The second is this holiness ought not only to be immediate, but also special, and in our endeavours after the highest ⟨p. 86⟩degree, and with the greatest intention of holiness: for we are bound every day to be holy in more immediate and near approaches to God some time or other of the day; but now we are called to be more specially holy, because both the day and our selves are now set apart for it in a more special manner: we are to love, fear, delight in God, and pray to him, and muse on him every day, but now in a more special manner all these are to be done; the Sabbath is not only called holy, but holiness to the Lord, Exod. 31.15. which shows that the day is exceeding holy, and suitably our affections and hearts ought therefore so to be: the Sacrifice on this day was to be doubled, Numb. 28.9. the Lord would have double honour from us this day: that as in the week time we are sinfully drowned in the cares of this world and affections thereto: so upon every Sabbath we should be in a holy manner drowned in the cares and thoughts and affections of the things of God; and hence we are commanded to call the Sabbath our delight, and not to think our own thoughts, or do our own works this day, Isaiah 58.13. David said Psalm 43.4. that he would go to the Altar of God (the place of public worship) to God his joy, yea his exceeding joy: so are we not only to draw near to Altar, Word, Sacraments, Prayer, but to God in them; nay to God in them as our exceeding joy, our exceeding love, our exceeding fear, &c. especially upon this day; there is scarce any week but we contract soil from our worldly occasions, and by touching worldly things; and we suffer many decays and lose much ground by temptations herein; now the Lord pitying us, and giving us a Sabbath of Recovery, what should we do now but return, recover, and renew our strength, and like the Eagle cast our bills, and stand before our God and King this day of State and Royal Majesty, when all his Saints compass• his Throne and presence, with our most beautiful Garments, mourning, especially that we fall so far short of Sabbath acts and services? we should not content our selves with working-day holiness, joys, §17fears, hopes, prayers, praises: but Sabbath joys, fears, praises, must be now our ornaments, and all within us must be raised up to a higher strain:
The second is this holinesse ought not only to be immediate, but also speciall, and in our endeavours after the highest ⟨p. 86⟩degree, and with the greatest intention of holinesse: for we are bound every day to be holy in more immediate and neere approaches to God some time or other of the day; but now we are called to be more specially holy, because both the day and our selves are now set apart for it in a more speciall manner: we are to love, feare, delight in God, and pray to him, and muse on him every day, but now in a more speciall manner all these are to be done; the Sabbath is not onely called holy, but holinesse to the Lord, Exod. 31.15. which shewes that the day is exceeding holy, and suitably our affections and hearts ought therefore so to be: the Sacrifice on this day was to be doubled, Numb. 28.9. the Lord would have double honour from us this day: that as in the weeke time we are sinfully drowned in the cares of this world and affections thereto: so upon every Sabbath we should be in a holy manner drowned in the cares and thoughts and affections of the things of God; and hence we are commanded to call the Sabbath our delight, and not to think our own thoughts, or doe our own workes this day, Esay 58.13. David said Psalm 43.4. that he would goe to the Altar of God (the place of publique worship) to God his joy, yea his exceeding joy: so are we not onely to draw neere to Altar, Word, Sacraments, Prayer, but to God in them; nay to God in them as our exceeding joy, our exceeding love, our exceeding feare, &c. especially upon this day; there is scarse any week but we contract soyle from our worldly occasions, and by touching worldly things; and we suffer many decayes and lose much ground by temptations herein; now the Lord pitying us, and giving us a Sabbath of Recovery, what should we doe now but return, recover, and renew our strength, and like the Eagle cast our bils, and stand before our God and King this day of State and Royall Majesty, when all his Saints compass• his Throne and presence, with our most beautifull Garments, mourning, especially that we fall so farre short of Sabbath acts and services? we should not content our selves with working-day holinesse, joyes, §17feares, hopes, prayers, praises: but Sabbath joyes, feares, praises, must be now our ornaments, and all within us must be raised up to a higher straine:
