A47576:380
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.
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.
To prove the Major, or first Proposition, let it be considered, that the moral Law is transferred from Moses to Jesus Christ, or taken out of Moses's hands as a Lawgiver, and put into the hands of Christ considered as Mediator: and this was signified by those words,1 The Priests Lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his mouth; for he is the Messenger of the Lord of Hosts. Whatsoever was doubtful, ⟨p. 92⟩[…] ⟨p. 93⟩[…] ⟨p. 94⟩the High-Priest