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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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Thirdly, this teacheth us to do the duties of the Lords day upon his day. Now this sanctifying and keeping of it holy, consists in doing things either private or public. The private are these; After examination of our own harts, and finding out of our sinful ways, with repentance and sorrow for the same, to beseech God that he would prepare and fit our harts to profit by the public exercises of religion on the sabbath. And to entreat him that he would so direct the ministers mouth, is that he may speak to our harts, and say something that serves to kill our sin, and to comfort and build up our souls, that as he is appointed for a physician, so he would fit us with some medicine, as well as others, as saint Paul bids them ⟨image 81⟩pray for him that he may have the door of utterance; And when one doth this in an humble hart, desiring to repent and turn from his sins in good earnest, he shall never come to the sermon but he shall hear some one lesson or other that will make him better, and he shall have cause to thank God for it. But if one come rudely into Gods house from brawling & chiding at home, or so soon as he is out of his bed to come to the church without preparing his hart or fitting himself by any prayer to God, or confession and sorrow for his sin, then he shall feel, that to his unclean hart all things are unclean, the word shall be but a tediousness, & serve to the further hardening of his hart. Also one must read some part of the scripture privately, that may season his hart, and settle and quiet his mind & affections, that he may be more teachable. And that he may the better fit himself after this sort, he is to rise betime in the morning, for there is none so good a master, no work so good in it self, nor none that will bring so great a reward, & therefore we should rise as early to serve this master in this work, as any day else for any other work, and if we do thus, we may have sufficient to provide for the public exercises, that we may come unto them with profit. Also an other private work of the sabbath is, to relieve and visit them that be sick, or in any kind of misery. And so also to reconcile those that be at jar and discord.
Thirdly, this teacheth vs to doe the duties of the Lords day vpon his day. Now this sanctifying and keeping of it holy, consists in doing things either priuate or publique. The priuate are these; After examination of our owne harts, and finding out of our sinfull wayes, with repentance and sorrow for the same, to beseech God that he would prepare and fit our harts to profit by the publique exercises of religion on the sabboth. And to entreat him that he would so direct the ministers mouth, is that he may speake to our harts, and say something that serues to kill our sinne, and to comfort and build vp our souls, that as he is appointed for a phisition, so he would fit vs with some medicine, as well as others, as saint Paul bids them