A47576:787
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.
Quest. Well, and what then?
Answ. Why, they were all with one accord in one place. Certainly this Assembly of the Church on this day was by divine appointment; and our Lord might order their first assembling together then (I mean on this first day of the Week) because Pentecost fell out then, and because he knew that great multitudes would be together then to celebrate that Feast.
And therefore, as S. Chrysostom notes, God sent down the Holy Ghost at that time of Pentecost, because those men that did consent to our Saviour's death, might publicly receive rebuke for that bloody Act; and so bear record to the power of our Saviour's Gospel before the World.
And therefore, as S. Chrysostom notes, God sent down the Holy Ghost at that time of Pentecost, because those men that did consent to our Saviour's death, might publickly receive rebuke for that bloody Act; and so bear record to the power of our Saviour's Gospel before the World.
This day, I say, was the first day of the Week; and then the mighty effusion of the Holy Ghost came upon the Apostles, &c. and no less than three thousand Souls were converted on this Day. These were two of the most wonderful things that ever were done by our Lord. And thus our Lord first ratified and confirmed the precise Day, which no doubt he had command his Disciples to meet upon, as the Day of Gospel-Worship, before he in any marvellous manner confirmed any Ordinance pertaining to Gospel-worship after his Resurrection. The Jewish Sabbath, I must tell