...Saturday was the viith day of t!ie primeval, and of all the subsequent weeks from the creation ; and that the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, first took place from the day on which Christ rose from the dead. Misled by this problematical hypothesis,...

...principally to be found among the Baptists, who are distinguished by the term, Seventh-day Baptists. They say that the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, took place at the time of Constantine when he embraced Christianity. The reason they give for keeping...

...constantly appropriated to Saturday, or the seventh day, both by sacred and ecclesiastical writer». Of the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, or even of the institution of the Lord's day festival, there is no account in the New Testament. However,...

...parts of the Mosaic ritual, was undoubtedly designed for the peculiar circumstances of the Jews; and the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, is alone a sufficient proof, that it is not to be considered as literally, and in all particulars, applicable...

...solely appropriated to Saturday, or the seventh day, both by saored and ecclesiastical writers. Of the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, or even of the institution of the Lord's Day festival, there is no account in the New Testament. However,...

...of the Lord, Christ himself. And secondly, because one end of its institution, or the chief end of the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, is the commemoration of our Lord's resurrection. The divine character of the Sabbath further appears from...

...day of religious rest, under the gospel, is not the Jewish Sabbath, but the Lord's day. We shall show that the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, was made on the authority of Christ and his apostles. We shall show that the transfer took place naturally,...

...day of religious rest, under the gospel, is not the Jewish Sabbath, but the Lord's day. We shall show that the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, was made on the authority of Christ and his apostles. We shall show that the transfer took place naturally,...

...been enlarged, comforted, sanctified on it. If the primitive Christians were mistaken in supposing the change from the seventh to the first day of the week to have been of apostolic authority, then God has permitted this mistake to be confirmed, and to take...

...many Christians serious doubt and perplexities. Some imagine that they ought to have more evidence of the change from the seventh to the first day of the week ; they think too, that the Sabbath is intended to be commemorative of God's rest after finishing the...