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Questions about the nature and perpetuity of the seventh-day Sabbath and proof that the…Questions about the nature and perpetunity of the seventh-day Sabbath and proof that the…
Questions about the nature and perpetuity of the seventh-day Sabbath and proof that the first day of the week is the true Christian-sabbath / by John Bunyan.Questions about the nature and perpetunity of the seventh-day Sabbath and proof that the first day of the week is the true Christian-sabbath / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Nath. Ponder, 1685
QUESTIONS About the NATURE and PERPE TUITY Of the Seventh-day-Sabbath. › Question 5 › Answer
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.
It also may be nominated to show, that both the Church at Jerusalem, and those of the Gentiles did harmonize in their Sabbath, jointly concluding to solemnize Worship on a day. And then again to show, that they all had left the old Sabbath to the unbelievers, and jointly chose to sanctify the day of the rising of their Lord, to this work.
It also may be nominated to shew, that both the Church at Jerusalem, and those of the Gentiles did harmonize in their Sabbath, joyntly concluding to solemnize Worship on a day. And then again to shew, that they all had left the old Sabbath to the unbelievers, and joyntly chose to sanctifie the day of the rising of their Lord, to this work.
They came together [to break bread] to partake of the Supper of the Lord. And what day so fit as the Lords day for this? This was to be the work of that day, to wit, to solemnize ⟨p. 90⟩that Ordinance among themselves, adjoining other solemn Worship thereto, to fill up the day, as the following part of the verse shows. This day therefore was designed for this work, the whole day, for the Text declares it: The first day of the week was set, by them, apart for this work.
They came together [to break bread] to partake of the Supper of the Lord. And what day so fit as the Lords day for this? This was to be the work of that day, to wit, to solemnize ⟨p. 90⟩that Ordinance among themselves, adjoyning other solemn Worship thereto, to fill up the day, as the following part of the verse shews. This day therefore was designed for this work, the whole day, for the Text declares it: The first day of the week was set, by them, apart for this work.