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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 1
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.
CHAP. I.
Though the principal thing desired by the Enquirers is, That I would prove to them the Cessation of the Seventh-day Sabbath, yet because they cast off the Lords day, which I take to be a far greater error and sin, than the observation of both days; and because that when I have proved the Institution of the Lords Day, I shall the more easily take them off the other, by proving that there are not two weekly days set apart by God for holy Worship: Therefore I will begin with the first Question, Whether the Lords day, or first day of the week, be separated by Gods Institution ⟨p. 2⟩for holy Worship, especially in public Church-conventions? Aff.
Though the principal thing desired by the Enquirers is, That I would prove to them the Cessation of the Seventh-day Sabbath, yet because they cast off the Lords day, which I take to be a far greater error and sin, than the observation of both dayes; and because that when I have proved the Institution of the Lords Day, I shall the more easily take them off the other, by proving that there are not two weekly dayes set apart by God for holy Worship: Therefore I will begin with the first Question, Whether the Lords day, or first day of the week, be separated by Gods Institution ⟨p. 2⟩for holy Worship, especially in publick Church-conventions? Aff.
And here for the right stating of the Question, let it be noted, 1. That it is not the Name of a Sabbath that we now meddle with, or stand upon. Let us agree in the Thing, and we shall easily bear a difference about the name. Grant that it is [A day separated by Gods Institution for holy Assemblies and Worship] and then call it a Sabbath or [the Lords day] as you please. Though for my self, I add That [the Lords day] is the name that the Holy Ghost hath set upon it, and the name which the first Churches principally used; and that they call it also sometimes by the name of the Christian Sabbath; but that is only Analogically, as it is resembled to the Jewish Sabbath; and as they used the names [Sacrifice and Altar]