...by which he had distinguished the children of Israel, made mention of the holy Sabbath : " Moreover I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and...might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them." III. The Sabbath being so express a commandment of God, and so gracious a gift from him — having...

...heathenism of surrounding nations, and the distinctive mark of the divine presence and favour. — " I gave them my Sabbaths to be " a sign between me...I am the Lord that sanctify them." (Ezek. xx. 12.) When they ceased to hallow the Sabbath, they no longer possessed the best evidence of their connexion...

...the wilderness ; and I gave them. my statutes, ami shewed them ray judgements, which if ct man do, hi shall even live in. them : moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between ine and tin in that they might know that I am the Lord that sanoiifj Hum." Ezek. xx '0, il. 12./ Nthemiah...

...idolatry, more severely censured than Sabbath-breaking, throughout the Old Testament. So Ezekiel : " I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them." And again, " My Sabbaths they greatly polluted ; then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in...

...Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Moreover...them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them," &c. But this affords nothing like proof that the Sabbath was first instituted among the Israelites....

...great design, sacredness, and necessity of it, is thus explained by the prophet Ezekiel, xx. 12. " I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and...might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them." When God separated the family of Abraham as a holy nation, to revive the knowledge of himself, and...

...preparing for the eternal " keeping of a Sabbath" in a higher state of existence? "Mr SABBATHS SHALL BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE LoRD THAT SANCTIFY THEM."— CMPM VARIETIES. DEATH, BT STARVATION, OF THE PATAGONIAN MISSIONARIES. UNDER the above heading, but...

...Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gfive them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Moreover also 1 gave them my Sabbaths ;" chapter xx. verse 10, 11. If this passage proves, that the Sabbath was first...

...in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and il shall nol be quenched.- Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign...might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness : they walked not in my statutes, and...

...intended by making the Sabbath a sign between God and Israel is declared by God himself in Ezekiel xx. 12; I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them; that they may know, that lam Jehovah, who sanctify them. It will not be denied, that the whole human race are...