A47576:781
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.
1. But to proceed; Let it be well considered, that as I have proved from the fourth Command, that a Time, a sufficient Time for Rest, and in ⟨p. 183⟩the solemn Worship of God, is a simple Moral Duty:
2. And that God also hath there, by an express positive Law, laid claim to one Day in seven, as perpetually obligatory on his People. And as I have also proved, that the last Day of seven was only given to the Jews, or People of Israel; and that it is utterly abolished, it being a sign of the Covenant of Works:
3. So I shall now prove that our Lord has appointed the first day of the Week for us to observe under the Gospel. For,
First, Consider, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as Mediator, is the only Head, Sovereign Lord, and Lawgiver to his Church; and therefore it may seem strange, that the special Day or Time of Gospel-worship in his own Kingdom-state, should not be given forth by himself. But that Moses should have that Honour ascribed to him, and that we should commemorate the glorious Work of the New Creation, or Redemption on the old Day, which was partly appointed for remembrance of the Work of the first Creation,