A47576:547
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.
And from hence he in this 19th Verse comes again to speak of the Jews who were under Moses's Law, and saith, What the Law (that is Moses's Law) saith, it saith to them who are under it (meaning the Jews) and what the Consequence of this is he shows, i. e. that every mouth might be stopped; not the mouths of the Gentiles only, but the mouths of the Jews also, that so all the World, that is both Jews and Gentiles, might become guilty before God. I hope all are and will be convinced that this is directly the meaning of Paul, if they consider the scope and coherence of the Text.
And from hence he in this 19th Verse comes again to speak of the Jews who were under Moses's Law, and saith, What the Law (that is Moses's Law) saith, it saith to them who are under it (meaning the Jews) and what the Consequence of this is he shews, i. e. that every mouth might be stopped; not the mouths of the Gentiles only, but the mouths of the Jews also, that so all the World, that is both Jews and Gentiles, might become guilty before God. I hope all are and will be convinc'd that this is directly the meaning of Paul, if they consider the scope and coherence of the Text.
And thus I have clearly proved that the Law of the Decalogue, or Moses's Law, was not given to any but the Jews and proselyte Strangers; and therefore from that it cannot be the Duty of believing Gentiles to keep the Seventh-day Sabbath.
Object. But it is again objected, That the Apostle ⟨p. 135⟩James enjoineth the Royal Law upon believing Gentiles; and the Royal Law is the Law of the Decalogue, therefore all were under the Law of the Decalogue, which forbids Adultery, Murder, &c.