NOTES. 297 



neither in the apocryphal epistle ascribed to Barnabas, nor in 

 the writings of Clement of Rome (a. d. 90), of Ignatius* 

 (a. D. 100), of POLYCARP (a. d. 108), of JUSTIN (a. d. 145), 

 or of Irenæus (a. d. 167), is the appellation to be met 

 with ', although these Fathers all refer to religions observances, 

 and one or two of them to the commemoration of the first day 

 of the week. Such extended and persistent silence is more 

 than negative evidence ; it is wholly inexplicable on the Sab- 

 batarian conjecture ; it is convicting demonstration that the 

 conjecture is /ake. The phrase '^Lord's day'^ could not have 

 had, at the time Rev. i. 10 was written, the meaning so gratui- 

 tously ascribed to it, without being in universal and familiar 

 use. Its first employment (possibly as early as the middle of 

 the second century, or a quarter of a century before the allu- 

 sion of DiONYSius), was most likely an adaptation from this 

 text. 



5. The probable meaning of the expression is disclosed by the 

 book itself {Rev. vi. 17 ; xvi. 14) ; an application of frequent 

 occurrence both in the New Testament (1 Cor. i. 8, v. 5 ; 2 Cor. 

 i. 14 ; 1 TJiess. v. 2 ; 2 Fet. iii. 10, &c.) ; and in the Old 

 {Isai. xiii. 6, 9; Joel i. 15 ; ii. 1, 11, 31 ; Zeph. i. 14, &c.). 

 If Kvpcaxov dsirivov (1 Cor. xi. 20), and 8sirtvov or Tfparte^a 

 Krptov (1 Cor. x. 21), are convertible phrases designating the 

 same thing, what can be more obvious than that Kvpiaxrj rj/xspa 

 (^Rev. i. 10), and rjuspa Kupiou (2 Pet. iii. 10), are (in the absence 

 of any conjiictmg applicatioji) equally convertible designa- 

 tions of the same thing? The true Protestant will always 

 interpret Scripture by Scripture rather than by tradition.f 



* The expression "LorcVs day" occurs in an interpolated epistle of 

 Ignatius : (" Let each one of you observe the Sabbath spiritually, and 



not by hodily rest But let every lover of Christ commemorate 



the Lord^s day after the Sabbath") ; and will also be found in Arch- 

 bishop Wake's translation of his genuine epistle, commented on before 

 [p. 96, note), neither of which deserves attention. 



f "The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture, is the Scrip- 

 ture itself." — Pkesbtterian and Baptist Confess. of Faith, chap. i. 

 sec. 9. 



