The Christian Sabbath defended against a crying evil in these times of the antisabitarians…

And if the Church had authority and inspiration from God, to make Sunday (being a working day before) an everlasting holy day, and the Saturday that before was holy day, now a common workday, why may not the same Church prescribe and appoint the other feasts of Easter, Whitsuntide, Christmas, and the rest? for the same warrant she hath for the one, as she hath for the other. Now to this Doctor Fulk makes answer after this manner. The Apostles did not abrogate the Jewish Sabbath, but Christ himself by his death, as he did all other ceremonies of the Law, that were figures and shadows of things to come, whereof he was the body, and they were fulfilled and accomplished in him, and by him. And this the Apostles knew both by the Scriptures, and by the Word of Christ, and his holy Spirit. By the Scriptures also they knew that one day of seven was appointed to be observed for ever during the World, as consecrated and hallowed to the public exercise of the Religion of God; Although the ceremonial rest, and prescript ⟨p. 90⟩day according to the Law were abrogated by the death of Christ. Now for the prescription of this day before any other of seven, they had without doubt either the express commandment of Christ before his ascension when he gave them precepts concerning the Kingdom of God, and the order and government of the Church, Acts 1.2. or else the certain direction of his Spirit, that it was his will and pleasure it should be so, and that also according to the Scriptures. And observe how in the words following he falls in upon the same reason of the change of the day which of old was mentioned by Athanasius (formerly rehearsed) herein by Beza, Doctor Andrews, D. Lake, as I have already showed. Seeing there is the same reason of sanctifying the day in which our Saviour Christ accomplished our redemption, and the restitution of the world by his resurrection from death, that was of sanctifying the day in which the Lord rested from the creation of the world. And after many lines nothing necessary to be recited, he comes to the comparison made between the Lords Day and other Festivals, saying: Although the Church in days or times which are indifferent, may take order for some other days or times to be solemnized for the exercises of Religion;

And if the Church had authority and inspiration from God, to make Sunday (being a working day before) an everlasting holy day, and the Saturday that before was holy day, now a common workday, why may not the same Church prescribe and appoint the other feasts of Easter, Whitsontide, Christmas, and the rest? for the same warrant she hath for the one, as she hath for the other. Now to this Doctor Fulk makes answer after this manner. The Apostles did not abrogate the Jewish Sabbath, but Christ himselfe by his death, as he did all other ceremonies of the Law, that were figures and shadowes of things to come, whereof he was the body, and they were fulfulled and accomplished in him, and by him. And this the Apostles knew both by the Scriptures, and by the Word of Christ, and his holy Spirit. By the Scriptures also they knew that one day of seven was appointed to be observed for ever during the World, as consecrated and hallowed to the publike exercise of the Religion of God; Although the ceremoniall rest, and prescript