,4,,,,, o[(pms 4,,,1 p.,Jlimcs b,ing dmJed 10 ,he p:ople ,1J7ollgh Cod I).
tdl (Hief, iellh, rPho!c mind, of ChriJlianr be OCCllp;td in til' (m'lce lit.),
~f God: Illid if any flull 011 II)IS day b, la!:..,n tip lVlth Ihe madnesof
1m"Fl ''''fifty, or 1~IIIJ tile errour and fr~l1/lck..nes of v/fJlJJh 7'ag"ni(tnf , let hzm I.:..n01'9, th.1I there iJ 11 dtfft'Yel1Cc to be pltr bCllvtetJ tlJ~
rime of prll)'rs, 4"tI rhetime of pl~.,{tl.,es. Yen fo religioui1y wasthis
day obferrcd, as ifdie Emperours birth-dny fell upon it , it mua be
pUlof to another day ofthc weckc; and fayth the COllfiitution, If
people fh i/l ih~'.v fi-'ffe reverence to\vards SIS theu, than the] were
I~O"I, let no m,w' be offwded IVlIh ii, beeplI{' men doe give gren'eji /;0.
,;or 10 eHrcl,m:lley, ,vhell the tVo,lds obedi",,, is e>J,irel;1 yedded to the
t;;e
">ld m'Yits of Ail,,'"h,] g,d. So there.In fine,in a ~ booke ¥A r.~ecff.'­
fet forth by King Hen. S:"and iilfcribted,o hi, :oving andfai'~f,,!1 f~~o~;;:;:
v/~E1s, which betore bad been fet forth by thc wbole Clergle ofJIm 111m.
the Realme, witb th~ names of 2 1. Prelates, befides many Doctors, ~ Primed
prefixed unto it,& npprooved by bOtb the houres of P"rlament: ore -,),7"
,.
tl'efe
pafTages ' .*, /l,.""ji
tim Comm,<ndemwt f,elJer"lif doe oJJend nee Ifnfllr:l.
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tf0110 II
VerlNI'l
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Jfll thq,wb,ch rnll nor Ce.ire from rlxv onmecarrwfl WJl~ (').. . . p'efl!rt~t5, C/lrijrm
rll"1 doe 1101 j,'V' rlmr:fi!Ve'1 lmmly a"d lvhol11 ' lYI,holll allY 1111- man.
pedim!nl m,IO "fl holy ""'!zs, dnd IIMI nor OIJCly IIllhe hOHfe of qod, • Vpon the
VIII ,1f(O in th,ir owno
Viii (.1S commolll! IS Nfld) paft' th,
Iomth Com.
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m.ndCII"'lf.
euher
i.11 :dlr:nes, w g!~ltony ) In nor, or at er 7h1Jt1C l or H1 c prt~nme;
",up, ;
tim,
which it ,;ot ~cco"(d:l1g, to th!: i'llent and memJtng of thu Cn1tJ7'ljande_
ment, V,41 after th, /lPg' ,,,,dcflJlome of'he lew', and doth "''''I;h,offend God,.md prorok, In indigllalioll & \Vlalh IOl\'4rd, 111. And It IS
added in tbe Clcrgies' booke,for II> S.AflJfw f'Jlh ofthe IClVts, ¥J"jli,uthey jll)::ld be baw occlipi,d,l.,vo:n'"g '" Iheir fi'lds,and,'o be III 1'1" tlOn.!,1.
plo/l[,h"hsIlIO be idl, Ilt> l;orm. And !Varnell j1Jo"ld belter vcJlo,~' Ihm 77,7.·
rum III [pinnin%, of woil, Ibm IIPOlllh~ S4bba rb d,'J 10 lofe ,Imr lime
D 3
JIl
3°
i"le~pj",~,
r;" dai:nci,,%,<tnd otfmidll vMlffmJ,lo(c li",l: So there.
Now rell me Brecher, what thinke YCII of rhis, thatthofe Prelates
and Clergy of England in the very \1rlt dufkiilidawning ofthe
morning, mould b fo c1carc,orthodox,and zealous in the point of
the Sabbath,and now in the Meridian ofthe Gofre1l fo many,with
their cyes e10fed up, doe with both hands fight againfr this truth?
A. I confeffe it is to me no fmall matter of \Tonder. But Sir
MOW that yc;u ha,:e fo fully cleared the poynt about Recreation
from all the tubterhJ\1es of him,that hath fa moy!ed hirnfelfto make
lome thing of nothi~g ,and there;nnlfo have vindicated the Lawes
both Divine, Ecclelidfhcoll ond Ci~i!l, from giving any counte·
nance or conni~encc to (l,eb Recreations: there remaynes yet one
tbing to be cleared, and that is, about tbe judgement of tbe reformed Cllllrc~,cs beyond till: Seas, which the oppofite authour pleadeth to be ail fur him.
B. Its true. And I cannot but frnile,whenI tbinke of it. That
tbey, which make no bones e~en in open Court to vilifie the prime
pillors of thofe Churches, yca and to nulhfy the Churches themle!ves, as if they wcre no true Chutcl~cs, as ha~ing no lawfull Minifiets, becaule 110 Prelates to put them in ordets : [bould notwirh{hnding daigne to grace them fo much, 15 to call them ill, and to
Jccount th~m competent witndks in the caufe. But a bad caure is
glad of any Patron, or Advocate to plead for it, though the Client
have openly ftigmatized'him for a R. ,11. Bur what fread will the
Reformed Divines {'land him in? Cerroidy in the point of Sports
and Recreations they will utterly faile him, yea and difc1ame him
too. In tl~e.pQill!.0fthe Infti~llt\~ords day, indeed, and
the obligationofit tQChriili~, a great rart is for him, though
the better part isforus. This is confefTed of us.
A. But I pray you, are they agoinlt him in t1,e point ofSports
and Recreations? I have been credibly informed,thar the contrary
report hath made a {hong imprefIion of pcrfwafion infome gentle
and generous brealts, whofe credulity fubtile inGnuations can prevaile (0 with , as to make them bekeve the Moone is made of
green cheefe. I pray you therefore deare this onc point,and I wilt
weary you no longer at this time, the night nOW drawing on
np1ce.
B. In a word tben. Trudt is, tbat many and molt of thore
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'Churches, for th9'l'ulg<1rgenerality , come farre fuort ofthe due
dtceme ofthe Lords day in poym of prattife. But yet,fOr the Minifiers oft~e 17. Provi"ces Reformed ,and oftbe neigkbouring
Churehe!>In Germany ;even all thofe; that wete ofthe Council! of
Don,did unanimouf1y make fome Canons and Dccrees,joyritly to
petition tbeSmcsGenerall of the United Provinces,fOr the ref0rmation of tbe manifold profanations o{the Lords day. For in t1,e
r4-Seffionarethefc words: 'l\!.alltem,&c .And leaH :ht people
on theLords dd)tS in the Ilflernoone,btil1g to/ken rip ~'i/hotlJtr
affil)W or oaycijCs , be 'Witbdra'Wneftom the Ilfrrrnoo,!-fi:rmons, the Ul1agt/lrates ~rt to ~e flppliwd, "hl1 they iy
more (tVeT( Edtfls prohibit all(crvile , .or
'Wor~s, lI/1d
ef}edaliYllJOT1S, drinKings ,and olher pro!af1ll/iom ()jthe s'lb_
b.tth, "ikf;fTeby.the a[urn.o!'ie time ()>lI,he LordI d.,aycs,. (/nd
f)etiaffJ in'vi'71ages, IS U[U4/1) j}ent, tlltltfo Q) tJ;(,j V1til!JtS aIJu
Ihey may bl br#flght to thofe ajierncone Sermons, and10 m.l}
learne to (IIImfy the "Whole Sabfhlth flay. And D. VVallxus ill
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his Pref.lce before his Treatife otthe Sabbath, hath fet downe fo
much ofthe ,Synods Petition to the States , as WJS drJwne into
forme for this purpofc, in thefcwords: Vtgravifim.e ill£,
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Tlw thtf! moft gr itvoUJ and manifold profdl,ati~m of the S<lJ. 17';"
Sabbath, \lIbich dre dayl] commiuea bJ Fairts, "'akes, ban.
qrt(fsoj(ode/ies. W.tchmm, 'l(fighboflrhoods,'JJ1ariages; by
the exmift of tlrmrs, kf htlYltilJg, fi(hing,jowlifig , pl.l)ing
at bJ!!, by Hifhlonic,tll ac7ilJ:!, ojComldtts, 6y ddfff'}cingJ,
r07t-bdfe ofgoodJ,drinlings; & that many other/Ike Ihmgs,
'whichin Ihe[c C~i1il1rJrs doe ,vcryw!Jae abound, to the great
Jcdl1ddll & npro<lCho{tbeRfjimmd Re1i?ion,llnd to tbe grlat
iJindr:r7iceofGCds IrorjhJp,may bf moll flrmly probibiltd &c.
So the Synod. ThUl in on, bricfview you fce the unanimous judgement of the Di vines of tLJt Synod, for the duc fantl~ion of
the Lords day, or Sabbath day, as they often call' it : althv"ls"d:e
i!reame of a wicked cultome in point of pr"tlifc batb made an
univcrfall inund1tion in tholc Provinces, which (I feare) will (in
time) drowne tbem up in their profanenctIc. AmI the Synods
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judgement in the poyot ofInlli~>P1Divirie anthority,and t~'
from the founh Commaodem~Ilt,&e~p. to be no l~ f"u!ld and
con[entient , lith theyJo otten call tbe~ day tile ~"',a
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A. Sir, I heanily than~eJlol1,forthisyour ~~ofereoee;
which I could be contentmtghtt2tfyet a whole ~ ~y,but
tbat(as I fayd) tbe day now bidding~eweIJ .J¢iV~}9.pi4
~ another good night.
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