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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 11
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CHAP. XI.
What things should not be Scrupled as unlawful on the Lords day.
As I have told you the Lords day is not a Sabbath in the Jewish sense, or a day of Ceremonious Rest, but a Day of Worshipping our Creator and Redeemer with thankful Commemorations and with holy Joy, &c. And a day of vacancy from such earthly things as may be any hinderance to this holy work; so now I must resolve the Question first in the General, that nothing lawful at another time is unlawful on this day, which hath not the Nature of an Impediment to the holy duties of the day; unless it be accidentally on the account of scandal or ill example unto others, or disobeying the Laws of Magistrates, or crossing the Concord of the Churches, or such like. Therefore hence I deduce these particular resolutions following.
As I have told you the Lords day is not a Sabbath in the Jewish sense, or a day of Ceremonious Rest, but a Day of Worshiping our Creator and Redeemer with thankful Commemorations and with holy Joy, &c. And a day of vacancy from such earthly things as may be any hinderance to this holy work; so now I must resolve the Question first in the General, that nothing lawful at another time is unlawful on this day, which hath not the Nature of an Impediment to the holy duties of the day; unless it be accidentally on the account of scandal or ill example unto others, or disobeying the Laws of Magistrates, or crossing the Concord of the Churches, or such like. Therefore hence I deduce these particular resolutions following.