196 ABROGATION OF THE SABBATH. 



A spocilic " day" enjoined : and that day — Saturday. 



would in itself be sufficient to establish (in the mindsof the 

 reflecting) the cause of Scripture and of Right, of Reason 

 and of Truth. 



J, N. B. rcmarks, in part iii. of his Reply : " All the 

 other five Propositions of W. B. T. are but branching crrors, 

 which logicallj grow out of this single root, and live or die 

 ■witli itr {p. 182.) So be it! I am content to accept the 

 issue. In his former Bcply, howcvcr (p. 55), he considered 

 that '^the main strcngth and sole hope of my friend, W. B. T., 

 lies in the Second of the ^ Six Propositions' he defends." 

 It is encouraging to fiud that J. N. B. now feels his weakest 

 point to be at the very outset of his task. " Shut up to a 

 single concluding article/' says he, '^ I can only treat of tlic 

 most vital points. And I find tliese fairly involved in the very 

 first Proposition, on the Day of the Sabbatii. On this, there- 

 fore, I have chosen to concentrate my strcngth." (p. 182.) 



The Discussion then is narrowed down by my friend to the 

 single point — The Day required hy the Sahhath law. What 

 is the intent and requirement of the fourtli commandment ? 

 Does it indicate any exclusive portion of time as its especial 

 objcct? And if so, have we the means of determining what 

 that exclusive portion of time is ? Both these queries have 

 already becn answered affirmatively. The commandment not 

 only explicitly designates a particular "day" for sanctification, 

 but "that Saturday is the Sabbath enjoined in the Decaloguc, 

 is as certain as human knowledge can be, even concerning the 

 Bible itself.'^ 



In reply to this statement, J. N. B. says : " In this I 

 entirely differ from him. Ilad he said : ' that Saturday is the' 

 Sabbath enjoined on the Java, is as certain as human know- 

 ledge can be,' I would have at once agreed with him.'' (p. 1G3.) 

 The futility of this distinction will be apparent presently. 

 Meanwhilc, I am gratified with the frank admission of my 

 friend that " Saturday is the Sabbath enjoined on the Jews," 

 and as there is no rccord, within or without the Scriptures, of 



