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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.
First, 1They all go too far, and have not one word in Scripture for their Opinion, that say Adam in Innocency should or would have kept every seventh day for holy Rest, and that God would have required it at his hands: for all Scriptures which mention the Sabbath, speak of it as of a holy Sign looking towards Christ, and the state of Grace and Glory in him, and not towards the state of Innocency. It is most certain, Adam in that state was perfect with all natural Perfections, and at all times equally disposed to obey and serve God, to remember his Creation, and to honour his Creator: he needed no observation of any day to be put in mind of any thing he had before known, and which God had revealed to him; his Memory was perfect; his Will was every day ready to do whatever he knew to be right; he needed no Sign to admonish him of his Duty, or to move him to do it in due season: he did not ⟨p. 54⟩labour nor weary himself; every day to him was a day of Delight and Pleasure, of Rest and Recreation.—In a word, his whole Life was a constant and obedient serving o• God; and there was no inequality, nor les• Worship of God performed by him in on• day than in another, for he fully served God at all times. Whoever denies this, must needs deny Man's Perfections, and constant Conformity to God in the state of Innocency For where one day is kept better than an••ther, there is an inequality, and no consta• Uniformity in himself, nor Conformity to […] Will of God.
First, 1They all go too far, and have not one word in Scripture for their Opinion, that say Adam in Innocency should or would have kept every seventh day for holy Rest, and that God would have required it at his hands: for all Scriptures which mention the Sabbath, speak of it as of a holy Sign looking towards Christ, and the state of Grace and Glory in him, and not towards the state of Innocency. It is most certain, Adam in that state was perfect with all natural Perfections, and at all times equally disposed to obey and serve God, to remember his Creation, and to honour his Creator: he needed no observation of any day to be put in mind of any thing he had before known, and which God had revealed to him; his Memory was perfect; his Will was every day ready to do whatever he knew to be right; he needed no Sign to admonish him of his Duty, or to move him to do it in due season: he did not