The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-28
Ansi-sundsy Sabbatarian Testimonies,


DISTINGUISHED THEoLoGIANs OF THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY.
!. FRANCIS GoMAR, ARMN1Us' GREAT ANrAaoSsr-It can
neither be made good by the law Of Nature nor text Of
Scripture. or any solid argument drawn from thence
that by the fourth commandment day in seven Ia to
be dedicated to Gods servce-De Orig ct Inst Sabbat
Oh. u.,ns.
2. JoRS PRrDEArx, DIVINITY PROFESSOR AT OXFORD.
Sabbath not instituted the Creation the sancfylng
of enc day in is ceremonial and obliged the Jews
only the Lords day is founded only on the authority
Of the church. the church has still authority 10 change
the day. work, which hndrsuce to the public ser.
vice lawu on that day. on the Lords day all recre-
alo1s whatever are 70 pc allowed which honestly NAV
ssh the spirits increase mutual love and neSnbor
hood among us DE Sabtds
FRANCS WHITE, BISHOP OF EIY.-N the fourth COM
mandment concerning the seventh day Is moral " -
petual, then IT is not such in respect to the
eighth day. for this precept requireth the obse vance
meDt Every cay Of the week and Of the yeaI
is the Lords and The Sunday is the Lords by
the Law OF the fourth commandment than the Friday; fo
the OF ihas fourth commandment the Satur
day -W07k On The Sabbath
4. PErzR HEYLls CHAPLAIN CHARLES 1.-THE Lord'd
day had such command as the sabbath that It should
be eanced bat left plainly Gods people to pi,c
on this, or any other for the public And, being
taken UP amongst hem and made day Of meeting tha
congregation Tor religious exercises yet for 800 yeara
(aer Christ there was neither Law 70 bind them i'll
any rect from abors from worldly business rel
lrlteu upou ~ -liGLW Y U OuO0QLN, D. VI.
HUGO asoTIus, VERY LEARNED CoxMESrAroR- -rhes I
things 1.-THE testimony Of the early Chrisan athors
those who suppose that the frat day Of The week hat
the Lords day. was substituted In place Of the sabbath
mention is made Of such thing, either by ChsI
or his apostles And when the Apostle Paw, gays Cnrs
slams not TO be condemned account OF SAbbsshs
no shows that they entirely free from thai law
which liberty would be of effect IT, the Law rem aiming
the day merely were changed-Ann. on O,a Test I'd
q. JOHN SPENCER, DISTINGUISHED BIBLICAL CRITIC ID
can be shown oy the ceares evidence that Col app
by the Israeltes alone,-De LEG. Heb, de- Lib tod
I. ISAAC BARROW, THE JuDuous.-In the 14th TO tn
Romans tne great patron and champion o. chIssa
Of strength in judgment did regard no day above Anohe
but eHeemed all Che excepted noue) alike, as TO an
special obi gaton founded Divine law and right. 1
ordination to which doctrine, we may add, that th
appears with great evidence 10 have been the commo
pTmitive CHURCH: that this law (of the SAbbath} as
known prectised before Noses 90 ceased
obgs after rSs !; E5Ho % Of, Ds.aseg
place of the Sabbath but the Sabbath was wholly abr
gated and the Lords day was merely Of ecclesiastical
stituop II was not introduced By virtue Of the fourt
commandment Duct. Dobitant, b. IT,, 2.
8. ROBERT BARCLAY, THE GREAT ExPoUNDER QUAKE
DOCTRINES We 1.-THE ouskeral not seeing any ground
Scripture for it. cannot be superstitous to behev
that either the Jewish Sabbath continues thai ii
aIst day Of the week the ante type thereof or the tr
ton by the fourth commandment, or elsewhere, to ks
the first day Of the week than other a. any hol
ness inherent in it -ApsIooy on Worsaips.
10. RICHARD BAXTER, AUTHOR OF SAINTS REsr-Plaul
and expressly Paul numbereth Sabbaths with th
shadows that cease, Col. II. l6, TO pass by o!he
texts. Their 1.-THE Sunday Sabbatarians] reason Ira
denying this] that he saith not Sabbath, but Sal
baths, ia against themselves, the plural number ber
moet and Other Sabbaths resolving tne
name from this. What violence mems wits must use
denying the evidence Of 80 plain textPracical Work
Vol. iii p. GA .
H. JOHN BuNyAN. AUTHOR OF "PnaRrx's PROGRESS :"
Here also Cool, H. 16, 17) Paul serveth other days
serveh the Sabbath He gives liberty 10 believers
refuse the observation Of w. and commands that no
lvxxx intu than
theml for 90 doing. Nor hath The Apostle, since
saith 'sor Of the Sabbatha" would think, len
has sought out many, and 10 many he viii use-On L
Day.
II. JOHN MILTON, AUTHOR OF PARADISE LOST "-Und
the Gospel day il appointed for Divine worship
preference 70 another, except such the Church may
apart OF its own authority for tho voluntary assomp
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