A47576:411
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.
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 ⟨p. 103⟩Egypt; others, that God created the World in six days.
Answ. I answer, but remotely, if at all, it was a Sign of either of them; for they are laid down as the Reasons why God gave Israel their Sabbath, and not as a Sign of those things. But let it now be well considered, that God never since the Fall entered into a Covenant with any People, but he gave a Sign or Token of it.