~-~~;. _______ O~f_t_h_e_fl __ x_s~U~R __ R_& __ c_T_I_O_N __ • ______ ~~-5-2~9 ----;jo Higha feaftofonrRtligio»tO difagreed<~•f"J;, tttterly unlawfu!l. And! m4f:er, .'. 0 , wh•t more hone~, what morejeemely, than that this F<aft fhould bein .p ul\MD7,7Hiijl.~ Ttt) ' :r . , . (M • viP/abl kept; by which,wehoUour hopes oftmmerta tty r arkethar reafon well.) Bur?for t.fipoflolike : B: t~larv[~llf~rm_ ~hrtffun: (fatth he) re]ec1mgthe Iewifo 111411 ner; That day, w;•,...y''"'"" ~" "~":&' dXP'.,. m<e)VT@- ·~·'"-~~. rvhtch day ever jinct h ve yjirft daj of Hispafton, u!e havUo thu prefent kapt; to tranfmtt the due obfervmg ;(:t; ; 0 aflagestocome. Marke the words, 1 They hadkept Eafier fmn the.ftrft day of Chriffsp".fion,tiltthatpre{ent ttrne: 1 And afrerthar, We h,we recetved tt ofour Savrour. , 3 Andyeragaine, wbtchour Savz011r deltveredtotu. ·And concludes, rhar~accordingly,whe/11 Hecame among th:m, !/e.andthey would keepe their Eafl:e: together. Nothing can be more full, that m !us nme tluswrlomewas, and that 1t was reputed to z.e,;· have come from theL.Ap6Jtles, as begun from the very day of CH R r ST"s Pafion. ~:';io:/e Which L1olhortly, burfullyexpreffeth, Legaluqutppe {efltvrtaidmnmutatur, tm- ·· plew. 'Thclegall Feall: ofrhePaffeover, at the fi•ifilling of it, was chAngedbothat . once. Fulfilled and changed,at one nme,borh. No dtfiance betweene. And fulfilled.• Proofe; (lamCure)it was in the ApoJUes time, and fo changed then al(o. i' ll[;'l'· ., Ifyou will fee it deduced in flory, that may you too. Thus, Ofhimfelfe ImuN< 4 ' ·•·'·'i• writeth,that he was brought up in Ajiaun~er POlycarpm;and that he(yong though he ~;:,;/J;J;~, were) obferved andtemembred well allh1s courfe ofhfe•. And namely, how corn~ fmpr.q,. ming to Ra11ie inAnicetmtime, he kept his Eafter rhere•. Nor when A.nh·etmkept it, {.~;';'k': but keepe it he d1d though. Inthekeeptng they agreed: m the ttme rhq dtffcred. Et- ""'h ·5. tob , ther held his owne. . . - . ::: J"'fJ of Polycarpunhen kepfE~11er. NowPolycarpm, had lived and converfed with the .AM•1J~~!':~ .. fb,'l/es, was made Bifhopby them, Btlhop ofSmyrna, (Iren.emand Tertu!lian fay it ~""'· .,;;, m• directly) and heisf~ppofedtoberhe .Angelof.th~ C?Nrch of Smyrna, Revel. z. 8. ~:,;;,:·.x~ AndP1ly.:arptu (as fatth Iren.em) kept Eaffer wtth Samt John, andwtth therejl ofthe ,.,,.,••,,.,. Apo!HesstotidemverM. Etfeb.lib. 5. c. 26. _ . N7f'..f." .;,1 . . Polymtts in his Epiflle there (in Eufehim) exprefly faith, that St. Philipthe ;~;:;:~·;~: •. • Apofllekept it. If Sr. Philip and S.Iohn (by name) It the refi of the Apo!Hes ha.dtt, s. Pbitipthe_ then1tos ha6emm tS true •thentr ts Apoflolzke. Apofile kcp"' . But yet we have;more fure ground than all thefe : The Lo. R o s Day hath r,~,:;;:~~"'' ~e!hmony in Scripture, Iinfifiupoarhar; that Eafter-ddy mull needs be as.ancient as nay. , tt. ForhowcameittoberheLordsDay? butrhar,as'ltisinthePfalme,the Lo R n ~f;'·'s;"· madeit? And whv made He it~ bur becaufeonit, the Stonecafl ajide(that isChrift) Aug.~p.,-,9; "'':'made the Bead-jlonea(thtrorner? rhatis, becauferhen the L oR o rofc,becau(e ~~;rdomi•ictd hts Re(urreilton fell upon tt ~ Ch•illi••it ll.e· _Now what a thingwereir,rh:it:illrheSrmdayes iti theyeere that are out abll:racts JummoneDo·· (as lt were) of this day, (the very d~yof' the ReficVret1ion) that they lhould bee kept: i/:;"~0"'~ andthis day, the day it felfe, the prototype and archetype of them all, lhould nor be ~.;.,::.;;; kept, bur laid alide quite, and be cleaneforgotten~ that, thedJy in the weeke we fefJiv;,.,,.: !hould keepe; and the day in rhemonerhit felfe, and returne of rhe yeere,we lhould [um, not keepe ~ Even of very c;:ongruirie,ir is to be as they, andfomewhaqnore~ , I Take ex:;J?pleby ourfelves. For His MaJefiies deliverance the fifr of Aicgi'.fh korHts MaJefites, and ours, the fifr of November (being Tt~tfday both:) forrhefea blnde of remembranc~we keepe, on' Tuefday every week~ i.n rhcyeare. But when Ycourfe of the yeere mrhetr feverall moneths,thevery Otl"tnall dayes rhemfelves colljeabour'; !hall we nor, doe we not celebrate rhem in mu~h more folemne man– ner ·bvhatqueflion is rhere~ weigh rhem well,you willfind the cafe alike. One cannot e,but theotheral[omufl be Apojlolike; 4 Proofeo( jl 1 Forrhelafl proofel have yet refcrved one: or rarherrhree in one. r Thecuthe chmbtt Omt of Baptiji k h . ·'fl_ d ' p . . . cus1ome for: Cb . 'me, nownro avebeenemmurre asuponrharday,allrhe nmmve E<i1tr. thau~ch through. Athing fo knowne, as their Homilies de Baptifmowere mofl: upon • rhe cuf/omt the~ aahyd. hSt. Bafils I nat?e• In his uponEajfer-day, l{e lhcwes thecuftomeofbaptiz-ing ~f!J:'t:~m;;,., ) t ereafon font. .. . . of the cui(int.C ~ Theufcofthe keyes, at that time fpecially, Then,were therenfum inflicred: :::~n ~"""''· Bbb 3 thm g
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