A47576:420
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.
The Sabbath is indeed (saith he) a sign of good things formerly produced,1 as the Creation, or else of good things at present enjoyed, as God's sanctifying Grace; but never was set up for a sign of good things to come, like the Ceremonial Sabbaths. I might here retort the vaunting Language of the Preacher of Peter's (of cutting off Goliath's Head with his own Sword) for if the Morality of the Sabbath cease, by being a sign to the Jews in their Generations, upon the same account must the whole Law cease to be moral, since God's Spirit hath set it also for a sign.
The Sabbath is indeed (saith he) a sign of good things formerly produced,1 as the Creation, or else of good things at present enjoy'd, as God's sanctifying Grace; but never was set up for a sign of good things to come, like the Ceremonial Sabbaths. I might here retort the vaunting Language of the Preacher of Peter's (of cutting off Goliah's Head with his own Sword) for if the Morality of the Sabbath cease, by being a sign to the Jews in their Generations, upon the same account must the whole Law cease to be moral, since God's Spirit hath set it also for a sign.
- 1Tillam on the Sabb. p. 18.
Answ. 1. Tho the Marks of true Grace are called Signs, yet there is a great difference between them, and the Signs of Covenants. Miracles also are called Signs; and God's People ⟨p. 106⟩are set as Signs and Wonders: but what of this?
Answ. 1. Tho the Marks of true Grace are call'd Signs, yet there is a great difference between them, and the Signs of Covenants. Miracles also are call'd Signs; and God's People ⟨p. 106⟩