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

Eighthly, the last argument, and which he acknowledgeth of greatest moment is that, which is taken out of Apoc. 1.10. Where the first day of the week is called the Lords Day, whence they conclude, that it is of the Lords institution. And indeed Doctor Andrewes Bishop of Winchester in his Star Camber speech professeth, that this denomination is given only to the first day of the week, as called in Scripture the Lords day, and to the Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, as called the Lords Supper, and that to show that the word Dominicum (the Lords) is to be taken alike in both. In the same sense we call the Prayer which our Saviour taught his Disciples the Lords Prayer. But let us hear Walaeus his answer, that we may consider it. This consequence ⟨p. 122⟩(saith he) is not necessary, for it may be called the Lords, not only that which is of his institution, but even that which is made to the remembrance, or in the honour of him, or for his worship, as the ancients speak, as the altar of the Lord, and feast of the Lord are often so called. And that in this sense it was taken of the ancients it appears by this, that the ancient Fathers both Greek and Latin, called Temples by the name of Dominica, and [Greek or Hebrew]. That which we urge is the language of the Holy Ghost, now throughout the holy Scripture, it is not the language of the Holy Ghost, to call either Altars the Lords Altars, or Feasts the Lords Feasts, but such as are of the Lords institution. Neither do the fathers (in my observation) call the first day of the week the Lords day otherwise then in reference to Christs Resurrection, as the cause of the festival nature thereof. Temples indeed they call [Greek or Hebrew] as consecrated to the Lord; but the denomination is not to distinguish it from other Temples; as the Lords Day hath its denomination to distinguish it from other days. But the day of Christs Resurrection being called the Lords Day not as such a day in the year, but as such a day in the week, this to my understanding doth manifestly infer the succession of it into the place of the Lords day of the week amongst the Jews. Both ancient and modern Divines do hold it lawful to consecrate other days to the service of of God, such as we usually call holy days. But never any man (I think) was found that durst call any of them Diem dominicum the Lords Day.

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