A47576:291
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.
Justin Martyr again saith,1 in the days of Enoch People observed not Circumcision, or the Sabbath; before Abraham there was no Circumcision, and before Moses no keeping holy the Sabbath.
Justin Martyr again saith,1 in the days of Enoch People observd not Circumcision, or the Sabbath; before Abraham there was no Circumcision, and before Moses no keeping holy the Sabbath.
- 1Cont. Tryph.
I might also add several of the Jewish Rabbins asserting the same thing. But to proceed.
I infer from hence, that that Text Gen. 2. doth not contain in it any present Institution of the Sabbath, but signifies God's Destination or Purpose to give it as a Law to his People Israel in after times, and was not given to Adam in Innocence for him to sanctify it. God might sanctify that precise day to his own Rest after Adam fell, with respect had to Christ, in whom he took up his perfect Rest; and afterwards appointed the seventh day as a sign thereof. However, it is one thing for God to sanctify or set apart a thing for this or that use, and another thing to command that thing, or immediately to put it into being. Our Lord Jesus was long ⟨p. 72⟩sanctified or set apart to be our Redeemer,1