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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.
Origen about 206 began his Teaching.
Cyprian about an. 250.
Athanasius who wrote largely of it, about an. 330.
To what purpose should I mention again Eusebius, Greg. Nazianzen, Nyssen, and all the rest. It was but about an. 309, that Constantine began ⟨p. 171⟩his reign, who made Laws for the Lords day, which other Christian Emperors enlarged. But how much earlier were all those Synods which Eusebius mentioned, which in the determination of Easter owned the Lords day? And that of Nice was but about an. 327. The Council of Laodicea but about an. 314 or 320.
To what purpose should I mention again Eusebius, Greg. Nazianzen, Nyssen, and all the rest. It was but about an. 309, that Constantine began ⟨p. 171⟩his raign, who made Laws for the Lords day, which other Christian Emperours enlarged. But how much earlier were all those Synods which Eusebius mentioned, which in the determination of Easter owned the Lords day? And that of Nice was but about an. 327. The Council of Laodicea but about an. 314 or 320.