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Little flocks guarded against grievous wolves. An address unto those parts of New-England which…
Little flocks guarded against grievous wolves. An address unto those parts of New-England which are most exposed unto assaults, from the modern teachers of the misled Quakers. : In a letter, which impartially discovers the manifold heresies and blasphemies, and the strong delusions of even the most refined Quakerism; and thereupon demonstrates the truth of those principles and assertions, which are most opposite thereunto. : With just reflections upon the extreme ignorance and wickedness, of George Keith, who is the seducer that now most ravines upon the churches in this wilderness. / Written by Cotton Mather. ; A character of the ring-leaders among the Quakers. ; [Four lines from Timothy]Little flocks guarded against grievous wolves. An address unto those parts of New-England which are most exposed unto assaults, from the modern teachers of the misled Quakers. : In a letter, which impartially discovers the manifold haeresies and blasphemies, and the strong delusions of even the most refined Quakerism; and thereupon demonstrates the truth of those principles and assertions, which are most opposite thereunto. : With just reflections upon the extream ignorance and wickedness, of George Keith, who is the seducer that now most ravines upon the churches in this wilderness. / Written by Cotton Mather. ; A character of the ring-leaders among the Quakers. ; [Four lines from Timothy]
Boston: printed by Benjamin Harris, 1691
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.
XVI. Assert, That the First Day of the Week is by Divine Order, to be kept as an Holy Sabbath to the Lord.
You may easily prove, That the most High God, at the Creation, did set apart, a Seventh Day of Time, to be kept Holy unto Himself. You may prove it, from Gen. 2.3. God Blessed the Seventh Day, and Sanctified it. How did God Sanctify such a Day, but by Appointing that it should be Kept Holy? The words will bear no other sense. Nor is it a tolerable interpretation, to say, That God Sanctified such a Day, by only determining, that the little people of the Jews, between two and three thousand years afterward, should Celebrate it. Yea▪ you may prove, out of Mat. 24.20, That our Lord Jesus Christ Recommended the Observation of a Sabbath unto his Disciples; a Sabbath to be kept, after the Abrogation of the Mosaic Law, and after his own Ascension into Glory. Having proved this; then go on to prove, That the First Day of the Week, on which our Lord Rested from the work of Redemption by Him on Earth ⟨p. 90⟩Engaged in, is by the Divine Appointment become the Christian Sabbath. Our Lord lying in his Grave, all the last day of the week, the Sabbath of that day was buried with him. You may prove, out of Rev. 1.10. That there was in the Apostles Days, a particular Day, well known by the Name of The Lords Day ▪ All Antiquity demonstrates, That this was, The First Day of the Week. Now, it could not be called, by way of Eminency, The Lords Day, if it had not been Holy to the Lord Compare