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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.
And it is worth the noting how Heylin beginneth his Chap. 3. l. 2. [The Lords day taken up by the common consent of the Church, not instituted or established by any Text of Scripture, or Edict of Emperor, or Decree of Council, save that some few Councils did reflect upon it: In that which follows we shall find both Emperors and Councils very frequent in ordering things about this day and the Service of it.]
And it is worth the noting how Heylin beginneth his Chap. 3. l. 2. [The Lords day taken up by the common consent of the Church, not instituted or established by any Text of Scripture, or Edict of Emperour, or Decree of Council, save that some few Councils did reflect upon it: In that which follows we shall find both Emperours and Councils very frequent in ordering things about this day and the Service of it.]
Answ. Note Reader, What could possibly besides Christ and the Holy Ghost in the Apostles be the Instituter of a day, which neither Emperor nor Council instituted, and yet was received by the common consent of all Churches in the World, even from and in the Apostles days? Yea, as this man confesseth by their Approbation and Authority?
Answ. Note Reader, What could possibly besides Christ and the Holy Ghost in the Apostles be the Instituter of a day, which neither Emperour nor Council instituted, and yet was received by the common consent of all Churches in the World, even from and in the Apostles dayes? Yea, as this man confesseth by their Approbation and Authority?
But hence forward in the fourth Century I am prevented from bringing in my most numerous witnesses, by Heylins Confession that now Emperors, Councils and all were for it. But yet let the Reader remember, 1. How few and small Records be left of the second Century, and not many of the third. 2. And that Historical copious Testimonies of the fourth Century, that is Emperors, Councils, and the most pious and