A47576:1009
The Jewish Sabbath abrogated, or, The Saturday Sabbatarians confuted in two parts
The Jewish Sabbath abrogated, or, The Saturday Sabbatarians confuted in two parts : first, proving the abrogation of the old seventh-day Sabbath : secondly, that the Lord's-Day is of divine appointment : containing several sermons newly preached upon a special occasion, wherein are many new arguments not found in former authors / by Benjamin Keach.The Jewish Sabbath abrogated, or, The Saturday Sabbatarians confuted in two parts : first, proving the abrogation of the old seventh-day Sabbath : secondly, that the Lord's-Day is of divine appointment : containing several sermons newly preach'd upon a special occasion, wherein are many new arguments not found in former authors / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by John Marshall, 1700
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Object. Again it is objected, That they did not break Bread on the first day, because Paul continued preaching till midnight.
Answ. 1. It was principally to this end they came together on the first day, which shows it was their usual Practice so to do.
Answ. 1. It was principally to this end they came together on the first day, which shews it was their usual Practice so to do.
2. They might break Bread first, and did no doubt; and then Paul might renew his Speech, and continue preaching till midnight. The order of words in a historical Relation are not always to be followed.
3. They did break Bread; and if it was after midnight, yet that extraordinary occasion of Paul's preaching, being ready to depart, might be by the Lord dispensed with, tho the proper season to administer that Ordinance be on the first day of the week. For who will say, that Ordinance upon an extraordinary occasion may not be administered on another day of the week? ⟨p. 230⟩