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A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Sermon 6 › Rules drawn from the Negative part of this model.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. We then call the Sabbath our delight, 1when we can rejoice in the approach of the Sabbath. See how holy David doth solace his soul in the joyful expectation of Communion with God, when his banishment from the Ordinances did approach,
- 1Rules or signs of making the Sabbath a delight.
1Then shall I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy. Heb. the gladness of my joy.
2. Our early stirring up of our selves to bid the Sabbath welcome to our hearts and habitations. 1So the holy Prophet, O God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee. The earliness of his devotions, shows the delight that he took in them; truly the great indulgence that most Christians allow themselves in their bed on the Lords day, is an infallible argument how little delight they take in Gods day, or in the Ordinances thereof.
2. Our early stirring up of our selves to bid the Sabbath welcom to our hearts and habitations. 1So the holy Prophet, O God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee. The earliness of his devotions, shews the delight that he took in them; truly the great indulgence that most Christians allow themselves in their bed on the Lords day, is an infallible argument how little delight they take in Gods day, or in the Ordinances thereof.