A47576:1027
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
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Object. But it seems as if they came not together till the evening of this day, tho it was the first day of the week; and so it proves not that this whole day ought to be kept in solemn Worship.
Answ. For this there is not the least shadow of Proof. What tho Paul continued his Speech till midnight; might not some other Ministers spend the former part of the day in Preaching, Exhortation, or in Prayer? Or, might not Paul (as some of us do) preach twice himself on that day, and they refresh themselves about the middle of the day? I find one Author speaking thus:1 Paul spending this whole day in that Service, and continuing his Sermon till midnight ⟨p. 234⟩(yet accounting it still one day) in solemn meeting, doth confirm this Day to be more than an ordinary day, or than other days of the week, as being specially dedicated to these Services and Exercises, and totally spent in them. It is said, that they came together on the first day of the week; and no doubt but it was in the morning of that day, for so we find they did on the same day of the week, Acts 2. 1, 2. for when Peter began to preach, it was but the third hour, which is our nine of the Clock in the morning.
- 1Durham on the Ten Command. p. 264.
Sixthly, 1My sixth Argument to prove that the first day of the week ought to be observed as a day of Rest and solemn Worship under the Gospel, shall be taken from that Appellation given to this day,