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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Sandys also informeth us of the Armenian Christians that coming into the place of the Assembly on Sunday in the afternoon (no doubt they had been there in the Morning) be found one sitting in the midst of the Congregation, in habit not differing from the rest, reading on a Bible in the Chaldean tongue: That anon after, came the Bishop in a hood or Vest of black, with a staff in his hand? That first he prayed, and then sung certain Psalms assisted by two or three. After all of them singing jointly, at interims praying to themselves, the Bishop all this while with his bands erected and his face towards the Altar; That Service being ended, they all kissed his hand, and bestowed their Alms, he laying his other hand on their heads, and blessing them, &c.
Sandys also informeth us of the ArmenianChristians that coming into the place of the Assembly on Sunday in the afternoon (no doubt they had been there in the Morning) be found one sitting in the midst of the Congregation, in habit not differing from the rest, reading on a Bible in the Chaldaean tongue: That anon after, came the Bishop in a hood or Vest of black, with a staffe in his hand? That first he prayed, and then sung certain Psalms assisted by two or three. After all of them singing joyntly, at interims praying to themselves, the Bishop all this while with his bands erected and his face towards the Altar; That Service being ended, they all kissed his hand, and bestowed their Almes, he laying his other hand on their heads, and blessing them, &c.
And of the Abaffines he reciteth out of Brierwood, (and he from Damianus a Goes) that they honour the Lords day as the Christian Sabbath, and the Saturday as the Jews Sabbath, because they receive the Canons called the Apostles which speak for both.
And King Edgar in England ordained that the Sabbath should begin on Saturday at three a Clock Afternoon, and continue till break a Day on Monday. These Laws for the Sabbath of Alfred, Edgar, &c. were confirmed by Etheldred, and more fully by Canutus.