THE ABROGATION OF THE SABBATH. 



REPLY TO "J. N. B." 



PART I. 



CONSIDERATION OF THE SABBATH LAW. 



*' What thing soever I command you, observe to do it; tliou shalt 

 not add tliereto, nor diminish from it!" . . . . " But the s ev ent h dny 

 is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." — Deuteronomy xii. 32 ; and v. 14. 



"Whosoever, therefore, shall break oneof these least commandments, 

 and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of 

 heaven." — (Matthew v. 19.) " For whosoever shall keep the whole 

 Law, and yet offend in 07ie jwint, he is guilty of all." — James ii. 10. 



''Thou that makest thy boast of the Law, through breaking the 

 Law dishonorest thou God ?" — Romans ii, 23. 



*' How do ye say, We are wise, and the Law of the Lord is icith usf* 

 — Jeremiah viii. 8. 



" Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep 

 your own tradition." — Mark vii. 9. 



WiTHOUT intending to prejuclge tlie resources of Sabbata- 

 rianism, or to depreciate the arguments my friend has advanced 

 in its support, I am constrained to think that the effort he has 

 expended in his last Reply very much exceeds the execution 

 he has effected. I regret that he has seen proper to waive the 

 consideration of the five main " Propositions," and restrict 

 himself to the introductory one ) since my earncst desire has 

 been to elicit all the important points which could readily be 

 suggested on either side, satisfied that such a presentation 



