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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
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2. That it was not given to Adam by any express positive Command either before or immediately after he fell; and so none of the Patriarchs did observe it. We can find no original of the Seventh-day Sabbath (as to any observance of it) hitherto, therefore must look for its beginning or original, or any actual or express Command for the observation thereof, somewhere else; which indeed we have in Exod. 16. 23.
2. That it was not given to Adam by any express positive Command either before or immediately after he fell; and so none of the Pa•riarchs did observe it. We can find no original of the Seventh-day Sabbath (as to any observance of it) hitherto, therefore must look for its beginning or original, or any actual or express Command for the observation thereof, somewhere else; which indeed we have in Exod. 16. 23.
True,1 some of the Jewish Rabbins affirm that it was given to Israel, Exod. 15. 25. at Marah: There he made them a Statute and an Ordinance, ⟨p. 76⟩and there he proved them. It is called a Statut• and Ordinance in the singular, not Statutes […] Ordinances; and probably it might be the Statute of the Sabbath, tho 'tis not expressed […] the falling of Manna, chap. 16. tho others by […] figure think it may comprehend not only th• Sabbath, but all other Precepts of the Law.
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