A47576:540
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.
As to the minor Proposition; can any suppose, that if the Gentiles had been under Moses's Law, yet they should not be judged by it? Sure none can.
Obj. If the Gentiles were not under the Law, Christ came not to redeem them; for he came to redeem none but such as were under the Law, Gal. 4. 5.
Answ. The old World was under the Law and Covenant of Works, and the Curse thereof, in the first Adam: it was his first Transgression that brought all the World under the Curse of the Law, or breach of the first Covenant; and not the Law as given by Moses, tho that Law, 'tis true, pronounceth that Curse afresh on those that continued not in all things contained therein.
Answ. The old World was under the Law and Covenant of Works, and the Curse thereof, in the first Adam: it was his first Transgression that brought all the World under the Curse of the Law, or breach of the first Covenant; and not the Law as given by Moses, tho that Law, 'tis true, pronounceth that Curse afresh on those that continued not in all things contain'd therein.