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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 10
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 either their Bodies or their Minds, that need Recreation. When the Body is tired with toilsome labour, it is ease, rather than toilsome Dancings or Plays, that are fit to recreate it. Or else God will be charged with mistake in the reasons of the ancient Sabbath. But if it be the Mind that needeth recreation, why should not the Learning of Heavenly truth, and the Joyful Commemoration of our Redemption, and the foresight of Heaven and the Praises of God, be more delightful than the noise of Thorns under a pot; even than the laughter and sport of fools, or than the Dancings and Games that now you plead for? But the truth is, It is not the Minds of poor labouring men, that are over-worked and tired on the week days, but it is their bodies: And therefore there is no Recreation so suitable to them, as the ease of the body, and the holy and joyful exercise of the mind, upon their Creator, their Redeemer, and their Everlasting Rest.
3. It is either their Bodies or their Minds, that need Recreation. When the Body is tired with toilesome labour, it is ease, rather than toilesome Dancings or Plays, that are fit to recreate it. Or else God will be charged with mistake in the reasons of the ancient Sabbath. But if it be the Mind that needeth recreation, why should not the Learning of Heavenly truth, and the Joyful Commemoration of our Redemption, and the foresight of Heaven and the Praises of God, be more delightful than the noise of Thornes under a pott; even than the laughter and sport of fools, or than the Dancings and Games that now you plead for? But the truth is, It is not the Minds of poor labouring men, that are over-workt and tired on the week dayes, but it is their bodies: And therefore there is no Recreation so suitable to them, as the ease of the body, and the holy and joyful exercise of the mind, upon their Creator, their Redeemer, and their Everlasting Rest.
4. But if you will needs have days of temptation and sinful sports and pleasures for them, let Landlords abate their Tenants as much Rent, as one days vacancy from labour in a Month or a Fortnight will amount to, or let the Common `Saints days, which of the two are more at mans disposal, be made their sporting days, and rob not their souls of that one weekly day, which God hath separated for his Worship.