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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.
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 ⟨p. 133⟩be lost; when the Swine, or Hens, or Horses, or Oxen, may easily recover the hunger or abstinence of a day? What must be done in such cases as these?
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 sti•r 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