02-23-2008, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BaptistInCrisis  There are many non-sabbatarians who still recognize the sacredness of the Lord's Day, just not to the extent of the sabbatarian. The 1689 LBC states: Quote: |
The sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all day, from their own works, words and thoughts, about their worldly employment and recreations, but are also taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.
| There are many non-sabbatarians who prepare their hearts beforehand, do not labor in their secular job, and devote the day to worship and fellowship. But they do not feel constrained to avoid a family BBQ or taking a nap in the afternoon. Would you define these individuals as partial sabbatarians, in that they view they day as sacred, albeit not strictly observed as some? | I take a nap in the afternoon myself due to health problems; I don't see how this could be a breach of the Sabbath since the Sabbath was made for man's benefit. What I am talking about, however, is the view that the Sabbath has been abrogated (I presume most of the compilers of the LBC believed in the Sabbath).
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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)
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