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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.
Answ. 1. We find that they took it to be a sanctified or separated day; And they never distinguish, and say, that Part of the day only was separated and sanctified to such uses. If they did, which part is the sanctified part of the day? what hours were they which they thought thus separated? But there is no such distinction or limitation, in the writings of the ancient Doctors. 2. What need you find much mention, what they did out of the time of public Worship, when they spent all the day frequently at first, and almost all the day in after times (with small intermission) in public Worship? Do you stay but as long at Church as they did, even almost from Morning till Night, and then you will find little time to Dance or Play in. But yet, 3. There want not Testimonies that they thought it unlawful to spend any part of the day, in unnecessary diversions from holy things, as Dr. Young hath showed.
Answ. 1. We find that they took it to be a sanctified or separated day; And they never distinguish, and say, that Part of the day only was separated and sanctified to such uses. If they did, which part is the sanctified part of the day? what houres were they which they thought thus separated? But there is no such distinction or limitation, in the writings of the ancient Doctors. 2. What need you find much mention, what they did out of the time of publick Worship, when they spent all the day frequently at first, and almost all the day in after times (with small intermission) in publick Worship? Do you stay but as long at Church as they did, even almost from Morning till Night, and then you will find little time to Dance or Play in. But yet, 3. There want not Testimonies that they thought it unlawful to spend any part of the day, in unnecessary diversions from holy things, as Dr. Young hath shewed.
III. So much of the day as can be spared from public Church-worship, (and diversions of necessity) should be next spent most in holy family-exercises. And in those unhappy places where the public worship is slenderly and negligently performed, (on ⟨p. 100⟩some small part only of the day) or not at all, or not so as it is lawful to join in it, (as in Idolatrous Worship, &c.) there Family worship must take up most of the day: And in better places, it must take up so much as the public Worship spareth.