The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

So that I may well conclude, that we have better historical evidence that the Lords day was actually observed by the Churches, for their public worship and profession of the Christian Faith, than we have that ever there was such a man as William the Conqueror in England, yea or King James; much more than that there was a Caesar or Cicero.

So that I may well conclude, that we have better historical evidence that the Lords day was actually observed by the Churches, for their publick worship and profession of the Christian Faith, than we have that ever there was such a man as William the Conquerour in England, yea or King James; much more than that there was a Caesar or Cicero.

8. Moreover, the very Office of the Pastors of the Church, and their continuance from the beginning to this day, is a great part of the certain tradition of this Religion. For it is most certain, that the Churches were constituted, and the Assemblies held, and the worship performed with them, and by their conduct, and not without: And it is certain by infallible history, that their office hath been still the same, even to teach men this Christian Religion, and to guide them in the practice of it, and to read the same Scriptures as the word of truth, and to explain it to the people. And therefore as the Judicatures and Offices of the Judges is a certain proof that there have been those Laws by which they judge (especially if they had been also the weekly public Readers and Expounders of them) and so much more is it in our case.

8. Moreover, the very Office of the Pastors of the Church, and their continuance from the beginning to this day, is a great part of the certain tradition of this Religion. For it is most certain, that the Churches were constituted, and the Assemblies held, and the worship performed with them, and by their conduct, and not without: And it is certain by infallible history, that their office hath been still the same, even to teach men this Christian Religion, and to guide them in the practice of it, and to read the same Scriptures as the word of truth, and to explain it to the people. And therefore as the Judicatures and Offices of the Judges is a certain proof that there have been those Laws by which they judge (especially if they had been also the weekly publick Readers and Expounders of them) and so much more is it in our case.