A47576:960
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.
5. Of all days of the week they might rather expect to be disturbed, persecuted, or imprisoned, had they met together on the first day, especially on that very first-day our Lord rose from the dead; because the Guard of Soldiers were commanded to be together till that day, and be sure would not soon, or just on the morning of the third day be discharged. Besides, their not finding the dead Body might enrage the Soldiers against the Disciples, should they have been together on that day.
5. Of all days of the week they might rather expect to be disturbed, persecuted, or imprisoned, had they met together on the first day, especially on that very first-day our Lord rose from the dead; because the Guard of Soldiers were commanded to be together till that day, and besure would not soon, or just on the morning of the third day be discharged. Besides, their not finding the dead Body might inrage the Soldiers against the Disciples, should they have been together on that day.
6. We will grant the privacy of their meeting, and shutting the doors might be indeed for fear of the Jews: but yet meet they would, and did; and certainly they were led so to do by the Holy Ghost, in that Christ appeared in the midst of them on both those days, when they were so assembled.
Before I close with this, I cannot omit what a Reverend Author hath said about the day of our Lord's Resurrection.