A47576:205
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.
1. The Scripture expresses not the manner […] the Lord sanctified it:1 (1.) Whether by ••parting any special Holiness to that day, which (as Dr. Owen saith) it was not capable […], there being no inherent Holiness in that day •ore than another. (2.) Or by dedicating the ••me to any Religious Worship for Adam to be ••und in on that day. Or, (3.) Whether he ••ight not then by a Decree or Purpose only destine that day to religious Worship for future ••mes: for he foresaw Man would fall, and need […] Sabbath for himself, and a particular day to worship God in. Now 'tis evident a Law may […] instituted* long before the time of its Commencement, or being in force. Divers great •en both Ancient and Modern,3 as Dr. White ••timates, affirm that God by a Decree only ⟨image 29⟩[…] ⟨image 29⟩[…] ⟨p. 44⟩[…] ⟨p. 45⟩[…] ⟨p. 46⟩destined that day to religious Service in future time; he instances in venerable Bede, and before him, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and Iren•us, that God sanctified the seventh day, Gen. 2. by his Decree and Destination only, not by any present Imposition.