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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.
Object. But tho it was not written in Adam's Heart that he should keep the seventh day as a Sabbath, yet it was given to Adam in Innocency by a positive Institution.
Answ. This is sooner said than proved:1 but let me tell you, that the Law of Nature our Opponents acknowledge was antecedent to the Institution of the Sabbath, and that all purely moral Precepts were certainly written in Adam's Heart. Now can the precise seventh day be Adam's Duty to keep before it was sanctified to that end? this is to say a thing was before it was, and that the Law of Creation teaches that which it was impossible to teach, and also that Revealed Religion may be known by natural Dictates or Principles, which is absurd to affirm; besides, all confess that mere positive Precepts or Commands in instituted Worship may be altered or changed, as the great Lawgiver pleaseth.
Answ. This is sooner said than proved:1 but let me tell you, that the Law of Nature our Opponents acknowledg was antecedent to the Institution of the Sabbath, and that all purely moral Precepts were certainly written in Adam's Heart. Now can the precise seventh day be Adam's Duty to keep before it was sanctified to that end? this is to say a thing was before it was, and that the Law of Creation teaches that which it was impossible to teach, and also that Revealed Religion may be known by natural Dictates or Principles, which is absurd to affirm; besides, all confess that mere positive Precepts or Commands in instituted Worship may be alter'd or chang'd, as the great Lawgiver pleaseth.
- 1No positive Law given to Adam to keep the Seventh-day Sabbath.