Responsoria Ad Erratica Piscatoris. Or, A Caveat for Old and New Prophanenesse. By Way of Reply to Two Over-confident Pamphlets ; The One Called a Caveat for Old and New Sabbatarians, Published by Edward Fisher, Esq. The Other Called Festorum Metropolis, Published by an Unknowne Author. In which Answer, the Severall Opinions of Epiphanius, Syslyga, Beroaldus, Scaliger, Sethus Calvisius, &c. for the Day of Christs Birth, are Propounded and Examined, and it is Fully Proved, that the Direct Day Cannot be Determined. The Question Also, Concerning the Observation of Christmas-day, is Debated, and it is Fully Proved, that it is Not (as Mr Fisher and Others, Falsly Say) Grounded on Scrip- Ture, Nor Can the Observation of it be Proved for 360 Years After Christ. Mr Fishers Proof Also from Clement: Constitut. Telesphorus, Theophilus, Cyprian, is Found False and Spurious, and His Judgement Contrary to the Reformed Churches, who Never Thought it Sin to Work on Christmas-day, Nor that it was Equal with the Lords Day. His Leud Positions Also Concerning the Sabboth, are Plainly Confuted, and His Self- Contradictions Discovered. The Power of Magistrates and Churches in Constituting Holy-dayes in Thesi, and this Day in Hypothesi, is Debated, and Our Parliament Aud Assembly Justified in Abolishing the Day. Dr Hammond's More Sober Vindication of the Day, and His Late Defence of it in His Resolution of the Six Queries, is (in Short Appendix) Examined, and Found Insufficient
