Chap.t.Se6t.7 Looking unto 1eftn, BoofciV.Part.4 743 him, Tboml/4, bmmfo thou b4f f eenme, thou haft beleeved, ble( ed are they that have not fe rn , and y_et ?ave bele~v_ed. In the whole £\: ory we have Chnfrs appar1t1on, and the fruits of it r. Forthe apparition (as in the forme r) we have , I. The time , 2. The place , , 3. The perfons to whomhe appeared, and , 4· The manner howhe appeared .. 1 . For the time , and after e1ght dayes; 1t was on the fame day feaven-night after theformer appari t1ons,whicb was the firft day of the week, and now becaufe of his refurreetioh,and apparitions, called theLords day; I w.u in the Spirit ~n the LordJ ~rq. (this Rcv.r.Ia! in my apprehenGon) makes much for the honour ot the Lords day: t he fir ft affembly of the A,poft ies after Chri!ls deats, was on the firft day of the week; and the f~cond Church-a£fembly that we reade of, was againe on the firft day of the week, A11d after eight daye.r; a Ggne that the Lords-day-'iabbath was on the firfr day inllituted, and that the more folemne affemblies o£ Go·ds people, were hence-forth to be on the Lords dayes. It is an ufual o bfervation, that things and perfons which are natr~ed the Lods, are jtfCred 11nd veNerable, ~rz. an high drgree ; as the grace of our Lord, Rom. 16. 24. the :-; p1ntofthe Lord, 2 Cor. 3· 1 7· the beloved ofthe Lord, Rom. 16.8 . the glory of the Lord, 2 Cor.3.i 1H. theWordofr heLord, r Tim.6 3-thecnpoftheLord, rCor. 1 1.2.7· e_.A,tguftine tells us that the L ord1 refurreClibn promijed Aug de verb,' us an eternal day, and tha t it did confrcratc unto 114 the Lwd.r day. Apofto. Scrm: · Surely then thisday muft need> be venerable, and a folemne day · 1 5! among us Chrifti ans . Now ic was that as the riflng of the Sun , difpellc:th darkneffe, fo Chrifi the 'lun of righceoufneffe Chined . forth unto che world by the lighcot his refurredion; and hence · we reade of the Apo11:1es obCe rvation of this very day above all ! others; 'Thefirft day of th: r:mk_ , the Difr:iplu being come together ACl,'1o,1 ; to !ma_k_bread , P~~~ preached un,ot.hem: -andconcerning the co!lcEl10r1 fo r the Sarnn, M l h,tve gsven order to the Churches of ' .. Galatia, e·uen (o do ye : t!p>n he fi ·ft d.q u(the week, let every one 1 Cor, ,G.J,~v ofl' o!d Ay b_y I im in fl- •re, M fJJd hath p- fpered him. Charitable contribu•ions, and ~'h •J rci1 afl emblies1wre in ufe and pracbfe on , the fi rll day ofth~ weei, ( i.) on th<! Lordsday An argument fuffi cient ro meagai nfr all the oppofersof thi~ facred truth, that . the fi rft day _of the 1veek is our Chnftian Sabbath ; why then Chriib
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