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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
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 it is not a trifle, that the first Sermon to […] people was Preached by Peter on that day, and •000 Converted by it and Baptized
And it is not a trifle, that the first Sermon to 〈…〉 people was Preached by Peter on that day, and •000 Converted by it and Baptized
Dr. Heyli•s own words are these, [Part. 2. p. 13. The first particular passage which did occ••• in holy Scriptur• touching the first day of the week, is that upon that day the Holy Ghost did ⟨p. 169⟩first come down on the Apostles, and that on the same day St. Peter Preached his first Sermon, to the Jews, and Baptized such as believed, there being added to the Church that day 3000 souls] And to prove the day he saith, p. 14. [The rule being this, that on what day soever the second of the Passover did fall, on that also fell the great Feast of Pentecost (as Scaliger de Emend. Temp. l. 2.) So that as often as the Passover did fall on the Sabbath, as this year it did, then Pentecost fell on the Sunday.]
The last part of our Objections are from History; and it is said,