Of The Morality Of The Fourth Commandment, As Still In Force To Binde Christians - Softcover

William Twisse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1314226975 ISBN 13: 9781314226973

Publisher: HardPress

Synopsis

Of The Morality Of The Fourth Commandment, As Still In Force To Binde Christians : Delivered By Way Of Answer To The Translator Of Doctor Prideaux His Lecture, Concerning The Doctrine Of The Sabbath by William Twisse. William Twisse’s treatise is a polemical defense of the Fourth Commandment as morally binding for Christians, arguing that one day in seven should be consecrated to divine worship and that the Lords Day (Sunday) is the proper Christian Sabbath. The work responds to Doctor Prideaux’s Translation of The Doctrine of the Sabbath and its Preface, challenging the view that Sabbath observance is ceremonial or abrogated in the Gospel. Twisse delineates three main considerations: the necessity of a fixed proportion of time for God’s service, the particular day designated within that proportion, and the authorities—both patristic and reformation-era—supporting the Lords Day’s sanctity as a Christian ordinance rooted in creation and apostolic practice. He surveys Scripture passages, patristic quotations, and confessional statements to argue for a perpetual moral obligation to honor the Sabbath, while engaging with debates about ecclesiastical authority to alter the day. The work includes Twisse’s Preface and two digressions addressing the controversy over ceremoniality, creation, and apostolic precedent.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1314226975
• ISBN 13: 9781314226973
• Binding: Paperback