Considerations on the Foundation, Ends and Duties of the Christian Sabbath: And the Late Measures for Enforcing Its ObservanceNorthway & Porter, printers, 1829 - 30 pages |
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... ion in a few words . We believe , that the first day of the week is to be set apart for the public worship of God , and for the promotion † Col. ii . 16 . * Acts , xxi . 20 . 1 of the knowledge and practice of Christianity , and that 15.
... ion in a few words . We believe , that the first day of the week is to be set apart for the public worship of God , and for the promotion † Col. ii . 16 . * Acts , xxi . 20 . 1 of the knowledge and practice of Christianity , and that 15.
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... acts and improvement were instituted , as the chief means of establishing and diffusing it . Now it is plain , that for these pur- poses regular times must have been prescribed , and accordingly we find that it was the custom of the ...
... acts and improvement were instituted , as the chief means of establishing and diffusing it . Now it is plain , that for these pur- poses regular times must have been prescribed , and accordingly we find that it was the custom of the ...
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... acts of religion . But these are not holier than other duties . They are certainly not more important than their end , which is a virtuous life . There is , we fear , a superstition on this point , unworthy of the illumination of ...
... acts of religion . But these are not holier than other duties . They are certainly not more important than their end , which is a virtuous life . There is , we fear , a superstition on this point , unworthy of the illumination of ...
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... Acts , upon them " which , from among the Gentiles , were turned unto God . " St. Paul evidently appears to have considered the sabbath as part of the Jewish ritual , and not obligatory upon Christians as such ; " Let no man , therefore ...
... Acts , upon them " which , from among the Gentiles , were turned unto God . " St. Paul evidently appears to have considered the sabbath as part of the Jewish ritual , and not obligatory upon Christians as such ; " Let no man , therefore ...
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... my judgments to deal truly ; he is just , he shall surely live saith the Lord God . " Ezekiel xviii . 5—9 . The same thing may be observed of the apostolic decree recorded in the fifteenth chapter of the Acts : - " It seemed good.
... my judgments to deal truly ; he is just , he shall surely live saith the Lord God . " Ezekiel xviii . 5—9 . The same thing may be observed of the apostolic decree recorded in the fifteenth chapter of the Acts : - " It seemed good.
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Page 22 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 28 - For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things, " that ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well.
Page 28 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Page 23 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Page 25 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 24 - Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar ; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Page 13 - Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Page 28 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
Page 27 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 26 - But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.