The Jewish Sabbath abrogated, or, The Saturday Sabbatarians confuted in two parts

To the READER.

There is not one Controvertible Point in and about Religion that I less thought to have been concerned with this way, than that contained in these Sermons presented here to thy view, until I was alarmed on a sudden, and provoked (some few Months ago) to undertake it; there being one Person especially under my charge (who for some time, by his unsettled and wavering Spirit, and aspiring Temper, I feared would be troublesome) who had for some considerable time, unknown to me, sucked in the Notion of the Jewish Sabbath, and laboured to corrupt many others of the younger sort, some of which, with himself, fell into the Practice of keeping that Day, and cast off the Lord's-day, as not being of Divine Appointment. Some of them being Apprentices, declared they would and could do any Business or Work for their Masters upon the first Day of the Week: And this Principle they received without acquainting me or the Church with it, or ever coming to me to hear what I had to say against it; insomuch that when it was publicly known, it had almost put the whole Congregation into a flame; but to prevent which, I was desired by divers Members to endeavour to convince them by Scripture and solid Arguments, which I laboured to do, but found all was in vain as to several of them.

THere is not one Controvertable Point in and about Religion that I less thought to have been concerned with this way, than that contained in these Sermons presented here to thy view, until I was alarm'd on a sudden, and provoked (some few Months ago) to undertake it; there being one Person especially under my charge (who for some time, by his unsettled and wavering Spirit, and aspiring Temper, I feared would be troublesome) who had for some considerable time, unknown to me, suck'd in the Notion of the Jewish Sabbath, and laboured to corrupt many others of the younger sort, some of which, with himself, fell into the Practice of keeping that Day, and cast off the Lord's-day, as not being of Divine Appointment. Some of them being Apprentices, declared they would and could do any Business or Work for their Masters upon the first Day of the Week: And this Principle they received without acquainting me or the Church with it, or ever coming to me to hear what I had to say against it; insomuch that when it was publickly known, it had almost put the whole Congregation into a flame; but to prevent which, I was desired by divers Members to endeavour to convince them by Scripture and solid Arguments, which I laboured to do, but found all was in vain as to several of them.