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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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2. The whole Law of Moses formally as such is ceased or abrogated by Christ. I say, As such, Because Materially, the same things that are in that Law, may be the matter of the Law of Nature, and of the Law of Christ: of which more anon. That the whole Law of Moses as such is abrogated, is most clearly proved, 1. By the frequent arguings of Paul, who ever speaketh of that Law as ceased without excepting any part, And Christ saith, Luke 16. 16. The Law and the Prophets were until John, that is, were the chief doctrine of the Church till then, Joh. 1. 17. The Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth cometh by Jesus Christ. No Jew would have understood this, if the word [Law] had not contained the Decalogue. So Joh. 7. 19, 23. Act. 15. 5, 24. It was the whole Law of Moses, as such which by Circumcision they would have bound men to. Gal. 5. 3. The Gentiles are said to sin without Law, even when they broke the Law of Nature, meaning [without the Law of Moses] Rom. 2. 12, 14, 15, 16. In all these following places its not part but the whole Law of Moses, which Paul excludeth (which I ever acknowledged to the Antinomians, though they take me for their too great Adversary,) Rom. 3. 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, & 4. 13, 14, 15, 16. & 5. 13. 20. & 7. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16. & 9. 4, 31, 32. & 10. 5. Gal. 2. 16, 19, 21