A47576:504
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.
First, As to the Proofs out of the Old Testament.
1. The very Preface to the Decalogue declares to whom all the Commandments contained therein was given,1 viz. those very People God brought out of the Land of Egypt; that People which he sanctified or set apart for himself above all People on the Earth; as also by the promise annexed to the fifth Commandment, viz. That thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. This shows the Laws of the Decalogue were only given to the People of Israel. Again,
1. The very Preface to the Decalogue declares to whom all the Commandments contained therein was given,1 viz. those very People God brought out of the Land of Egypt; that People which he sanctified or set apart for himself above all People on the Earth; as also by the promise annexed to the fifth Commandment, viz. That thy days may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. This shews the Laws of the Decalogue were only given to the People of Israel. Again,
2. 'Tis said,1 What Nation is there so great, that hath Statutes and Judgments so righteous, as this Law which is set before you this Day? Now if this Law was given to all People in the World, or to any one Nation or People ⟨p. 127⟩