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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.
A wise Objection, saith Dr. Wallis; as tho all this could not be done before (so far as necessary) and they on Sunday put so much into the Poor's Box, or give it to the Deacons, &c.
A wise Objection, saith Dr. Wallis; as tho all this could not be done before (so far as necessary) and they on Sunday put so much into the Poors Box, or give it to the Deacons, &c.
2. According to this childish Objection, they were but bid, as it were, to take so much Money as they purposed to give out of one Pocket on that day, and put it by it self into another. But I will appeal to them whether this would have prevented any gatherings when the Apostle came to them; and no doubt Paul here put them in mind of some extraordinary Occasion, that they might have more Money collected and put together against he came than usually on that Day they might collect: yet it is clear it was all the Churches practice, by the direction of the Holy Ghost, on every First-day when the Churches met together for solemn Worship, to gather Money for their poor Brethren and Sisters.
3. The constant day of the Churches solemn assemblings,1 being fixed, saith Dr. Owen, Paul here takes it for granted, and directs them to the observance of a special Duty on that day.
- 1Owen on the Sabb. p. 391.