An answer to some cases of conscience respecting the country. By Solomon Stoddard, A.M.…

Name: An answer to some cases of conscience respecting the country. By Solomon Stoddard, A.M.…
Author: Solomon Stoddard

An answer to some cases of conscience respecting the country. By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. Pastor in Northampton.

Solomon Stoddard 1643–1729printed by B. Green, 1722

15, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (4to) · 5.4k words · Evans 2387

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An ANSWER TO SOME Cases of Conscience Respecting the COUNTRY.

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Answ. JUST at Sun-set. There be some in this Country that begin the Sabbath in the dusk of the Evening, when the Darkness prevails over the Light. They ground their Opinion on that Scripture, Neh. 13.19. And it came to pass when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, &c. But this place doth not prove their Opinion; For the word in the Original is, When the gates of Jerusalem beggar to be shaded; which might be some considerable time before the Sabbath; Jerusalem being compassed with Mountains.

Answ. JUST at Sun-set. There be some in this Country that begin the Sabbath in the dusk of the Evening, when the Darkness prevails over the Light. They ground their Opinion on that Scripture, Neh. 13.19. And it came to pass when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, &c. But this place doth not prove their Opinion; For the word in the Original is, When the gates of Jerusalem begar to be shaded; which might be some considerable time before the Sabbath; Jerusalem being compassed with Mountains.

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