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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.
But in the Western Churches, (as is aforesaid) both Jews and Heretics were more distant, or less considerable for numbers; and therefore they fasted on the seventh day, and that the rather lest they should seem by Sabbatizing to Judaize. Which was before Antichrists appearing, unless you think all the holy Doctors before cited, and all the Western Churches to be Antichristian.
But in the Western Churches, (as is aforesaid) both Jews and Hereticks were more distant, or less considerable for numbers; and therefore they fasted on the seventh day, and that the rather lest they should seem by Sabbatizing to Judaize. Which was before Antichrists appearing, unless you think all the holy Doctors before cited, and all the Western Churches to be Antichristian.
Having gone thus far I here add two more Scripture Arguments to prove the abolition of the Jewish Sabbath. The first is because it is frequently made (as Circumcision is) a sign of the particular Covenant between God, and that Nation as they were a political body, and peculiar people. Therefore if their Policy cease, and Gods relation to them as a Political body, and peculiar people, and so that Political Covenant with them, then also the sign of the Covenant and Relation ceaseth. And though the word [for ever] is sometime added, it is no other than is oft added also to the Jewish Law and Ceremonies.
Having gone thus far I here add two more Scripture Arguments to prove the abolition of the Jewish Sabbath. The first is because it is frequently made (as Circumcision is) a sign of the particular Covenant between God, and that Nation as they were a political body, and peculiar people. Therefore if their Policy cease, and Gods relation to them as a Political body, and peculiar people, and so that Political Covenant with them, then also the signe of the Covenant and Relation ceaseth. And though the word [for ever] is sometime added, it is no other than is oft added also to the Jewish Law and Ceremonies.