A47576:1075
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.
Fourthly, To the fourth Query he saith, The Influence of Power which the beloved John had in naming this Day, is only ministerial or instrumental; the Lord Jesus giveth it, and he wrote it. This is the highest of their claim, who are Ministers, by whom Souls are brought to believe the Gospel: And no more was he but a faithful Messenger to declare that to be the Lord's Day, upon which the Lord himself had fixed his Name.
Fourthly, To the fourth Query he saith, The Influence of Power which the beloved John had in naming this Day, is only ministeral or instrumental; the Lord Jesus giveth it, and he wrote it. This is the highest of their claim, who are Ministers, by whom Souls are brought to believe the Gospel: And no more was he but a faithful Messenger to declare that to be the Lord's Day, upon which the Lord himself had fixed his Name.
And thus enough hath been said to prove that this day, called the Lord's-day, was the first day of the week: but to put it further out of doubt, in the last place,
12. The Ancient Fathers, whose Credit and Authority I see no cause to doubt, have positively declared that it was the first day of the week that John called the Lord's-day.
12. The Antient Fathers, whose Credit and Authority I see no cause to doubt, have positively declared that it was the first day of the week that John called the Lord's-day.