CHAP. V. That in the next six hundred years from Pope Gregory forwards, the Lords day was not reckoned of, as of a Sabbath.
- 1. Pope Gregories care to set the Lords day free from some Jewish rigours, at that time obtruded on the Church, Page 447
- 2. Strange fancies taken up by some about the Lords day, in these darker Ages, ibid.
- 3. Scriptures and Miracles in these times found out, to justifie the keeping of the Lords day Holy, Page 448
- 4. That in the judgment of the most Learned in these six Ages, the Lords day hath no other ground than the Authority of the Church, Page 449
- 5. With how much difficulty the People of these times were barred from following their Husban∣dry and Law-days, on the Lords day, Page 450
- 6. Hüsbandry not restrained on the Lords day in the Eastern Parts, until the time of Leo Philo∣sophus, Page 451
- 7. Markets and Handicrasts restrained with no less opposition than the Plough and Pleading, Page 452
- 8. Several casus reservati in the Laws themselves, wherein men were permitted to attend those busi∣nesses on the Lords day, which the Laws re∣strained, Page 453
- 9. Of divers great and publick actions done in these Ages on the Lords day, Page 454
- 10. Dancing and other sports no otherwise prohi∣bited on the Lords day, than as they were an hin∣derance to Gods publick Service, Page 455
- 11. The other Holy-days as much esteemed of and observed as the Lords day was, Page 456
- 12. The publick hallowing of the Lords day, and the other Holy-days in these present Ages, Page 457
- 13. No Sabbath all these Ages heard of, either on Saturday or Sunday; and how it stood with Sa∣turday in the Eastern Churches. Page 458