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History of the Sabbath by J.N Andrewsduring that century were very oppressive to all Dissenters, and bore exceedingly hard uponthe Sabbath-keepers. But God raised up able men, eminent for piety, to defend his truthduring those troublous times, and, if need be, to seal their testimony with their blood. In theseventeenth century, eleven churches of Sabbatarians flourished in England, while manyscattered Sabbath-keepers were to be found in various parts of that kingdom. Now, but threeof these churches are in existence! And only remnants, even of these, remain!To what cause shall we assign this painful fact? It is not because their adversaries were able toconfute their doctrine; for the controversial works on both sides still remain, and speak forthemselves. It is not that they lacked men of piety and of learning; for God gave them these,especially in the seventeenth century. Nor is it that fanaticism sprang up and disgraced thecause; for there is no record of anything of this kind. They were cruelly persecuted, but theperiod of their persecution was that of their greatest prosperity. Like Moses' bush, they stoodunconsumed in the burning fire. The prostration of the Sabbath cause in England is due tonone of these things.The Sabbath was wounded in the house of its own friends. They took upon themselves theresponsibility, after a time, of making the Sabbath of no practical importance, and of treatingits violation as no very serious transgression of the law of God. Doubtless they hoped to winmen to Christ and his truth by this course; but, instead of this, they simply lowered thestandard of divine truth into the dust. The Sabbath-keeping ministers assumed the pastoralcare of first-day churches, in some cases as their sole charge, in others, they did this inconnection with the oversight of Sabbatarian churches. The result need surprise no one; asthese Sabbath-keeping ministers and churches said to all men, in thus acting, that the fourthcommandment might be broken with impunity, the people took them at their word. Mr.Crosby, a first-day historian, sets this matter in a clear light:"If the seventh day ought to be observed as the Christian Sabbath, then all congregations thatobserve the first day as such must be Sabbath-breakers. . . . I must leave those gentlemen onthe contrary side to their own sentiments; and to vindicate the practice of becoming pastors toa people whom in their conscience they must believe to be breakers of the Sabbath." 36Doubtless there have been noble exceptions to this course; but the body of EnglishSabbatarians for many years have failed to faithfully discharge the high trust committed tothem.1 Chambers' Cyclopedia, article, Sabbath, vol. viii. p. 402, London, 1867.2 Gilfillan's Sabbath, p. 60.3 Observation of the Christian Sabbath, p. 2.4 See the fifteenth chapter of this work.5 Gilfillan's Sabbath, p. 88.6 Id.Ib.7 Pagitt's Heresiography, p. 209, London, 1661.8 Pagitt's Heresiography, p. 209.9 Id. p. 210.286
Chapter Twenty Six – English Sabbath Keepers10 Id. p. 164.11 Pagitt's Heresiography, pp. 196, 197.12 Id. p. 161.13 Manual of the Seventh-day Baptists, pp. 17, 18: Heylyn's Hist. of the Sab. part ii. chap.viii. sect. 10; Gilfillan's Sabbath, pp. 88, 89; Cox's Sabbath Literature, vol. i. pp. 152, 153.14 Manual of the S.D. Baptists, p. 18.15 Dr. Francis White's Treatise of the Sabbath Day, quoted in Cox's Sab. Lit. vol. i. p. 167.16 Heylyn's Cyprianus Anglicus, quoted in Cox, vol. i. p. 173.17 Treatise of the Sabbath Day, p. 110.18 Hessey,s Bampton Lectures, pp. 373, 374; Cox's Sab. Lit. vol. ii. p. 6; A.H. Lewis'sSabbath and Sunday, pp. 1978-184. This work contains much valuable information respectingEnglish and American Sabbatarians.19 Treatise of the Sabbath Day, p. 73.20 Manual of the S.D. Baptists, pp. 19, 20.21 Cox, vol. i. p. 268; vol. ii. p. 10.22 Id. vol. ii. p. 35.23 Hist. English Baptists, vol. i. pp. 365, 366.24 Hist. Puritans, part 2. chap. x.25 Crosby's Hist. Eng. Baptists, vol. i. pp. 366, 367.26 Hist. Puritans, part 2, chap. x.27 Calamy's Ejected Ministers, vol. ii. pp. 258, 259; Lewis' Sabbath and Sunday, pp. 188-193.28 Wood's Athenae Oxonienses, vol. iv. p. 123.29 Crosby, vol. i. p. 367.30 Ex.16:23; Gen.2:3.31 Judgment for the Observation of the Jewish or Seventh-day Sabbath, pp. 6-8, 1672.32 Calamy, vol. 2, p. 260.33 Crosby, vol. 2. pp. 165-171.34 When asked what he had to say why sentence should not be pronounced, he said he wouldleave with them these scriptures: Jer.26:14,15; Ps.116:15.35 Manual, &c. pp. 21-23.36 Crosby's Hist. Eng. Bapt. vol. iii. pp. 138, 139.287
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