{"id":"22.7","chapter":22,"number":7,"text":"As it is of the Law of Nature, that in general, a proportion of time, by God’s appointment, be set apart for the Worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive, moral, and perpetual Commandment, binding all Men, in all Ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a Sabbath to be kept holy unto him, which from the beginning of the World, to the Resurrection of Christ, was the last Day of the Week; and from the Resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the Week, which is called the Lord’s Day; and is to be continued to the end of the World, as the Christian Sabbath; the observation of the last day of the Week being abolished.","segments":[{"text":"As it is of the Law of Nature, that in general, a proportion of time, by God’s appointment, be set apart for the Worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive, moral, and perpetual Commandment, binding all Men, in all Ages, he hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a Sabbath to be kept holy unto him, which from the beginning of the World, to the Resurrection of Christ, was the last Day of the Week; and from the Resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the Week,","proofs":["Exodus 20:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 20:8","osis":["Exod.20.8"]}],"note":null},{"text":"which is called the Lord’s Day; and is to be continued to the end of the World, as the Christian Sabbath; the observation of the last day of the Week being abolished.","proofs":["1 Corinthians 16:1–2","Acts 20:7","Revelation 1:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 16:1–2","osis":["1Cor.16.1-1Cor.16.2"]},{"printed":"Acts 20:7","osis":["Acts.20.7"]},{"printed":"Revelation 1:10","osis":["Rev.1.10"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1677":["22.7"],"lbcf1689-modernized":["22.7"],"phila1742":["22.7"],"savoy1658":["22.7"],"wcf1646":["21.7"]},"diffs":[{"source":"wcf1646","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"by God’s appointment,","position":null},{"text":"by his Word, in","position":null},{"text":"the observation of the last day of the Week being abolished.","position":null}]},{"source":"lbcf1677","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"apart","position":null},{"text":"positive, moral,","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}