Leviticus — Chapter 23
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Verse 2
The festiuities.] As other lawes written by Moyses are partly moral, pertaining to the law of nature, partly ceremonial, which may be altered: so this law of festiuities is partly moral, for that al men are bound to keep some festiual dayes in honour of God, partly ceremonial. But these particular feasts and times are abrogated by Christ, whom they prefigured. In places wherof the next day (which we cal sunday) is made a perpetual holie day, by authoritie of the Church, and called dies Dominica, our Lords day (Apoc. 1.) And this change the Protestants confesse to be lawful, though we haue no other expresse scripture but only tradition. The same reason and authoritie doe also warrant the change of other feasts, and institution of new, in honour of God, our Sauiour Iesus Christ, his Mother, and other Saints.