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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.
Obj. But the ancient Christians did observe both days.
Obj. But the ancient Christians did observe both dayes.
Answ. 1. In the first Ages they did as the Apostles did; that is, 1. They observed no day strictly as a Sabbath in the notion then in use: 2. They observed the Lords day, as a day set apart by the Holy Ghost for Christian Worship. 3. They so far observed the Jews Sabbath materially, as to avoid their scandal, and to take opportunity to win them.
Answ. 1. In the first Ages they did as the Apostles did; that is, 1. They observed no day strictly as a Sabbath in the notion then in use: 2. They observed the Lords day, as a day set apart by the Holy Ghost for Christian Worship. 3. They so far observed the Jews Sabbath materialy, as to avoid their scandal, and to take opportunity to win them.
2. But those that lived far from all Jews, and those that lived after the Law was sufficiently taken down, did keep but one day, even the Lords day, as separated to holy uses: except some Christians who differed from the rest, as the followers of Papias did in the Millenary point.