Divers practical cases of conscience satisfactorily resolved ... to which are added some counsels…

Some corrupt Principles must be unlearnt. As 1. That it is enough if we serve God on the Lords day, and we may serve our selves all the rest of the week. Though God hath reserved one day in seven wholly for his immediate service, which is therefore in a peculiar sense called the Lords day, yet we must know that every day is his, and that he hath not allowed us one hour nor inch of time, but only for his service. Indeed he hath service of more sorts then one: but we must know that the business of our ordinary affairs, if rightly done, is a serving of the Lord Christ, Col. 3. 24. God is as truly served by you in the working days labour, as the Sabbath days rest, if you do it in a right manner and to holy ends.

There are a generation whose Religion is but a Sundays Religion, which they put on and off ⟨p. 34⟩with their Sundays Clothes; and then they think God is fairly served for the week: although God knows, that little they do then, is but poorly done neither. Never think God will accept it at thy hands when thou livest six days to the world and thy self, for one that thou spendest for him. This shows thee to be under the unmortified power of self-love and not to be the Lords: for none of his, liveth to himself, Rom. 14. 7. You must remember that you are but to learn, upon the Sabbath, how to serve God all the week, and not think when the Lords day is ended his work is done.

There are a generation whose Religion is but a Sundays Religion, which they put on and off ⟨p. 34⟩with their Sundays Cloaths; and then they think God is fairly served for the week: although God knows, that little they do then, is but poorly done neither. Never think God will accept it at thy hands when thou livest six days to the world and thy self, for one that thou spendest for him. This shews thee to be under the unmortified power of self-love and not to be the Lords: for none of his, liveth to himself,