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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
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.
And yet it is not all such necessity neither that will allow us to do the thing. Otherwise a Tradesman or Ploughman might say that his labour is necessary to the getting or saving of this or that small commodity; I shall be a loser if I do not work. And on the other side, if it were only a necessity for life, limbs or livelihood that would allow us labour, than it would be unlawful to dress Meat, and to drive Cattle out of the Corn, and many such things before mentioned; And then it would be lawful to give meat only […] Oxen or Horses of great pri•e, and not to Hens, Ducks, Geese, Dogs, and other Animals of little value.
And yet it is not all such necessity neither that will allow us to do the thing. Otherwise a Tradesman or Plowman might say that his labour is necessary to the getting or saving of this or that small commodity; I shall be a loser if I do not work. And on the other side, if it were only a necessity for life, limbs or livelihood that would allow us labour, than it would be unlawful to dress Meat, and to drive Cattle out of the Corn, and many such things before mentioned; And then it would be lawful to give meat only 〈…〉 Oxen or Horses of great pri•e, and not to Hens, Ducks, Geese, Dogs, and other Animals of little value.
Therefore there is a great deal of prudent discretion necessary to the avoiding of extream• God hath not enumerated all the particulars which are allowed or forbidden in their generals. What then shall we do? Shall we violate the outward rest of the day for the worth of […] Groat or two Pence (as the feeding of Hens or such like may be?) Or shall we suffer the lo•• of many pounds rather than stir to save them? As for instance, Is it lawful to open, or turn, […] carry in Corn or Hay, which in all rational probability (though not certainly) is like to be lost o• very much spoiled, if it be let alone to the next day? The Cor• or Hay may be of many pounds value, when the feeding of Swine o Hens may be little: The Cor or Hay is like to