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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
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.
The Minor I must prove by parts (For I think none will deny the sufficient enumeration in the Major.)
And, 1. That the Law of Nature bindeth us not to the seventh, or any one day of the seven more than other, appeareth, 1. In the nature and reason of the thing: There is nothing in nature to evidence it to us to be Gods will. 2. By every Christians experience: No man findeth himself convinced of any such thing by mere nature. 3. By all the Worlds experience: No man can say that a man of that opinion can bring any cogent evidence or argument from nature alone to convince another, that the seventh day must be the Sabbath. Nor is it any where received as a Law of Nature, but only as a Tradition among some few Heathens, and as Law positive by the Jews, and some few Christians. I am not solicitous ⟨p. 73⟩to prosecute this argument any further; because I can consent that all they take the seventh day for the Sabbath, who can prove it to be so by mere natural Evidence: which will not be one.
And, 1. That the Law of Nature bindeth us not to the seventh, or any one day of the seven more than other, appeareth, 1. In the nature and reason of the thing: There is nothing in nature to evidence it to us to be Gods will. 2. By every Christians experience: No man findeth himself convinced of any such thing by meer nature. 3. By all the Worlds experience: No man can say that a man of that opinion can bring any cogent evidence or argument from nature alone to convince another, that the seventh day must be the Sabbath. Nor is it any where received as a Law of Nature, but only as a Tradition among some few Heathens, and as Law positive by the Jews, and some few Christians. I am not solicitous ⟨p. 73⟩to prosecute this argument any further; because I can consent that all they take the seventh day for the Sabbath, who can prove it to be so by meer natural Evidence: which will not be one.