A39662:1632
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
Q. 4. Is this Commandment Moral and Perpetual, or Ceremonial and Temporary?
A. It is, and must needs be Moral, and not Ceremonial; because all the Reasons that enforce it, are perpetual, and the Sabbath continued, when the Ceremonial Law ceased, and was vanished; Matth. 24.20. But pray ye, that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day.
Q. 5. What day of the seven is the Christian Sabbath?
A. The first day of the Week is our Sabbath, since the Resurrection of Christ. This is the day which was foretold to be our Sabbath; Psal. 118.24. This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. The Lord hath marked it for himself by setting his own Name on it; Rev. 1.10. I was in the Spirit on the Lords day. And the Apostles and Primitive Church constantly set it apart to Religious uses and ends;