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A89768 Holy scripture-work is better than the work of the corrupt reasoning of fallen man By Jos. Nott. Nott, Joseph, d. 1699. 1693 (1693) Wing N1401A; ESTC R231393 6,822 12

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to fly away and it giveth a true discerning and a right understanding of the things of God But G. T. manifests himself to be ignorant of this invisible Day of the Lord and so appears not to be an Inhabitant of the Holy City new Jerusalem for they that are Citizens of this Holy City are living Witnesses of the Everlasting Day of God's Power dawned and broken forth An Everlasting Day indeed For there shall be no Night there Rev. 21.25 and 22.5 He that can hear let him hear and understand Now as for the Days of the Week they are called as follows the first Day the second Day the third Day the fourth Day the fifth Day the sixth Day the seventh Day Gen. 1.5.8.13.19.23.31 and 2.2 The Lord's Day is an Everlasting Day and the true Communicants are living Witnesses of it for in this Everlasting Day the true Fellowship stands see the 1 John 1.7 Gen. 1.5 The Light is called Day and in the Light the true Fellowship stands But as for the Days of the Week they have their Names altho' they may properly be said to be the Lord's Days because he ordained them but he hath given them Names and we ought to call them by the Names that he hath given unto them and the Names are as is before shewed And as for the seventh Day being called a Sabbath I have spoken to that already But as for the first Day of the Week the Apostles did not call it a Sabbath nor yet as I find the Lord's Day but they called it as it was called in the Beginning The first Day of the Week for it s written That Mary Magdalen and the other Mary came to the Sepulchre as it began to dawn towards the first Day of the Week see Matth. 28.1 and Mark 16.2 and Luke 24.1 and John 20.1 and in Cor. 16.1.2 the Apostle Paul saith Now concerning the Collection for the Saints as I have given order to the Churches of Galatia even so do ye upon the first Day of the Week Mark here the Apostles did not call the first Day of the Week the Christian Sabbath neither did they call it the Lord's-Day but the first Day of the Week therefore it is good for all People professing Christianity to take Example by the holy Men of God and call the Days by their Names and not put new Names that they have no command nor yet Example for Well but some may query or say Ought we not to set apart one Day in seven Answer I say it is nessary yea needful that one day in seven should be set apart for several Reasons First It is needful that Man and Beast should Rest some time from their Labour Secondly Men and Women being free from their outward Labour and Concern they may be the more freely given up in their Hearts and Minds to wait upon God and Worship him a Duty that is incumbent upon us all a Duty that we all owe unto Almighty God therefore blessed are all they that do perform it aright the which is rightly performed in Spirit and in Truth see John 4.23 24. Thirdly That Servants that else might not have liberty that they may have liberty to wait upon God and Worship him Now it is well known through several Nations that we who in scorn are called Quakers do cease from our outward Labour and Assemble our selves together to wait upon God and Worship him on the first Day of the Week and yet we cannot therefore call it the Christian Sabbath for we have no such Example from the Holy Apostles but as they did so do we call it the first Day of the Week Now as for the Names of the Days which are commonly used amongst many People they sprang from the old Pagan Saxons see Verstigans Antiquities and Cambden's Brit. For on the first Day of the Week they worshipped the Idol of the Sun which was placed in a Temple from whence they called it Sunday The second Day of the Week they Dedicated to the Idol of the Moon from whence they called it Munday The next was the Idol of Planets which was the Idol of Tuisco who was the first and chiefest Man of that Name among the Germans unto whom the Name of Tuesday was especially Dedicated The next was the Idol Wooden whom the Saxons Honoured for their God of Battel from whence they called the fourth Day Wednesday The next was the Idol Thor from whence the Name Thursday is retained insteed of the fifth Day of the Week The next Idol was the Goddess Friga to which Idol they Dedicated the sixth Day of the Week and called it Friday which is retained unto this Day The last was the Idol Seater from whence the seventh Day is called Saturday Now it is good for all People to leave these old Pagan Saxon Heather Names and call the Days as they are called in Scripture as is before shewed The Lord prosper his Great Work and cause his Truth to spread more and more is the Prayer and Desire of my Soul even so Amen EXON 9th Month 1692. Written by a Lover of the Lord Jesus Christ JOSEPH NOTT THE END