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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.
Object. I know some object from these words▪ the Sabbath was made for Man, that therefore it was for every Man.
Answ. The Woman was made for Man also, but must every man have a Wife therefore? God ne'er designed that for such to whom he hath given the Gift to live without marrying. So neither were all Men to have this Sabbath; no, none but they to whom it was given: tho it was made for Man, yet not for every Man in the World, but only for the whole House of Israel, and the proselyted Stranger within their Gate, as I shall show in the next place.
Answ. The Woman was made for Man also, but must every man have a Wife therefore? God ne'r design'd that for such to whom he hath given the Gift to live without marrying. So neither were all Men to have this Sabbath; no, none but they to whom it was given: tho it was made for Man, yet not for every Man in the World, but only for the whole House of Israel, and the proselyted Stranger within their Gate, as I shall shew in the next place.
Tenthly, The pure Morality of the fourth Command consists not in the observation of the precise Seventh-day Sabbath, 1because it lies not in one day in seven, but in a sufficient time for Rest, and the Worship of God; tho I do assert, and steadfastly believe, that by a positive Precept contained in the fourth Commandment, one day in seven God will have observed to the end of the World, which I think is the sum […] what the Learned mean by a Law positive •• ral: Not that precise day; for mind the words Exod. 20. Remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. In this Clause it does not directly point