Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

IV. Before thou goest to bed, be sure to offer unto God thine evening sacrifice of Prayer and Thanksgiving; this is hinted unto us under the Law, where the Lord required his Evening Sacrifice, as well as his Morning, ¹Now, this is that which thou shalt offer upon the Altar, two Lamb• of the first year, day by day continually; the ⟨p. 82⟩one Lamb thou shalt offer in the Morning, and the other Lamb thou shalt offer at Even. This was the daily ordinary Sacrifice, which the Lord required under the Law, and therefore much more doth he require a Morning and an Evening sacrifice of Prayer and Praises now under the Gospel. And truly, if thou shalt lye down in thy sins unrepented of, thou mayest happily awake with Hell flames about thine ears; and therefore far be it from thee to presume to go to thy bed, before thou hast offered unto God thine evening sacrifice of Prayer, and therein heartily begged the pardon and forgiveness of all thy sins, in and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ. Shouldst thou put off the performance of this duty till thou art in thy bed, as the practise of too too many is, it is very likely thou wilt fall asleep before thou hast made any great progress therein; and those prayers which thou makest in thy bed will prove but drowsy yawning prayers at the best; therefore be sure to offer up thine evening sacrifice before thou goest into thy bed, and if conveniently thou canst, before supper, for by experience we find that our bodies are much more drowsy, and our spirits much more dead and heavy after supper than before.

IV. Before thou goest to bed, be sure to offer unto God thine evening sacrifice of Prayer and Thanksgiving; this is hinted unto us under the Law, where the Lord required his Evening Sacrifice, as well as his Morning, ¹Now, this is that which thou shalt offer upon the Altar, two Lamb• of the first year, day by day continually; the ⟨p. 82⟩one Lamb thou shalt offer in the Morning, and the other Lamb thou shalt offer at Even. This was the daily ordinary Sacrifice, which the Lord required under the Law, and therefore much more doth hee require a Morning and an Evening sacrifice of Prayer and Praises now under the Gospel. And truly, if thou shalt lye down in thy sins unrepented of, thou mayest happily awake with Hell flames about thine ears; and therefore farre be it from thee to presume to goe to thy bed, before thou hast offered unto God thine evening sacrifice of Prayer, and therein heartily begged the pardon and forgiveness of all thy sins, in and thorow the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ. Shouldst thou put off the performance of this duty till thou art in thy bed, as the practise of too too many is, it is very likely thou wilt fall asleep before thou hast made any great progress therein; and those prayers which thou makest in thy bed will prove but drowsie yawning prayers at the best; therefore bee sure to offer up thine evening sacrifice before thou goest into thy bed, and if conveniently thou canst, before supper, for by experience we find that our bodies are much more drowsie, and our spirits much more dead and heavie after supper than before.