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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
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5. The public worship being all thus sweet, how sweet are the Lords days, these holy seasons that are wholly consecrated to this work? How light is the Christian, that hath this day cast off his worldly cares and business and cogitations, and hath set himself apart for God, as if there were to world to mind? On the week days he doth walk with Goa: But so that his necessary worldly business doth frequently divert and distract his mind. But what a sweet and happy day is this, when he may strip himself of these distractions, as he doth of his work-day courser clothes, and may wholly apply himself to God? As the Bee goes from flower to flower, labouring at all, but with a Pleasant labour, to gather Honey, and prepare for winter; so doth the Christian, especially on the Lords day, employ himself in labour and delight; and the more he laboureth, the more is his delight: From Prayer he goeth to Reading; and to the instructing his family, if he be a superior; or learning if he be an inferior and have helps: From private worship to public; and from public to private again; and gathering Honey (food and sweetness) to his soul from all.
5. The publike worship being all thus sweet, how sweet are the Lords days, these holy seasons that are wholly consecrated to this work? How light is the Christian, that hath this day cast off his worldly cares and business and cogitations, and hath set himself apart for God, as if there were to world to mind? On the week days he doth walk with Goa: But so that his necessary worldly business doth frequently divert and distract his mind. But what a sweet and happy day is this, when he may strip himself of these distractions, as he doth of his work-day courser cloaths, and may wholly apply himself to God? As the Bee goes from flower to flower, labouring at all, but with a Pleasant labour, to gather Honey, and prepare for winter; so doth the Christian, especially on the Lords day, employ himself in labour and delight; and the more he laboureth, the more is his delight: From Prayer he goeth to Reading; and to the instructing his family, if he be a superiour; or learning if he be an inferiour and have helps: From private worship to publike; and from publike to private again; and gathering Honey (food and sweetness) to his soul from all.