A47576:1032
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.
2. And now that this was not the seventh day of the week appears, because we no where read that any one Gospel-Church ever assembled together on that day from the Resurrection of Christ. Now if that had been the Day the Lord Christ had appointed as Mediator and Lawgiver, be sure we should have had it mentioned in some place, as the very day in which the Churches, or at least some one Church did meet together: but this we do not find, therefore that is not, cannot be the day.
2. And now that this was not the seventh day of the week appears, because we no where read that any one Gospel-Church ever assembled together on that day from the Resurrection of Christ. Now if that had been the Day the Lord Christ had appointed as Mediator and Lawgiver, besure we should have had it mentioned in some place, as the very day in which the Churches, or at least some one Church did meet together: but this we do not find, therefore that is not, cannot be the day.
3. We read of their meeting together no less than four or five times, from our Lord's Resurrection and after his Ascension, on the first day of the week, Joh. 20. 19. and ver. 26. Acts 2. 1, 2. ch. 20. 7. to which I might add 1 Cor. 16. 1, 2.
4. No doubt the Apostle John, when he says on the Lord's-day, refers to a certain particular Day well known to all the Churches to whom he was to write, nay known to all Believers and Saints of that time.