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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.
Answ. Socrates plainly rebuketh the busy Ceremonious arrogancy of after Ages, for making new holy days; and doth not at all mean the Lords day; but saith that to make festivals, that is, other and more, as since they did, was none of the Apostles business. Nor is this any thing at all to the matter of fact, which none denied.
Answ. Socrates plainly rebuketh the busie Ceremonious arrogancy of after Ages, for making new holy dayes; and doth not at all mean the Lords day; but saith that to make festivals, that is, other and more, as since they did, was none of the Apostles business. Nor is this any thing at all to the matter of fact, which none denyed.
16. I will add that as another Testimony which p. 9. he citeth against it. The Council at Paris, An. 829. c. 50. which as he speaketh ascribeth the keeping of the Lords day to Apostolical Tradition, confirmed by the Authority of the Church: The words are [ut creditur Apostolorum tradition, immo Ecclesiae authoritate descendu, &c.] Now I have proved that if the Apostles did it, they did it by the Holy Ghost, and by Authority from Christ,
16. I will add that as another Testimony which p. 9. he citeth against it. The Council at Paris, An. 829. c. 50. which as he speaketh ascribeth the keeping of the Lords day to Apostolical Tradition, confirmed by the Authority of the Church: The words are [ut creditur Apostolorum traditione, immo Ecclesiae authoritate descendu, &c.] Now I have proved that if the Apostles did it, they did it by the Holy Ghost, and by Authority from Christ,
But he citeth p. 7, 8. the words of Athanasius, Maximus Taurinensis and Augustine, saying ⟨p. 39⟩that [We honour the Lords day for the Resurrection, and because Christ rose, and (Aug.) The Lords day was declared to Christians by the Resurrection of our Lord, and from that (or from him rather) began to have its festivity] From whence he gathereth that it was only done by the authority of the Church and not by any precept of our Saviour.