The divine appointment of the Lords day proved as a separated day for holy…

8. The next witness is Tertullian, who oft asserteth this to be the holy day of the Christians Church-Assemblies, and holy Worship: His testimony in Apolog. cap. 16. is so commonly known that I need not recite it. It is the same in sense with Justin Martyrs, and written in an Apology for the Christians, purposely describing their custom of meeting and worshipping on the Sunday (as he calls it there) as Justin did. And that it was not an hours work only, he shows in saying, that The day was kept as a day of rejoicing, ⟨p. 32⟩and then describeth the work. And de Idolol. c. 14. he saith, that every eighth day was the Christians festival. And de Coron. Mil. c. 3. and oft he calleth it the Lords day, and saith it was a crime to fast upon it. And the work of the day described by Justin, and by him Apolog. c. 39. is just the same that we desire now the day to be spent in: we plead for no other.

8. The next witness is Tertullian, who oft asserteth this to be the holy day of the Christians Church-Assemblies, and holy Worship: His testimony in Apolog. cap. 16. is so commonly known that I need not recite it. It is the same in sense with Justin Martyrs, and written in an Apology for the Christians, purposely describing their custom of meeting and worshipping on the Sunday (as he calls it there) as Justin did. And that it was not an hours work only, he shews in saying, that The day was kept as a day of rejoicing, ⟨p. 32⟩and then describeth the work. And de Idolol. c. 14. he saith, that every eighth day was the Christians festival. And de Coron. Mil. c. 3. and oft he calleth it the Lords day, and saith it was a crime to fast upon it. And the work of the day described by Justin, and by him Apolog. c. 39. is just the same that we desire now the day to be spent in: we plead for no other.

But most grossly saith Heylin, pag. 55. [But sure it is that their assemblies held no longer than our Morning Service; that they met only before noon; for Justin saith, that when they met they used to receive the Sacrament, and that the service being done, every man went again to his daily labours.] Answ. Is this a proof to conclude a [Certainty] from? Most certainly abundance of testimonies might be produced to prove that they came together early in the Morning, and stayed till Evening, if not till within Night. The former Pliny and many others witness: And the later many accusations of the Heathens, that censured them for night-crimes at their meetings: And all that report it almost, tell us of the Sacrament administered, and Tertullian and others, of their feasting together (their Love Feasts) as a Supper before they parted: Now let but the time be measured by the work: By that time the Scriptures of the Old Testament and New were read, and all the prayers then made, and all the Preaching and Exhortations, and then all the Prayers and Praises at the Celebration of the Lords Supper (especially if they were half as long as the Liturgies ascribed to Basil, Chrysostom, and the rest in the Biblioth. Patrum) and by