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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.
After this how many Councils and how many Imperial Laws take care of the Lords days? It is tedious to cite them.
After this how many Councils and how many Imperial Laws take care of the Lords dayes? It is tedious to cite them.
To these may be added, 1. The common agreement that it is founded in the Resurrection, and was from that time. 2. The early contest for keeping Easter only on that day, which you note, as being a day by all Christians received. 3. The common detestation of Fasting on that day. 4. And the universal custom of not kneeling in adoration on that day: which all show that the day was specially observed.
To these may be added, 1. The common agreement that it is founded in the Resurrection, and was from that time. 2. The early contest for keeping Easter only on that day, which you note, as being a day by all Christians received. 3. The common detestation of Fasting on that day. 4. And the universal custome of not kneeling in adoration on that day: which all shew that the day was specially observed.
Athanasius saith de sab. & Circ. Even as at the first it was commanded that the Sabbath should be observed in memory of the finishing of the World, so do we celebrate the Lords day as the commemoration of the beginning of a new Creation. And Hom. de Sem. The Lord transferred the Sabbath to the Lords day. Though Nannius question the Hom. de semente, so do few others▪ and none that I know of, question that de Sab. & Circ.