Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Today's post for the Sabbath is by the Continental Reformed divine Andreas Hyperius (though sometimes he is identified as a Lutheran). While we disagree with him on festival days outside of the Christian Sabbath, he still has much to tell us about how we ought to keep the Lord's Day holy:
... ¶ Scrivener or Notary. Whether he have indited, drawn, or written, or caused to be indited, drawn, or written any bills, bonds, or other writings whatsoever, on the Sabbath days.
Whether he have made any such, whereby Religion or the dignity of the Church, might any way be impaired and diminished.
¶ Taverner. Whether on the Sabbath days, and especially in the time of divine service, he have suffered any disorder in drinking and tippling within his house: and whether he hath made a common practise or custom at such times and on such days, to sell his wines, &c.
¶ Merchant. Whether on the Sabbath day he hath bartered & bargained, cast up his reckonings, and written his accounts.
Chapman. Whether on such days & times, he hath set open his shop, or set his wares to sale.
Stage-player. Whether by his Interludes & Stage-plays, he have drawn the people away from spiritual exercises, and godly meditations.
¶ Musician & Minstrel. Whether he have been the author and occasioner, of wanton dancing, or other unseemly pastimes.
¶ Crafts-men of any trade whatsoever. Whether they have wrought on the Sabbath and holy days, when no necessity enforced them, but only for lucre sake: or whether they have caused their apprentices and servants the same days to work, without either going to church or giving themselves to godly meditations: as the Taylor or Butcher to sow a garment: the husbandman to hedge, ditch, plow, garden, cleanse his Stable, &c. whereas at these times these things, and so of others might & ought to be forborne.
Whether any person whosoever he be, have enticed and procured others to any vain games, unlawful sports, or other light and lewd exercises, as dice-playing and such like.
House-holder. Whether as specially on the Sabbaths and festival days, so also sometimes on the work days he have propounded or caused to be propounded and taught to his children and family, the chief heads of Christian religion, namely such as be taught and contained in the Catechism. ...
For more, see Andreas Hyperius on the sins of various orders against the Sabbath day.
... ¶ Scrivener or Notary. Whether he have indited, drawn, or written, or caused to be indited, drawn, or written any bills, bonds, or other writings whatsoever, on the Sabbath days.
Whether he have made any such, whereby Religion or the dignity of the Church, might any way be impaired and diminished.
¶ Taverner. Whether on the Sabbath days, and especially in the time of divine service, he have suffered any disorder in drinking and tippling within his house: and whether he hath made a common practise or custom at such times and on such days, to sell his wines, &c.
¶ Merchant. Whether on the Sabbath day he hath bartered & bargained, cast up his reckonings, and written his accounts.
Chapman. Whether on such days & times, he hath set open his shop, or set his wares to sale.
Stage-player. Whether by his Interludes & Stage-plays, he have drawn the people away from spiritual exercises, and godly meditations.
¶ Musician & Minstrel. Whether he have been the author and occasioner, of wanton dancing, or other unseemly pastimes.
¶ Crafts-men of any trade whatsoever. Whether they have wrought on the Sabbath and holy days, when no necessity enforced them, but only for lucre sake: or whether they have caused their apprentices and servants the same days to work, without either going to church or giving themselves to godly meditations: as the Taylor or Butcher to sow a garment: the husbandman to hedge, ditch, plow, garden, cleanse his Stable, &c. whereas at these times these things, and so of others might & ought to be forborne.
Whether any person whosoever he be, have enticed and procured others to any vain games, unlawful sports, or other light and lewd exercises, as dice-playing and such like.
House-holder. Whether as specially on the Sabbaths and festival days, so also sometimes on the work days he have propounded or caused to be propounded and taught to his children and family, the chief heads of Christian religion, namely such as be taught and contained in the Catechism. ...
For more, see Andreas Hyperius on the sins of various orders against the Sabbath day.