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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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4. And when it is not probable that most or many Infidels are bound to Adams day, for want of notice (at least;) For no Law can bind ⟨p. 74⟩without promulgation (though I now pass by the question, how far a promulgation of a positive to our first Parents may be said to bind their posterity, that have no intermediate notice) It seemeth less probable that Christians should be bound by it, who have a more perfect Law promulgate to them.
4. And when it is not probable that most or many Infidels are bound to Adams day, for want of notice (at least;) For no Law can bind ⟨p. 74⟩without promulgation (though I now pass by the question, how far a promulgation of a positive to our first Parents may be said to bind their posterity, that have no intermediate notice) It seemeth leís probable that Christians should be bound by it, who have a more perfect Law promulgate to them.
5. Nor is it probable that Christ and his Apostles and all the following Pastors of the Churches would have passed by this Positive Law to Adam, without any mention of it, if our universal obligation had been thence to be collected. Nay I never yet heard a Sabbatarian plead this Law, any otherwise than as supposed to be implied or exemplified in the fourth Commandment.
5. Nor is it probable that Christ and his Apostles and all the following Pastors of the Churches would have passed by this Positive Law to Adam, without any mention of it, if our universal obligation had been thence to be collected. Nay I never yet heard a Sabbatarian plead this Law, any otherwise than as supposed to be implyed or exemplified in the fourth Commandment.