The True Doctrine of the Sabbath: Or, Sabbathum Veteris Et Novi Testamenti
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  • 592 Pages
  • Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
  • Publication Date: April 2015
  • ISBN: SBOWNDNITRUEDOCTRINEOFTHESAB9781601783998

The True Doctrine of the Sabbath: Or, Sabbathum Veteris Et Novi Testamenti

Bownd, Nicholas

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No book had more influence in confirming a Sabbatarian heart to Puritanism than that of the parson of St. Andrews, Norton, Suffolk, Nicholas Bownd. The True Doctrine of the Sabbath was the first scholarly treatment defending the concept of the Christian Sabbath or Lord s Day, later embodied in the Westminster Standards. Not reprinted since 1606, this influential work is presented afresh in a new critical edition.

About the Author

Nicholas Bownd (1551?-1613) was the pastor of a country parish in rural England. Judging from the sermons he published, his ministry exhibited the practical divinity taught by his stepfather, Richard Greenham, which focused on the means of grace. The crucial mean of the means whereby all these means of grace were made available to the people of God was the weekly gatherings on the Christian Sabbath or Lord s Day. In 1595, Bownd published True Doctrine of the Sabbath, which derived from sermons preached about 1586. This book embroiled him in a singular controversy with a troublesome neighbor, which resulted in the first Sabbatarian controversy in England, and also led to a vindicating expanded edition in 1606. For the last two years of his life he ministered at St. Andrew in Norwich, the highest call a man of his Puritan convictions could have attained in those days.

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Publisher's Description

No book had more influence in confirming a Sabbatarian heart to Puritanism than that of the parson of St. Andrews, Norton, Suffolk, Nicholas Bownd. The True Doctrine of the Sabbath was the first scholarly treatment defending the concept of the Christian Sabbath or Lord s Day, later embodied in the Westminster Standards. Not reprinted since 1606, this influential work is presented afresh in a new critical edition.

About the Author

Nicholas Bownd (1551?-1613) was the pastor of a country parish in rural England. Judging from the sermons he published, his ministry exhibited the practical divinity taught by his stepfather, Richard Greenham, which focused on the means of grace. The crucial mean of the means whereby all these means of grace were made available to the people of God was the weekly gatherings on the Christian Sabbath or Lord s Day. In 1595, Bownd published True Doctrine of the Sabbath, which derived from sermons preached about 1586. This book embroiled him in a singular controversy with a troublesome neighbor, which resulted in the first Sabbatarian controversy in England, and also led to a vindicating expanded edition in 1606. For the last two years of his life he ministered at St. Andrew in Norwich, the highest call a man of his Puritan convictions could have attained in those days.

  • Cover Type:
  • 592 Pages
  • Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
  • Publication Date: April 2015
  • ISBN: SBOWNDNITRUEDOCTRINEOFTHESAB9781601783998