A26918:230
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.
That the Sabbath was appointed to Adam, Wallaeus on the fourth Commandment, cap. 3. and Rivet dissert. de sab. c. 1. have most copiously proved. And Clem. Alex. Strom. l. 5. out of Homer, Hesiod, Callimachus and others proveth that the Heathens knew of it.
We may therefore sum up the prerogatives of the Lords day, as Leo did, Ep. 81. c. 1. On this day the world began; on this day by Christs Resurrection, Death did receive Death, and Life its beginning; on this day the Apostles take the trumpet of the Gospel to be preached to all Nations; on this day the Holy Ghost came from the Lord to the Apostles, &c. See more in Athanas. de Sab. & Circ. & August. Serm. 154. de Tempore. Therefore saith Isychius in Levit. l. 2. c. 9. The Church setteth apart the Lords day for holy Assemblies. ⟨p. 56⟩And in the times of Heathenish persecution, when men were asked, Whether they were Christians, and kept the Lords days, they answered that they were, and kept the Lords day, which Christians must not omit: as you may see Act. Marty•. apud Baron. an. 303. n. 37, 38, 39. They would die rather than not keep the holy assemblies and the Lords days: For saith Ignatius, After the Sabbath every lover of Christ celebrateth the Lord• day […] to (or by) the Lords resurrection, the Queen and chief of […] d•yes (as is afore cited.) For saith Augustine, The Lords Resurrection hath promised us an eternal Day, and consecrated to us the Lords day; which is called the Lords, and properly belongeth to the Lord, Serm. 15. de Verb. Apost. And saith Hilary Pr•leg. in Psalm. Though the name and observance of a Sabbath was placed to the seventh day, yet is it the eighth day, which is also the first, on which we rejoice with the perfect festivity of the Sabbath.
We may therefore summ up the prerogatives of the Lords day, as Leo did, Ep. 81. c. 1. On this day the world began; on this day by Christs Resurrection, Death did receive Death, and Life its beginning; on this day the Apostles take the trumpet of the Gospel to be preached to all Nations; on this day the Holy Ghost came from the Lord to the Apostles, &c. See more in Athanas. de Sab. & Circ. & August. Serm. 154. de Tempore. Therefore saith Isychius in Levit. l. 2. c. 9. The Church setteth apart the Lords day for holy Assemblies.