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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
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Answ. Where there is no Church yet called, the whole day may be spent in Preaching to, and teaching the unconverted Infidels: But where there is a Church, and no other persons mixed, the whole exercises of the day must be such as are fitted to the state of the Church. But where there is a Church and other persons (Infidels, or impenitent ones) with them, the day must be spent proportionably in exercises suitable to the good of both; yet so that Church-exercises should be the principal work of the day. And the ancient laudable practice of the Churches was, to Preach to the Infidel auditors and Catechumens in the morning, on such Subjects as were most suitable to them, and then to dismiss them, and retain the faithful (or baptized) only; And to Teach them all the Commands of Christ; To stir them up to the Joyful commemoration of Christ and his Resurrection, and to sing Gods praises, and celebrate the Lords Supper with Eucharistical acknowledgements and joy. And they never kept a Lords day in the Church, without the Lords Supper; In which the bare administration of the signs was not their whole work; but all their Thanksgiving and Praising exercises, were principally then used, and connected to the Lords Supper; which the Liturgies yet extant do at large express.
Answ. Where there is no Church yet called, the whole day may be spent in Preaching to, and teaching the unconverted Infidels: But where there is a Church, and no other persons mixt, the whole exercises of the day must be such as are fitted to the state of the Church. But where there is a Church and other persons (Infidels, or impenitent ones) with them, the day must be spent proportionably in exercises suitable to the good of both; yet so that Church-exercises should be the principal work of the day. And the ancient laudable practice of the Churches was, to Preach to the Infidel auditors and Catechumens in the morning, on such Subjects as were most suitable to them, and then to dismiss them, and retain the faithful (or baptized) only; And to Teach them all the Commands of Christ; To stir them up to the Joyful commemoration of Christ and his Resurrection, and to sing Gods praises, and celebrate the Lords Supper with Eucharistical acknowledgments and joy. And they never kept a Lords day in the Church, without the Lords Supper; In which the bare administration of the signes was not their whole work; but all their Thanksgiving and Praising exercises, were principally then used, and connexed to the Lords Supper; which the Liturgies yet extant do at large express.