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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.
The Concil. Caesar-august. c. 2. is against fasting on the Lords day either for the sake of any time (as Lent) or persuasion, or superstition whatsoever. So the Concil. Agath. c. 12. Concil. Aurel. 4. c. 2. And the Concil. Carth. an. 398. Can. 64. Let him be taken for no Catholic who purposely fasteth on the Lords day.
The Concil. Caesar-august. c. 2. is against fasting on the Lords day either for the sake of any time (as Lent) or perswasion, or superstition whatsoever. So the Concil. Agath. c. 12. Concil. Aurel. 4. c. 2. And the Concil. Carth. an. 398. Can. 64. Let him be taken for no Catholick who purposely fasteth on the Lords day.
And the prohibition of kneeling in adoration, I have opened before, ex Concil. Nic. c. 20. Concil. Truly. Epiphan. &c. To which I add Collect. ⟨p. 173⟩Can. John. Antioch. sub titulo L. Tertul. de Cor. Mil. c. 3. (now cited) Hieronym. adv. Lucifer. cap. 4. Die dominico & per omnem Pentecosten nec de geniculis adorare, & jejunium solver, multaque alia que non Script• sunt, rationabilis sibi observatio vindicavit. (yet Paul kneeled, Act. 20. in that time, vid. Justell. ad Can. 20. Conc. Nic.) Question. ad Orthod. inter Justin. opera qu. 115. p. 283. Die Dominico genua non flectere symbolum est Resurrectionis, &c. Germanus Constantinop. in Theoria Eccles. p. 149. Our not kneeling on the Lords day, signifieth our erection from our fall, by Christs Resurrection, &c. see also Basil de spir. Sanc. c. 27. To. 2. p. 112, 113. & Balsamon thereon p. 1032. & Zonari. in c. 20. Conc. Nic. p. 66. see Casp. Suicerus de bisce sacr. observ. c. 6.
And the prohibition of kneeling in adoration, I have opened before, ex Concil. Nic. c. 20. Concil. Trul•. Epiphan. &c. To which I adde Collect. ⟨p. 173⟩