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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.
Gal. iv. 10, 11. Ye observe days, and months, &c.
THE last Day I gave four Reasons to prove that the simple moral part of the fourth Commandment lies not in the observation of the precise Seventh-day Sabbath. I have six more to add.
Fifthly.1 That the precise Seventh-day Sabbath cannot be that part of the fourth Commandment which is purely moral, I argue thus: Whatsoever is a simple moral Precept, universally and perpetually obligatory, is by our Saviour or his Apostles confirmed or given forth anew in the New Testament; but the Seventh-day Sabbath is not so confirmed or given forth, therefore is not a simple moral Precept.
Fifthly.1 That the precise Seventh-day Sabbath cannot be that part of the fourth Commandment which is purely moral, I argue thus: Whatsoever is a simple moral Precept, universally and perpetually obligatory, is by our Saviour or his Apostles confirmed or given forth anew in the New Testament; but the Seventh-day Sabbath is not so confirm'd or given forth, therefore is not a simple moral Precept.
- 1The 7th day Sabb. not given forth afresh by Christ or his Apostles.