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HISTORY OF THE SABBATH - Friends of the Sabbath Australia

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History <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> by J.N Andrews9 Anc. Christ. Exem. Chap. xxvi. sect. 2.10 Id.Ib.11 Id.Ib.12 Ductor Dubitantium, part i. book ii. rule 6, sect. 51.13 Dialogues on <strong>the</strong> Lord's day, p. 66.14 A Treatise <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> Day, containing a "Defence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Orthodoxal Doctrine <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Church <strong>of</strong> England against Sabbatarian Novelty," p. 8. It was written in 1635 at <strong>the</strong> command<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> king in reply to Brabourne, a minister <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> established church, whose work, entitled"A Defense <strong>of</strong> that most Ancient and Sacred Ordinance <strong>of</strong> God's, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> Day," wasdedicated to <strong>the</strong> king with a request that he would restore <strong>the</strong> Bible <strong>Sabbath</strong>! See <strong>the</strong> prefaceto Dr. White's Treatise.15 Dec. and Fall, chap. xv.16 See chap. x.17 Dialogues on <strong>the</strong> Lord's Day, p. 67.18 Treatise <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> Day, p. 8.19 Antiquities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Christian Church, book xvi, chap. vi. sect. 2.20 Page 280. Cox here quotes <strong>the</strong> work, entitled "The Modern <strong>Sabbath</strong> Examined.21 Learned Treatise <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong>, p. 77. Oxford, 1631.22 This edict is <strong>the</strong> original fountain <strong>of</strong> first-day authority, and in many respects answers to<strong>the</strong> festival <strong>of</strong> Sunday, what <strong>the</strong> fourth commandment is to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord. Theoriginal <strong>of</strong> this edict may be seen in <strong>the</strong> library <strong>of</strong> Harvard College, and is as follows:IMP. CONSTANT. A. ELPIDIO.Omnes Judices, urbanaeque plebes, et cunctarum artium <strong>of</strong>ficia venerabili diesolis quiscant. Ruri tamen positi agrorum culturae libere licenterque inserviant:quoniam frequenter evenit, ut non aptius alio die frumenta sulcis, aut vineaescrobibus mandentur, ne occasione momenti pereat commoditas coelestiprovisione concessa. Dat, Nonis Mart. Crispo.2 & Constantino 2. Coss. 321.Corpus Juris Civilis Condicis lib. iii tit. 12.3.23 Encyc. Brit. art. Sunday, seventh edition, 1842.24 Encyc. Am. art. <strong>Sabbath</strong>.25 Eccl. Hist. cent. iv. part ii. chap. iv. sect. 5.26 Chap. xiv.27 Duct. Dubitant. part i. book ii. chap. ii. rule 6, sect. 59.28 Dialogues on <strong>the</strong> Lord's Day, p. 233.206

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