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The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and…
The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and the Lords prayer, and, II, more largely in a profession taken out of the Holy Scriptures, containing 1, the articles of the Christian belief, 2, our consent to the gospel covenant, 3, the sum of Christian duty, according to the primitive simplicity, purity, and practice, fitted to the right instruction of the ignorant, the promoting of holiness, and the charitable concord of all true believers ... / by Richard Baxter.
London : s.n., 1660
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53. Seeing the Lords Day is purposely set apart for the celebrating of the memorial of the Resurrection of Christ, and so of the work of our Redemption (as the Sabbath was for the Commemorating of the work of Creation), the work of the day must be very much Eucharistical, and the Church should be taken up in the thankful admiration of the mystery and mercy of our Redemption, and in the affectionate praises of the Lord our Redeemer, and an aspiring after the everlasting Rest, which he hath purchased, and promised, and prepared for us with himself.
53. Seeing the Lords Day is purposely set apart for the celebrating of the memoriall of the Resurrection of Christ, and so of the work of our Redemption (as the Sabbath was for the Commemorating of the work of Creation), the work of the day must be very much Eucharistical, and the Church should be taken up in the thankful admiration of the mysterie and mercy of our Redemption, and in the affectionate praises of the Lord our Redeemer, and an aspiring after the everlasting Rest, which he hath purchased, and promised, and prepared for us with himself.
54. Ministers must not only perform the public worship of God upon this day, but also exhort the people to improve the rest of it in private, by prayer, and meditation, and holy conference, and calling to mind the Word which they have heard; especially the Parents and Masters of families, who must instruct their children and servants, and watch over them, and restrain ⟨p. 60⟩them from the violation of the day, and call them to an account of the doctrine they have heard, and the duties to be performed.
54. Ministers must not only perform the publike worship of God upon this day, but also exhort the people to improve the rest of it in private, by prayer, and meditation, and holy conference, and calling to mind the Word which they have heard; especially the Parents and Masters of families, who must instruct their children and servants, and watch over them, and restrain