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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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3. When he laboureth to prove that Christians met on other days of the week besides the Lords day (though not for the Lords Supper) we grant it him as nothing to the purpose. So Calvin Preached or Lectured daily at Geneva, and yet kept not every day as a holy day separated to Gods worship, as they did the Lords day, though too remissly. So we do still keep Weekday Lectures, and the Church of England requireth the Reading of Common Prayer on Wednesdays and Fridays, and holy day Evens; Do they therefore keep them Holy as the Lords day?
3. When he laboureth to prove that Christians met on other daies of the week besides the Lords day (though not for the Lords Supper) we grant it him as nothing to the purpose. So Calvin Preached or Lectured daily at Geneva, and yet kept not every day as a holy day separated to Gods worship, as they did the Lords day, though too remisly. So we do still keep Weekday Lectures, and the Church of England requireth the Reading of Common Prayer on Wednesdayes and Fridays, and holy day Evens; Do they therefore keep them Holy as the Lords day?
4. When he tells us that Clemens Alexandrinus and Origen, plead against them that would hear and pray on that day only, we grant it him; and we are ready to say as they do, that we should not confine Gods Service to one day only, as if we might be profane and worldly on all other days; but should take all fit opportunities for religious helps, and should all the week keep our minds as near as we can in a holy frame and temper. Of the rest of his Objections I shall say more in due place.
4. When he tells us that Clemens Alexandrinus and Origen, plead against them that would hear and pray on that day only, we grant it him; and we are ready to say as they do, that we should not confine Gods Service to one day only, as if we might be profane and worldly on all other daies; but should take all fit opportunities for religious helps, and should all the week keep our minds as near as we can in a holy frame and temper. Of the rest of his Objections I shall say more in due place.