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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.
I. Without such historical Evidence and Certainty, we cannot be certain what […] of Scripture are truly Canonical and of Divine authority, and what not. This Protestants grant to Papists in the Controversy of Tradition. Though the Canon be it self complete, and Tradition is no supplement to make up the Scriptures, as if they were i• su• genere imperfect, yet it is commonly ⟨p. 61⟩granted that our Fathers and Teachers Tradition is the hand to deliver us this perfect Rule, and to tell us what parts make up the Canon.
I. Without such historical Evidence and Certainty, we cannot be certain what 〈…〉 of Scripture are truly Canonical and of Divine authority, and what not. This Protestants grant to Papists in the Controversie of Tradition. Though the Canon be it self compleat, and Tradition is no supplement to make up the Scriptures, as if they were i• su• genere imperfect, yet it is commonly ⟨p. 61⟩granted that our Fathers and Teachers Tradition is the hand to deliver us this perfect Rule, and to tell us what parts make up the Canon.
If any say that the Books do prove themselves to be Canonical or Divine, I answer, 1. What man alive could tell without historical proof that the Canticles, or Esther, are Canonical? yea or Ecclesiastes, or the Proverbs, and not the Books of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus?
If any say that the Books do prove themselves to be Canonical or Divine, I answer, 1. What man alive could tell without historical proof that the Canticles, or Esther, are Canonical? yea or Ecclesiastes, or the Proverbs, and not the Books of Wisdome and Ecclesiasticus?