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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
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Fifthly, Take what a learned Man saith: If Adam was bound to keep the Sabbath, I demand by what Law? by the Law written in his Heart? Why then he was bound to keep a Sabbath before there was a Sabbath to keep: for the Law was engraven on his Heart on the sixth day, as a branch of that Divine Image of God concreated with him; whereas the Sabbath (to be sure) could not be instituted till the seventh day, if then.
Fifthly, Take what a learned Man saith: If Adam was bound to keep the Sabbath, I demand by what Law? by the Law written in his Heart? Why then he was bound to keep a Sabbath before there was a Sabbath to keep: for the Law was ingraven on his Heart on the sixth day, as a branch of that Divine Image of God concreated with him; whereas the Sabbath (to be sure) could not be instituted till the seventh day, if then.
Sixthly, Before I close this, let me note here what is said concerning this very thing by the Ancient Fathers, and Primitive Christian Writers, who it appears denied the knowledge of the Seventh-day Sabbath was written in Adam's Heart.1 See Justin Martyr. Theodoret saith, that these Commandments, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit Adultery, Thou shalt not steal, and others of that kind, were generally implanted by Nature in the minds of Men; but for the keeping of the Sabbath, it came not in by Nature, but by Moses's Law.
Sixthly, Before I close this, let me note here what is said concerning this very thing by the Antient Fathers, and Primitive Christian Writers, who it appears deny'd the knowledg of the Seventh-day Sabbath was written in Adam's Heart.1 See Justin Martyr. Theodoret saith, that these Commandments, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit Adultery, Thou shalt not steal, and others of that kind, were generally implanted by Nature in the minds of Men; but for the keeping of the Sabbath, it came not in by Nature, but by Moses's Law.