A47576:389
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.
4. If any should say, How can they know it was unlawful for a Man to marry his own Sister?
I answer: 'Tis not only known (as I have showed) by the New Testament, and forbid there, but also by the very Light of Nature: for such Fornication, 1saith Paul, is not so much as once named among the Gentiles; that is, among the more civilized Heathens, who had no other Law than the Light of Nature, which teaches Men to abhor such a Marriage. For doth the Light of Nature teach a Man that it is a shame to wear long Hair, and not teach him it is a shame to marry his own Sister?
I answer: 'Tis not only known (as I have shew'd) by the New Testament, and forbid there, but also by the very Light of Nature: for such Fornication, 1saith Paul, is not so much as once nam'd among the Gentiles; that is, among the more civiliz'd Heathens, who had no other Law than the Light of Nature, which teaches Men to abhor such a Marriage. For doth the Light of Nature teach a Man that it is a shame to wear long Hair, and not teach him it is a shame to marry his own Sister?
5. Moreover, tho I said the whole Moral Law is transferred from Moses as a Lawgiver, to Christ as Mediator; yet the Old Testament and the Law as written by Moses, as well as the Prophets, are of great use in many respects: 1