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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.
We read of Abraham, that he kept all God's Commandments, yet he kept no Seventh-day Sabbath: he built an Altar, and sacrificed, which were mere positive Precepts, and […] the Seventh-day Sabbath is not mentioned, •or commanded him, nor a hint given to remember him to keep it.
We read of Abraham, that he kept all God's Commandments, yet he kept no Seventh-day Sabbath: he built an Altar, and sacrificed, which were mere positive Precepts, and 〈…〉 the Seventh-day Sabbath is not mention'd, •or commanded him, nor a hint given to remember him to keep it.
Job lived also,1 it is concluded, about Abraham's time, which may be gathered by the number of years he lived, which was about two hundred years, which few attained to after Abraham. Joseph lived but a hundred and ten. 'Tis said Job lived a hundred and forty years after his sore Trials were ended:2 the Jews speak of his living in all two hundred and eighty years. •ow, as one observes, when he pleads his Integrity and Innocence even to very minute Particulars, he neither alleges his strict observation of the Seventh-Say Sabbath, nor apologizes for the neglect thereof; nor do this Friends, who raked up every thing against him, speak a word about this, nor of the Sabbath throughout the whole Book; which treats in a manner wholly about Worship and Devotion towards God: the Sabbath therefore no doubt had not •••ap'd (as he minds) if it had been known, […] been a Duty in his days.
Job liv'd also,1 it is concluded, about Abraham's time, which may be gather'd by the number of years he liv'd, which was about two hundred years, which few attain'd to after Abraham. Joseph liv'd but a hundred and ten. 'Tis said Job liv'd a hundred and forty years after his sore Trials were ended: