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The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…
The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb. 11, 1, formerly preached before His Majesty, and published by his command, with another added for the fuller application : the second is instructions for confirming believers in the Christian faith : the third is directions how to live by faith, or how to exercise it upon all occasions / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1670
Part 2 › Chapter 7: The means of making known all this infallibly to us.
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.
7. And it secureth the tradition that one set day hath been kept for this public exercise of Religion, from the very first; even the Lords day (besides all occasional times) The day it self being appointed to celebrate the memorial of Christs Resurrection, is a most currant history of it; as the feast of unleavened bread, and the Passover was of the Israelites deliverance from Egypt. And the exercises still performed on that day, do make the tradition more complete.
7. And it secureth the tradition that one set day hath been kept for this publick exercise of Religion, from the very first; even the Lords day (besides all occasional times) The day it self being appointed to celebrate the memorial of Christs Resurrection, is a most currant history of it; as the feast of unleavened bread, and the Passeover was of the Israelites deliverance from Egypt. And the exercises still performed on that day, do make the tradition more compleat.
And because some few Sabbatarians among our selves do keep the old Sabbath only, and call still for Scripture proof for the institution of the Lords day; let me briefly tell them, that which is enough to evince their error. 1. That the Apostles were Officers immediately commissioned by Christ, to disciple the Nations, and to teach them all that Christ commanded, and so to settle Orders in the Church, Mat. 28.19, 20, 21. Acts 15. &c.
And because some few Sabbatarians among our selves do keep the old Sabbath only, and call still for Scrip•ure proof for the institution of the Lords day; let me briefly tell them, that which is enough to evince their errour. 1. That the Apostles were Officers immediately commissioned by Christ, to disciple the Nations, and to teach them all that Christ commanded, and so to settle Orders in the Church,