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

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as much as possible, but <strong>the</strong> original<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Decalogue respecting <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Sabbath</strong> was not <strong>the</strong>n applied to that day."[48]<br />

Lord King attests this fact in <strong>the</strong> following<br />

words:--<br />

"Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> western churches, that <strong>the</strong>y might<br />

not seem to Judaize, fasted on Saturday, as<br />

Victorinus Petavionensis writes: We use to fast on<br />

<strong>the</strong> seventh day. And it is our custom <strong>the</strong>n to fast,<br />

that we may not seem, with <strong>the</strong> Jews, to observe<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong>."[49]<br />

Thus <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord was turned into a<br />

fast in order to render it despicable before men.<br />

Such was <strong>the</strong> first great effort <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Roman church<br />

toward <strong>the</strong> suppression <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ancient <strong>Sabbath</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Bible.<br />

Notes:<br />

1. Vol. xviii. p. 409.<br />

2. Verstegan's Antiquities, p. 10, London, 1628.<br />

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