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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.
And therefore the Western Churches, who had fewer Jews among them, did fast on the Sabbath day, to show the change that Christs burial intimated: Though the Eastern Churches did not, lest they should offend the Jews.
And therefore the Western Churches, who had fewer Jews among them, did fast on the Sabbath day, to shew the change that Christs burial intimated: Though the Eastern Churches did not, lest they should offend the Jews.
And that the ancient Christians were not for sabbatizing on the seventh day, is visible in the writings of most, save the Eastern ones before mentioned. Tertull. cont. Marcion li. 1. cap. 20. & Chrysost. Theodoret, Primasius, &c. on Gal. 4. expound that Text, as that by Days is meant the Jewish Sabbath, and by Months, the New Moons, &c.
And that the ancient Christians were not for sabbatizing on the seventh day, is visible in the writings of most, save the Eastern ones before mentioned. Tertull. cont. Marcion li. 1. cap. 20. & Chrysost. Theodoret, Primasius, &c. on Gal. 4. expound that Text, as that by Dayes is meant the Jewish Sabbath, and by Moneths, the New Moons, &c.
Cyprian 59. Epist. ad Hidum saith, that the eighth day is to Christians, what the Sabbath was to the Jews, and calleth the Sabbath, the Image of the Lords day. Athanasius de Sab. & Circumcis. is full and plain on it. See Tertullian Advers. Judae. c. 4. Ambros. in Eph. 2. August. Ep. 118. Ch•ys•st. in