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

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thus:--<br />

"This she pr<strong>of</strong>essed to do out <strong>of</strong> conscience, as<br />

believing she must one day come to be judged for<br />

all things done in <strong>the</strong> flesh. Therefore she resolved<br />

to go by <strong>the</strong> safest rule, ra<strong>the</strong>r against than for her<br />

private interests."[8]<br />

Pagitt gives her crime in <strong>the</strong> following words:--<br />

"At last for teaching only five days in <strong>the</strong> week,<br />

<strong>and</strong> resting upon Saturday, it being known upon<br />

what account she did it, she was carried to <strong>the</strong> new<br />

prison in Maiden lane, a place <strong>the</strong>n appointed for<br />

<strong>the</strong> restraint <strong>of</strong> several o<strong>the</strong>r persons <strong>of</strong> different<br />

opinions from <strong>the</strong> church <strong>of</strong> Engl<strong>and</strong>."[9]<br />

Observe <strong>the</strong> crime: it was not what she did, for<br />

a first-day person might have done <strong>the</strong> same, but<br />

because she did it to obey <strong>the</strong> fourth<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ment. Her motive exposed her to <strong>the</strong><br />

vengeance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> authorities. She was a woman <strong>of</strong><br />

indomitable courage, <strong>and</strong> would not purchase her<br />

liberty by renouncing <strong>the</strong> Lord's <strong>Sabbath</strong>. During<br />

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