158 ABROGATION OF THE SABBATH. 



Scripture nullified by tradition. 



" making the word of God of none effect througli their tradi- 

 tions :'' and " teaching for doctrines the commandments of 

 men."* 



I regret that I am not allowed to prosecute my examination 

 of this deeply interesting subject so thoroughly as I could 

 have desired ; though I must return you my sincere and 

 thankful acknowledgments, Messrs. Editors, for the very libe- 

 ral allowance of space you have already aecorded me. 



To the kindly wishes expressed by my friend J. N. B., I 



most cordially respond. 



Very respectfully, 



W. B. T. 



Note. — At the close of my friend's Argument, lie has appended an 

 Apologue — "illustrative of his views" of the sanctity of the Decalogue. 

 Not to seem unfurnished, I also will " take up my parable ;" which, as 

 supplying an important particular entirely omitted by him, I shall 

 entitle, in contradistinction to his, 



A Gospel Apologue. 



King Theion had tivo daughters " whom he tenderly loved" [Gal. 

 iy. 24 — 31) : and from their both bearing the family name " Eusebia," 

 my friend appears either to have confounded the sisters together, or 

 to have whoUy forgotten the existence of the younger one. (" The key" 

 to this oversight will probably be found in 2 Cor. iii. 15.) 



It was to Paidiska, the <'first-born" [Exod. iv. 22), that the pearl 

 necklace was presented — long before the birth of the favorite daughter 

 Eleuthera ; and the King, in bestowing it, with his own hand en- 

 graved legibly on its leading pearl [Exod. xxxi. 18) not only the 

 name "Paidiska," but also the date and circumstances of her birth. 

 {Exod. XX. 2.) 



* " Those, therefore," says Milton, "-who keep holy a Sabbath- 

 day, for the consecration of which no divine command can he alleged, 

 ought to consider the dangerous tendency of such an example, and 

 the consequences with which it is likely to be foUowed, in the interpre- 

 tation of Scripture .... I perceive, also, that several of the best 

 divines, as Bucer, Peter Martyr, Musculus, Ursinus, Gomarus, 

 and others, concur in the opinions above expressed." {Christian Doc- 

 irine, B. ii. ch. 7.) 



