258 ABROGATION OF THE SABBATH. 



The " express declarations" of Jesus — Anti-sahhatarian. 



if you can ! Attempt it if you dåre V Efface it, I cannot, 

 for it is already done. It was most effectually accomplished 

 nearly two tliousand years ago ! Attempt it, therefore, I shall 

 not ; for " so fight I — not as one tliat beateth the air I" This 

 ^' seal of the 'world's Creator'^ has heen cancelled {Isai. Ixv. 17; 

 J3eh. iv. 4, 5; Col. ii. 14); the covenant it certified has ex- 

 pired by limitation. (Exod. xxxi. 17; 2 Co7\ iii. 7, 8; Heb. 

 viii. 6 — 13.) No fragment of a codicil or schedule has heen 

 left to give my friend his 'Megacy.'' {Gal v. 3.) If he will 

 not accept under the last " testament,'^ he is absolutely dishe- 

 rited ! He can take notliing from the former one. I '^ dis- 

 pute his title to the inheritance.'^ (p. 179.) 



" Tell me not,'' says he, '' that Jesus Christ has come from 

 Heaven to abrogate this Law — in the face of his own express 

 declarations to the contrary V (p. 173.) Tell me not tlioii ^^of 

 his own express declarations to the contrary," when they can- 

 not be found !* — when tliey do not exist ! ^' He that hath my 

 word, let him speak my word faithfuUy. . . . Behold I am 

 against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use tlieir tongues, 

 and say, ^ He saith !' " Tell me not of '' His faithful exposi- 

 tion, His noble vind^ication, His constant application^' of the 

 Sabbath law ! " Yea, hath God said V Where is it written? 

 " Chapter and verse'' for that ! Dåre not to tell me that the 

 tenor of his whole obedient life " was to honor it as immuta- 

 hlé' (p. 173) *' in the face of his express declaration" (when 

 condemned by the Sabbath-keepers of olden time), " 3fy Father 

 worketh hitherto, AND /wORK I" (John v. 8 — 17); and in the 

 face of that other " noble vindication" of his authority, when 

 charged with disregarding the fourth commandment, " The 

 Son of man is Lord even of the Sahhath-day F' (Matt. xii. 1 

 — 8.) Dåre not to say that "all this was to honor it as im- 



* It is unnecessary to notice liere a weak attempt made by J. N. B. 

 in his former Reply [p. 58) to construct a prop for the Sabbath out of 

 Matt. v. 17, 18 ; for the sophism can hardly mislead any one. The 

 subject will, howeyer, be more properly considered presently. 



