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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.
Our Lord, no doubt, alludes to this, Ma•. 11. 28, 29. Come to me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Brethren, mind those two words, labour and heavy laden. On the Jewish Sabbath no servile labour was to be done, nor any burdens to be born, signifying that Believers in Christ cease from labouring for Life, and must not bear any burden of Sin, either in respect of the guilt or fear of the punishment; Christ having done all, and born the burden of all our sins in his own Body on the Tree; so that we must cast our Burden on the Lord, and he will sustain us.
And so we begin our Sabbath after all our Works are done, and Burdens born by our dear Lord, and blessed Surety, on the first Day of the Week, as he has directed us; and from hence we work not for Life and Rest, but from Life, Rest and Peace.
Therefore to answer that Question, what was the Jewish Sabbath a sign of? you have in part heard, but shall yet more fully hear.
1. I affirm that it was a Sign of the Covenant of Works in that Ministration given to Israel, written and engraven in Tables of Stone. How often is that Sabbath called a Sign between God and them;