A39662:1636
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. 6. When doth the Christian Sabbath begin?
A. It appears that this day is not to be reckoned from evening to evening, but from morning to morning; because the Christian Sabbath must begin, when the Jewish Sabbath ended, but that ended towards the morning; Matth. 28.1. In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn, towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Q. 7. What is the ground of changing the day?
A. The solemn commemoration of our Redemption by the Resurrection of Christ from the dead, is the ground of translating the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day of the Week; Psal. 118.24. This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice, and be glad in it. Mark 16.9. Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.