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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.
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.
Answ. 1. The Reason of Station was to signify Christs Resurrection and ours: Therefore it continued for these days: But that was for the ⟨p. 36⟩short occasional meetings of those days, which he himself will not say were separated to worship. 2. And the other Festivals of the Church make nothing against us: For 1. Some of them (as Easter and Whitsunday) were but the same Lords day. 2. And some of them were but Anniversary, and not weekly Holy days; as the Nativity, &c. 3. And he confesseth even these were brought in long after the Apostles days, and therefore can lay no claim to Apostolical institution. Pag. 62. he himself saith, that [The Feast of Christs Nativity was ordained or instituted in the second Century, and that of his Incarnation in the third.] And besides Easter and Whitsunday (which are the Lords day) Christmas is all that he nameth out of Bede (so long after) as the Majora Solennia. The Eves were but hours for preparation.
Answ. 1. The Reason of Station was to signifie Christs Resurrection and ours: Therefore it continued for these dayes: But that was for the ⟨p. 36⟩short occasional meetings of those dayes, which he himself will not say were separated to worship. 2. And the other Festivals of the Church make nothing against us: For 1. Some of them (as Easter and Whitsunday) were but the same Lords day. 2. And some of them were but Anniversary, and not weekly Holy dayes; as the Nativity, &c. 3. And he confesseth even these were brought in long after the Apostles dayes, and therefore can lay no claim to Apostolical institution. Pag. 62. he himself saith, that [The Feast of Christs Nativity was ordained or instituted in the second Century, and that of his Incarnation in the third.] And besides Easter and Whitsunday (which are the Lords day) Christmas is all that he nameth out of Beda (so long after) as the Majora Solennia. The Eves were but hours for preparation.