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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.
4. And as for the matter of Fasting on the Sabbath, the Churches greatly varied in their Customs. The Eastern Churches, and Milan in the West, were against Fasting on the Sabbath on two accounts, 1. Because, as is said, they would not offend the Jews. Even as many peaceable Non-Conformists, who are against many Holy days now established, do yet forbear labouring and opening their Shops on those days, because they will not give offence; Yea and go to hear the Sermons on those days, though they keep them not Holy as such days. 2. Because there were many sorts of Heretics in those times, who held that the World was made by an evil God, and thence came evil, and so they Fasted on the seventh day on that reason: Which made the Christians avoid it lest they should Symbolize with those Heretics. And therefore the (real ⟨p. 225⟩or pretended) Ignatius speaketh so severely against Fasting on the Sabbath, as well as on the Lords day. And so do the Constitutions called the Apostles; yea and the Canons called theirs, Can. 65.
4. And as for the matter of Fasting on the Sabbath, the Churches greatly varyed in their Customes. The Eastern Churches, and Millan in the West, were against Fasting on the Sabbath on two accounts, 1. Because, as is said, they would not offend the Jewes. Even as many peaceable Non-Conformists, who are against many Holy dayes now established, do yet forbear labouring and opening their Shops on those dayes, because they will not give offence; Yea and go to hear the Sermons on those dayes, though they keep them not Holy as such dayes. 2. Because there were many sorts of Hereticks in those times, who held that the World was made by an evil God, and thence came evil, and so they Fasted on the seventh day on that reason: Which made the Christians avoid it lest they should Symbolize with those Hereticks. And therefore the (real ⟨p. 225⟩or pretended) Ignatius speaketh so severely against Fasting on the Sabbath, as well as on the Lords day. And so do the Constitutions called the Apostles; yea and the Canons called theirs, Can. 65.