A26918:491
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
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.
Answ. 1. That [Greek or Hebrew] signi•••th on the first day of the week, the Generality […] the ancients both Greek and Latin agree, •hose testimony about the sense of a word, is the •st Dictionary and evidence that we can expect. •nd the same phrase used of the Day of Christs •surrection by the Evangelists proveth it. though I am sorry to hear of one that denieth •at also, and asserteth that Christ rose on the ⟨p. 158⟩second day morning, because else he could not as Jonah, be three days and nights buried. But I am not so proud as to think my self capable of convincing that man in such a matter of fact, who will not believe the historical witness of the whole Church of Christ, and expecteth to be believed against them all, at •uch a distance in the end of the World.
Answ. 1. That 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signi•••th on the first day of the week, the Generality 〈…〉 the ancients both Greek and Latine agree, •hose testimony about the sense of a word, is the •st Dictionary and evidence that we can expect. •nd the same phrase used of the Day of Christs •surrection by the Evangelists proveth it. •hough I am sorry to hear of one that denyeth •at also, and asserteth that Christ rose on the ⟨p. 158⟩second day morning, because else he could not as Jonah, be three dayes and nights buried. But I am not so proud as to think my self capable of convincing that man in such a matter of fact, who will not believe the historical witness of the whole Church of Christ, and expecteth to be believed against them all, at uch a distance in the end of the World.