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

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chips toge<strong>the</strong>r, put <strong>the</strong>m upon his h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> set fire<br />

to <strong>the</strong>m, that so, saith Crantzius, he might revenge<br />

that on himself what unawares he had committed<br />

against God's comm<strong>and</strong>ment."[39]<br />

In Spain also <strong>the</strong> work went forward. A council<br />

was held at Coy, in Spain, A.D. 1050, under<br />

Ferdin<strong>and</strong>, king <strong>of</strong> Castile, in <strong>the</strong> days <strong>of</strong> Pope Leo<br />

IX., where it was decreed that <strong>the</strong> Lord’s <strong>Day</strong> "was<br />

to be entirely consecrated to hearing <strong>of</strong> mass."[40]<br />

To streng<strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> sacredness <strong>of</strong> this venerable<br />

day in <strong>the</strong> minds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people, <strong>the</strong> doctors <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

church were not wanting. Heylyn makes <strong>the</strong><br />

following statement:--<br />

"It was delivered <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> souls in purgatory by<br />

Petrus Damiani, who lived A.D. 1056, that every<br />

Lord’s <strong>Day</strong> <strong>the</strong>y were manumitted from <strong>the</strong>ir pains<br />

<strong>and</strong> fluttered up <strong>and</strong> down <strong>the</strong> lake Avernus, in <strong>the</strong><br />

shape <strong>of</strong> birds."[41]<br />

At <strong>the</strong> same time, ano<strong>the</strong>r argument <strong>of</strong> a similar<br />

kind was brought forward to render <strong>the</strong> observance<br />

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