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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
As a preparation to the sanctification of the Sabbath day, we must rise in the morning, and pray privately. Thus did Christ the day before the Sabbath: Mark. 1. 31. 39. Thus they were want to do under the Law, Exod. 32. 5. 6. Aaron proclaimed, saying, to morrow shall be the holy day of the Lord; and the people rose up early the next morning.
The Sabbath must again be sanctified, by frequenting the assemblies where we may hear the pure word of God, Act. 13. 14. 15.
And by Meditation upon Gods word and his Creatures, Psal. 92. Act. 17. 11.
By exercising of works of charity by visiting the sick, by giving Alms to the needy, by admonishing those that fall; by reconciling those that are at difference,