AN ESSAY SHOWING THAT THE PATRIARCHAL AND CHRISTIAN AND THAT THE JEWISH SABBATH HAS BEEN ABROGATED. BY REV. E. Q. FULLER. CINCINNATI: PUBLISHED BY POE & HITCHCOCK. R. P. THOMPSON, PRINTER. 1864. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, BY POE & HITCHCOCK, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. PREFACE. IN the following pages there is less of novelty than might perhaps be expected from a reading of the title-page, or of the Propositions discussed. The arguments brought forward are based upon generally-admitted facts, or such as are accredited by men noted for learning and ability. And though these facts are placed in somewhat new relations, it is believed that they are only given their proper bearings. Great care has been taken, in the numerous quotations given, to present the author's true and complete sense, though, in many cases, they may not have been aware that such use can so easily be made of their statements. There having been a constant aim to present the discussion in the small 3 est suitable compass, quotations have been made brief as the sense would allow, while to aid the inquirer several authors are merely referred to. It is not claimed that the authors quoted or referred to advocate the Propositions herein brought forward. The writer is not aware that all of them have before been laid down; but these authors have made a foundation upon which he has built, and, confident in the learning and wisdom of others, it is hoped that the structure is firm. Some dependence is made, it will be seen, upon chronological data as found in the Scriptures. Perhaps this may be counted unreliable. If so, let it be asked, Is the Bible true? Certainly. Then we have an exact chronology from the creation to Christ, which, when interpreted aright, will become plain. The arguments drawn from heathen mythology, found under the Third Proposition, Second Section, may receive special attention, and deserve to be dwelt upon more fully. At first sight, the harmony made to appear between different branches of pagan philosophy will perhaps be questioned, but upon inspection it will be found correct. Humbly believing that in what follows is indicated, if not given, a satisfactory solution of the difficult problems of the Divine authority of the Christian Sabbath, these few pages are submitted to public scrutiny, trusting that the hours of research required for their preparation will prove to have been given to the edification of the Church. E. Q. F. AURORA, ILLINOIS. |
