The Jewish Sabbath abrogated, or, The Saturday Sabbatarians confuted in two parts

Is a fulfilling the Law a destroying it? Besides, all simple moral Precepts of the Law (as in Christ's hand) stand firm for ever; therefore he came not to destroy the Law: yet is he the end of it for Righteousness to every one that believeth; ¹tho as a Rule of Life in his hands, it obligeth them perpetually.

1. 1Rom. 10. 4.

Moreover,¹ Brethren, 'tis said, the Law entered, ²that the Offence might abound, &c. and the Commandment came, &c. Now this entering of the Law, and coming of the Commandment,³ chiefly refers to the Law as it is in Christ's hand, set home with Power by the Spirit upon the Conscience. The bare entrance of the Law on Mount Sinai, as in Moses's hand, was with Thundering and Lightning, but without Rain, I mean without Contrition or Brokenness of heart. Men may read Moses's Law, and hear it preached every day; nay write it on the Walls of their Houses, and carry it in their Bosoms; but yet it may have no operations on their Hearts: no, 'tis the Ministration of the Law in Christ's hand by his Spirit, that wounds the Conscience, pierces and melts the hard Heart, that God's Law may be written there. The Ministration of the Law in Christ's hand answers the chief design of God in giving it forth, and renders the Ministration of it by Moses of little or no use: for as in his hand, it is done away; but the Law by the Spirit greatens Sin, or makes Sin abound, and Grace superabound. ⟨p. 146⟩Sin thus by the Law becomes exceeding sinful; and it doth not only wound, but slay the Soul: Sin taking occasion by the Commandment,