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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
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Of the f••l keeping of the whole day, and of the several Exercises in which it was spent, and of the more numerous testimonies of Antiquity hereupon. Dr. Y•ung in his Dies Dominica hath said so much, with so much evidence and judgement▪ […] I purposely omit abundance of such Testimonies, because I will not do that which he hath already done; The Learned Reader may there find unanswerable proof, of the matter of fact, that the Lords day was kept in the Apostles days, and ever since as by their appointment; And for the unlearned Reader, I fear lest I have too much interrupted him with Citations already. ⟨p. 57⟩I only tell him in the Conclusion, that If Scripture History interpreted and seconded by fullest practice and History of all the Churches of Christ, and by the consent of Heathens and Heretick•, and not contradicted by any Sect in the world, be to be believed, then we must say, that the Lords day was commonly kept by the Christians in and from the Apostles times.
Of the f••l keeping of the whole day, and of the several Exercises in which it was spent, and of the more numerous testimonies of Antiquity hereupon. Dr. Y•ung in his Dies Dominica hath said so much, with so much evidence and judgement▪ 〈…〉 I purposely omit abundance of such Testimonies, because I will not do that which he hath already done; The Learned Reader may there find unanswerable proof, of the matter of fact, that the Lords day was kept in the Apostles dayes, and ever since as by their appointment; And for the unlearned Reader, I fear lest I have too much interrupted him with Citations already. ⟨p. 57⟩I only tell him in the Conclusion, that If Scripture Hi•tory interpreted and seconded by fullest practice and History of all the Churches of Christ, and by the consent of Heathens and Heretick•, and not contradicted by any Sect in the world, be to be believed, then we must say, that the Lords day was commonly kept by the Christians in and from the Apostles times.