A47576:894
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.
2. He takes delight and satisfaction in the Works he hath wrought; for he sees of the travel of his Soul, 1and is satisfied.—In brief, all that he did and suffered in and from his Incarnation to his Resurrection, as Mediator of the Covenant, with all the Fruits, and Effects, and Consequences of what he so did, whereby the Church was built, and the new Creation finished, belongs to his Works.
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His Rest that ensued on these Works, hath two parts: (1.) A cessation from his Works, which was eminent, and answered God's Rest from his Works. (2.) Satisfaction in his Works, and the glorious Product of them, as those which had an Impression on them of his Love and Grace, Psal. 16. 7.
Now lest any should suppose that Christ rather ceased from his Works,1 when he died, because it is said 'tis finished, &c. which certainly refers to all those things that were Types or Prophecies of him to that time; for the Work of Redemption could not be finished till he rose from the dead: Take what the Doctor further saith to this. It remains, saith he, only that we enquire into Christ's entrance into his Rest, both how and when he did so, even as God entered into his on the Seventh-day. For this (saith he) must limit and determine a Day of Rest to the Gospel-Church. Now this was not his lying down in the Grave. His Body indeed there rested for a while: But that was no part of his mediatory Rest, as he was the Founder and Builder of the Church. For,