A47576:1119
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.
What some except,1 saith Dr. Owen, that here is no mention of any Church-Assembly, but only that every one on that day should lay by him what he would give, which every one might do at home, or where they pleased, is exceeding weak, and unsuitable to the mind of the Apostle. For to what end should they be limited to a day, and that the first of the Week, for doing of that which might as well, and to as good purpose and advantage, be performed at any other time, or on any other day of the Week whatever? Besides, it was such a laying aside, such a treasuring of ⟨p. 254⟩it in a common Stock, as that there should be no need of any Collection when the Apostle came.—
What some except,1 saith Dr. Owen, that here is no mention of any Church-Assembly, but only that every one on that day should lay by him what he would give, which every one might do at home, or where they pleased, is exceeding weak, and unsutable to the mind of the Apostle. For to what end should they be limited to a day, and that the first of the Week, for doing of that which might as well, and to as good purpose and advantage, be performed at any other time, or on any other day of the Week whatever? Besides, it was such a laying aside, such a treasuring of ⟨p. 254⟩it in a common Stock, as that there should be no need of any Collection when the Apostle came.—
- 1Owen, p. 391, 392.
And now if this Practice and Example of the Primitive Churches be no Rule to us, or bind us not, certainly nothing they did or practised as Churches, can oblige us: Nay, if so, worse will follow also for if their Example in observing the First-day be no warrant for us, nor it is not our duty from any thing that has been said, to observe the Lord's Day, it will follow that we in Gospel-times are not obliged to keep any special weekly day at all; seeing we are by no Precept nor Precedent obliged to keep the Jewish Sabbath. So that these men from hence appear the chiefest Enemies to any Gospel-Sabbath, or day of Rest and solemn Worship in the World.