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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.
12. Cyprian is the next, whose testimonies for matter of fact are full, and Heylin hath nothing to say against him, but that it is his private opinion, that the Lords day was prefigured in the eighth day destined to Circumcision. Which is nothing at all to our business in hand.
13. And he himself cites Pope Fabians Decretal Anno 237. (a testimony therefore that he is not to refuse) [for every man and woman on the Lords days to bring a quantity of bread and wine to be first offered on the Altar, and then distributed in the Sacrament]
13. And he himself cites Pope Fabians Decretal Anno 237. (a testimony therefore that he is not to refuse) [for every man and woman on the Lords dayes to bring a quantity of bread and wine to be first offered on the Altar, and then distributed in the Sacrament]
The Canon of Clem. before mentioned I now pretermit.
But saith Dr. Heylin 1. All days between Easter and Whitsunday had adoration by genuflection also prohibited on them. 2. And the Church had other Festivals also.