The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

For, first, in the 110 Psalm, which is a Prophecy of Christ, and his Kingdom, it is plainly foretold, that there should be a solemn day of assembling, ¹wherein all Christ's people should willingly come together in the beauty of holiness. Insomuch that no rain (of peace) shall be upon those Families, ²that in the feast will not go up to Jerusalem (the Church) to worship the King, the Lord of hosts. Now on what day this holy Feast, and Assembly should be kept, David showeth plainly, in Psal. 118 which was a prophecy of Christ, as appears, Mat. 21. 42, Acts 4. 11. Ephes. 2. 20. as also by the consent of all the Jews, as Jerome witnesseth. For, showing how Christ, by his ignominious death, should be as a stone rejected of the Builders, or chief Rulers of Judea, and yet by his glorious Resurrection, should become the chief st•ne of the Corner: he wisheth the whole Church to keep holy that day, whereupon Christ ⟨p. 230⟩should effect this wonderful work, saying, This is the day which the Lord hath made, ³let us rejoice and be glad in it. And seeing that upon this day, that which Peter saith of Christ, appeareth to be true, That God made him both Lord and Christ, Acts 2. 36. therefore the whole Church under the New Testament, must celebrate the day of Christ's Resurrection. ⁴Rabbi Bachay also saw by the fall of Adam on the sixth day, that on the same day the Messiah should finish the work of man's redemption: And alluding to the speech of Boaz to Ruth, sleep unto the Morning, that Messiah should rest in his grave all their Sabbath-day. And he gathereth from that speech,