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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. Persecution must not hinder us in our Obedience to God; what, disown God, or his Day of Worship, desert his holy Sabbath? No, had the Seventh-day Sabbath remained, they could not have done thus without great Sin, tho it cost them their Lives.
3. And can it be once imagined, had they by slavish fear neglected to keep that Sabbath, and changed the only time of meeting together to another day, that our blessed Lord would have ⟨p. 219⟩owned them in so doing, or vouchsafed his most gracious Presence to them? no certainly, he would (had he appeared to them) rather severely have rebuked them for their great Iniquity, and not have said, Peace be unto you.
3. And can it be once imagin'd, had they by slavish fear neglected to keep that Sabbath, and changed the only time of meeting together to another day, that our blessed Lord would have ⟨p. 219⟩owned them in so doing, or vouchsafed his most gracious Presence to them? no certainly, he would (had he appeared to them) rather severely have rebuked them for their great Iniquity, and not have said, Peace be unto you.
4. Besides, it would have been a very absurd method to avoid Persecution not to meet on the Jewish Sabbath, because they knew how superstitious the Jews were, and that they would not attempt any such thing on their Sabbath-day, I mean to persecute, imprison, or any way molest them, had they met on that day. And,