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History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

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ecome a source <strong>of</strong> distress; that which God<br />

ordained as a delight <strong>and</strong> a source <strong>of</strong> refreshment<br />

had become a yoke <strong>of</strong> bondage; <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong>, made<br />

for man in paradise, was now a most oppressive<br />

<strong>and</strong> burdensome institution. It was time that God<br />

should interfere. Next upon <strong>the</strong> scene <strong>of</strong> action<br />

appears <strong>the</strong> Lord <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong>.<br />

Notes:<br />

1. Speaking <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Babylonish captivity, in his<br />

note on Eze.23:48, Dr. Clarke says: "From that<br />

time to <strong>the</strong> present day <strong>the</strong> Jews never relapsed<br />

into idolatry."<br />

2. 1 Mac. 2:20-38; Josephus' Antiquities, b. xii.<br />

chap. vi.<br />

3. 2 Mac. 5:25, 26.<br />

4. 1 Mac. 2:41.<br />

5. 2 Mac. 6:11.<br />

6. 2 Mac. 8:23-28.<br />

7. 1 Mac. 9:43-49; Josephus Antiquities, b. xiii.<br />

chap.. i.; 2 Mac.15.<br />

8. Antiquities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jews, b. xiv. chap. iv. Here<br />

we call attention to one <strong>of</strong> those historical<br />

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