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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.
6. And lastly, If the Law written in the Hearts of all Gospel-Believers by the Holy Spirit, doth oblige them to keep the Seventh Day as a Sabbath to the Lord: Then I infer it is not their Duty to keep the Seventh-Day, &c. for I know no other way, or means whereby Gentile Believers can pretend to know they are obliged to keep the Seventh-Day as a Sabbath, or a Day of Rest and solemn Worship. But by none of these ways or means, believing Gentiles are obliged to keep the Seventh-Day as a Sabbath, &c. therefore it is not the Duty of Gentile Believers to keep it. To proceed,
1. Let it be considered, that if the keeping of the Seventh-Day as a Sabbath, i. e. that precise Day from the Creation of the World, were a purely natural or simply moral Precept, no doubt but it was legibly written in Adam's Heart; I mean as a Law of Creation, and so part of the holy Image of God, or of the same nature with all other moral Precepts that result from the Perfections of God's holy Nature, ⟨p. 30⟩and not from the Sovereignty of his Will only: And if it was so written in Adam's Heart in Innocency, he needed no positive Law to make it known to him. What, was any thing that was purely or simply moral, even that which belonged to good Manners, or to true natural Godliness or Righteousness, not made known to Adam, to perfect Adam? this certainly cannot be.
1. Let it be considered, that if the keeping of the Seventh-Day as a Sabbath, i. e. that precise Day from the Creation of the World, were a purely natural or simply moral Precept, no doubt but it was legibly written in Adam's Heart; I mean as a Law of Creation, and so part of the holy Image of God, or of the same nature with all other moral Precepts that result from the Perfections of God's holy Nature, ⟨p. 30⟩and not from the Soveraignty of his Will only: And if it was so written in Adam's Heart in Innocency, he needed no positive Law to make it known to him. What, was any thing that was purely or simply moral, even that which belonged to good Manners, or to true natural Godliness or Righteousness, not made known to Adam, to perfect Adam? this certainly cannot be.