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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.
Qu. How far then is the fourth Commandment Moral? you seem to subvert the old foundation, which most others build the Lords day upon.
Answ. Let us not entangle our selves with the ambiguities of the word [Moral] which most properly signifieth Ethical, as distinct from Physical, &c. By Moral here is meant that which is (on what ground soever) of perpetual or continued obligation: And so it is all one as to ask how far it is still obligatory or in force; To which I answer,
1. It is a part of the Law of Nature, that God be solemnly worshipped, in families and in holy assemblies.
2. It is a part of the Law of Nature, that where greater things do not forbid it, a stated time be appointed for this service, and that it be not left at Random to every mans will.
2. It is a part of the Law of Nature, that where greater things do not forbid it, a stated time be appointed for this service, and that it be not left at Randome to every mans will.