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death_n	day_n	lord_n	sabbath_n	4,018	5	9.9916	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B09144	An explanation of the solemn advice, recommended by the Council in Connecticut Colony, to the inhabitants of that jurisdiction, respecting the reformation of those evils, which have been the procuring cause of the late judgments upon New-England. By Mr. James Fitch ...	Fitch, James, 1622-1702.; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.; Fitch, James, 1622-1702. Brief discourse proving that the first day of the week is the Christian Sabbath.; Connecticut. Council.	1683 (1683)	Wing F1063; ESTC W24614	58,047	146

them and if he should say that their Example ought not to be followed by Christians this would be so un-Gospel-like and un-Christian like and therefore Iohn R. concludes it is best for him to say he cannot tell Qu. 9. If the old Jewish Covenant be expired and sundry Ordinances about time and place c. altred why not the time of the old Sabbath alterable by the Lord of the Sabbath upon a Gospel account as a memorial of Redemption Ans Iohn R. his Answer is I know not what thou dost mean by old Jewish Covenant I know no Covenant in Scripture by that name if thou dost mean the Covenant which the two Tables of Stone the Tables of the Covenant which did contain the ten Commandments which Israel did enter into a Covenant with God by engaging to perform the same which Covenant they brake and perished in the Wilderness for the same God did ordain by the hand of Moses Ceremonies as a figure of the Mediatorship of Jesus Christ at this time at Mount Sinai when Israel entred into the Covenant of works to shew that there was mercy to be obtained by Jesus Christ though the first Covenant was broken by them that is to say upon Repentance and Faith Now though the first Covenant which was dedicated with the blood of Bulls and Goats and accompanied with many Rites and Ceremonies which were figures of the Mediatorship of Jesus Christ which Rites and Ceremonies are done away but none of them placed in the two Tables for that Law is spiritual and it is as easie by Gods Decree for Heaven and Earth to pass as for a tittle of it to fail Now the other Law contained in the former Covenant called the Hand-writing of Ordinances which was nailed to the Cross of Christ which did contain meats and drinks New Moons and Sabbaths which Sabbaths was besides the Sabbaths of the Lord but Gods seventh day-Sabbaths were commanded by the mouth of the Lord with an audible voice written with the finger of God in Stone death inflicted upon the breaker of it Exod. 31.12 Reply The Reply is this John Rogers his Answer is full of confusion jombling the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace together 1. First The Covenant of Works was made with Adam 2. Secondly The Covenant of Grace may be considered either as Ceremonially and Legally Administred and this John R. calls the Covenant of Works or as it is attended with Gospel Administrations and there the Question ariseth Whether another day might not be more suitable upon a Gospel account than the seventh day Sabbath and what reason doth Iohn R. give to the contrary I confess I begin to grow weary of forming his Arguments for him because I find it more difficult to find out his reason and to form it for him than to answer it and could even determine for the future that if he cannot or will not form his Arguments himself I shall leave them as I find them covered with darkness and void of form but if there be any face of reason in this his Answer at length it is That the seventh day being commanded in the Decalogue is therefore unalterable but we have proved that Christ hath altered it and by the Holy Ghost guided his Apostles to settle the first Day of the Week the Lords Day and our Christian Sabbath and because I shall meet with this Objection more fully in the next Answer I proceed to that Qu. 10. Is there not room left in the Words of the fourth Command for the seventh Day to be altered and our Lords day to be sanctified by the Lord of the Sabbath See the Preface of the Commannment Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy and the Conclusion only saith the Lord blessed the Sabbath and when the seventh day is named it saith only is and not shall be for ever so observed Ans John R. his Answer is No there is no room for the seventh day is the very day commanded and Jesus Christ hath left it upon Record that it is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass than one tittle of the Law to fail and hath forbid his Disciples for entertaining such a thought in these words saying think not I am come for to destroy the Law and again saith he For verily I say unto you till Heaven and Earth pass one jott or tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law who dare therefore attempt such a thing against Gods Law given in such a terrible manner being spoken by his own mouth the Earth trembling at his Word and so terrible was the sight that Moses said I exceedingly fear and quake and not only so but the Son of God testifying that it shall abide as long as Heaven and Earth as is already specified threatning also any that attempt such a wicked act saying Whosoever therefore breaks the least of these Commandments and shall teach Men so c. therefore who dare attempt such a presumptuous act against Gods Law and Christs confirmation of the same Law and what is that to purpose in the Preface and Conclusion seeing the day commanded is the seventh day and no other so that Sabbath is proper only to the seventh day and no other but as to the conclusion of the commandment some Translate it therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and ballowed it which is most agreeable it being taken from Gods seventh day rest Gen. 2.3 See Beza's Translation Exod. 31.12 and death not infflicted upon any ceremonial Law but Excommunication but death upon the prophaning of the seventh day Sabbath the Reply is Reply Iohn R. in this Answer is fled to his seeming Fort and he knows if he be driven out from this that neither he nor any for the seventh dayes Sabbath have any Castle nor Covering for their conceited confidence but the scope of the Question if rightly stated and plainly expressed is That a Sabbath as a Sabbath is first and last in the Precept and shall not be changed but the particular day is secondarily specified and is mutable as other positive Laws are the Lord having reserved a liberty to himself to change them according to his Royal pleasure and who shall say he hath done iniquity And as for Iohn R. his Argument so far as it hath any colour of reason in it is That seeing Christ came not to destroy the Law but to fulfil it and that in every jot and tittle of it and therefore not to change the seventh dayes Sabbath into the first day of the Week and to this we shall positively and plainly Reply 1. First There is that which may be called an actual fulfilling in all and every particular point and duty required in the Decalogue but Christ did never actually fulfil the particular Duties of Parents to Children of a Husband to a Wise and many other particular points and duties contained in the Decalogue and yet his fulfilling all and every one of those Duties which had any suitableness