The Lords Day Vindicated, Table of contents
THE CONTENTS.
Sect. I. SOme general Obſervations premiſed, whether the World were made by Chriſt, as Jeſus Chriſt God-man? page 4
Sect. II. Of Chriſt's being Jehovah, and in what ſenſe the Law was given by him? p. 8
Sect. III. Whether after the Creation the Lord reſted on the Seventh-day, and ſo Sanctified and Inſtituted it, and did himſelf obſerve it; as that even Adam in a State of Innocence was bound by it, and all Mankind, without diſtinction, before the Fall? p. 12
Sect. IV. Whether the Ten Commandments were given by Chriſt to Jews and Gentiles? p. 21
Sect. V. Whether Chriſt in the Fleſh did confirm all the Ten Commandments, and every tittle of the Fourth? And whether Chriſt and his Apoſtles did enjoyn, or did not rather ſpeak againſt the Obſervation of the Seventh-day-Sabbath? p. 24
Sect. VI. Of the Word Seventh in the Fourth Commandment; the Sabbath not recommended by Chriſt to his Diſciples. Of Commenius's deſire of Reformation, &c. p. 30
Sect. VII. Of the Ceremonial Law, and what is Moral and Poſitive; what is truly Moral, that the Saturday Seventh-day-Sabbath is not; more may be pleaded for Circumciſion. p. 35
Sect. VIII. Whether Chriſt in his own Perſon Obſerved the Seventh-Week-day-Sabbath and no other, and what may be gathered from it? The Arguments for the Seventh-day-Sabbath equally hold for all the Jewiſh Ceremonies. Of the Pre-Antiquity of that Day and the falſity of that Argument. p. 41
Sect. IX. Whether Chriſt Reſted on the Seventh-day-Sabbath, while he lay in the Grave? And what may be Argued from it? p. 44
Sect. X. Ʋpon what day of the Week, Chriſt aſcended into Heaven, whether the Seventh-day or Saturday? p. 48
Sect. XI. Whether after the Reſurrection and Aſcenſion of Chriſt, the Seventh-day-Sabbath was obſerved by the Apoſtles and Firſt Chriſtians? How long the Apoſtles met the Jews in their Synagogues on the Seventh-day, and for what Reaſon? p. 51
Sect. XII. The Argument from Chriſt's Reſurrection, for the Firſt-day of the Week to be the Chriſtian Sabbath Vindicated. Circumciſion not more aboliſht than the Seventh-day-Sabbath: That aboliſht, the Firſt ſucceeds on the Account of Our Lord's Reſurrection, ſince that Time, with equal or ſtronger Reaſon than the former continued till he Roſe from the dead. p. 57
Sect. XIII. Other Arguments for the Firſt-day-Sabbath Vindicated from the Objections of Mr. B. Of a Sabbath-days Journey. After three Days, may be underſtood on the third Day he roſe again. John 8.56. Pſalm 118.22. Pſalm 2.7. Acts 20.7. cleared and Vindicated. Of the beginning of the Chriſtian Sabbath. p. 61.
Sect. XIV. More Texts cleared, Rev. 1.9, 10. of being in the Spirit on the Lords-day, Math. 12.8. Mark 2.27. Jeſus Chriſt Lord of the Sabbath. Of the Lord Supper. Chriſts Reſurrection commemorated on the Firſt-day of the Week, by Inſtitution. p. 79
Sect. XV. Gal. 4.9, 10. Explained. What days excluded from binding Chriſtians. Col. 2.16. What Sabbaths meant as Shadows, to vaniſh when Chriſt came. Math. 24.20, no Argument for the Seventh-day-Sabbath. p. 92
Sect. XVI. Of the Morality of the Fourth Command: The difference between Moral and Poſitive: Between Naturally or Abſolutely Moral, and poſitively or ſecondarily Moral: What the Fourth Commandment requires as Moral and Perpetual. p. 101
Sect. XVII. When to begin the Chriſtian Sabbath, and of the fit Time for Publick Worſhip on that day. p. 116
Sect. XVIII. The Argument of Tradition conſidered. p. 118
Sect. XIX. How far the Decalogue is in Force, as to us Gentiles. p. 125
Sect. XX. The Tradition of the Lords-day's Reſt, or Firſt-day of the Week from the Apoſtles time to the end of the Fourth Century. Of Eaſter and its Obſervation. The change from the Seventh to the Firſt-day not introduced by the Biſhop of Rome. p. 127
Sect. XXI. The Concluſion of the whole, with a Summary of what hath been Proved for the Obſervation of the Firſt-day of the Week, as the Chriſtian Sabbath. p. 130