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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.
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; Exod. 31. 13. Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep; it is a Sign between me and you throughout your Generations. Again, vers. 17. 'Tis a Sign between me and the Children of Israel. Ezek. 20. 12. Moreover also I gave them my Sabbath to be a Sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctifieth them.
But still it is enquired, what was it a Sign of? Some say that Israel were in bondage in