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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 as he that would repair the Temple to a greater glory, may take away the brass, and put Gold instead of it, and so not change one pin of the Temple by a destructive change but by a perfecting change, which (to the frame) is to edify, and not to destroy; Even so Christ professeth that he came not to gratify the lusts of men, nor to destroy the Law in the smallest point, but 1. Himself to fulfil it in the very letter, and 2. To accomplish the shadows, Predictions and Types, by coming himself as the Truth and End, which when they had attained they were fulfilled; And 3. By a more perfect Edition and spiritual Administration, advancing the Law to a higher degree of excellency; by which not the Law is said to be put away, or destroyed, but the imperfections or weaknesses of it to be done ⟨p. 191⟩away. Not but that all Gods Laws are perfect is to the time and subject which they are fitted to; but not in comparison of the future time, and degrees to be added. It is a Better Testament that Christ bringeth in; Heb. 7. 22 & 8. 6. established on better promises, and procured by better Sacrifice, and bringing a better hope, Heb. 8. 6. & 7. 19. and better things that are provided for us, that they without us should not be made perfect, Heb. 11. 40. So that when Moses Law is considered as such, in that Imperfect state, it is essentially or formally all done away; but not materially, for it is done away but by changing it into a better Testament and more perfect administration, which retaineth all that is natural in it, and addeth better positives suited to riper times.
And as he that would repair the Temple to a greater glory, may take away the brass, and put Gold instead of it, and so not change one pin of the Temple by a destructive change but by a perfecting change, which (to the frame) is to edifie, and not to destroy; Even so Christ professeth that he came not to gratifie the lusts of men, nor to destroy the Law in the smallest point, but 1. Himself to fulfill it in the very letter, and 2. To accomplish the shadows, Predictions and Types, by coming himself as the Truth and End, which when they had attained they were fulfilled; And 3. By a more perfect Edition and spiritual Administration, advancing the Law to a higher degree of excellency; by which not the Law is said to be put away, or destroyed, but the imperfections or weaknesses of it to be done