. Clavis calendaria; or, A compendious analysis of the calendar, illustrated with ecclesiastical, historical, and classical anecdotes. e Roman days having taken their names fromthe planets, which they called Dii, or gods. Inthe Cornish language a day was called De, evi-dently an abbreviation of the Saxon Dceg, or theLatin Dies. SUNDAY, which is the first day in the week, is observed asa solemnye^^iia/ in memory of our Saviours hav-ing been born and risen from the dead, and ofthe Holy Ghost having descended upon the apos-tles, on that day. From the earliest period ofthe world, and by the expres
. Clavis calendaria; or, A compendious analysis of the calendar, illustrated with ecclesiastical, historical, and classical anecdotes. e Roman days having taken their names fromthe planets, which they called Dii, or gods. Inthe Cornish language a day was called De, evi-dently an abbreviation of the Saxon Dceg, or theLatin Dies. SUNDAY, which is the first day in the week, is observed asa solemnye^^iia/ in memory of our Saviours hav-ing been born and risen from the dead, and ofthe Holy Ghost having descended upon the apos-tles, on that day. From the earliest period ofthe world, and by the express commandment ofthe Almighty himself, one day in every sevenhas been always set apart for divine worship : Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the* Lord thy God, &c. The Hebrews denomi-nated the seventh day the Sabbath, or a day ofrest; and as the day observed by Christians is inlike manner appropriated as a pause or cessationfrom the labours of mankind in their differentvocations, we still retain the name of Sabbath,particularly in our public statutes, though we. 101 apply It to the first day of the week, andnot to the seventh, which latter the Jews stillobserve, from their obstinate disbelief of thefoundation, and every consequent principle, ofthe Christian religion. Archbishop Chicheleymade a most extraordinary and unfortunate mis-take in 1415, when, to reform the barber-sur-geons, he strictly enjoined that their shops shouldnot be opened on the Lords day, namely, the seventh day of the week, which the Lord* blessed and made holy, and on which, after his six days* works, he rested from all his Jews were much gratified at this error, buttheir triumph was of short duration. Sunday among Christians has three denomi-nations; the Sabbath, from its being, as be-fore pointed out, the day of rest; — the Lords-day, from its having been selected by theapostles as their peculiar time of meeting ^ to offer up th
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