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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 9
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.
3. It is not only to be spent in holy exercises, but also in such special holy exercises as are suitable to the purposes of the day. That is, it ⟨p. 94⟩is a day of Commemorating the whole wo•• of our Redemption; but especially the Resurrection of Christ. Therefore it is a day of Thanksgiving and Praise; and the special services […] it must be Laudatory and Joyful exercises.
3. It is not only to be spent in holy exercises, but also in such special holy exercises as are suitable to the purposes of the day. That is, it ⟨p. 94⟩is a day of Commemorating the whole wo•• of our Redemption; but especially the Resurrection of Christ. Therefore it is a day of Thanksgiving and Praise; and the special services 〈…〉 it must be Laudatory and Joyful exercises.
4. But yet because it is sinners that are called to their work, who are not yet fully delivered from their sin and misery, these praises must be mixed with penitent Confessions, and with earnest Petitions, and with diligent Learning the will of God.
More particularly, the public exercises of the day are 1. Humble and penitent Confessions of sin. 2. The faithful and fervent prayers of the Church. 3. The Reading, Preaching and Hearing of the Word of God. 4. The Communion of the Church in the Lords Supper. 5. The Laudatory Exhortations which attend it. And the singing and speaking of the praises of our Creator and Redeemer and Sanctifier; with joyful Thanksgiving for his wonderful benefits. 6. The seasonable exercise of holy Discipline on particular persons, for comforting the weak, reforming the scandalous, casting out the obstinately impenitent, and absolving and receiving the penitent. 7. The Pastors blessing the people in the name of the Lord. 8. And as an appurtenance in due season, Oblations or Contributions for holy and Charitable uses, even for the Church and Poor, which yet may be put off to other days, when it is more convenient so to do.