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Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and the latter times of his corporal pains and weakness.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden for B. Simmons, 1683
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4. Before Christ's Ascension, he instituted the Office of the Sacred Ministry, which Friends and Foes confess hath continued ever since: And what is this Ministry, but an Office of publishing the Gospel of Christ, his Life, Death, Miracles, Resurrection, Grace, &c. What else have they done in all Ages in the World? So that the Office is an undeniable Tradition.
5. Christ and his Apostles instituted the Weekly Celebration of the Remembrance of his Resurrection on ⟨p. 269⟩the Lord's days: Friends and Foes confess the History, that the first Day of the Week hath been kept for such Memorial ever since, through all the Christian part of the World: Which proveth the uninterrupted belief of Christ's Resurrection, as a Notorious Practical Tradition.
6. Christ and his Apostles ever since his Resurrection instituted Solemn Assemblies of Christians to be held on those Days, and at other Times: Once a Week was the least through the Christian World: And what did they meet for but to Preach, hear and profess the same Christian Faith?