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The divine appointment of the Lords day proved as a separated day for holy…
The divine appointment of the Lords day proved as a separated day for holy worship, especially in the church assemblies, and consequently the cessation of the seventh day Sabbath : written for the satisfaction of some religious persons who are lately drawn into error or doubting in both these points / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1671
The Divine Appointment of the LORDS DAY, proved, as a separated Day… › Chapter 5
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2. It is not known by Natural Causes, and by arguing from the Natural Cause to the Effects. It is no more possible to know all things past this way, (by knowing the Causes) than all things future. Therefore it must be ordinarily known by Humane report, which we call History or Tradition.
Prop. 2. Scripture History is not the only certain History; much less the only credible.
Without Scripture History we may be certain, that there was in 1666. a great Fire in London, ⟨p. 14⟩and a great plague in 1665. and that there were Wars in England, 1642, 1643, &c. and that there have been Parliaments in England which have made the Statutes now in force; and that there have been such Kings of England for many Ages, as our Records and Histories mention, &c.
Prop. 3. Scripture History is not the only certain History of the things of the Ages in which it was written, or of former Ages; much less the only credible History of them.