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History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

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"Where it was ordered more precisely than in<br />

former times that no man should from <strong>the</strong>nceforth<br />

dare to make any markets on <strong>the</strong> Lord’s <strong>Day</strong>, no,<br />

not for things that were to eat: nei<strong>the</strong>r to do any<br />

kind <strong>of</strong> work that belonged to husb<strong>and</strong>ry. Which<br />

canon being made at Rome, confirmed at<br />

Compeigne, <strong>and</strong> afterwards incorporated as it was<br />

into <strong>the</strong> body <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> canon law, became to be<br />

admitted, without fur<strong>the</strong>r question, in most parts <strong>of</strong><br />

Christendom; especially when <strong>the</strong> popes had<br />

attained <strong>the</strong>ir height, <strong>and</strong> brought all Christian<br />

princes to be at <strong>the</strong>ir devotion. For <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> people,<br />

who before had most opposed it, might have justly<br />

said, 'Behold two kings stood not before him, how<br />

<strong>the</strong>n shall we st<strong>and</strong>?' Out <strong>of</strong> which consternation all<br />

men presently obeyed, tradesmen <strong>of</strong> all sorts being<br />

brought to lay by <strong>the</strong>ir labors; <strong>and</strong> amongst those,<br />

<strong>the</strong> miller, though his work was easiest, <strong>and</strong> least <strong>of</strong><br />

all required his presence."[30]<br />

This was a most effectual establishment <strong>of</strong><br />

first-day sacredness. Five years after this we read<br />

as follows:--<br />

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