A47576:1223
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.
Secondly, in the Affirmative I do say, that the first Day, tho it be of mere positive Right, ought to be observed wholly to the Lord: He that observes a day, let him observe it to the Lord; and day, much more the Lord's-day.
(1.) To the Lord, not to our selves, i.e. for our external Profit, or Pleasure.
(2.) To the Lord, that is, the whole day; not a part of it, but the whole day from Morning to Evening.
III. That we begin the Day early in the Morning, first in private, and then in Family Devotion. 1. In reading some part of God's Word; and, 2. In Prayer, laying aside all worldly business but what is of absolute necessity, and as much as in us lies, all worldly Discourse, and earthly or worldly Thoughts; that the Lord on his ⟨p. 275⟩Day may have our Hearts as well as our Ears, Tongues and Feet: and then to attend the public Worship, and that early; on the first Day of the week to seek Jesus, as Mary Magdalen did.