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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 13
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.
IX. And when we think it unlawful to join ⟨p. 151⟩in the positive Celebration of unlawful days (as the Mahometan Sabbath,) yet it may become a duty for the civil peace and our own safety, to obey the Magistrate in forbearing open opposition or contempt, or working upon that day? And so Paul justifieth himself against the Jews accusations, that they found him not in the Temple disputing with any man, nor raising up the people, nor in the Synagogues, nor in the City, Act. 24. 12. unless it be when we have a special call, to reprove the error which we forbear complying with.
IX. And when we think it unlawful to joyne ⟨p. 151⟩in the positive Celebration of unlawful dayes (as the Mahometan Sabbath,) yet it may become a duty for the civil peace and our own safety, to obey the Magistrate in forbearing open opposition or contempt, or working upon that day? And so Paul justifieth himself against the Jews accusations, that they found him not in the Temple disputing with any man, nor raising up the people, nor in the Synagogues, nor in the City, Act. 24. 12. unless it be when we have a special call, to reprove the errour which we forbear complying with.
X. It is long ago decided by the Holy Ghost, Rom. 14. & 15. that we must not be contentious, contemptuous, nor censorious against one another, about things of no greater moment, than the Jewish days were, though some observed them without just cause: Because the Kingdom of God consisteth not in Meats, and Drinks, and Days, but in righteousness and peaceableness and joy in the Holy Ghost. And he that in these things serveth Christ, is acceptable to God (and received by him) and approved of (wise) men, and should be received to Communion with them,