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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 7
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CHAP. VII.
Qu. 2. Whether the seventh day Sabbath should be still kept by Christians, as of Divine obligation? Neg.
I Shall here premise, That as some superstition is less dangerous than profaneness (though it be troublesome, and have ill consequents,) so the Error of them who keep both days as of Divine appointment, is much less dangerous than theirs that keep none: yea and less dangerous, I think, than theirs who reject the Lords day, and keep the seventh day only. Because these latter are guilty of two sins, (the rejecting of the right day, and the keeping of the wrong; but the other are guilty but of one (the keeping of the wrong day.) Besides that if it were not done, with a superstitious conceit (that it is Gods Law) in some cases a day may be voluntarily set apart for holy duties, as days of Thanksgiving and Humiliation now are.
I Shall here premise, That as some superstition is less dangerous than prophaneness (though it be troublesome, and have ill consequents,) so the Errour of them who keep both daies as of Divine appointment, is much less dangerous than theirs that keep none: yea and less dangerous, I think, than theirs who reject the Lords day, and keep the seventh day only. Because these latter are guilty of two sins, (the rejecting of the right day, and the keeping of the wrong; but the other are guilty but of one (the keeping of the wrong day.) Besides that if it were not done, with a superstitious conceit (that it is Gods Law) in some cases a day may be voluntarily set apart for holy duties, as daies of Thanksgiving and Humiliation now are.