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A62992	A letter to Mr. Mead, in answer to several unscriptural, and unsound sayings of his in a sermon against the seventh-day-sabbath, preached at his place of meeting, the twenty third of the second month. 1682. Wrote the same day the sermon was preached, refuting his arguments, and turning them back, making their unskilfulness and weakness manifest; and clearly evidencing, that the seventh-day is the sabbath day; by clear scripture-testimony, and sound arguments grounded thereon. Published for his hearers, because he would neither hear an objection in publick, nor admit of a conference in private.	Tovey, W.	1682 (1682)	Wing T1957B; ESTC R222359	11,750	16

Acts 7. 37 38. And will you reject this Law as given at Sinai because it was handed to us by Moses Is not this Law of Moses to be remembred in the Last Days Mal. 4. 4. and the Context Unless Christ's Righteousness be imputed to you for your Justification Moses will accuse you to the Father John 5. 45. Had the unbelieving Jews believingly heard Moses they would have believed Christ ver 46. If you will not believe Moses his Writings how can you believe Christ I know not how you will Evidence your Faith in Christ but by your Obedience to this Law of Moses James 2. 18. especially Will you not hear Moses then you are not of the mind of Glorified Abraham Luk. 16. 29. Will you not hear Moses then you will not be perswaded though one Rose from the Dead Thirdly The third part of your Argument was That Believers are not tyed by the Law of Christ to observe the Seventh-Day-Sabbath for Christ never Re-inforced this Law and the Apostle who spake by Command from Christ leaves Men to their Liberty whether to observe it or not Answ How unskilfully do you divide the Word of God Have I not proved in my last Answer that Christ gave the Law at Sinai And is not that the Law of Christ And of unchangeable Nature And does not that Law plainly require it Nay Does not our Lord Christ declare That the Sabbath was made for Man Mark. 2. ver 27. and Does he not say he is Lord of the Sabbath ver 28. What would you Rob Christ of his Lordship and give him another for it It will not be accepted by him no other is a Type of our Eternal Rest Compare King Ahab and Jezebels Dealing with Naboth for his Vineyard to this Why should our Lord bid the Jews pray that their Flight be not on the Sabbath Day which was to be near Forty Years after if they were not bound to observe the Sabbath Mat. 24. 20. How can our Lord's Word be Fulfilled Mat. 5. 17 18. if the Sabbath be changed from the Seventh-Day to the First For more than one jot or one tittle will pass from the Law if the Sabbath Day be changed which is so pointed out by Notes of Demonstration by Particles by Pronouns by Prepositions all significant to point out the Seventh Day as I have shewed already Have a care of Teaching Men to break any one of Christ's Commands or of Erring in one point James 2. 10. If you would have any other Re-inforcing of this Law than what I have mentioned pray shew me where the Seventh Part of time hath any other Re-inforcing and yet you assert a Seventh Part of time to be Moral and to be the Law of Christ How Vnskilfully did you open and apply Rom. 14. 5. One Man esteems one day above another another esteems every day alike This you said Related to the Seventh-Day-Sabbath and that the Apostle by Command from Christ left Men to their Liberty to do as they were perswaded in their own Mind What if a Man be perswaded the Seventh-Day is the Sabbath according to your Doctrine he is to be left to do as he is perswaded in his own Mind and not to be set against with Frightful words as if he were departing from the Living God as your Text was nor set against with whole Sermons that have no Alliance to the Text they are raised from Neither should a Man of this perswasion be slandered as if he fell into an Error that had many other Errors attend it No he should be left to do as he is perswaded in his own mind What if a Man esteems every day alike and Works every day and keeps no Sabbath or Idles every day and does no Work By your Doctrine he must be left to his perswasion You went to contradict your self by bringing another case which would no wayes agree nor run paralell with it that of Christ's saying to the Woman of Samaria about Jerusalem and that Mountain not being the places of Worship Whence you Argued every place is alike a place of Worship which has no footing in that Scripture but I will let that pass to shew you how Unskilfully you Argued from thence for if all places were alike places of Worship yet that does not leave Men to their own perswasions whether to Worship or not No our Lord tells us The Father seeks true Spiritual Worshipers so that Worship is still required there and if you would have any inference from this it must be then Men may Worship where they will as to the place if it be indifferent then in the Idols Temple or where Men have a mind This is the most you can get by this Unskilful Comparison O but you added We were freed from Moses his Yoak and were to take Christ's Yoak upon us Are we then we must not walk after our own perswasions and if we are to take Christ's Yoak upon us then we are to keep his Sabbath that plain pleasant Way of his and to call it our delight c. and he will multiply Blessings upon us Thus I have been helped to throw down your strong hold in which you trusted Yet for fear this should fail you brought another from the constant practise of the Apostles who you said slighted the Seventh-Day and met upon the First Tremble at the VVord of the Lord which gives the lye to your Assertion Acts 14. 13. 44. and 16. 13. and 17. 2 3. and 18. 4. and if you will prove the Apostles met on the first day of the week for Instituted VVorship first tell me whether in Matt. 28. 1. Mark. 16. 2. Luke 24. 1. John 20. 1. 19. Acts 20. 7. and 1 Cor. 16. 2. that which is Rendred the First day of the week be not in every one of those places one of the Sabbaths and if so what those Sabbaths are and whether then you will find any ground to bottom your Assertion upon that the Apostles met on the first day for Instituted VVorship You also had a third Argument from Revel 1. 10. I was in the Spirit on the Lords Day which you would have to be the first day of the week but gave not one Scripture for your Interpretation VVhat must it be taken for granted upon your saying But I will offer Scripture and Argument against that Interpretation Did you not acknowledge the Seventh-Day is call'd the Sabbath of the Lord and the Lords Holy Day and doth not our Lord Jesus Christ say he is Lord of the Sabbath-Day so that if it meant any one particular day in the week it must be this Seventh-Day-Sabbath and this is a solid ground so to judg But I think it is no ingenious Interpretation of the place to limit it to any particular day in the week for John saw in Visions and heard by Voice all those things that are Revealed in that book and was Removed from place to place a work too great to be concluded to be done in