A53694:486
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred…
Exercitations concerning the name, original, nature, use, and continuance of a day of sacred rest wherein the original of the Sabbath from the foundation of the world, the morality of the Fourth commandment with the change of the Seventh day are enquired into : together with an assertion of the divine institution of the Lord's Day, and practical directions for its due observation / by John Owen.
London: printed by R.W. for Nath. Ponder, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
(2) Choice is to be made of those Assemblies for the celebration of public worship, where we may be most advantaged as unto the Ends of them in the sanctification of this Day, so far as it may be done without breach of any Order appointed of God For in our joining in any concurrent acts of Religious worship, we are to have regard unto Helps suited unto the furtherance of our own Faith and Obedience. And also because God hath appointed some parts of his Worship, as in their own nature and by virtue of his appointment are means of conveying light, knowledge, Grace, in spiritual supplies ⟨p. 450⟩unto our souls, it is certainly our duty to make choice and use of them, which are most meet so to do.
(2) Choice is to be made of those Assemblies for the celebration of publick worship, where we may be most advantaged as unto the Ends of them in the sanctification of this Day, so far as it may be done without breach of any Order appointed of God For in our joyning in any concurrent acts of Religious worship, we are to have regard unto Helps suited unto the furtherance of our own Faith and Obedience. And also because God hath appointed some parts of his Worship, as in their own nature and by virtue of his appointment are means of conveying light, knowledge, Grace, in spiritual supplyes ⟨p. 450⟩unto our souls, it is certainly our duty to make choice and use of them, which are most meet so to do.
(3) For the manner of our Attendance on the public worship of God, with Reverence, Gravity, Order, Diligence, Attention, though it be a matter of great use and moment, yet not of this place to handle; nor doth it here belong unto us, to insist on those ways whereby we may excite particular Graces unto due actings of themselves, as the nature of the Duties wherein we are engaged doth require.
(3) For the manner of our Attendance on the publick worship of God, with Reverence, Gravity, Order, Diligence, Attention, though it be a matter of great use and moment, yet not of this place to handle; nor doth it here belong unto us, to insist on those wayes whereby we may excite particular Graces unto due actings of themselves, as the nature of the Duties wherein we are engaged doth require.